Wednesday, April 22, 1959 University Daily Kansan
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Multitudinous Monarchy Leads to Campus Confusion
Everyone has a queen to reign over their festivities, or so it would seem. During the seven months of school there have been eight queen contests on this campus.
Organized houses for women were kept busy electing queen candidates in November—the bargain month for queen contests. The homecoming queen, the law queen and the military ball queen were all elected in that month.
January and February were a relief. Only final exams, Rock Chalk and rush were emphasized.
Beauty Mad?
Marilyn Campbell, Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich., sophomore, says the reason for so many contests stems from the fact that "all America has gone wild over beauty." She said that in magazine advertising "they don't even advertise an automobile without a beautiful woman."
It has been suggested that queens are selected by many groups to add interest or just to add a touch of femininity to an event.
Alpha Chi Omega and the independent women are running neck and neck so far this year with an equal number of representatives who were finalists in queen contests. Each group had five.
Kappa Alpha Theta is running a close third with four finalists. Other sororities and organized houses still may come in in the final stretch.
Fraternities also elect their ideal girl each year. "The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi" is a familiar song to many people. The Sigma Nus and the Sigma Phi Epsilon also select a "sweetheart." The Delta Upsilon
one good-looking girls are." The ratio is about 2.5 men to every woman.
Some advice to organized houses which are interested in saving valuable time during house meetings—elect 15 to 20 possible queen candidates at the beginning of each fall semester and let them draw for the chance to enter when the entry blanks are sent out.
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fraternity honors their "trophy girl" and the Pi Kappa Alpha's their "dream girl."
Fewer Girls, More Queens
Bill Tournissot, Newton sobhomore, said, "I imagine there are so many contests because of the comparatively small number of girls here and the boys like to know who
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