University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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APRIL, 1936 Behind the crowns Two Kansas Citians inspect the junior queens at the annual prom A queen devoid of beauty is not queen; She needs the royalty of beauty ' s mien. Victor Hugo, Eviradrus, V. WHETHER or not we owe to Mr. Hugo ' s lyrical remark our present title of beauty queen is a moot question ; regardless of the validity of such a theory, certain it is that many years ago our predecessors on college annual staffs conceived the idea of choosing the fair- est of the campus, of attaching to them the appellation of beauty queens, and of attempting in various ways to glorify them. Certain it is, too, that we are far too timorous to do other than perpetuate such a firmly-established custom ; con- sequently, from issue to issue, we solemnly carry out the rite of crowning our co-ed queens. We proceed in such a sacred ceremony with a grave feeling of responsibility and with a full realization of the deep significance of the act which we are performing. Well do we know that (Continued on page 266) by DEAN MOORHEAD LANDON LAIRD TAYLOR LEWIS The judges say Here ' s to five of the best-looking girls we ever saw or talked to! Good luck to you and to Kansas. LANDON LAIRD TAYLOR BIGGS LEVTIS ' It CANDIDATES AND JUDGES

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262 THE JAYHAWKER Junior officers The junior officers don ' t have much to do, but are the leaders of the class by DALE O ' BRIEN YOU can always tell a junior, but you can ' t tell him much. A chap of sin- gular insight thus lumped what to him are the conspicuous characteristics of I. HUBERT ANDERSON third year men and women into the last line of a jinglet and let it go at that. And, truly, he expressed ' what a goodly number of people have always believed . . . that we consider ourselves the lords of creation, and, consequently, that we must be humored in our whims and con- sidered to be resident in that final piteous period of adolescence through which most of us, at any rate, will traverse into sanity. We ' ve pondered that sage ' s words for hours and have been able to come to but one conclusion . . . that those words were truthfully spoken. But, at all events, there ' s no harm in defending ourselves ... so let ' s look at the fellow who con- demned us, when he himself was a junior. Back in 1920, a week before the Jun- ior Prom, he showed himself up for the prude he was. (The evidence is im- mutably recorded in the files of the Daily Kansan.) Thus spake our critic: I am unqualifiedly against having the Junior Prom. K. U. has already acquired the name of being a fast, ex- travagant, and frivolous school devoted entirely to dancing . . . and for the stu- dents to sanction the further expense such an elaborate dance as this must necessitate, would not aid in changing the views of the citizens of Kansas and in obtaining their appropriations. Another fellow, not quite so rabid as our critic, wanted to have the dance and confessed naively, I would like to have a formal party with all the frills at- tached to it, because I enjoy such sprees. