Hepburn Gets Nod to Capture Movie 'Oscar'
Hollywood — (U.P.)— Audrey Hepburn, a newcomer to movies who says she's flat-chested and homely, is the hot favorite to reign as 1953's best actress at tomorrow night's 25th annual Academy awards.
This year's race of the celluloid kings and queens was turned into a $275,000 telecast that will make it the most gala, colorful Oscar derby in 10 years. And by now the movie colonists, as eager as if this were a presidential election, have been predicting around their swimming pools who is likely to win the coveted gold statuettes.
The big-eyed, thin-necked Miss Hepburn is rated a cinch for her first movie, "Roman Holiday." But the best actor's contest is a photo finish between Bill Holden, star of "Stalag 17," and Burt Lancaster, praised for his performance of the tough sergeant in "From Here to Eternity."
"Eternity" is favored to be awarded the best picture honors by members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, with "Shane" a close rival. Two stars of "Eternity," Donna Ree and Frank Sinatra, are popular choices for the supporting Oscars.
Miss Hepburn, Holden, Miss Reed, Sinatra and "From Here to Eternity" won the annual straw poll of Academy voters released today by Daily Variety, a show business trade paper. But Lancaster was only a handful of votes behind.
As usual, only eight of the 20 globe-trotting acting nominees will be in the audience of 2,500 executives, fans and stars at the Pantages theater on busy Hollywood boulevard.
Not one "best actress" nominee is in town. Miss Hepburn, Maggie McNamara and Deborah Kerr will be telecast at a branch meeting of the New York. Ava Gardner is in Rome and Leslie Caron is in Washington.
Holden will be on hand but Richard Burton is in England, Marlon Brando in New York, Montgomery Clift in Jamaica and Lancaster in Mexico. Miss Reed and he are among many supporting nominees for a pullup in limosines before screaming fans outside the orate theater.
Each year some of the nominees campaign as if the fate of the world hung on the election. Most of the stars hired press agents but unsubtle Robert Strauss took out ads in the trade papers showing him in the underwear he wore in Stars and the captions said, "Have underwear helped us." Song writers whose tunes are up Oscars have been feverishly plugging their tunes as guest stars on disc jockey shows.
A total of 448 news correspondents will be swarming through the Pantages. Most of the press sits under the big stage in a crowded room that is like a Black Hole of papercrowers, television sets, telephones, and other media for flashing the news around the world.
The winners move on an "assembly line" from the stage to a basement full of news photographers, then to reporters.
But the biggest audience will be at home by their television or radio sets.
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Jay Janes Initiate 21 Girls at Union
Pat Johnson, college senior, was the honor initiate. Others initiated were Marilyn Kipp, college sophomore; Wilma Morton, education junior; Mary Paxton, college sophomore; Judith Tate, education junior; Mary Ann Taylor, college sophomore; Elizabeth Wohgelmuth, journalism junior; Judith Crane, education junior; Mary Demeritt, education junior; Martha Johnson, college junior; Mary Ann Kaaz, business junior, and Joan Moherman, fine arts junior.
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Dorothy Smith, college junior; Sue Baird, education junior; Barbara Barnes, education junior; Lola Helm, college junior; Dee Stritesky, education junior; Barbara Thomas, college junior; Roberta Brandenburg, business junior; Connie Eickelberger, education senior, and Jane Collier, college sophomore.
The girls, to be initiated, had to make a total of 15 points by doing pledge duties such as poster making and ushering. The pledges had then to receive a vote of approval from the active Jay Jane chapter.
Following the initiation, a dinner was served in the English room of the Union. The faculty sponsors, Miss Florence Black, associate professor of mathematics, and Miss Maude Elliot, assistant professor of romance languages, were guests of the Jay Janes.
Carolyn Boyd Elected President of AO Pi
Alpha Omicron Pi sorority recently held election of officers for the coming year. They are Carolyn Boyd, college junior, president; Jeannine DeGroot, education junior, vice president and pledge trainer; Georgeanne Griffith, college junior, record secretary; Jo Anne Skinner, education junior, corresponding secretary; Norma Fenn, college junior, treasurer; Carol Bowman, college sophomore, rush chairman; and Diane Miller, education junior, social chairman.
