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University Daily Kansan
Friday, Nov. 20, 1953
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Dorm Plan for Girls Works Successfully
The freshman dormitory system, where all freshman girls live together for one year and then go through rush in the fall of their sophomore year, has been in effect now for three years. The system thus far seems to be a success.
Miss Martha Peterson, dean of women, said "the minimum number of drop-outs has been reduced considerably through the year and also between the freshman and sophomore year." Another reason to believe that it is a success is that the girls are coming in greater numbers each year. Each year about 50 more girls enter as freshmen than the year before causing us to believe that the parents and girls approve of the program."
Grades which are a problem to freshmen have been satisfactory. The grade average for freshmen girls for the 1950-51 term was 1.4 for the first semester and 1.38 for the second semester.
This was the year before the freshman system was initiated and is comparable to other years from averages received at the Registrar's office. The general trend has been for the grades to go down the second semester after compulsory study halls had been discontinued.
The first semester for both years of the freshman program the grade average was 1.4, the same as the year before, but instead of going down second semester the grade average went up. The first year the average went up to 1.6 and last year the grade average went up to 1.54
The girls are to observe AWS rules regarding closing hours, liquor, and quiet hours but the dormitory does not set up rules other than the ones the girls want.
The system operates on the principle that if a girl is old enough to go to school she is responsible enough to be treated as an adult and not as a child.
For counseling and advice an upper-class woman is placed on each corridor as a counselor. The counseling system is unique to the University as most schools have a paid graduate counselor for 60 or 70 girls. The counselors in the freshman dorms are students usually juniors or seniors.
The system of having all freshmen live in one dormitory unit has been practiced in larger schools such as Michigan State and Northwestern university for about 20 years. The system couldn't be put in operation here because of lack of dormitory space.
Freshmen once were forced to live in private homes because upper-class women had already used up available dormitory space. In private homes they had no contacts with the social life of the
campus and had no chance to become acquainted with the campus or its activities except through classes.
Deferred rushing is practiced here while in other schools freshmen may pledge. After much consideration the Panhellenic council decided it would be much fairer to the girl not to divide her loyalty between two groups.
The girls set up their own governmental system usually consisting of floor officers and dorm officers who handle all the affairs of the dormitory.
The girls have an active social program. They have coffees after football games, costume parties, formal dances, and hour dances. And of course they aren't neglected by the fraternities in being invited to attend their social functions.
Approximately 500 freshman girls are living in Corbin, North College and Foster-Hodder this year.
Corbin hall was built to hold 130 girls but this year it houses 172 people. Miss Betty Hembrough is the head resident. The head waitresses for Corbin and North College dining rooms live in Corbin as does Mrs. Merl Nichols, house manager for the freshman system.
Foster hall was formerly an upper-class women's dormitory but was turned over to the freshman system last year.
Hodder hall was formerly the old Delta Delta Delta house and was remodeled for freshman use in 1951. Miss Jo Elaine Pownall is the head resident for the Foster-Hodder combination.
Good Times Make Boxers Scarce
Portland, Me— (U.P.) - Chick Hayes, a boxing matchmaker, blames "the good times" for his difficulty in obtaining preliminary fighters.
"Almost anyone can get a job that pays $50 or $60 a week now." says Hayes, "and you can't blame boys too much for not wanting to train a week or more for a fight, particularly when they don't actually need the money.
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"Back in the middle of the depression there were about six prelim boys clamoring to be signed for every bout scheduled."
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Designers Neglect Children's Clothes
New York (U.R)—Now it's a fashion designer instead of educators and social workers worrying about neglect of children. Helen Lee, mother of three, says clothing manufacturers have been letting the small fry down for years.
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Only recently, she says, have the fashion people made any effort to dress small girls in something other than ruffles and pastels.
The designer, a native of Knoxville, Tenn., has been making children's clothes for 25 years. For her pioneering in production of more sophisticated apparel, she was one of three winners of this year's American Fashion Critics Award.
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"I believe firmly in a dress a girl can put on, button up, and forget about," she said. "I loathe clothes which aren't utilitarian. But for years mothers have washed and ironed pinks, blues, yellows and whites. Plus ruffles and tucks. I don't know where they ever found the time or energy."
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Lucky Landing Brings Cake
Jacksonville, Fla. — (U.R.)— Lt. Ralph A. Beverly, of Providence, R.I., who made the 52,000th landing aboard the aircraft carrier Valley Forge this year, was presented with a 30-pound cake by his fellow officers.
Port Arthur Police Have 'New Look'
Port Arthur—Texas — (U.P.) - A slender, green-eyed mother of two is among nine newcomers who have added glamor to the Port Arthur police department.
The policewomen do not have the authority to arrest, but they go give tickets for traffic violations.
the mother is pretty Martha Whittridge, whose husband, Sgt. Arvie V. Whittredge, has been on the force five years.
Mrs. Whittredge and eight other
nattily dressed women are on duty twice daily at school corners, directing traffic.
Mrs. Whittridge says she finds her sons, Jerry Alan, 4, and Gary Wade, 3, have helped her most to cope with the minor crises which are part of the daily job.
A Maryland law says oysters can be dredged in Chesapeake bay only from ships under sail.
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