MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 1945
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Parties and Guests Lend Festive Air to Campus Over Weekend
Parties and guests highlighted the social calendar this weekend with several sorority and fraternity dances, the Independent Students Association party, and the President's Ball. Many houses entertained out-of-town guests and a variety of activities made a lively weekend. Parties by Alpha Chi Omega, Gamma Phi Beta, Phi Beta Pi, and Sigma Chi were among those given.
Virginia Rader was a Sunday dinner guest.
Alpha Delta Pi — Weekend guests were Ruth Culp, Kansas City, Mo., a former chapter member; Eva Baelson and Marjorie Stedman, of Kansas City, Kan.
Sigma Kappa - Mr. and Mrs.
Alva B. Perry, Coffeyville, were dinner guests Sunday.
Tippieray - Helen Scamell, Seaman 1-e, a former student, was a Juncheon guest,Friday.
Dottie Hudson was a dinner guest Saturday.
Cutler House — Maurine Johnson, Sterling, was a guest Saturday and Sunday.
Watkins Hall — Helen Scamell,
Scamell 1-c, was a dinner guest Friday.
Luncheon guests Friday were
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Call, Pratt,
and Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Kaff, Overbrook.
Hilda James, Seaman 1-c in the WAVES, former student, was a weekend guest.
Saturday dinner guests were Kenneth Dreese, Larned, Douglas Kent, Lawrence and Pfc. Donald Mathews, Topeka.
Foster Hall—Visitors Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Cunningham, Downs, and Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Holbrook, Beloit.
Harmon Co-op - Sunday dinner guests were Katherine Brown, Kansas City, Kan., and Bernard Dobnaino, also of Kansas City.
Guests for dinner Saturday were Klinton Chapin, Dick Hager, Jack Payne, Don Everette, Jerry Barr, and Charles Clampitt, all of Emporia.
Ann Nokes, Welda, was a weekend guest.
Delta Gamma — Mrs. C. D. Vance Kansas City, Mo., was a weekend guest.
Dinner guests Sunday were Mrs. G. Hittier, Kansas City, Mo., Mary Lois Rice, Beth Russell, Herb Heim, Bill Clark, and Bob Dick, Warrensburg, Mo.
Alpha Omicron Pi — Weekend guests were Betty Jane Beaver, Kansas City, Kan., and Mary Kimple, La Mona, Iowa.
Sunday dinner guests were Jerald Urban, U. S. navy, Mrs. C. F. Sloan, Kansas City, Mo., and Mr. and Mrs. Fog Gaynor, Kansas City, Kan.
Gamma Phi Beta — Flight officer David Fayman, Kansas City, Mo., was a dinner guest Friday.
Dames Club to Elect Officers At Meeting Wednesday
Election of officers of the K. U. Dames club for the following year will be held at a meeting of the club at 7:30 p.m. m. Wednesday in the English room of the Memorial Union building. Mrs. John R. Leonard is the chairman in charge of the meeting.
Hostesses who will assist Mrs. Leonard are Mrs. Virgil M. Allison, Mrs. Erwin Olson, Mrs. Clyde D Clancy, and Mrs. Kenneth Moore.
Miss Hines Is Speaker At Faculty Women's Club
Miss Maribelle Hines of the department of secretarial training related her experiences in a Japanese relocation center to the Faculty Women's club Friday evening.
Miss hines showed objects of Japanese art which were made at the Minadoko, Idaho, camp.
The Y. W. C. A. at Colorado university has instituted a regular "Coffee Hour."
Chi Omega, Sig Alph Married in Texas
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Gurley of Barnard have announced the marriage of their daughter, Margaret Jean, to William George Kern, Lt. (jg) U.S. naval reserve, formerly of Gary, Ind.
The marriage took place Saturday
Dec. 30, 1944, at Corpus Christi, Tex
Mrs. Kern was a sophomore last year in the school of fine arts. She is a member of Chi Omega sorority and was an attendant to the Homecoming queen last year.
Lieutenant Kern, who is an instructor at the naval air station at Corpus Christi, has served overseas. He received his bachelor of science degree from the school of business at the University in 1942. He is a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Hazel Scheer Engaged To Capt. Jack Scott
Mr. and Mrs. William Edward Scheeer of White Cloud have announced the engagement of their daughter, Hazel Darleen, to Capt. Jack Hobson Scott, army air forces, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ward Ellis Scott of Kansas City. Captain Scott is now stationed in the Aleutians. The wedding date will be announced later
Miss Scheer is a former student at the University and was a junior in the College in 1941. For the past $3\frac{1}{2}$ years she has been making her home in Dallas, Texas. Captain Scott also attended the University and was a student in the College in 1939. He is a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.
