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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, March 30. 1955
Bridge Players Are of All Types—What Type Are You?
While most KU students can hardly wait for warm weather so they may enjoy golf, baseball, tennis, or some other outdoor sport, there is one person to whom the changing of the seasons apparently has no meaning. This person is the perennial bridge fiend, and KU has a surplus of these.
Fair weather or foul, bridge friends can always be found in the Hawk's Nest, recreation rooms of organized houses, or any place where there are four walls, a table or any other flat surface upon which cards can be laid, and three other bridge players to make a foursome. Bridge players must glaze their bridge, and immediately glazed looks their eyes, and their hands move nervously as if they are already shuffling cards.
Bridge friends come in several types. There is the strong extrovert type who plays each card with a loud, vigorous slam that makes the table tremble. His direct opposite is the small, timid girl who always manages somehow to throw down, hesitating, an ace or trump card just at the right moment in the game.
Then there is the sly type, who just before the bidding begins, assumes a woeful expression and sobbingly gives out with the clastic "Who dealt this mess?" When the bid gets around to him, he immediately assumes a sadistic grin and comes forth with a lusty "Four goodes!" or other some such bid.
There is the man who wears dark glasses so that he can peep into his opponent's hand at an opportune moment without being observed. This kind is usually found out early in the game, and is never asked to play with the same group again, unless a fourth is desperately needed and no one else is available.
Another type of person is usually interesting to watch. This person usually smokes king-size cigarettes, and can exhale a steady stream of smoke for about two minutes, while dispassionately evaluating his hand for the right bid. He rarely ever makes mistakes, and woe unto his partner if he should make an erroneous bid or play. He transfixes the fortunate culprit with a frigid, piercing glare that even a snake would envy.
At least one confirmed bridge player is known who pays so little attention to outside news that he thinks the proposed honor system has something to do with bidding in bridge.
Everyone knows the person who can recount the whole progress of any game in which he has played for two months back. At a dance, he is the person who usually runs up to someone whom he recognizes as a past bridge partner, and proceed with something like "I know how you could have made that grand slam in spades last week. The king of clubs is led, then you discard a diamond from dummy and take the trick with the ace from your hand. Then you could have led trumps, coming back to your hand by ruffing the three of hearts, etc." and so forth, ad infinitum.
Some people, including the writer will never be bridge fanatics. As soon as they get thirteen cards in their bunds they immediately fall asleep
Law Day Set For April 21
The annual Kansas Law day, held April 21 on the campus, will feature Walter A. Huxman, former governor of Kansas from 1937 to 1939 and present judge of the U.S. 10th Circuit Court, as the guest speaker.
Classes will not be held in the School of Law during that day. In the morning a queen contest will be held, followed by a skit on the School of Law and professors.
A picnic followed by a baseball game will be held at noon on the farm of Charles Oldfather, associate professor of law.
Judge Huxman will speak at a banquet in the Student Union that night. Charles Henson, third year law; James Paddock, second year law, and John Knightly, first year law, are presidents of the three law classes and in charge of the plans for the day.
Easter Hunt Today
The annual Chi Omega Easter egg hunt for children of Lawrence will be at 3:30 p.m. today at Potter's lake. After the hunt the children will be served refreshments and entertained at the chapter house.
"English parrot" is another name for the eastern evening gosbeak, which is about the size of a catbird, has a large, thick, pale-yellowish beak and a body which is black, white and yellow.
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