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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1951
European Service Makes Don Juans Of Servicemen
New York (U.P.) — Globe-trotting Hungarian reporter Joseph Szebenyei said today that service in Europe is making many a GI sleek as Don Juan in his approach to a pretty girl.
"They were babes in the woods when they went to France in World War I." Szebeneyi said, "and they were far from suave men-of-the-world in 1945, but now they're as courtly as a French admiral."
He said that, contrary to all the stories you get from other global wanderers, American girls are the world's most sophisticated.
"I understand they call it the Erol Flynn Baedeker," he said, and admitted its findings reflected his own experience while touring Europe.
The report shows girls are most girlish in London and progresses through Berlin, Paris, Vienna, Dublin, Glasgow, and Rome to such romantically frosty centers as Madrid and Stockholm.
Szebenyi's statistics are in a biography, "Reporters, Kings, and Other Vagabonds," just published.
Szebenyei said he's had a look at a confidential compilation put together by GI's in Europe. It ranks the world capitales on a basis of how entranceable its young ladies are.
"Some of the American soldiers forget or don't know that in Europe a kiss still has great meaning. It's a pledge of some sort in every capital. American girls, on the other hand," he said, "attach absolutely no importance to a good night kiss. It's about as significant as exchanging telephone numbers."
He said the United States girls could be classified on a comparison chart with European loveliness, along these lines:
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1. Midwestern, "inclined to be chubby, more willing to judge a man at face value, distrustful of fancy touches, such as a flower in the buttonhole; roughly like the girls in Austria, Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Poland."
2. The South, "well protected by a society that insists on strict protocol, comparable to Spain, pre-war Italy and Ireland."
Pledge Class Of D.U Lists Formal Guests
The pledge class of Delta Upson fraternity held a formal dinner and dance at the chapter house April 7.
Guests included: Janet Allen, Nan Mosby, Edwina Schock, Wanda Dengney, Frances Mason, Sara Starry, Joyce Laybourn, Jode Ewert, Charene Ewell, Shirley Broady, Joyce Dinein, Marilyn Stockton, and Carol Vidrig.
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Spring of Lydon, announce the engagement of their daughter, JoAnn, to Mr. John G. Baxter, son of Cöl, and Mrs. J. G. Baxter of Warren, Pa.
The announcement was made Monday by the housemother, Mrs. Nellie Butcher, who was assisted by Misses Dorothy Wilkerson, and Mary Gilles.
Carole Galloway, Ruth Warhurst,
Donna Unruh, Nancy Moore, Mar-
ret Black, Caroline German, Vada
marie Stoner, Marlene Peterson,
laine Gilchrist and Phyllis Gray.
Chaperons were Mrs. J. P. Scott,
Ts. E. R. Hooper, Mrs. Thomas A.
Mark, and Mrs. J. A. Hooke.
Spring-Baxter Engagement Told
Miss Spring, College junior, is a member of Alpha Omicron Pi. Mr. Baxter is a College sophomore.
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3. The East coast, "the heights of U.S. sophistication, more and more like such cities as Paris and Vienna."
4. The West coast, "brittle and stylized, here the fight for women's equal rights has reached the high tide it touched in London. They're so aggressive they've sacrificed their femininity."
Szebenyei said he thought that the next few years of overseas service for Americans would see a steady decrease in the number of G-Ts who take European brides.
The land of the ancient pharaohs was re-created at the annual Egyptian party held by the Acacia fraternity April 7.
Acacia Fraternity Gives Egyptian Party
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The interior of the chapter house was decorated as a tomb and a large sphinx was constructed for the entrance.
Guests were: Virginia Ash, Jane Book, Helena Boese, Maellen Bossi, Sally Briggs, Janice Broadword, Mona Lee Busch, Louise Cornelison, and Myrna Davidson.
Chaperons were Mrs. C. L. Veath, Mrs. Treva Brown, Mrs. Ruth Jeter, and Mrs. J. H. Hope.
Pat Gibbs, Margaret Gowans,
Donna Hill, Edwina Jones, Helen
Maduros, Arlene Miller, Peggy
Moore, Millicent Morris, Elaine
Orlowse, Cynthia Quick, and Shirley
Ross.
Freida Sahm, Nancy Scott, Frances Seeman, Anneliese Schrierle, Mariane Ward, Dorothy Wilkerson, and Ruth Williams.
White-Foster Pinning Announced
Hopkins hall announces the pinnig of Miss Margaretta White, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. E. White, Bonner Springs, to Mr. Thomas K. Foster, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Fertart, Bartlesville, Okla.
Miss White is an education junior. Mr. Foster is an engineering senior and a member of Sigma Nu fraternity.
Delta Chi Fraternity Holds Initiation For Five Men
Delta Chi fraternity announces the initiation on April 7, of the following men; Burleigh D. Cook, Baxter Springs; Jack C. Dryden, Belton, Mo.; E. Bruce Bigelow, Washington, and Roy R. Krueger, and Thomas H. Krueger, Natoma.
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Phi Chi Theta, professional business sorority, initiated Diane Walker and Julia Grout, business juniors, April 7.
Phi Chi Theta Honors National Vice-President
Miss Mavis Schubert, second national vice-president, came from Milwaukee to be present at the initiation. A luncheon and an afternoon coffee were held in her honor, Saturday.
Delt Pledges Give Picnic At Lone Star
Delta Tau Delta fraternity pledges held a picnic at Lone Star lake April 7.
Guests of the pledges were: Suzanne Carinder, Ann Kitchen, Carolyn Campbell, Marilyn Miller, Barbara Cordes, Debbie Russel, Nancy Munger, Joan Stewart, Norma Simons, Joyce Pine, Janis Murphy, Shirley Gray, Sally McKennan, and Roberta Larson.
Architect's Society Initiates Seven
Seven engineering students were initiated at a recent banquet of Scarab, architectural society. T. De-Witt Carr, dean of the School of Engineering and Architecture, and Verner Smith, associate professor of architecture, addressed the group briefly.
The new members are Leo Babler, Frank Byam, John B. Hipp, Robert Houvener, Eugene Zadnek, and Richard Kummer, seniors; and Earl Harper, junior.
Acacia Pledges Four Men
Acacia fraternity announces the pledging of: Wesley Santee, Ashland; Elfred Kramer, Winfield; Norton Turner, Newton; and William Maben, Winfield.
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