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University Daily Kansan
Hula Hoops Put to New Use as Christmas Decor
By Joan Jewett
So the hula hoop hucksters worked rings around Santa and your hall is already full of the things?
Those peristalic pieces of plastic may be pass as presents, but you can still get them into the holiday whirl.
Take a spin through your dormitory and round up those hoops for modern mobile Christmas decorations.
Surely there is a yellow one around that no one ever learned to launch around his lunch. Wind it with feathery gold tinsel, anchor a 12-point, 3-dimensional star of gold foil or cardboard in the center of the hoop and suspend it from the ceiling. You will have a modern mobile that will make you glad you bought that hoop in the heat wave.
The hoop appears to be a halo for the star if gold ribbon is strung from two points of the star to the rim of the hoop. A star about one foot in diameter fits nicely in a conventional sized hoop and still has room to glitter and turn.
For an especially festive "hoopla," thread two gold multi-surfaced bulb ornaments on a ribbon about six inches long. Tie the ribbons to the hoop, letting the bulbs dangle from either side of the tip of the star.
Heat from a floor furnace or a stove will keep the star slowly orbiting in the hoop. The bulbs and star will reflect light from house lamps and Christmas tree lights. Hang the hoop from a screw hook or from string wound around a thumb tack.
Phi Kappa Fraternity Announces Pinning
Phi Kappa fraternity has announced the pinning of John S. Mullally, Mission junior, to Patricia M. Dawson, Kansas City, Kan., sophomore. The pinning took place at the Phi Kappa Christmas formal "Snowflake Swing," and was announced by Joseph S. Pugliesi, Brooklyn, N. Y., junior.
The world's largest field of calla lilies is located at the base of San Bruno Mountain south of San Francisco. It is irrigated by 25 miles of sprinkler pipes.
Smaller mobiles, to hang over doorways, can be made from small-fry hoops. A silver bell suspended in a small red hoop will greet guests with a merry tinkle when they breeze through the doorway.
If your group prefers conventional decorations, try a few "hoop-la" window wreaths. Wind some cedar boughs around two small green hoops, hang them from the window locks and you will have a set of old fashioned front windows.
Ultra moderns who need some extra party decorations, might like to try a hoop tree made of "upright" concentric circles. Beg a few hoops of various sizes from the neighborhood kids. Start the tree by tying ribbon or fine wire to a chandelier. Holding the hoop parallel to the floor, attach the wire to the center of the rim of each side of the hoop. Extend the wire four to six inches or more and attach to the next largest hoop. Proceed downward adding hoops until the largest one is the desired distance from the floor.
Those individuals who just had to have pink, orange or purple hoops, do not need to feel left out of "hall decorations." Disguise the color with holiday wrappings. Make a candy cane that meets itself coming and going by alternating red and white satin ribbon around the hoop.
An inverted tree, to give you more floor space, can be made by starting with the largest hoop under the chandelier. Bulbs or other ornaments can decorate the rim of each hoop. Multi-colored trees are pretty with bulbs to match each hoop.
The star at the top of the tree? Just turn on the white bulbs in the chandelier.
Campus Club News
Kappa Eta Kappa, engineering fraternity, has elected officers.
Kappa Eta Kappa
They are: Vernon Appleby, Wellington senior, president; Norman Blessman, LaCygne senior, vice president; Bernard Decker, Westphalia senior, corresponding secretary; Max Cole, Beverly senior, sergeant-at-arms; Charles Nellis, West Orange, N. J., senior, librarian.
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Ed Cleary, Kansas City, Mo, senior, recording secretary; Albert Decker, Westphalia senior, alumni service; Dan Durham, Memphis, Tex., sophomore, Clarence Perkins, Atchison sophomore, and Russell Dorrell, Highland junior, all rush chairmen.
Corbin-North Hall
Corbin-North Hall has elected Brenda Morris, Caney, freshman, chairman of its intramural committee. Shevie Schuman, Kansas City, Kan., senior, a counselor, is adviser.
...On The Hill..
Other committee members are: Marilyn Simpson, Valley Falls; Judy Anderson, Garden City; Lea Ann Watson, Merriam; Cecilia Palmer, Atchison; Joyce Jones, Leavenworth; Janice Hoke, Salina; Judy Braudis, Macon, Mo.
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Pat Gibbs and Sally Randall, Wichita; Betty Shoemaker, Milo, Iowa; and Judy Hubbard, Kansas City, Kan. All are freshmen.
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Pi Beta Phi
Phi Kappa Psi fraternity held its annual winter formal Friday at the Eldridge Hotel. Chaperones were George Smith, Dean of the University, and Mrs. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Corlett Cotton, and Mrs. D. R. MacLead.
Art Vogel has been elected president of Sigma Chi fraternity for the coming semester. Other recently elected officers are Stan Lehman, Abilene, Ron Keeler, Great Bend, and Bob Nichols, Lawrence, all are juniors.
Tuesday, Dec. 16, 1958
Pi Beta Phi sorority held a tree trimming party Wednesday at the chapter house.
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Christmas Engagements Told by Two Couples
Mr. and Mrs. Edward G. Morawitz, New London, Mo., have announced the engagement of their daughter Janice, to Ronald Akers, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Akers, Dighton.
Miss Morawitz is a senior in the School of Fine Arts and a member of Delta Gamma sorority. She is a member of Sigma Alpha Iota, honorary music fraternity, Pi Kappa Lambda, honorary music fraternity, and PiLambda Theta, national education fraternity.
The trapeze silhouette carries into this Christmas season a number of pseudonyms: Whiskbroom, swingline, scissor trapeze, split-level trapeze, and dunce cap.
Mr. Akers is a senior majoring in geology. He is a member of Sigma Gamma Epsilon, honorary geology organization, and past president of Theta Chi fraternity.
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Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Stone, Wichita, have announced the engagement of their daughter Jean, to Sam Ashley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Neil F. Ashley, Chanute.
Miss Stone was affiliated with Delta Gamma sorority. Mr. Ashley is a member of Sigma Nu fraternity.
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