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SOCIETY
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25. 1940.
To Put The Grip On 92 Today
Chi Omega Founded Here In 1902
By Helen Beth Faubian, c'43
Lambda chapter of Chi Omega the fourth sorority on the Hill, was organized in the home of Mr. and Mrs. George O. Foster in 1902. The ten charter members were installed by Anna Shannon from the mother chapter at Fayetteville, Ark.
Snonsors Achievement Award
The first meetings of this group were held in the attic of the George Foster home. In 1903 they established the first organized house with a housemother on the campus. Chi Omega was the first sorority to undertake the building and financing of its own home, which was completed in 1911. The house in which they are now living was erected in 1925 at a cost of $70,000.
While looking through a yearbook of the University of Wisconsin these ten student friends had read the record of Chi Omega. An inquiry was sent to the National Headquarters and later a representative was sent to visit them from the original chapter.
Chi Omega sponsors the National Achievement Award, which is a bronze medal given to the most outstanding woman in the United States each year. During the national convention the award is presented by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, and every other year the award is presented at the White House. The chapter on this campus offers the Chi Omega Award of $25 each spring to the most outstanding woman at the University in one of the fields of psychology, sociology, or economics. Traditional Banquets
The Chi Omega pin is an X composed of fourteen pearls upon a horseshoe. There are five Greek letters, an owl, and a skull and crossbones on the horseshoe. The colors, cardinal and straw, have long stood for civic and social service and collective attainment of the sorority.
Six Graduates of University Pass State Pharmacy Tests
Every October and April Lambda's forty-nine members celebrate the traditional national Eleusinian banquet based on the sorority founding and the Eleusinian myth of Persephone.
Six graduates of the University of Kansas successfully passed examinations given by the Kansas State Board of Pharmacy and have been licensed by the state, it was announced yesterday by Otto H. Kuether, Herington, secretary of the board.
Following are the University graduates who passed the examination: Harold A. Bauman, Harper; Lowell Davis, Blue Rapids; Lloyd A. Organ, Kansas City; Bessie Copper Leigh, Kansas City; John E. Greene, Jr., Sabetha; and Marjorie Hawley, Herington.
Ballerina--fresh, springtime "air"?
Janct Reed, who will dance the part of Swanhilda in "Copelia" tomorrow night in Hoch auditorium.
Lifesavers Hold First Meeting
Pretty cold for swimming and it looks like a late spring, but Herbert G. Alliphn, chairman of the county Red Cross lifesaving unit, held the first meeting of the pre-training school in life-saving and water safety at 4:30 p.m. Thursday in Robinson gym. Fourteen students reported for the work.
Patriotic Colors to Be In Vogue This Spring
All members of the class must be at least 19 and must have had the new water safety senior certificate or qualify as old examiners.
The first swimming class will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the pool at the gym. New members who are eligible will be accepted until after the first class.
Professor Allphin said yesterday that the field representative for the Red Cross aquatic safety unit, William T. Raney, will arrive in Lawrence April 1. Mr. Raney will give all tests for certificates.
Xi chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon, national musical sorority announces the election of the following members: Dorothy Allen, fa'41; Ruth Gibson, fa'41; Margaret Harbaugh, fa'41; Donna Hughes, fa'41; Emily Preyer, fa'41; and Vita Riegel, ed'40.
By Mariorie Gaines. c'41
Attention all campus co-eds! Be a "Miss Yankee Doodle!" Be smart and look smart in patriotic colors this spring. Prove that true American spirit within, you in selecting your spring suit or special Easter outfit by wearing the original shades of red, white, and blue in Betsy Ross' first flag.
It's red to lift your spirit, and that flattering color, blue which are so much in vogue. And of course white gives you that feeling of being a bit frivolous and extravagant. What other three colors together can give you a gayer or sharper contrast? What other three colors can give you that
Suits, coats, hats, shoes, gloves, bags, jewelry, and even formalms, have gone patriotic in style this season.
For those dull classes this spring put a navy blue skirt, or maybe a royal or other variations of the color blue, with a fresh, crisp white blouse (frills and laces are good too) and always add a perky red bow in your hair with your red anklets and sport "flats". You'll feel like spring itself and be surprised how interesting a dull class can really be.
And of course what co-ed doesn't want to look super-smart for that dinner date during the week, or that all important weekend affair? Try a gray and blue silk pring with a touch of red in the belt, hat or the ever popular costume jewelry. Or maybe it's the date for the Saturday night show which is presenting your immediate difficulty. Why not "suit yourself in a suit"? Suits can't be left out of your wardrobe this spring and the navy blue, plain or pin-striped tailor appears to be the height of fashion. Swing skirts are the style for the pastel colored suits. Pick the one which suits your personality.
But above all, be patriotic in choosing your spring color scheme.
Funds to Provide Fine Arts Prizes
Interest amounting to $197 annually from the estate of the late Miss Annie M. P. Bundy of Topeka will be allotted to scholarships for students in the School of Fine Arts, it was announced yesterday by Karl Klooz, bursar.
Five thousand dollars of the $6,-106.35 portion of the estate left to the School of Fine Arts has been invested at 3 per cent interest and the remainder at 2.9 per cent.
The first interest payment will be received in June and will be available for use at the beginning of the fall term. The second half interest payment will come next January and will be ready to use during the spring semester.
D. M. Swarthout, dean of the School of Fine Arts, at present is working to complete plans of the administration of the scholarship.
Miss Bundy, who died in 1938, was graduated from the School of Fine Arts in 1895 and for years had taken an active interest in the school.
Five Sororities, Two Frats Will Initiate
By Virginia Gray, c'41 Kansan Society Editor
Greek neophytes became active members, nominally, in a round of initiations which took the place of social functions this week end. Seven organizations, five sororities and, two fraternities, gave their initiated freshmen the fraternity's grip and the active pin.
1. 2. 3.
★ Chi Omega
Betty Lou Allinph, c'43; Bettl
Blake, c'41; Mary Katherine Brown
c'43; Dorothy Jean Campbell, c'41;
Olivia Cole, ed'41; Georgia Ferrel,
c'43; Virginia Ford, ed'41; Jane Gei-
ger, c'43; Martha Jane Hayes, ed'41;
Anna Jane Hoffman, c'43; Martha
Jean Jessen, c'43; Dorothy Lemert,
c'43; Virginia Marshall, c'43; Jeane
Marrill, c'42; Wilma Miner, c'43;
Helen Moore, c'42; and Helen Naram-
more, fa'40.
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★ Kappa Alpha Theta
Lorraine Peacock, c'42; Margaret Neal, c'41; Margie Reade, ed'43; Cecil King, c'41; Kathleen O'Sullivan, c'43; Martha Jane Green, c'43; Janis Welsh, c'43; Becky Trembly, c'43; Lexey Burchfield, fa'42; Eleanor
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43 Coeds Attend Sigma Nu Party
Sigma Nu held its fifty-sixth annual Hi-rickety party at Evans Hearth and the Eldridge hotel last night. Clyde Smith and his band played for the dancing.
The chaperons were Mrs. P. H. Klinkenberg, Mrs. A. J. Ogden, Mrs. C. L. Miller and Mrs Helen G. Shinn. Guests included:
Betty Jean Hess, c'43; Kayo O'Sullivan, c'43; Margaret Barber, ed'40; Ruth Kelllet, fa'41; Bernadine Hall, fa'41; Marjorie Thomas, fa'42; Jean Egbert, c'42; Helen Heard, c'41; Beth Gleason, c'41; Marilou Miller, ed'42; Rith Rice, c'41; Marjorie Hembrook,
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