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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 195
KU Registration, Enrollment Leave New Student 'Cold'
He keeps playing follow-the-leader until a hand shoves him into a booth, slaps a number on him, and flashes his picture. Next he falls back in line like a cow at the slaughter house until meeting a character who has dollar signs for eyes, and "ahhhh," he is through. His troubles are over, he thinks!
By WILLIE TORRES
In almost any American university the first disillusionment a student encounters could be any one of these: his first test, if he had been a brain in high school; his first turned down date, if he been a high school Don Juan; his first job as a bench warmer, if he had been almighty in sports.
But at KU, the disillusionment comes in the first week on the hill. It comes during the process of registration and enrollment. At KU this process is a killer. The student has a well-planned week of placement exams and welcoming deans. They hand the lad some ha-ha story, and the president of the A.S.C. tells of his trying days at "dear old KU."
The afternoon finds him enrolling at Robinson gym. After getting the right door by trial and error, he is ready to enter the second floor of Robinson gym. He is looked over and questioned by a claw at the door as he enters then, "wham!" it hits him.
After this he falls into a line, resembling the death march of Bataan, which leads to the smoky basement of Strong hall. He is handed a million cards all asking the same questions to print. Please! no long hand!
Then he falls back in line until he comes to a desk where some joker is trying to make time with the doll next to him and stamp cards at the same time. Naturally, everything he has written is stamped out.
He thinks he is at the wrong place. This seems to be a king size bookie joint. In front is a tremendous blackboard with a ramp around it and office boys running along the ramp changing the odds. He thinks of "English" as the name of the horse,
"Fraser" as a Belmont or Santa Anita. Jockey Prof. Clubb is riding English IV at 3 p.m. at Fraser. On the farther side are long tables where small bats are placed with advisors looking like nonchalant betting clers.
On his left are tables with clerks behind them. And strung above their heads are wires with hanging signs designating pay-off posts. There is not much activity here, strictly for graduate students.
To the far right are the individual desks behind which sit the managers of the different tracks or departments and the officials who okay the big bets or the extra credit hours.
The new student's enrollment is on the last day. The clerks or advisors are not up to par after a week of this routine. A bet placed on speech at 9 a.m. is scratched. So the new student gets speech at 5 p.m. This goes on until his schedule runs from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., including Saturday with, of course, a million loopholes or off-hours throughout the day. After this he gets his bets okayed at the big-shot's desk, he is let out of the rat-race by a doorman, and goes home tired and disgusted like a guy who's just got cleaned at the races.
Kansas Landmark Sold
Lecompton (U.P.)—An old famous Kansas landmark has been sold. Harry H. Woodring, former Kansas governor, sold the famous old home of Frederick P. Stanton, territorial governor of Kansas, to A.R. Young of Kansas City. The 262-acre farm is located east of Lecompton.
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Federal Jobs Open For Geographers
The United States civil service commission has announced that it is accepting applications for geographer positions in various federal agencies in Washington, D.C., and vicinity. The salaries range from $3,825 to $10,000 a year.
To quality, applicants must (a) have completed a four-year college course which included courses in geographic subjects, or (b) have had four years of technical experience in geography or closely allied fields, or (c) have had any combination of such education and experience.
In addition, applicants must have had from one to three years of professional experience in the field of geography. Appropriate graduate study may be substituted for as much as two years of the professional experience. No written test is required.
London (U.P) — Vaslav Nijinsky,
greatest ballet dancer of all time,
left his widow only $84, the letters
of administration of his estate dis-
closed.
Ballet Must Not Pay Well
Vaslav Nilinsky died without drawing up a will, but the letters revealed his only estate was savings of $84. He became insane at the height of his career and never recovered completely.
His widow, Mrs. Romola Nijsky,
lives in a small London house.
Full information and application forms may be secured at most first- and second-class post offices, from civil-service regional offices, or from the U.S. civil service commission, Washington 25, D.C. Applications will be accepted in the commission's Washington office until further notice but qualified persons are urged to apply at once.
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