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University Daily Kansan
SOAKING UP VITAMINS—Ellen Meador, fine arts sophomore; Nancy Farah, Marge Wille, and Jane Reitz, college sophomores, take advantage of the sun on a warm afternoon.
Sun-Seekers Already at Work on Tans BY JANE PECINOVSKY
They haven't spent a month in Florida, but the girls on the campus who are sporting pink noses have been congregating on the sun decks of the dormitories and sorority houses in hopes of acquiring that ever-popular suntan.
With the arrival of warm spring days, girls skip lunch, postpone studies, and put other activities in the background. To many, sunbathing is most important, and weather permitting, one or two hours a day can be devoted to the pastime.
Although the hours from 10 a.m. to p.m. are the best for taming, girls can be found taking advantage of the sun's rays at almost any time of the day. The sun decks are most crowded at noon, but determined individuals are there from early morning to sunset.
The "eager beavers" who want to reserve the most desirable spots on the sun decks will even wrap themselves in blankets to keep warm in the early morning chill as they take their places at 8 or 9 a.m. on Saturday mornings.
Portable radios provide music which helps to pass the sometimes monotonous hours quickly and hinders the possibility of studying. Four-somes can be seen concentrating on their bridge hands, while others play double solitaire.
Beach towels, old blankets, quilts, and pillows make the boards or the cement of the decks more comfortable, and give the girls a chance to catch up on the sleep they lose when studying late at night.
Those who want to prevent a bad sun burn cover themselves with baby oil or suntan lotions and usually wear sun glasses. For faster tanning, and sometimes burning, water can be sprinkled over the oils or on the skin directly.
Artificial Flowers Help Spring Clothes
If the weather for the Relays is like it was last year, many will receive sunburns as they sit in the stadium Saturday. Those who already have a tan will appreciate the afternoon sun which will only increase the tan, but those who are still "winter white" may resemble lobsters Sunday.
Nothing could be better to enhance any blouse, new or old, than a bunch of flowers at the neck. In stores are found artificial flowers of all varieties, colors, and sizes.
Flower jewelry—earings, necklaces, and bracelets—can be easily made. Earring backs $n$ a bit of glue, and the blossoms you have chosen make a very becoming set of earrings. Bracelets and necklaces may be made by sewing the flowers on a narrow piece of ribbon.
Wash cotton gloves frequently, as soon as they become dingy. Dirt left in glove materials becomes difficult to remove.
By MARION McCOY
Home Ec Department Has Variety of Classes
Homemaking and education are now as closely associated as bread and butter in the home economics department. The many interesting ways of earning a living parallel the skills necessary for feeding and clothing a family. In every field of home economics the department offers courses, without prerequisites, which are open to all University students.
OCCURS
The courses in food preparation cover many phases of the subject. Through experimentation and serving meals the students learn the why as well as the how of cooking. The handling, buying, and preparing of food are emphasized, as well as experimental cooking.
The department trains dietitians who meet the requirements of the American Dietetic association. The students observe and get practical experience in the dormitories, rooms the Union cafeteria, in the student hospital under the supervision of the directors of the food services.
Two or three years of teaching home economics is good training for students who plan to enter the commercial field or do welfare work. Work in child development gives training for homemaking as well as teaching, and it prepares for teaching in nursery schools as well as elementary schools.
Five courses in the development and guidance of children are offered by the department. The physical, mental, and emotional aspects of the child are considered, with emphasis placed on the changes as the child grows older.
In the textile laboratory, fibers and fabrics are examined under the microscope by the students. The strength and resistance of the cloth is tested, and a fade-o-meter is used to duplicate the effect of exposure to sunlight. Chemicals are used to separate and distinguish between fibers.
Before graduation, girls majoring in home economics live at the home management house, located on the south side of the Hill, for about five weeks. They gain practical experience in homemaking by learning planning budgets, keeping accounts, shopping, and entertaining friends.
The department operates a nursery school on the University campus. The students observe and direct the children in the school and gain experience and background.
The first course in clothing is a comprehensive one. Students learn to select and care for clothing, recognize fabrics, and construct simple garments. The advanced courses give the student an opportunity to design as well as construct garments.
The department of home economics, the School of Business, and the School of Fine Arts cooperate to offer a curriculum in apparel merchandising. It includes courses in clothing and textiles, marketing, retailing, accounting, design, and other
subjects to train students who are entering the retail business field.
Courses in housing and home decoration in the department help the homemaker to draw up plans and make decisions. They are not designed to train architects or interior decorators, but to teach skills and construction, furniture styles, and types of fabrics used in decorating the home.
The School of Journalism, cooperating with the department, offers a sequence of courses for students who are interested in journalistic work in which home economics training is required. Opportunities for women are in newspapers, women's magazines, food publications, and household equipment publications.
Friday, April 22, 1955
Get Your Man With Perfume By MARION McCOY
In the spring as a young man's fancy turns to thoughts of love, a young girl's fancy turns to thoughts of encouraging that annual upsurge of feelings. The answer is in the perfume bottle.
Spring perfumes again are decorating department store counters and the newspaper ads for enticing the unaware male. Along with gay flowers and pastels, the light and fancy is in the spotlight.
