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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, October 12, 1967
Liz Harris meets farmers
"The most fun," said Elizabeth Harris of her reign as American Royal queen, "has been riding through the streets of Kansas City, running stop lights!"
Since her coronation Saturday, the KU junior has made numerous appearances in a new blue convertible with one or another of 17 Junior Chamber of Commerce escorts. Miss Melinda Cole, assistant to the dean of women, and two Belles of the American Royal (Botars) accompany her to several breakfasts, luncheons, and dinners daily, where the queen is becoming "a quick, extemporaneous speaker."
Today Miss Harris appeared on Betty Hayes' television program, and will welcome 12,000 Future Farmers of America to Kansas City when they convene there tonight.
Speeches scare her
"I'm usually scared before and after a speech," she said, "but during it I loosen up a bit." When she met the FFA president she "gave him a kiss!"
Groups, at whose meetings she has appeared, have sent flowers to her hotel room, which "looks just
like a florist's shop." Some have given her charms to add to a bracelet American Royal officials gave her. It bears an engraved, diamond-studded miniature crown.
Miss Harris will keep a $550 mink-trimmed satin velour gown she wore for the coronation, now displayed in the window of a downtown Kansas City store. She also was awarded a western formal, and casual wardrobe, including two pairs of shoes she is "still trying to break in."
Little sleep and "half-meals" are part of a schedule that has included selling grain at the Kansas City Board of Trade. The day before the queen competition, Miss Harris was ill with flu and her parents were at a business convention in Puerto Rico. But her number 13 in the contest and her hotel room on the 13th floor might have been lucky enough to help her win the title.
Parents were surprised
"I don't think they could believe it," said Miss Harris of her parents who returned early when notified by her grandmother.
Delta Gamma sorority sisters
welcome her Sunday when she made one of two brief visits here this week. Miss Harris said she missed the students at her Lawrence dance studio where she observed guest teachers Tuesday.
John Labovsky of Chicago's Ruth Page Ballet, under whom Miss Harris has studied, was relieving Karen Mills, KU junior and friend of Miss Harris who has been filling in for her.
During the livestock and horse show next week, she will be commuting to KU classes and hopes to resume supervision of dance classes scheduled. Using her drama major and dance emphasis, Miss Harris plans to combine ballet, jazz, and acrobatic dancing instruction with work in children's theatre.
"She enjoys all of her students."
Mrs. Harris said, "but she'd like to go on being queen for awhile.
And she'd like to keep that car!"
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