Monday, Dec. 7, 1964
University Daily Kansan
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Prospective Coeds Learn of Opportunities at KU
Cold weather and slick roads didn't keep 300 prospective KU coeds from Kansas and Missouri high schools at home Saturday.
Attending the KU Associated Women Students (AWS) High School Leadership Day program were girls, elected by their classmates as high school leaders, here to learn about activities and leadership opportunities at KU.
MEMBERS OF AWS, Cwens, Mortar Board and several faculty members participated in professor-student discussions, campus tours, and small activities discussions which comprised the day.
Kathy Gilbert, a high school senior from McLouth, said, "The thought that I'd actually enter KU next fall has seemed, until now very remote and scary and jumbled. This day of discussion, particularly with KU students themselves, will help me to know where to place my values once I get here."
The high school seniors heard faculty members explain the academic functionings of KU's schools, departments, majors, scholarship and honors programs during morning sessions. The afternoon sessions were conducted in small groups by
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members of Mortar Board, senior women's honor organization, and Cwens, a sophomore honorary organization.
"THERE IS A danger of the freshman girl becoming deluged with activities and clubs when she first arrives on campus," Leta Cathcart, Kansas City, Mo., senior and Mortar Board member, told the visitors. "Having your name on the roles of ten or twelve clubs to which you can give absolutely nothing is senseless. But joining one or two organizations you feel a real interest in and can devote time to will make your college life extremely meaningful to you," she said.
The fact that the KU student body is made of people from vastly different geographical locations and cultural traditions is one more reason for becoming involved in a meaningful activity, Cinda Gilna, Manhattan sophomore, said.
"We think of KU as a Kansas school," she said, "when it actually isn't. I feel more like a citizen of the world than a Kansas citizen since I've been here. Activities are a wonderful way of finding fascinating and enlightening people."
THE HIGH SCHOOL Leadership
Souvenir Shops Happy Johnson Won Election
By Alvin Spivak
WASHINGTON —(UPI)—President Johnson's election victory came as a welcome relief to souvenir sellers, particularly in the area around his Texas ranch.
If he had not won, they would have been stuck with a wide assortment of plates, pitchers, mugs and other paraphernalia inscribed with the President's smiling countenance.
At a cafe in Stonewall, Tex., a few miles from the LBJ ranch, shelves next to the barbecue counter are loaded with such items. They are for sale 15 miles the other side of the ranch, in Johnson City, too.
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Debate Teams Win
Members of the KU Debate Squad returned from a tournament at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, with the first place sweepstakes trophy and four division honors.
Sharon Mahood, Springfield, Mo. sophomore and Jim Klumpp, Coffeyville freshman, won first place in the senior (varsity) division. Louis Floyd, Topeka sophomore, and Judson Briegle, Kansas City, Kan. sophomore, took fourth place.
In the junior division, Nancy Wood, Wichita freshman, and Bill Sampson, Topeka freshman, were awarded first place. Jim McNish and Bob Campbell, Topeka freshmen, won second place.
around boast signs saying "LBJ Ranch Information" and "Souvenirs for Sale." They not only offer pictures of Johnson on various types of chinaware, but also little models of two beagles above a base captioned "LBJ's Him and Her."
And a shrewd shopper can find bargain counters loaded with "LBJ Ranch Rocks-29 Cents."
Now comes word that three Texas enterisers are planning to build a curio shop and snack bar on Ranch Road 1, across the Pedernales River from Johnson's 400-acre spread.
There was a published report in Austin, Tex., last week that these men had purchased for $25,000 a tract which fronts on the road near the LBJ ranch entrance.
THIS MAY PROVE to be a hazardous investment, if the secret service and Texas Highway Patrol continue to block off Ranch Road 1 from tourist travel.
The purpose, according to officials, was to keep away hunters who were roaming the area with high-powered rifles at the start of the deer hunting season. Johnson, walking or riding on his property, might be seen from Ranch Road 1 by someone looking for him with a telescopic sight.
There was another version of the reason—that the road was blocked off because Johnson was irritated about news photographers sighting him with telescopic lenses from across the Pedernales River.
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program was initiated in 1958 when invitations were sent to Kansas high schools to send their outstanding students to learn about KU and the things it can offer. Since that year, the program has expanded to include the faculty workshops and various forms of entertainment. This year the AWS Fashion Board gave a skit and a Delta Tau Delta singing group performed.
burg, Carmel, Ind., junior, and in- included: Mary Lynne Mangan, Dodge City junior; Maxine Phillips, Kin- said junior; Sally Willard, Overland Park senior; Barbara Anstett, Kirk- wook, Mo. junior; Nancy Sturgis, St. Louis, Mo. junior; Joanne Emerick, Murray Hill, N. J., sophomore.
"The day has certainly broadened my whole outlook and knowledge of the University," Sally Swanson, Wichita high school senior, said. "I understand the studies are still the most important thing at college, but that some meaningful outside activity can add a great deal to the four years."
The AWS Leadership Day committee was headed by Jill New-
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