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Tuesday. Dec. 1, 1953
University Daily Kansan
German Cookies Spice Christmas Holiday Menus
Milwaukee—(U.P.)-Milwaukee still is the home of German cooking in this country, and around Christmas time local hausfrauhs whip up baked' goodies to help out Weihnachtsmann, the equivalent of our Santa Claus.
The cookies and cakes are delicious eating, regardless of national descent. Mrs. Hilda Burgardt shares some of her favorite recipes.
One treat she prepares for the holidays is eier plactzchen, made as follows:
Cream 1 cup butter, add the well-beaten yolks of 2 eggs, and mix thoroughly. Press 4 yolks of hard-cooked eggs through a sieve and add the butter mixture. Next, add 4 cups of sifted flour, 1 cup sugar, $ \frac{1} {2} $ teaspoon salt, and 1 teaspoon of vanilla flavoring. Form into a roll and place in the refrigerator overnight.
Spread the shapes with the whites of 2 eggs, beaten with 1 tablespoon of sugar, and sprinkle with chopped almonds. Bake 10 minutes at 375 degrees on a cookie sheet.
Next day, roll the mixture into a sheet 1/4 inch thick and cut into shapes to please.
For a spicier cookie, Mrs. Burgardt prepares the traditional lebuchen.
Sift together 8 cups of flour, $\frac{1}{2}$ teaspoon soda, $1\frac{1}{4}$ teaspoons cinnamon $\frac{1}{4}$ teaspoon ground cloves, and $\frac{1}{4}$ teaspoon nutmeg.
Now, boil 1½ cups of honey, 2 cups of brown sugar, and 4 cup water together for 5 minutes. Let the mixture cool.
To it, add 2 cups of blanched and shredded almonds, 2 slightly beaten eggs, 1! cups shredded candied orange peels, 1! cups shredded citron, and the spiced flour.
Work the mixture into a loaf and store in the refrigerator two or three days. Then, roll the loaf on a floured board until it's about 1 inch thick. Cut into strips 1 by 3 inches, and bake on a greased cookie sheet, at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. The results should be stored in a covered cookie jar two weeks before they are served.
Here's a quick cookie recipe called spritzkucken:
Cream 1 cup of butter, add $\frac{3}{4}$ cup sugar, and gradually add 1 unbeaten egg. Combine $\frac{2}{3}$ cups of flour, $\frac{1}{4}$ teaspoon baking powder and $\frac{1}{4}$ teaspoon of salt, and add to the butter, sugar and egg mixture. Add I teaspoon of almond extract. Force the mixture through a cookie press onto a baking sheet, and bake 10 minutes in a 400 degree oven.
Earth Science Group Initiates 20 Men
Ralph O'Connor; member of the Kansas Geological survey, was initiated as an associate member and Prof. Otto Schindlerwolf was initiated as an honorary associate member of Alpha chapter of Sigma Gamma Epsilon. honory earth science fraternity, at services held recently
Also imitated were Nelson Biglow, Gary Lane, Donald Sanders, Reginald Pierson, William Thordarson, William Zajic and Helton Motta Haydt, graduates; Jay Goertz, Robert Manion, Robert Terry and Ronald Martin, engineering juniors.
Ronald Holmes, Innes Phillips and Richard Smith, college juniors John Brose, Richard Folck, and Richard Beam, engineering seniors and Hans Hansen, college senior.
Mink Bow Ties Are Latest in Men's Wear
New York—(U.P.)—Mink now is for the men.
So are grey and black Persian lamb, Alaskan seal and leopard. The man's choice of fur depends on the occasion.
Responsible for men wearing fur is a young New Yorker named Aristede Day, who makes fur into clipon bow ties. He recommends grey Persian with grey suits; black Alaskan seal for evening attire; silverblue mink for a blue suit; leopard for sportswear. And for what Day calls the conservative man, there's the black Persian.
To smooth rough edges of wooden clothes hangers, cover the frayed sections with Scotch tape.
Records Make Fine Listening
Thanksgiving vacation is a great time for catching up on new tunes and new arrangements of old tunes that somehow slipped by during the hectic hustle and bustle of school. Here are a few that provide enjoyable listening:
Leo Desmond has written an "Ebb Tidish" song, arrangement complete with foghorns and the moaning of the sea, called "Off Shore." The melody is carried by a plaintive, wailing harmonica on the author's record. It's the loneliest in a long long while. Richard Hayman's arrangement is a bit heavier on the background, with harps and violins predominating.
The latter rendition is perhaps the better of the two. On its flip side is the equally sonorous "Joey's Theme" played, again, with harmonica predominating, a la "Ruby."
Bouncy is the word for the Hilltopper's new arrangement of "Love Walked In." a Gershwin oldie. Modulating constantly and pacing furiously, the quartette really ties into this tune. Turn it over, and the four do "To Be Alone," a maudlin overload of standard sentimentality.
"South of the Border" by Frank Sinatra and Billy Milay has been hailed as the best thing Sinatra has done in years. Billy Milay's orchestra offers a sensational backing of great rhythm and brassy chords.
A seldom-heard Dick Rogers tune, "This Can't Be Love" has been recorded by Nat King Cole. His deft professional touch is well-adapted to the words and music.
