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Past Three Years Mean Much To Members In Class Of 1958
Ey MARY BETH NOYES
(Daily Kansas Society Editor)
Only 192 days until the graduation of the class of 1588. It will be an event-filled time, just as the past three years have been.
Although looking forward to commencement week, we seniors are still a bit nostalgic about the things that have happened at the University during our tenure here as students.
As we entered school in the fall of 1954 we joined in the activities of the Lawrence Centennial and one of our classmates, Polly Peppercorn of Lawrence, was selected queen of the celebration. Another newcomer to the University that year was head football coach, Chuck Mather of Massillon, Ohio.
"Sh-Boom" Popular
The late Christian Dior's "flat look" was popular that year as were "Droodles" and "Sh-Boom". The Crew-Cuts, Louis Armstrong, Woody Herman and the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra were among the outstanding visiting musical aggregations that year.
The University Daily Kansan staff, working all night, put out a special election issue of the paper which included Fred Hall's gubernatorial victory over Lawrence banker, George Docking. President Eisenhower dedicated
New Fashion Skort Skirts
If you are looking for the comfort of shorts and the feminine lines of a skirt, perhaps the answer to your search is skorts.
Skorts are a combination of skorts and a short skirt. The skirt is midthigh length and is attached to the shorts by a single waistband and back zipper.
The skirt and shorts are in matching material and the skirt is pleated. It can be purchased in checks, plaids, prints or solid colors in either cotton or wool. They are inexpensive and aren't bulky.
The accordian pleats are kinder to female hips than the traditional shorts. They are comfortable to wear on picnics, while playing tennis or golf or while doing homework.
On the sports scene, track star Al Frame won the NCAA cross-country run at East Lansing, Mich., in 1954.2. Wes Santee was defeated by his Acacia fraternity brothers in a 13.7-mile cross-country race. The KU basketball team won its first game in the new Allen Field House, 77 to 67 over K-State.
his Abilene museum and was presented a KU band hat by Prof. Russell L. Wiley, band director.
The Christmas season brought the first Miss Santh contest, a controversy over the pale blue Christmas tree in Strong Hall, a "drive safely" campaign by The Daily Kansan, and the ground-breaking ceremony for the Kansas Turnpike.
Miss Santa Chosen
Joan Gavin, the "one o'clock blonde," created a sensation, bringing Life Magazine photographers to the campus. On April Fool's Day the co-eds took over the steps of Green Hall from the lawyers.
MARILYN MERMIS HAYES SENIOR
The fall of 1955 introduced us to the new IBM system of enrollment. The losing battle was started against the University sprinkling system, and William Inge's play, "Picnic," was presented in Fraser Theater.
Friday. Nov. 22. 1957
Our first year ended with the ROTC Armed Forces holding a mock battle on Campanile Hill.
Touchdown IV. K-State's wildcat, was kidnapped by KU students, but the Aggies had the last laugh as they won the football game, 46-0. In the Varsity-Freshman pre-season basketball game Wilt Chamberlain, already known as "Wilt the Stlt," scored 42 points to lead the freshmen to their first victory of the pre-season series.
K-State Won. 46-0
Sophomore Mary Ann McGrew was chosen Miss Santa and there was much controversy, again, over the Christmas decorations in Strong Hall, a cone-shaped wire structure strung with gold balls.
Phog Allen, in his last basketball season, lost the one-thousandth game he coached, 68 to 69, to the University of Oklahoma. His star player, Dallas Dobbs, was suspended for the remainder of the season because of grades. Mr. Alen was threatened in a libel suit by Col. Harry D. Hensel, chairman of the Olympic basketball committee.
This was the year of "Carousel" Sam L. Jones, the hyperbolic paraboid, the bronze Jayhawker and spring pani raids. Miss Santa, Mary Ann McGrew, went on to become Miss Lawrence, Miss Kansas, and one of the five finalists in the Miss America contest.
Entertainment Varied
Sir William Haley, editor of the London Times, Herbert Hoover, Jr. United States under secretary of state, and Hal Boyle, Associated Press columnist, visited the campus. Tom Sawyer acted as drama critic for The Daily Kansan, and the Kansan Board repealed the political neutrality clause in its constitution
Our junior year we were entertained by Gene Krupa, the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, "Of Thee I Sing," the late Jimmy Dorsey, the National Ballet of Canada, Frankie Carle, the Don Cossack group, and Louis Armstrong.
A special election party was held in November in the Student Union. Television sets were placed throughout the building and large scoreboards recorded the nation-wide election returns. The soon-to-be Governor Docking and his wife made an appearance in the ballroom.
The Western Civilization program was reorganized that year. The Salk polio vaccine was distributed and students were urged to use it. The Kansas Turnipke was opened and the first wedding took place at the campanile.
Take Your Choice On Kind Of Plaid
Coeds have their choice between bold and muted plaid for their fall wardrobes.
Bold ones pair such off beat combinations as green and blue or hot pink and red.
Muted ones usually are a blend of various charcoal tones.
In the first basketball game of the season, against Northwestern, Will the Stilt scored 52 points, an all-time scoring record for a KU player. In the NCAA tournament in Kansas City the Jayhawks lost 54 to 53 to North Carolina in three overtimes.
Our senior year is characterized by the verse "Roses are red, violets are blue. We're the class with the Asian flu." But many more things will happen during the next 192 days to complete the series of events that are so familiar to the class of 1958.
The last major queen of the season, the Javhawker queen, was selected by Prince Rainier III of Monaco. The year ended on a disastrous note with the Kansas City tornado which killed about 50 persons.
If you go to an hour dance and meet and dance with some pretty young miss, and if the next day you see her on campus and do not speak to her, she will probably think you very impolite.
Etiquette Rules Change
Just the opposite would have been true a century ago. In a book of etiquette published in 1834 it says it is all right to dance with a stranger if the master of the ceremonies of the dance has introduced you but this does not entitle you to "claim her acquaintance" after the party.
Dance Rules Change
Another etiquette rule of 1834 that is broken at our modern dances is the very form of dancing itself. The etiquette book states, "do not kick and caper about, nor sway your body to and fro: dance only from the hips downward."
To comfort the man who had been refused after asking a young woman to dance, the etiquette book says "if a lady should civilly decline to dance with you and you chance to see her dancing afterwards, do not be offended. It might
be that she didn't despise you, but that she preferred another."
Some of the 19th century etiquette rules might still be a good idea today. One states never to introduce people to each other without a previous understanding that it will be agreeable to both persons.
Nice Hands—No Gloves
Another says "ladies should never dine with their gloves on unless their hands are not fit to be seen." Rules concerning gloves also say one should take off his gloves when shaking hands, however "it is better to run the risk of being considered ungallant than to present a clammy unglued hand."
In this age fine, thin slices of bread are considered the thing to serve to company. In 1834 etiquette said bread should never be cut less than an inch and a half thick. A closing warning to men says "never leave your hat in the hall when you pay a morning visit to a lady; it makes you look too much at home. Take it with you into the drawing room."
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