Jones-Yerks Vows Exchanged Sunday In Myers Hall
Sara Ann Jones, College senior,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Jones of Garden City, was married
at 4 p. m. Sunday to Pfc. Robert
Yerks, son of Mrs. R. A. Yerks of
Claremont, Calif. The double ring
ceremony was solemnized in Barlow Chapel in Myers Hall. The Rev.
Harold G. Barr officiated.
The bride was given in marriage by her father. She wore a wedding dress of white velvet. Her veil was of fingertip length with a crown of sweet peas. She carried a bouquet of yellow roses.
Freda Jones, sister of the bride, acted as bridesmaid. Best man for the bridegroom was Edgar A. Thomas, and the ushers were Ronald Cook and Donald Jarrett, all V-12 students at the University.
Freda Jones was Bridesmaid
Music before the ceremony consisted of piano music by Miss Jerry Jenty, and cello music by Sydney Lee Mayfield, a junior in the school of fine arts. Miss Irene Peabody, associate professor of voice, sang, "I Love You Truly".
Reception at Alpha Omicron Pi
The bride is a member of Alpha Omicron Pi sorority and a member of Pi Lambda Theta, educational sorority. Following the wedding ceremony a reception was held at the Alpha Omicron Pi chapter house. As the bride and bridegroom cut the first piece of wedding cake, chapter members sang "Thrill of A. O. Pi", and "Sweetheart of Alpha O." Mrs. P. H. Klinkenberg and Miss Ruth Orcuth served.
Following the reception, Pfc. and Mrs. Yerks left for a wedding trip to California. Mrs. Yerks will return to the University next semester and Pfc. Yerks will rejort for overseas duty.
'Please Carve Initials Here'
Intellectuals Don Dunce Caps At Mortar Board Spelling Bee
The Student Union building at South Dakota State College has installed a soft wood panel in which students are invited, even encouraged, to carve their initials.
An old-fashioned "spelling bee" provided the theme for the Mortar Board party given Friday afternoon for junior women who were outstanding in scholarship last year. The party was held from 4 until 5:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. E. E. Bales. Martha Ellen Woodward was in charge of the entertainment.
Guests were quizzed on facts about the University, the names of some student leaders, instructors, and the spelling of some courses. Miniature slates were given as prizes to Anabel Keeler and Charlotte Price.
Banta, Selzer Vows To Be Read Saturday
Mis Banta completed her work at Baker university last week, where she was president of Alpha Chi Omega sorority and president of the student council.
the marriage of Miss Jane Banta, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jay C. Banta of Topeka, to Pfc. Donald Wright Selzer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Selzer of Baldwin, has been planned for Saturday, Feb. 24 in Topeka.
Private Selzer attended Baker and was president of his fraternity, Delta Tau Delta. After his enlistment in the army he was sent to Yale for the remainder of his pre-medical training and since March of last year has been stationed as a medical student at the University. He is a member of Nu Sigma Nu, medical fraternity.
Heimbrook-Thomason Engagement Told
Mrs. Margaret Heimbrook of Kansas City, Mo., has announced the engagement of her daughter, Marjorie, to Phillip A. Thomason, son of Mr. and Mrs. Asa D. Thomason, also of Kansas City. Mr. Thomason recently received a discharge from the army after three years active duty. He spent 13 months in foreign service.
Miss Heimbrook attended the University in 1940 and was a student in the Schol of Fine Arts. She is a member of Gamma Phi Beta sorority
winners of the spelling bee. Refreshments were served following the entertainment.
The guests were given name tags in the shape of mortar boards. Active members of Mortor Board conducted a capping ceremony for the women who were highest in scholarship, using dunce caps for the ceremony. Jeanne Kaufman has the highest record of the junior women.
Special guests who were invited were Mrs. Deane W. Malott, Miss Veda Lear, Miss Beulah Morrison, Miss Marie Miller, Mrs. Waldemar Geltch, and Miss Maude Elliott.
Those students present were Betty Ann Ball, Julia Casad, Nancy Cook, Joyce Durall, Helen Hird, Frances James, Jean Kaufman, Ruth Larson, Martha Lou Little, Betty Leffler, Betty Mary Moate, Mary Morrill, Mary Jane Pistorius, Joan Power, Charlotte Price, Barbara Prior, Kathryn Reisi, Florence Richex, Barbara Sherrard, Muriel Steuber, Anna Marie Stevens, Beverly Stucker, Delores Suilzman, Joanna Wagstaff, Beverly Waters, Marjorie Snodgrass, Anabel Keeler, Eugenia Hepworth, and Elaine Talley.
Passmore Visited on Campus
Passmore Visited on Campus
Aviation Cadet Bill Passmore, a student in 1942 and 1943, was a visitor on the campus Friday. Cadet Passmore has a 14-day furlough from Mission, Texas, where he is in primary training. While at the University he was a major in physical education.
ity. Mr. Thomason was a student in the School of Business in 1938 and was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity.