THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1944
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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YWCA, YMCA Will Give Picnic At Potter Lake on Wednesday
The YWCA and YMCA picnic will be held at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, at Potter Lake, Eugenia Hepworth, social chairman of the YWCA, announced today. "Anyone who is interested in either organization is invited to attend the picnic, which, in addition to the supper, will provide plenty of entertainment in the way of sports and games," she commented.
Tickets, which may be obtained from representatives in the various houses and also from the YWCA office in Henley House, must be had by tomorrow, Miss Hepworth said.
Chi Omega gave a luncheon and dinner party in honor of the Kansas City Mothers' Club at the chapter house yesterday.
Kaw Koettes — Mrs. J. A. Herndon of Kansas City, Mo., was a guest yesterday.
Carruth Hall—Pvt. William Lakey of Ft. Myers, Fla., a former resident of Templin Hall, was a guest Wednesday.
Phi Kappa Psi-Lt, Charles Gates,
Sigma Alpha Epsilon member from
Harvard University, is a guest this
week.
Joliffe Hall — Jean Brown of Maple Hill, is a house guest this week.
Miller Hall dinner guest Tuesday night was Earl Barney, Jr.
Gamma Phi Beta — Miss Helen R.
Hoopes was a dinner guest last
night.
The senior dinner was held last night.
Harman Co-op women were guests last night of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Montgomery and Prof. and Mrs. Hilden Gibson at a picnic at the Montgomery home.
Chi Omega dinner guests last night were Mrs. R. L. Saubian, Mrs. Fred C. Gunn, Mrs. Harry Tortch, Mrs. L. J. Hatch, Mrs. Merl Smith, Mrs. L. A Meadows, Mrs. G. W. Kennedy, Mrs. C. W. Pollock, Mrs. O. M. Montgomery, and Mrs. H. S. Nearing, all of Kansas City, Mo.; and Mrs. L. C Davis of Kansas City.
Dean Was Also Attorney
"Uncle Jimmy Green" was not only the first dean of the Law School of the University but began his duties as teacher on the same day in which he was elected county attorney in 1878.
Authorized Parties
Friday, May 26, 1944—
Battenfeld & Carruth Halls, party.
Battenfeld Hall, 8:30 to 11:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 27, 1944-
Pi Beta Phi, dinner dance; dinner;
chapter house, 7 to 9 p.m.; dance
Union building, 9 to 12 p.m.
Sigma Kappa, party, chapter house, 9 to 12 p.m.
Gamma Phi Beta, picnic, Tonganoxie state lake, 4 to 9 p.m.
Wesley Foundation, picic, Clinton park, 5:30 to 9 p.m.
ELIZABETH MEGUIAR Adviser of Women.
Housemothers Vote For $50 Scholarship
Housemothers of all the organized houses of the University voted $50 for the annual scholarship at their last meeting of the year Monday afternoon in the English room of the Union building, Mrs. Dean Alt, president, announced.
This scholarship is made up of contributions from the various housemothers. The person who will receive the award is chosen by the University scholarship committee, she explained.
Election of officers was also held at the meeting. Mrs. Alt was re-elected president and Mrs. R. D. Montgomery was elected secretary-treasurer.
Plans for next year were discussed and it was decided that the women would continue their Red Cross work. This year 45 wool patchwork quilts which were given to Bundles for Bluejackets, were made, Mrs. Alt stated. Scrapbooks for servicemen and invalids, which will be sent to Winter General hospital, were also made.
Throughout the year, the house- mothers have also maintained a booth in Weaver's department store for the sale of war bonds and stamps she added.
Potter Lake, in honor of Senator T. M. Potter, was constructed primarily as a reservoir of needed water supply in case of fire.
Potter Lake Built as Reservoir
Thirteen Added To Pi Lambda Theta Roll Last Night
Thirteen new members were pledged to Pi Lambda Theta and officers were elected at a strawberry festival of the national honorary education sorority last night in the Old English Room of the Memorial Union building.
New pledges are Martha Lou Cable, College junior, Kansas City; Mary Margaret Cater, Education junior, Bethany, Mo.; Grace Curry, Business senior, Kansas City; Virginia Curry, Graduate school, Kansas City; Margaret Fitzgibbon, College junior, Kansas City; Louise Hatch, College junior; Joan Justice, Fine Arts junior, Buffalo; Frances Morrill, College junior, Hawiaway, Doradeen Perry, Education junior, Coffeyville; Ruth Prentice, College junior, Kansas City, Mo.; Hannah Roberts, College senior, Merriam; Ellen Wagenfield, Fine Arts junior, St. Joseph.
Pi Lambda Theta will hold its installation and initiation banquet June 6 at the Hearth, according to Martha Peterson, retiring president.
New officers of the organization are Jeanne Scott, president; Hope Crittenden, vice-president; Louise Hatch, secretary; Maurine Waterstrad, treasurer; Bertha Cummins, keeper of the records; advisory committee, Ruth Kenney, chairman; Lucille Aust, and Opal Jayne Kennedy
Following the ceremony, a wedding dinner was given. The couple then left for Kansas City, where they will be at home.
Striped and Flowered Jersey Dirndles $3.98
Speck-Lloyd Wed In Emporia Service
Mrs. Lloyd attended the College of Emporia for three years before becoming a student at the University. After being graduated in July, she will enter technician's training at the Bell Memorial hospital in
Corbin Hall has announced the marriage of Geraldine Speck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Speck of Nortonville, to Donald Lloyd, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. O. Lloyd, of Emporia, which took place Saturday evening in the parlor of the First Presbyterian church of Emporia. The Rev. Orlo Choguill, pastor, read the double ring ceremony.
Dressed in a two-piece suit of ice-blue crepe, the bride wore white accessories and a corsage of gardenias and sweetheart rose buds. Her attendant, Mrs. Edward Slenz, of Kansas City, Mo., wore a dress of light pink with white accessories and a corsage of sweet peas and roses.
Jack Leake, accompanied by his mother, Mrs. Beth Leake, sang "Because" and "Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life," preceding the service. "Liebestraum" and "Venetian Love Song" were played by Mrs. Orlo Choguill, pianist, following the ceremony.
A chanel of fern bank edged with white tapers in gold candelabras decorated the room.
Mary Steele, Joy Miller, Annette Steinie, Charlotte Hart, Vera Lou Harries, and Virginia Thompson, all seniors, were honor guests.
Adelane's
Mrs. S. M. Stayton, retiring housemother of Miller hall, was presented a $25 war bond last night at the hall's annual senior banquet at the Hearth.
Miller Housemother Honored at Dinner
Following the dinner, assenior will and prophecy were read, and Mary Ella Shelton played a solo.
Ozark Author Dies In California Clinic
The noted author, who started his writing career while a preacher, wrote many widely read novels including "The Shepherd of the Hills" and "The Winning of Barbara Worth," each reaching the million mark sales.
Kansas City.
Lloyd, who was graduated from the College of Emporia, completed a year in the School of Medicine in 1943. A member of the Navy V-12 program, he belonged to Phi Beta Pi, medical fraternity. He will be stationed at the Bell Memorial hospital in Kansas City.
Harold Bell Wright, whose novels brought fame to the Ozarks, died yesterday at the age of 72 in the Scripps Memorial clinic at LaJolla, Calif. He had been ill with bronchial pneumonia.