University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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1 Photo by Hank Brown A GRANDSTAND SEAT FOR THE DENVER RALLY THE Qaetfauvfan TAKES IN THE RALLIES

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FALL NUMBER, 1948 11 only one waiting to see him. Finally with a flourish of his fountain pen on a little white card, he con- cluded his conversation with the enrollee, climbed off his chair and shook hands with him. The hand shake seemed indicative of an understanding between the two and I felt that the enrolleemust have had amajor. However, the enrollee didn ' t relieve any of my suspi- ciousness about Professor George. The student ' s hair was too long around the back of his neck and his eyes seemed sad and reflective. I had the feeling he must have thought an awful lot. Suddenly I thought I ' d be much better off if I went back and talked this busi- ness over with the advisor I ' d just left, but before I had time to think twice about it, Professor George turned and looked at me. At least he was facing me although his eyes seemed to dance first to the right of me then to the left then over my head until it almost made me dizzy. Waiting to see me, young man? His voice was shrill and it cracked a little especially on the high notes. I asked if he was Pro- fessor George and although he didn ' t answer he shot his right hand out at me, and, caught in his grip, I was led to a chair sitting across the narrow table from his seat. Want to take some history, huh? he said, obviously pleased. Fine, fine! Very broadening study, very broadening study. Now let ' s see your transcript. I handed it to him and as I did I noticed two guides across the gym looking in my direction, whispering to each other. I felt uncomfortable. Aha! An A in American History, his high voice cracked. From Professor Alberts, of course. A fine professor, fine professor. Very broadening man goes right to the bottom of things. Examin- ing the little white cards, it took the professor no time, of course, to discover that I didn ' t have a major. Well, he explained with a note of glee in his voice, I see you haven ' t declared your major. Right then I felt was an especially bad time to confess I had no major but there was nothing else to do. Well, young man let ' s see, what is your name? oh, yes, Smith well, Smith, I certainly am glad you came to me. You now I have a feeling already that you ' re just the type of man the history depart- ment is looking for. I didn ' t know whether I liked that or not. Frankly, I felt the history department must be looking for most any type of man it could get. You see, the trouble with our whole educational system is specialization. Look at them over there science, mathematics, language. True, they ' re all good when fitted into a whole, but alone they ' re nothing. With this he made a slashing gesture with his fountain pen which I took to indicate the nothing- ness of science, mathematics, and language. But in history, he continued, we see all these things en- twined and inter-correlated, one with the other. Engineering Card File With this statement, he held both hands in front of him, fingers spread out like talons, entwined and inter-correlated one with the other. I tried to picture a calculus problem mixing it up with some Latin verbs but the whole thing failed me completely. All this time I had said nothing. As a matter of fact I hadn ' t had a chance. I merely stared at him and tried to keep my eyes from jumping in odd directions as his did. Also I kept myself in readiness to dodge the fountain pen. Strangely, though, I w?s paying close attention to what he was saying. Now about this business of a major, Mr. Smith, I see no point in not declaring it now. We ' ll just mark it in here, he announced, scribbling the word history in the blank space marked major. As for your courses in history this semester, perhaps two (Continued on Page 94 1

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Below: Top Man in Rally Which Sent Team to Den- Top: The Rock Chalk Quartet Harmonizes for Night Shirt Paraders. Above: No One Ever Wears a Night Shirt to the Night Shirt Parade. Above: Yea Team ' and Ooh, What Muscles. Left: Let ' s Go to the Colo- rado Rally! Below: Waitin For the Den- ver Train to Come In.