University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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Tllll JAYHAWK li LO0K A'I'... THE FBESIIMAN CAP HE freshman cap was a minor point, but somehow it was typical. Typical of the kind of thing which a very few students bring up, to which the All Student Council generously lends unmerited dignity by discussing, and which eventually ends in action bigger than itself. Action which is detrimental, although the original point was harmless. Wearing freshman caps is a tradition-one of those many little traditions which has given K.U. a personality. It is one of those many little, yes, insignificant things that made us think K.U. was the most wonderful and exciting place in the world. Freshman caps have always been accepted ar a tradition-no one has ever tried to work out the democratic principle in them. But now armed with arguments about the harmful effects of physical coercion Cinjurious hazing was stopped several years ago? and the indignity to freshmen veterans Cfew if any of the 40 veterans on the Hill are freshmenj self-styled intellectuals put aside the duties pressing them as a council to apply the wordy principles of their government classes to the simple freshman cap. The application, of course, was fatal. The cap was found to be an instrument of totali- tarianism and tyrany. So to protect the democratic way of life a resolution passed forbidding physical punishmenti' for the freshman's failure to wear his cap, Fortunately, the All Student Council cannot go behind the locked doors of chapter rooms. Fraternities can still make requirements of their freshmen, and freshman caps still appear. But the University's part in the tradition is dead. To live again freshman caps must wait-along with so many other things, both big and little - until the mind of the student leader becomes keen enough to distinguish between that which is too intimate a part of college life to be judged by worldly standards-and that which is a real opportunity for serious, thoughtful action. A NEW PEP CLUB The case is presented mildly, yet persistantly, - the case for a larger womens pep club. There is little feeling that the jay Janes, themselves, should be expanded or abolished. - XXX., V' As an honorary women's pep club of 48 members the jay Janes are doing their part. They usher, they help in charity drives, they back school programs, and most important of all they attend rallies and games. They are criticized for not making more noise -but 48 women cannot raise a tumult. The tumult is the responsibility of the student body, the Jay Janes' job lies in forming a nucleus. They know the yells and therefore help in a sense to lead them, they set an example by clapping, by rising, by singing, But they cannot, and do not make up for a silent student body. The question of the new pep club, then does not really concern the jay Janes. It concerns, rather, the bulk of stu- dents Who are enthused enough with school spirit to take active responsibility about being at games and rallies, and demonstrating corporate school spirit when they get there. An organization with rules and obligations cannot be forced upon these students. Unless they have the desire and the force to organize, they will lack the drive to continue. Initiative and interest, then, are the questionable ingredients for a new, larger, all inclusive pep club. Whether it arises will depend upon the number of students who are honestly and earnestly interested in improving school demonstra- tions. TIIE SIX WEEK'S SESSIUN With the headache and hurry of the short fall term still fresh in our memory, we pause momentarily to bid the six weeks session good-bye. A contraction of the C-12 pro- gram seems to be slowly, yet most surely, repatriating two regular 18 weeks semesters. Navy students who are left next year will be for the most part advanced engineers who no longer require the time of College faculty members. Other Universities are settling back to normal schedules. K.U. is expected to also. And so the six weeks session goes, taking, along with the headache common to both students and faculty, its scattered advantages. Undoubtedly the short session was convenient for the May high school graduate who was anxious to start college. Continued on Page 77

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