Page 8 University Daily Kansan Thursday, Dec. 14, 196 -7 Hemlines, Astronauts Crept Upward in 1961 By Kelly Smith Nineteen sixty-one has passed from January to December by leaps and bounds, skimming traditions, picking up new fads and fashions, then tossing them all to the way-side for last year's ideas. Between calculations of the population boom, expected to limit us all to a square foot of land by the year 2000, and the astonishment of our first man in space, the toy industry was the first to "modernize" 1961. It sacked its guns and holsters in lieu of nuclear-reactor sets, put away the yo-yo and got out toy missiles. Adding to the awareness of nuclear activity was a scare slightly akin to the cranberry panic of 1960 — the shelter mania. THE LIVING STANDARDS did not suffer because of bomb shelters however, for people like Jane Powell, who took her fur-lined bedroom set with her, installed television sets and even air conditioning in their desire "to prepare for the worst." Some added extra beds for "guests." The survival instinct even pushed some families into their shelters for trial tests to see how long they could endure without psychiatric help. All in all, the talk about shelters was the biggest after dinner speech topic of the year, from Brownie Scout troops to Rotary clubs. The Southern creation, the "twist," caught on all over the country and the jitterbug lost out on the dance floors from junior high proms to White House functions in favor of this new hip swinging rotation borrowed from East India. CENTENNIAL KANSAS nurtured beards, and dressmakers claimed women would soon give up skirts and be denning pants for every occasion. First model: Jackie Kennedy. Skirts continued to creep up past the knees, while sweaters suddenly got longer—and now where's the skirt? It is appropriate to mention, however, that the trench coat is still a campus necessity, as are "sneakers," available in every shape and material from pointed nylon cords to velvet dancing shoes. Censors came back to the public by banning "uncouth books" from public libraries in Kansas. But at the same time Henry Miller's "Tropic of Cancer" came out of hibernation and hit the book world like a raw egg. Coming out of seclusion, J. D. Salinger produced another best seller for the college generation, "Franky and Zooey." THE CREATION OF the Peace Corps offered new opportunities for typical crew cuts and education ganyika and Nigeria instead of work-ganyike and Nigeria instead of working for an uncle's insurance firm or heading towards the nearest schoolhouse. But now, it's another holiday season and Christmas trees are green once again, after a four-year splurge of pink and blue pine. Mitch Miller is popular, singing Christmas carols without the fading beatnik style we used to hear, and cranberries are back in business. English Faculty Will Be in MLA Program Several members of the KU department of English will have places on the program of the 76th annual meeting of the Modern Language Association of America in Chicago, December 27 to 29. The vocation of every man and woman is to serve other people.— Tolstoi Merrel D. Clubb, professor, will give a report and Kenneth Rothwell, assistant professor, will present a paper. George R. Waggoner, Dean of the College, and Frances Ingemann, associate professor, will also take part in the MLA meetings. Other meeting participants are W. P. Albrecht, professor and chairman of the department; and Harold Orel. Walter J. Meserve, and Edward F. Grier, all associate professors. The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it. 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