Joan Talley, college sophomore, scholarship chairman; Ruth Hoar, education junior, fraternity education; Elaine Carlson, college sophomore, social service chairman; Pat Crawford, education junior, activities and public relations; Joan Ketterman, college senior, housemanager; Sue McCartney, education officer; Marion Berry, college sophomore; Georganne Griffith, college junior; Marilyn Kulp, fine arts sophomore, songleader; Rae Youmans, college freshman, parliamentarian; Mary Lou Reyburn, college sophomore, assistant treasurer.
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Service Fraternity Initiates Freshman
Alpha Phi Omega, national service fraternity, initiated Justin Cash, college freshman, last night. The group made plans to print signs for a Boy Scout meeting to be held in Kansas City next month. They will also provide lifeguards to Scout swimming periods at Robinson pool on Saturday nights and will help set up the honor which will be held by the new explorer post at Haskell Institute Friday.
Shooting 'Pool'Is NoLonger A Game Just for The Men
By ROZANNE ATKINS
Page 10 University Daily Kansan Wednesday. March 24, 195
Have you ever seen a girl "shoot pool?" Bet not many have! For in the past pool halls have been a place only for men, and the game has been a secret of the dark, smoke-filled parlors.
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The class which meets at 9 a.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays is taught the fundamentals of the common pocket games like snooker, call shot or 14-1-continue, rotation, 8-ball and cribbage, and the three ball game, carom.
When pool tables were put in the Union amid attractive surroundings and near the bowling alleys, girls began to watch the forbidden game with interest. It was apparent some would have liked to have played the game, if only they had known how.
Realizing this, B. C. Fearing, director of recreation at the Student Union, decided to do something about it. He started a billiards class for girls. (Pool is slang for billiards).
The director, who is a former graduate of KU and New York university, says he wants the girls to learn enough that they can come into the Union to play the game without embarrassment and have a lot of fun.
The main emphasis is to put on the call shot, Mr. Fearing said, so the girls can pay special attention to the technique of shooting and not the shot itself.
Delta Phi Delta Pledges 23
Delta Phi Delta, professional fine arts fraternity, has pledged Jo Ann Boswell, Kenneth Burdette, Shirley Caldwell, Mary Ann Curtis, Phyllis DeLong, Margaret Donnelly, Colleen Fitzgerald, Rosine Galdoni, Mary Lawrence, Annette Luthy, Regina Lux, Joane Manney, Sue Ann Miller, Marjorie Pennington, James Rowland, Tal Streeter, Joann Swanson, Beverly Taney, Sam Van Meter, Nancy Wolf, Carol Van Dyk, fine arts sophomores and Gene Schanze and Carol Blouch, fine arts juniors.
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Letty Lemon Elected Tri-Delt President
Delta Delta Delta sorority recently held election of officers for the coming year. Those elected were Letty Lemon, journalism junior, president; Jo Anne John, college junior, vice president; Ann Wallace, college junior, treasurer; Carol Stutz, education junior, rush chairman; Carolyn Zimmerman, education junior, recommendations chairman; Barbara Becker, college junior, house chairman.
Nannette Pitman, education junior, marshall; Frances Hanna, college junior, chaplain; Kay Lewis, pharmacy junior, recording secretary; Mary Ann Curtis, fine arts sophomore, scholarship chairman; Joan Burleigh, fine arts sophomore, activities chairman; Marjorie Heard, engineering sophomore, corresponding secretary.
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barger, college sophomore, song leader; Lee Ann Urban, college sophomore, historian; Sue Dye, college junior, sponsor's chairman; Marilyn Schainost, college sophomore, libarian; Donna Spotts, education sophomore, intramurals chairman; Marilyn Ahlstrom, college sophomore, fraternity educational director; and Carol Fluharty, college sophomore, recorder.
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