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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
NOVEMBER 20,1946
Does College Marriage Work?
Hubby May Have To Study In Tub But Wife Does All The Dirty Work
By WILLIAM SMITH (Daily Kansan Staff Writer)
For 1.575 husbands at K.U., the problem of how to go to school and still remain happily married is a pressing one.
Making a living to supplement the VA's monthly pittance of $90, according to some husbands, can be accomplished in several ways.
You can put the "little woman" to work and let her support you, thus conserving all your spare time for studying. This procedure has definite drawbacks, however, in that you may have to learn how to keep house and how to maintain good relations with the grocery boy and the iceman without any natural 'talent'.
You might cultivate a knack for poker or crap shooting. This involves patient study, but men with military experience should easily master both these pastimes and turn them into lucrative pursuits.
If that doesn't work, there is always bootlegging. Get yourself a "little still on the Hill" to pay the bill.
As a last resort, go to work yourself. This should be avoided, if possible, since it takes too many hours out of your academic day to pay the grocery bill on the prevailing 50 cents an hour wage.
What about social life?
Some persons feel that it should be deliberately neglected or even totally abandoned. Suggested means of severing social ties are:
Insult your friends at every opportunity. If relatives drop in unexpectedly for a weekend, take the shotgun down on the wall and talk menacingly. If that fails try selling all the extra chairs so that guests will have to stand.
How to study?
Simple. When the wife comes home bursting to tell you what happened at the office 'today', lock yourself in the bathroom, get in the tub and study there. If there is a youngster in the family, clout the dear little fellow with a shoe when he gets noisy.
And the almighty budget?
Another plan calls for putting the wife to work typing out your assignments to occupy her evening hours even though she may want her pipe and slippers.
There you have a bottleneck of the first water. Smart homemakers recommend cutting out meat, butter, milk, bread and eggs from your menu. If that won't handle it, pray that you will get a dinner invitation.
Failing that, simply pray.
Engineers to meet Organizational Meet
The University branch of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers will meet at 7:30 tomorrow night in the English room of the Union.
Plans for the year and organization of the society will be discussed Prof. Harry L. Daasch, department of mechanical engineering, will speak on the activities of student branches of the society.
Underclassmen enrolled in mechanical engineering are eligible to attend the meeting.
College UN Positions Open
Students interested in working with the first National Intercollegiate United Nations convention to be held at K.U. next year may send applications to Jean Moore, convention chairman, at 1400 Tennessee street. Several positions are open on the staff if the executive committee, Moore announced today.
Alpha Kappa Psi Sponsors Business Lecture Toniicht
Melville V. Snyder, Kansas City Mo., will speak on "Advertising; Its Relation to Sales," at the first Business school lecture series at 8 tonight in Frank Strong auditorium.
The lecture, sponsored by Alpha Kappa Psi, professional commerce fraternity, is open to all business and pre-business students.
For the feminine member of the team, the biggest difficulties revolve around that pile of dirty socks in the laundry bag, the iceman who forgets to cometh, and a scrambled breakfast at 6:30 each morning.
Student Husbands Improve Date Ratio
By PHYLLIS HODGKINS (Daily Kansan Staff Writer)
English history notes and psychology papers become minor problems when you are confronted with
Men. . here's good news.
C. H. Weisner, plant personnel supervisor of the Southwestern Bell Telephone Co., will give the opening address at a banquet at Plymouth Congregational church at 6:15 p.m. Friday. Delegates will then return to the campus for round table discussion on engineering, English, mathematics and applied mechanics, Prof. D. D. Haines, who arranged the meet, announced.
The Daily Kansan, by flipping through the rough draft of the student directory has found that there are 1.575 married men on the campus. Only 135 have their wives in school with them.
That improves the man-woman date ratio considerably. At the first of the year, with 6,674 men and 2,064 women listed, the ratio was computed at 3.13 men for every woman.
