THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1950
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Twirler Finds Fire, Broken Lights May Be All In A Majorette's Day
By RICHARD HUNTER
Breaking floodlights on a football field and setting fire to stage curtains and herself is all in a day for Margie Hotchkiss, College freshman. That's the way it seems to Margie, who, nevertheless, twirled her way to second place in the 1949 state drum majorette contest and to fourth place in the 1948 national baton twirling contest in Miami, Fla.
While she was giving a performance the past year at Lawrence stadium in Wichita, she shrew a baton too high, and it broke one of the large floodlights over the field.
A few days later, while entertaining her schoolmates in the Wichita
At 14 years of age Margie won first place in the state twirling contest at Emporia; at 15 she was second in the state contest at Atchison; at 16 she was rated first in a
MISS MARGIE HOTCHKISS
North High school auditorium, one of her fiery batons went wild and set fire to the large stage curtain. She became flustered and held the other baton to her skirt, setting it ablaze. The skirt and curtain were not badly damaged, but Margie decided twirling fire batons indoors was not for her.
She said, "Except for those two mistakes, which I would like to forget. I am generally cautious with my batons, because they can be dangerous. I almost knocked myself out once by missing a high throw."
district contest in Wichita and the same year won fourth place in the national contest in Miami, Fla. The past year, at 17, she won first place in the Kansas state drum majorette contest.
Margie explained she was often nervous before a contest or performance, but added that this is probably a good thing because "over confidence will always defeat you." Before appearing in a contest, she said, "I usually lose about five pounds."
Phi Kappa Sigma Names Party Guests
Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity entertained at its annual "Sewers of Paris" costume party Nov. 4. Gene Hall and his combo played.
Chaperons were Mrs. P. W. Henry,
Mrs. Fannie DeLozier, Mrs. J. H.
Hope, Mrs. Treva Brown, and Mrs.
John A. Scroggs.
Guests included Jan Wilson, Mary Ann Irwin, Jeanne Fitzgerald, Harriet Flood, Barbara Parr, Donna Hobein, Marilyn Pearson, Nancy Craig, Marcia Hail, Betty Lou Brown, Joan Carter, Beverly Brent, Jean Michaels, Bonnie Egensperger, Donna Craig, and Marjorie Errebo.
Joan Blackman, Marjorie Carson,
Bettie Shirley, Carol Beerey, Joanne
Stokes, Jerry Batchcelter, Norma Lou
Falletta, Donna Powell, Barbara
Klanderud, Virginia Isaacson, Coleen
Fitzgerald.
Viola Weber, Kitty Lynn Gooch,
Beverly Lea, Margaret Newton,
Mardell Eudaly, Evelyn Howell,
Martha Carpenter, Jacqueline
Brown, Richard Stevens, and Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Zurbuchen.
"I came to the University to study elementary school teaching and probably won't do much twirling while I am here," Margie said. She is already teaching summers, for she has 175 pupils of elementary and high school age in her twirling class at Wichita.
Margie and one of her summer pupils entertained at the Jayhawk Follies in Hoch auditorium Oct. 27.
Before coming to the University she practiced twirling between two and three hours daily, but, she said, "Time allows only study and a few dates at K.U. I have practiced only once this semester."
If, however, the University should reverse its ruling on "no drum majorttes or girl twirlers" with the University marching band, Margie said she would be among the first to try out.
The Student Religious council will hold a social meeting at 4 p.m.
Thursday in the East room. Union.
SRC Social Meeting
Manges-Lanning Engagement Told
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Manges of Sylvia announce the engagement of their daughter, Wilma, to Mr. Donald Lanning, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Lanning of Parsons.
Miss Manges graduated from Hutchinson Junior college in June 1950. She is now teaching in Fowler. Mr. Lanning, also a Hutchinson
Mr. Lanning, also a Hutchinson Junior college graduate, is a senior
Hour Dance For Monchonsia
Hour Dance For Monchonsia
Sterling-Oliver Residence hall entertained Monchonsia hall at an hour dance from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday.
Mrs. John Kelly and Mrs. R. H. Wilson chaperoned.
in the College. He is a member of Phi Chi medical fraternity and a resident of Sterling-Oliver hall where the engagement was announced Nov. 12.
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