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SOCIETY
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1940
108 Coeds Attend Frat Parties
A.D. Phi's Formed Fifth Sorority Here
By Helen Beth Faubion, c'43
Alpha Delta Pi, recognized as the oldest national secret organization for women, was the fifth social sorority on the University campus. There was no local predecessor to the chapter which was started here on May 15, 1912. It was started as part of the extension program of the National Sorority in 1911 and 1912.
Names of students enrolled in the University were given to the national officers by Mr. George O. Foster and the chapter was established After several preliminary meetings, held in Fraser hall, a petition consisting of letters of faculty women, views of the University, and photographs of the 11 women was sent to the active chapters and the national officers. The petition was passed by these groups and installation took place at seven o'clock in the morning May 15, 1912, the day of the national founding in Wesleyan College at Macon, Georgia as the Adelphean society.
In order to aid students, Alpha Delta Pi, at an early date, started the 1651 Memorial Fund and the Abigail Davis Student Loan Fund.
Since the beginning of the chapter, when there were 11 members, up to the present time when there are 45 members, Alpha Delta Pi has been prominent in campus affairs and its activities have brought honor to both the sorority and the University.
Home Ec Club To Initiate
The Home Economics club will hold initiation for new members at the Home Management house, Wednesday afternoon at 4:30.
The initiation service will be conducted by Audrey Bateman, c'40 president of the club.
A committee composed of Muriel Johnson, c'40; Ruth Beckwith, c'40 Lorraine Love, c'40, and Ernestine Nichols, c'40, will serve a waffle supper following the initiation.
John Elden Completes Work After Spraining Ankle in Fall
Those who believe that the men of the "good old days" are gone forever should note this story of John Elden, c'42:
Elden, who works part time at a Lawrence cleaning establishment, sprained his ankle at noon Friday on the steps of Frank Strong hall. However, he walked home and went to work as usual that afternoon About 5:30 p.m.—after he had completed his work—he was admitted to Watkins Memorial hospital where his ankle was treated. Elden is recovering satisfactorily according to hospital report, and will be released from the hospital in a few days.
A co-ed in this billowing satin evening frock would be the center of attention at any Junior Prom.
What Are You Giving Up for Lenten Season?
By Jean Boswell, c'42
"What am I giving up for Lent? Why deep sea diving and parachute jumping!" This, or a similar testimonial, can too often be heard from people of college age. It is doubtful if very many of us know the true meaning and origin of Lent
The Rev. John E. Bowers of this city says, "The Lenten season is a positive season, a season which we should use for spiritual training. It is a time for specialized religious growth, as the years which we spend at the University is a time for specialized intellectual training, that we may profit by this growth in the remainder of the year, as we profit in later years by the intellectual training we receive at college."
The Lenten season, beginning Ash Wednesday, which fell this year on Feb. 7, lasts for 40 weekdays and six Sundays. It commemorates the 40 days of fasting which Jesus kept preceding his crucifixion Good Friday, the Friday before Easter.
The plump girl who gives up candy and cake during the Lenten season with definite benefits to her figure in mind defeats the purpose of the sacrifice, while the boy who gives up smoking for these 46 days
in an effort to strengthen his self control, is benefited for his sacrifice. If you are giving up some small pleasure for this Lenten season, do it with the idea in mind that is helping you to grow spiritually.
Giving up that extra two hours of sleep on Sunday morning and attending church each week during Lent is one of the best of the minor ways in which each student can observe this Lent.
Plans for the coming convention of Delta Phi Delta, honorary art fraternity, were discussed Tuesday by the executive council of the Kansas Alpha Chapter meeting at the home of Miss Rosemary Ketchum, professor of design and sponsor of the group.
Discuss Plans For Art Fraternity Convention
Spitzbergen is the most northernly inhabited city in the world.
The convention, which is a biennial affair, will be held this year on June 18, 19, and 20 in Ames, Iowa. Representatives from the University have not yet been selected.
Delta Tau Delta's and Kappa Sig's Dine, Dance
By Virginia Gray, c'41 Kansan Society Editor
Week end festivities started Friday night with the American Way varsity, Clyde Smith's band on the stand, at the Memorial Union building ballroom, the Roger Williams Foundation Valentine's party and the Delta Upsilon freshmen party at the chapter house.
The spirit of St. Valentine's Day held sway Friday night when the pledge class of Delta Upsilon fraternity held its annual spring party from 8 until 11 at the chapter house.
Saturday night 108 co-eds attended formal dinner dances given by the Delta Tau Delta and Kappa Sigma fraternities. The Delta Tau Delta party was held at the Memorial Union ballroom. The Kappa Sigma dance was $ ^{\circledast} $ staged at its chapter house.
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Dancing to the "juke box" amid wall decorations of comic Valentines and large red and blue hearts was the main tidbit on the festive bill of fare, while chocolate hearts bearing the Greek letters of Delta Upsilon and plate lunches comprised the refreshments served at intermission. Following is the date list for the party:
A formal dinner dance, given by members of Delta Tau Delta fraternity, was held last night in the Memorial Student Union building ballroom. Guests were seated at tables arranged to form the fraternity's Greek letters. The decorations of blue and white were lighted by sol lights. Dale Brodie and his band played for the dancing.
Virginia Fink, Topeka; Mary Katherine Bruer, Kansas City, Mo; Gloria Fink, Topeka; Jean Brownlee, c'43; Cecil King, c'41; Margaret Neal, c'43; Muriel Osgood, c'uncl; Margaret Replogle, c'43; Martha Jane Green, c'43; Reola Durand, c'43; Elaine Linley, c'43; Mary K. Brown, c'43; Norma Jean Falconer, c'41; Lois Howell, c'43; and Patty Bigelow, c'43.
Local Phi Psi's Attend Banquet
Twenty-nine members of the Kansas Alpha chapter of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity attended the Founder's Day banquet, marking the 88th anniversary of the founding of the national fraternity, Friday night at the University club in Kansas City.
The Kansas Alpha chapter was presented a neon door decoration, bearing the fraternity's crest, by the 105 members of the active chapter and alumni association who were present.
Included in the program was a short speech by Dr. F. C. Allen, Kansas Alpha; songs by an octet composed of Lyle Willits, c'40; Larry Winn, c'41; Otto Kiehl, c'41; Jack Parker, c'43; Raymond Davidson, c'40; Bill Lunt, c'41; Don Powell, c'40; and Bob Gilliland, c'40. The group was led by Warren Anderson, c'42. Jack Cadden, e'41, played two piano solos, and Larry Winn, president of the Kansas chapter, reported on the standing of the organization.
Vernon Wilkins, Kansas Alpha was elected president of the Kansas City Alumni association for the coming year.
Among numerous notables present was Charles Strickland, Mason City, Iowa, national president of the fraternity.
Guests included:
The chaperons were: Mrs. Eva Oakes, Mrs. Ed Charles, and Mrs. C. H. Landes.
Becky Trembly, c'43; Dolly Newlon, c'41; Evelyn Gunn, c'43; Betty West, c'42; Nancy Kesler, c'41; Jane Knudson, c'43; Estelle Eddy, c'42;
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