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Fraternities Take In 284 Men
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
39TH YEAR
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, SEPT. 12, 1941
The greatest contest ever to be held at the University of Kansas was opened today by the University Daily Kansan.
Kansan Offers Holiday Vacations To Students
The winners of the contest will travel to four parts of the United States during the Christmas holidays entirely at the expense of the University newspaper, and additional prizes of valuable merchandise will be awarded by Lawrence merchants to runners-up.
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The competition is open to all students of the University with the exception of members of the department of journalism and members of the Kansan staff. The winners of the contest are to be chosen by votes cast by subscribers to the newspaper.
The University woman who wins first prize will be sent to Sun Valley, Ida., for a seven day vacation with all expenses paid. Second place winner among the women will go to Miami Beach, Fla., for seven days at no expense to herself. The 10 next highest women will receive various merchandise prizes. Winner to Rose Bowl.
The University man who receives the most votes will go as a guest of the Kansan for seven days at Pasadena, California, including the famous Rose Bowl football game on
New Years Day. Second prize winner among the men will go to New Orleans, La., and attend the Sugar Bowl football game with all expenses paid. The 10 next highest men among the contestants will also receive merchandise prizes.
Vote ballots are given to each subscriber to the Kansan when the subscription is paid for. To a one-semester subscriber 200 votes are given, 100 for a man and 100 for a woman; 600 votes are given with the purchase of a full year's subscription, 300 each for a man and woman.
Must Sign Ballots
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With McKay Drafted---to fulfill the entire platform on which his Society of Pachacamac rode to victory last spring. He said that he was particularly interested in getting the promised labor board in operation, and that he had already contacted Lawrence merchants to get their cooperation in setting up fair student labor standards.
Watermulder Heads MSC
Bob McKay, Men's Student Council president, announced today that he would be unable to return to school, and that his position would be filled by Dave Watermulder, Council vice-president.
Mckay will not return to school because his draft number has been called and he will join the United States army on Sept. 19.
In commenting on McKay's departure Watermulder said, "I regret that Bob must go, and I hope that I will be able to partially fill his shoes." Hopes to Fulfill Platform
Watermulder said that he hoped
McKay, who has been an outstanding student at the University, was elected to the Council presidency last spring in a close race over P.S.G.-L.'s Jim Burdge. He was defeated for a try at the same presidency in the spring of 1940 in a one vote decision
McKay was a Summerfield scholar, a member of Sachem, Beta Gamma Phi, Pi Spsilon Pi, Delta Upsilon, Delta Sigma Pi, and Delta Sigma Rho.
by Bill Farmer.
He had been president of the business school, justice and clerk of the student court, vice-president of the student union activities board, a member of the varsity debate squad. and freshman debate coach.
Watermulder was elected to the Council last spring as a representative from the College and was president of the Junior class last year.
Worst Is Yet Ahead
Frosh Face More Meetings
By CHARLES PEARSON
Freshmen, already school-weary from rush week, orientation, and the mild crushing that is registration, are not happy when they consider that there are still several meetings which must be attended before they can be considered full-fledged inmates of the University.
They sat silent through psychological test and physical examination. They met student counsellors, and were impressed by the calmness of the upper classmen as they tried to give the frosh a little fatherly advice before launching them headlong into the churning sea of rhetoric and science requirements.
These long suffering recruits even attended the New Student Convocation Wednesday night, and nodded
meeting with deans of their particular schools, to take place at 9:30 Saturday morning. They still must enroll, according to the letter plan, and by the time they have made out approximately seven class schedule cards and have the signature of their advisers on the last one, they will be too weary and disillusioned to derive much enjoyment from the New Student Convocation which they must attend at 7:30 Tuesday night in Hoch auditorium.
politely, now and again squirming appreciatively in their chairs. Some of them have even gone through the horror of the registration line. They feel old, and rather like they were seasoned veterans of the campaign against Dniepropetrovsk.
Closing hours for all University women will be 12:30 a.m. with the exception of rushees whose closing hours will be 11 p.m. These hours are in effect over the weekend and the first 10:30 night for women will be Wednesday, Sept. 17.-Doris Twente, president of the W.S.G.A.
When that has been endured the end is in sight. After (but only after) New Student Induction, at 7 o'clock Thursday night on North College Hill, they become fullfledged, dyed-in-the-wool students of the University of Kansas. That's all there is to it.
But even they "ain't" seen nothin' yet. Still in store for them is the
Greeks End Pledging Tonight With Yell-ins; Sororities Still Rush
A total of 284 men were pledged by University social fraternities which reported at 3 o'clock this afternoon. This is an increase of more than 50 over last year's figure when there were only 232 pledges reported on the last day of rush week. Rushing, however, is not officially over until the "yelling in" ceremonies tonight.
