Thursday, February 29, 1968
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
5
Leap when the leapin's good ...
It's Leap Year Day and Pat Swarts, Shawnee Mission freshman, ponders her possibilities. Then, over her shoulder she sees . . . a man! Mmmm, great; he sits at the next table. It doesn't take long for her to meet Doug Meeker, Garden City junior, and make Leap Day perfect.
Kansan photos by
Moe Behravesh
Statistics may be against the KU coed this Leap Year.
The man to woman ratio is decreasing from the all-time high of post World War II. In 1948 the average KU ratio was 3.5 men for every woman. At present the ratio is 1.62 men to 1 woman.
However, a discriminate use of enrollment statistics could make this Leap Year most successful.
The School of Business offers the best opportunity to catch a man. The ratio is 96.5 men per woman. Pat Swarts, Shawnee Mission freshman, photographed in Summerfield Hall's Hawklet is obviously in the right location.
There's also a wide selection in medicine and pharmacy. The ratios are 15 to 1 and 6.8 to 1 respectively.
Engineering and architecture follows with a ratio of 72.5 to 1 and the School of Law is third with 20.2 men per woman.
Journalism is a mere 2 men to 1 woman, but it's better than the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences-1.3 to 1.
And from the standpoint of the would-be old maid—any school is better than fine arts or education. One man for every two women is less than ideal, if you're a coed.
Maybe the artists, actresses, and teachers can borrow excess businessmen or architects.
1968 ENGINEERING GRADUATES
The Inland Steel Company, Indiana Harbor Works, East Chicago Indiana, invites you to investigate our many career opportunities. Consult the specific job description in the pocket of our brochure. Our representatives will be on your campus on
Friday, March 8, 1968.
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