MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1950
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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University Daily Kansan Presents—
Mary Lou Leads Campus Groups, Gains Experience For Major
Everyone has heard about southern hospitality, but you can't find friendlier people anywhere than in the Midwest believes Mary Lou Fischer from Alexandria, Va.
Tall, dark haired, Mary Lou is majoring in education, and outside of her classes has spare time taken with organizations. Her smile and efficiency has made her a leader of many campus groups.
"I If I'm not busy doing something, 'I'm not happy,' said Mary Lou. Judging from this standard and her list of activities, she should be very contented. This year, her second at KU., she is president of Jay Janes,
Miss Mary Lou Fischer
advisor of the Red Peppers, editor of the K-Union, on the traditions committee of the Student Council, a Student Council representative, a Student Religious Council repetative, and chairman of the classroom committee for Religious Emphasis week. She is also on the planning board of Statewide activities, on the President's Council, the Westminster cabinet, and the Student Memorial committee. She also claim membership in the international relations club, and is a pledge of Gamma Phi Beta sorority. When any spare moments turn up, she writes letters to girls who are sick in Watkins hospital.
Whenever Mary Lou goes home, she boosts the University to her friends. She feels that Kansas students should show more pride in their school by talking more of its merits.
Mary Lou spent her freshman year at Mary Washington college of the University of Virginia. She decided to come to K. U. because she wanted to know another part of the country and had heard of our reputation for friendliness.
The 20 year old junior plans to teach high school after graduation. By participating in many University activities, she believes that she will gain experience which will help her in the teaching profession.
The newly appointed student director of the Women's Glee club is Jacqueline Kreider, fine arts sophomore.
Fourteen women have been selected by Miss Irene Peabody, associate professor of voice, to fill vacancies in the Glee club. They are: Mary Leach, Vivian Miller, Winifred Miller, Lucille Russell, Edna Symns, Nancy Wilson, and Gertha Harper, College freshmen; Mary Lee Haury, and Katharine Nelligan, fine arts freshmen; Joanne Weigand, College sophomore; Romona Goering and Rita Yakle, fine arts sophomores; Dorothy Sommer, fine arts junior, and Martha Zeigler, education junior.
Glee Club Appoints Student Director
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Socially Speaking
Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity announces the pledging of Thomas DeWitt of Lawrence.
DeWitt Pledges Sig Ep
Hillcrest House Elects
Hillcrest house announces the election of the following officers: Vida Cummins, president; Connie Calvert, vice president and social chairman; Betty Lee Skinner, secretary; Carolene Callahan, treasurer; and Charity Fisher, A.W.S. representative.
Kappa Sigma fraternity announces the initiation of 15 men on Feb. 19. They are: Stephen O'Brien, Robert Bradstreet, Walter Cole, James VanAntwerp, Antony Merz, Fred Williamson, Donald Ochs, Richard Foster, Anthony Witt, Kenneth Buller, Bernard Jones, Hudson Moyer, Keever Greer, Robert Talbert, and C. Alfred Billington, Stephen O'Brien was honor initiate
Kappa Sig Initiates
Phi Kappa fraternity announces the pledging of Leo Conner, Leavenworth; Joseph Cooney, Holton; and Tomas Ridder and Eugene Koenigs, Goddard.
The spring pledge class of Phi Kappa fraternity has elected the following officers: Victor Zahner, president; Harold Naab, vice-president; Leo Conner, secretary and treasurer; and Wayne Fling, sergeant at arms.
Phi Kappa Elects
Terry Jaquith, pharmacy freshman and representative of Delta Tau Delta fraternity, was crowned king of the Vice-Versa dance held Friday, Feb. 17 at the Union. George Brown, engineering senior, won first place for the best corsage.
Jaquith Crowned King At Vice-Versa
The winning corsage was called "Rasputin the Rat" and was composed of a small plastic cage containing a mouse, on the lapel of the dog.
Runners up for king were William Schaake, education sophomore from Delta Upsilon fraternity; Dean Wells, College sophomore, Phi Delta Theta; Ross Purcell, College freshman, Battenfeld hall; and Charles Childers, fine arts sophomore, Sigma Pi.
