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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1941.
Here on the Hill---an Account of Mt. Oread Society
Bumper Spring Party Crop For Last April Weekend
This weekend—the last in April—brings another crop of spring parties to the campus when members of four organized houses press out the old formal, dust off the old bandstand and prepare to swing out.
Tomorrow night the Alpha Chi's will hold forth in the ballroom of the Memorial Union building to Clyde Bysom's music, while the Delta Upsion's will hold a dance at their chapter house with Clayton Harbor and his band furnishing the music.
Also tomorrow night, Westminster Forum members will have a dinner-dance above Weidmann's.
Saturday night, Harbur will play again—this time for the Delta Tau Delta party in the Memorial Union building ballroom, and Watkins Hall will have their spring formal at the hall to the music of Dick Tippin and his band.
ALPHA CHI OMEGA
... guests at dinner Tuesday were Chancellor and Mrs. Deane W. Mallett, Miss Mildred Burns, Miss Elizabeth Meguiar, dean of women, Mr. Henry Werner, adviser of men, Mrs. Werner, Dean Paul B. Lawson, Dean and Mrs. J. H. Nelson, and Dean and Mrs. D. M. Swarthout.
DELTA CHI
. . . announces the pledging of Bud Dunden, Lawrence, instead of Harold Bundy, Ottawa, as announced in Tuesday's Kansan.
WAGER HALL
. . guest yesterday was Mrs.
P. Sinclair of Gardner.
BATTENFELD
... luncheon guests Monday were Jim Burdge and Verlyn Norris.
... luncheon guest yesterday was Mary McDonald.
... luncheon guest yesterday was Fred Kloeper of Lancaster.
TEMPLIN
Fred Kloepper of Lancaster.
. . . guest Monday and Tuesday
was Mrs. J. P. Coleman, instead of
Mr. Coleman, as appeared in
yesterday's Kansan.
MILLER HALL
... luncheon guest yesterday was
Makoln Miller.
... dinner guests Tuesday evening
went are Bob McKay, Wendell
and Willis Tompkins.
TAU KAPPA EPSILON
BONDESON CLUB
... guests Tuesday night were Duke Wiltmore and Edward Harvey.
GAMMA PHI BETA
. . . guests at lunch yesterday were Virginia Stephens and Mrs. A. D. Markley, Minneapolis, Kan.
DELUXE CAFE
Our 22nd year in serving K.U. Students
711 Mass. St.
Mrs. E. Tiel Smith, national treasurer of Delta Gamma Sorority, who is in Lawrence this week-end for the formal installation of the Beta Kappa chapter of the sorority at the University.
JAY JANES
... will give a tea tomorrow afternoon from 3 to 5 p. m. in the Men's Lounge of the Memorial Union building. Those interested in becoming Jay Jane members are invited.
DELTA CHI . . .
... lunch guests yesterday were the members of Mary Lou Randall's dandelion team, who worked with Bob Holmer's team and came out winners in the weed-pulling contest.
Authorized Parties
CORBIN HALL . . .
... will hold open house from 7 to 8 tonight.
... guest Tuesday night of Phyllis Sams was Sergeant Delcamp of Fort Riley.
1347 KENTUCKY...
Westminster Foundation, Dinner-
Dance above Wiedemann's, 12 m.
Friday, April 25
Alpha Chi Omega, Dance at Ballroom, 12:00 p. m.
Christian Church Young People's
Group, Party at Church, 11:00 p. m.
Delta Upsilon, Dinner-dance at House, 12:00 p. m.
Rock Chalk and Jayhawk Cooperative Houses, Dance at Robinson Gym, 11:00 p. m.
Delta Tau Delta, Party at Ballroom of Union. 12 m.
Saturday. April 26
Watkins Hall, Spring Formal,
Watkins Hall, 12 m.
Elizabeth Meguiar, Adviser of Women, for the Joint Committee on Student Interests.
Pi Kappa Alpha, Steak Fry and Dance. 12:00 p. m.
