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University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, Nov. 5, 1963
Some Students Wary Of Stadium Speakers
The new public address system used by KU cheerleaders in Memorial Stadium is unsatisfactory—at least it needs some adjustment—several students said in telephone interviews last night.
The eight 15-inch speakers mounted on poles along the track are a gift from the senior class of 1664. One purpose of the gift was to improve cheering at football games by aiding communications between the cheering section and the cheerleaders. The amplification of the old system was considered to be inadequate by many.
"IT GIVES ME a headache when they (the cheerleaders) cheer that loud!" Tom Perrier, Easthampton, Mass., senior said. "It's got good potential, but they don't know how to use it yet. Instead of encouraging students to cheer they replace them with the loudspeakers."
"The system is too loud and it drowns out the scores of other football games being announced by the man on the other public address system."
"I think the seniors ought to take it out," Denise Storck, Kansas City, Mo.. senior. said.
"I don't like it; it doesn't help the cheering," Leslie Innis, Shawnee Mission freshman, said. "All we can hear is him (Tim Hamil, head KU cheerleader)," she added.
However, Hamill disagreed. "I think it is working pretty well," he said. "I think we could get a lot more participation, but I think it will improve."
THE PROBLEM of the loudspeakers' volume is due to the size of the crowd and the size of the stadium. Hamill explained. The clothing of students in the cheering section tends to absorb the sound and, as the crowd gets bigger, it cuts down the effects of the amplification, he said.
Also, there is a problem of making sure the students in the top back rows can hear the cheerleaders without increasing the speaker's volume until it "blasts" the students out of the first rows, he said.
"As of yet we don't always get the system adjusted correctly to meet both of the problems and thus it is too loud," he explained.
"I think its working out real well."
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Phyllis Schneider, Shawnee Mission sophomore and KU cheerleader, said. More discretion may be needed in the amount of time the speaker system is used in order to avoid continually pounding at the student body, she said. "The kids at least know what's on now. Things are more spontaneous, smoother, and faster," she concluded.
Carol Ruggles, La Grange, Ill,
freshman, agreed with the two
cheerleaders. "I think it is a good
idea. You can hear what they are
velling. The crowd wants to cheer
because they know what is going
on," she said.
Roles of Women Committee Chosen
Twelve women have been selected for this year's Roles of Women committee, sponsored by the Associated Women Students (AWS).
Patti Behen, Kansas City senior and committee chairman, said the women will meet next week to plan a project concerning the status of educated women in American society.
Those selected are: Carolyn Berneking, Lawrence junior; Dennie Burt, Kirkwood, Mo. sophomore; Danielle Goering, Moundridge sophomore; Barbara Jo Hall, Turner sophomore; Virginia Hall, Kansas City, Mo. junior.
Official Bulletin
Kathy McKee, Topeka sophomore Sharon Menasco, Wichita junior; Ann Peterson, Overland Park sophomore; Sheila Reynolds, Hutchinson sophomore; Cindy Smith, Kansas City, Mo. senior; Margo VanAntwerp, Plymouth, Mich. junior; and Vivian Williams, Topeka sophomore.
People-to-People Industrial tour: Al. foreign students are invited to take the P-t-P industrial tour to the Hallmark plant in Kansas City this Friday, 12:45 p.m., leaving from the Kansas Union. No cost to the student!
Catholic Mass, 5 p.m. St. Lawrence
Chanel, 1910, Stratford, Road...
Inquiry Forum, 7 p.m. St. Lawrence College Student Center, 1915 Stratford Road.
A. S.C., 7 p.m., Sunflower Room, Kansas. Union.
Western Clv. Discussion, 9 p.m., St.
Louis College Student Center, 1915
Stratford Road
Episcopal Holy Communion, 9:30 p.m.
Danforth.
TOMORROW
Catholic Masses, 6:45 a.m. 5 p.m.
Lawrence Chapel, 1910 Stratford Road
Al Etenco se reunirá el miercoles, el 6 de noviembre, se fue 4,36 h la tarde en el centro de Madrid con una charla titulada "Viridiana" y el arte de Luis Buñuel." (Nudes Ut, les e se estrenara aqui "Viridiana" en Hoch et bernes.) Todas estén cordialmente inviertidas.
Timely Topics, 7 p.m., St. Lawrence Catholic Student Center, 1915 Stratford Road. "The Problem of Evil"—Rev. Brendan Downey, O.S.B.
Newman Executive and dorm captains
of the University of Pennsylvania
Ollege Student Center, 1915 Stratford Road.
Jazz Sessions ToStart Sundav
"Conversations in Jazz." a series of sessions designed to stimulate interest in jazz, begins Nov. 10.
The five lecture and listening sessions, sponsored by the SUA Jazz Forum, are scheduled from 3 to 5 p.m. on several Sundays throughout the semester in the Kansas Union.
The sessions will consist of a 20-minute discussion, followed by recordings of various jazz artists.
AT THE FIRST forum, Dick Wright, KANU and KUOK disc jockey, will discuss the music of Stan Getz, tenor saxophone player.
Thelonious Monk, modern jazz composer, is the subject of the second forum.
The music of Miles Davis, leader of the Miles Davis quintet, will be discussed at the third forum.
THE FOURTH forum will discuss the music of Duke Ellington, band leader.
MISS AFFLERBACH'S GOLDEN JUBILEE: HURRAH!
YOU have heard us mention Miss Revera Afflerbach who has been Forelady here at Eagle Shirts since 1918. It is not often that one sees such allegiance, and we appreciate it. Also, she has been very nice to allow us to bandy her name about in ads, books, etc. So we would like to proclaim something to honor her and also give us another excuse to bandy her name: The Afflerbach Golden Jubilee Year. Now, ordinarily this wouldn't occur until 1968, but why wait until the last moment? Besides, we have already struck a medal (see above). The cloth in the shirt upon which the medal is hanging is also named after her: Afflerbach Cloth. It is made in Switzerland to her specifications, which are 20% wool and 80% cotton. Her reasoning is interesting. She wanted enough wool to make it very soft, but enough cotton to make it light and washable. Any more wool than that and it's not a shirt so much as a nice, if bulky, garment for woodchopping or other hearty activities.
Additionally, it is mothproof; if for no other reason than that no moth would be willing to go to all that work for such scant nourishment. Afflerbach Cloth is the moth equivalent of pomegranates. The Afflerbach Jubilee Shirt comes, complete with medal as shown, in solid colors (flame red, midnight navy, loden green, winter white, smoke blue) at about $13.00; and tartans, district checks and blazer stripes at about $14.00, wherever Eagle Shirts are sold. If you're not sure where that is in your town, write Miss Afflerbach, Eagle Shirtmakers, Quakertown, Pa. It might be nice if you said congratulations.
Eagle Shirts are available at Woolf Brothers Varsity Shop in Kansas City