Every Woman a President in Good Old Pi Lambda
By Janet Juneau
"With a P., with a P., with a
P.LO. . . . " This rousing cheer
echoes through the halls of North
College dormitory third floor.
The charter members of Pi Lambda Omega, highly selective honorary organization, are conducting their initiation ceremony. Let us uninvited spectators blend into the walls and watch the secretive proceedings.
The P.LO. pledge is standing on a table in the middle of the social room. Active members of the chapter (the only one of its kind) form a circle around the pledge. The right hand is crossed
over the left, the left foot is crossed over the right, and the head is turned to the right.
Lusty voices ring forth in a song dedicated to the society neophyte. This is followed by the PLO. cheer—the text as follows!
With an L<sub>i</sub>, with an L<sub>i</sub>, with an L.O.P.
With a P, with a P., with a P.I.O
With an O., with an O., with an O.P.I.
What does it spell?
We really don't give a damn.
While the members are resting from their activity, perhaps we should relate the history of the organization.
It was formed during the fall semester with the charter members being girls who had failed in their campaigns for pep club offices. They were "Poor Left Overs"—thus the name Pi Lambda Omega (P.L.O). The 21 girls on that floor of North College organized the society.
It was suggested that the club be only for officers. Therefore, there are 21 presidents.
Twenty honorary members have since been added to the club roster. These include the head resident of the hall, mothers of some of the girls, and high school girls who have spent a weekend on that floor.
We return to the solemn events before us.
The candidate for membership is being instructed.
The secret word: "Secret."
The handshake: Grasp the elbow of the person you are shaking hands with. Slide your hand down past her wrist, and reaching the hand, quickly shake it off. (The term "handshake" is derived from this latter action.)
The slogan: "Love your enemies . . . it will drive them crazy." (This slogan is explained by the fact that the laundry is on the third floor. Noisy intruders from other floors are requested to observe quiet hours, but this is not always done. Thus, the title "enemies")
the motto: "What the hell do we want a motto for."
After the instructions, the members reverse their stances by crossing the left hand over the right, and the right foot over the left. The neophyte is then officially pronounced a member of Pi Lambda Omega.
A president, who wishes to remain anonymous, commented:
"Our year as a secret organization is coming to a close. We are no longer 'Poor Left Overs.' We are now 'Pretty Lucky Ones.'"
Daily Hansan
56th Year, No.134
Monday, April 27, 1959
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
ONE-TWO-SKIP—Another women's Derby Day has passed into oblivion and the Sigma Chis will have such moments as these to remember.
In the foreground trio, from left, are Sue Sladek, Kansas City, Mo., Pat Getto, Lawrence, both freshmen, and Kay Rathbone, Wichita junior.
College Has 44 Research Grants
Three sources have granted the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences funds sufficient to grant more than 40 undergraduate research awards.
The National Science Foundation and the College's Carnegie grant will each provide funds for 20 research awards and the Kansas Heart Fund will provide four.
The individual stipend under this program will normally be $400 for the academic year. A few awards may be made for the summer at a stipend of $200.
The student will be expected to devote between eight and 10 hours a week, (15 to 20 in the summer), to his research appointment.
Students interested in obtaining these awards should contact College faculty members before May 1.
Murphy Firm on Discipline Policy
Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy today reiterated the University administration's policy that deliberate destruction or defacement of public or private property is grounds for automatic dismissal or suspension from the University. He said at a press conference that his position has not changed.
"The University gets no pleasure whatsoever out of student discipline. This is the most distasteful part of our activity. When this discipline is applied it is out of our regret," he said.
Asked what action the disciplinary committee can take, Chancellor Murphy said:
"The disciplinary committee is frequently active. The issue here is someone doing violence to a firm rule of the University. No one needs to interpret deliberate destruction. The only question is the investigating process."
ority Women Math Students Honored
Selection of students will be by a faculty committee under the chairmanship of Francis Heller, associate dean of the College.
Mrs. Mildred Dunivent, house mother, reported a well-dressed man in a sweater and light pants on the fire escape. He was described as being of medium build and height, with brown hair and a crew-cut.
Sorority Women Report Prowler
A report of a prowler at the Pi Beta Phi sorority house early this morning capped a full weekend for the campus police.
Faculty members wishing to participate in this program should write to Dean Heller not later than May 1. They should indicate the general nature of the project and the manner in which they would expect the student to participate in the project.
