University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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MMfl I No if ' s, mud ' s, but $ about ic. even, new student must take the psychological exam. Most are conscientious, but some purposely muddle through. Results: psychology department has some clinical material and the profs know what to expect. Freshmen (left) had a chance to get acquainted with Hill big-wigs and vice versa at the M.S.C.-Y.M.C.A. mixer the first Sunday. The following Friday the new women (right) picnicked at Pot- ter ' s Lake with their counsellors. Various churches and organizations also spon- sored other get-togethers. Probably most confusing of all activities for the freshmen was enrollment (left). The multiplicity of advisors, group re- quirements, tables, and lines left them bewildered. But they soon forgot about the whole thing as they danced at the first mid-week and the Chancellor ' s re- ception (right). Inspiring to some and dull to most was the first convocation. But almost all freshmen dutifully attended and even crowded (left) to get in. In the Union fountain (right) there were no freshmen during this convocation, but in a few months there will be a goodly number of them convening there.

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NOVEMBER 1938 17 THE NEW STUDENT IN- DUCTION SYMBOLIZES THE BIRTH OF A JAY HAWKER HERDED BY BELLOWING, blustering K-men and Ku Ku ' s swinging threatening but ineffectual paddles, the horde of freshmen gropingly stumble down dark, steep Eleventh Street and march into the horseshoe of the stadium to the tune of doleful band music. The program starts with nothing eventful or of particular interest. From time to time the thousand new students glance up toward the south. On the Hill a fire flickers, and contrary to the script, dies lower as the program progresses. Real star of the evening is Miss Hannah Oliver, professor emeritus of Latin, who in a firm voice that belies her many years explains the significance of the University seal. Then comes the inspiring part. Upon the Hill there suddenly appears two fires. The smaller starts moving jerkily down the slope. From one carrier to another it is passed until finally a breathless Sachem runs on the platform, passes the burning torch, which signifies the spirit and traditions of the University, to an alumni representative who in turn hands it to the class presidents. Finally in the possession of a representative freshman, it is used to light the fire. Then that freshman is capped by the Chancellor. And the new students have become spiritually part of the University, what it has been in the past, what it is now, and what it will stand for in the future. Some scoffed at the sentiment behind the freshman induction; others were mildly amused. But most frankly admitted that something inside them was moved not a little. Most experienced that indefinable something that every year draws many seniors and graduates back to the ceremony although it is far less entertaining than a dry lecture. But even before the induction college life was well begun for the freshmen. All took the psychological examination. They conferred with their advisers, confusedly filled countless registration and enrollment blanks, attended convocations, swarmed to the dances and receptions, timidly went to their first University class. Beginning of University life constituted one never-to-be-forgotten wee c for the freshmen.

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NOVEMBER 1938 19 GlicM- Photo by Bert Brandt DISTINGUISHED EDUCATOR, SCHOLAR, AND PROGRESSIVE IS DR. LINDLEY By Patricia Lock TALL AND SPARE but with an appearance of true dignity is Dr. Ernest Hiram Lindley, who as Chancellor has since 1920 directed the innumerable activities of the University of Kansas. Thoroughly educated along academic lines, Dr. Lindley has him- self never ceased to be a student and seeks to find that scholarly spirit in others. His own criterion of an educated individual is the degree of genuine interest and attention with which he hears the ideas of others, however much they may conflict with his own. Spending his life largely in the service of edu- cation, Dr. Lindley has interspersed a few digressions into industry, such as reorganization of personnel for the Ford Motor Plant at Indianapolis and for the National Cash Register Company. The University of Indiana claimed his under- graduate days. There his interests were divided among campus politics, psychology and languages, and the future Mrs. Lindley. Following his graduation in 1893, he became an instructor is psychology there, rose to a professorship as head of the department by 1902, and on leave of absence received his doctorate at Clark University. Later he studied in Germany at Jena, Leipzig, and at Heidelberg under Kraepelin. At Harvard he studied under William James. His pub- lished works form a distinct contribution to the field of psychological research. In 1917 Dr. Lindley was invited to become a member of the committee of five psychologists who compiled the Army Alpha and Beta tests, but instead, he went to Idaho as president of the State university. There he met with such eminent success that in 1920 he was invited to become Chancellor at the Uni- versity. Major eductaional aim of the University of Kansas, according to Chancellor Lindley ' s conception, is first of all the discovery and encouragement of exceptional individuals while maintaining the ideal of democratic mass education. Training students to recognize the ( Continued on page 80 )