Page 2 University Daily Kansan Wednesday, February 16, 1955 Tired of Waiting'- A Coed Slams Housing I'm tired of waiting. I've come to the conclusion we've been forgotten in the rush. "We" in this case happens to be the independent women of this University, and the "rush" refers to the great building orgy that's been going on around here. $$ --- $$ Fieldhouses, science buildings, dormitories for men and dormitories for freshman women, proposed plans for a fine arts building and plans for things I haven't even heard about yet. And one of the things I haven't heard about is plans for new housing for independent women. $$ ★ ★ ★ ★ $$ At present independent women are housed (I use the term loosely) in a conglomeration of old frame houses that probably date back to Quantrill's raid, and even he didn't bother to burn them. These houses are furnished with nondescript items that look like they came from someone's attic. And probably did. --- The pumbing is bad and as far as wind and weather protection are concerned a tent would be tighter. The general appearance of these abodes usually frightens off prospective inmates. Needless to say, such living conditions do little or nothing to boost the social status of independent women on a campus where a lot of importance is attached to the looks of a person's place of residence. --- --- --- Independent women bear all this quite well and most of them soon become accustomed to the various inconveniences. Take the matter of windows, for example. Evidently the usual pulley system by which most normal windows operate costs too much money for the windows operate on a clamp system. These clamps have a way of slipping, and consequently the windows bang shut at unlikely moments, causing lack of sleep and wear on nerves. $$ sleep and wee $$ An independent dorm is no place for young ladies with an aversion to rodents of the mouse variety. Most independent women become quite friendly with the little creatures. Because organized independent women are few in number (and no wonder), what housing facilities the University does provide usually are overcrowded. It's not uncommon to find three girls sharing a study room that could only comfortably accommodate one. But who cares about comfort? The outcome is that most independents study on the Hill at night. $$ $$ I realize that with all the wonderful building projects the University has undertaken it is necessary to cut corners somewhere. But I'm very tired of that somewhere being with independent women. $$ --- --- -- $$ We were shoved out of Corbin with the start of the freshman program three years ago, and even Corbin is no marvel of modern design. Are independent women to remain in their shabby little houses ('till worlds collide?') $$ * * * * $$ If and when the University does get around to doing right by the independent women on this campus I won't be around to see it. But maybe my daughter will, and believe me, I'll appreciate it even from that distance. —Margot Baker News Item: "...was fined for speeding in traffic court." Man, you put a guy behind the wheel of an automobile and there's no telling what he do. Headed by Alberta Johnson, education senior, the steering committee includes representatives from women's organizations on the hill. Women faculty members, and wives of faculty act as advisers. The Jay Janes are responsible for providing guides, and the Women's Athletic association is in charge of recreation. Through well-advented planning, the committee has been able to obtain nationally known speakers for the meetings. Perhaps the most popular is Mrs. Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, famous for "Cheaper by the Dozen" and "Belles on Their Toes," co-authored with her brother Frank. Work on the convention was started last year when the campus AWS began forming the basic plans. A steering committee and its subdivisions swung into action this fall to make final arrangements and take care of the details. Many conventions are held at the University, but the International Associated Women Students convention to be held April 6 to 10 will probably top them all for student participation. One Woman's Opinion Another noted speaker will be Arthur Adams, president of the American Council on Education. Miss Margaret Habein, dean of instruction and student services at the University of Rochester and former dean of women at KU, and Harry Lunn, editor of the Michigan Daily, also will speak. Representing KU on the convention topic of campus problems of women in their relation to local and national affairs will be Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy and Prof. Allen Crafton, chairman of the department of