Ross Wulfkuhle, visual education technician and instructor, reported Saturday that a microphone had been taken from a cabinet in Bailey Auditorium.
If a particular student is thought to be especially qualified for the appointment, his name and qualifications should be included.
Mrs. Dunivent said she asked him what he was doing and told him she was going to call the police. The man fled.
The purpose of these awards is to stimulate interest in research, not to replace clerical or other routine help or to provide financial assistance. Dean Heller said.
On Sunday afternoon eight students from Battenfeld Hall reported that $19 had been stolen from their rooms between midnight and 4 a.m. No suspects were reported.
James C. Pool, Wellsville senior, received the junior-senior prize for making the highest score in the KU mathematics contest, and Robert Remple, Lawrence freshman, received the freshman-sophomore prize.
These included the selection of 19 U. G. Mitchell honor scholars in mathematics, the initiation of 36 students into Pi Mu Epsilon, national honor society in mathematics, the appointment of University scholars and fellows in mathematics, the appointment of three fellows under the National Defense Education Act and graduate assistant appointments.
James W. Cederberg, Herndon senior, received a prize for making the highest score by a KU student in the national Putnam mathematics competition.
Terrence Brown, Omaha, Neb. graduate student, will hold a KU Fellowship in the Graduate School next year.
G. Baley Price, chairman of the department of mathematics, announced the department's awards at the annual Honors Dinner Friday night.
Barbara Blake, Kansas City, Kan.
senior; Raymond Pippert, Lawrence
juniur; and Martin Lang, North
Central College, Naperville, Ill., received National Defense Education Act fellowships.
Marilyn E. Alpert, Paola junior,
Robert E. Barnhill, Lawrence sophomore;
Donals H. Close, Bonner
Springs junior; William E. Daesch-
Buddy Johns, Wichita, Samir A.Khabbaz, Lawrence; and Fuad Mulla, Basra, Iraq, all graduate students, will hold University Fellowships for study in mathematics.
These 19 students will be U. G. Mitchell honor scholars in mathematics next year:
ner, Topea sophomore; Alice Forsberg, Logan junior.
Alfred Gray, Dallas, Tex., junior; Joanne Halderson, Bartlesville Okla., junior; Emile L. Hopkins Kansas City, Mo., freshman; John C Musgrave, Joplin, Mo., sophomore
Carol Faye Ott, Kansas City freshman; Damon Patton, Wichita sophomore; Louis D. Rollman, Pratt sophomore; Jeanne Sebaugh, Wichita freshman; Richard L. Speers, Houston, Tex., junior; Nancy Lee Suellentron, Great Bend junior; David Earl Sutherland, Baton Rouge La., sophomore; Bert Alan Taylor, Plainville sophomore; Janice Ann Wenger, Blue Springs, Mo., junior.
Search On for Mob Victim
POPLARVILLE, Miss. — (UPI)—FBI agents and state troopers continued a frantic search today for a young Negro who was dragged from his jail cell by a hooded lynch mob Saturday.
jawmen also sought the members o. the kidnapping mob.
No leads were reported in the case. Some officers believed Parker, a truck driver, would never be found, dead or alive.
In addition to the search for the Negro, M. C. Parker, 23, who was to have gone on trial today on charges of raping a young white mother, the
A well-organized Mb broke into the unguarded Pear River county courthouse jail before dawn Saturday.
He said there are some hazy zones in the area of what the disciplinary committee will handle and what the deans will handle.
"In the case of a situation like this there are no hazy zones," he said.
He said he and L. C. Woodruff, dean of students, had discussed these "hazy zones" and that he intended to carry out further discussions into the matter.
Dr. Murphy continued;
"There is not necessarily a relation between University discipline and what the courts downtown do. We are not bound by what the courts do. There will be occasions when the University and the courts follow the same line.
"This is a University and by definition people who belong in a university are fundamentally mature people.
"There is no place in the University of Kansas for a person who does not understand that mature behavior and vandalism are incompatible."
Case for 11 Not Closed
The eleven students reprimanded for their activities during a recent apartment party will get further hearings from the University administration.
Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy told a press conference today that the vandalism case is "definitely not closed" pending further investigation.
Regarding the suspension of the nine students and the probation of two of these, Chancellor Murphy said:
"I don't think the matter is completely finished. As far as I'm concerned I want to continue to examine the matter."