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University Daily Kansan
Thursday, Oct. 16, 1958
BARBARA ELLEN ROBINSON
Engagement Announced
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Robinson, Great Bend, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Barbara Ellen, to Kenneth R. Cole, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Cole, Garden City.
Miss Robinson is a junior in the School of Education, majoring in social science. Mr. Cole is a junior in the School of Pharmacy.
A summer wedding is planned.
Floral Patterns in Woolens
Woolens grow a garden of flowers—rosebud, dahlia and chrysanthemum prints. Many of the florals are in monochromatic colorings such as brown, beige, cream, pink, red and claret.
Tripp-Rugh
Two Couples Tell Pinnings
Delta Delta Delta sorority has announced the pinning of Sue Tripp, Allegan, Mich., to Blair Rugh, Bartlesville, Okla., a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. Both are sophomores.
The pinning was announced by Bill Elston, Mission sophomore, at the Phi Delta Theta Harvest party.
George-Elting
Alpha Chi Omega sorority has announced the pinning of Connie George, Kansas City, Kan., sophomore to Gary Elting, Kansas City, Mo., junior, and a resident of Stephenson Hall.
The pinning was announced Monday evening by Colinda Austin, Salina Sybil Riekenberg, Topeka, Connie Andrews, Phillipsburg, and Barbara Mabry, Sedalia, Mo. All are sophomores.
Women Can Enter Magazine Contest
Associated Women Students will aid in the distribution of material to KU women regarding the annual College Board, Fiction, and Art Contests sponsored by Mademoiselle magazine.
Through these contests, college womens are offered the opportunity o test their abilities in professionally judged competition; if they win, they receive experience, wider recognition and possible publication.
Women who are interested in entering the contests should contact Frances Grinstead, associate professor of Journalism, 203 Flint Hall, by Monday.
KU Dames
Campus Club News
The KU Dames recently held a get-acquainted party in the Jayhawk Room of the Kansas Union. All undergraduate and graduate student wives were invited.
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School of Pharmacy
100 of pharmacy The School of Pharmacy has elected new class officer.
Senior officers are: John Coyle, Atchison, president; Cline Dragoo, Lawrence, vice-president; Harold Earnest, Humansville, Mo., secretary, and Farrell Mitchel, Ottawa, treasurer.
Junior officers are: Bob Iott, Livingston, Mont., president; Darryl Warren, Topeka, vice-president; Don Heiland, Spearville, secretary.
Sophomore officers are Paul Davis, St. Joseph, Mo., president; Larry Stark, Enterprise, vice-president; Susan Fleming, Bonner Springs, secretary, and Edward Zimmerman, Troy, treasurer.
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Jay Janes Pledge Seventeen Women
Jay Janes, upperclass women's pep club, has announced the pledging of 17 women. They are:
Jean Elston, Topeka; DeAnna Hensley, Mission; Kay Newman and Barbara Hutchinson, Kansas City, Mo.; Dixie Widup, Parsons. All are juniors.
Judy Rieder, Raytown, Mo.; Judy Mott and Sue Stinson, Lawrence; Carol Stover, Colby; Donna Laptad,
Olathe; Kaye Porter, Sterling; Susan Corliss, Spring Hill; Pat Dana, Herington; Candace Harley, Wichita; Suzanne Tinsley, Leavenworth; Judy Kay, Mission; Kathy Haughey, Billings, Mont. All are sophomores.
Old powder puffs make excellent applicators for wax shoe polish. Wash the puffs thoroughly and keep in a shoe polishing kit.
SAIL ON, SAIL ON!
I suppose October 12 is just another day to you. You get up in the ordinary way and do all the ordinary things you ordinarily do. You have your breakfast, you walk your ocelot, you go to classes, you write home for money, you burn the deam in effigy, you watch Disneyland, and you go to bed. And do you give one little thought to the fact that October 12 is Columbus Day? No, you do not.
Nobody thinks about Columbus these days. Let us, therefore, pause for a moment and retell his ever-glorious, endlessly stirring saga.
Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa on August 25, 1451. His father, Ralph T. Columbus, was in the three-minute auto wash game. His mother, Eleanor (Swifty) Columbus, was a spinner. Christopher was an only child, except for his four brothers and eight sisters. With his father busy all day at the auto wash and his mother constantly away at track meets, young Columbus was left pretty much to his own devices. However, the lad did not sulk or brood. He was an avid reader and spent all his waking hours immersed in a book. Unfortunately, there was only one book in Genoa at the time—Care of the Horse by Aristotle—and after several years of reading Care of the Horse, Columbus grew restless. So when rumor reached him that there was another book in Barcelona, off he ran as fast as his fat little legs would carry him.
The rumor, alas, proved false. The only book in Barcelona was *Cuidar un Caballo* by Aristotle, which proved to be nothing more than a Spanish translation of *Care of the Horse*.
Bitterly disappointed, Columbus began to dream of going to India where, according to legend, there were thousands of books. But the only way to go to India was on horseback, and after so many years of reading Care of the Horse, Columbus never wanted to clap eyes on a horse again. Then a new thought struck him: perhaps it was possible to get to India by sea!
Fired with his revolutionary new idea, Columbus raced to the court of Ferdinand and Isabella on his little fat legs (Columbus was plagued with little fat legs all his life) and pleaded his case with such fervor that the rulers were persuaded.
On October 12, 1492, Columbus set foot on the New World. The following year he returned to Spain with a cargo of wonders never before seen in Europe—spices and metals and plants and flowers and—most wondrous of all—tobacco! Oh, what a sensation tobacco caused in Europe! The filter had long since been invented (by Aristotle, curiously enough) but nobody knew what to do with it. Now Columbus, the Great Discoverer, made still another great discovery: he took a filter, put tobacco in front of it, and invented the world's first filter cigarette!
Through the centuries filters have been steadily improved and so has tobacco, until today we have achieved the ultimate in the filter cigarette—Marlboro, of course! Oh, what a piece of work is Marlboro! Great tobacco, great filter, great smoke! And so, good friends, when next you enjoy a fine Marlboro Cigarette, give a thought to the plucky Genoese, Christopher Columbus, whose vision and perseverance made the whole lovely thing possible.
© 1958 Max Shulman
And thank Columbus too for Philip Morris Cigarettes, for those who want the best in non-filter smoking. Philip Morris joins Marlboro in bringing you these columns throughout the school year.