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SOCIETY
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1940
Mob Attends First Midweek
Pan-Hel Air To S.A.E. Dance Friday
Each man will invite three fraternity men to be his guest Friday. Invitations also have been sent to the president of each of the organized houses.
Members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity finally hit upon a method to enable them to repay their social obligations when they planned the Inter-Fraternity dance to be held Friday night in the Memorial Union building.
The idea is a modification of the Nebraska plan. Organizations at Nebraska invite everyone to their parties, but due to the size of the ballroom here, the Sig Alf's have had to limit the guest list.
Clyde Smith and his orchestra will play for the dancers who will be dressed semi-formally. Chaperons for the dance will be Mrs. C. H. Landes; Mrs. Edith Martin; Mrs. Ed Charles; and Mrs. Eva Calks.
Three On KFKU For Discussion
Tueses University students will participate in the University of Kansas Roundtable discussion on "What Does Kabus Think About the Reciprocal Trade Question?" over radio station KFKU from 9:30 until 10:00 c'clock tonight.
Students who will participate in the discussion, which is under the auspices of the departments of economics and political science, include Jean Anne Crewford, c'40; Iving Kuraner, c'40; and John David Ramsey, c'40.
Complete Physical Exams Saturday
Physical examinations for new students will be completed at Watkins Memorial hospital from 8 until 12 o'clock Saturday morning. Dr. R. I. Canuteson, director of the student health service, said today.
Most of the examinations were completed Monday and Tuesday, and the remainder will be made Saturday for students who enroll late or who were unable to report for the examination earlier in the week.
Richard Walie, e'43, and Albert Kvasnicka, c'43, who underwent major operations at the Watkins Memorial hospital between semesters, showed continued improvement this afternoon, it was said.
The condition of Dalton Stover, c'sp, who was suffering from pneumonia when admitted to the hospital Jan 13, was also said to be improved.
Spring's Acomin' Tra-la! Women's Hats for Spring Are Now Being Shown
Women, young or old, aren't satisfied with the coming of Spring unless they have a new hat. Since Easter will be early this year, the department stores are reminding them of that fact by displaying the latest in feminine headgear in show cases and newspaper advertising.
Spring means soft colors and
A cecky, topnot of brown krimmer, tipped low on the forehead is the outstanding feature of this fur hat. It is trimmed with two tucked wings of felts. The silk snood is brown.
flowers, consequently the designers have stolen both, combined them, and made creations that make any co-ed's mouth water.
Flowers have become increasingly prominent. Pink stock flowers against a background of pale blue or small bunches of scarlet roses on black straw show a few of the many uses made of flowers. A great number of the new Easter bonnets will be toques and pill boxes made entirely of flowers in gay color combinations. Some will be adorned with moiré or taffeta ribbons bows and streamers at the back.
Hats, on the whole, this season, are small and eling to the head, either backwards or frontwaves. Escorts will not have to worry about the huge affairs perched at a terrifying angle on their dates' heads and will not have to heave a sigh of relief as the March gales whip around corners.
Right now, if you can't have a small fur toque to match this year's fur coat, try one of the new turbans made of pastel wool jersey to match that new between-semiters wool dress. This season's turbans differ from last summer's simple 'wind it yourself' affairs in that they are elaborately tucked and pleated with huge bows at the front. They can be made of any type of material to match the frock.
If flowers and turbans do not appeal, the ever resourceful manufacturers are offering dark straw sailors and pill boxes or pastel fur felts in the familiar snap brims.
For sheer practicability and smartness, co-eds have taken heed of the new curduroh hats that the men keep for campus wear and are wearing them with their Sloppy Joes and moccasins.
Fraternities May Be On Wane Yale Story Is Example
The system seemed doomed. Another headache to plague the die-hards was the decision by the university to accept the Harkness gift and institute a house plan. In addition, a wave of revolutionary ideology began to spread across the campus. The students, all of a sudden sat up and began to wonder.
At Yale today there are five fraternities that have survived the triple, threat of house plan, insolvency, and idea revolution. These
By Betty Coulson. c'41 The fraternity system is advisable—the fraternity system is not advisable. The debatable subject is ever brought up in colleges and universities in each of the 48 states. Nobody really knows quite what to think. But here are all the facts from Yale.
The fraternity system at Yale in the indulgent and solvent 20's was a powerful force in the social scheme of things all along the hallowed campus. But then came the floundering of Wall Street; young scions had their lavish allowances cut sharply, and several of the houses collapsed from the oppressive weight of top-heavy mortgages.
are Beta Theta Pi, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Chi Psi, Zeta Psi, and Alpha Sigma Phi. Included in the group is a club called The Fence, which used to be the Yale chapter of Psi Upsilon, but six years ago it separated itself from the national organization.
Exactly how much life remains in the system is a question that can only be answered contradictorily. Attack against the system has not abated; if anything it has increased. But those undergraduates who are loudest in their denunciation usually
On KFKU---
2:30 Introduction to the Vocational Guidance Program. Mr. W. T. Markham, Supervisor of Occupational Information and Guidance, State Board for Vocational Education.
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Friday—Feb. 9
2:45 Violin Recital, Eugene Ninninger, studio Karl Kuersteiner.
6:00 University of Kansas Mens' Glee Club, directed by Joseph Wilkins.
Frank Opinions on Stag Situation; Other Society
By Virginia Gray, c'41 Kansan Society Editor
The first mid-week of the spring semester was ushered in by Clyde Smith, his orchestra and a large group of students, determined to forget the rigors of final week and to settle down to a hard semester of playing.
The ever present stag line dropped themselves on the pillars and staggled out onto the dance floor. One lad, after the first ten minutes, wistfully said he wished the boys would bring some girls, and not all come stag.
Other comments were, "It's a spectator's sport"; and "Stags are fine if they come to dance and not to watch." One of the post-leaners said "I've leaned on them all and I can't find a single comfortable one."
One frank freshman came out with "I like stags because they help you to mix around," in other owls, they help from getting stuck. Another freshman when asked why he came, said, "Cause I'm one of them."
The girls and the stags?' One coed spoke for her sisterhood when she said, "The more, the merrier."
Mrs. A. J. Fryer of Iola, is a guest at the Alpha Omicron Pi sorority while visiting her daughter Marcia Fryer, c'42.
Mrs. Albert Logan, of Lawrence,
will be a dinner guest at the Acacia
fraternity tonight.
It was learned today by her friends (Continued on page three)
This frock features a gay jacket of red, green, and black wool jersey, fastened down the front with old-fashioned shoe buttons. The black wool jersey skirt is narrowly pleated. The hat is black, trimmed with a red grosgrain band.
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