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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, April 29.1959
Saris Said to Be Superior to Skirts
Lizzie Dawson, Madras, South India
Campus Club News
Pi Sigma Alpha
Pi Sigma Alpha, honorary political science society, has announced the initiation of 20 students. They are:
Jerry Smith, Lawrence; Ronald D. Jones, Junction City; Robert Lawrence, Emporia; Dale L. Pohl, Topeka; Ernesto M. Vergara, Vigan Ilocos Sur, Philippines, and Wendell L. Wallace, Omaha, Neb., all graduate students.
Rozanne Barry, Kansas City, Mo;
Helen Cline, Wichita; Verne Gauby,
Marysville; Mrs. Marcia R. Bierlein
Green, Pittsburg; Richard A. Kraus;
Arlington; Leonard Parkinson, Scott
City; Barbara Ann Pessell, Abilene;
Sharon Stout, Wichita, and Ralph L.
Wright, Paolo, all seniors.
Ray Nichols, Lawrence; Martin B. Dickinson, Kansas City, Mo.; Lance F. Johnson, Wyomer, Neb.; Hal B. Krebhiel, Wichita, and Karen Krueger, Yates Center, all juniors.
Nichols was elected president for next year. Miss Barry, Kraus and Don R. Bowen, Salina senior, were named outstanding seniors.
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Lizzie Dawson, 19-year-old sophomore from India, likes to wear her native saris rather than American dresses.
"I prefer saris to skirts because skirts look uncomfortable and the heline cuts off the leg at an unbecoming length. Saris are easy to pack and are very comfortable." she said.
Miss Dawson said that in her home in southern India most of the women wear saris of hand woven cotton or silk. They go barefoot or wear thong sandals.
Miss Dawson has 35 saris which include delicate pastels, floral designs, bright-colored plaids, and gold and silver embroidered silk.
Many students have asked how one puts on a sari. Miss Dawson explains the process in three simple steps. A long slip, a "pavadi" is worn under the sari. The average size of a sari is 6 yards by 52 inches.
1) "Starting on the left at the waist, I wrap the material around the body once.
2) "Bring it around again and
3) "Then bring the other end of the material around in back and put it over the left shoulder.
pleat it along the front and tuck the material in at the waist.
"Most Indian women have long hair. They usually wear their hair in braids or a bun." she continued.
"No pins or snaps are used on a sari. Just tuck in the material in the right places and it will stay," Miss Dawson laughed.
Do the women in southern India wear cosmetics?
hair ornament," Miss Dawson said. In southern India a baby girl's ears are pierced when she is a year old. "Babies always wear tiny earrings and finger rings as do the older women," she said.
"In my country we put coconut oil on our hair when we comb it. It is very cooling. Since the temperature often gets up to 120 degrees, the oil is very pleasant to have on," she explained.
"The women wear fresh flowers in their hair every day. Jasmine buds and white tiger lilies are a favorite
"Indian girls, for the most part, don't wear lipstick. However they use lots of black eye makeup. The eyes are stressed more in India than in America," she remarked.
Miss Dawson came to the United States when she was 15 and attended North High School in Wichita. Her major is International Relations. She is now living at the Delta Gamma sorority house.
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