As the season has turned, "Black Satin" is put aside for "White Satin," a lighter perfume for the summer months. Faberge's "Straw Hat," which is made only during the summer, is noticeable on the department store counters.
The young male is guaranteed to be completely helpless against such fragrances as "Indiscreet," "Danger Esscent," and "Fire and Ice."
So, one fair warning—Men beware! Spring is here with its perfume in the air.
Hill Houses Plan For Relays Weekend
By MADELYN BRITE
There's something in the air besides spring fever these days, as one of the biggest weekends on the school calendar approaches.
Tests and reports are temporarily pushed to the back of the mind, as students turn their thoughts to the 30th annual Kansas Relays. Today marks the arrival of high school and college track teams from areas throughout the nation to enter in the competition.
Not since Homecoming has the "Hill" seen so much preparation for a week end. "Relays" means many things to different people-parties, queens, breaking track records, and greeting guests. An almost staggering list of events is scheduled for the annual celebration.
Pre-Relays bustle is especially evident in the preparation of floats for the annual parade in downtown Lawrence tomorrow morning. Committees in organized houses have worked to produce novel ideas to coincide with this year's theme, "Speed Through the Ages." Now the hammers and scissors are receiving a vigorous workout, and "float-trimming" parties will be held tonight to ready the floats by the deadline.
Alumni are returning for this spring homecoming. Already house managers have begun their pleas for help in making their houses presentable for the guests.
About 2,240 high school athletes are competing in the high school meet today, and several hundred high school seniors will participate in the Jayhawk Jubilee tomorro. Features of the Jubilee program include open houses at the various departments of the University and bus tours of the campus. Fraternities are busily planning rush week end activities for the visiting seniors.
Parties will be the keynote today and tomorrow evening in several organized houses, "Big Jay" MeShann's band will play for the Kansas Relays dance from 8 p.m. to midnight tomorrow in the ballroom of the Student Union. The Relays queen and her attendants will appear, and the trophies for the winning floats in the parade will be presented.
On the agenda Sunday is the dedication of the Chi Omega fountain at 2 p.m. followed by a tea at the chapter house.
Students continue their week end preparations happily, reminded that the festivities may be a final fling before the reality of examinations begins.
Wide Variety Of Shoes Now Offered
Cinderella may have had Prince Charming fit the golden slipper on her foot, but today any girl can acquire attractive footwear by entering a store and purchasing a pair of this season's attractive shoes.
Shoe store windows are filled with the sandal and opera pump variation of high heels and with "flats," a shell type of shoe worn in the summer in place of loafers or saddle shoes.
Color is the striking feature this season. Pastels, which can be matched to the summer dresses, are obtainable in both heels and flats. Soft shades of pink, blue, lavender, and green are available for those who are color conscious.
Sandal-type high heels are very popular for wear with the drop waist, full-skirted cotton dresses. They are open-toed and heelless and many consist of only crossed strips of leather. As always, the spike heels, those that have 3 inch heels, are being shown, but the narrow French heel introduced three years ago has reached the peak of popularity.
Spectator pumps, a combination of navy and white, brown and white, or black and white, has also been manufactured this year.
Girls, if you are still looking for Prince Charming, get a new pair of slippers and you may find him.
Spring Formals Marked By Smart New Fabrics
By MADELYN BRITE
With the appearance of the first daffodil come ideas of spring parties and dreams of becoming the belle of the ball in a fascinating new gown.
The new spring formals live up to any girl's fondest dreams of what is desired in a ball dress. Shop windows are full of new colors, fabrics, and styles guaranteed to "stagger the stag line."
Dior's long torso look in formal attire has received nods of approval from the feminine set. These dresses, with their dropped waistlines and fuller-than-ever skirts, are leading the fashion popularity polls. Pellon, a material which retains its stiffness after washing or dry cleaning, is being used for built in petticoats for added fullness.
In fabrics, net has become overshadowed by versatile nylon which resists wrinkles and washes easily. Cotton, taffeta, organza, and organdy are also being used to good advantage. Especially popular is the combination pure silk and nylon with the fragile tissue paper look. Lace is being used for overskirts and trim.
Spring pastel colors reign anew on the formal scene. White dresses with pastel underskirts in net and taffeta are seen everywhere. Ruffles are enjoying a new popularity, especially under filmy embroidered nylon. The embroidered nylon and taffetta combinations offer something new in this year's fashions, and eyelet organdy will be popular again as summer approaches.
The back treatment of gowns is receiving more attention. Many of the new dresses are accentuated with bustle effects or bows and long streamers in back.
PRETTY AS A PICTURE-Three University coeds model dresses shown at Harzfeld's which are examples of the type which will be worn to formals this spring.
The trio of coeds in the picture display some of the newest styles. Karol Gorsuch, college sophomore, left, wears white nylon tulle over net with a bouffant overskirt caught up in ante bellum fashion. The overskirt is embroidered in a blue and white flower design. Mary Belle Brown, college freshman, center, wears a combination nylon and pure silk gown in aqua. The bodice has a five-pointed petal effect, and the scallops encircling the skirt are caught up with pink rose buds. Carolyn Settle, college sophomore, far right, wears white lace over net with a pink perlenine cording design and the new torso hipline.
With the deluge of parties coming up these next few weeks, the formal promises to be a beautiful one.