University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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is Q M a Y'I FROSH cmd fronks of The Joyhowk Nibble. THE WAITING wclfermelons. Watermelon Feed Watermelon, cold, one and one fourth tons thereof. New students, hun- gry, 1,500 strong. It started that way, and ended with 1,500 satiated new stu- dents and one lonely watermelon for which no one had the capacity or the appetite. It was the annual K.U.-Y. Watermelon Feed. Held above, around, and sometimes in Potter Lake, the feed was supposed to be a mixer for new stu- dents. It was a mixer, all right. It mixed watermelon with grass, watermelon with the lake, watermelon with clothes, and occasionally, watermelon with peo- ple. Not all was messy, though. The dancing up the hill from the lake pro- vided those who could not stand still for one reason or another and those with excess energy an opportunity to move around. Except for those instances when the watermelon went outside instead of inside, the evening went smoothly.

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ances, Dates, Deans a-gtg,-T BUY YOUR JAYHAWKER HERE . . . an annual cry at The Activities Carnival. by LYNN MACQGOWAN As the seniors move out, taking their memories with them, the freshmen move in to make some. September 1 l, 1960, began a college career for over a thousand people, and also began a week filled with every kind of activity that could be squeezed into that period. Who can ever forget that first day of moving in, with huge crowds of people and the complete con- fusion that reigned over the entire 24-hour span? Waiting to meet roommates was a suspenseful time: beast or beauty, crab or comic? Who was to get the top bunk and the small closet? Although everyone tried to meet everyone else, perhaps the best-known freshman at the end of the day was Dr. Wescoe, the new chancellor. That night, at the end of the induction ceremony, came a newly-acquired feeling of maturity and freedom. The next morning, sleepy-looking groups gathered outside Hoch for placement tests, or assembled in Murphy for deans' meetings. After three hours in the warm air of the auditorium, some came out yawning or mumbling something about charlie horses from those -- seats. Later that afternoon, a watermelon feed took place at Potter Lake. Fun, but sloppy. Trying to slap mosquitoes was a risky business, for you'd either side-swipe the guy next to you, or smash somebody else's watermelon. During the middle of the week a Jayhawk Nibble, Activities Carnival and a Trail Room dance were held. It looked like everyone signed up for every- thing, if, that is, they got through the crowds to the booths. The dancevwas wild, except for the lack of dance floor, but the sidewalks were fair substitutes. A few days later a Traditions Dance was held in G.S.P.'s parking lot. Dance space was abundant there, but those cement dividers seemed to give a few people quite a bit of trouble. It is said that patience has its virtues. By now everyone must be loaded with virtues after finishing their physicals, enrolling, and book-buying. Those who had TB and flu shots and felt no pain, enrolled without getting any 8 oiclock Saturday classes, and didn't have to return a single book to the bookstore, deserve the Purple Heart. Orientation XX'eek can certainly never be forgotten -the mass slumber parties, the endless coke dates in the Union, the absence of homework, the dances, the picnics and the parties. By the time classes started the following Monday, everyone was a physical wreck, but who the hell cared? 9 We

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