MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1951
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UNIVERSITY. DAN.Y KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Garters, Wedding Licenses Are Among Party Invitations
If a pink elephant were to walk into a K.U. sorority house, the women would probably yawn, and wonder what fraternity was sending out party invitations.
Every year fraternity social chairmen try to dream up new ways of inviting women to parties. Everything from recordings to tom-toms have been used to summon the fair sex to brawls, balls and just plain parties.
At the risk of being branded as subversive, one fraternity sent out Communist party cards for a Come You Must party.
Sex has entered in at least two invitations in the form of garters, which were used by the Alpha Tau Omega, and marriage licenses, used for the Delta Chi Honeymoon party.
Three years ago, the Sigma Nu upledges made individual recordings and presented these to their dates as invitations.
A quartet of policemen alarmed women eating dinner by bringing summons for girls to appear at the Lambda Chi Alcatraz party.
Beer bottles with candles were used by Sigma Phi Epsilon for the Bowrey Brawl. Kappa Sigma uses beer bottles for their annual Red dog party.
Reverting to primitive communication, the Sigma Chis' used tomts to invite woman to an Indian party. The girls kept the small tomts as favors. Miniature cannibals with real bones through their noses, were used by the Phi Gams for a FiiI Island party.
Balloons were used by Tau Kappa Epsilon for a Mard' Gras party, and Sigma Alpha Epsilon used logs, with the girls' names and pertinent information about a North woods party carved on them.
Live, polka dot alligators, imported from the Florida everglades, were used by the-ops, not yet.
Wheelchair Doesn't Retard Her Success As A Lawyer
New York (U.P.)—More visitors have been dropping in lately to see Edith Fisch, an animated 27-year-older with an impressive list of degrees after her name.
She talks readily about her main interest—teaching law. She doesn't mind admitting that she is the first person, man or woman, ever to earn all three law degrees at Columbia University, including the doctor of science of law.
"There's nothing so unusual about having polio," she said matter-offactly.
Edith even admits painting some of the pictures on the wall of her parents' apartment and knitting the handsome afghan on the couch.
But there is one subject she likes to skip—the fact that she hasn't walked since she had polio at the age of 12.
She sat on a couch in the apartment living room. Her wheelchain was out of sight in another room.
"I'm working on a law textbook now, and hoping that Columbia University may let me teach in the law school," she said. "I always intended to get a college education, even before I had polio."
Her mother and her twin sister, Dorothy, nodded in agreement.
The vivacious brunette, who now
is proudly introduced by her mother as "Dr. Fisch," got her bachelor of laws degree in 1948, her master of laws degree the following year, and her doctor's degree the past year.
"I never missed classes, and nobody made any special fuss over me. It's more fun to do things for yourself," she said with a smile. She traveled the three blocks from home to Columbia University in her wheel chair.
She showed up at the federal court house this week in her wheel chair and was admitted to practice there, but she shrugged that trip off as routine.
"Starting to college classes and getting my doctor's degree were my two big thrills," she said.
"I don't expect them to pay any attention to my wheel chair. I feel I'm qualified for the job." Dr. Fisch said calmly, reaching for a dark blue book entitled "The Cy Pres Doctrine in the U.S."
Her next big thrill will be sitting in front of a class of students as a law instructor.
The author was Dr. Edith Fisch.
Watkins Hall Gives Heaven And Hell Party
Watkins hall held its annual Heaven and Hell party Feb. 17. Chaperons were: Mrs. Treva Brown, Mrs. John A. Scroggs, Mrs. H. P. Ramage, and Miss Julia Willard, housemothers.
Guests were: David Webber, Wesley Peters, Harold Bigswy, Bison Corporon, Henry Bradshaw, Alan Nanning, Jack Smades, William Enoch, Herbert Taylor, Charles Hawkins.
Jack Kellison, Thane Robinson,
Bernard Weitzner, Paul Staley, Roger
Butts, Norman Bell, David
Thomson, Chapin Clark, Hollis
Hands, Basil Marhoffer.
Donald Hortter, Bruce Buie, Terry Neal, Calvin Hershner, Dean Considine, Irwin Gaston, Lowell Snyder, Hugh Eberle, Scott Nininger, Richard Gerber.
Beverly Bishop was elected president of Gamma Phi Beta sorority. Other officers elected were Jo Anne Putney, vice-president; Suzanne Hoyt, recording secretary; Joyce Nickell, corresponding secretary; Betty Crawford, pledge trainer; Janice Manuel, rush captain; Joanna Sargent, house manager; Delores Wunsch, scholarship chairman; Nancy Gross, activities chairman; Nella Bailey, standards chairman; Jean Embree, executive representative; and Jane Heywood, treasurer.
