University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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EVEN in such o prosoic obiect os ci dormitory, there con olwoys be found something interesting. Here The south end of Ternplin Holl provides on unusuol subiecr for The photographer. 1 s-mama. Frosh's First by CHUCK SEIBEL It was a warm Sunday afternoon and cars with an amaz- ing variety of license tags were pouring into Lawrence. The greatest share of the incoming University of Kansas freshman class was arriving, having been preceded by the 600 freshman boys who had come a few days earlier for men's rush. The girls arriving at their dorms were amazed to see the swarms of college men, eager to help carry the large loads of clothes, record players, shoeboxes, and the hundred other needs of young girls from automobiles to rooms. The first- year men who had not gone through rush were arriving simultaneously at their dorms, causing somewhat less excitement, but ready to start some of their own. The first impression for the new students seeing K.U. for the first time was tremendous. The striking beauty of the many buildings, old and new, sitting on the slopes of Oread, was breathtaking at first sight. The freshmen's first week on the campus-appropriately called Country Club Week -was a paradisaical seven days marred only by a few placement tests. The bulk of the week was filled with carefree objectives-becoming famil- iar with the campus, meeting hundreds of new friends, and, in general, having a good time. Their evenings were invariably spent at parties, given by the University, by clubs, by fraternities and sororities. In fact, the week seemed like one huge party, interrupted only by an exam here and there, and short nights of sleep. It was hard for the new students to believe that they had come to K.U. for schooling, and they were glad to forget about the impending hours of classes and study. Saturday of Country Club Week arrived, and with it came the first football game, possibly the highlight of the week. The student section was filled. The new freshmen 6

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THE I96I JAYHAWKER FROSH'S FIRST GLIMPSE DANCES, DATES, DEANS K.U. IN THE FALL . . Fall Festival . . . THE ADMINISTRATION K.Ufs Newest Freshman The Upper Echelon . ATHLETICS AT KANSAS Rome Beckons . . Two in a Row . Ballet in Blue . RUSH WEEK . . Rush! Rush! Rush! . NEW STUDENTS . New Student Index . HILLTOPPERS . THEATRE . . PARTY PICTURES INDEX . . PHOTOGRAPHIC STAFF Estes Studio Duke D'Ambra Alan Hancock Roy Inman Perry Riddle Al Wuthnow PARTY PICTURE EDITOR Kay Prelogat ART STAFF Dorothy D'Anna Linda Fettig jon Henderson BUSINESS STAFF Don Cearnal Katie Eckels Nancy Shirk jay Janes- Distribution EDITING STAFF Marilyn Bondurant Carole O'Boynick Carolyn Toews TABLE OF CONTENTS 6 9 II 14 I7 19 21 45 46 48 49 61 62 67 68 92 96 99 IO7 EDITORIAL STAFF Paul Cacioppo Lynn MacGowan Pat Peterson Al Krauklis Gloria Nalley jean Stainton Sandee Garvey Joanne Zabornik Mike McWilliams jerry Musil Elaine Batty jo Spencer Chuck Seibel Molly Moldon Barry Wilson Richard Seaman Barbara Biel Don Brada jean Taylor Dennis Allen Frank Thompson Ed Nordstrom Alan Gribben Ken Hill Sandy Shrout Judy Mollohan Irmgard Kinzig Engm1fmg.r SUN ENGRAVING P1'i7lli7Zg ALLEN PRESS 5

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Glimpse felt more than ever like part of the school, as they joined with the rest of the student body in a common performance, cheering the team on to victory. On Monday, the party routine was broken and the dreaded classes began. The new students were stunned and disillusioned. They wondered if this was the same K.U. they had known the previous week, as they worked for hours at a time and never seemed to get ahead. They feared that the fun for the year might possibly be over. But the weekend came and with it returned the good times and the parties, pushing worries of tests and themes temporarily out of freshman minds. After a few similar weeks the novices finally began to under- stand what makes K.U. so great and so loved. They began to realize that their main purpose for being at a university was to acquire knowledge and skills in preparation for going out into the world, and they saw that K.U., with its outstanding faculty and facilities, was one of the greatest places in the country to acquire this knowledge and these skills. They saw that the seemingly endless hours of study were neces- sary to attain their personal goals, and that there was still time for fun after the long week of study. The freshmen were growing up. Rapidly they were losing their adolescence and were becoming adults. Making this change was hard for some, easier for others. The change was brought about by many things-hard work with its many satisfactions, good times with their change of pace, and the new inde- pendence with its many lessons. The boys and girls from everywhere who arrived that first Sunday are becoming the men and women of the University of Kansas. 7 A FIRST glimpse of sociol life ' -? .W