University Daily Kansan
Friday, Nov. 13, 1964
Page 11
CWENS Dress Alike; Have Wide Interests
Most KU women would never consent to wearing the same dress as her best friend on the same day. It just never seems to be the thing to do.
The women are CWENS and they dress alike for a reason. All are members of a national organization for sophomores which Emily Taylor, dean of women, says is an organization which "provides a program for year long orientation for freshmen to encourage them to make upper-class friends; to provide continuous leadership training for women who have demonstrated this type of ability."
KU Dames Give Wives Relaxation
Women who live in residence halls sorority houses and apartments or campus all need and want ways to relax and get out of the house once in a while. But so do the wives of KU students.
ACCORDING to Dean Taylor CWENS hope to provide training that will not only be useful to the University now but to the members in later life.
But, breaking this rule, 51 KU women dress in exactly the same red wool jumper each week . . . and like it.
Many women who are helping put their husbands through college by working utilize the KU chapter of KU Dames for the purpose of getting out of the house and doing worthwhile things with their free time.
THIS problem of free time was no different at the turn of the century since that was when the Dames organization was formed here at KU. At that time 20 wives of KU students decided to get together, discuss their common problems and relax. In 1911 the twenty women formed the organization that was to become a part of the national association of such groups.
The first group was formed at Harvard University and its popularity spread rapidly. When KU Dames was formed it was one of four groups of Dames, the others being at Yale, the University of Chicago and Harvard.
AT THE founding of the club one of the only provisions of the club was to "... promote sociability among the wives of students."
At first the women met twice a week but then split up into individual bridge, study and sewing groups.
Now the group meets once a month to hear speakers, see demonstrations, dance, and also relax.
History Professors To Present Papers
Two KU professors have program roles in the 30th annual meeting of the Southern Historical Association in Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 12-14.
George M, Beckmann, associate dean of faculties and professor of history, will be chairman of a program devoted to "The Role of the Military in Contemporary Asia."
Timothy G. McDonald, visiting assistant professor of history, will give a paper on "The Coming of the War with Spain" in a session concerned with re-evaluation of President William McKinley.
Other members of the KU history faculty attending are Profs. George L. Anderson, Konstantinas Avizonis, Richard Chang, John G. Clark, Lynn Nelson, W. Stitt Robinson and Charles Stansifer. Lester D. Langley, a Ph.D. from Borger, Tex., also will attend.
Kave Whitaker, Wichita senior, to Roy Miller, Topeka senior.
Engagements
Heidi Phaff, Hugeton senior, Gamma Phi Beta, to Max Logan, KU graduate from Holliday, Kan., now attending Harvard Law School.
The name of the group is significant in its origin. It is pronounced Cwain and has an Anglo-Saxon origin that means queen. The origin of the name from the Anglo-Saxon is important since this group of people are believed to have selected their leaders for ability and intellect, not family background and wealth. CWENS are chosen each year from the present freshman class of women who have shown such abilities.
THE 51 members of Tau Chapter of CWENS at KU celebrated their Founder's Day at a program in the Kansas Union Wednesday evening. The purpose of the meeting was to celebrate the date of the origination of Tau Chapter at KU.
ONE OF the primary objectives, as stated in their constitution, is service to the University of which they are a part through the development of leadership abilities, the orientation and friendship with freshmen and the unification of freshman women.
CWENS took over and expanded the activities of a former group of sophomore women known as the Jay Sisters.
CWENS is one of four honorary organizations on campus that does not confine membership to a particular field of study, talent or interest.
The national organization of CWENS was founded at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania in 1922. There are 19 member groups of the National Society of CWENS. Tau chapter joined the national group in 1960 when Mrs. J. B. Stroup, assistant to the dean of women, and five KU girls were initiated into CWENS.
The year long program of orientation begins when freshmen arrive on campus and move into the freshman halls and are met by the two CWENS assigned to their floor for the year. A CWEN is also assigned to each of the scholarshin halls.
In addition to the freshman program the group tries to unify sophomore women by planning activities such as picnics. They also have planned a tea for Mortar Board members and are working on plans for the AWS High School Leadership Day.
CWENS is sponsored by the Associated Women Students and according to Marcia Bunn, Tulsa, Okla., sophomore and president of Tau Chapter, this is one of the reasons for the success of most of their projects.
When Tau CWEN officers and advisors attended the national convention in Louisville, Ky., earlier in the fall Miss Bunn reported that the KU Chapter was one of the most active "new" chapters of the organization.
Students With Famous Parents Face Embarrassing Moments
Being a student at KU is a difficult enough task when one is anonymous and must contend with teachers, dates and grades. But what about those students whose parents are well known on campus or in the state?
"I'M RELIEVED that the campaign is over. I did campaign for Daddy on the weekends with Mother
and one of my sisters at teas and other groups," she said.
Jane Wiles, Topeka senior and assistant resident director at Carruth and O'Leary residence hall, is the daughter of the recent gubernatorial candidate Harry Wiles. Miss Wiles said people often ask her if she is the daughter of THE Harry Wiles at the beginning of the semester. "There was a great deal of excitement, of course, but I didn't have the time to actively campaign for my father since my job keeps me pretty busy."
Having a name that is known all over the state brings questions and embarrassment to the few KU students whose father or mother command statewide attention.
Dan Austin, Salina freshman and son of Whitley Austin, editor of the Salina Journal and member of the KU Board of Regents, said he feels more pressure at KU than at home. "In Salina people tend to associate me with the Austin grocery store chain not the newspaper," he said. He too is asked if his father is the one so familiar to Kansas residents and he replies with a smile that yes he is the son of the newspaper editor.
A great many famous people have graduated from KU and a good percentage of them have sent their children back for the same type of education they received 25 or 30 years ago.
Among the most well-known to attend KU are Billy Mills, recent Olympics track victor; Craig Stevens, TV actor; William Allen White, Emporia editor; Wilt Chamberlain,
famous basketball player who once was on the KU team.
A FRESHMAN woman, Mary Lou Surface, is the daughter of James Surface, vice-chancellor and dean of faculties. Miss Surface lives in a freshman residence hall in order to get away and set up her own life at college. She said every one of her instructors has asked her about her name but that it is no hardship on her. People are interested in her name but there are no conflicts.
Having celebrated parents seems to be no problem to KU students. It seems to be rather a fact of life that most of them have learned to live with.
After the class of 1965 has been out of school for 25 or 30 years the same names will pop up all over again and the same questions will probably be asked.
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