speech and drama. Workshop discussions on AWS and its relation to the campus will be led by 35 women students selected by organized women houses. The leaders will participate in a training program before the convention directed by Dennis Trueblood, director of aids and awards. Members of the AWS House and Senate have done a thorough job of preliminary planning. The steering committee has all arrangements of the convention well organized, and the smaller committees are polishing the details. Although they have received cooperation from KU officials and advisers, the credit for a well planned and organized convention goes primarily to the women students. Betty Lu Gard, education senior and president of the Senate, has done a fine job of coordinating the committees. -Lee Ann Urban From all indications the International Associated Women Students convention will run smoothly and be an outstanding success. The stars and all the things beneath them are his who learns to know and name them, according to one professor. The longer you think about it the truer this old adage sounds. University of Kansas Student Newspaper News Room, KU 251 Ad Room, KU 376 Member of the Inland Daily Press association. Associated Collegiate Press association. Represented by the National AD Association. Mail subscription rates: $3 a semester or $4.50 a year (add $1 a semester if in Lawrence). Published at Lawrence University. University year except Saturdays and Sundays. University holidays and examination periods. Entered as second class matter. Sept. 17, 1972 to Lawrence, Kan. Daily Hansan EDITORIAL STAFF BUSINESS STAFF Business Mgr. Audrey Holmes Advertising Mgr. Martin Chumbers Accounting Mgr. Georgia Wallace Cir. Mgr. George Wallace Business Adviser Gene Brantley Business Adviser Gene Brantley Editorial Editor Gene Shank Assistants: Elizabeth Wohlgemuth, Joseph T. Hoyt NEWS STAFF LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS by Dick Bibler ...mvee Editor Letty Lemon Man Editors. Amy DeYong, Ron Gran- don, Jon Hinner, Jim Hinner, Judi News Editor Nancy Neville Latest News Editor Lee Ann Urban Staff Editor Stannah Harper Wire Editor Tom Lyons Society Editor Mary Bess Stephens Social Society Ed. Irène Coonfer Past Society Ed. Catherine Coonfer News Advisor C. M. Pickett "Boy you fouled him THAT time." Flashbacks in History From The Daily Kansan 25 YEARS AGO The Student Council started a move to abolish hell week on the Hill. Said the Kansan, "Hell week and its accompanying features will take wing forever from the Kansas campus if plans now underway in University administrative circles materialize." $$ * * * $$ A warning was issued by Chancellor E. H. Lindley to point out to students the hazards created every day in University buildings by indiscriminate smoking. $$ $$ Dr. F. C. (Phog) Allen said he believed that it would be a distinct help to the basketball sport to raise basketball goals from 10 to 12 feet. $$ * * * $$ Enrollment fees for the second semester had been paid by 3,140 students at the deadline hour, but 800 were still left to pay. In Boulder, Colo., students removed 11 tombstones from a cemetery and left them on the lawn of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. $$ * * * $$ $$ * * * $$ 10 YEARS AGO The Ways and Means committee of the Kansas Legislature visited the University and attended the Kansas-Oklahoma game. Coach Allen exposed what was termed the largest college and high school sports gambling joint in the United States. Phog wrote the Thoroughbred Record association of Lexington, Ky., that a gambling place above a saloon in that city handled as much as $500 in bets on weekends. $$ * * * $$ $$ $$ The construction of the outdoor concrete dance floor and picnic grounds was planned to start in April. $$ $$ Deanna Durbin was busy singing her way through "Can't Help Singing," and Bing Crosby, Betty Hutton and Sonny Tufts were whooping it up in "Here Comes the Waves." $$ $$ Meanwhile, on the national scene, Berlin displayed feeble reaction to the conference at Yalta of the "Big Three"—Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin. $$ * * * $$ 5 YEARS AGO Dr. Allen commented that the cheerleaders' program at the University had reached an all time low. $$ * * * * $$ Mrs. Harry Woodring, wife of the former Kansas governor discussed the role of women at the Associated Women Students workshop. $$ $$ Tytone Power and Orson Welles clanked swords in "Prince Foxes" while W. Somerset Maugham's "Quartet" made a more permanent impression on theater goers. $$ * * * * $$ Russia and Communist China signed a sweeping mutual assistance pact aimed at preventing revival of Japan as an "Imperialist power."