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Vol. I III, No.

University of Kent u. c

Lexington.

kv Wednesday, sept.

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27,

Eight

Paei

Presidential Duty

Passes To Williams
By MIKE FEARING

Kernel Daily Editor

Jolm Williams, chairman of
the Student Congress Judiciary
Committee, told Student Congress Monday in'uht that he has
temporarily assumed the duties
of the presidency during the
absence of Vice President Hob
Smith.

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Study Pays Off
mechanical

Ronald Vcttrr, Junior
engineering major, indicates to
Boyd Hurst, president of Lances junior mrn'i honorary, what
it Ukft. to win the Liarn reciprocal scholarship as he pondrrs
a engineering book.

Garryl Sipple, who was to have
been president of the student government until
did not
return to UK this semester. The
functions of the
administrative
presidency then fell to Vice President Smith, but he is currently
away from the campus on a
vacation.
Williams, as chairman of the Ju- -

Ag College Dean
Cut From 100th
Dr. William A. Segy, acting Dean
of the Colhge or Agriculture, has
been tran-lrrrefrcm Kentucky's
lCJth Division to the Army's standby reserve. Dr. Seiry A'ill be able to
continue hi duties here until there
is a national emergency.
Dr. Seay, acting Erector of the
Experiment Station and Extension
Service until his pppointmeut as
acting dea.i, Is
i"'ting the expansion protran (i the statim as
well as
plans for a
now

iesarch

center.
T1p Dean, a lieutenant colonel,
F"'ved as xt cut .e olficer with
tlit? 400th Kecjn.:;t before being
tr uisfei r l to Kentucky's KOth
Division, lie ieri',d word Friday
tl.U he wa- - not to report to Fort
Chaffee. Aik., hU.;4 with most
ot;ier risuvists in the division.
His recall to active duty had
worried Universit
(fficlals since
lie only txcame ac'ing dean this
He is standing in for Dr.
spring.
Frank J. Welch, wh j is on leave of
absence to serve as assistant secretary of agricultuie in Washington.
In Lexington, meanwhile, about

400 men of two

Lexington-base-

regiments of the 100th left their
and homes for a three-da- y
orientation session before reporting for active duty at Fort Chaffee
next Monday.
The first day found the men
checking equipment and clothing,
being drilled on military courtesy
and active-dut- y
rules, and taking
physical training.
W. H. Horrell. intelligence
Maj.
officer of the 397th Regiment,
said morale of the officers and
men is exceptionally good.
Horrell said few men tried to
pet excused from the yearlong
Army stint, adding, ''We knew we
were subject to being called to active duty and are accepting it."
Most of the men will leave Lexington on Thursday.
Jobs

Lust Chance
Seniors in the College of Arts
and Sciences who plan to graduate in January must apply for
their degree by noon Saturday
in the office of Dean White,
Room 128, McVey Hall.

Sorority Rush Ends;
398 Pledges Taken

diciary Committee, is next in the
line of succession after Smith.
Williams reminded congress
members in a
informal
session, that new representatives
will be elected Oct. 1. Only 20 attended the meeting. Conflicting
campus activities were blamed for
the low attendance.
Later in the meeting. Miss Jo
Hern, chairman of the elections
committee, said the elections will
be held in each college between
8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m.
The chairman
Informed the
small group that candidacy applications for SC college representative are now available in the offices of the college deans and the
office of the dean of men.
Miss Hern said the applications
must be returned to the office of

TIh New Look

Flannels To Khakis
For Men In 100th

By RICHARD WILSON
(Editor's Notr: With this article Richard Wilson officially steps down
from his post on the Kernel staff. A senior journalism major, Wilson
was assistant managing editor of the Kernel until his recent recall
into the I'.S. Army, lie is leaving this week for Fort Chaffee, Ark.).

