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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
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ALPHA NUMBER ASSIGNED HERE • TO UNION BUILDING FOR ENROLL The trial begins early. No, not another closed class. might have missed the previous ones. Parties sponsored by the University, by clubs, and by fraternities and sororities occupied the eve- nings and provided the new students with an opportunity to make many new acquaintances. On Tuesday evening, all the major campus organizations joined forces in the Kansas Union to present the Activities Carnival to help familiarize the newcomers with the op- portunities for activity and recreation avail- able to them. A veritable deluge of students swamped the booths set up by the various groups, and many were the exhausted campus leaders at the evening ' s end. The next day physical examinations began at Watkins Hos- pital, and for those who were hardy enough to survive the pincushion treatment, a water- melon feed, sponsored by the KU-Y, was held at Potter Lake that night. Enrollment—that ordeal of ordeals took place on Thursday and Friday, putting the self-control of both the neophyte Jayhawkers and their upperclassmen colleagues to the acid test. Witness the poor junior who, having just declared a triple major and logged many miles over the campus in the process of securing the signatures of two major advisors, finds that advisor No. 3 disagrees with his choice of courses, making it necessary for him to retrace his steps and start all over again. And so it went. The long hours spent standing in line in Strong Hall, the Union Ballroom, and the Pen were wearing on feet and nerves alike. Not even seniors were entirely immune to the smil- ing subversives behind the class card tables whose one purpose in life, it seemed, was to assign 7 :3o, 4:30, and Saturday classes. After enduring the din of enrollment which ended Orientation Week, most students were more than ready to settle down to the calm pursuit of knowledge in quiet classrooms. Once again, Country Club Week had been a smashing success and the Student Body was eager to begin school.
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