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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, March 11. 1959
Dear Dad, Getting Pinned, Send Cash
SO THAT'S HOW—Sally Mack, Topeka, and David Humbargar, Nickerson, both juniors, announce their pinning. Another couple falls prey to spring's romantic atmosphere.
...On The Hill...
Corbin-North Hall
United Presbyterian Women
Corbin-North Hall entertained freshman women from the Scholarship Halls and Lawrence at the A.W.S. Inter-hall Dinner recently.
Carol Weidensaul, Shoshoni, Wyo. junior, has been elected president of United Presbyterian Women beginning next September.
Rosemary Emerick, El Dorado, chairman of nominating committee; Mary Elda Scarth, Bartlesville, Okla., vice chairman of nominating committee; Margaret Thrasher, Wichita, chairman of fellowship department and membership secretary. All are sophomores.
Other officers elected are Judy Gray, Lawrence sophomore, first vice president; Nancy Gustafson, Lawrence sophomore, second vice president; Carolyn White, Hutchinson freshman, corresponding secretary; Edie Graves, Wichita freshman, recording secretary; Sue Winkler, Caney freshman, treasurer.
Carrie Edwards, representative to the KU committee of United Christian Women and Rosa Lind, chairman of world service department. Both are Lawrence sophomores.
Members of the nominating committee are Janet Cole, Colby freshman, and Barbara Robinson, Great Bend junior. Vera Behve, Beirut, Lebanon, graduate student, is program department chairman.
Julie Pruitt, Beloit, vice chairman and secretary of seminars; Karen Boyd, Meade, spiritual life secretary; Sharon Tillman, Clay
Center, literature and library secretary, and Carol Peukert, Webster Groves, Mo., social education and action secretary.
Sara Pfeiffer, Parsons, visitation secretary; Nancy Stevenson, Topeka, promotion secretary, and Betsy Wiemer, Bartlesville, vice chairman of world service department.
Jeanette Fry, Emporia, sewing and supply secretary; Catherine Myers, Iola, campus service secretary. All are freshmen.
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Sigma Phi Epsilon
Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity has announced the initiation of nine new members.
Tom Turner, Kansas City, Mo. freshman, received the honor initiate trophy. Jack Dysart, Sterling junior, and Bob Mellor, Hutchinson junior, were co-recipients of the scholarship initiate trophy.
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Other initiates are Elvin Basham, Kansas City, Mo.: David Fisher, Toppea; Mason Ormsby, Gardner; George Weems, Neodesha, all freshmen, and Dick Harris, Kansas City, Kan, junior.
Klaus Bosch, Gieugeul Breuf,
Germany graduate student, was initiated an honorary member.
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As spring approaches, a young man's fancy turns to giving his fraternity pin away. The tradition of "pinning" your best girl is one that is naturally expected to come with spring weather.
Pinning a girl is the college couple's way of saying, "We're engaged to be engaged." It is a serious matter at most colleges and universities, and although it does not hold the ties that an engagement ring does, it means that the couple hopes to be married someday.
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Pinnings do not imply parental consent for marriage, because in the pinning stage, marriage is usually several years off. It is a happy intermediate zone.
Approximately one half of all pinned couples finally get married. Experts have agreed that a pinning is a beneficial romantic state before an engagement because it involves serious intentions, but it is free from the heavy responsibilities of an engagement. It gives a couple a chance to get to know each other before a more serious step is taken.
Announcing a pinning is an important moment in a college student's life. It is always a secret until a formal announcement is made, but it is often given away by hushed whispers in the halls. It is revealed at dinner, by a poem, skit, or simple
announcement, or it is announced at a dance or at a social function with the fraternity and sorority of the pinned couple. It is usually followed by a spontaneous "smooch" line.
The announcement to the world is usually accompanied by flowers, candy, a fraternity serenade, and a party, all of which are financed by the newly-pinned male. This tradition, however, is quite different at various colleges. Each school has its own pinning protocol.
A girl always wears both her sorority pin and her boyfriend's pin, the latter being worn below and slightly to the left of her own sorority pin. A boy never receives a sorority pin in exchange for his own. She wears both pins over her heart. A girl wears her pins all the time except on formal evening dresses, and many girls even wear them on their pajamas.
A girl often refers to her first-chosen as her "pinnate," but more often she simply calls him "the boy I'm pinned to."
At some universities, a pinning is not as serious a matter as it is in the Midwest. In this region, it is a big romantic step, but at many schools it is just another way of going steady. In that case, the more serious note to a pinning is signified by chaining the pins together,
meaning that the couple is contemplating marriage.
Many fraternities have forbidden pinnings because the members are required to wear their own badge. A fraternity man gets around this by buying a sweetheart pin for his girl. The sweetheart pin is one that is usually the same shape as the badge, but is somewhat smaller with more jewels. When a fraternity man has to go to the expense of buying a new pin for his girl, he thinks twice before he gives it away.
If a pinning is broken, it is the girl's duty to return the pin, just as she would an engagement ring.
Unlike the Roaring Twenties, it is no longer good etiquette for a girl to collect as many fraternity pins as she can. It is now considered unethical for a girl to possess more than one pin at a time.
If a girl's pinnate is at another school, it is acceptable for them to make an agreement to date other people. In this situation, the girl wears her pins even when she is out with another boy. If she does not, she is violating the "pinning code of ethics."
Once again the pinning season is nigh. Soon the rush to reserve rooms for pinning parties will begin, and many females will join the 200-plus KU coeds with smiles on their faces—the pinned ones.
Seven More 'Pinned Ones'
Yeagley-Simcoe
Grace Pearson Hall has announced the pinning of Miss Sara Yeagley, Leavenworth junior, to Mr. Kent Simcoe, Kansas City, Mo., junior.
Mr. Simcoe is a member of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity.
Foster-Hill
Chi Omega sorority has announced the pinning of Bonnie Foster, Merriam, to Roger Hill, Augusta, both sophomores. Mr. Hill is a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.
The announcement of the pinning was followed by a party at Happy Hal's.
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Hudson-Witt
Alpha Chi Omega sorority has announced the pinning of Shari Hudson, St. John, and Bill Witt, Garden City senior, a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity.
The pinning was announced by Kati George, Merriam sophomore; Carol Rossman, Paola graduate student and Phyllis Anderson, Wellington senior.
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Alpha Delta Pi sorority has announced the pinning of Sandra Scroggin, Kansas City, Mo., junior, to Bill Albright, Hutchinson senior and a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.
Pi Beta Phi sorority has announced the double pinning of Kathy Nigh, Independence, Mo., sophomore, to Bill Ward, Hays, junior, and Mary Bennett, Independence, Mo., sophomore, to Mike Johnston, Independence, Mo., junior.
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Chi Omega sorority has announced the pinning of Bette Forgy, Wichita, to Bob Russell, Leavenworth, both are juniors. Mr. Russell is a member of Sigma Chi fraternity.
Mr. Ward and Mr. Johnston are both members of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.
Judy Gorton, Lawrence, and Judy Wilson, Independence, Kan., sophomores, and by Sue Suran, Hays, and Jeannie Garlinghouse, Lincoln, Nebr., juniors.
The pinning was announced by Helen Lorsen, Chapman junior.
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