Tommy Cartwright, Rid Rooney,
Dean Melkus, Leon Stromire, Donald
Little, Barney Vachal, Bill
Nelson, Richard Settle, Bill Benz.
Gene Balloun, Patricia Kennedy,
Joan Nottingham, Mr. and Mrs. Pete
Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Albert A. Khlm,
and Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Carrier.
Gamma Phi Beta Elects
Triangle fraternity announces the initiation of the following men: Lee C. Bullock, Topeka; Norman Junod, Chantee; John Carey, Independence, Mo.; Glen Dean Barrett, Caney; Clifford Beck, Kansas City, Mo.; and Rafael Villasenor, Mexico City. Mex. Lee Bullock was honor initiate.
Among those in attendance at the formal initiation was E. A. Roudebush of Topeka, a charter member of the Kansas chapter of Triangle.
Triangles Hold Initiation
Photo by Bob Blank
SARA BUNGER-GARY DAVIS
Bunger-Davis Pinning Announced
Mrs. Chester Bunger of Neodesha announces the pinning of her daughter, Sara Elizabeth, to Mr. Gary Ward Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Davis of Iola.
The announcement was made at the Chi Omega sorority house in a poem read by Misses Jane Gallagher and Dorothy Brown.
Miss Bunger wore a corsage of gardenias, Her attendants, Misses Jessie Ann Hunt and Rosemary Cody, and Mrs. Nellie Hopkins, Chi Omega housemother, wore corsages of rosebuds. Mr. Davis was attended by Robert Anderson and John Cox.
Miss Bunger is a College freshman. Mr. Davis is a College sophomore and a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity.
Mather-Volker Pinning Announced
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Mather of Stafford announce the pinning of their daughter, Lorraine, to Mr. Donald Volker, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Volker of Stafford.
The announcement was made at the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity house at Manhattan.
Miss Mather is a College sophomore and a member of Alpha Omicron Pi sorority. Mr. Volker attends Kansas State college where he is a business sophomore and a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity.
Anderson-Ransom Engagement Told
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Anderson of Chicago announce the engagement of their daughter, Dolores, to Mr. John S. Ransom of Wichita.
Miss Anderson attended K.U. in 1949 and Mr. Ransom is a business senior and a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.
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Supermarket Furniture Seen For Interior Decorations
New York (U.P)—Soon you'll be able to walk into a supermarket and buy furniture with same ease you now get a box of soapflakes.
This forecast for the future homeowner or renter comes from the Inter-Lock-In Corporation, a new firm of Rhinebeck, N.Y., which has just introduced a line of take-apart plywood pieces. The low-cost furniture differs from most other pieces you assemble yourself.
You need no screws, no glue, no mechanical know-how. The pieces just slide together, one fitting into the grove or channel of another, much the same way as pieces for a jigsaw puzzle go together.
The inter-lock-in device was developed by Phillip C. Curtis, a Scottsdale, Ariz., artist. None of the pieces will cost more than $17.
Allen Fields, resident of the firm said:
"We hope mass production methods will bring prices even lower. We can see the day when a person can walk into a drug store or supermarket and buy furniture the same way he'd buy groceries."
The assemble -yourself pieces come packed in flat boxes and in a recent demonstration of how they go together, Fields "made" a coffee table in 40 seconds.
Fields said a complete living room could be furnished for about $80... a complete house for less than $300. The pieces include a dining table large enough to seat eight, sectional sofa, dining room chairs, coffee tables, bed, children's desk and bench and bookcases which can double as wall what-nots.
The furniture, made of one-half inch red gum plywood, are functional of design. The finish at the factory is lacquer sealer, to prevent warping and give the buyer a choice of waxing or painting.
The head of a moderate-priced fabrics house has decided the American woman is a copy-cat.
Irving Rosen of Rem-Looms, Inc., charged that the U.S. homemaker listens to what decorating experts tell her to do and then goes out and copies what her neighbor has done.
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Rosen said, "The homemaker's love of keeping up with the Joneses makes for regional tastes, rather than national ones, in home-color schemes."
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Rosen contended that Florida women, for instance, prefer big, tropical designs, with lots of white background. Chicago women like plenty of white in the house. But he said white is a dud with New York housewives, who go in for grey.
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