WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1949
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Mortar Board Buffet
The Lawrence alumnae chapter of Mortar Board entertained the active chapter with a buffet dinner March 27 at the home of Mrs. Fred Montgomery, 2033 Tennessee street.
Alpha Tau Omega Tea
Alpha Tau Omega gave a tea Sunday in honor of their new housemother. Mrs. John Skie.
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Phi Delta Theta Dinner-Dance
Phi Delta Theta entertained with a dinner-dance April 2. Chaperones were Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Ramsey, Mrs. J. H. Kreamer, Mrs. B. A. Weber, Miss Veta Lear, Mrs. C. A. Thomas, and Mrs. Dean Alt.
Kanna Sigma Tea
Kappa Sigma held a tea from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday in honor of their housemother, Mrs. Onita S. Miller. She hundred fifty guests attended.
hundred fifty guests attended. A receiving line was formed by Mrs. Miller and the officers of the fraternity. Mrs. J. J. Harris and Mrs. P. L. Vander Lippe from Kansas City, Mo., served the refreshments. Four members of Chi Omega were assistant hostesses. They were Karen York, Jeane Parrott, Mary Lou Martin, and Joan Bigham.
Phi Kappa Pledges
Phi Kappa announces the pledging of Ted Otto and Eugene Stark of Kansas City, Mo., and Bob Kluge of Topeka.
Phi Kappa Elects
Phi Kappa recently elected Bill Hart as new president. Other officers are Tony Hoffman, vice-president; Richard Conroy, recording secretary; Tom Fritzlen, corresponding secretary; Kenneth Dieker, treasurer; John Bergmann, historian; Ed Rassillon, sergeant at arms; Jack Kleile, editor; and Joe Wimsatt and John Bergmann, IFC representatives.
Malott Makes Washington Trip
Chancellor Deane W. Malott is in Washington, D.C. this week attending the joint civilian orientation conference of the department of defense. The conference will end Monday, April 11.
Chancellor Malott left April 1 for Boston where he attended the Association of American universities meeting. He is secretary-treasurer of the organization.
He also represented the University at the inauguration of President Killian of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology April 2.
He will return to the University Monday, April 12.
Gem Dealer Wants Aly Khan To Buy 'The Rock' For Rita
There's a big operator in town who wants to sell the fabled Hope diamond to Rita Haworth's favorite Indian. He thinks Rita would like it as a wedding present.
Washington—(U.P.)—Paging Aly Khan!
There's just one catch. The big operator, Jack M. Werts of Dayton, Ohio, doesn't own the Hope diamond ---vet.
He thinks he may have it in a week or so, and if Rita and Aly aren't afraid of the jinx that's sun-osed to haunt the gem, he figures it would add a romantic touch to their wedding. Especially since the stone came originally from India some 300 years ago.
It's not all romance with Mr. Werts, however.
"The money's there," he said practically. "That Aly Khan is good pay."
Right now, the Hope diamond, a blue-white, 41/2 carat baule that has adorned some of history's most publicized beauties, belongs to the estate of the late Evalyn Walsh Mc-Lean.
The trustees are trying to arrange a private sale, rather than to invite a public auction with all the attendant fanfare. They are not anxious to rake up all the old tragedies that have dogged the McLean family since the late Edward Beale McLean bought the ill-starred Hope diamond in 1912 as a honeymoon gift for his bride.
When she died two years ago, Mrs. McLean left the Hope and the rest of her $606,000 jewelry collection to her seven grandchildren. The gems were to be held in trust until 1967, when the youngest grandchild, Mamie Spears Reynolds, will be 25 years old.
But the trustees recently obtained court permission to sell the entire lot, at not less than the appraised value and pay off tax claims against the estate.
So far, Mr. Werts is the only vocal bidder. He said he intends to submit a formal offer to the trustees later this week. He wouldn't say how much he was prepared to pay, except that he doesn't think the appraisal value of $100,000 is a steep figure for a collection like the McLean gems.
Mr. Werts said he has the cash to buy the whole lot or the Hope diamond alone. The Hope was appraised at $176,920, and the Dayton diamond man said he's willing to go even higher than that if he has to.
Mr. Werts, who operates a nationwide gem business, said he will add the diamond to his collection if the trustees accept his bid and if Aly Khan doesn't want it.
He already has a pretty fair collection, including a flashy horseshoe stickpin once owned by Diamond Jim Brady and a 16-carat diamond bought from the Vanderbilt estate. He says he has turned down a $150-100 offer for the Vanderbilt stone.
Mr. Werts rents some of his gems to the Hollywood movie studios for pictures that call for glittering women. And he lends them to his jeweler-customers for display purposes.
He doesn't share the popular superstitions about the Hope diamond, and he hopes that Aly Khan doesn't believe in hoodoos, either.
Mr. Werts thinks the Hope diamond would be a "natural" for la Hayworth, who rates right up there with Marie Antoinette and other celebrated loveliest who once wore the "unlucky" stone.
But he admits one small worry, besides getting the diamond from the trustees.
New Fowler Shops Open At Exposition
The new Fowler shops will be open to the public for the first time during the Engineering exposition, Friday, April 22 and Saturday, April 23.
A miniature production line will be set up and a few small tools made and given as souvenirs, Paul G. Hausman, associate professor of shop practice said today.
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