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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY, NOV. 18, 1949
Men Can 'Dress Up' Too, Radical' Fashion Man Says
New York —(U.P.)—Tony Williams, a gray-haired, exdiplomat who turned tailor to the social (male) register, thinks a revolution is coming.
clothing.
"I mean," said Williams, whose suits sell for between $200 and $300 "a revolution in men's clothing for the masses. In five years men will wear suits which have no coats something along the lines of a slack suit, yet containing the sleekness and formality of the shirt and trouser uniform of army officers.
Williams customers, of course, will go on paying $200-$300 for his suits, but he thinks the assembly line clothing manufacturers today make suits lacking in imagination, appeal, design and durability.
That is the great advantage in buying custom tailored clothes, Williams said. If you can afford them, of course.
"There's nothing distinctive in what the average man wears today." Williams said. "One suit looks much the same as the next one. Men's clothes ought to be strikingly colored, like women.'s."
That, if it happens, will be no threat to Williams' $500,000 a year business as a custom tailor. Since 1933 when Williams, a Princeton graduate, quit the diplomatic service, he has been selling super expensive clothes to big shots in all walks of life, from captains of industry to playbies.
In five years, he predicted the men will rival the women for flashy styles and eye catching colors.
He knows most of them by their first names; in fact, he spends little time in his tailoring establishment in a Fifth Avenue skyscraper. Instead, he usually can be found at the town's swankier places, showing off his clothes in a distinctly subtle fashion.
"I'm my own best advertisement," Williams explained. "I can't advertise because of a necessarily limited market. Men notice my clothes and unlike a woman who sees another woman wearing the same thing, become interested and bingo—chances are I've made a sale."
Williams wears his clothes well. Of 60-odd suits, his favorites are blue serge and gray flannel. He has 12 of each, and about a dozen coats of various styles.
Because he is a clothes horse, Williams said, he can spot what he considers to be an improperly dressed man instantly. In fact, it's the first thing he takes stock of: the kind of suit a man is wearing.
"It often denotes his character. A man dresses to imitate people he admires." Williams said. He has written extensively on the subject.
"Really, all of us dress to be like other people," he added.
Sachem Elects 10 New Members
Ten seniors have been elected to Sachem, L. C. Woodruff, Sachem secretary, announced today.
Sachem circle is the University chapter of Omicron Delta Kappa, national senior men's honorary society. The purpose of the society is to recognize outstanding individuals in the fields of scholarship, leadership, character, and service to the University.
The new members are James William Black, Guy O. Mabry, and Donald R. Yockey, business; John L. Eherhardt and V. Hardy Scheuerman, College; Richard L. Heiny and George E. Nettels, Jr., engineering; Craig W. Hampton and James W. Hawes, fine arts; and Marvin L. Rowlands, Jr., journalism. All are seniors.
seniors.
New members are announced twice a year, in the fall and at the Honors convocation in the spring. Initiation of the new members will be noon, Saturday, Dec. 10.
Dog Guards Neuter Pussy
Pembroke, Mass.—(U.P.) A German sheeperd dog owned by Chester E. Gates is the family "kitten sitter." When the family's three-month-old kitten, Patsy, wanders into the street, the dog will chase it, pick it up by the neck, and return it to the yard.
Students To Hold Labor Survey
If you pick 400 persons at random in Lawrence, those 400 persons would be typical, within a 5 per cent margin of error, of all Lawrence residents.
That is the principle which will be used to select the 400 persons to be interviewed in the Lawrence labor survey after Thanksgiving, said J. D. Morgan, associate professor of economics, who helped prepare the survey.
"The method of choosing the 400 persons is called a, random sample of the population," said Professor Morgan. "In principle it consists of placing the names of all Lawrence residents in a hat, then drawing 400 names.
The name drawn each time would be returned to the hat so some names may be drawn twice. If a name is drawn twice, the interview with that person is counted double in the final analysis.
"Actually, we didn't have to place all the names of Lawrence residents in a hat and draw 400 times," continued Professor Morgan. "We numbered all the names, then selected the 400 names whose number corresponded with the numbers in the random sample book. The random sample book is prepared by placing 10,000 numbers in a hat and drawing 400.
professor Morgan said that this sample of 400 persons would be more accurate than an attempt to interview everyone in Lawrence. A sample of 400 can be controlled, he said, but it would be almost impossible to interview all Lawrence residents.
The survey will be conducted by the bureau of business research. Working with Professor Morgan and Professor Malone on the survey are E.B.Dade, professor of economics, and Max Fessler, associate professor of economics.
Willamette University in Oregon is the oldest institution of higher learning in the Northwest.
Studies Forgotten As Guest Appears
Shortly after 11 p.m. Tuesday William L. Turner, College sophomore, was diverted from his studies by a clawing noise outside his window. Peeping-tom? Not at a second story window.
He raised the window and faced the intruder. Books, lamp and chair scattered as Turner retreated rapidly from the window.
Deciding that it might have been something he read, Turner and his room mate returned to the window.
"It" hadn't budged. "It" was real, an opossum, replete with teeth.
The men tried feeding their guest crackers, but their offers of friendship were shunned. The opossum merely ground his teeth at them and started down the same way he had come up, by heavy vines growing up the side of the house.
He Changed His Mind
Fort Lewis, Wash. —(U.P.)—The quartermaster's office here publish a list of authors found in the pockets of army uniforms sent to the cleaners during a three-month period. Items left included 25 wallets, 7 wrist watches, 6 fountain pens, 3 pair of glasses, 3 partial plates, and 1 marriage license.
Little Man on Campus
'Shack' Future Uncertain As Occupants Come And Go
The building has housed the School of Pharmacy and the School of Medicine, and is now the home of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information.
