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TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1944
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Jay Janes to Give Tea Tomorrow For Women Interested in Pledging
Jay Janes, women's pop club, will give a tea for all University women interested in pledging the organization from 3:30 to 5 p.m. tomorrow in the Kansas room of the Memorial Union building, Joan Justice, social chairman, has announced.
A second tea will be given Wednesday, May 24. A smaller group of women, from whom next year's Jay Jane pledges will be selected will be invited, said Miss Justice.
Corbin Hall will have a May country fair at 6 p.m. today. A picnic supper will be served outdoors and will be followed by a program consisting of women in costumes dancing around a large Maypole. There will also be group singing and game-playing. Some members of the faculty will be guests at the celebration.
Decorations at the informal party given Saturday evening by PT 8 were on the Hawaiian theme. Varicolored streamers filled the rooms and large cardboard forms of Hawaiian sailors and cannibal girls were placed throughout the house. Navy anchors in blue and gold were also used.
Chaperones at the party were Dr. and Mrs. Calvin VanderWerf and Dr. and Mrs. R. H. Wheeler.
Corbin Hall will have a May festival this evening.
Kappa Alpha Theta Sunday dinner guests were Dean Huebert, Bill Brownle, and Charles Hunter.
Mrs. E. B. Fergus of Wichita has been visiting for several days. Jane Miller of Topeka was a weekend guest.
Mr. and Mrs. P.H. V. Hoth of Goesel were Sunday visitors.
Alpha Omicron Pi weekend guest was Mrs. Lewis Tindall of Hoisington.
Sigma Kappa announces the pledging of Betty Jeanne Ruth of Everest.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Perry of Coffeyville were weekend guests.
Lt. Al Stover of the Herrington army air base was a guest yesterday.
Phi Beta Pi — Mrs. Nellie Marchbanks was a luncheon guest Monday.
Luncheon guests Monday were Mrs. H. C. Brooks and Mrs. Howard Thomas of Ft. Scott.
Miller Hall — Patricia Frazier of Caldwell is a house guest.
Delta Gamma — Mr. and Mrs.
Ashley Benson of Kansas City, Mo,
were weekend guests.
Phi Kappa Psi — Clarence Molleu former chapter member, was a weekend visitor on his way from San Diego to deck school at Northwestern University.
Ricker Hall — Lorna Belle Eccléfield was a dinner guest last night.
Joliffe Hall dinner guests Sunday were Vincent Christ, Troy Odem Patricia Penney, Jack Williams, and Charles Nash.
Kappa Alpha Theta dinner guests Thursday were Ensign Larry Smith, Kansas City, Mo.; Ensign Terry Relihan, Smith Center; Mrs. J. M. O'Connor, Wichita; and Mrs. N. C. Peterson, Dodge City.
Eileen Miller, Hays, former chapter member, visited for a few days.
Corbin Hall has announced the election of the following officers for the coming school year:
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Pharmacy Sorority Gives Formal Dinner
Installation of officers, initiation of members, and pledging services, were held by Kappa Epsilon, honorary pharmacy sorority, last night following a dinner at the Colonial Tea Room.
Mary Beth Gates, sophomore, was initiated. Those pledged were Shirley Carl, and Barbara Barcroft, both sophomores.
Charlotte Robson, alumna of the School of Pharmacy and present pharmacist at Watkins hospital, was in charge of the installation of the following officers:
President, Betty Jeanne Whitney,
sophomore; vice-president, Lucile
Baker, junior; secretary, Ella May
Nail, junior; treasurer, Mavis Lu-
kert, sophomore; and historian,
Frances Blair, senior.
Housemother Retires From Watkins Hall
Roundout out 10 years as housemother at Watkins hall and 40 years in connection with University life, Mrs. C. E. Esterly will retire from her duties at Watkins hall at the close of the College year and move into her own home in Lawrence.
"Being invited to come up here for six weeks and then staying ten years is quite an unusual procedure," she remarks, as she recalls that she was asked to stay with the girls for a few weeks while their former housemother, Mrs. R. C. Morrow, was recovering from an illness. When she did not return, Mrs. Esterly decided to remain, and is now in her tent year of "remaining."
Since its opening in 1926, Watkins hall has had only two housemothers. Mrs. Morrow preceded Mrs. Esterly, serving for eight years.
Anti-Poll Tax Debate Continues
Washington, (INS)—The senate today rejected a motion to close debate on the anti-poll tax, and thus adhere to its historic rule of unlimited debate.
Liberty Ship Named for Nebraskan The recently-launched Liberty ship, E. A. Burnett, was named for a former chancellor of the University of Nebraska.
President, Donna Jean Nichols; vice-president, Lou Taylor; secretary, Jane Ukena; treasurer, Kathryn Krehbiel; fire chief, Mary Kathryn Parker; and social chairman, Emily Hollis.
er member, visited for a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Gsell of Olathe have announced the marriage of their daughter, Betty Gsell to S 1/c John Hayne, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Martin Hayne of Olathe.
Betty Gsell Marries Former Student
The wedding took place at the Mt. Vernon Place Methodist church in Baltimore, Md., April 29. The Rev. Harold Bosley officiated at the ceremony.
She is a senior in the School of Education, and a member of Jay Janes and Kaw Koettes.
The bride wore a blue suit with brown accessories.
