University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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26 THE JAYHAWKER Officially denied but universally accepted is the existence of hotboxes. Boys hptboxed like this. Girls hotboxed also like this but refused to .ulm t it since their rushing system rules specifically prevent its use. do not stay in sorority houses at night, but in Corbin Hall or the Hotel Eldridge. This eliminates all-night hotboxes, and other such things that result in grief. The boys ' system, also, has it ' s good points. It is easier for the smaller fraternities to get pledges. They have plenty of time to talk, and so they usually get their share. Girls sat around and fretted the time away waiting for their dates and bids. Once buttoned, rushees were whisked out-of-town for safe keeping. These Sigma Chi ' s are going to the City- As for the bad points of the systems, they must be faced with candor and frankness. For one thing, there are too few sororities. Because of this the quota system cuts out many fine girls. The pre- ferential bid system also is de- fective. Rushees see all the fine houses, are impressed, turn in a pre- ference for some sorority which will never bid them. More direct dealing would eliminate this and the smaller sororities would have a better chance. Many houses have been closed because of this. The system has been made to help the rushees, but it has caused many a sorority grief. The boys ' system seems to have just the opposite effect. It protects the smaller fraternities, but is the downfall of many a rushee. It leaves many opportunities for the fine art of inter-fraternity throat- cutting. Also the rule by which second dates may be broken by per- sonal communication is a bad one. Some houses can cut the others out, ( Continued on page 80 )

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NOVEMBER 1938 25 Each house boasted that it possesses the best view Dates invariably began with a motley assembly of actives and rushees on the front porch, on the Hill. The Sigma Nu ' s lead rushees atop their Difference was that boys shook hands more vigorously. These are rushees and Sigma Kappa ' s house to glimpse the scenery. about other houses ' finances, and the number of returning actives. All of these are done, unethical for him and he is usually spirited out of town for safe keeping or stays at the house to help rush his On the girls ' side the indstructible institution of rush week is tea for afternoon dates. Teas give fine opportunities to show poise and polish. Here are the A.O.Pi ' s pouring and sipping. though they may be. Much of the value of such talk was removed this year by a Pan-Hellenic Council sheet of information regarding fra- ternity finances that was given all rushees. A boy may be pledged at any time during rush week. He is pledged by his acceptance of the button. Only a few make a col- lection of these buttons, and those who do lose caste in even the house that they pledge. After a boy takes a pledge button, rush week is over, friends. Remaining ceremony is the formal pledging and the yelling in. These took place on Sunday, September 17. In the yell-in cere- mony the new pledge is taken out- of-doors, the fraternity yell given, finished off with the new pledge ' s name. After the yell-in rush week is over, to the comfort of most pledges, and all actives, and the positions of master and servant are reversed. It ' s a dizzy round, but all love it. The present systems of rushing are complicated, but have their good points. For instance, in the girls ' system, they do not pledge until rush week is completely over. This idea supposedly eliminates much of the dirty work and undue pressure. Another good point, girls More virile were the amusements of the boys, who whiled away the time playing pool, croquet, cards, even telling off-color stories. This is the basement of the Phi Gam house.

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tend lid) t fcr It ,401 pi Acacia SECOND Row: Buford Scott, Johnson; Bill Finch, Eskridge; Frank D. Yaussi, Marysville; Ned Martin, Burden; Bill Hunzicker, Lawrence; Emery Josserand, Johnson; Fred Stubeck, Lawrence; George Hart, Clinton, Mo.; Clyde Woodman, Overland Park; Wallace L. Sturm, Winfield. FIRST ROW: Ed Renth, Lawrence; George Logue, Lawrence; Charles Baldry, Topeka; John Barber, Topeka; Bill Granger, Bristol, Conn.; Charles Stutz, Lawrence; Walter Lucas, Lawrence; Ted Granger, Bristol, Conn. Alpha Chi Omega THIRD Row: Jean Bruess, St. Joseph, Mo.; Doris Stockwell, Leaven- worth; Sue Johnston, Kansas City, Mo.; Georgianna Theis, Dodge City; Madge Jones, Lawrence. SECOND Row: Dorothy Curtis, tola; Betty Hallam, Lawrence; Estelle Eddy, Glendale, Calif.; Inez Rice, Kansas City; Dorothy Durand, Hois- ington; Erlene Hale, Hutchinson. FIRST ROW: Louise Bush, Hutchinson; Arlouine Good John, Leaven- worth; Betty Lou Sublett, Kansas City, Mo.; Marian Mclntire, Clay Center; Mariann Lacey, Kansas City, Mo.; Peggy Seibel, Amarillo, Texas; Margaret Whitehead, Washington, D.C. Alpha Delta Pi SECOND ROW: Aliere Witherup, Kansas City, Mo.; Betty Jane Nichols, Pleasant Hill, Mo.; Bette Lawson, Kansas City, Mo.; Annie Jane Newland, Great Bend; Helen Anderson, Kansas City; Cleda Haight, Lawrence; Patsy Meagher, Solomon. FIRST ROW: Peggy Smith, Olathe; Maxine Hess, Alma; Julia Matthews, Fredonia; Annette Woods, Kingman; Betty Burch, Kansas City; Margaret Mary Lynch, Herington; Virginia Mattingly, Odessa, Mo.; Doris Williamson, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Alpha Tau Omega THIRD Row: John Neal, Greenleaf; Lee Thorn, Chanute; Dick Scott, Fort Leavenworth; Bob Stuewe, Alma; Paul Warner, Chanute. SECOND ROW: LeRoy Veith, Independence; Armon Bonney, Chanute; Bill Arthur, Olathe; Charles Snyder, Fort Scott; Gerald Wright, Bronson; Dennis Dullea, lola; Max Howard, Bronson. FIRST ROW: Byron Schroeder, Leavenworth; Don Williams, Olathe; Fred Coulson, Harper; Don Thompson, Kansas City, Mo; Julian LePage, Leavenworth.