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University Daily Kansan
Friday, Nov. 9, 1950
We Will Remember . . .
Milestone Events Of Past 4 Years Told By Senior
By JANE PECINOVSKY (Daily Kansan Telegraph Editor) Homecoming, 1956 will have special significance to a special few.
Although traditionally a celebration for the honored guests, the alumni, the week end events will also hold special meaning for a group of students, the graduating seniors.
To those who so proudly wore senior buttons and carried 1957 pennants a few weeks ago, Homecoming will bring full realization of what is to come. Saturday's football game will be the last the seniors will attend in Memorial Stadium as students at the University.
Perhaps when the seniors stand, along with thousands of others, to sing the alma mater, they will recall events which occurred during their three years at the University.
Sikes Resigned in 1953
As freshmen who were still becoming orientated to life at the state university, the seniors witnessed, in the fall of 1953, former football coach Jules Sikes' resignation following the Homecoming game.
That was the year KU won the Big Seven pre-season basketball tournament in Kansas City, Mo., and tied for the Big Seven title, only to lose to Colorado University in a drawing.
During the spring of their freshman year, the seniors were shocked when the late Dean Paul B. Lawson of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences died four months prior to his retirement; they were proud when the University debate team won the national debate tournament at West Point. N. Y.
The freshmen that year watched with interest the invalidated ASC elections and returned to the polls to vote a second time. They, too, shared in organizing a new political party, the Allied Greek-Independent.
'Court-Martial' Presented
As freshmen, the seniors were part of the crowd that filled Hoch Auditorium to see Henry Fonda, John Hodiak, and Lloyd Nolan in "Caine Mutiny Court-Martial" and to hear Stan Kenton's "Festival of Modern American Jazz." This was also the year that cinemascope movies were first shown in Lawrence theaters.
Following the opening of the $3-.250,000 physical science building, the seniors, then sophomore students, attended classes in Malott Hall, named for former chancellor Dean W. Malott, now president of Cornell University.
During their sophomore year, the students watched Charles "Chuck" Mather, of Massillon, Ohio, coach his first game in the completed Allen Field House.
That was the year Prof. John Ise taught his last economics class at the University, the proposed UVO honor system was defeated at the polls, the University Daily Kansan and KUOK originated the "Miss Santa" contest, and the Chi Omega fountain was presented to the University.
AWS Convention Here
In the spring of their sophomore year, the senior women assisted AWS officers with the 15th biennial convention of the intercollegiate AWS held on the campus during spring vacation.
There were two fires that year—The Patee theater in Lawrence was destroyed, and the Trinity Episcopal church was heavily damaged.
Last year the juniors, now the seniors, scoffed at the 1956 class gift—a bronze Jayhawker. They consistently read the University Daily Kansan editorial page, when the celebrated Sam L. Jones wrote his "What's Wrong." (with the Greeks, independents and faculty) series.
As juniors, the seniors saw the beginning of a new era of KU basketball when Wilt Chamberlain led the freshman team to victory over the varsity in a game preceding the Jayhawk Follies. Basketball was in the news more than once last year when Dr. Forrest C. (Phog) Allen asked to remain as basketball coach.
'Carousel' A Success
Last year's juniors were among those who crowded into Fraser Theater to see the University Theater's successful musical, "Carousel." They also attended the University's Theater's first production of the year, "Picnic," written by William Inge, the Pulitzer-prize winning playwright and KU alumnus.
The two most exciting events to the students and the most upsetting to University officials were the Wildcat theft and the panty raid. Prior to the KU-K-State football game a group of students successfully stole Touchdown IV, the Aggies' mascot, from his cage in Manhattan and hid him here. This theft led to a series of incidents which ended in a fight following the game.
Late in the school year, after panty raids began occurring elsewhere, a band of University men unsuccessfully attempted to raid a sorority house here. Because, after the attempted raid, women's organized houses were guarded, the raiders went to the Baker University where they entered and damaged a sorority house.
The climax to last year's activities was the "Miss Lawrence" pageant, won by Mary Ann McGrew, a KU coed who went on to capture the "Miss Kansas" title in June, and was named a finalist in the "Miss America" pageant in September.
