Oregon State University - Beaver Yearbook (Corvallis, OR)

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FRESHMEN numbering 1327 took the English placement test, which exceeds the number by 140 of those who took the exam last year. Exempted from first term English composition were 42 newcomers and graduates of Corvallis who made the best showing to keep up their record of the past few years. Hitting a new all-time high and surpassing their own goal, previously set at 4200, Oregon Staters gathered on the campus 4343 strong for fall quarter. Of this number 1417 were women and 2909 men—allowing 2.04 plus men for every woman. With the enrollment of graduate students swelled by late registrants, class totals were as follows: freshmen, 1506; sophomores (still holding their 1937 lead', 1533; juniors, 560; seniors, 534; graduate students, 164; special students, 26; and auditors, 11. All schools, with the exception of forestry, showed equal or increased registration over last year. GIRL YELL QUEEN of the midget Knothole club drew the lucky number from the megaphone and Miss Bessie Howell matched the draw number to drive away a Buick of undetermined age in the ASOSC fee drive feature at halftime of the Beaver-Vandal game on registration day, September 24. Carolyn Wolcott smiles at the birdie for beautification of her student body ticket. Louder! Art Brotcn sails into a yell. Fee drive chairman Ed Burchcll and Don Johnson check in. Burchell at the mike looks pleased, Bessie Howell looks at the grandstand and Don Hand, Bob Schultz and Elmer Kolbcrg mightily interested. Wild Bill” McKalip announces the game with cotton in his cars. Idaho wallflowers awaiting a chance to dance. 21

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With date cards before them, Panhcllcnic representatives arc prepared for the rush. Down the ballroom steps for the first student body dance. “There’s good old Joe—didn’t know he came back this year. Rushees check date books with Only a few invitations left—and fingers crossed. Panhcllenic’s work just begun. RUSH WEEK 5 heated social race quieted down at the beginning of fall term leaving 500 rushees to wear the pledge pins of fraternities and sororities of their choice. Panhellenic council initiated a new plan this year for the distribution of “date books , whereby confusion in distributing invitations was lessened. Sororities pledged 180 co-eds as compared with 150 in 1937. At the final count, 320 men were accepted into the folds of Greek living groups, three less than the total pledged during Rush week in 1937. 20

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Emily Johnson promotes the hello plan and greets Lucilc Alphonse, Betty Jane Holt and Jean Botsford on the walks of the M.U. quad. Lorcnc Rickman saw the flash at the rookess get-acquainted picnic on the lower campus. lone Turner draws the tape at the season's first hop—another mixer event. Enid Clifford and sisters look sweet for the boys with the nickels. UPROOTING an old traditional saying from an old traditional walk, the Associated Women students, founders of the original idea of having a “Hello” walk on the campus, decided to replant the friend-creating memo in the new Union quad. As a result every cement strip in the quad was dubbed “Hello” walk by the co-eds, and signs were placed in spots along the network of 12 walks that bound and include the turfed quadrangle. A BREAK -THE-ICE progressive dance was the nature of the AWS sponsored Nickel Hop fall term, in which all co-ed living groups furnished 15 minutes of dancing for five cents to each man “making the rounds.” Lucky men dancing with picked girls at 10 o’clock were awarded free dancing for the remainder of the evening. Marie Clark, AWS president, reported the get-acquainted affair a financial success for the women students’ treasury. Pi Beta Phi rang up the largest returns and received the rotating cup into their keeping. FRESHMAN COMMISSION opened the fall calendar by sponsoring a get-acquainted picnic in the armory for rookesses, who are bag lunches, played active games and made plans for future meetings and fun-fests. Julia Duncan headed the annual get-together for 35 leaders and 200 newcomers. 22