WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1950
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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University Daily Kansan Presents—
Andy Anderson, Lawyers' Lawyer, 'Still Learning'
By LEW SCIORTINO
On the records she is Miss Hazel Anderson, law librarian, Green hall. But to law students, both past and present, she is "Andy", the gal you go to when you need help. And that is the way Andy wants it.
Andy, didn't start out to become a lawyer or a law librarian. Her "burning desire" when she graduated from Lecompont high was to be a social worker and it was toward that goal that she directed her studies at the University. She earned her A. B. degree in 1932, smack in the middle of the depression.
"Things were tough all over."
Andy reminisces with a grin. "No
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Miss Hazel Anderson
jobs were open in my field and I had a mother to support. Throughout my undergraduate work at the University, I had worked parttime. Some of this in Watson library. So when Mr. Baker told me about an opening at the law library, I was both interested at the prospect of a job, and, at the same time, scared that I couldn't handle it. I didn't know anything about the workings of a law library and a lot less about law. But I had to eat so I took the job."
Andy's blue eyes get that far away look when she recalls that summer in 1932 when she asked for the key to the library in Green hall. She opened the door, took a long look, stepped in and locked the door behind her. The rest of the day she spent in browsing through books, checking the filing system, deciphering words yea long and "getting more scared by the minute." "But as I stepped out of the library that day," said Andy, "I was determined to keep the job, although I realized that I had a lot of learning to do."
When school started that fall, she enrolled in Legal Bibliography for no hours credit. That course was the spark that flamed into a desire for more knowledge of law. The flame was fanned by Dean Moreau's encouragering her to continue studying. Andy says that she "kept dabbing at law until I finally eked out the required 82 hours." That was in June, 1945. The war was on and only 11 took the Kansas Bar examination. Six were from K. U. and Andy was one of the six.
Having passed the bar, Andy
could have gone into practice. Instead, she continued as law librarian. She had "fallen" for the place, "Besides," Andy says/ "it was one of the happiest times of my life. The fellows were coming home from service and returning to law school. You can't realize what a thrill it was to hear a familiar voice say, 'Hi Andy, I'm back.'
Besides her regular library duties handling, ordering, and storing books and periodicals, Andy does a tremendous amount of research work. Most of this is for students, graduates, and lawyers in the vicinity. Young lawyers who cannot afford a library are her steadiest customers. Some of the requests that she gets may take only five minutes to answer, others my take five hours. She had one request on which she has spent four years in gleaning out details. "A good librarian," says Andy, " never gives up. The answer is somewhere. All you have to do is to keep looking until you find it."
Andy is also Regional Director of the National Federation of the B. P. W. over the eight states of Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Texas, Colorado, and New Mexico. In July, she will be in charge of the main banquet at the national convention of the B. P. W. in San Francisco. She will also be responsible for the year's program of the organization for 1951. Andy regards the B. P. W. as a "sort of avocation" and enjoys working in it.
Andy's "other life" is as chuck full as her days at the Law library. She is a member of the Kansas, American, and Douglas County Bar associations, Sigma Kappa, and Phi Delta Delta, international legal fraternity for women. She is state president of the Kansas Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs Inc. and editor of the state magazine, "The Kansas Bar Woman."
On top of all this Andy finds time to keep up an apartment, take in concerts and plays, and do some "side reading." Andy is interested in anything that will add to her knowledge. "If I ever lose interest in learning," she says wagging an index finger, "you can take me out and shoot me," she is an avid follower of the sports and can quote scores and stars as well as "her law students" whom she blames for this mania.
About women in professional and political fields, Andy takes a positive stand. She believes that the future of women lawyers is better than ever. "Women lawyers that I know are doing outstanding work," she said. "They made tremendous gains during the war and most of that gain has been retained." The same holds true in politics, according to Andy. "Women's worst enemies are women," is her theory. "Because they haven't accepted the fact that they are as qualified for public office as men.
After 17 years Andy is still eager for more knowledge about the law and law library. Her future plans
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call for some research writing on the subject so that she can "learn more." Andy figures that the best way to learn is by doing, and she has followed that practice all of her life.
"The study of law is revealing and I derive a great satisfaction from it. However the greatest compensation of my job is the feeling of helping these law students in their work. They are the ones who really make life worth while and it is a pleasure to be associated with them. They are wonderful people."
This feeling of "wonderful people" is not all one-sided. The fellows of Green think Andy is tops. They may stand on the steps and whistle and clap and hoot and holler at the sweaters that pass but their hearts belong to the gal in the library—the gal who is always ready to help—Andy of the Law Barn.
German Faculty Attend Meeting
Five German department faculty members attended the Kansas Modern Language association meeting at Pittsburg, Kan., March 25.
Those who attended were Per-Hugo Sjogren, Sam F. Anderson, and Miss Hella Lonsen, instructors; Miss Helga Kemnitzer and Dr. Peter C. Spycher, assistant instructors.
J. A. Burzle, chairman of the German department, was elected chairman of the German section of the association for the year 1950-51.
Dr. Spycher read a paper to the German section entitled "Problems of Synchronous Linguistic Science Shown by an Example in German Word Formation."
Pilot Discovers New Crater Of Meteorite In Australia
Darwin, Australia—(U.P.) An unmapped meteorite crater has been discovered in an ininhabited stretch on the edge of Armn land.
The crater, about 100 feet in diameter, was found by Capt. Harry Moss, a pilot flying air ambulances for the government.
Moss said the blueness of the water suggested great depth, and described the crater as circular with perpendicular sides.
Four Women Pledge AO Pi
Alpha Omicron Pi sorority announces the pledging of Mary Ann Dilts, Anthony; Barbara Holmes, Crystal Lake, Ill.; Peggy Moore, Kansas City, Kan.; and Marjorie Brown, Norton.
The sorority entertained its pledges and the members of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity with a dessert dance March 23. Chaperones were Mrs. H. P. Ramage and Mrs. P. H. Klinkenberg.
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Triangle Officers Elected
John E. Thimesch has been elected president of Kansas chapter of Triangle fraternity. Other officers are: Charles J. Middleton, vice president; Marc Williams, treasurer; Carl G. Nelson, recording secretary; John D. Hilburn, corresponding secretary; Gerald A. Pauls, chapter editor; Doyle R. Miller, librarian; Robert A. Kleist, sergeant-at-arms; James A. Deveney, alumni representative.
Acacia Announces Pledges
Acacia fraternity announces the
pledging of the following men:
John Barker, Attica; B. F. Rose,
Roswell, New Mexico; James McCormick, Arkansas City; Howard Washburn, Junction City; James Burgess, Attica.
Methodist Sorority Pledges
Pledged to Alpha chapter at the University were Joan Fink, Ellen Osborn, Dorothy Becker, and Sue Plumber.
Four women were pledged to Kappa Phi, national organization for Methodist women students, March 25.
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