University DAILY KANSAN
Friday, October 18, 1946
44th Year No. 19
Lawrence, Kansas
STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
'Come To Registrar's Office' — And Then She Learned She Won
The 25 candidates for Homecoming Queen this year waited in a Bible study room for their turn to be judged earlier this week, the Daily Kansan learned today.
It all happened like this:
Members of the Homecoming queen committee ruled themselves out as judges for the contest, and chose eight men—four from Lawrence, four from the K.U. faculty—for the job.
They met at 8 p.m. Tuesday on the second floor of Myers hall. It was well after dark, and the queen candidates came by groups of five to be interviewed for the post.
The judges sat in a circle in the Myers hall meeting room. The candidates were assembled into groups, and waited their turn in an adjoining Bible study classroom.
Each group of five was allotted 15 minutes with the judges. The coeds were dressed in heels-and-hose, but not in formals. They sat around and chatted with the judges, who based their secret balloting on beauty, personality, and "fitness to be a queen."
Nina Green, the Kappa pledge who
won the contest, was identified only as "No 12" when she appeared. (None of the judges knew any of the candidates, so the contest after the inference was completed.)
The judges voted for the top four candidates-four points for the top, three for second, two for third, one for fourth.
Miss Green and her two attendants, Norma Jean Guthrie and Wendolyn Harger, had a "comfortable margin over the rest of the field" after the voting, it was learned. There was only one ballot, and the results of it were "decisive."
Queen Nina attended Southwest high school and Bradford junior college before she came here. Her home address is 5601 Oak street, Kansas City, Mo.
She was notified of her victory by James Hitt, K.U. registrar and Homecoming queen committee chairman, in a brief meeting in his office at 12:45 p.m. today. Mr. Hitt called the three winners, to his office by sending notes to them by messenger during their morning classes today.
These Are Court Attendants
Queen Nina Green, who will reign over the Homecoming festivities this weekend, will have two other campus beauties as her court attendants. They are Gwendolyn Harger (left), who also was an attendant for last year's Homecoming queen, and Norma Jean Guthrie, a Fine Arts freshman.
'Queen Nina' Rules Over Homecoming; Guthrie, Harger Will Be Attendants
Victor Will Ride In Parade Tonight Greek Candidates Win All Three Places;
Presenting Her Majesty, the Queen of Homecoming:
She's lovely, smiling Nina Green, College junior from Kansas City, Mo. and a pledge of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority.
Her attendants, with whom she will reign over this Homecoming week- end:
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Norma Jean Guthrie Fine Arts
Norma Jean Guthrie, Fine Arts freshman from Ft. Scott, and a pledge of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, and
Gwendolyn Harger, College sophomore from Kansas City, Mo., and a member of Alpha Delta PL.
These three were chosen from 25 of the most beautiful women on campus, representing the organized coed rooming houses. They represented a clean triumph for Greekletter houses over organized independents.
The queen and one of her attendants—Miss Guthrie—are new on the campus this year. Miss Harger was an attendant for last year's queen also.
These selections, announced today by James Hitt, University registrar and chairman of the queen committee, closed a week's speculation over the identity of the first lady of Mt. Oread for this weekend. Candidates were presented by their houses a fortnight ago, and the judging and selection of the winners was made in a secret meeting Tuesday night at Myers hall.
Judges were chosen for their impartiality, Mr. Hitt declared. There were four from the K.U. faculty, and four from Lawrence townspeople. All were men, "varying in age from gay young blades to the middle-aged baldheaded row." he explained.
None of the judges was a former K.U. student. None had any fraternity affiliation, and none of the judges' wives belonged to any sorority. The faculty men all were in their first year on the Hill.
The queen's father is an architectural engineer -"Guthrie's father is a mining superintendent, and Miss Harger's, a dentist.
Theirs is the most spectacular part of Homecoming for the nearly 9,000 students on the campus this year, but the weekend includes many other activities to attract both current students and alumni, of whom some 15,000 are expected to return to the scene of their former studies.
Miss Green and her "court" will ride in the Homecoming parade tonight, and will be presented to the children. In addition, the football game tomorrow afternoon.
K.U. Asks For More From State In '48
The University is requesting a budget for 1948 which is $1\frac{1}{2}$ times as large as it is operating under for 1948 and $2\frac{1}{2}$ times as large as the figure requested for 1947.
The board of regents has received the University's req-*net for $2,711,-834 for 1948 and th. amount for 1949 and will meet in Iopela to-day to pass on the request.
The Winner!
This year the University is operating on $1,745,618 and the 1947 budget calls for $1,031,418. The medical school at Kansas City is not included in these figures.
The special drawings for today's Daisy Kansan front page were done by Richard Bibler, staff artist.
And in case you have trouble understanding that word "torts" in the "K" drawing, may we remind you (as Bibler reminded us) that Webster's definition clears up the whole question.
Bibler's Responsible
NINA GREEN
Call K.U.25 For Football Scores
The football score service of the Daily Kansan sports desk will start at 4:30 p. m. tomorrow, at the same time the K. U. Nebraska Homecoming game ends.
Scores of all the major games over the nation will be reported to the Daily Kansan by United Press teletypewriter, and will be available immediately.
You're welcome to this special service of your student newspaper. Simply call K. U. 25, any time between 4:30 and 6:30.
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Here's Schedule For Weekend
Many events highlight the record-breaking Homecoming which starts today. The schedule for the weekend is as follows:
Today
3 p. m. — Alumni registration,
Memorial Union.
7 p. m.—Homecoming float parade north from 11th and Massachusetts.
7:30 p. m.—Rally in front of WREN building.
8:15 p. m.-Intra-squad basketball game with half-time entertainment,
9 p. m.-Broadcast of rally from WREN.
9:30 p. m. — KFKU Homecoming studio show.
10 p. m. -Freshman Frolic, Military Science building, Ted Weems and his orchestra.
Tomorrow
9 a. m. — Alumni registration, Memorial Union.
9:30-11 a. m."Hullabaloo," Hoch auditorium, Homecoming skits and variety program.
11-12 noon—"Coffee and Doughnut" hour. Memorial Union. Street dance in front of Union. Exhibit of "K. U. of yesterday and tomorrow," in Men's lounge. Coeds will be hostesses and guides.
12:30 p. m.—Luncheons.
1:45 p. m.—Pre-game ceremonies.
2 p. m.—Football game, Kansas-
Nebraska.
3. p. m.-Presentation of Home-
coming queen between halves.
9-midnight-Homecoming varsity Military Science building.
F.B.I. Begins Investigation On Kansas City Primary
Kansas City, Mo. (UP)—The federal bureau of investigation has begun an inquiry into the possibilities of election frauds in the Kansas City Aug. 6 primary election.