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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, December 5, 1968
DU Annex solves problem
Fraternities have traditionally had a problem with keeping their houses at maximum manpower.
Delta Upsilon fraternity at KU has reversed this trend. It has too many men for the chapter house.
This year 10 DU's are living in the Old Mill apartment complex, just down Emery Road from the DU house.
DU's call the solution to this pleasant dilemma "The Annex."
"From the number of actives who expressed a desire to live in the house this fall, it became apparent that we would only be able to pledge 15 men," explained Greg Alleman, Hermann, Mo., senior and house president.
"But since we wanted to pledge about 25, we had to ask some people to move out," he said.
The 10 who live in The Annex continue to eat meals in the house
"We still take an active part in the chapter," said Ken Wiley, St. Joseph, Mo., junior. "There is no apathy in The Annex."
Residents of The Annex continue to pay the full house bill to the chapter. The chapter pays the room rent to the management of the Old Mill.
and to attend chapter meetings and social functions there.
"But we also have the advantage of entertaining whenever we want to." Wiley said.
They are not entirely on their own though. Wiley added. The chapter knows what goes on.
The 10 Annex residents will move back into the house second semester and 10 others will replace them.
"It really is working out perfect for us, but I'm looking forward to moving back into the house." Wiley said.
Post Office to try harder
WASHINGTON (UPI) — The Post Office has made its annual promise to try its best to deliver your Christmas mail on time. This year, it hopes to do the job faster and more cheaply than ever by using fewer people and more coordination.
The streamlined delivery system, under which a "command post" in the Post Office Department will pinpoint problem areas and order solutions, was designed by outgoing Postmaster General W. Marvin Watson.
Watson, who once was described by President Johnson as "the most efficient man I have ever known," said in an interview:
"We believe we have a plan that will allow us to move what is anticipated to be 10 billion pieces of mail from about Thanksgiving to Christmas Day.
"We further believe that should there be problems in any given area or given post office, we'll be able to determine the problem which will allow us some opportunity to transfer some of that mail away from that particular point for sorting elsewhere."
Part of the plan is to use experienced postal workers on overtime instead of hiring extra holiday season help. Last year, Watson said-post offices across the nation hired between 120,000 and 125,000 seasonal and part-time employees for the Christmas rush.
This year, he estimated no more than 55,000 would be employed.
The command post, down the hall from Watson's office, will have an elaborate schedule of telephone checks with postmasters in the field on everything from the weather to the length of noontime lines at their parcel post windows.
Even though this may necessitate getting some postmasters out of bed in the middle of the night, Watson is confident the system would be cheaper and faster. By using trained personnel and paying them some overtime, he believes, "the economics will be
better and the efficiency will be better."
Despite Watson's speedup plans for this year, the Post Office Department still wants the public to "mail early" for Christmas to help ease the mail crush.
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Mia in 'John & Mary'
HOLLYWOOD (UPI) — Mia Farrow's next movie will be "John and Mary" at 20th Century-Fox.
Journalism dean elected to 3rd term
Dean Warren K. Agee of KU School of Journalism was re-elected recently to an unprecedented third term as national vice president in charge of campus chapter affairs of Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalistic society during its national convention in Atlanta, Ga.
Dean Agee served as executive
officer of the organization from 1960 to 1962. In his present post he supervises the activities of more than 100 campus chapters and about 1,500 student members.
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