FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1951
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Fan-Folk Predict The Revival Of Coquetish Signals And Code
New York (U.P.)-Note the dainty face fan yonder young lady just dropped on the dance floor.
Once, in the days of bustles and pompadours, the dropped fan meant "must see you alone."
Now, with feminine chignons and bouffant ball gowns making girls feminine, fan folks are breathlessly predicting a revival of coquestil fans. Maybe, even, a revival of those fan signals young girls learned before the girl scouts spread the semaphore code.
In a feather-laden fan factory in midtown Manhattan, one of the country's leading manufacturers obligingly reviewed the situation by rummaging through drawers filled with fans dating back 50 years.
"I think the girl is coming back," said A. S. Bremer, designer and salesman for the Bernard Lang fan company. "We were in the masculine state for a while, when girls would rather wear slacks than a dress. But Paris started designing for the girl again, and now" he added, holding up a new aqua blue plume fan with a mother-of-pearl handle, "we're making fans again."
Bremer, who has been in the fan and feather business for 36 years, opened another drawer and lifted out a tiny, yellowed pamphlet on a faded red string.
"The psychology of the fan is playing with it," he explained. "If it doesn't open and close right it's useless. That's why these fans are mounted by hand just as they were 50 years ago."
The plume fans, made almost exactly like the plume fans of a quarter century ago, are less popular now than dainty lace, sequin-studded net, and even flowered taffeta fans, Bremer said. He acknowledged it might take a while before today's athletic young women mastered the manipulation of the 22-inch plume fan.
"One of these used to be tied on each fan that went out of here," he said. Called "the language of the
Angst-Hall To Head Kappa Kappa Gamma
Arden Angst, education junior,
was elected president and Karen Hall.
College sophomore, vice-president,
of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority
March 19.
Other officers include: Ada Watson, recording secretary; Marianne Crosby, corresponding secretary; Diane Walker, treasurer; Marilyn Kendall, pledge captain; Margery Waddell, social chairman; Joanna Mitchell, scholarship chairman; Catherine Newman, song leader; and Madeleine Hodgson, librarian.
Chi Omega Pledges Two
Chi Omega Pledges Two
Chi Omega sorority announces the recent pledging of Sally Kellam, College freshman from Tulsa, Okla., and Deloros Eckwall, College freshman from Fort Riley.
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Unfurling the fan quickly, for instance, told the lad, "you are too bold." If a girl wanted to get rid of a suitor, she could do it wordlessly just by snapping the fan shut quickly. That, according to the fan code, meant "I hate you."
fan," the 30-year-old pamphlet advised that "Miliady would win become adept in the practice..." of the fan code.
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Naturally, the boys have to learn the language or a girl's wasting her time. But there is an up-to-date little pamphlet just released on fan language.
If a girl drops her fan today, she'd better drop the booklet with it. Otherwise her heart interest will assume she's just careless, not eager for a moment alone with him.
18 Women Pledged By Music Sorority
Mu Phi Epsilon, national honorary music sorority, held its pledging ceremony March 17.
New pledges are Joyce Ristine, Connie Eikelberger, Patricia Street, Marilyn Muchlbach, Erma Lee Lutz, Donna Hobein, Mary McCelland, Ruth Stutz, Edwina Jones, Mary Gayle Loveless, Edwin Nichols, Joan Templar, Phyllis Nehrbass, Rosalie Bruening, Joyce Poland, Vera Smooth, Linda Stormont and Suzan Wilson.
Linda Stormont was elected president of the pledge class and Joyce Ristine program chairman.
KU Women's Group Will Give Coffee
The University Women's club will give a morning coffee on Thursday, March 29, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in the Museum of Natural History. Mrs. Leland Pritchard, social chairman, has announced that this is a change in date from the one previously arranged for April.
Mrs. J. Eldon Fields will be general chairman for the coffee. Mrs. Fred Ellsworth will be chairman of the hostess committee, assisted by Mrs. Jack Chernick, Mrs. Maurice Gross, Mrs. P. B. Lawson, Mrs. James Seaver, Mrs. Ernest Quigley, Mrs. Joseph Burckhalter, and Miss Marv Larson.
Mrs. Ralph Canuteson will arrange the decorations, assisted by Mrs. W. H. Shoemaker and Miss Marjorie Whitney. Mrs. J. H. Nelson and Mrs. E. Raymond Hall are planning the refreshments. Assisting in the serving will be Mrs. E.
Lambda Chis Honor Founders At Dinner
A candlelight dinner was held Wednesday by the local chapter of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity in honor of the founding of the national chapter on March 22, 1909.
Robert Becker, College freshman and president of the Lambda Chi Alpha pledge class, gave a short talk tracing the progress of the local chapter of the fraternity since its founding on the campus Oct. 18, 1947.
Guests at the dinner were: Mr. and Mrs. Philip Dergance, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hayes, Mr. Charles Van Wert, and Maj. Arthur H. Wilson. Entertainment was provided by the chapter quartet.
Steiner-Shields Pinning Announced
Mrs. Gertrude Dix of Theta Phi Alpha sorority and Mrs. H. P. Ramage of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity announce the pinning of Miss Jeanette Steiner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Steiner, Hoisington, to Emerson Shields, son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Shields, Lincolnville. Miss Steiner is a medical technician in Hoisington, and graduated from K.U. in 1950. Mr. Shields is a 3rd year law student.
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Phi Kappa Fraternity Holds Irish Shanty Party
Phi Kappa fraternity held its annual Irish Shanty party at the chapter house March 17. Chaperons were Mrs. E. R. Hooper, Mrs. Gertrude Dicks, Mrs. J. A. Scroogs, and Mrs. H. J. Overholser.
Guests included: Sally McKernan, Eileen Rogers, Patricia Gibbs, Jackie Ferris, Nancy Dennen, Noa Griswille, Christine Wiley, Terese Weigand, Joyce Horalek, Charlotte Klusmere, Lee Jenkins, Shirley Rothberger, Barbara Ryan, Dorothy Perkins, Lorry Gastrich, and Ellen Kearns.
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