Chaperones for the dance were Miss Martha Peterson, assistant dean of women; Miss Marjorie Austin, social director of dormitories; and Miss Florence Black, associate professor of mathematics. Over 150 couples danced to the music of Jimmy Sellards.
The winner of the best corsage and the king were given a box of chocolates. The king was crowned by Mary Lou Fischer, education junior and the winners were announced by Shirley Ousley, fine arts senior and chairman of the dance.
The K.U. housemother's association will meet at 2 p.m. today with Mrs. B.A. Weber at the Beta Theta Fi fraternity house.
Red and blue megaphores were placed around the room and the triangular emblem of Jay Jane was placed behind the band. A dummy dressed in a Jay Jane uniform was stationed beside the band stand.
Housemothers Meet
Mrs. George Mendenhall will give a program of modern verse entitled "Something for Everyone."
Miss Dagmar Hasalova, fine arts senior, will sing two Czechoslovakian folk songs.
Painting Figurines Makes Interesting Hobby Brings Good Results For Carruth Hall Women
Last year the average American consumed a half pound of tea.
Six hours of free instruction are offered by the retailer to help beginners learn the craft. Any figurine painters have more than paid for their hobby by selling their finished products to friends, or as their work became known, to the general public. One student sold two pairs of Chinese lamps for which he had paid $6 a pair at $125 a set. All figurine types are available in the shop, from cartoon characters and modern Chinese pieces to copies of Royal Doulton.
Painting figurines is an interesting and intriguing occupational hobby, say the girls of Carruth hall. Annie Fleming, College junior and president of Carruth, says she has watched the new craft spread rapidly throughout the hall since the opening of second semester.
"For all the fingertracks and problems of complexion color sliding down over a freshly painted collar," she remarks, "results have been surprisingly good." The completed figurines make ideal gifts and are, according to the Carruth girls, "Lots of fun just for themselves."
A popular sweets shop patronized by the students retails the figurines. A complete kit of basic colors, sable brush, sandpaper and five practice figurines costs around $5. Sometimes the girls of Carnuth hall buy their figurines at the confectionery and then shop around for their other materials. The average cost of a pair of figurines is from 75 cents to $1.50. Larger pieces, pierced for lamp wiring cost from $5 to $7.
Figure painting is the easy art of converting plain, inexpensive rough plaster casts or moldings to products so finished that close examination is needed to tell them from the original pieces.
Campus enthusiasts of this new craft have found it an appealing and profitable pastime, providing an outlet for individual color expression. Figurines are painted to harmonize with a student's drapes, rugs or furniture in his room.
Baruch Named Man Who Came To Dinner
Miss Doris Fleeson, Washington political columnist and graduate of the University, was the subject of an article in a recent issue of News-week which related that she and Mrs. Inez Robb of International News. Service had recently given a party for Bernard Baruch. It seems that Baruch had complained that he never got to dine with attractive women anymore. As a result the two lady journalists had given a dinner at which he was the only male element among the ten women present.
American Women Act Like Men Native Japanese Student Says
"Ladies, I give you the only man who came to dinner."
However, the Sterling Kansas Bulletin, newspaper of Miss Fleeson's hometown, believes that Newsweek missed a injury tilt concerning the event when it tried to publish in which Mrs. Robb went at the party. The Bulletin thence printed the toast: "Ladies and Mr. Baruch:
One female moth and her descendants can destroy, in one year the amount of wool produced by 13 sheep.
"No one knows better than Doris and I that a good man is hard to find. But when we find him, we know what to do. We do not leave him on the doorstep: We ask him in. The fact that he is as wise as he is good is our great fortune. The fact that he is tall, handsome and completely solvent is, naturally, beside the point.
By John R. Corporon
Dewayne Oglesbee
"American girls seem like men; we can hardly distinguish between American men and women, except by their dress." Heiha-charo Koike, the first native Japanese to enter the University since World War II, pointed out. "In Japan the women are less aggressive and most often do not assume the roles of men."
Mr. Koike has been here but a short time and the newness of the "American way" has not worn off yet. He found it difficult to believe climbing the Hill was fun of walking. In Japan walking and bicycles are the main methods of transportation," he said.
