Awaiting go-ahead
Security rules pending
For the first time in KU history, women have the responsibility of regulating their standards of conduct. Many administrators, parents and students attentively wait and listen as KU women initiate their "revolutionary" rules.
KU women in past years operated under a system of closing hours for all living groups. This year junior and senior women 21 years and over and those under 21 years with parental consent will observe security hours at their own discretion under a program approved by the Dean of Women. There will be no specific time when these women must be home. The decision is theirs.
THE AWS REGULATIONS convention which met last March introduced this change in women's regulations. During the sessions, one hundred and forty delegates representing all living groups voted to eliminate junior and senior closing hours. Both proposals passed by large majorities.
Final approval for the new rules came from the AWS Senate, the Dean of Women, the Council on Student Affairs (COSA), and the Kansas Board of Regents. Letters explaining the regulations were mailed to parents of junior-senior women under 21 years.
To implement the program this fall, KU women under the supervision of the AWS Regulations Advisory Board and the Dean of Women formulated a procedural guideline for living groups to follow in the living groups. Living group committees wrote policies. Planners paid particular attention to sign-out procedures, selection of house lock-up systems, checking methods and rule violations penalties.
TUESDAY WAS the date set for submission of policies to the Dean of Women's office. The Regulations Advisory Board will now study submitted programs and advise living groups of necessary changes. Policies which need revision will be returned to the living groups for further consideration. Final approval for every policy comes from the Dean of Women.
Almost every living group submitted plans on Tuesday. A variety of programs for security hour procedure illustrated a depth of understanding and practical imagination in the selection of methods. Every program is specifically designed to consider the particular needs and living schemes of the living group—soriority house, residence hall, scholarship hall, or coed residence hall. The only major difference in policies resulted from the selection of a key or card system of lock-up.
"KU WOMEN have responded favorably regarding the new regulations and have waited patiently for the programs they have designed to take effect," said Susan Nash, assistant to the Dean of Women and advisor to the Regulations Advisory Board.
After two days of review, it is too early for the Dean of Women's office to formally announce a date for commencement of the new regulations. Whether all living groups must wait until the majority of policies have been approved has not been definitely decided. The Regulations Advisory Board is meeting daily to reduce the waiting period between submission of plans and final approval.
"KU women have given thoughtful consideration to formulation of new regulations," said Joanne Emerick, Murray Hill,
Pinnings and Engagements
Pinnings
Linda Bair, Kansas City, Mo., junior in elementary education, Kappa Kappa Gamma, to Jim Fisher, Shawnee Mission senior in political science, Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Terri Turner, Colby junior in secondary education, Kappa Kappa Gamma, to John Casady, Wichita senior in advertising and English, Alpha Tau Omega.
Gail Merrick, Prairie Village sophomore in nursing, to John Russack, Mullica Hills, N.J., sophomore in political science, Pi Kappa Alpha.
Judy Tuckel, Lawrence, to Ron Gustafson, Lawrence senior in aero-space engineering, Pi Kappa Alpha.
Cheri Thomas, Salina junior in mathematics, Alpha Chi Omega, to Rob Schrader, Salina senior in architecture, Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Sara Gosney, Kansas City sophomore, Alpha Delta Pi, to Al Brightman, Leawood senior, Delta Chi.
Suzanne Reid, Overland Park junior in special education, Alpha Omicron Pi, to Alan Rings, junior at the Kansas City Institute of Art, Delta Sigma Phi.
Judy LeBlond, Wichita sophmore, Chi Omega, to Bill Weber, Wichita senior in business, Theta Chi.
Alice White, Wichita senior, Chi Omega, to Chris Breitenbach, Belpre, Kansas City Dental School, Tau Kappa Epsilon.
N. J., senior and chairman of the Regulations Advisory Board. "I believe the living groups have generally spent a great deal of time preparing their policies and are fully aware of the new responsibilities involved."
Melissa Case, Overland Park sophomore in elementary education, Douthart, to Bill Harris, Prairie Village junior in psychology. Phi Gamma Delta.
Engagements
Jami Wilkerson, Overland Park senior in English education, Alpha Chi Omega, to Bill Gallant, Overland Park senior in veterinary medicine at K-State, Sigma Phi Epsilon.
Dana Carduff, Shawnee Mission sophomore in psychology, to Don Reynolds, Shawnee Mission junior in speech. Pi Kappa Alpha.
