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University Daily Kansan Thursday, Sept. 11, 1958
Back Again, Folks
Every year it's the same old story. People and people and people drift into town, climb the hill and begin to dot the landscape. Gradually the dots grow into clusters.
Fraternity and sorority people clean their houses and win their pledges. Some even lose 'em. Landladies wipe the dust out of corners to accommodate itinerant apartment dwellers. The town wakes up and goods in the stores go on "sale," usually at fantastic increases in price.
Yep! Every year it's the same old story. The students are back and school is going to start and the townspeople are ready to make money again.
Parties are held, groups organize and reorganize, books are bought, pins are shined, clothes are let out, faces are shaved, hair is curled, the whistle blows, and the whole process begins whenever September hits Mt. Oread.
To the old students: glad to have you back.
You are the ones who know this campus inside
and out. You are the people responsible for its hum of smooth operation. Collectively, you make it a liveable place to be.
A hearty welcome to you new students, also. You are the green ones—the people who will make this campus fresh and humorous, at least for a little while. You will join clubs, attend parties, and work diligently until you reach the top of the KU social heap some four years from now. Then you will graduate and probably be forgotten like the masses before you. But, work hard, new students, for the experience will be pleasant, fruitful and everlasting.
So, we guess that it's the same old story. Everything seems pretty much as we left it last spring, with only a few changes—mostly faces.
Therefore, instead of printing the same old "welcome home" line, we'll simply say—Let's thank our lucky stars that we are here receiving a college education. All forecasts indicate a bright school year. Now we must make the best of it. John Hussey
—John Husar
"You can't buy BETTER and you can't buy for LESS"
As a rule, KU boasts a club or organization for every taste. Of course, there will be people with really odd tastes, but they can never be satisfied. They would rather sit around the Hawk's Nest drinking bad coffee and gripping about some "lack of expression" on campus.
Then there are the "joiners"—the Campus Casuals, the B.M.O.C.s, the Queens, the Ivy Leaguers, the regular guys. These are the ones who make campus organizations the vibrant things they are. They realize the educational importance of extra-curricular activities, per se, the reason for the University including a list of such on each student's transcript.
Don't Stagnate—Broaden Yourself
Welcome Back
It is easy for a new student to fall into a rut by doing the same thing over and over again. Most "rutters" (sort of rhymes with "rotters") develop because students fail to realize the benefits offered by University activities. Others feel that they are inadequate—unable to compete socially with older students. Thus, they become shy and reticent. There are even a few characters who don't give a hang for campus activities because they find them "childish, cheap and uninteresting." That's too bad.
On the whole, these individuals usually spend the rest of their college years staring at movies, TV, dime novels and roommates during free hours.
These people also know of the many forms
That's right. Don't Stagnate. Broaden yourself. This University provides many avenues for social and cultural development, so take advantage of them.
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of entertainment provided gratis by certain departments. They patronize them and raise their cultural standards.
They are also familiar with the KU Concert Course which has on tap many notables among which are the original Broadway cast of Bernstein's "Candide," the St. Louis Symphony, and Jose Greco, the last being a big success here three years ago.
Some "joiners" brush elbows with observers in the Art Museum or in the galleries on Strong Hall's third floor. Others may go to lectures or jazz concerts.
The point is, people who jump into campus society and become part of it begin to practice some of the principles learned in classrooms. They keep one step ahead of their "rutter" contemporaries who may never become socially educated enough to sell themselves or ideas. They become "at home" here and look forward to each additional undergraduate year as a more revealing and broadening experience.
They know that the University Theatre is putting together one of its finer seasons—a set of 12 plays and musicals, including "Carmen," "The King and I," Tennessee Williams" "Summer and Smoke," and Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale."
This message is primarily for new students. Some of the older ones, who after two or three years still aren't in gear, are no longer susceptible to the University's social and cultural advantages. Don't be one of them.
—John Husar
... Letters ...
Dear Students and Faculty:
Every year circumstances happen that arouse the wrath of the campus population—blood boils or turns to ice, temperatures go up, and so on. If this happens to you, we want to hear about it.
Therefore, if you don't like the way the Kansan prints the news; if you feel the teaching methods of the University aren't up to par; if you think you have a legitimate gripe, then write a letter to the Kansan.
The shorter the letter, the better chance it has of being printed. Kansan editors reserve the right to edit letters for errors in fact or grammar and to omit portions of letters.
Letters received by the Kansan editors will be printed in this column. The only requirements are that they be signed by the writer's correct name and University classification and be in generally accentable good taste.
Sound off. The Daily Kansan is your newspaper. Use it to express your opinions.
The Editors
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Every student, no matter what his major, is eligible for the Kansan staff. Help is needed on the news, sports, society and camera beats, plus many others. So, if you are even mildly interested, see Malcolm Applegate, managing editor, in the Kansan News Room, 112 Flint Hall, or call him at KU 251.
A newspaper for and by students, the Kansas has many openings for reporters, photographers, and cartoonists.
Students with a flair for newspaper work or a desire to learn about it are needed by the University Daily Kansan.
Enrollment Week Tips
Wear arch supports; Sign up for at least one required co-
Don't purchase someone's early enrollment card;
Try not to smub all of your former professors;
Ask stupid questions—they're expected;
Look haggard for your ID photo—that's expected too;
Coat your stomach before resorting to Union coffee.
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