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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1941
The Kansan Comments -the WPA. When asked how long it had been there, he replied to the floor, "several days."
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In a little home town in Missouri, just the same kind of town as any little home town in Kansas, there is a family living in dire poverty who never heard of the University of Kansas.
But this particular family, poor, illiterate, unintelligent, has something that many of us in the University need—that men and women in business, and in politics need. This family has something that is fast becoming old-fashioned, unwise-under-the-circumstances, unnecessary, bourgeois, naive. Something that governments are now run without, and that world relations have forgotten entirely. Something that the peoples of the world have cast aside as an impediment in the mad rush to "get theirs" before the spoils are all gone.
Phae and Emyt Hayes
This family has the twin virtues of honesty and self-reliance.
Yes, they are that uneducated, sometimes even comically so. Last summer Emyt took care of a neighbor woman's garden on shares. Whenever the owner of the garden would tell Emyt that the corn looked good or the tomatoes were doing fine, Emyt always replied, "Glad to hear it. Glad to hear the good news."
There are three members of the family: the widowed mother, a son 32, and a daughter 29. The family name is Hayes. The daughter spells her name Phae, pronounced Fay; the son spells his name Emyt, for Emmett.
Sometimes Emyt talks in syllables that just don't make sense. It sounds like he's putting out the old double talk. But when you look at his face, lantern jaw hanging loosely from somewhere around his ears, his hair cut off short where the rim of the bowl came, you know that he isn't trying to confuse you; he just likes big words and doesn't know how to use them. He once replied that "at my destination I possess a sister that can get them told."
Emyt and Phae worked hard on the whole garden but they would not take a thing except from their half. If beans were rotting in the other half they would not carry them home for their own use; wouldn't even take them when they were offered, until Emyt had swept off the front porch or done something else to earn the beans.
Emyt raised good potatoes. He had no place to store them, but he wouldn't put them in the basement proffered by the garden owner until she had promised to use what she needed all winter from Emyt's supply.
The Hayes house is bare of rugs, they have papers spread on the floor, and spotless it is, too. The rooms are practically bare of furniture. This winter the house is often bare of food. Emyt would like to get on the PWA, but he will not ask to be let on.
When he was putting the potatoes in the basement he wondered if they should go in the section partitioned off for a fruit cellar. He asked, "Should I put the potatoes in the canned goods department?" When he comes over to get some potatoes, he always knocks on the back door, explains, "I'm just in pursuit of some potatoes."
One day Emyt's garden partner found a note on the back doorstep asking how he could get on
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At Christmas time the Hayes received a big basket of groceries. The food was good but it worried them. They couldn't find out who had sent it to them. Then, through another neighbor, they found that the woman with are garden had sent it to them.
The owner of garden, her sister-in-law, and her unmarried daughter live together in a big house, but they never have to worry about chores, any more. If a little snow falls, Emyt comes right over and sweeps the walk. Every few days he carries out the ashes, splits wood, cleans up the basement.
When he comes over to work, Emyt always stands for awhile with his cap in his hand, looking at the floor, but he never has got up nerve enough to say anything about that basket. When asked what he wants he just mumbles, "I just came in pursuit of same potatoes," and he shuffles off to the basement.
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Notices due at Cancellor's office at 3 p.m. on day before publication during the week, and at 11 a.m. on Saturday for Sunday issue.
Vol. 38 Tuesday, Jan. 14, 1941 No.70
JAY JANES: Jay Janes will meet at 4:30 in the Pine room of the Memorial Union building, Wednesday.—Ruth Spencer Ascraft, president.
COSMOPOLITAN CLUB: The Cosmopolitan Club will meet on Friday, Jan. 17, at 7:30 p.m. at Myers hall. Photographs of European cities will be projected. Dues will be collected from the old members and new members will be initiated.—Emile Weiss, secretary.
MEN'S STUDENT COUNCIL; There will be a meeting this evening at 8:00 in the Pine room.—Jim Burdge, secretary.
TAU SIGMA: There will be a Tau Sigma meeting tonight at 7:30.-Carolyn Greene, president.
