1947
MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1947
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
PAGE THREE
Dragging Skirts Didn't Last; Sacks, Hula Skirts, Move In
Do you have an old flour sack that I can wear? No? How about a hula skirt, then, or some black lace stockings?
The bug to "dress-up" seems to have bitten residents of a number of organized houses in the last few weeks. As a result, the feminine population has been staying up nights trying to think up something new and extra-outlandish to wear to the next $ \textcircled{*} $ party
But the girls were not the only ones having trouble. The men's fraternity houses have been the centers of furious activity—completing house decorations and working up costumes.
One house recently became a threat to the hula skirt industry by making skirts for their dates. Giving their decorations the atmosphere of a saloon wasn't as difficult as making a prison or a pirates' den of some of the others.
How can you impress your date when dressed as a jail-bird? What do you do when confronted with a "Bibler wolf" expression when he sees you in a hula skirt or a oh-so-short sarong?
And speaking of shocks -- you should have seen the face of the girl whose date walked in dressed in a leopard cloth, period.
Catlin Art Exhibit Shows Indian Life
Life of the early North American Indian is vividly portrayed in the color lithographs of paintings by George Catlin to be shown in the North gallery of Spooner-Thayer museum through December. Scenes show villages, games, dress, and the perils of the buffalo chase.
He went into the wilderness of America in 1832 to become the historian of the Plains Indian. In a few years he had visited and painted scenes from the daily life of 48 savage tribes.
Catlin, noted for his Indian paintings, issued the color lithographs in 1844 to obtain money so that he might continue his study of the American Indian.
One scene of special interest is a buffalo hunt in which 60 or 70 young men, armed with bows and lances, are shown battling a herd of wounded and enraged buffalo. Catlin was very successful in showing the dangers of the battle.
Library Reflects Current Events
Current events and time-trends are reflected in the Watson library stacks.
Under the direction of encyclopedic minded C. M. Baker, library director, efforts are constantly made to index all materials, preserve manuscripts, and aid scholars and faculty members. The library counts thousands of books and pamphlets, holds maps, prints, magazines, and unbound newspapers in almost staggering numbers.
In anticipating the needs of present and future scholars, Mr. Baker and his assistants have set aside a "Discretionary fund" for fiction purchasing. Under this system, the novels, which are most in demand by the University students are added to the library stacks. At regular intervals the library features a list of current reading material. The series, includes; "Concord-American Town," by Townsend Scudder; "Battle for Chicago" by Wayne Andrews; "Cities of America" by G. S. Perry.
Current purchasing is illustrated by the American series of books about American rivers and American highways, a list of semitravel and semi-historical books for the student interested in travel and history combinations. Other recent acquisitions include "Tom's Town" about Kansas City and the Pendergast legend; "The Last Days of Hittler," and "Insight and Personality Adjustment."
No part of the library is busier than the reserve book room, where students are continually delving into the mass of reserve books on file there.
Fortune-Watkins
Mrs. H. M. Nusbaum, Hillierst housemother, recently announced the engagement of Marjorie Jean Fortune, daughter of Mr. Harry E. Fortune of Kansas City, Mo. to Tom K. Watkins, son of Dr. and Mrs. George L. Watkins of Farmington, Mo.
Miss Fortune was assisted by her sister, Betty Jane, of Kansas City, La Vaughn Hodgson, and Alice Fitzgerald, of Atchison. Chocolates were passed following the announcement.
Miss Fortune is a junior in the College. Mr. Watkins is a graduate medical student and a member of Beta Theta Pi and Phi Beta Pi fraternities.
Dissolve Art Commission
Due to lack of interest by women students the Y. W. C. A. art commission has been dissolved, Mary Virginia Douglas, chairman, said.
The commission was originally formed with the purpose to give women students not in the School of Fine Arts an opportunity to become better educated along that line. The commission met about five times.
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Corbin Xmas Revels To Be Held Dec. 9
Dressed in medieval English costumes and singing old English songs, members of Corbin hall will gather for their annual "Christmas Revels" Dec. 9. Flaming pudding, Yule log, and a boar's head will provide a Christmas atmosphere for the party. More than 75 faculty members will be guests. Mrs. Treva M. Brown, housemother, said that invitations have been sent to Gov. Frank Carlson and to the members of the board of regents.
The first annual revel was held in
The first annual revel was held in 1936.
University Women Announce Groups
The twelve groups into which the University Women's club has been divided this year for the winter meetings will all meet Thursday at the homes of members, at different times, as follows:
Group 1, with Mrs. Leonard Axe.
3 p. m.; group 2, with Mrs. L. J.
Pritchard, assisted by Mrs. Allen Reese, 3 p. m.; group 3, with Mrs. Ralph Canuteson, 3:30 p. m.; group 4, with Mrs. A. J. Mix, 8 p. m.; group 5, with Mrs. E. E. Bayles, 7:30 p. m.
Group 6, with Mrs. T. C. Rythe,
assisted by Mrs. Irvin, Youngberg,
7:30 p. m.; group 7, with Mrs. P. B.
Lawson, 2:30 p. m.; group 8, with
Mrs. Austin Turney, 1:30 p. m.;
group 9, Mrs. George Bradshaw,
3 p. m.; group 10, with Mrs. John
Blocker, 3 p. m.; group 11, with Mrs.
E. B. Stauffer, 3 p. m.; group 12,
with Mrs. Deane W. Malett, 7:30 p. m.
Cloaks are of ancient date, one having been made by Pacificus, archdeacon of Verona, in the ninth century.
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