Tuesday, January 11. 1955 University Daily Kansan
Page 7
Washington Summer Profitable for KU Coeds
By KAPEN HILMER
"We certainly learned about government red tape!" was the unanimous comment of Betty Lou Gard and Judy Crane, education seniors; Jan Brown, fine arts senior; and Andrew Fine, fine arts senior; spent nine weeks in Washington, D.C. this summer working as Civil Service employee employees.
Approximately six hours of the girls' first day in the Capital city was spent in clearing themselves of the traditional red tape, by taking physical and mental examinations before they could start working.
Actually this processing started about a year ago when the girls were thinking about what they would do during the summer. Miss Crane's sister and brother-in-law Jamie Crane met her mother and said the girls could live in their apartment, located in one of the Washington, D.C. suburbs.
The girls applied for their jobs in November of last year, but because of the difficulty of clearance under Civil Service, they weren't sure they would be able to work even after they arrived in the city the following June.
The four girls were given 5-day a week jobs as typists in separate sections of the Bureau of Ships Technical Library; Miss Griffith in the reference section, Miss Crane in the cataloguing section, Miss Brown in the distribution section, and Miss Gard in the confidential reporting section.
"Maria was more or less on the outside." Miss Gard said, "but we three worked in offices which were set off in wire enclosures. Entrance to these offices and into the Bureau itself was permitted only by confidential identification badges which we carried."
Miss Crane lost her badge which turned out to be a security violation. "I was called into the violation office and told that this would go down on my United States government record. Until I found my card, I was really shaking, because anyone who found it could use it to secure passage into any of the offices." Miss Crane said.
The girls were required to make from four to ten carbons of everything they typed. When confidential material was typed, the carbon paper used was put in a container called the "burn bag" the contents of which were emptied and burned every night.
"The FBI didn't have time to completely clear our backgrounds before we took the jobs, so actually we were security risks to the government," Miss Gard said. "They place high value on security and confidential information. We are bound to the government, for two years after the time we worked, not to tell anything about information we came in contact with. Sometimes we had the feeling we were being watched."
"We were actually considered an oddity in the office because we were referred to as 'the four girls from Kansas.' No one could understand why Kansans who went away to school in the winter would want to come as far away as Washington, D.C. to work in the summer," said Miss Gard.
The girls said the people they worked with thought of them, at first, as just "silly college kids out on a spree" and gave them all the odd jobs to do. "But we learned fast, partly because of our college education. When they realized we were willing to work as hard as the rest of them, they were more friendly and helpful." Miss Gard said.
"The ratio of women to men in Washington, D.C. is eight to one." Miss Griffith said. "In our office, there were 27 women and two men which was typical of other sections."
Their parents had made a bet with the girls that they wouldn't have much time for sightseeing, so the girls made an agenda of the things they wanted to see. After working hours and on weekends, they saw Guy Lombardo, Sigmund Rhee in his chartreuse convertible with Vice President Richard Nixon, the atomic bomb filibuster in the senate, and took a tour of the capital with Sen. Andrew Schoepel's assistant.
-Classified Ads-
PHONE K.U.376
Classified Advertising Rates
Another highlight for the four
guests was an evening at Williamsburg.
Additional words ... 1c 2c
Terms: Cash. Phone orders are accepted with the understanding that the bill will be paid promptly. Ads must be called in during the hours of 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Daily Kansan Business office. Journals bldg. not later than 3:00 p.m.
day before publication date.
BUSINESS SERVICES
BEVERAGES. ice cold, all kinds, by the six pack or case. Crushed ice and picnic supplies. For parties or picnics see American Service Co., 616 Vt. tl
TYPING of themes, term papers, etc.
experience in the field of education.
Mrs. Jera Scheid, call 230 or 1779-
TYPING—themes, theses, reports, etc.
Reasonable rates. Neat and accurate. Mrs
Ehrman, 112 Vermont. Ph. 2771M. t
TYPING; Theses, terrn papers, etc. Experienced, accurate typist. Reasonable rates. Mrs. Taylor, 29-B Sunnyside, Ph 3112W.
JAYHAWKERS: Give yourself a pleasant surprise and visit our 'Jayhawk' pet shop. We have everything in the pet field. Their needs are our everything for fur, fins, and feathers. Grant's Pet and Gift Shop, 1218 Conn. Phone 418. ti
YPING—themes, term papers, etc. Acquire, prompt service. Mrs. John Merriott, phone 1505R. 11th and Missouri Ant. 13.
