Beauty Queen, Movie Actress Enjoys Life as Housemother
By BEN HOLMAN
Life in a fraternity house may seem dull for the housemther at the Koppa Alpha Psi house.
Being housemother for Mrs. Arvella Young is merely the latest in the events of a versatile life. Perhaps her most distinguishing feat was the winning of a national beauty contest in 1930—"Miss Bronze America." A senior at Sumner High school at the time, she represented Kansas City in the contest in New York.
A former resident of Kansas City, Kan., she came to the University after living in Los Angeles. In her conversations with the fellows it is usually she who does all the relating of past travels.
Mrs. Young's picture has also appeared on the cover of two magazines.
"I like people," she exclaims.
"Like to meet people. However, I've always had a main thirst for higher learning. A woman can reach as high as any man."
Mrs. Young's past accomplishments have born out this claim. During the last war she attended the University of Southern California as a psychology major.
"Being a housemother," she says, "is a study in psychology within itself."
Before attending USC she reti-
vived a degree from the Warren
School of Aeronautics in Los Ang-
les. She also attended Paul Quinn
college at Waco, Tex. and the Met-
ropolitan School of Business at Los
Angeles.
Undoubtedly her most interesting experience, however, was a trip to Cuba and Mexico City in the summer of 1945 on an exchange scholarship to the University of Havana.
"For the first time in my life I felt that I was a human being," she relates with a gesture of reminiscent satisfaction. She referred particularly to the lack of a color line in Havana.
Mrs. Young looks back on one of her Mexico City experiences. She hired a guide to show her around the city. She was required to pay for both their meals and other expenses during the tour. After about three hours, she learned that his fee was $4 an hour.
"I never thought that I'd be paying $4 an hour for a 'male escort',
Mrs. Young said jokingly.
Mrs. Young arrived back in California in time to attend the United Nations conference at San Francisco. She was particularly impressed with meeting the delegations from Liberia and Arabia.
A member of the Screen Actors guild, Mrs. Young has appeared in two motion pictures. They were "Spirit of Youth," with Joe Louis, and "Life Goes On," with Louise Beaver.
In addition to her many activities Mrs. Young enjoys playing golf as a hobby.
"I'm also happy when working with the arts," she said.
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Mr. and Mrs. Clarence N. Pierson of Lawrence announce the engagement of their daughter, Blanche Beverly, to Mr. Thomas Oliver Fox, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Fox Sr. of St. Louis.
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