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College Kids Are Serious Say 'Gone Cats' Of 1920's
University Daily Kansan
Have you seen anyone sitting on top of a flagpole lately? Or course you haven't. That's a trick of those "real gone cats" who went to college in the 1920's.
"Those days are gone forever," I heard one member of that era relate. He said that college youths today are more serious, more prim, and more proper than he and his friends were during their college days.
What a thing to say about college students today! We who pride ourselves on being mature individuals—intelligent beings, ready and willing to take our place in society—and the so-called "lost generation" tells us that we are stodgy and dull, and, though educated, are too serious minded!
Both of these views contrast very strongly with some of the extra-curricular activities college students take part in. Who has forgotten the pantie-raid craze in 1951, in which college men from coast to coast took part?
On this campus, many things have happened recently-activities in which the straight-laced student or the sophisticated, grown-up would never take part.
Gay Water Fights
What activities? Oh, nothing really important—just a few waterfights in which members of the fair sex battle merrily for possession of the水 hose, sometimes using a half-Nelson, and usually resulting in a thorough drenching for the girls.
Then, of course, there are trophy raids, which turn out to be scrap book raids, plaque raids, sofa cushion raids, or take-anything that-isn't-bolted-down raids.
Other little extra-curricular activities include throwing friends and enemies in Potter Lake, although the fountain at the west end of the campus is a strong contender. The fountain also features prominently in painting expeditions, but Uncle Jimmy Green, in front of Green Hall, suffers the most from them.
They're Just Themselves
So it appears that college students are not what their fathers, mothers, uncles, aunts, professors, and other friends and relatives think they are, but neither are they what they believe themselves to be.
What are college students like? Maybe they are a mixture of these two ideas. Perhaps they combine the two extremes. Who knows what our generation is like? We don't that's for sure.
Perhaps in 20 or 30 years we will look back on our wild, exuberant college days, and feel sorry for those poor college students that will be trudging to school then, never fully knowing the fun that we now know.
Take A Good Look, Girls
HOLLYWOOD-(U.P.)-A swim-suit designer predicted today that women will see more of men's legs at beaches next summer. "The boxer short, popular for the last few years, is definitely yielding to new sleek-fitting briefs." Maurice Levin Jantzen, swimsuit designer, said. He said men will be hoisting their pantlines higher than ever next summer.
Faculty Wives Schedule Tea
The University Women's Club will hold a tea from 3 to 5 p.m. today in the club lounge of the Museum of Art. New faculty women and wives of new faculty members will be honor guests.
Mrs. J. D. Stranathan, general social chairman of the tea, has announced the following committees-
Table Decorations--Mrs. Robert Stump and Mrs. Robert Talmadge.
Hostesses—Mrs. N. W. Storer, chairman; Mrs. George Waggoner Mrs. William R. Terrell, Mrs. Gilbert Ulmer, Mrs. J. W. Twente and Mrs. Marcus Thompson.
Refreshments—Mrs. Howard Stoltenberg, chairman; Mrs. Thomas B. Summers, Mrs. Ralph Tait, Mrs. Rufus Thompson, Mrs. E. L. Treece, Mrs. Milton Steinhardt, Mrs. A. H. Turney, Mrs. J. Howard Walker, and Mrs. Robert Umholtz.
stump and Mrs. Robert Talmadge Those who brought pour tea will be Marian Stolkstein, J. W., Twente, Mrs. Frank Stockton, and Mrs. E. A. Stephenson.
Graduate Club To Meet Saturday
Stories of past events on Mt. Oread will be brought to the Graduate Club at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Union by Allen Crafton, professor of speech. Dr. Crafton, author of "Free-State Fortress," a book about the early days of Lawrence, will also point to key events in the history of Kansas.
The club, which functions primarily for the intellectual and social interests of graduate students, will elect officers at the meeting.
Music Educators Elect
Carl Ray Anderson, Kansas City, Kan., junior, has been elected president of the Kansas chapter of the Music Educators National Conference. Other officers are vice president, Leland Roberts, Kansas City, Kan.; junior; secretary; Cella Anderson, Fort Scott junior, and treasurer, Mary Ann Lemoine, Lincolnville junior.
'Terrytown' Honors Cartoonist NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y. —(U.P.) Officials renamed this New York suburb "Terrytown" today in honor of Paul Terry, veteran animator and cartoonist. Terry was honored on the 25th anniversary of his "fabeland" studios in New Rochelle where such familiar movie cartoon characters as "Mighty Mouse" are created.
'Terrytown' Honors Cartoonist
Current problems faced in extension work were discussed yesterday at the annual fall conference of extension representatives from the five state schools.
Extension Group Holds Discussion
Conference chairman was Frank T. Stockton, director of special projects for University Extension. George B. Smith, dean of the University, gave the welcome, and Carroll D. Clark, professor of sociology, spoke on "Observations From a Year of Study in Fields of Adult Education."
Edward F. Grier, assistant professor of English, will read lyrics of Thomas Hardy for the poetry hour program at 4 p.m. today in the music room of the Student Union.
Schools represented were Pittsburg, Emporia, and Hays State Teachers Colleges, Kansas State College, and the University of Kansas.
Grier To Read Poetry Today
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