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University Daily Kansan Thursday. March 12. 1959
WHAT'S TRUMPS?—George W. Robinson, left, freshman, and Thomas E. Walker, junior, both from Osawatomie, Kan., enjoy a card game. What are the stakes, men?
HELLO—Donald E. Hunter, Oak Park, Ill., takes time to call his girl.
TIE IT RIGHT—Kenneth J. Konop, Kansas City, Mo., junior, dresses up for a date.
NUMBER PLEASE—Edward McMullan, Long Beach, N.Y.,
sophomore, earns a little "dough" taking calls.
Two hundred eighty-five men create 285 different activities on a midweek evening in a large men's dormitory.
Residents of Joseph R. Pearson Hall may be found relaxing, flexing a stray muscle, or improving their recreational skills at someone's expense.
They can harass switchboard operators, grab a quick Coke and spin tires in Zone A.
There are tests to forget, games to be learned, odd jobs to be done, time to be killed. There are calendars to hang, elevators to ride, beds to be made.
On the other hand, there are no pledges or rushees to oversee, no compulsory library hours and no big hustle for the weekly house party.
All this may seem rather routine, but J. R. Pearson residents have found that there is one other aspect not to be forgotten—study. Instructors do not seem to realize what a good time men can have with so many facilities at close hand.
The soft chairs in the large lounges are just the things in which to curl up for the "study break."
One student remarked that "all that is needed is a little music over the intercom system to study by." Another suggested that "a six-piece jazz band would be fine."
Someone can be found almost any place at any hour in the "hotel," but eventually everyone drifts into his own room and drops off into that unconscious state that has been hounding him all day—sleep.
TIRED-James E. Wilson, Kansas City, Mo., junior, gets an early start on some shut-eye. At 10 p.m., Jim?
BUSY WORK—Robert Adam, left, Mexico D.F., Mexico, sophomore, and Max Mize, Anthony,
Kan, freshman, dig into the books at midsemester.