Friday, Nov. 18, 1955.
THE MODERN MISS SEWS—Jeanie Jackson, Enterprise sophomore, is one of the many young women who makes her clothes. Seated at her sewing machine, she is putting the finishing touches on a skirt.-(Daily Kansan Photo)
You'd Never Know
Style, Originality Seen In 'Homemade' Clothes
By BARBARA BEF
"I made the dress myself!"
Many girls can say this about the stylish clothes they are wearing. The homemade garments have a professional look which cannot be distinguished from the latest originals.
But that is just the beginning. Originality, style, economy of time and money, fit, adaptability and personal satisfaction all are benefits of sewing for yourself.
Whether or not most girls will admit it, they have an obsession of seeing someone else in "their" garments. When they choose their own pattern, material, and trim, their clothes are practically guaranteed originals.
3 Patterns Used
Three standard patterns were guides for Beth Griffith, Hamilton sophomore, when she made a full-length white organdy formal. The strapless gown has 27 rows of closely ruffled lace at the bodice top. Below the nipped-in waistline, the ruffling is repeated on a full gathered skirt, with gradually wider spacing toward the floor.
"I can have a formal that's different which I really like," Beth said. She said the idea for the formal came from a $750 original, "but I made it for only $35."
This brings up another point—economy.
On a college girl's budget ready-made clothes with the required style, quality, and adaptability cannot always be bought. Economy is one reason Coralyn Stayton, Winfield junior, makes most of her clothes. "My dad said he'd buy me all the material I wanted if I would do my own sewing," she said.
Suit Is Worn 2 Ways
She made a slim charcoal gray skirt of wool flannel which can be worn for dress with a matching fitted jacket. For football games, Coralyn likes to wear a red and gray plaid box jacket with belted down sides. Buttons of the same fabric at each side of the belt and on the sleeve cuffs help give sporty effect.
You can really save money by making coats. Coralyn made a teal-blue wool coat with Milium lining for $35. She said a Winfield department store estimated its retail value at $90.
The back of the slightly flared coat features two curved yokes with top stitching. Raglan sleeves lightly tapered toward the wrists, slash pockets, and rolled collar accent the garment.
Jill Gilbert, Independence, Mo.
senior, finished a rose-red coat of wool fleece this summer. In the back it falls in a semi-flare line from a roll-down collar. Push-up sleeves, hand-stitched slash pockets
and buttonholes, and matching pearl buttons make a garment for wear over a suit or cocktail dress.
Time, Money, Saved
Making clothes saves time as well as money. Miss Frieda Sloop, assistant professor of home economics, told her clothing class that a garment probably can be completed in a shorter length of time than shopping for the garment already in mind.
Fit is another factor to be considered, she said. Not many girls are "the perfect 36" and ready-made garment sizes vary from one make to another. When you sew your own clothes, you can make changes in style and alteration for your figure and needs.
June Mueller, Gurley, Neb., junior, and Jeanie Jackson, Enterprise sophomore, value adaptability in a garment. June made a two-piece dress suit of red and black striped winter cotton. For dress, she wears the short fitted middy top with a black tie which comes from under the edge of a two-inchstitched-down collar band. For casual occasions she wears a red or black blouse or sweater with the straight skirt.
"Sewing's fun!" Dorothy Miller, Topeka sophomore, says. A white hobnail taffetta formal is one of the garments she made. The strapless formal is ballerina length with a stuff crinoline-lined flared skirt. She varies the dress by wearing a wide red taffetta cummerbund or by ataching at the bicep top a two-inch black velveteen ribbon trimmed with a double strand of seed pearls.
One of the most effective and inexpensive means of adding color and pattern to a room is with "toss" pillows. "Toss" refers to the casual manner of arrangement.
Jeanie made a navy cotton 'umper with princess lines and a mare neckline. She wears the garment with a blouse or with jewelry at the neckline for dress.
The girls who make their clothes say that personal satisfaction comes from having completed a garment. And why wouldn't they feel this way if they got an attractive new suitf—just by sewing?
Sewing Is Fun
Daily hansan
Use satin, velvet, and wool claid or tweed for winter pillow coverings, and for summer use canvas, denum, or linen.
