Here on the Hill----
an Account of Mt. Oread Society
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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRI., FEB. 14, 1941
Life History of a Romeo
At the age of four, he broke his first heart. Now he's at the University, and has enough notches in his K-book to make Clark Gable blush. On Valentine's day he's every girl's hero—the Romeo supreme.
Four Parties Take Saturday Spotlight
Tonight, besides giving away their hearts or big red facsimiles thereof, students will be busy getting ready for tomorrow night, when the throwers of big parties will include Sigma Nu, Delta Tau Delta, Kappa Sigma, and Nu Sigma Nu.
Only big party tonight will be a Delt shindig at the Kansas City Club with Clayton Harbur's band, given by the Kansas City alumni chapter as a part of the:
ALPHA OMICON PI . . .
GAMMA PHI BETA . . .
. . . announces the pledging of Georgia Evans, Kansas City, Kan.
CORBIN HALL . . .
... dinner guests last night were
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hagstrom, Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Bryant, Kansas City
Mo.
Chaperons were Mrs. R. D. Montgomery, Mrs. Charles F. Brook, and Miss Carlotta Nellis.
... girls turned stag last night at Valentine dessert dance they gave for men from Templin, Carruth, and Battenfeld halls. Since there were 80 boys and more than one hundred girls, the women did the cutting.
DINNER PARTY . . .
... was given Wednesday evening by Rosemary Kendall at her home 1346 New Hampshire. The following students were invited: Ruth Rogers, Georgia Jones, H. D. Pisk, Bob Price, and John Pettis.
CARRUTH HALL . . .
. . . guest this weekend is Paul Engstrand, who is debate coach at Cullison High School.
. . . honorary medical fraternity, announces the pledging of Bill Gyarfas.
PHI CHI . . .
dinner guest yesterday was Virgil Gray.
ANNOUNCEMENT . . .
has been made of the approaching marriage of Alta May
Adams to Bill Miller. Both are fine arts juniors. The wedding will take place Monday afternoon in Topeka. They will make their home at 746 Mississippi and continue as students in the University.
TAU KAPPA EPSILON . . .
. . . dinner guests last evening were Howard Engleman, Hugh McCall, and Tom Manning.
PHI DELTA THETA . . .
. . . guests at dinner last night were Lieutenant and Mrs. Elverson Baker, Norman Regh, Glenn Cogswell, Kenny Hamilton, Dennis Payne, George Kyder, Clark Meyer, and Sturge O'Dell.
. . . guest this weekend is Virginia Shirck, Eudora.
CAMPUS HOUSE . . .
. . . weekend guest is Marjorie Burden, Hutchinson.
. . . announces the pledging of Dwayne Adams.
KAPPA ALPHA THETA ...
... luncheon guest yesterday was Margaret Butler
Authorized Parties
ACACIA...
ALPHA TAU OMEGA . . .
PHI CHI THETA . . .
Friday. Feb. 14
. . dinner guest last evening was Ted Chapin, Medicine Lodge. Ted is a past president of this chapter,
. . dinner guests Wednesday were Allison Hornbaker and Henry Holland.
... business sorority, is planning a dinner for School of Business faculty members on Feb. 27.
Lutheran Student Association. Skating Party at Rollerdrome, 12 m.
Student Christian Council of the Christian Church, Party at the Church, 11 p.m.
... recently elected Betty Hohl vice president.
Alpha Phi Alpha, Valentine Party,
Chapter House, 12 m.
Saturday. Feb. 15
Delta Tau Delta, Party at Union Ballroom. 12 m.
Jayhawk Co-op, Dance at Kansas Room. 12 m.
Kappa Sigma. Black and White Dinner-Dance at Chapter House, 12 p.m.
Sigma Nu fraternity, Party at Hotel Eldridge. 12 m.
Elizabeth Meguiar, Advisor of Women, for the Joint Committee on Student Affairs.
KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA...
. . dinner guests tonight will be Prof. and Mrs. Waldemar Gelitch and Dr. W. Henry Merritt.
. . . luncheon guests yesterday were Zibby Peairs, Jeanne Moyer,
and Marjorie Siegrist.
... of Evelyn Oswalt, Bucklin,
to Roger Goff, also of Bucklin,
is announced by her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. S. C. Oswalt. She is a junior
in the College. Goff, who is a student
at Kansas State College, is the
son ofMr. and Mrs. R.I. Goff.
ENGAGEMENT...
honorary journalism fraternity for women, held a meeting last night at which Mary Jane Sigler and Maurine Mong, both alumnae of this chapter and now working on the society page of the Kansas City Kansan, told about their experiences in newspaper work.
THETA SIGMA PHI . . .
Saint Valentine, Ladies' Man For Centuries
. . of Theta Sigma Phi, an annual dinner to which faculty and townspeople are invited, will be held Feb. 24 at the Colonial Tea Room with Kirke Mechem, secretary of the Kansas Historical Society, will speak.
MATRIX TABLE . . .
Saint Valentine was a killer diller.
He was so good, in fact, that for centuries before his birth, on about-Rome were giving gifts to their ladies fair on Valentine's day.
Today, Valentine's day No. 1631, men shelled out their coin for pounds of candy and barrels of flowers. Grade school children stuck together pasty red hearts to take home to mother. Everyone sent a valentine to:
Everyone sent a valentine to somebody.
But the celebration of Valentine's day has not always been so.
Valentine-sending can be traced to a practice of the ancient Romans, who were no cheapskates when it came to romance. On Feb. 15, at a feast in honor of the god Pan, the names of all Roman glamor girls were put in a box for the young men to draw. Then each had to buy a gift for the lady of his lot and make her his partner at the feast.
This is held to be the first Valentine celebration since the date so nearly coincides with the present Valentine's day.
St. Valentine was an amiable old fellow, the kind women like to pinch cheeks with. But he got tired of the ladies and turned his charm on the pagan Romans, converting many of them to Christianity. He was so successful that the Emperor, thinking Valentine was beating his time, had him executed on Feb. 14, 270 A.D., 1631 years ago today.
When, some time later, an effort was made to give a Christian slant to all pagan festivals, Valentine's day was substituted for the feast of the god Pan.
Earnest E. Boyce, professor of civil engineering, left yesterday for Washington, D.C., where he will represent the Kansas State Board of Health at the twelfth annual conference on industrial hygiene, held under the auspices of the United States Public Health Service. He will return about the twenty-second of this month.
Students Discuss Democracies Union After Air Program
FRIDA
Hubert G. Walker, who since his graduation last June has been employed by the British-American Oil company, has recently accepted a position with the Phillips Petroleum company at South Burbank, Oklahoma.
DE LUXE CAFE
"Should English-speaking democracies unite now," was the topic discussed by students attending the weekly Town Hall Meeting of the Air at the Memorial Union building last night.
Keith Spalding, college junior, chairman of the Student Public Relations committee of the Memorial Union building was in charge of the meeting. Next week, the subject will be "Are We a United People," discussed by Erskine Caldwell, author of "Tobacco Road."
Our 22nd year in serving
After listening to Dorothy Thompson and Senator John Danaher speak on the subject on the weekly radio program, students had a lively debate. "All but one of the students seemed in favor of such a union," said Carter Butler, chairman of the Student Union Activities committee.
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