MONDAY, MAY 24, 1948
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN. LAWRENCE. KANSAS
PAGE NINE
You Are Our Mother Chapter PEP Tells Ku Ku Klub
This was learned when Bud Clark, president, wrote to the headquarters of Pi Epsilon Pi, men's pep fraternity, to locate the mother chapter. He was surprised when they told him he was its president.
The Ku Ku club is a mother.
The name of the K.U. organization was inspired by the Ku Klux Klan.
The Ku Ku Klub was activated in 1919 as the Ku Ku Klan to organize a cheering section for athletic events.
The name of the K.U. organization However, the Ku Ku's make it clear that they have never had any connection with the Klan, nor any sympathy for it. They just liked the sound of the combination of letters.
1919 as the Ku Ku Klan to organize a cheering section for athletic events. Conditions in 1919 were similar to those on the campus immediately following World War 2. School spirit was at low ebb. One student pledged himself to break all traditions. When he was caught without his freshman cap he was threatened with a dunking in Potter lake. He evaded students for a while by climbing to the top of Fraser. The students brought him down and threw him into the lake.
According to the records, C. C. Carl, "Bugs" Bradburg, and Bob Rowland founded Pi Epsilon Pi in 1922. They met with other pep clubs to draw up a national organization. It survived and spread outward from the Missouri valley.
This sparked a "Put K.U. First" movement. It developed into the World War I memorial drive to build the stadium.
When the Ku Klux Klan became notorious in 1922, the K.U. organization changed its name to Ku Ku Klub upon the request of Governor Allen.
The Ku Ku's received nation wide attention with their series of stunts at the football games. They helped to make Homecoming day a success and started the First Nightshirt parade in the country.
One time they got into trouble for trying to stimulate pep. They accompanied the football team to Nebraska and slept in their quarters. The sports editor of the University Daily Kansan accused them of ruining the teams rest and causing the loss of the game the next day. A fist fight between the editor and the president of the Klub resulted.
White-clad Ku Ku's familiar to today's students would have been strangers to an early Ku Ku Klan, whose uniform consisted of a turban, sash and white shirt. When they changed names, they switched to white sweaters and light pants, white shirts and bow ties.
In 1955, the Klub reorganized and formed a larger club. They tried to organize the freshman class into a cheering section in 1939. This was their super员 of the Frost-hawks, freshman's pep club, which was organized in the fall of 1947.
Membership of the Ku Ku Klub now totals 80 persons. Their plans for the coming year include the sales of freshman caps, circulation of free stickers such as "Massacre Mizzou" and a wider circulation of printed sheets of songs and yells at athletic events.
Illinois' southern tip is far enough south to have a satisfactory climate for growing cotton, yet is far enough north to be beyond the boll weevil's northern limit.
Green Wins ASME Prize
Charles H. Green, engineering senior, was awarded second prize of $25 at a recent student branch meeting of American Society of Mechanical Engineers in Tulsa. Mr. Green presented his paper on "Stress Analysis of Steam Piping." Six schools had two representatives each at the meeting. The other K.U. representative was J. T. McKinney engineering senior.
Harry L. Daasch, professor of mechanical engineering, and ten students made the trip recently They attended three student sessions and made inspection trips.
All students attending the meeting were given complimentary admittance to the international petroleum exposition.
The A.V.C. will work to get all qualified voters registered and to inform them of election issues, he said.
AVC To Campaign In Fall Elections
Voting records of Kansas candidates will be published next fall as part of the American Veterans committee's campaign to get out the vote, Edwin Kirchhoff, president, said.
Plans for conducting the drive were discussed by A.V.C. members recently, but no specific measures were adopted. The organization will not meet again this semester.
Don't Sip Soup,
Slurp It Noisily
Chicago—(UP)—Soup should be slurped not sipped, an authority said today.
Making noise when you drink soup is a sign of pure bliss," said Robert Green of Chicago.
Green said it is wrong to condemn slurping, because the silent method always destroys much of the pleasure. There is nothing as satisfying as making a racket, he said.
Green qualifies as an expert as an official of a group representing mixers of dry soups. It is known as the National Soup Mix association.
The game and fish commission of Florida reports that the average fisherman spends $2 for every pound of fresh water fish he catches.
Attend the Topeka Drive-in Theater 25th and California First Show . . . . 8 p.m
Color Changes Bring Behavior Changes
"There are cases on record in which changing the color of the package or wrapper of a product has increased the sales 1000 per cent," Mr. Quinton said.
Color is a sensation which affects behavior, according to Johnny Quinton, assistant instructor of psychology.
In another experiment 18 per cent of the readers replied to a sales letter where white paper and envelopes were used. Forty-eight per cent replied when pink paper and blue envelopes were used, he added.
The reason for this behavior is not known, but it is probably related to the color preference list of age groups, the instructor said.
In a psychological experiment conducted in 1932 it was found that blue is preferred above all other colors by adults. Red and green come next, and yellow is least preferred. At a very early age, from
This change in preference is partly influenced by a difference in social approval from one age group to the next, Mr. Quinton explained. Persons who have not had any art training have the same color preferences as college students who have had training in art, he added.
3 to 14 months, red is preferred far above any other color. It continues in first place until grade school age.
Color also influences the appearances of objects of the same size, darker objects appearing smaller than lighter ones, he said.
Kiene Places With Sketch
William Kiene won third mention in the annual traveling sketch exhibit sponsored by Scarab, professional architecture fraternity, for his water color painting. "Allev Scene."
The paintings and sketches are sent in to the national convention of Scarab and are then sent to each chapter for display.
Water color paintings by William Yost, Ralph Kiene, R. V. Baltis, John Monroe, and Donald Palmer are on display on the third floor of Marvin hall. These men are students in the department of architecture.
First mention was won by W.H. Painter of the University of Southern California. Second mention was awarded to Ray O'Day of the State College of Washington.
KC Philharmonic Won't Play Here
The Kansas City Philharmonic orchestra will not appear on the concert series next year as previously announced, Dean D. M. Swarthout, director, said.
Dean Swarthout explained that because of the difficulty the orchestra has had in finding a director to replace Efrem Kurtz, he has decided to postpone the appearance. The Cincinnati Symphony orchestra will return on March 16, 1949, instead of the Kansas City group.
The 1949 series will include the Monte Carlo ballet group, a complete performance of the "Barber of Seville" and Miss Gladys Swarthout, of the Metropolitan opera company.
Geologists Will Investigate Water
A study of the shallow ground water resources will be begun this week by Glenn C. Prescott and C. K. Bayne of the state and federal Geological surveys.
The study will be made in Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, and Neosho counties, according to V. C. Fisher, engineer in charge of the ground water division of the surveys.
The state board of health requested the study and is co-operating with the surveys and the board of agriculture in carrying it out, Mr. Fishel said. He also mentioned that the investigation is being made to determine how much ground water is available for stock and domestic uses, especially in connection with the dairy industry in that part of the state.
Jayhawk Swimming Pool 2 To 5 Every Afternoon
The Jayhawk plunge swimming pool will be open from 2 to 5 p.m. every afternoon for about there weeks. After that the pool will be open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day.
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Rubbing Elbows No Fun Here
Memphis-(UP)-When the Roy O. Nash family are at the table to eat, Mrs. Nash makes sure that her children are seated so that they don't bump elbows. Mrs. Nash and four of her five children are south-paws. The father and one daughter are righthanders.
"He's been doing this ever since he saw those Los Angeles touring busses."
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