Monday, May 4, 1964 University Daily Kansan
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Most of Europe Lacks Racial Discrimination
There are approximately 400,000 Algerians in France and they are pouring into the country at a rate of hundreds daily. In addition, there are between 40,000 and 50,000 African Negro workers and about 5,000
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By John Martinco United Press International
Respect in Jazz Is Buff's Theme
Outside of Great Britain Negroes encounter little or no racial discrimination in Europe.
FRANCE IS ranked among countries with the least racial, color or religious discrimination in the world. Such discrimination as exists in the country is mainly economic and has to do with the heavy Algerian population.
Reports from United Press International correspondents indicated one exception—Zurich, Switzerland. There, foreign Negroes are reported having trouble finding living accommodations. Zurich newspapers have reported that landlords more or less politely turn away colored youths who answer classified ads for apartments. No noticeable municipal counter-action has been taken as individuals are free to rent to whomever they choose.
The main potential field of discrimination in Switzerland is among the 700,000 foreign laborers employed in the country, most of them Italians. There is little discrimination, except in housing. But, some smart restaurants don't exactly cater to all Italian patrons, although there are no known cases where entry has been refused outright.
"A Plea for Respectability," a title concerning the respectability of jazz as a form of music, will be the subject of a lecture this evening.
Phil Jacka, Lawrence senior will relate his topic to an architectural display in 301 Marvin Hall from Pennsylvania State University exploring the special architectural needs of a jazz musician.
Jacka will discuss the indictment inferred by the display, and he will give examples of jazz forms.
Jacka does a jazz show on KLWN radio, and is a senior in architecture.
A bill which would give Protestants equal rights with Catholics is reported under study.
African students from the former French colonies.
Algerian and black African workers, because of lack of technical qualifications, tend to get only unskilled jobs at low wages. Because they arrive in France with no money and get low-paid employment, they tend to gravitate to slum areas of the big cities. Entire slum sections of Paris and its industrial suburbs have become "little casbahs" as a result of mass settlement by Algerian or African immigrants.
Despite a more liberal attitude on the part of the Spanish Catholic hierarchy, government and public as a whole. Protestants still face more difficulties in Spain.
In Spain, Protestants constitute the only group subject to legal and social discrimination in an officially Roman Catholic country.
IT IS PRACTICALLY impossible for a Spanish Protestant to become an officer in the armed services or to hold civil service post of responsibility. Some families and businesses will not hire Protestants. When Protestants die in Spain they may not be buried in hallowed ground which means that in many small towns, where there is only one cemetery, they have to be buried outside the cemetery grounds.
Both Protestants and Jews are small minorities in Spain, which has an estimated 30,000 Protestants and 8,000 Jews out of a total population of about 32 million.
The wealthier black Africans find little or no color prejudice in France. Several African heads of state and other leaders have French wives who they married while studying in France. Better class, educated Algerians and Africans are freely accepted in French society or business. Gaston Monnerville, President of the French Senate, is a Negro from French Guiana.
Spanish Jews are legally and socially far better off than Protestants.
THERE IS no color bar in hotels, restaurants or night clubs.
Neighboring Portugal is a country that practices no racial discrimination either at home or in its overseas provinces. Negroes can be seen in Lisbon walking hand-in-hand with whites of the opposite sex, and weddings between the races have been frequent for centuries.
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Associated Women Students (AWS) sponsored the annual event which was held in the ballroom of the Kansas union. The breakfast is held in honor of the seniors Donna Miller, Wichita junior, said
After a breakfast of fruit cup, Canadian bacon, and blueberry muffins, Mrs. Benjamin Page, who founded the costume wing of the Kansas City museum in 1946, emceed a fashion show of the nightgowns.
MRS. PAGE PRECEDED the showing with a brief history of nightgowns. They were introduced in the 18th century, but at that time, only the royalty could afford to wear them.
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Since their beginnings, nightgowns have followed the fashion trends of the time.
Nightgowns of the last 100 years passed in review at the junior-senior breakfast yesterday morning.
Century of Nightgowns Parade In Review at AWS Breakfast
THE FIRST NIGHTGOWN to be presented was one of the 1840 vintage. Nightgowns in this period were anything but revealing. They covered the wearer from head to toe.
When bustled dresses were the style, so were bustled nightgowns.
The Civil War gowns were of heavier material and less fancy decoration. Night caps always accompanied the gown.
In 1875, bustles were the big thing in dresses. Massachusetts passed a law that forbade women to appear in dresses on the streets without a bustle. Nightgowns followed the trend. Any nightgown that was
fashionable had a bustle.
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1889 USHERED in the era of "gay" nightgowns, according to Mrs. Page. Puffed sleeves were the vogue that year. Train travel had just been introduced and nightgowns were more comfortable for travel. Mrs. Page said women were advised to take off their stays and their shoes before retiring in case of a wreck.
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Thinner material for nightgowns was introduced in 1894. This was considered very daring for that time, Mrs. Page said.
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1905 nightgowns followed the trend in street wear by having bolero jacket to match the nightgown. Neck lines also dropped to a daring new low.
THE ERA OF the flapper was evident in the nightgown styles of that time. They were short, slightly below the knee, and sleeveless.
A negligee and gown was introduced during World War II. Mrs.
Page commented that they were no longer called nightgowns, but peignoirs.
The modern nightgown took the form of the baby-doll pajamas that were especially popular in 1956. Mrs.Page said they were "not recommended for anyone past college age."
MRS. PAGE ENDED by saying that nightgowns had not changed very radically in the past 100 years. "They were much the same in 1855 as in 1955," she said.
AWS Fashion Board modeled the nightgowns which were provided by Mrs. Page.
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