Pillows Add Color
53rd Year, No. 48 - SECTION C
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Alums Come Home
Varied Activities Planned For Alumni, Students
By JANE PECINOVSKY
Kansan Society Editor
Alumni will renew old acquaintances, view vast University building improvements on the Hill, see a somewhat disappointing football season end, and witness the beginning of a new era of KU basketball with a 7-foot player as they return to the campus for the annual Homecoming celebration.
Alumni who have not heard the Memorial Campanile may listen to Ronald Barnes, carillonneur, in a recital from 6:30 to 7:15 p.m. today.
The first item officially scheduled on the Homecoming agenda was a student rally at 10:45 this morning when several hundred persons gathered in front of Strong Hall waving pennants and pom-poms and bolster school spirit.
Alumni and students will see the debut of Wilt Chamberlain, 7-foot basketball player from Philadelphia, Pa., when the varsity squad meets
Registration Begins
A feature of this year's Homecoming celebration is the reunion of the Big Six Champion Football Team of 1830. The members of the team will register in the Student Union from 4 to 6 p.m. today and attend a reception at the Eldridge Hotel at 9:30 p.m.
Alumni registration will begin at 4:30 p.m. today in the Student Union. The Jay Janes, women's pep organization, will act as hostesses. The socializing will begin as former graduates swap tales about their present jobs, the years that have elapsed since graduation, their new cars, and, of course, their children, with billfold pictures to prove the beauty of their offspring.
Campanile Recital
The "how we did things in those days" talk will continue for the championship team when they attend a luncheon at noon tomorrow in the English Room of the Student Union,
the freshmen in a basketball pre- vue at 7:30 p.m. today in the Allen Field House.
Cheerleaders, alumni, and students will rally at 8:45 p.m. followed by the annual Homecoming Follies at Allen Field House. This will be the first time most of the alumni have been inside the new field house. The structure with a
Homecoming Plans
TODAY
10:45 a.m.—Student rally in front of Strong Hall.
4:00 to 8:00 p.m. **Registration** - Big Six
Champion Football Team of 1530, 25th
Annual All-Star Student Union
4:30 p.m. - General All-Star Registration
*presents* *Student Union*
6:30-7:15 p.m.—Carillon recital from Memorial Campanile, Ronald Barnes.
7:30 p.m.-Basketball prevue. Varsity or
Freshmen, Allen Field House. $1.00
8:45 p.m.—Student-Alumni Rally, followed by annual Homecoming Follies. Allen Field House. Homecoming queen finalists introduced and identified.
9:30 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Fred "Bunny"
and Team for Team of 1830.
Eldridge Hotel
TOMORROW
9:00 a.m.-Free campus sightseeing bus tour starting at Student Union.
Look Closely, Alumni
9:00-11:00 a.m. - Wesley Foundation Open House, New Methodist Student Center
9:00-12:00 noon-Law school Open House, Green Hall.
9:30-12:00 noon—General Alumni Registration. Student Union, coffee and
10:00 a.m.—Free campus sightseeing bus tour started at Student Union.
11:30 a.m. -- Football builer lunch-
ton. Ball room. Student Union, open
Noon—Team of 1930 luncheon, English Room, Student Union.
2:00 p.m.—Football—Kansas vs. Missouri Memorial, Stadium.
3:15 p.m.-Half-time ceremonies-Coronation of Homecoming queen, announcement of house decoration winners.
4:30 p.m. - Memorial University Open House
for alumni and students. Cider and
sauce will be served.
8:00 to midnight - Homecoming Dance-
Les Brown's orchestra, Student Union.
Saturday, June 19.
Expansion, Decoration Give Houses 'New Faces'
How would you like to take a tour of the campus? Since many of the alumni returning for Homecoming are usually curious about the changes in their houses since last year, let's look around and see how some of them have changed.
The biggest project during the past year has been the construction of the new Gertrude Sellards Pearson dormitory, still in the process of completion on North College Hill. The two four-story wings will accommodate 440 women, most of whom will be moving in from Foster, Hodder, Locksley, Kanza, and Monchonsia Halls sometime before the semester's end.
