University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, Jan. 6, 1953
Page 6
Foreign Students Don't Like American Blind Date Custom
The coexistence on the campus of Americans and 116 foreign students results, not only in colorful conversations in a special English language diversified by 38 foreign accents, but also affects the attitude of men in respect to women and the American tribal institution of dating.
Foreign women do not like to have blind dates, and American men do not like to ask directly for dates with foreign women. As a result, foreign men date mostly foreign women, and when they go home, they will carry with them American books, KU knowledge and diplomas, and the souvenir of a woman from Mexico, Switzerland, Finland, or China.
Foreign women, except three who are married, seem to have the same opinions about this topic. I have chatted with nearly all 30 on the campus, talking English, French, Italian, or Spanish, and I'll report some of the remarks I heard.
"American men are kind of shy when they are to ask us for a date." I was told by a senorita from Chile. "When they are abroad, Gee! They are sparklingly bold and dauntless.
They even let their short hair grow, but here they don't."
Join the Navy and be bold, I thought.
"In my country we hardly ever have blind dates, as we want to be sure to like a man before accepting a date," added a manselle from France. "Rather than having a date with a man I may not like, I prefer to see a show by myself." This an American woman would not do. She would keep smiling, even with a creepy blind date.
"And I would rather telephone some friend of mine to pick me up, as we do in Germany," said a wunderbar fraulein. In Europe it is not unusual for a woman to call a man, if she likes him and he doesn't call her.
Well guys, don't get excited. The same woman told me, "I also understand that here the men never go with their dates to hear a talk, a concert, or to visit a museum, as we do in my country." Anybody would like to accompany an Austrian woman to a conference about "Pakistan Silverware."
ments from foreign men. A graduate student from India told me, "I like the women up here, especially the American Indians. But I don't have a car, and I cannot park."
I also got some whimsical com-
Another foreign student who tried to become an American citizen said kidding that "two years of service in the USAF were not enough to get the citizenship. The only way is to be married to an American woman for two years. This would be the hardest and most authoritative test a foreigner could undergo to become American."
Once I had an interesting conversation with two women from Kansas, Beverly and Ginnie at their sorority house.
We decided that American men boss the women until they get engaged. Then the women boss them. Italian women and many other Europeans boss their men until they get engaged. Then the men boss them. We also stated that an American woman will say to a man things that she would never write, while many European women write things they would never say.
"I know that women in Italy are not dated as often by different men as we are here." Beverly said.
"What do they do in Italy?" Ginnie wanted to know.
I replied that in Italy, and in all the Latin countries, usually we date one woman at a time. Whenever possible, we don't double, triple, or
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congregate in big parties, and for a few weeks or months we spend all our spare time with that woman. Then we decide whether to get engaged or to break off.
"Oh, I would like this kind of fun!" sighed Ginnie.
"And I would not!" Beverly put in.
2 Pinnings Announced By Alpha Chi Omega
Alpha Chi Omega sorority announces the recent pinnings of two of its members.
Miss Sue Scott was pinned to Mr. George Zahn, Ppi Kappa Alpha, Dec. 11. Miss Scott's attendants were Phyllis Gray, Miss Connie Maws, Miss Georgia Tipton. Miss Scott wore an orchid corsage. Her attendances corsages were red carnations. Mr. Zahn is a college senior from Kansas City, Kan. Miss Scott is a college senior from Kansas City, Mo.
Miss Judy Estell was pinned to Mr. James Barrow, Beta Theta Pi, at the formal Christmas Banquet Dec. 17. Miss Estell's attendants were Miss Georgianna Flynn and Miss Anne Reitz. Miss Estell's corsease was an orchid. Her attendants' corsages were pink carnations. Miss Estell is a fine arts sophomore from Kansas City, Kan. Mr. Barrow is an engineering junior from Napa, Calif.
Shipp-Olson Engagement Announced by Parents
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn R. Shipp of Independence, Kansas, announce the engagement of their daughter Rita Marie to John Eric Olson, son of Mrs. Walter L. Olson of Dwight, Kansas.
Miss Shipp is a college junior. Mr. Dison is a freshman in medicine.
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