Chinese New Year Starts Today With Dragons and Firecrackers
The scene is a mixture of Independence Day and Halloween. The place is Chinatown, Hong Kong, and anywhere else Chinese live. The time is Jan. 21. The event? Chinese New Year. In Hong Kong, the New Year is welcomed with dragon dances in the streets, fireworks everywhere, and children wearing brand-new clothes, Maria Liu, Hong Kong sophomore, said.
Miss Liu is one of about 150
140 Expected At Insurers' Forum Here
About 140 students, faculty members, and insurance agents from the state and the region are expected to attend the annual Insurance Forum at 2 p.m. Saturday in 411 Summerfield Hall, Harold Krogh, program moderator, said Thursday.
"I HAVE NOT seen Hedges' paper yet," Krogh said, "but it is probable that he will talk about current transit problems in life insurance, how to improve professional ethical standards and qualities; risk management; and property liability."
The guest lecturer for Saturday's program will be J. Edward Hedges, professor of insurance at Indiana University. He will present a paper called "Insurance—Some Problems and Prospects."
Hedges received his master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Kansas in 1932. He received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University. In 1962 Hedges was elected to the Insurance Hall of Fame. Hedges is the author of several books and articles including Practical Fire and Casualty Insurance now in its seventh edition.
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On Campus Interviews for Next Week: Tues., Jan. 25—North K.C. College, Jan. 26—State University Thurs., Jan. 27—Chico State College, Calif., college, 106 Ba.
Class AA State Debate Tournament. All Day, Kaunas Union.
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LDS Institute of Religion, 4:30 p.m.
Catholic Mass, 5 p.m. St. Lawrence
Channel, CFM. 8 p.m.
Popular Film, 7 and 9:30 p.m. "The Devil at 4 O'Clock" Dynee Aud.
Hillel Friday Night Services, 7:30
Millie Center Community Center, 917
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Swimming. 1:30 p.m. Oklahoma State II, Robinson, Gym.
Popular Film 7 and 9:30 p.m. "The Devil at 4 O'Clock" Dyche Aud.
Catholic Mass, 8 a.m. St. Lawrence
Channel; 3:40, 11 a.m. Houd Auch.
Oread Friends Meeting, 10.30 a.m.
Meeting for
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Lutheran Services, 9:45 a.m. Bible study, and 11 a.m. worship, 15th and 16th
Carillon Recital, 3 p.m. Albert Gerken.
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Why read the New York Times when you can get a Kansan?
Chinese students on the KU campus whose thoughts are with this colorful Chinese holiday, and not with the finals they must take next week.
THERE ARE many customs connected with the Chinese New Year celebration and one dictates that whenever a child or unmarried person calls upon a family, the adults must give them a wrapped packet of pocket money, ranging from 50 cents to 20 to 30 Hong Kong dollars. "The children get rich, while the parents have to give money," Miss Liu said.
Another custom connected with money is when poor children come knocking on doors, they give small pieces of red paper with the words "fai-choy" on them and receive money. The words are a part of the phrase "kung hai fai-choy," "Wishing you a very prosperous, happy New Year."
During the holidays, "our parents are extra kind to us, therefore we are extra naughty," Miss Liu said. But then she added that the superstition is that if a child is bad on New Year's Day, he will have bad luck all year.
SOME PEOPLE believe they cannot wash their hair or take a bath because all the good fortune will wash away. Miss Liu said.
The dragon is one of the most important parts of the celebration. It is the traditional Chinese symbol of good fortune, since it is considered to be the mightiest of beasts. People of certain districts make the dragons from paper and dance in the streets, Miss Liu said.
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