WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1951
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Women Are Most Important Source Of Defense Workers
Washington (U.P.)—The mobilization program is going to need a lot of people who are not working now. For the most part, that means married women, but manpower experts do not look for the wholesale exodus of women from kitchens to defense plants that took place in World War II.
A "draft" of women seems to be out of the picture and at present government labor officials plan no blanket national call on women for defense work. Instead, recruitment will be carried on city-by-city and area-by-area.
Any organized plans to lure women into the labor market are being deferred until real labor shortages actually show up. The best estimates point to spotty labor scarcities by April or May with the real pinch by summer.
Maurice J. Tobin, secretary of labor estimates that four million more workers will be needed by defense industries by the end of 1951. About half that number will be transfers from unessential civilian work, but the other half must be people who are now unemployed.
President Truman said in his economic message to Congress, "in expanding the labor force, the most important source is women, especially non-working married women who do not have the responsibility of caring for young children."
The Office of Defense Manpower reported from their statistics charts that women who are over 35 make up the biggest reservoir of potential workers.
However, the greatest bulk of new workers will probably be younger married women, many with small children. Reports reaching Washington already indicate that industry is not ready to put older women on the payroll.
Manpower officials advice to women is: defer your job-hunting efforts until the "help wanted" signs go up in your own community. Then be sure your family can spare you.
KU Alumna Among Best Dressed Women
A University graduate, Dr. Patricia Drant, '18, has been named one of the 10 best dressed women of Philadelphia. Dr. Drant is a skin specialist.
She told reporters that she likes costume suits for town wear. Her current favorite is a fitted black wool coat lined in tobacco brown jersey to match an intricately detailed dress that completes the costume. She carries a large skunk muff with this.
She said she loves to dance and is fond of dramatic evening clothes. She is an ash blond and has bluegreen eyes. She is 5 feet and 7 inches tall.
Dr. Drant prefers clothes that depend for their effect on simplicity, line, and elegance of material. She does not like buffant clothes tressed up in fuss and furbelows.
Dr. Drant told reporters that it isn't difficult for American women to be well dressed because American designers understand the needs of the high geared life they lead. The designers design clothes that are durable as well as beautiful.
Clubs, Fraternities Hold Elections
Donald Stoner, education senior,
was recently installed as president
of Alpha Phi Omega, service fraternity.
APO's Install Officers
Sigma Tau Elects Pope
Others installed were Thurston Smith, vice-president; George Reiff, treasurer; Clifford Tatham, secretary; Donald Gregory, historian; and Richard Graham, sergeant-at-arms.
Robert Eugene Pope, engineering junior, was elected treasurer of Sigma Tau, honorary engineering fraternity, Feb. 8. He succeeds John Halstead who was graduated in January from the School of Engineering and Architecture.
Other new officers are Ann Beelman, College junior, vice-president; Cynthia Quick, College freshman, secretary; Caryl Howard, College sophomore, treasurer; Doris Kendall, College junior, social chairman; Jeanine Willis, College sophomore, program chairman; JoAnn Lusk,
Pre-Nursing Club
Mary K. Hook, College junior, was elected president of pre-nursing club recently.
Pre-Nursing Club Elects
College freshman, publicity chair-
man.
Kappa Sigma Officers Chosen
Kappa Sigma fraternity announces the election of the following officers for the spring term: Walter Cole, grand treasurer; Steve O'Brien, grand scribe; Richard Foster, house manager; and Ron Thomas, scholarship chairman.
Art Fraternity Elects Officers
Art Fraternity Executive Committee Jean Almon, fine arts junior, was elected president of Delta Phi Delta, honorary art fraternity, recently.
Three other fine arts juniors hold offices. They are Judith Veatch, vice-president; Elizabeth Swigart, corresponding secretary; Donald Shurtz, historian.
The fraternity will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Kappa Alpha Theta house.
