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

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But my adviser isn ' t here, this student says as he searches for someone to untangle his schedule. An I.B.M. expert would be in se enth heaven with all the class cards. When the holes are empty, helpers turn eager students away to find other classes. what did you hear? .... Sorry. This class is filled. You ' ll have to substitute a course for it. Or you could either take it in summer school or next year? .... fine .... that ' s just what you had counted on to round out your summer. Poor Nichols gym should have rebelled at the pre- posterous activities that went on within it. Gone were the good old days when basketball was the feature event. Its enthusiastic fans and tense atmosphere had been replaced by dejected students and a rather dis- mal atmosphere. Free-throw lines had been created just about any- where that students had a conflicting schedule and wanted to throw the line schedule at their advisers. Personal fouls occurred, but were seldom called, when students charged through the line to pull class cards. But this charging finally led you to a checker who relieved you of remaining cards .... and enrollment was over .... for a semester anyway. First canine jt)urnalist is the distinction given this panting Collie who just followed the crowd, and look where he ended up! Enrollment was over. And it about finished these two freshmen before they even got a good start. Their dreams were filled, no doubt, with items other than enrollment.

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So the birdie is the thingfor which to look! Who can see a birdie with a hght glaring in her face? The last dollar is drained from his weak bank account as this student signs his X to a check and heads for the last lap of enrollment — Nichols gym. Mill 1« -WWE None can escape the north end ot Anderson where the comp- troller takes his semesterly cut of each K-State student ' s bankroll. Rat races weren ' t infrequent in t he lives of your fellow red-blooded K-State students. Many events ranked high for the position of worst, but most students argued that enrollment was head and shoul- ders above the rest. Yes, just about every College event had its own particular little race and idiosyncrasy. Had they all been put together, they still wouldn ' t have beaten enrollment. Homecoming decorations had their runny papier- mache .... Y-Orpheum skits had their originality .... but enrollment presented something worse yet. After several hours of argument with the dean, you agreed that you should have such-and-such a course to graduate .... Okay .... so you reconciled your- self to the idea of having to study for it ... . then The power of concentration is high as advisers try to outwit conflicts, and students try to outwit advisers. A stock exchange? No, it ' s just the up-to-date information on which classes are closed. Late enrollees see almost a solid mass of numbers.

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. . . and sleepless nights for rushees Rush week .... what memories are connected with those two, simple four-letter words .... smiles that brought oaths of never another smile .... steam- ing, warm winter clothes on steaming, warm summer days .... skits that actives had seen and practiced time and time again, that rather bored them, but the hosts managed a feeble smile anyway .... slightly off-key chapter songs that impressed rushees no end .... smoke-filled rooms, both during rush functions and into the wee morning hours .... mispronounced names .... wrong people from the right hometowns .... a thorough knowledge of each and every cur- riculum offered at Kansas State college .... and sleepless nights for both actives and rushees. After the big week was over, you wondered who told you that rush week is such a lark and you meet oodles of interesting people. True, you had met many people, but. Well, yes, they were interesting, and it had truly been an experience you ' d never forget. Oh, were those few days ever an ordeal! Mother and Dad would ' ve been shocked if they ' d seen how bright and chipper you were at early morning functions. Both as a rushee and as an active you spent many nigh-to-sleepless nights, yet somehow you managed a bright smile and voice the next morning. As a rushee you wondered if you smiled the right way at the right active and if you answered the standard questions the same as you did the day before. And as an active you wondered if you called the same girl the same name twice. Typical rush week problems bring smiles and snickers from rushees and actives at Kappa Kappa Gamma ' s Blue Heaven party on the second day of rush week. Casualness is supreme as actives dress in blue nightshirts and serve breakfast to the rushees.