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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 24, 1941
Scotch Varsity Makes Debut
Freshmen and upperclassmen will lay aside all studious implements under cover of the music of Clayton Harbur's band at the initial all-University "Scotch varsity" tonight at the traditional 7 to 8 midweek hour.
Although the majority of upperclassmen have forsaken the midweek as a means of "getting away from it all," freshmen will always revel in this golden opportunity to escape the eagle eyes of their elders.
It will also present the first chance for former students to look over the new crop of the year.
DELTA GAMMAS ... . will have as their guests at an hour dance Thursday the pledges of Phi Kappa Psi.
PHI GAMMA DELTA . . .
... will go to Kappa Alpha Theta
house Thursday evening for an hour
dance there.
... has as a guest for several days Mrs. Miles Ramage, daughter-in-law of the housemother. Her husband is with the U.S. defense troops in Ice-land.
WATKINS HALL
. will hold its first hour dance of of the year tomorrow evening from 7 to 8.
ALPHA TAU OMEGA . . .
... weekend guests were John Neal, Kansas State, and Stan Porter, Kansas City, Mo.
...Sunday dinner guests were Jocelyn Ehrke, Bobbe Peck, Jeanne Moyer, and Josephine Johnson.
Tuesday evening dinner guests were Patricia Lovell, Kansas City, Mo; Earl Wallis; Frank Goodnow, P. J. Adams, Carl Duffie, Dr. C. L. Gillis, all of Kansas City, Mo.
. . . . was entertained at an hour dance Tuesday evening by the Alpha Chi's.
SIGMA KAPPA...
. . . entertained the Acacia pledge class at an hour dance last night.
. . . dinner guests Monday night were Mr. and Mrs. Harry Meyer, Lenexa.
HOUSE GUEST...
... of Mr. and Mrs. K. W. Davidson this week is Susan Tricker of St. Paul, Minn. Miss Tricker was a dinner guest last night of Margaret Butler at the Kappa house.
PHI MU ALPHA ..
. . . announces formal pledging of Donald Holman, Kenneth Nelson, William Sears, and Claude Hall.
. . . Dean D. M. Swarthout was a dinner guest recently.
The condition of Bob O'Neil, college senior who was injured in football practice preliminary to the game between the Varsity, and graduate students and freshmen last Friday night at Haskell stadium, was said to be improved today by Dr. Ralph I. Canuteson, chief of Watkins Memorial Hospital.
MILLER HALL...
. . . elected the following officers for the coming year: Mary Gans, president; Colleen Poorman, vice-president; Helen Betty Hoaston, secretary; Elaine Handy, treasurer; Shirley Kelley, historian; and Mary Dell Burnside, intramural manager.
The social committee is headed by Barbara Reber, and the membership includes Ruth Moritz, Persis Snook, and Beth Maxwell. The flower committee is composed of Mary Margaret Anderson and Evelyn Cauldle.
Fall Opening Of 1942 Models
Well, to all intents and purposes, it would seem that fall is here. Don't ask me how it got here, because I'm still hunting for August. I geeze I missed it in the line. Anyway, comes fall, comes fashion, and that's what I'm here for. Listen carefully, because the queerest things have been cooking. For instance. . . . braids! Now personally, I think braids are a lovely invention. . . . for rainy weather, when my hair is drolling on my deck, straighter than any curled string you've ever seen, but for ordinary, common, every day weather. . . NO. Of course, when I'm doing the light fantastic over the campus, I like to see what is going on . . . and I'd be scared silly that one of those hand made things would swing over my shoulder and sock me in the face. I can't afford to be knocked out this trip.
Then there is the question of pearls.
There are pearls and pearls. . . . and then there are the ones that trickle over your toes when walking. Step lightly, or you'll choke yourself.
Next comes hats. Well, I'm the barefoot type myself, and I don't like to be cooped up. Can't stand things hanging over my head—which reminds me of some hats I saw in the show last night. Honestly, they were the closest things to stovepipes I've ever seen. I'm no connoisseur, but let me tell you . . . this one little deal that particularly hit me in the eye was something or other concocted from felt. You just looked, and it was sort of there. . . as far up as you could see, and as far to the side as you could see. The brim drooped down, and the modeler had to peek out from under it to contact the outside world.
There's a question of socks. . . mismated ones. I'm sorry to say that I have no kick in that direction, because every time I send my socks to the laundry, I get back three different pairs, and a red and yellow one thrown in.
Sweaters seem to be stretching this year, in every sense of the word. If you are the domestic type, and can wield a wicked pair of needles, then just settle yourself for a quiet hour and knit away . . . the sweater's the limit. If you drop a stitch, wear a shirt under it. . . label it the latest thing, and who is to know? The station wagon deals are lovely. Someone got overconfident in a wild moment. If you're lucky, they almost show the last six inches of your skirt. Ah yes, this college life, and do I love it.