About 80 engineering faculty members from the University of Nebraska and Kansas State College will be on the K.U. campus Friday and Saturday to attend the first annual meeting of the Kansas-Nebraska section of the American Society for Engineering Education since 1941.
A symposium on the humanities in the engineering curriculum will follow a business meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday, and luncheon will be served at 12:30 in the English room of Union. Delegates will be housed in Robinson gymnasium Friday night.
In the light of the husband survey, however, the situation is better. More than a half a man has been lopped off the number of rivals for each individual male student.
Mrs. J. E. Wright, housemother at Wright place, 1232 Louisiana, used a pile of household rugs to smother a fire in her kitchen at 10:30 this morning.
The fire started when the iron Mrs. Wright was using burst into flame. The iron was a mangle iron, which is wider than a normal iron, used for pressing large flat surfaces.
Now it's obvious that there are only 2.59 men for every woman. Hanny?
Reaching for a pile of rugs. Mrs. Wright smothered the flames completely before two trucks from the Lawrence fire department arrived.
Housemother Uses Rugs To Smother Wright Fire
Engineer Faculties To K.U.Meeting
Four Judges Chosen To Pick 'Kup' Winner
The judges who will present the "Karnival Kup" to the winning booth at the Union carnival in the Military Science building Saturday night are Mr. and Mrs. Willis Tompkins and Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Vanderwerf.
Today is the deadline for campus organizations to sign up for the booths. Representatives may sign in the Union Activities office or notify the social chairman, Keith Wilson, before 6 p.m. today.
Booths will be selected on the basis of their originality, appearance, and execution.
only sour cream for the morning coffee or it rains just when you have put clothes on the line.
The hardest job is keeping house and going to college. Usually, the house simply isn't kept.
You do what has to be done—wash the dishes each night so there is something on which to eat breakfast, you make the bed so there's something for him to toss his books on when he strolls in at night, and you keep him in clean shorts and socks by washing once a week. (His paiamas go unironed.)
On Saturday you fly around dusting and mopping floors and pouring Clorox down the shower, but from Saturday to Saturday, only the bare essentials are done.
You don't like it but you are graded on that English exam; no one grades the way you sweep the floor.
Your studying depends on his. When at 11 p. m. you are deep in that geography chapter and he wants a cheese sandwich—who are you to let the man in your life starve?
You can study in separate rooms but it's a little hard to lose yourself in a two room apartment and to concentrate when he is swearing under his breath and the kitchen faucet leaks.
As for social life, there you have it all over your single sister. You never have to worry about an escort. He is there, tagged and ready to go—provided you can soothe him into the proper mood, get him dressed and the door behind him. You still bask in a security that your female friends who haven't "caught" one envy.
You never have to carry "mad" money. The budget limits party life but who needs a social whirl when you already have a man to decorate the living room.
Worst of all is that ever present budget. Macaroni and cheese can become monotonous and even can openers wear out in time. You haven't much time to shop for bargains but you know when eggs drop 2c. You can quote prices like an additive machine. You know that if Congress took you on, you could cut the national budget in half.
Stay married in college? It's no dream life but it's fun. No one ever had fun wrapped in pink cotton anyhow. You have to have patience, you have to have a sense of humor, and above all, you have to love the guy. Stay married in college? How did you ever go to college without him?
Guests of honor will be the three law students who appeared before the student council in behalf of the Union in the recent midweek dispute. William Cole, William Overton, and Kenneth Hamilton
The monthly dinner of the Student Union executive board will be held at 6 tonight in the English room of the Union.
Union Executive Board Will Honor Guests
Business to be taken up will include finances and the filling of vacancies.
100 Checks Are Being Held At Sunflower Post Office
The K.U. veteran's training bureau office announced today that approximately 100 veterans checks are being held at the Sunflower Village post office.
Veterans who have changed address from Sunflower dormitory to Lawrence m-y inquire by calling at the Frank Streng office.