Rock Chalk and Jayhawk Cooperative Houses, Banquet at Union Building, 9:00 p. m.
PI KAPPA ALPHA . . .
... luncheon guests after dandelion-digging yesterday were Mary Cole, Betty Willis, Mary Gibbs, Lois Bockoven, Elizabeth Marshall, Louise Brockelman, Saralena Sherman, Margaret Meek, Marjorie Mock, and Cree Hartley.
Sour Owl Applications Due Tuesday Noon
Applications for the positions of business manager and editor of the next year's Sour Owl should be turned in to Stan Stauffer before Tuesday noon.
The applicants will be asked to appear before a meeting of Sigma Delta Chi, sponsors of the magazine, at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
Soiled Clothing is A Moth's Idea of a Perfect Home
The ceremonies will be conducted by members of the National Council, who include Mrs. Joseph Walter Bingham, president, Palo Alto; Miss Roberta Abernathy, first vice-president, Columbus, Ohio; Mrs. Robert Teall, second vice-president, Buffalo; Mrs. E. Teil Smith, treasurer, Philadelphia; and Mrs. Russell Wildasin, secretary, Dayton. Mrs. Alta Gwinn Saunders, editor of the Anchora, Delta Gamma national magazine, will also attend.
With the Delta Gamma installation ceremony coming up this week end, guests and alumnae of sister chapters from all over the United States are pouring into Lawrence to take part in the celebration.
Be sure and have your clothing cleaned before putting away for the summer. Cleaning kills all insect life and eggs.
Sorority Guests Arrive To Install New Chapter
We will deliver in a moth proof bag if requested.
Ceremonies will include initiation at the home of Chancellor Deane W. Malott and a formal banquet on Saturday, and a tea Sunday afternoon, when the National Council will formally present the chapter to the University.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa.-College freshmen know less and less about the King's English with each successive year, according to a diagnosis made by Theodore J. Gates, head of the department of English composition at Pennsylvania State College.
Patronesses who will be installed as members of the new chapter are Mrs. Cortlett J.Cotton, Mrs.Raymond Nichols,Mrs.J.J. Jakosky and Dr.Beulah Morrison, all of Lawrence.
The tests cover spelling, vocabulary, punctuation, grammatical usage and diction. Gates said only about 25 per cent of the first-year students get 60 per cent of the answers right, while 16 per cent are
Prof. Gates reported his observations before delegates to the College Conference on English at Atlantic City, N. J., and based them on a study of results obtained from diagnostic tests given each entering freshman at Penn State.
Pledges: Letha Eppery, Lawrence; Betty Gunnels, Colby; Betty McLeod, Valley Falls; Molly Mullen Marion, and Ruth Rogers, Lawrence.
Initiates: Betty Jeanne Bourassa, Topeka; Beverly Brown, Parsons; Wendolyn Couch, Anthony; Audene Fausett, Osawatomie; Louise Green, Independence, Mo.; June Hammett, Topeka; Charline Johnson, Kansas City, Kan.; Doris King, and Betty King, Nevada, Mo.; Mary McLeod, Valley Falls; Comora MacGregor, Medicine Lodge; Helen Louise St. Clair, Lawrence; Peggy Schell, Kansas City, Kan.; Ruth Schaeffer, McLouth; Jun Se steeper, McLouth; Anita Smith, Rossville; Ernestine Stever, Eureka and Marv-Belle Wallace, Tecumseh.
College Freshmen Know Less English With Every Year
denied admission to college English and are required to take a subfreshman course.
"The scores are considerably lower than they were four years ago," he said.
Much of the difficulty, he declared, results from increased high school and college enrollment, with its lack of attention to individual instruction.
To help correct the situation, Gates suggested that high school teachers concentrate on developing ability of their pupils to read well and write clearly, that college teachers pay more attention to individual instruction and that requirements for certifying English teachers be tightened.
W.A.A. Election
Election of officers for the coming year were held today during the regular meting of the Women's Athletic association at Robinson gymnasium.