Two professors of the University of California at Los Angeles failed to arrive in time to begin their class work last week. They were on a trip to the Orient and were detained in Japanese waters until the dispute between the United States and Japan is settled and passage can be arranged for them.
YMCA, YWCA Will Study Cooperatives
Cooperative-minded members of the Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A. will assemble at 4:30 tomorrow afternoon in Henley house for the year's first "co-op" study group meeting.
The commission on cooperatives is conducted here in connection with the Rocky Mountain regional commission on economics, which was assigned to the University of Kansas, Washburn university, Emporia State Teachers college, Pittsburg State Teachers college, Baker university, and Ottawa university. Each school will study a different phase of economics in its "Y" program this year.
Ted Young and Colleen Poorman are this University's co-chairmen of the cooperative commission. Beginning with tomorrow's meeting, the group will convene at 4:30 every Thursday afternoon until November 1, when the meeting dates will be changed to alternate Thursdays
Speakers at the meeting tomorrow will be Hilden Gibson, assistant professor of political science, and Theodore Paullin, instructor of history. Speakers on special topics will be a regular feature of the meeting.
A field trip to the Consumers Cooperative Association plant in North Kansas City, Mo., is being planned for the group later in the semester
The meetings are open to anyone interested in the cooperative movement.
Armed Vessels In War Zone, It is Learned
Washington, Sept. 24 — (UP) — Armed, American-owned merchant vessels already are in the British life line and approximately 125 of them can be equipped with guns without changing the neutrality act, it was learned today, as President Roosevelt contemplated asking Congress to repeal that legislation.
The administration's tentative plans to arm the entire American merchant marine—United States flag ships as well as those registered in Panama—combine with War Department intentions to make anti-aircraft weapons the most critical item on the national defense list. The ideal gun for the purpose is the fast-firing five-inch dual purpose gun for
These 125 ships sail under the Panamanian flag but are owned by Americans-45 of them by the United States government. Not all of them, however, are presently plying to British ports.
DELTA GAMMA . . .
... pledges elected the following officers for the coming year: Jane Beal, president; Jean Rickenbacher, vice-president; Dorothy Jameyson, secretary-treasurer.
To some peoples "Bundles for Britain" means only the insignia on a compact or a Junior Leaguer collecting worn out shoes, but to those who know it means far more.
Bundles for Britain Organizer Speaks
To them it means an organization which has delivered to England over fifty thousand sweaters, thirty thousand scarfes, eighteen thousand pairs of socks, four hundred thousand second-hand garments, twenty ambulances, fifty-seven mobile canteens, and other civilian supplies. More than six hundred thousand dollars worth of goods h been sent to England, she
The organization is made up of thousands of women who want to help the needy in Great Britain. It was started twenty months ago by a small, attractive, energetic woman of thirty years—Mrs. Wales Latham.
Mrs. Latham spoke recently to the Lawrence and University chapter of Bundles for Britain.
DE LUXE CAFE
after leaving school. Many students overlook the fact that they should try to prepare themselves for the profession of homemaking as well as any other profession.
Courses for Non-Majors
Miss Hill pointed out that the department's desire would be to maintain the major courses for dieticians and teachers, as well as to develop survey courses for non-majors. She believes that the home economics departments in an arts and science college should serve all women students in the university.
Since some men as well as women are to be homemakers, some phases of home economics should be adapted to meet Masculine needs.
As yet many men have not enrolled in home economics classes, but the possibility of serving this group represents an interesting challenge.
use against surface and air raiders. Armed merchantmen in the World War had only three inch rifles.
Secretary of Navy Frank Knox, who urged repeal of the neutrality act yesterday at the launching of the 35,000-ton battleship Massachusetts, has intimated a gun shortage. Mr. Roosevelt believes, however, that there are guns enough to go around. He told his press conference yesterday that we were headed toward the arming of our merchant marine but said decision whether to ask for repeal or amendment of the neutrality act toward that purpose would not be reached until next week.
Miss Hill has recognized a need for survey type courses for students not majoring in home economics. Statistics show 85 to 95 per cent of women in a university will marry within five years
A genial New Englander whose main interest is her work with girls in planning and preparing for their futures, is Miss Edna A. Hill, the new head of the home economics department. Miss Hill has been teaching at the University of Iowa since 1925. Her parental home is in New Hampshire.
Our 23rd Year in Serving K. U. Students
New Home Ec Head Sees HomemakerTrainingNeed
Mrs. Latham told the group that she had felt a deep concern for the victims of the raid on Coventry, and started a small shop for knitters on Fifth Avenue, which has grown to include 900 branches. The purpose of the organizations, she stated, is "to provide comforts and necessities for Great Britain."
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The War Department already has informally advised House Appropriations Committee members that it wants a hurry-up appropriation of $1,000,000,000 (B) to accumulate additional equipment sufficient for an army of 3,000,000 men. It sought $1,-347,053,550 for that purpose in the last supply bill but the Senate threw it out. The House reinstated $750-.
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