Carruth-O'Leary Halls, the new light brick men's dorms on West Campus Road, were finished last summer.
Men's Dorm Built
Another eye-catcher is the gray stone and redwood Alpha Phi house at Emery and High Roads. built in a contemporary style a cost of $200,000, it features ceiling windows and an outdoor rooms on the first floor, and a predominant color scheme of gray with coral, aqua and black.
'Rec' Room Added
The Delta Delta Deltas have built a new patio on the northeast side of the house. French doors from the dining room and lounge open on to the area enclosed by a low brick edge with planters. Wrought iron furniture finishes the scene.
Kappa Alpha Theta sorority has recently added a recreation room in the basement, with a yellow, brown and coral color scheme. The study room has also been redecorated.
Triangle fraternity has built a two-story addition which includes a completely new housemother's quarters on the first floor, and new dorms, finished in blond panelling on the second.
The Sigma Nus won't have trouble finding a place to eat this year! A new oak panelled dining room, accommodating 140 persons, was finished last month. The old dining room has been refurnished and converted into a TV room.
New Draperies
Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity has new gold draperies with pink and green touches in its dining room. Covering one entire side of the room and the bay window in front, the draperies will be a special surprise for the alumni who visit the house.
Phi Gamma Delta fraternity has new bed spreads and matching draperies in the men's rooms. They were given by mothers of the members.
seating capacity of 17,000 was opened last March.
Indeed, this has been a busy year for the remodelers and builders on the Hill.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity converted the first floor study room into a powder room, and painted the outside of the house.
Queen To Be Announced
Queen To Be Announced
Featuring student singers, dancers, choirs and costumes, Follies will also include a chorus. Line of 30 Red Peppers, freshman women's pop organization. During the intermission the three Homecoming queen finalists will be introduced and the queen will be announced.
Mums To Be Sold
Tomorrow's festivities will begin at 9 a.m., when a sightseeing bus will tour the campus. Alumni registration will continue from 9:30 am, until noon in the Union where coffee and cookies will be served.
Husbands will be purchasing mums for their wives and young men will do the same for their girl friends. Red Pepper, Jay Jane, and KuKu sweaters, and Froshawks jackets will dominate the campus, as well as the bright fashions of the young alumnae.
Wesley Foundation will hold an open house from 9 to 11 a.m. at the new Methodist Student Center across from the Student Union. The Law School open house will be held from 9 a.m. until noon at Green Hall.
A football buffet luncheon for alumni and students will be served from 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom. The price is $1.53.
Onen Houses To Be Held
Highlight of tomorrow and the entire week end will be the football game between Kansas and Missouri at 2 p.m. in Memorial Stadium. The queen will be crowned at half-time ceremonies and the winner of the house decorations will be announced.
After the game, cider and dough-nuts will be served for alumni and students at the Student Union open house. Building tours will be given at that time. Almost all organized houses will also be holding open houses following the game, and alumni will return to greet oid friends and meet new ones.
The Homecoming Dance will end the festivities. Les Brown and his "Band of Renown" play from 8 p.m. until midnight in the Student Union Ballroom. Students and alumni will see the presentation of the trophies to the winners of the house decorations. The queen and her attendants will reign at the Homecoming dance.
Who Wears The Suit?
Being a Jayhawker means something special to two University freshmen.
Howard Ellfeldt, San Diego, Calif,
and Edward Cooper, Hinsdale, Ill.
are the unsung heroes who wear the
Jayhawk outfit at football games.
Each wears it for one half of the
game.
"The job is tiring." Elfldtlaid said. "The head is very heavy, and there are braces which rest on the shoulders to keep the head erect. It's difficult to breathe, too," he added, explaining that the only air hoo is in the beak.
Last week at the K-State game special precautions were taken to protect the mascot. "Everyone said she might steal Ed or me," Ellfield said,
"At the end of the game KuKu members escorted me from the field," he said. "There were no disturbances except for a few remarks."
When the boys are not wearing the Jayhawk, Elffeldt said it is kept in a "safe place under lock and key."