While accepting the American dress, Mr. Koike as yet has not adjusted himself to the American shower-bath. "At home we take baths, not shower-baths. It is difficult for me to take a bath with a shower," he complained.
He has some trouble with his "t's"
and on words ending in "th" he
consistently adds an "e" sound.
"Studying English for 10 years out of a book has not made me able to understand much that is spoken to me here, but for the first few months I must have heart until my speech improves." explained Mr. Kolke.
Mr. Koike, professor in the Tokyo Literature and Science university, is a graduate student in the School of Education under the army-sponsored scholarship program for Japanese.
General MacArthur, says Mr. Koike, is held in higher esteem than is the emperor, due in part to MacArthur's kindness in dealing with the conquered country. The people now realize that he is in Japan to help rather than harm them. The Japanese while under a military government are not too war conscious, believes Mr. Koike. For an example, he pointed out the indifference of his people to the Chinese situation and lack of fear of the communists.
The army program is designed to foster good-will between the U.S. and Japan and to aid the Japanese in westernizing their educational system. Mr. Koke is Americanized being in the U.S., only a week he is wearing a blue serge suit and a loud tie to match.
"In America all is so different, one can hardly distinguish the head from the servant. We must learn this in Japan," asserted Mr. Kolke. "It was like a dream seeing the lights and the tall buildings when we arrived in Seattle. In my country sights like this are not common."
Mr. Koike, 29, served only three months in the Japanese army at which time he was with the "horse transportation corps."
"The Japanese people late in the war did not expect to win the final victory," Mr. Koike stated, "but they did not expect the end so soon." When the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, the United States Shikoku. He said that people generally, were unaware of the intensity of the bomb at the time.
Mr. Koike is taking 12 graduate hours in the School of Education and at the same time is observing teaching methods, school life after class, the co-educational system, and the democratic way of life.
When he returns to Japan in one year he will report his findings to Japanese educators in the American elementary and secondary school systems.
Horne-Boucher
Mrs. Leda Horne of Wichita announces the engagement of her daughter, Joan, to Mr. Donald Boucher, son of Mrs. E. E. Boucher of Kansas City, Mo.
Miss Horne is a College sophomore and Mr. Boucher is an education senior.
Sorority Open House
Tri Alpha colony of Alpha Phi sorority entertained faculty members, housemothers, and presidents of organized houses at an open house from 3 to 5 p. m. Sunday at the chapter house, 1332 Louisiana street.
All faculty members were invited to attend. Mrs. Richard Blume, housemother for Alpha Phi, will be hostess.
Honor guests were Chancellor and Mrs. Deane W. Mallott, Dean and Mrs. Paul B. Lawson, Dean and Mrs. F. T. Stockton, Dean and Mrs. George B. Smith, Dean and Mrs. T. Geoffrey, Dean and Mrs. D. M. Swartwhout.
Dean and Mrs. Burton W. Marvin,
Dean and Mrs. F. J. Moveau, Dean
and Mrs. Harold G. Barr, Dean and
Mrs. L. C. Woodruff, Miss Margaret
Habein, and Miss Martha Peterson.
Engineerettes Meet
Mrs. T. DeWitt Carr, wife of the dean of the engineering school, was the guest at the Engineerette meeting Thursday, Feb. 16 in the Union. Club officers, elected Jan. 23, affiliated at the meeting. New officers include: Mrs. Norma Gene Addington, president Mrs. Mary Blair, vice-president; and Mrs. Frances Berger, secretary.
Also attending the meeting was the club's new sponsor, Mrs. Lloyd C. Heiberg, 21-C Sunsyms and the continuing sponsor, Mrs. William Simpson. Both women are faculty wives.
Engineerettes will meet, it was decided, to play bridge on the second and fourth Mondays of every month, and to knit and sew in the "Bright Ideas" group on the first and third Mondays of each month.
Bridge Club Winners
I. N. Hermstein, mathematics instructor, and Terryll Francis, College of Law, first place at the college club which was held in the University recently.
Runners up were David Lloyd, College junior, and Robert Leim, engineering senior.
The club elected two officers at its last meeting. They are Eugene Rinker, treasurer; and Jack Gillmore, secretary.
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