TUESDAY, SEPT. 30, 1941.
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Mrs. Malott Works Phi Gams Fiji Joke Backfires
Fred Lawson, a member of the Men's Student Council and also an active member of Phi Gamma Delta, and Duane Smith, business manager of the Jayhawk and a Phi Gam pledge, were dinner guests of the Chancellor and Mrs. Malott one evening this past week. During the course of the evening's conversation, Mrs. Malott remarked in a joking manner that the Phi Gam's had so many pledges that she saw no reason why some of them couldn't come over on Saturdays and do her housework.
Phi Gams Are Prompt
At precisely 8 o'clock Saturday morning the Chancellor was aroused from a deep sleep by the insistent ringing of his front door bell. Making his way to the door he was confronted by five freshmen be decked in working clothes and their freshman caps who said they were reporting for housework. The Chancellor after a good laugh thought he should send the boys back to the Phi Gam house and let the matter go at that but Mrs. Malott had different ideas. She decided to make the most of the opportunity and at the same time "get even" with O. D. Butcher, the Phi Gam's freshman trainer who had sent the boys. She dispatched the boys to the tool house for rakes, lawnmowers, clippers, buckets, wheelbarrows, and set them to work at once on the garden and lawn.
The Chancellor's home hummed with activity. The boys mowed the lawn, sickled the curbing, planted trees, hauled away dirt, and carefully clipped the grass from around the sidewalks and driveway. Mrs. Malott in her charming way was "having the time of her life" working these freshmen and not a single complaint was heard from the freshmen during their morning of laborious tasks. They probably knew better than to complain.
Freshman Really Work
After completing their assigned jobs the boys asked Mrs. Malott if there was anything else that they could do for her. She replied that
400 Greet Gridmen
A crowd of more than 400 cheering students gathered at the Santa Fe station Sunday evening in a drizzling rain to welcome the 6:04 p.m. train, on which 35 defeated but undiscouraged Jayhawkers were returning home from Philadelphia.
The cheerleaders kept the crowd loud and enthusiastic with yells and songs until the train pulled in. Wally Kunkel led a portion of the University band in school pep songs. Coach Gwinn Henry spoke briefly to the assembled students, thanking them for their loyalty and school spirit. An even larger crowd greeted the defeated team than saw them off on their battle against Temple.
if the Phi Gam's presisted in burning that "old black smoky coal" again this year, the boys could come over next spring and scrub the coal smoke from the Chancellor's immaculately white residence.
I.S.A. Members Dance In Ballroom Tonight
Chambers to Play At Scotch Varsity
The freshmen who took part in these working activities were: Robert Morton (Wichita), Sam Alexander (Topeka), Kenny Johnson (Topeka), Bob Frizzel (Larned), and Bill Blunt (Jetmore).
The second Scotch Varsity of the year will take place at 7 o'clock tomorrow night in the Memorial Union ballroom, with Russ Chamber's band providing the music. Sidney Dawson, vocalist, will be featured.
Dates will be admitted free, but the usual 10-cent charge and 200 limit will be imposed on stages.
The Independent Student Association will have an hour dance tonight in the Kansas room of the Memorial Union building, Fred Robertson, president, announced today.
Fraternities at the University of Texas pledged 408 students this fall. Delta Tau Delta pledged the greatest number, 36.
The dance, lasting from 7 to 8 o'clock, will be open to I.S.A. members on the presentation of their activity books and membership tickets. Membership tickets will be on sale at the door.
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ENDS TONITE
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Ralph Bellamy
"ELLERY QUEEN AND
THE PERFECT CRIME"
and
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"PARSON OF PANAMINT"