Greek Housemothers Compare KU Fraternity, Sorority Life
By Linda Machin
"Snips and snails and puppy-dog
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That's what little boys are made of.
Sugar and spice and everything nice.
That's what little girls are made of."
According to some KU house-mothers, it appears that this ancient jingle has some truth in it.
"Ive never known my boys to bring home snails," said one house-mother, "but they bring everything else. Of course, they have a dog—sort of a mascot, and they come up with toads, lizards, snakes, and once, even a squirrel."
"YEAH, AND A FEW girls, too," growled a young man, lounged in a chair nearby as he dipped his hand in the housemother's candy dish.
Despite the rhyme, animals are favorites with girls, too. One house-mother told of a hamster one girl brought to the house because she had become attached to it in her laboratory course.
When the hamster died it was given a funeral.
"Around Easter time," she continued, the girls used to get rabbits. Once we had a visitor for a few weeks, Charlie Brown, a dog, belonging to one of the girl's boyfriends. Another girl had a Dachshund, but the prize pet was a canary that sang all semester."
On the other hand, though girls too, like pets, the Sugar-and-spice-and-everything-nice theory does seem to apply to KU college girls. Sitting on the floor of her apartment, one housemother showed cards and notes girls had given her.
"THEY'RE ALWAYS" writing me little notes of appreciation for things I've done for them—especially, at the end of the school year, Valentine's Day, my birthday and Christmas." she said.
She showed a snapshot of a "happy tree" the girls made her on Mother's Day. The tree, a large branch with candy, cigarettes, matches, and a bubble-blowing pipe dangling from it had been placed in her apartment as a surprise.
One fraternity housemother said, "I wouldn't trade my boys for girls. Boys are more friendly and considerate."
"LET ME PUT it this way, a sorority housemother said, "we women, all of us, want to be needed, to be respected. We love attention. We like it from everyone, but when a member of the opposite sex gives it we're snowed."
"Few women want to be house-
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Mr. and Mrs. Tom Moore, Grenola, Kan., announce the engagement of their daughter, Delores Ann, sophomore, to David Elton Ware, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Ware Sr., Moline, Kan.
Miss Moore is majoring in medical technology. Mr.Ware is a sophomore in the school of engineering at Kansas State University.
mothers for sororities," she added. Dean Taylor's statistics show that they're harder to get for sororites than fraternities."
The couple will be married June 2 at Grenola Methodist Church.
"I really couldn't make a choice between the two," said one housemother, who has both a son and daughter and has served in both a fraternity and a sorority. "Of course, now I wouldn't trade my girls for anyone."
Asparagus, broccoli and cauliflower are vegetables mentioned which boys seldom eat. One housemother told of a boy, who after tasting asparagus at her suggestion, asked for another serving with the stipulation that she not tell his mother he had ever eaten asparagus.
CONCERNING meal planning, the same woman said. "It's easier to balance the budget for girls. Girls will eat salads and casseroles. All that boys want are steak, chops and roasts. That gets expensive."
She added that boys often say the meals at the house are better than those at home.
One boy reportedly said, after the recent Christmas vacation, "Man, am I glad to get back. After the turkey was gone at home, all we lived on was T.V. dinners.
Concerning personal relations between housemothers and house members, a housemother said. "Though my girls are quite attentive, they seldom come to me with personal problems. Occasionally, they do about professors, grades or boyfriends, but not often."
She added that she is cautious in "throwing out advice," unless the
girls ask, for fear of contradicting parental advice.
"When I was a housemother for a fraternity, I played bridge with the boys and joined them for coffee. I don't do this as often with my girls." Fraternity housemothers agreed that boys often come to "talk out" a variety of problems.
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ONE HOUSEMOTHER told how she was awakened one night by someone knocking on her door. "I let the boy in," she said, "and made him a cup of coffee. He was upset and wanted to talk to someone. This happens all the time, and I give advice freely," she added.
Though many differences exist between sorority and fraternity members, dislike of dressing-up seems to be campus-wide.
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One housemother said about 90 per cent of my boys hate to dress up. They like to be sloppy. They'd rather go out for a hamburger or stay upstairs and order pizza than come down to dress dinner."
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One said, "1 think this stage of casual dressing has gone too far."
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Sorority housemothers agreed.
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Not only are Donna and Carol Moore sisters, they share the same last name, and also have like interests, appearance, and talents.
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Both are music majors and members of Sigma Alpha Iota, honorary music organization. Carol plays the violin, Donna, the cello.
They both participate in the Little Symphony and the University Symphony. Both have given honor recitals in the school of music.
Both women have outstanding scholarship. They are both honor roll members. Each of them have received the Alumni Scholarship.
Even when Carol married last year, she continued the established name pattern. She married Richard Moore, senior in civil engineering.
"We're both brunettes except when I rinsed my hair red," quipped Donna.
The sisters look alike too.
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