Kappas Plan K.C. Home Tour
Six homes will be opened to the public next Wednesday, Dec. 9, when the second annual Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority "Holiday House" tour will be held in Kansas City.
Private homes will be open all day Dec. 9 with the tour beginning at 11 o'clock in the morning and closing at 5 o'clock that afternoon.
After last year it was decided to make the tour an annual affair. This year's tour will include a home of French architecture, one of Italian design, as well as traditional and contemporary motifs.
The following homes will be on tour; E. M. Douthat, 110th and Mission Rd.; James R. Elliott, 6715 Cherokee Lane; Lambert M. Meidinger, 619 E. 46th street; Same E. Roberts, 5964 Overhill Rd.; John W. Sutherland, 107th and Nall Ave., and Prewitt B. Turner, 820 W. Meyer Blvd.
All these homes are either in Kansas City, Mo., or adjoining Johnson county, Kans.
Tickets, which may be purchased at any of the homes on tour, will be one dollar. Houses may be visited in any order.
Gamma Phi Beta announces the pinning of Jane Hornaman and Bernell Hiskey. Miss Hornaman is a college sophomore and Hiskey, a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, is also a college sophomore. Both are from Kansas City.
On the Hill
A poem, read by Ann Conway, education senior, announced the pinning. Second attendant was Janice Johanson, college sophomore.
The pledge class of Theta Tau, professional engineering fraternity, has elected William Franklin, engineering sophomore, president of the group. Phil Piatt, engineering junior, was chosen vice president and Kenneth Keller, engineering sophomore, is secretary-treasurer.
The Newcomers of the University Women's club will hold a Christmas dinner 6 p.m. Saturday at the Faculty club, 1317 Louisiana st. The University Women's club Christmas party will be held following the dinner from 8 p.m. to midnight.
Reservations must be made by Wednesday with Mrs. Frank Burge or Mrs. Carl Cabe.
Members of the committee arranging the dinner are Mrs. John Hall, chairman, Mrs. Bernard Wright, and Mrs. Richard Sheridan.
Joseph Meyers, college senior, will present a voice recital at the 20th Century club this afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Lawson.
Now studying under Mrs. Alice Moncrieff, professor emeritus of voice, Meyers has been tutored by Roy Henderson of London and Madame Lehmann of the Music Academy of the West in Sante Barbara, Calif.
Mrs. Waldenmar Geltch is president of the club.
The collegians print the results of their house-to-house poll as a public service and part of their classroom work. Some movie and TV moguls don't agree with the results, but Prof. Evry's booklets keep showing up regularly in the mail.
Movies Lose to TV, Poll Says
Hollywood — (U.P.) — After four years of conducting television surveys, a college professor announced today two conclusions: fans' taste is going up, and the movies are being hurt by TV.
Hal Evry, who teaches public relations and research at the Los Angeles City college, has sent his students around town for 10 surveys on TV.
The students' other questions show 63 per cent of those questioned would pay to see first-run sports events and films at home and only 7 per cent go to football games more often since they have been taken off television.
"Looking back on our surveys we see the taste of fans is going up," he reflected today.
The 10th poll of 2,500 set owners in the Los Angeles area listed the most popular shows today as Dragnet, I Love Lucy. Sports Events, Groucho Marx, Colgate Comedy Hour, Toast of the Town, What's My Line, Show of Shows, Omnibus, Studio One, and This Is Your Life.
MARRIED AT EPISCOPAL CHURCHMr. and Mrs. Alfred Yang Ping Sim of Hong Kong, now students at the University, exchanged wedding vows Friday, Nov. 20 in Trinity church. Mrs. Sim was formerly Miss Geraldine Elaine Sin.
Love Takes Second To Learning at Ohio
Cleveland —(U,P)— Women go to college to get educated, not to snare a husband, says Kathryn Hopwood, associate Dean of Women at Ohio State university.
Miss Hopwood in a report given at Cleveland to a group of deans of women, said she questioned 70 freshmen girls at OSU on what they expected to get from their college years.
First in importance was getting an education. Preparing for both marriage and a career was second.
To make dusting easier, use old cotton socks, worn like mittens.
"Getting pinned was 99th on the list, and meeting men was 97th," she said. "The survey appears to show that marriage and a career are joined; it is not a question of one or the other."
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Christmas Dinner
Sun., Dec. 6, 5:30-7:30 pm
Get tickets at Myers Hall
50c before Wed., Dec. 2
HOME IS WHERE THE BUCK IS
OR... Who did you say is a boy's best friend?
Once there was a sophomore whose father had a bad habit of saying "No". Vekhemently. Particularly about money. Ask him the Big Question and his jowls would turn a fetching shade of vermilion.
So Junior, his need needed by three days of living on livetwurst sandwichs, cast about for a New Approach. Found it, too. Right at the Western Union office. He just sat down and worked out a wire to Negative Polarity Pappy. A brisk little wheeze . . . to wit: "Must have twenty dollars immediately. Urgent. Please flash by telegraphic money order." Results? Our sophomore was carressing the cash within two hours.
What's Junior's major? Psychology, of course.
It's darned good psychology to wire home at other times than just when you need help and comfort. For holiday greetings — Mother's Day—good news about grades—things that would make Home Happier. Try it next time. Just head for your local Western Union office.
703 MASSACHUSETTS Tel. 2764 or 2765
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