Phi Gamma Delta headed the list with 29 pledges and Phi Kappa Psi was second with 25.
Even though this is a considerable increase over last year's count, it is still not up to the 300 mark which represented the average number of pledges for several years.
Tau Kappa Epsilon, the only fraternity not reporting today will release a complete list next week.
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239 Women Ride Rush Week Wave
By DCROTHY SCHROETER
This year, more than before, schedules, appointments, and dates have overlapped, since freshman week and both men's and women's rush week began on the same day, last Wednesday. Last year, the men's rush week preceded the woman's rush week, which was followed by two or three days before the commencement of freshman week.
Smiles—flowers—voiled hats—black dresses—tea—ice cream—a Dali picture of rush week would undoubtedly portray a mad blend of all these essential elements of those five hectic days.
Largest Registration
In spite of advance reports to the contrary, this rush week brought the largest registration of any year, totaling 239. The women also came from a larger number of states this year, according to Mrs. Eugene Brune, secretary of the alumnae Pan-Hellenic Council.
Innovations under the new rules included open spiking, which is previous years has been discouraged as much as possible. Under this rule, sororities are permitted to bid new women students on the first day of teas. The women are not however, obligated to accept or reject these bids until the last day of rush week.
Girls who registered for rush week are living in private homes, instead of at a hotel or at any of the halls. They either live alone or in groups of three or four. However, they cannot visit the houses in these groups, unless the initials of their last names fall in the same groups.
New Pamphlet Issued
A new pamphlet issued by the Pan-Hellenic council has been favorably received, according to sorority women. It states the dues required by each sorority, data which has not been printed in rush camphets before, in addition to rush week schedule and rules and advice for the new students.
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Phi Delta Theta
Jack Morgan, Kansas City; Everett Gille, Kansas City; Lewis Allen, Kansas City; George Gray, Kansas City; Sandy White, Kansas City, Mo.; Dave Smart, Kansas City, Mo.; Bill Bauer, Kansas City, Mo.; Dick Brown, Topeka; John Lattimore, Topeka; Sam Alexander, Topeca; Herb Kaufman, Topeka; Houston Frith, Emporia; Bill Barber, Emporia; Bill Walker, Hutchinson; Jack Stevens, Hutchinson; Roger Allen, Lawrence; Dave Hay, Lawrence; Mick Hines, Salina; Bill Jenson, Colby; Bob Maricle, Dodge City; Phil Torrey, Merriam; Fred Darville, Sabetha; Harvey Haines, Sabetha.
Phi Gamma Delta
Bill Kirk, Wichita; Bob Love, Wichita; Jack Burns, Wichita; Bob Morton, Wichita; Hoyt Smith, El Dorado; Jim McKay, ELDorado; John Corley, ELDorado; Jim Kennedy, McPherson; Gene Williams, ELDorado; Curtis Hinshaw, Lawrence; Nelson May, Lawrence; Buzzie Robbins, Lawrence; Kenny Johnson, Topeka; Earl Wallace, Leavenworth; Grove Roberts, Ft. Leavenworth; Charlie Roberts, Dodge City; Bob Frizell, Larned; Bill Blount, Jetmore; Bill Phillips, Tulsa, Okla.; Jack Reynolds, Kansas City, Mo.; Jim Staker, Kansas City, Mo.; Bob Wellington, Kansas City, Mo.; Frank Koelter, Kansas City, Mo.; Bud Whittenburger, Luray; Bob Glassock, Hutchinson; Dick Carmean, Baxter Springs; Harold McSpadden, Lawrence; Chubl Thayer, Great Bend; Marshall Hulett, Platt City, Mo.
Sigma Nu
Jack Cleverley, Russell, Don King,
Springfield, Mo.; Paul Van Dyke,
Plainville; Glen Bigelow, Osawatomi;
Dick Buck, North Kansas City,
Mo.; Howard Shryock, Kansas City,
Mo.; Bill Rolfe, Kansas City, Mo.
Tom Twyman, Independence, Mo.
Jeff Perky, Kansas City, Mc. Scott Harvey, Salina; Bill Stone, Kansas City, Mo.; Bob Ackerman, Monett;
Hillis Kennard, Kansas City, Mo;
Charles Avey, Kansas City, Mo.
John Dyatt, Kan orado; Carl Schmidt, Kansas City, Mo.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Richard Ramsey, ElDorado; Tarry Hawkinson, Kansas City, Mo.; Kenneth Thompson, Kansas City; Bill Cave, Topeka; James Wisner, McPherson; Valle Schloesser, Fredonia;
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