FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1944
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Three Dances, ASTP Buffet To Highlight Social Activities
Three dances have been authorized this weekend by Miss Elizabeth Meguular, advisor of women. Battenfeld Hall will start out the social activities tonight with a spring dance at the Hall, from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m.
Gamma Phi Beta will have a spring formal tomorrow night in the Kansas Room of the Union Memorial building. Kay Stark and his orchestra from Kansas City will provide the music, from 9 to 12 p.m.
The informal "Spring Fling" fourth varsity dance of the year, is also authorized for tomorrow night from 9 to 12 p.m., in Hoch auditorium. Recorded music will be furnished over the public address system.
A buffet supper will be given for all of the AST trainees at the University at 5:30 Sunday night, in Lindley Hall. They may bring dates if they wish, said Lt. Gordon Cole.
Delta Upsilon announces the pledging of Kerny Higdon of Kansas City, Mo.
Kappa Kappa Gamma—Capt. and Mrs. William Bevin visited yesterday. Mrs. Bevin is the former Shirley Tholen, who was a member of the chapter. Capt. Bevin has just returned to the States after 15 months overseas duty. He is a member of Phi Gamma Delta.
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Squires of Long Island, N. Y., were dinner guests last night.
Phi Kappa Psi has announced the initiation of Jack Ramsey of Kansas City, and Rudy Carl of Lawrence.
Phi Beta Pi—Lt. Comdr. and Mrs.
M. E. Gross were dinner guests yesterday.
Harmon Co-op-Julia Ann Casad was a dinner guest last night.
Delta Gamma actives entertained pledges at a party last night.
Gamma Phi Beta—Mrs. A. C. Felt of Wellington is a guest.
Lt. (j.g.) Paul Ahlstedt of Kansas City was a guest last night.
Tau Kappa Epsilon — Ens. Davis Bender, former chapter member now stationed in Seattle, Wash., is visiting the chapter.
Alpha Omicron Pi dinner guests last night were Prof. and Mrs. T. D. Jones, Prof. and Mrs. Marshall W. Mayberry and their two children, Carol and Larry.
Sigma Nu—Lt. Richard Dolecek,
a member of the chapter last year,
was a visitor yesterday. Lt. Dolecek
is now stationed with the army air
 corps at Topeka.
Pi Beta Phi—Mrs. Frank T. Priest of Wichita is visiting the chapter.
Pvt. Howard Bucklin was a dinner guest last night.
- Sigma Alpha Epsilon—Richard Rosberg, a former chapter member from Salina, is visiting the chapter. He is stationed with the Navy at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station.
Sigma Kappa—Mrs. G. E. Todd
of Kansas City, Mo., was a visitor yesterday.
Mary Pace, a former chapter member from Parsons, is visiting the chapter this week. Miss Pace has enlisted in the Spars and is awaiting orders.
Authorized Parties Friday, April 14:
Battenfeld Hall house party, Battenfeld Hall, 8:30 to 11:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 15:
Varsity Dance, Hoch Auditorium 9 to 12 p.m.
Gamma Phi Beta, dance, Kansan Room, 9 to 12 p.m.
Buses Had Majority Of Passengers in '43
ELIZABETH MEGUIAR Adviser of Women
More than half of all people using any form of public transportation between cities last year rode on the country's 23,474 highway buses, the National Association of Motor Bus Operators has announced.
Passenger traffic on intercity buses reached a record-breaking 963 million in 1943, according to the association's findings. This total is $2_{1/2}$ times the riders of any peacetime year.
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AAUW Will Sponsor Second Community Fun Fest, April 26
The second annual Community Fun Fest, with dancing and games will be Wednesday evening, April 26, at the Community building, sponsored by the Lawrence branch of the American Association of University Women.
Miss Joie Staplton, general chairman, has announced that an hour of square dancing which will precede the regular dancing and will be called and taught by Miss Ruth Hoover, chairman of the women's physical education department. A floor show at intermission is being arranged by Mrs. Deal Six. Downstairs in the game room patrons will find bridge and bingo, refreshment concessions, shuffleboard, darts, and other games.
Prof. E. C. Buchler, speech department, will address members of the Optimists club in Kansas City, Mo., today. He will talk on "The Human Voice in Relation to Personality."
Tickets will be on sale in downtown business houses, at the Sunflower plant, on the campus, and at the door for late buyers.
Euehler Speaks to Optimists Club
Kansas Raises Much Corn
In 1942 Kansas farms produced a corn crop of more than 90,000,000 bushels, valued at nearly $74 million.
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Whatever It Takes for Your Spring Blow Out.
Whether It Be Navy, Army or Civilian Style and Quality Is Tops If It Has This Label---
WIEDEMANN'S
Follow the K.U. Crowd to---
This Week-end
"We still retain that collegiate atmosphere"
Dancing ... Luncheon ... Sodas
Students and servicemen have been invited to an informal reception at 8 o'clock tonight for Dr. Ernest L. Snodgrass, new minister of the First Baptist church, and Mrs. Snodgrass. The Rev. Charles W. Thomas, student minister, has extended the invitations for the reception, which will be held in the parlors of the Baptist church.
No admission charge for dancing on Friday
Prof. Gibson to Talk At Topeka Meeting
Hilden Gibson, professor of political science and sociology, will speak at a joint meeting of the Kansas History Teacher's Association and the Kansas Council for Social Studies in Topeka tomorrow. His subject will be "The Social Studies and the Postwar World."
Smithheisler-Gerhold Marriage Announced
The meetings will be held in the morning at the Kansas Historical Society building, and in the afternoon at the Tower room of Topeka High School.
Luncheon will be served at noon in the Manor Tea Room. The Topeka Social Study teachers will be hostesses at a social hour after the meetings which will include talks by several teachers from different schools in the state.
The marriage of Mercedes Smith-heisler, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. James R. Smithheisler of Richmond, and Lt. Norman R. Gerhold, USNR, took place Tuesday, April 11, at the Sacred Heart rectory in Emporia.
The bride attended Wichita University and was graduated from Kansas State Teachers College at Emporia. She is a member of Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority.
Lt. Gerholm was graduated from Ottawa University and was working on his master's degree at the University when called into the service. He was a member of Phi Sigma, national honorary biological fraternity while attending the University.
Press Club Will Plan Program Monday
Plans for the activities of the Press Club for the rest of the college year, will be discussed at a meeting of the organization at 4:30 Monday afternoon in room 102 of the Journalism building, Ruth Tippin, president, has announced.
Miss Tippin urged all journalism students, automatically members of the club, to be present.
Spring is Spring The grass has ris'---- I wonder where my girllie is
AT THE Spring Fling??
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