In 1883 the board of regents appropriated $8,000 and the state legislature voted $4000 to build and equip a new chemistry building. The chemistry department was then wedged into the basement of Fraser hall.
In 1885 the School of Pharmacy was organized at the University. The basement of the new chemistry building was excavated and finished for use as laboratories and lecture rooms of the new School of Pharmacy.
During the train trip from San Francisco to Kansas City, Mo., and then to Lawrence, Chan could only order meals by the number on the menu.
A description of the new chemistry building which appeared in 1884 said, "The sum of $12,000 wisely and economically expended leaves the chemistry department as amply provided with facilities for instruction as any institution west of the Mississippi." But in 15 years the building had become too small for the department.
When he started to America, Chan couldn't speak any English. He had studied some English in China but had forgotten it as he had no chance to use it. Before he started at K.U. this summer he studied a semester of English at Pembroke Country Day school in Kansas City, Mo.
Chan came to the United States' nine month ago to study because the civil war in China had closed many colleges. He also wanted to learn English and meet English-speaking persons.
Lack Of Language Or Knowledge Of U.S. Didn't Keep Edmund Chan From School
"The trick was in trying to remember which numbered meal I liked best," he said. He remembered English numerals because they were used in his father's business, a rubber manufacturing company.
The University's Journalism building, better known as "Shack," has a record of varied occupancy second to none.
-by Bibler
He knew nothing of the people, the country, or the language, ye Edmund Chan, engineering freshman, from Hongkong, ventured to attend school in this country.
"You seem to be getting so much out of your college education, Worthal, you're so versatile."
"I like the friendliness of Americans," said Chan. "I had heard that there might be some racial prejudice against Chinese but I find things quite different.
"I find that the schools here are more practical in their teaching than in China. Much more theory is taught in China, probably because of the scarcity of raw materials.
"In China there are nearly 30 dialects," recalled Chan. "Some Chinese can't understand each other. It is much easier to learn English than to learn another Chinese dialect, which deviates so much in grammar and pronunciation."
Chan is 18 years old by Western standards but in China he is 20 years old. He was born Dec. 13 and in China he was one year old that day. Then on New Year's day another year was added to his age. Thus he "lost" two years by coming to America.
Chan knew one person in the U.S. before his arrival, a friend in Kansas City, Mo., who recommended K.U. as the best university in the Middle West.
International Club Discusses China
The world situation, with emphasis on conditions in China, was discussed by members of the International club recently.
Nehemiah Kronenberg, third year law and club president, said that the organization felt that it might better understand world problems if it knew the viewpoints of the various countries. Edward Stolenwerck, College senior, acted as mediator.
In Thursday, Dec. 1, dancers from different parts of the world will give a program for the club. The ways in which different nationalities express their feelings in the dance will be demonstrated by students from Arabia, South America, and other countries. Students from Haskell institute will also take part.
Dean Habein, AWS Captains
To Discuss Problems Today
Miss Margaret Habein, dean of women, will lead an informal discussion with the A.W.S. prefect in room 4. p.m. today in room 221 Strong hall.
The meeting is being held to solve problems the precinct captains may have and to map out a plan of their next months activities.
It was against the law to observe Christmas in the U.S. in 1659.
The chemistry department had grown so large that the building became inadequate by 1900. The lecture room was overcrowded and the laboratory classes had to be divided and worked in short periods. Some of the classes in chemistry were held in Fraser hall, Snow hall, and Blake hall.
The state legislature then appropriated $65,000 to build and equip a new chemistry building, the pres- bailey chemical laboratories. The new building was completed and in 1900 the chemistry depart- ment and the School of Pharmacy moved into their present quarters.
No sooner had the chemists left with their test tubes than in moved the medics with their cadavers.
With the move came a new name—the Medical building. The medics were not happy in their new quarters. Space was limited and the basement damp and at their first opportunity, in 1911, the medics abandoned the basement. The University Daily Kansan then left its dry quarters in Fraser hall to take over the condemned portion of the medical building.
Until 1923, the Medical buildup was home for the future doctors and editors. Then, the doctors left for the medical center in Kansas City and the building was left to the journalists. Officially renamed the Journalism building, the student occupants soon dubbed it the "Shack."
Now half-hidden by shrubbery and overshadowed by larger buildings, the "Shack" is scheduled to undergo another change of occupancy.
The William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information will move into new quarters in the remodeled Fowler shops in the fall of 1950.
Personnel Manager Speaks To SAM
There is no middle ground in industrial relations, they are either good or bad, T. V. Teare, personnel manager of the St. Joseph plant of Swift and company, said this week at a meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Management.
"In the business of personnel managing you want to get to the seat of the trouble and not treat the symptoms," said Mr. Teare. "You must remember that there are three sides to any question, yours, the other fellow's, and the right side. Any two people can find some common meeting ground."
"In the United States under our system of free enterprise, we have only 6 per cent of the world's land and 7 per cent of the population. Yet we have 92 per cent of the world's bathtubs, 85 per cent of the world's automobiles, and 52 per cent of the world's high school students," Mr. Teare said.
Mr. Teare said that the public is misinformed concerning the profits of large corporations. He said that in 1948 the average profits of big business was 4.7 per cent.
27 Seniors Take Job Interviews
Two companies interviewed 27 January business school graduates on Monday, said Frank S. Pinet, director of the business placement bureau.
A representative of the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing company, Minneapolis, Minn., interviewed 15 seniors interested in technical sales positions. Twelve accounting majors were interviewed for positions on the traveling auditor staff of the United States Rubber company, New York City.
Mr. Pinet said that the results of the interviews were not known at present. Those students from the companies are interested in hiring will be notified by the individual company later, he said.
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