Suzanne Lee, Yates Center sophomore in nursing, Alpha Omicron Pi, to Ronald Shaffer, Yates Center.
EACH LIVING group will maintain a committee to handle individual infractions of their security hour policy with initiation of the new program. Decisions may be appealed to the AWS Standards Board.The Regulations Advisory Board will continue throughout the year as a study group and advisor to the living groups.
Debbie Baker, Munich, Germany, senior, Chi Omega, to Mike Burdick, Overland Park senior in chemical engineering, Sigma Phi Epsilon.
Glenda Hord, Kansas City senior,
Chi Omega, to Jerry Carden,
KU graduate. Delta Chi.
Cindy Brown, Lawrence senior,
Chi Omega, to Steven Munzer,
Salina graduate student at Oxford
University. Oxford. England.
Linda Maher, Hinsdale, Ill., senior, Chi Omega, to Bill Dean, University of Montana, Phi Delta Theta.
Dianne Ratchford, Prairie Village senior, Chi Omega, to Bob Starcke, Prairie Village senior in architectural engineering, Delta Tau Delta.
A challenging trial period awaits junior-senior women. Individuals in every phase of campus life will be watching to see how KU women exercise their new responsibilities during the coming year.
Rachel Hall, Bonner Springs senior in French and education, Watkins, to Robert (Buzz) Whipple, Lawrence senior in English.
Society Breakdown holds up Met performance
NEW YORK—(UPI)The fantastically complex stage mechanisms at the new Metropolitan Opera House forced cancellation today of another opera-Friday's "La Gioconda"and the post-ponement of an important dress rehearsal.
The Met's huge elevator stage jammed Wednesday in a position about two feet above the stage. The Wednesday night production, "Traviata," was given in spite of this but the last act bedroom scene had to be performed in the first act ballroom. The opening curtain was delayed 30 minutes.
The company announced that the stage problem still had not been solved and "La Gioconda" must be cancelled while repairs were made. It also postponed tonight's dress rehearsal of Strauss' "Die Frau Ohne Schatten," due for its New York premiere Sunday, until the following Friday.
Met officials said they were undecided whether the Saturday night production of "Traviata" will be cancelled.
Dean announces staff members
Miss Emily Taylor, Dean of Women, has named three staff members for the current year.
This is the year for the fashion-minded individual. The time for wardrobe planning is here, and the age of conformity is past.
They are Mrs. James Ricks, Assistant Dean of Women; Miss Melinda Cole and Miss Gloria Farha, assistants to the Dean of Women.
By Diane Seaver
Individuality sets KU fashion scene
Today's unrestricted fashions portray a wonderful jumble of color. Tri-color seems to be the bare minimum for the new season. Prints combine up to ten colors.
Miss Cole, a half-time assistant, and Miss Farha, a full-time assistant, will work with Dean Taylor in co-ordinating and advising women's activities in general. Mrs. Ricks will direct the freshman program. All will assist in general office procedure and personal advisement.
**AS A RESULT**, know-how in combining colors is important. The three colors in a costume may be completely unrelated, playing on strong attractions for one another—for example, blending pales and contrasting brights.
The greens, from olive and pea soup to cactus and forest, and plums, from eggplant and port to grape and mulberry, are the most important colors this fall. Gray is the most distinguished. Royal to navy blue, previously predominantly spring colors, find their place in this year's fall fashions mixed with green, hickory and mauve.
STANDING ALONE or combining their talents in this year's prints, stripes and plaids are electric pinks, vivid blues, dazzling oranges, blacks, and the classic oxford grays and camels.
Just as one color is not right for everyone, the vivid tri-colored outfit is not the only one that will be seen on the KU campus this fall. The total look is the whitened look.
THE COMPLETE coordination of the total look begins with the natural look in makeup. Hair falling to the shoulder or a short sassoon cut will insure the head being small, casual and neat.
The clothes of the whitened look might be a low belted varsity sweater or possibly a wide ribbed turtleneck tucked into an ivory nubby herringbone tweed mini skirt (one to three inches above the knee). Textured, crocheted ivory tights and pale, square-toed shoes with a squat heel and buckle complete the whitened look.
Both looks, bright or whitened, are designed to be sporty and casual.
Daily Kansan
Thursday, September 29, 1966
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