Says Fashion Authority
TO WEAR EVERYWHERE The carcost will be as popular for the girls as the toggle coat is for boys this season. They feature many types of fastenings, this one being the popular toggle closing. Name of
model unknown.
Be Natural, Be Relaxed To Look Your Best
The lipstick should be applied with a brush to be even. As for the eyebrow pencil, "blondes, brunettes, and redheads should use the same shade—a gray black—and should use an art pencil rather than a greasy one." Mr. Stevens said.
By FELECIA FENBERG (Assistant City Editor of the Daily Kansan)
"Lipstick, eyebrow pencil, and perhaps a little rouge are all that is necessary," Mr. Stevens said. An added tip: make sure the end of the lip line is directly under the pupil of the eye.
Short women (5'-5"') usually want to look taller, and the proper clothes can achieve this effect. V-necklines, chestfields, and buttons or stripes running up and down all give the illusion of height.
"If the shopper would see to it that everything points up in an outfit, she is safe." Mr. Stevens added.
Use An Art Pencil
Be natural with complete relaxation is the main advice a fashion authority has for coeds who want to look their best.
For tall women ("56" up) who do not wish to accentuate their height, the reverse is true: stripes going around, round necks, etc.
Makeup properly and tastefully applied is a basic of good grooming, but it does not imply heavy foundation or eye shadow.
"If a young woman is poised and relaxed, she can electrify everyone when she enters a room, without being exotic," said Jim Stevens, manager of the Patricia Stevens Modeling Agency in Kansas City, Mo.
Coeds who tend to be plump may conceal it by wearing solid colors: matching skirts and sweaters or blouses. Dark colors, especially black, also make the woman look smaller, whereas white emphasizes largeness.
For Tall Women
"However, I don't mean to discourage girls from wearing contrasting skirts and blouses," Mr. Stevens cautioned.
Not An Unwearable Color
For coeds who say they cannot
wear certain colors. Mr. Stevens
has a ready answer: There are 240.
Not An Unwearable Color
different skin and hair tones to direct color, and consequently, a shade for everyone. It someone says to me 'I can't wear green,' I can find some shade of green that the person can wear well."
In conclusion, an absolute must for coeds who want to be fresh and attractive all day is plenty of sleep.
"Be sure that part of that sleep comes before midnight." were Mr. Stevens closing words. "Eight hours sleep when some are before 12 a.m. makes all the difference in the world."
Oh, My!
Tadpoles, Gabgu Bird, Worms Used In Ancient Cosmetics
The average American woman of today spends approximately $25 annually for cosmetics. But we might consider the money well spent compared to the unusual concoctions the ancient men and women mixed up to make themselves more beautiful.
The Egyptians used a mixture of dried tadpoles, crushed in oil of a tortoise shell, and the Gabgu bird broiled in a klin to keep their hair from graying.
Even earlier they had used a recipe to cover gray hair, consisting of one part dog paws, one part kernels of dates, and one part donkey hoofs. After cooking very thoroughly in an earthenware pot, the mixture was applied to the head.
Oil, ashes and earthworms were used by aging men in Rome to hide gray hair. For this reason they had little cause to criticize the lye soap bleaches used by Roman women for the stylish blond hair of the time.
Both men and women of ancient times applied such things as lead oxide, chalk, black and blue paints, milk and vermilion to their faces. The night cream, made of bread and
asses' milk, used by the women stuck like glue to the faces of husbands.
It was considered quite elegant to outline lips, nails, and other features with henna, a red-orange dye made from a plant. They used a bright blue mixture to outline veins of the body.
A cake of perfumed wax with a lotus blossom stuck through it was placed on the guests' heads at parties. During the evening the wax melted giving the head a pleasant coolness and spreading a sweet scent at the same time.
Roman women often wore false teeth of wax, but if their teeth were good it was very fashionable to carry a myrtle branch between them.
Wigs were worn by both sexes in the days of Rome. Some Roman portrait busts today have removable stone wigs, like lids, to allow for fashion changes. One Roman Empress was noted for her collection of several hundred wigs of different colors.
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