University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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Lines for the end-zone. New students receive a warm welcome. fientat io7 Week Confusion, anxiety and excitement prevailed as some 3,000 freshmen and transfer students checked into their new homes at Kansas Uni- versity this fall. The sea of bright and eager new faces pouring onto the campus signaled the start of that hectic, puzzling, sometimes frustrating but always enjoyable time of year known affectionately among the veteran Jay- hawkers as Orientation, or Country Club Week. Friendly hands and smiling faces wel- comed the newcomers as, with mixed emotions, they embarked upon their college careers. The arrival of the transfer students and those freshmen who had not attended a pre- view session during the summer, especially those members of the gentler sex, was eagerly awaited by the men who had arrived a week earlier for rush week, and, having had their fill of brotherly love, were ready to socialize. Placement exams were the order of the day on Saturday, and on Sunday ' ,5o° more fresh- men, those who had taken their exams at the previews, joined their classmates as Orienta- tion Week went into full swing. The New Students Convocation at Allen Field House on Sunday afternoon served as a formal introduc- tion to the University. Normally, the spec- tacle of the Induction Ceremony that evening, set in beautiful Memorial Stadium with the famed Campanile rising against the sky, would have been deeply etched in the memories of all concerned, but rain forced the ceremony to be held in Allen Field House. The remaining days before enrollment were filled with dean ' s meetings, advisor ' s confer- ences, and placement exams for those who 11