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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 13, 1950
The Editorial Page-
Welcome Jayhawkers!
Orientation activities are geared to make K.U.'s newest prodigies feel they are wanted, and it is hoped the words of welcome have hit home already. Bucketsful of advice are being poured down upon hundreds of green freshmen to encourage their rapid development into full blossomed Jayhawks.
College days are earmarked by years of anticipation and still more years of reminiscing. They mark a turning point in each youth's personality—a new solidarity evolves and is maintained throughout his life.
Competition confronting high school graduates jolts them to the realization that college is not a merry-go-round. It rather resembles a roller coaster whose terrific speed makes it necessary to hang on tight or be tossed out. Final week always finds a few casualties, but most of them are eager to buy another ride.
Bewildered by the volley of invitations to join, support, buy, or vote for something or other, Mt. Oread's newest inhabitants soon will become familiar with Hill activities and begin making a place for themselves. They will realize being a part of such a vast institution is a challenge to put something into as well as getting something out of it all. Each student will leave a mark, be it good or bad.
Pride in being a part of K.U. will swell within every new Jayhawker until he joins his contemporaries in scoffing when rivals call his school the Flaw on the Kaw or Snob Hill. He'll soon learn the standard retort. "At least this isn't a Cow College."
Fasten your safety belts, for the check ride has just begun. New crew members are standing by while a green pair of pilots warm up the engine in anticipation of their first solo flight in the U.D.K.
Forty-seven years ago young men and women began expanding their journalistic aspirations by joining the crew of the University Daily Kansan. Some never climbed above the rank of crew members. Others continued to the status of pilots. Few washed out before they won their wings.
With eager eyes toward newcomers who will carry on the school's traditions and expand its activities, upperclassmen are dusting off the welcome mat and saying, "Welcome Jayhawkers."
First Flight Finesse
Gaining strength rather than weakness with its age, the U.D.K. has become an indispensable part of University life. It has bombarded Mt. Oread with news about the Hill's own population as well as the activities of outsiders. Pilots have dropped reams of propaganda from the editorial compartment without assurance that readers would absorb the ideas advocated. Financial backers have multiplied until passage on the U.D.K. has become a privilege not always available.
Unique in one aspect, this aircraft is manned by a new crew each nine weeks. Still it maintains the rank of seventh largest in Kansas, and its pilots often continue flying for commercial ratings. Several have reached the rank of instructor.
Every Jayhawker is permitted to observe this flight. Enthusiastic spectators may even watch from the control tower to help send the pilots instructions, for they operate a two-way radio (Letters to the Editor column).
With anxious but confident hearts, the pilots eye one another as they roll swiftly down the runway, ease back the wheel, and rise slowly from the ground. Realization of their responsibility surges through their minds as they prepare to execute the routine maneuvers and hope to add a few stunts of their own.
Kansan Comments ...
All's fair in love and war—rush week has elements of both. One fraternity, wishing to maintain a secure hold upon the rushees to whom they had issued pledge pins, transported the young men (and a supply of iced beer) to Ottawa for safekeeping until open season on rushing ended.
Campaign of the year; Urging permanent adoption of the parking tickets being issued on the campus this week. They very politely state, "The officer on duty notes that your car is violating the regulation which is checked on the back of this card. Do not worry about it this time."
Union bookstore clerks were surprised to find a shipment of hand-books entitled "How to be a Bartender" packed together with a supply of Bibles.
Answering an inquiry regarding the rumor that our campanile is slipping downhill, Miss Martha Peterson said: "I've been watching from my window, but I haven't seen it move an inch!"
Members of the Union operating committee have revised the name of the Palm room by christening it "The Hawk's Nest," and Witty Wilbur asks if a clean-up crew has been hired for daily deodorization.
A former Jayhawker who transferred to Manhattan's "silo tech" is boasting of his new major—dairying. He thinks it takes a lot of pull to get into that department.
Optimistic veteran: If Uncle Sam doesn't send me any mail this year, I should be able to graduate before my daughter begins school next fall.
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