Unhappy Crooner
Weeping wet tears into the microphone is Charles O'Connor, College freshman, who sings with Jimmy Hollyfield's dance band. (Daily Kansas Staff Photo)
$4,000 In Checks Are Cashed Daily
From $4,000 to $4,500 in checks are cashed daily by students at the University business office, Karl Klooz, bursar, reported today.
One employee is kept busy from 10 a.m. until closing time handling the checks. The job is just half finished at 3 p.m. when the window is shut, he said. The checks must then be listed, added, and endorsed.
Three of nine bad cheeks cashed this fall have already been made good, Mr. Klooz stated. Most of the cheeks were returned to the University because of insufficient funds.
The University may be forced to take action against the individuals signing checks yet to be accounted for, he added.
Clowson Will Lecture To Art Students Tonight
Rex Clawson, president of the Kansas City Dress Manufacturers association, will head a lecture forum for art students at 7:30 tonight, in 9. Frank Strong hall.
Mr. Clawson will ge accompanied by his daughter who will give a demonstration in fashion drawings, and Miss Ann Austin, art director of a large department store.
The forum is open to anyone interested in advertising and commercial art.
Scouts To Hear Governor
Topeka. (UP) — Gov. Andrew Schceppel will address a meeting of boy scouts and regional scout leaders Thursday night at the Coffeyville high school. He will be introduced by Rep. Herbert Meyers.
U.P. Head
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Vets May Fly During Summer
An opening has been left for veterans who want to fly at government expense despite a recent interpretation of the G.I. bill which resulted in the suspension of flight training for university students throughout the United States.
The interpretaton states that commercial flying schools teaching full time will not be affected, according to Dr. E. R. Elbel, director of the University veteran's administration. It is all right for a veteran to take full time flight training during summer vacations.
Lloyd Ware, Jr., of the Buhler-Ware flying service, said that if it would be necessary for veterans to apply for flight training early in the spring in order to avoid delay in entitlement which would knock out vacation flying.
About 50 veterans were affected by the suspension, Prof. William Simpson, department of aeronautical engineering, estimates. They will not receive credit for the training they have received.
William Conboy, College sophomore won second place on his speech "K.U., The Institution of Higher Learning."
Hal Friesen, College freshman, won first place Tuesday night in the campus problems speaking contest held in the little theater of Green hall. He received a gold trophy for his speech on "Reconversion"
Friesen Wins First In Speaking Contest
Third place was won by Ernest Friesen, College freshman, brother of Hal, who spoke on "The Non-Veteran."
Eight students competed for the prizes. Judges were Prof. E. C. Buehler, Prof. Margaret Anderson and Richard Schleifebush.
Seven Appointed To Dove Staff
Members of the executive committee which will print the first issue of the Dove, new student publication, in December were appointed at the staff meeting Monday.
Newly elected members of the general staff, which will act as the policy making committee, are Rosala Erwin Wahl, Austin Turney, Laurence Miller, Sarah Marks, Anne Saucier, Frank Stannard, Marks Haggard, Henry Pinault and Robert Campbell.
Those participating in this week's presentation are Jeanne Aldridge, vocal; Dorothy O'Connor, vocal; Charles Beyrs, vocal; Martha Myers, piano; Joan Vickers, Mary Jane Zollinger, E. M. Brack, and Frank Alderson, vocal quartet.
They are Rhoten Smith, Deane Postlethwaite, John Michener, Frank Stannard, George Pyle, Beth Bell and William Vandiver. Arnold England was chosen business manager and Duane Postlethwaite will be in charge of the rinting.
Fine Arts Student Recital Will Be Hold Tomorrow
Members of the Political Student Government League senate held their regular business meeting Tuesday at Battenfield hall. George Caldwell, PSGL president, led discussion concerning "how student council issues give Independent men a chance to express their views."
The Fine Arts student recital will be held at 3 p.m. tomorrow in Frank Strong auditorium.
Miss Thelaim Mills, advisor of women at University of Missouri, was entertained at a luncheon today in the Union. Miss Margaret Habein, K.U. dean of women, served as hostess.
PSGL Senate Meets
M.U. Advisor Entertained
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