Hayne, a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, was a student in mechanical engineering whil at the University. He recently was graduated from the Quartermaster School in Bainbridge, Md., and is now stationed at Norfolk, Va.
Lt. Albert Huber Takes Illinois Bride
The engagement of Lt. Albert C Huber of the USNR, son of Dr. and Mrs. Albert Huber of Kansas City, to Virginia Ritter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl E. Rollo of Murphysboro, Ill., has been announced.
Lieutenant Huber, who was graduated in 1936, was a member of Delta Chi fraternity and Sigma Delta Chi, journalism fraternity. He is a member of the editorial staff of The Star, on leave for military service. At present he is stationed in St. Louis, Mo.
Robert Brient Is in School In Northern Ireland
Miss Rollo was graduated from the University of Illinois where she was a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority and Theta Sigma Phi, journalism fraternity. She is a staff member of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Lt. Robert D. Brien, who was in the School of Engineering and Architecture from 1940 to 1941, is now attending combat training school at an 8th AAF composite command in Northern Ireland. Upon completion of the course, Lieutenant Brien will be assigned to a B-24 bombardment group.
German Group Will Hear Folk Legends and Music
Before entering the Army two years ago, Lieutenant Brient was employed as a draftsman for the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia.
Members of the German conversational group will meet at 7:15 tomorrow night in Myers hall for a program of German folk lore, Sarah Peters, German instructor, announced today. After the members have related legends and folk tales in German, Alberta Cornwell and Marian Fraser will present folk dancing for the group.
YW Members to See Estes Park Movie
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Dr. Fred L. Soper, a graduate of the University, is head of a group of four representatives of the Rockefeller Foundation, who with army physicians and sanitary officers in Naples, are working to prevent the spread of typhus.
So far, it is said, not a single American soldier or sailor in Naples has died of this dread disease.
Meeting in the Kansas room of the Union building, the group will sing Estes Park songs and hear from students who have attended conferences in former years. Thornton McClanahan, College senior, will speak on the motion picture. Betty Pile, Business junior, will give information on transportation to this year's conference. Rachel Vander-Werf, YWCA secretary, will tell about plans for this year's conference and answer any questions.
Mrs. Soper, the former Juliet Snider, is staying at her home in FT. Scott while her husband is in Italy. She was graduated from the University in 1914 where she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Pi Gamma Sigma.
Dr. Soper, a member of Acomas received his bachelor of arts degree in 1914 and his doctor of medicine degree in 1916. He is also a graduate of Rush Medical College in Chicago and since 1920 has been with the Rockefeller Foundation in South America, where he did research in yellow fever, malaria, and some work among typhus cases. In January, 1943, he went to Iran and last December was sent to Naples.
A technicolor film of the YW-YM conference held at Estes Park each summer will be shown at an all-membership meeting of the YW-CA at 4:30 tomorrow afternoon.
Grad Works With Typhus In Naples
Bill Bauer Receives Marine Corps Commission
UNCLE SAM Announcing!
William Brooke Bauer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl W. Bauer of 706 West 35th Street, Kansas City, Mo., was graduated May 10 from the naval air training center at Corpus Christi, Texas, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve.
He attended the University of Kansas and Huff Business College of Kansas City, and received his preliminary flight training at Pasco, Wash.
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Will Review Bundist Case
Washington, (INS)—The supreme court yesterday granted the petition of 24 former officials of the German-American bund for review of their convictions on charges of conspiring to counsel resistant to the draft.
Hoffman Is Pinned To President of TKE
Kappa Kappa Gamma has announced the pinning of Jean Hoffman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.N. Hoffman of Salina, to Ed Read, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Read of Leavenworth. The ceremony took place Friday night at the chapter house.
Miss Hoffman is a senior in the College, and a member of Psi Chi, honorary psychology fraternity, Read, a senior in the School of Engineering, is president of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity.
Mary Louise Laffer, who assisted at the pinning, and Mrs. Charles D. Howe, housemother, received gardenia corsages. Miss Hoffwore wore an orchid corsage. The traditional chocolates were passed.
Sara Jane Worsley, College junior, was a guest at the ceremony.
Former Student Is Pilot in England
First Lt. Edward J. Renth, Jr., a former student of the University and son of Col. E. J. Renth, in command of an infantry outfit at Camp Wolters, Texas, is now piloting a ninth air force bomber in the European theater of operations, according to the public relations office.
Lieutenant Renth was graduated in June, 1943, from West Point, and in December, was promoted to a first lieutenant.
After his graduation from West Point, Lieutenant Renth was stationed at Mather Field, Calif., until his present assignment to the ninth air force bomber station in England.
'Aussie' War Posters Displayed in Museum
Colorful Australian war posters sent to the University by Col. Karl Baldwin provide the interesting and educational exhibit being shown this week and next at Spooner-Thayer museum. Col. Baldwin, former head of the ROTC program at the University, is now a military attache to the U.S. Ambassador's headquarters in Australia.
The posters are similar to those printed in this country, except that the British liberty loans instead of war bond drives are stressed. Bright color photographs of British planes are also featured.
New Pharmacist Mate Reports to University
Frank F. Lawson, Jr., pharmacist mate first class, reported for duty at the University Naval Training School May 6. Seaman Lawson recently returned from action in the South Pacific and was sent here from the San Diego Naval Training Station. He has been awarded the presidential unit citation.
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