KU has 13 new 'mothers' While students become oriented to school housemothers take over new chores
Thirteen new housemothers are at KU this fall.
While students were busy with orientation activities and organizational meetings during "country club" week, the new house-mothers were putting in many hours of overtime.
Students were moving in. Greek houses were rushing.The campus was getting ready for a new school year.And the housemothers were planning meals.
Mrs. Marjorie Nation, Sigma Chi housemother and president of the housemothers' corporation, said, "Anybody new to the campus is just like a new neighbor. We get together over a cup of coffee and try to help her as much as possible.
"A new housemother is especially lucky if the cook has already been with the house a year," she said. "The cook would know the likes and dislikes of the students."
The housemothers' corporation meets on the second Monday of each month to discuss any problems a housemother might have. In addition to discussion, there is a speaker or musical program at each meeting. At the end of the year, the corporation awards two scholarships.
Mrs. Suzanne Crawford, assistant to the dean of women, said the replacement of housemothers seems to occur every six or seven years. She said the turnover in housemothers seemed to be "without rhyme or reason."
Among housemothers that have switched from a men's to a women's group this year are Mrs.
Mildred Newson, with Alpha Delta Pi and from KU: Mrs. Esther Ament, with Alpha Gamma Delta and from the University of Illinois; and Mrs. Lucille Lowe, with Chi Omega and from Wichita State University.
Mrs. Cletus E. Mason, Kappa Kappa Gamma, is the only new women's housemother who has worked in a women's house before. She has worked at Arizona University and Louisiana State University.
The switch from a women's to men's house was made by Mrs. Eula Dickey, Sigma Phi Epsilon and from Emporia. She thought the main difference between men's and women's houses was the greater amount of food eaten by the men. The boys talk about girls and the girls talk about boys, she said.
Mrs. Kirby Keen, new housemother at Pearson, has been a housemother with men before.
Several women are housemothers for the first time this year: Mrs. Eleanor Darnell, Alpha Chi Omega; Mrs. Roger Blessing, Delta Gamma; Mrs. Irene Ramsey, Sellards; Mrs. Elizabeth Peck, Delta Chi; Mrs. Dorothy White, Phi Gamma Delta; Mrs. Francis Custafson, Delta Sigma Phi; and Mrs. I. H. Campbell, Sigma Phi Epsilon.
One position for a housemother is still open. Douthart Scholarship Hall is without a housemother because the vacancy did not occur until August, according to Mrs. Crawford.
10 Daily Kansan Thursday, September 29, 1966
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