Tau Kappa Epsilon Pledges
Beauty Shop Helps To Cure Women Mental Patients
Tau Kappa Epsilon announces the pledging of Dallas Schuite, Oregon, Mo. and Frank Hawkins, Kansas City, Mo. Both men are College freshmen.
Huntington, W. Va. (U.P.)—A simple appeal to female vanity—a beauty shop—has done what doctors and psychologists at Huntington State Mental hospital couldn't accomplish.
It has convinced many women patients of the advantages of themselves well groomed.
This newest wrinkle in care of the mentally-ill also is credited by hospital officials with providing woman patients a contact with the "outside" which is valuable in most long-range programs of mental therapy.
Details of this pioneer method of rehabilitating mental patients in West Virginia and of the kind-hearted woman who runs the beauty shop were disclosed by the hospital's superintendent, Hiram W. Davis.
On Nov. 1, 1950, she opened shop with a hair dryer and enough other equipment to give fingerwaves, shampoos and other minor beauty operations. Some of the equipment was her own.
Hospital officials thought of the beauty shop idea months ago but had difficulty finding the right type of person to take over the operation. Then Mrs. Ola Robinson, a mother and a 4-H club leader, volunteered to give up her own shop in Huntington to move into the hospital.
Then began the difficult task of persuading female patients, some of whom would not touch their own hair, to make use of the facilities. Davis said Mrs. Robinson's kindness and tact were responsible for winning over the naturally-suspicious woman inmates to the idea of improving their personal appearance.
Most of the "customers" had to be told what was happening and how they were to set. This initial phase of the program proved so successful that Mrs. Robinson started to instruct selected women on how to know for the finger-nails so that they could, in turn, teach other people.
On Doe. 12 Mm. Robinson began giving permanent jobs after receiving the equipment necessary to administer cold waves; he then some more of his personnel equipment against the dog; and the permanent supplies there. Superintendent for many patients in general hospital who automatically refuse to have patients to do with a program that involves regular employees of the hospital. With Mrs. Robinson he examined, they associate the history world and that conquers many fears and prejudices.
Toward this end the shop began eight hours a day and has been for treatments by appointment just as they would in normal life. Ms Robinson plays her part in the role of a chatty, slightly ginger beauty operator who always knows the latest news of the customer's limited world.
Mrs. Robinson brings two big qualifications to her humans job. She is an experienced beauty orator of 17 years standing and a wet
fare-minded person in her own right.
Besides being president of the Huntington local of the Associated Master Barbers, she keeps house for her husband, a retired engineer, and an 11-year-old son. In addition to her 4-H club work, Mrs. Robinson is active in the Parent-Teacher Association.
"I am doing a greater job here than just curling hair," she said.
Parents To Stage Play Thursday
A cast chosen from the University nursery school parent group will present "Scattered Showers", a one-act play, at 8 p.m. Thursday in Strong auditorium.
The cast includes Mrs. Jack Chernick, Mrs. N. M. McClung, Mrs. Paul Foote, and Mrs. William Palmer. Miss Mary Lou Lane and Miss Natalie Logan, education seniors, are coaching the play.
Admission is free and the public is invited.
Sigma Alpha Iota Gives Luncheon
The University chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota, national music sorority, entertained 40 members from Theta province at Pittsburgh State Teachers' college, Pittsburg, at a luncheon Monday.
Thompson-Ellis Exchange Vows
Marilyn Barr, president of Beta Beta chapter, introduced the honored guest, Gabriella Campbell, president of Theta province. She spoke to the group about "The State of the Fraternity, nationally and Locally." The Theta province secretary, Maxine Alburty, was also present.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Thompson of Amity, Mo., announce the marriage of their daughter, Madge, to Pvt. Maurice E. Ellis, Amity. The marriage took place Feb. 4.
Mrs. Ellis was a College sophomore the past semester. Private Ellis attended Missouri university and is now stationed at Fort Sill, Ocala.
Alpha Chi Sweetheart Dinner Alpha Chi Omega sorority held its final Senior Sweetheart dinner at the chapter house Sunday.
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