The transition from flannels,
books to khakis, combat boots and
UK students called to active duty
this week.
at
The students were among the
approximately 2700 reservists who
reported to active duty in the
Lexington area Monday. After
spending the first three days of
the week attending briefings and
orientations, the 100th will leave
for Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, where
it will be their mission to train
draftees arriving there about Oc- tober 19th at the rate of approxi- mately 1100 per week.
Opinions expressed by those in- terviewed ranged from resentment

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The 12 campus sororities extended invitations for member-s'lito OUS wfint n at pledging ceremonies held at the Fine
Arts uilding Monday.
received their first choice to com-

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blazers, burned bucks and
rifles is the plight of former
with the 100th Infantry

the postponement of schooling,
to resignation but determination to
make the best of this opportunity
and to do their utmost in fulfilling
the mission of the Division,
Specialist Fourth Class George
Wood, Engineering sophomore from
Versailles stated: "I hate to have
my education interrupted at this
time, but if recalling the reserves
will prevent war, it is certainly
worth the personal sacrifice."
Resentment toward the recalling
students was expressed
of full-tim- e
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the dean of men by

p.m.

Qualifications for college representative are:
1. The candidate must have
overall standing of 2.3 on a 4.9
system.
2. He must have attended
the
University or extension renters foe
at least one full semester.
3. The college dean must certiff
the point standing of the candi- date.
Williams read a
letter to the body after explaining
that Sipple's resignation did nob
cause the Oct. 4 election.
"She's a young lady, barely nin
months old. Take care of her. Sea
that she grows." Oarryl Sipple, resigning SC president, said in his
letter addressed to congress members.
"Your job is not yet quite over.
You have yet another act that of
elections," Sipple wrote. "It took
your effort to establish this congress. It will take your effort to
make certain that this congres
grows."
Members of the election committee are Kathy Cannon, College ot
Aits and Sciences; Ron Blackburn,
David
College of Engineering;
Sympson, College of Commerce;
of Education;
Jackie Cain. College
and Fred Shank. College of Agriculture.
Jim Brockman, College of Pharmacy; Pete Perlman, College of
Law; Pat Botner. College of Horns
Economics; and Ann Combs, Col-lof Nursing.
Miss Hern said the entire Student Congress will act as the ballot counting committee.
A ballot box committee will be
headed by Leon Witheis, also a
representative of the Agriculture
College, and Ron Porter, Collega
of Engineering representative.
The ex officio membership committee will be headed by Alice
Ford and Tom Cherry, representatives from the College of Arts and.
Sciences.

After receiving their invitations
the coeds were fretted by their
i.ew sisters and tn.n to their
houses ft i dinner. Formal
pledging (tiemoiiirs were conducted later in the evening.
A const nsus 4f ju.-chairmen
iudicated that hjI were satisfied
V. ith
classes.
their new pJe
With the addition of two new
Gtmma and I'i
sororities,
Tela Phi, Jftl rr.ore we men received
l;ds this year in omparison to
list year. Approximately 50 women went out f r rush this fall;
15 vtumcu
ruvhtd last year.
( :.ing
The oflk-iaceremony
v.as moved from the Funkhouser
Biological Sciences Building, where
It had been held h. t year, buck to
the Fine Arts Buiidinn. Miss Pa- tricla Patterson, Panhellenie
and assistant t eun of women,
Mid the move was made to avoid
t lie danger of the steps at the
Funkhouser Builtlm

pose themselves before being pre- M,nted to the soroi.Uies.
No motorcade followed the pledgceremonies
ing
Monday. Miss

Patterson said that the National
l'anhellenic Conference stated
there should be no unusual pub- lieity or display connected with
pledging. The I'niversity l'anhellenic Council thus felt it was not
in good taste to continue the
motorcade which had previously
moved up Rose Street and around
the Fraternity and Sorority Row
areas with police escort.
It will be left to the Panhellenie
Council to decide whether there
will be a second semester rush.
With the formal pledging, informal rush began Monday and will
to,lUnue fur one nionth.
A few vacancies still remain in
several of the sororities. Each so- is presently permitted the
maximum of 85 members.
The rush program used this year
did not vary greatly from the new
A complete
list of sororltv system Hdopted last fall. The rushwas lengthened from 10
pledges appears on page eijht. ing period
days to 14 days in order to permit
KuMi counselors presented the a day's breathing spell every I'.cnv
b ds to each in hee in their Kioup and then. The compactness of th?
Individually. This .system pet nit- - system had been the mam entiled the coeds v. ho niuy not have t isin levied against it last year.

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Last!

sifter gets wistful and starry - eyed glance
from happy pledge. Soioritie greeted their new
New

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members in front of the line Arts Building
yesterday as pledging became official.