Coed freedom joins trust, responsibility
By RICH LOVETT
The new system eliminating junior and senior women's closing hours is, by all appearances, working great. Surprisingly few problems have occurred, and apparently everyone concerned is well satisfied.
Administrators in the upperclass women's dorms say their residents not only cooperate fully, but are "thrilled they have finally been given the chance to be responsible and trusted."
IRVANA KEAGY, Wichita senior and McCollum staff assistant, says, "I think the girls in this hall really do consider the system a privilege. The transfer students love it. In many other schools there is no such program."
Commented one Naismith woman, "Oh, it's great! I went to Wichita State last year and they were really strict. If you were late, even if they saw you coming, they'd slam the door in your face. Here we can come and go as we please."
SCRORITIES REPORT that though the keys and cards are used frequently, the new arrangement is not being abused. Diane Steed, Hutchinson senior and president of Alpha Phi, says that the girls in her house usually come in around closing time anyway, out of habit and plain fatigue.
Earlier this fall, before the new keys and cards were issued, most of the living groups held floor meetings or house briefings to explain the new rules and procedures. As a result, initial confusion, trouble with door locks, and other difficulties have been minimal.
One sorority reportedly experienced new keys which failed to open their outside door. However, the problem was solved when someone remembered that the lock had been changed during the summer.
Under All Women Students (AWS) ruling, each living group constructed its own plan as to how the new system was to work in
their group. These plans were submitted to the Dean of Women for approval. For this reason, elimination of junior and senior women's closing went into effect Oct. 5, instead of the beginning of the fall semester.
During this planning period, parents of upperclass women were sent a letter explaining the proposed change and requiring a signature of acceptance. No cases of non-signing parents have been reported. According to one sorority representative, the parents generally feel that "you seem to know what you're doing."
SINCE EACH GROUP formulated its own procedure for signing out and using cards or keys, almost every group's arrangement is slightly different from the others.
For example, McCollum issued its junior and senior women small cards with spaces allotted for name, age, eye color, height, and signature. These must be shown to a desk employee upon entering the hall after 6 p.m. and are necessary to gain admittance. Sign-outs are also handled at the main desk, which stays open all night.
Naismith Hall has hired a guard who checks the cardboard ID's of each woman as she enters the hall in the evening.
According to Jane Schendel, assistant to the Dean of Women and a resident of Naismith, "We have some graduates here who are 39 or 40, and it seems silly to have them sign out. So we've put them on an honor system in which an individual sign-out list is kept in their own room."
Hashinger and Lewis use plastic-coated cards which activate an electronic lock on the outside front door. This eliminates the need for a desk attendant after closing hours.
Many of the smaller living groups chose to use keys rather than electronic systems because the latter tended to be most practical for only the large residences.
KU probably has one of the best looking trash-pits in Kansas.
Beer cans, coke bottles, old refrigerators, and even garbage cans full of "stuff," have been found in the $11,000 Chi Omega fountain.
Fountain is costly trash pit
But in sharp contrast to all the trash, there are some conscientious people who try to clean the mess up with soap.
"They put everything in it," said Harry Buchholz, superintendent of buildings and grounds. "In the summer kids and dogs use it to cool off."
They are so conscientious, they will even go to the trouble to use the chemistry lab to make special extra-sudsy soap.
"Every time someone puts soap in the fountain, it costs approximately $150 to clean up the mess," said Buchholz. "Usually it takes four men four hours to flush the lines and drain all the soapy water out."
Broken bottles and dye, difficult to get out of the stone, also cause special problems, said Buchholz.
BOTHERSOME BELLS
The 32-year-old electronics engineer will use two amplifiers outside his house to drown the bells with music by Wagner, Grieg and Beethoven.
NEWTON-Le-WILLOS, England — (UPI) — Paul Marriott thinks the bells in nearby St. Peter's Church are a "nuisance" and thinks he has found a way to stop the noise.
"Then, if the police book me they have to book the bell ringers as well," said Marriott.
Oriental film to be shown
"Beautiful Duckling," a color film depicting rural life on Taiwan, will be shown at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Hoch Auditorium.
Sponsored by. the Chinese Student Association and the Department of Oriental Languages and Literatures, the cinemascope production is free to KU students.
LITTLE POVERTY
RICHMOND, Calif. — (UPI)— The Contra Costa Grand Jury wonders why the community of Orinda has qualified for $47,754 in federal antipoverty funds. The average personal income for its 12,000 residents is $13,000 a year and only three families are on welfare.
Daily Kansan Thursday, November 3, 1966
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