YOUR SHIRTS laundered for less. Call
Mrs. Andrew, 2658-L-2. L4. Mile 1-17
172
TYPING—term papers, theses, etc., at reasonable rates. Phone 2991 during noon hour or after 5:00 p.m. Mrs. Thompson
1-12
LOST
BROWN BILLFOLD in Student Union Saturday night. Billfold isn't important but money has sentimental value. Call Bill Griffith at 284. 1-15
TRANSPORTATION
RIDERS WANTED to join Air Force flight class 56-N, reporting April 1. Contact John R. Cox, 2135 Mass., phone 1961M..1-17
TOM MAUPIN Travel Service. Lowest airline fares, tourist and family fare, available on all scheduled airlines. Authorized agents for all steamship lines. Tours and cruises. Business and interview trips arranged. Personal experience on your Summer vacation. TOM MAUPIN TRAVEL SERVICE. 1236 Mass. Ph. 3661. tf
FOR SALE
TICKETS TO anywhere by airplane, steamship, and conducted tours. Ask us about Sky-coach and family day rates. Call Miss Rose Glesman at the First Aid Clinic at Camp Bellevue to obtain information for itineraries and reservations. 8th and Mass. Phone 301. tf
DAV-O-NITER SOFA BED. 6 months old. Charcoal. 10 Dumyside. -1-12
FOR RENT
FURNISHED APARTMENT, living room,
bedroom and kitchenette. Share bath
utilities paid. Adults only. Inquire 1145
Indiana. 1-14
WANTED
DOUBLE ROOM, FOR GIRLS. Home
cooked 12th, or call 244-7800 for camps.
12th, or call 244-7800 for camps.
LOVELY LARGE furnished single room for graduate girl. One block from campus, 1242 La. Shown by appoint- ment. Call between 5 and 6 1-17 Phone 4489.
The SS United States, speed queen of the Atlantic, is fire-proofed to an unprecedented degree. Wood is used only in her pianos and butchers' chopping blocks. More aluminum went into her construction than into any other single structure on land or sea, says the National Geographic Society.
DISHWASHER, Phi Kappa Tau; contact
Alan Lynn, Phone 84. 1-12
Dedication Stirs Smith's Memory
County Chairmen Will Meet Today
It is hard to believe, but the University of Minnesota's structure cost only $850,000 in pre-inflation pricing and did not seating about 17,000 cost $27,000,000.
The announcement that the University of Kansas would dedicate its new Forrest C. Allen fieldhouse March 1 sent Dr. George B. Smith, dean of the University, searching his souvenir file.
And what happens to basketball stars? Well, Fred Hovde, a starting guard for Minnesota in that game, has for several years been the successful president of Purdue university.
He found the dedicatory program for the University of Minnesota fieldhouse for Feb. 4, 1928, when Dean Smith was a junior at Minnesota. Across the program's top was the clear autograph, "James Naismith."
A review and preview meeting for the county chairmen of Statewide activities will be held at 5 p.m. today in the Pine room of the Student Union.
Dr. Naismith, inventor of basketball and for 39 years professor of physical education at KU, had tossed the ball for the first center jump and was honorary referee for the game.
Twenty-six years later KU's Allen fieldhouse will be second in size among collegiate arenas only to Minnesota's 18,000 structure.
Va., with Marcia Porter, education senior, who also worked in Washington last summer.
Progress reports will be given and activities for the spring semester will be outlined.
"For a pay-your-own-way vacation," the girls agreed, "Washington, D.C. is the best."
IS IT TIME TO EMPTY YOUR CAR'S ASHTRAYS?
NOW • Open 6:45
CAROL REED'S
"FALLEN IDOL"
— Co-Feature —
Harlem Globe Trotters
"GO MAN GO"
Even if the ash trays are full it is doubtful if you would drive to a service station to have them emptied.
Still, the next time we lubricate the chassis of your car or change its oil, you'll find that emptying your car's ash trays is just one of the extra services that you get from us.
We're just old fuddy-duddyds when it comes to caring for your car. We not only want it to run properly, but we want it to be spick-and-span when it leaves our station.
That's why, in addition to the major services that you have ordered, we also sweep the floor, empty the ash trays, and clean the windshields inside and out.
The next time your car needs servicing bring it to us. Or, if you wish, just phone us. We'll call for your car and return it at no extra cost.
Don's '66' Service Phone 2066 6th & MICHIGAN
P. S. Be sure and ask about Trop-Artic, the guaranteed motor oil.
It Makes Our Clothes Stay New Looking So Much Longer!
There's a reason. Sanitone gets out ALL dirt, grime and spots—makes colors and patterns sparkle like new—restores original texture—yet leaves no cleaning odor in the fabric. Call us for service.
Phone 383 you'll be glad you did
Lawrence Laundry AND Dry Cleaners 1001 New Hampshire Ph.383
Use Kansan Classified Ads.
NOW
ENDS* WEDNESDAY
Mat. 2 p. m.- Eve. 7-9:08