University of Nebraska Lincoln - Cornhusker Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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Nebraska ' s New Students Receive Warm Welcome Exarninaliniis. registration. [)artics. picnics, (iances — e v Stiulcnl Week arrives, welcoming new students to the I niversily. A busy week of orientation finds confused freshmen attending convocations, laboring through pre-registration tests and phvsical examinations, touring the campus, pull- ing cards. Social life is not neglected during New Stu- dent ' eek. for evenings are spent at the Ag Rarbe(iue. open houses on Church - iglit. the Pixie Promenade for women, the mens smoker and the Frosh Hop. At the end of e Student Week. 1.9.10 new students are offi- cially registered at the I niversity of Nebraska and are ready to begin classes. Enthusiastic new Pepsters learn Nebraska cheers. Innocent sales talks persuade freshmen to buy beanies.

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Bob Rauch becomes a fraternity man as Bill Campbell and Walt Blore pin on a Phi Gamma Delta pledge pin. Rush Week Brings Many Pledges To Greek Houses As anxious rushees arrive at the girls ' dorm for Pan- hellenic Rush Week, excitement fills the air. The dorm buzzes with talk of the 18 open houses and the rush parties to follow. Spirited songs echo from the lawns of each sorority house. Rushees hurry to the houses, with fraternity men lining the sidewalks. A week of exciting rush parties is lirought to a close by banquets welcoming the 327 new- pledges after the invitations have been received. The shorter fraternity rushing period is no less ex- citing. Rush parties bring bright new pledge pins to proud frateriiit) rushees. and pledgeship begins for 363 pledges at NL ' . Rushees get critical attention from fraternity men. The Kappa actives happily welcome their new pledges.

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The Gamma Phi Beta ' s spirited vaudeville show, Minstrel Madness, wins first place in AWS Coed Follies competition. Coeds Compete In Penny Carnival, Coed Follies Blaring music, pledges in gay costumes, colored lights, confetti and voices crying, Step right up folks — try your luck here! fill the Union Ballroom. A carnival atmos- phere prevails, with spectators crowding around the booths. The occasion, of course, is Penny Carnival. Judges and a student vote determine the winners of the carnival booths, which feature entertainment and games concocted by pledge classes from women ' s organ- ized houses. Alpha Xi Delta wins first place with its Alpha Xi Can-Can Capers booth. Alpha Chi Omega and Gamma Phi Beta take second and third place, res- pectively. Early in January, thoughts turn to skits for Coed Follies. Practice sessions become frequent, with skit- masters urging singers to enunciate and smile, and dancers to perfect their routines. Final polish is put on each skit, costumes are finished; and its lime to present ' ' Midnight Madness. The audience is presented with an entertaining pro- gram of skits, curtain acts and traveler acts. Gamma Phi Beta wins first place in the skit competition with Min- strel Madness; Kappa Kappa Gamma, second; and Delta Gamma, third. The Tri Delts win the curtain act competition. The presentation of the twelve Conihusker beauty queen finalists and the Ideal Nebraska Coed. Jody Cha- lupa, completes Coed Follies, 1Q56. BeMy Tindall, Karen Sukovaty and Bobble Wylie proudly claim first place honors for the Alpha Xi ' s Gay Parcc booth