Wednesday, Feb. 10, 1965 University Daily Kansan
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Mixed Emotions Round Out Rush
"Whee!" breathes the guy dating a freshman woman. He sighs with relief that the week of formal sorority rushing is finally over. He hasn't seen or talked to his girl, much less dated her, for nearly 260 hours.
The close of rush week activities does seem to be one of relief. The views as to when the formal rushing period ends vary.
The above remark at the close of rush activities was only one of many heard around the campus. Sunday, as the last party ended and the sorority girls of one house stood on their doorstep and melodically delivered their last words to the rushees for a few days, one junior hostess uttered, "Well, rush is over."
SHE WAS corrected by the rushee standing in front of her, though. "It won't be OVER until Tuesday night." she said.
Tuesday night came and passed. Some freshmen women sighed with joy in their eyes; others with tears.
Invitations to pledge were issued to 284 freshmen and upperclass women Tuesday evening. The invitations, prepared by the presidents and rush chairmen of the 12 national social sororities on campus, were distributed by the Panhellenic Counselors.
Panhellenic Counselors are sorority women who live in the freshmen dorms during rush week activities. They are selected by the staff of the Dean of Women's office. Counselors represent each of the 12 sororities. They assist the rushees and answer their questions during rush activities.
SPRING RUSH week is primarily for freshman women who have attended the University of Kansas for one semester. They must have maintained at least a 1.0 (C) grade average. Although a similar rush week was held this fall for upperclass women previously not eligible for rush and for upperclass transfer women, seven upperclass women pledged this spring.
Rushees were housed in Corbin, Gertrude Sellards Pearson and Carruth-O'Leary, women's residence halls, during rush activities. Upperclass women moved into their houses Tuesday night. Freshmen pledges will move in next fall.
Rush week is a hectic, exhausting week for rushees. Wednesday and Friday were free days for both the rushees and the sorority "rusher." Monday evening and Tuesday afternoon and evening the sororities had open house. Each girl attended each house within this two-day period. Invitational parties were held Thursday afternoon and evening, Saturday afternoon and Sunday afternoon.
IMMEDIATELY following the final party on Sunday freshmen women signed their preference cards in the Dean of Women's office. At the same time, sorority houses across the Hill were composing their own lists of desired pledges. The prospective rushee's preference card was matched with the sorority lists by Miss Emily Taylor, dean of women, and her staff.
Hours of anxious waiting remained before final results were announced. The day of reckoning came and the pledge and their sororities were announced at 6:00 p.m. last night.
Soon after the pledge lists were revealed, laughing and crying overcame the freshmen residence halls and sorority houses. At 7:30 p.m. the new pledges arrived at their houses and parties started. At one house a pledge paddle was dedicated to a pledge class. A new tradition emerged along with new members of the house.
Formal pledging is tonight. Yellins to introduce the pledge classes to the campus community are scheduled by each of the 12 houses. They will begin this weekend.
As closing hours drew near the new pledges returned to their dorms full of joys and thrills. In their arms they guarded the treasured memoirs of their first night as a pledge.
Freshman Leadership Session To Study Finances, Budgets
Budget balancing and group financing will be discussed at today's meeting of the All Student Council Freshman Leadership Program.
Raymond Nichols, vice chancellor for finance, will speak to the more than 70 freshmen participating in the program in a meeting at 7:30 p.m. in Room 306A, B and C of the Kansas Union.
STUDENTS WILL then divide up into five discussion groups to hear treasurers of various campus organizations tell of their experiences in finances.
Today's meeting and another set for Feb. 17, are the last meetings of the leadership program. Tentatively scheduled for the next meeting is a discussion in group dynamics.
Bob Stewart, Vancouver, B.C., senior and student body president, and several volunteers on the leadership program committee, are directing the last two sessions.
STEWART EXPLAINED tha these last two programs were not included in the original program of eight which covered such subjects as publicity and leadership.
"A number of the participating freshmen were still interested so we decided to take this opportunity to change the format and then get an evaluation of this new format and of the whole program," he said.
The first eight programs had included only a speaker and then a question and answer session. Stewart said that the results from both types of programs would then enable the ASC to learn what were the most effective programs which they could use for next year's training session.
The main purpose of the Freshman Leadership Program is to provide interested freshmen with a knowledge of the basic qualities and requirements of campus leadership.
THE PROGRAM WAS initiated by the ASC last semester and received over 200 applications. The
78 freshmen were selected in interviews on the basis of their high school activities and grades.
Stewart said the Leadership Porgam will not actually place the participants in some leadership position in a campus activity.
"However, we hope that in the future this program will be a definite qualification for a position of leadership," he said.
Night Buses Carry Few, May Stop
Night bus service on the campus may be discontinued in the next few weeks, Duane Ogle, Lawrence Bus Company president, said last night.
The company started night service six weeks ago on a trial basis but isn't making enough money to make the service worthwhile. Ogle said.
"We want to keep night service but we would like to break even on the money angle." Ogle said.
He noted that the average number of night bus riders is about 50. There should be at least 150 passengers each night in order for the bus company to break even, Ogle said.
Some students favor continuing the night service.
"I use the night service when I want to study at the library and attend programs at Hoch Auditorium." Susan Schmidt, St. Joseph, Mo., junior, said. "The bus is really a help in bad weather and I don't like to walk back to Lewis alone at night."
"The bus is only way I can get on campus at night." Gail Bratcher, Lamoni, Ia., senior. "I think it would help if the service was extended until 11 o'clock when the library closes. If the Lawrence bus company stops the night service, the university should provide something for those who have night classes."
Hectic Schedule Faces Debaters
A team from the KU debating squad may be sporting the only sunitans on campus after attending the debate tournament held at the University of Southern California, January 28-30.
The team, composed of Sharon Mahood, Springfield, Mo., sophomore, and Jim Klumpp, Coffeyville freshman, and their adviser, Donald Parson, assistant professor of speech and
drama, flew to the three-day tournament in Los Angeles.
At the meet, K.U. placed 18th out of more than 50 teams competing. Debating the question of the need for a Public Works Administration for the unemployed, the KU team earned a rating in the upper one-third of the teams present.
Two KU teams attended the Rocky Mountain Conference at Denver University on the same weekend.
The Classical film Series Presents METROPOLIS (1926) Germany
from the school of German film-makers which Produced The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Fraser Theater
Wednesday 7:00 p.m.
admission .60c