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

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Tennis rackets, formals, typewriters and shoe boxes galore mo e into the dorm with each and every new freshman girl. Hard seats and questions bring no smiles of joy from a new freshman as he toils over one of many orientation tests. Partners are changed after each dance of the freshmen mixer, one ot the many events planned for freshmen and new students Amid unpacked boxes and suitcases this new K-Stater racks her brain to think ot the things she ' s forgotten before Mother leaves. . . . and orientation plagues freshmen Orientation should be given for orientation week, you concluded when you came out of it somewhat the worse for wear. Tests of all sizes and descriptions were thrown at you, and you began to wonder if you had any right going to college. Your fingers doubled at the mere sight of a pencil and mimeographed test sheet. To remedy the cramped-leg problem some of the six- footers had, you participated gleefully in the tours of the Kansas State college campus. For the first day or so you had trouble sorting your roommate out from the person you met in the Can , and the one that tested your reflexes for the physical. during orientation week. Watermelon feeds sponsored by the YM and YW groups and a talent show also highlight the week.

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An exchange of names and greetings is made as active meets rushee on the Phi Kappa Tau porch. Summer escapades highlight the conversation and bring hearty chuckles in the living room of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house. Pledge pin replaces name tag, and this pledge watches intently as an active adjusts and places the pin at the proper angle. Seven bells and all ' s well after dinner in the Delta Tau Delta house. Tasty meals are always a welcome item to rushers and rushees alike during rush week. The fellows have their own little treasure of fond rush-week memories. Some of those rush functions might have been pretty nice .... had you ever gotten to them. It was fine if the chapter that surely did hope you ' d come back again came after you. But there was a time or two when you spent your time in West Stadium twiddling your thumbs while others rushed, forgetting to pick you up. When they did remember you, how they did shake your hand. Oh, how they did shake your hand! You never knew quite what to expect .... a clammy, clinging one or a brisk bone-crunching one. At this point, you decided to take off your rings for next rush week. Then there was the day that you became Jim John- son when you thought you ' d been Bob Brown all your life. Mother and Dad said you ' d probably change some in college, but you didn ' t think it would go that far. It was truly a joy when rush week was over. At last you used the phone freely. You talked to boys and girls .... as the case might be ... . without fear of someone seeing or hearing you. Mom and Dad called you without going through a Congressional committee. Yes, it was all behind you .... facial muscles re- laxed, and you again smiled when and to whom you wanted to ... . trophies returned to their shelves to collect dust until next rush week .... names finally got the correct owner .... card games resumed the usual nonchalant air ... . and voices regained their normal pitch.

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. . . and the president and top brass Planning speeches and the finishing touches on the Student Union occupy much time for Kansas State college ' s President James A. McCain. But his schedule isn ' t complete until he ' s met people f I ' om A to Z, con- ferred on about as wide a range of subjects and work- ed in a few athletic events in his spare time. Completing his fifth year as president of K-State on July 1 of this year, Dr. McCain is the College ' s tenth president. Worm greeting on behalf of the College administration and students is extended to new students by K-State President James A. McCain in the opening assembly. A limestone home, east of Anderson hall, houses the College ' s first family. Brisk days may find the presi- dent walking across campus to many of his activities. Characteristic pose is assumed by K-State ' s Presi- dent James A. McCain before a painting in his pri- vate office by noted Kansas artist, Birger Sandzen. ;f m :.. : W ' P ' Pl T Pii HP P lF ' i W W