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Scandinavians Discuss Native Cultures and Customs
Students from Scandinavian countries entertained International Club members Saturday night by presenting their countries' culture, customs and costumes in a panel program.
Countries represented were Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
MEMBERS OF THE PANEL were:
Vilhjalmur Ludviksson, Reykjavik, Iceland, sophomore; Mrs. AsLaug S. Ludviksson, Reykjavik, Iceland, special student; Per-Olov Mascher, visiting assistant professor of German from Sweden; Ritva A. Halinen, Myllykoski, Finland, junior.
Susanne Bolstad, Oslo, Norway,
graduate student; Tove Barit Gul-
brandsen, Oslo, Norway, freshman;
Sigrid Wisloff, Oslo, Norway, special
student, and Dr. Erik Torp of Watkins
Hospital, from Denmark.
DENMARK'S TOPOGRAPHY is flat, and has one-fifth of the area Kansas has, Dr. Torp said.
The country is well-known for its
many old buildings and castles. The coast climate and ancient culture are the main tourist attractions, he said.
The shape of Finland is just like the shape of a woman, and there are quite a few lakes, Miss Halnen said.
Iceland is one of the most volcanically active countries of the world and is covered with rock and mountains, Ludviksson said. The Gulf Stream keeps the temperature of Iceland steady so the temperature is neither cold nor hot.
Norway is very similar to Iceland. Miss Bolstad said.
SWEDEN IS VERY well known for its seaside resorts and famous for its glass products, Prof. Mascher said.
The Scandinavian countries have different languages in each part, panel members said. Literacy is 100 per cent. Culture and customs are similar all over Scandinavia.
Commenting on American dating, Ludviksson said it seems to be compulsory.
The Lawrence Business and Professional Women (BPW) is sponsoring a benefit party at 7:30 p.m., tomorrow in the Community Building, 11th and Massachusetts streets.
Proceeds from the event will be used for a scholarship for a Lawrence high school girl who plans to attend KU. The scholarship, awarded annually by the BPW, covers tuition.
"We have dating in Scandinavia, but it is not required or compulsory," he said.
BPW Card Benefit Is Tomorrow Night
Miss Iris Aller, BPW member,
said today that "anyone who likes
to play any card game" is invited.
Admission is 35c. Homemade pastries and coffee will be sold.
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Princeton Honors Stevenson
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PRINCETON, N.J. — (UPI) — Adlai Stevenson, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations has been awarded the Princeton University Woodrow Wilson Alumni Award for best exemplifying "Princeton in the nation's services."
Stevenson accepted the award Saturday from Robert F. Goheen, Princeton president, before 1,000 persons in Dillon Gymnasium.
The M. Taylor Pine Honor Prize, highest university undergraduate honor, went to Walter Becker Sloombe of Ann Arbor, Mich.
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THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANIES SALUTE: WALTER WILEY
The application of computer techniques to telephone accounting procedures demands imagination and originality. Walter Wiley (B.S., Commerce, 1958) has both in abundance. Walt is a Methods Accountant with Southwestern Bell in St. Louis.
Walt decides how the computer can best handle a task, then writes instructions for both the machine and the people who operate it. Seeing the computer carry out his programs swiftly and at a savings to his company is to Walt both gratifying and rewarding.
Walt qualified for his latest promotion by showing what he could do on earlier assignments. On one, he skillfully supervised a transition from written inventory records to punched cards, training and directing the 20 people needed for the job.
Walter Wiley and other young men like him in Bell Telephone Companies throughout the country help bring the finest communications service in the world to the homes and businesses of a growing America.
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