THETA SIGMA PHI: Theta Sigma Phi will meet Thursday at 3:30 p.m. in the Sky Parlor of the Journalism building. Pledging services will be held at this meeting—Mary Frances McAnaw, secretary.
W. S.G.A. TEA: There will be a tea for all University women tomorrow from 3 to 5 in the lounge of Frank Strong Hall—Jean Klusman, social chairman,
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A. T.O.'s At Home--bedrooms, each containing a double decked bunk. Five apartments and a large bathroom, containing three showers and a number of lavatories, are on each floor.
New Fraternity House Greets 400 Visitors
The fourth floor is used for recreation purposes and for storage. In the basement are the dining room, chapter room, large kitchen, furnace room, and a lavatory for employees.
Members of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity were host to more than 400 visitors Saturday afternoon and evening when they were at home to faculty, student, and town friends, celebrating the opening of their new fraternity house at 1537 Tennessee street.
Guests were shown over the five floors of the house which is of fireproof construction. The main floor contains a reception room, living room, library and the house mother's suite.
On the second and third floors are the study rooms and bedrooms. For each four boys there is a study room with two large study tables, and two
The other night Chancellor and Mrs. Deane W. Malott and Prof. Olin Templin came to Templin Hall for dinner. After dessert had been served, the boys assigned to cooking took their meals into the pantry and locked the door—a safety measure against raiding dishwashers.
Texas had Houp; Iowa State had Uke Uknes . . . If Missouri doesn't have a whoop-worthy name among its cagers, grandstand noise Thursday night will be dull.
ROCK CHALK TALK
Soon a dishwasher called in falsetto, "Boys, this is Mother Nellis and I want you to open the door." The trick didn't work.
A dishwasher called that Chancellor Malott was in the kitchen and wanted to see the cooks. From inside the pantry, Shorty Harlan boomed, "Aw, go to hell."
Just at that moment the Chancellor and Prof. Templin entered the kitchen, intending to compliment the cooks on the dinner.
The dishwasher insisted. Don Caylor yelled from the inside, "The Chancellor can't be out there, 'cause we got him in here shooting craps."
But Malott took it good-naturedly, laughed long and loud. Finally he shed his coat and showed his skill at drying dishes, with 67 boys crowding around to see the show.
Then the panty door opened, and a cook stuck out his head. He chuckled—until he saw the Chancellor.
Nominated by Gamma Phi Beta for the laziest girl on campus is pledge Jane Harkrader, who gets up at 8 o'clock, moans all day about how wearisome is life, until at last the actives let her hit the hay.
But the girls had heard that a lady should always have the last say. Therefore, they invited themselves to the A.T.O. house for dinner Sunday noon.
When they had taken tea and were ready to leave, it was dinner time. So five A.T.O.'s tactfully escorted the girls home and stayed for dinner. These he-men for hand-outs were Fred Rhoades, Fred Coulson, Jack Mevers, Mike Gubar, and Gilman Harding.
Five Alpha Chi's came late to the A.T.O. open house Saturday afternoon. They were Marylouise Stout, Ruth Beeler, Betty Greene, Norma Brooks, and Bette Leimert.
All of which proves that food is a great inspiration.
K.U. and Missouri Fraternities Hold Joint Initiation
Kappa chapter of Alpha Chi Sigma, professional chemistry fraternity, held a joint initiation here last Saturday with Beta Delta Chapter, Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy. A post-initiation dinner at Evans' Hearth was held Sunday, followed by a meeting at which Dr. W. T. Schrenk, district counselor, from Rolla, Mo., spoke.
The initiates from Kappa chapter
were Henry Hoffman, college senior; John Hardeman, college sophomore; Richard Goertz, graduate; Lloyd S v ob d a, sophomore engineer; George Wagner, college senior; and Fred Torrance, graduate.
Delegates from seven chapters were present. Those represented were: University of Missouri, St. Louis professional chapter, Kansas City professional chapter, Pennsylvania State College, University of Tennessee, Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy, and University of Kansas.