Kansas State University - Royal Purple Yearbook (Manhattan, KS)

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? I from the gym floor and opposing armies had withdrawn to count their losses, it was found that despite the organization of the assigners with their lieutenants, colo- nels, and generals, the untrained leaderless masses of students had won and set a new all-time record of 3,616 enrollees. Do y o u remember the Y-sponsored watermelon feed for men and the co-ed party in the gym? . . . would you believe that the 600 fellows at the feed ate a ton of watermelons? . . . another gala day dur- ing the first week of school, particularly for the participants, was the first day of football practice . . . Wes Fry delivered his initial instructions to the candidates under a boiling hot sun . . . Close on the cleated heels of this call to arms came a call to a different kind of arms — enchanting, white, embracing arms, arms attached to bare, cool, soft shoulders . . . mmm! ... at Pan-Hellenic Open House the men gathered at the sorority houses to dance, giving thf irls at o l buse a break for a while, thetritioving K) the next . at ten-thirty shelter for t Mm, Above Centur— frosh line up to go through the mill Below Center — in the throes

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white ti- and blue nieht acquain Rem Her the firsr vjppI of rlasses were the freshmen ever busy! . . . they were expected to buy books, attend lectures on How to Get the Most out of College, take aptitude tests so that the profs would know how to grade, stand in line for hours to let the college health squad minutely examine their en- tire periphery, and attend classes. Exactly fifteen days after the first day of football practice, the Fort Hays Tigers invaded Ahearn Field-jn search of Wildcat meat f .(ynjy departed a much chas- TOP— Wes try delivers his first advice . . . Ahovi Tilt — melons for millions . . . Above Right — more m first day of football practice . . . Right — College Sister party . . .