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Wednesday, March 2, 1977
University Daily Kansan
1935 KU couple thought marriage a better idea than 'eating apples'
By DEBI MORROW
Staff Reporter
A security sister getting engaged is rarely a secret. But the marriage of Paul Rogers and Mary Frances Martin may have been one of the best-secured secrets at the University of Kansas in the 1930s, and for good reason.
Rogers was a guard for the Jayhawks' basketball team in the '30s. His coach, F.C. "Phog" Allen, not only disapproved of his players getting married, but forbade it.
"He (Allen) was always telling his boys, 'Instead of having a date, eat an apple,' " Mrs. Rogers said recently, recalling the coach's philosophy.
BUT IT WAS a philosophy the Rogers worked around.
The pair met at a dance sponsored by a sorority in October 1934.
"he walked in and it was one of those mesmic things." Mrs. Rogers said.
Before the dance was over, the two sophomores had arranged their first date.
The day before her initiation into the Chi Omega sorority—June 7, 1935—Mary Frances Martin became Mary Frances of Richmond, Va., a Richard Mo., Presbyterian minister.
Then the secrecy really began. It would be 16 months before they told anyone of the
marriage, and even 26 months before their parents knew.
"WE DIDN'T tell a single, solitary soul until I finally told the sorority president one weekend when some couples, including the weekend in Kansas City," she said.
Their friends thought it was just a long courtship, even after they were married. When rumors circulated that Romer had married the girl, the truth, but no one actually believed them.
When Rogers was away during the basketball season, one of his Kappa Sigma fraternity brothers would squire Mrs. Rogers, who had squirred tapes, she went with the girls.
"PAUL USUALLY couldn't go to the dances because of curfew," she said. "But he was very understanding about my going because he knew I loved to dance."
They lacked some of the luxuries of present-day romances. Birth control was one of them. She and her husband decided to have children, but they were students, they would gutt school.
Another luxury they seldom had was ivory, which only came on overnight trips in the 18th century.
In 1936, the Rogerses announced their engagement! At the same time, they held a dinner in New York.
and "The Most Fascinating He" by the Kansas Sow Owl student magazine.
THEY WERE married the second time Aug. 15, 1837, in the St. James Episcopal Church, Edinburgh.
It wasn't until four years after the second wedding, when they had a 3-year-old child, that Mrs. Rogers finally told her mother, Mrs. Earl Martin, about her first wedding.
At the wedding, Mrs. Rogers said, "We just held the breath, hoping no one would speak up when the pastor said, 'In there any man should not become man and wife?'
Upon hearing the news, Mrs. Rogers said, Mrs. Martin turned pale and said, "My God, your baby could have been five instead of three years old." She then insisted on leaving the Kansas City restaurant where the two were having lunch.
Mrs. Rogers, who now has four children and 11 grandchildren, said the tale of her secret marriage held no fascination for the children.
"They get tired of hearing it," she said. Rogers, a Lawrence dry cleaner and real estate salesman, died in 1974. Mrs. Rogers, 60, now lives a few blocks from the KU campus and the sorority house where she met her husband.
Frogurt new treat on Nest menu
The Kansas Union Hawk's Nest opened after semester break with a new flair. The Nest greeted students with a handsome new decor and a new item on its menu, Frogurt. Frogurt?
Yes, Frogurt. "A great new taste. Licks ice cream cold." Or so reads the scrumptiously styled posters around the Union.
The poster is advertising the arrival of frozen yogurt. This dish has the texture of ice cream and is available in raspberry and strawberry flavors. The Hawk's Nest is the only place in Lawrence to experience this new taste.
BRENT MORRILL, manager of the Hawk's Nest and Prairie Room, said that he introduced the frozen yogurt because he thought students were ready for a change.
"Kansas City has had it only for a couple of months, and so I thought it would be good for us to give it a try," he said recently.
If sales records are any indicator, then Morrill's feeling that students were ready for something new has proven correct. He is still smiling, that sales had increased daily.
FROGRT OFFERS slightly fewer calories than ice cream and the more ex-
penalise. In the Hawk's Nest, prices range
from $15 to $20 for the normal 8-ounce soft drink $1
for the normal 2-ounce soft drink $1.
Merrill said he didn't think frozen yogurt would become a substitute for ice cream. Instead, he said that it probably would soon be common addition to the popular dessert list.
An employee in the Union described Progust as having a taste similar to slightly turtled herbert and predicted that it was going to be a favorite during hot summer months.
Morrill, who admitted detesting regular tortillas, the tost, had developed a taste for Frouqu.
SANDWICHES
BBQ $2.00
Roast Beef or Ham on Onion Bun
Christo $2.25
Ham & Cheese Grilled Like French Toast
Cucumber & Tomato $2.00
French Dip $^{2.25}$
Reuben <sup>b</sup> 2.25
Vienna Club *2.25
Ham, Turkey, Swiss, Lettuce, Tomato, 1,000 Island
Cup .50
Home Made Soup Bowl $^{1.25}$
Cup... 50
OMELETTES
Herb $2.00
Bacon & Cheddar 2.25
Denver 2.50
Harvest 2.50
Triple Cheese 2.25
Garden . $ .85
Chef . 2.25
Vegelarian . 2.00
OTHER DELIGHTS
8th & New Hampshire (in the 8th Street Marketplace)
Lassagne w/salad $3.25
Eggs Benedict 2.75
Veg. & Cheese Crackers 2.50
Veg. & Dip 1.25
Select Cheese & Crackers 1.50
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SENIORS Scholarship Applications
for Graduate Study at the University of Kansas
The 1977 Senior Class is offering a $500 scholarship for seniors interested in University of Kansas graduate program.
Qualifications: Scholastic achievement Community and University services Not financial need
Applications available in Student Affairs Office Strong Hall DEADLINE: March 30
produced and directed by Jacques Perrin
the same team that made the film "Ze."
DEADLINE: March 30
Media expert to visit here
Boker will participate in several colloquiums on such topics as "Television and Social Change in Latin America," and international theater.
Carlos Boker, Chilean film director,
television newsman and mass
communications scholar, will be on campus
tomorrow and Friday.
Boker's latest film, "State of Night," will be shown at 7 to 10 tomorrow in the Forum. The film stars Jennifer Lopez and
Boker was a professor of journalism at the University of Chile from 1980 to 1972. He also has taught at the Autonomous Universidad de Andorra and at two universities in India.
Fluent in six languages, Boker has several film and theater credits to his
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Saturday, March 5 1-5 p.m.
Sunday, March 6 1-5 p.m.
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Located 3 Blocks West of Iowa on 15th, North 1 Block on Crestline . . Phone 842-4200
THE STUDENT SENATE NEEDS YOUR INVOLVEMENT NOW
If you are interested in being involved in student government, apply for appointment to one of the following committees:
Membership now open on the seven standing committees of the Student Senate...
Academic Affairs
Cultural Affairs
—Financial & Auditing
—Sports
Student Rights, Responsibilities, and Privileges
Membership now open on the five subcommittees of the Student Senate . . .
—Elections
—Minority Affairs
—Student Services
—Transportation
Committee on Classroom Teaching
Positions available in the STUDENT SENATE OFFICE . . .
Recreation Advisory Board
1) Coordinator for Public Relations
2) Complaint Service Director
Pick up applications at the Student Senate Office, Level 3, Suite 105, Kansas Union
Deadline for Applications: March 4,1977
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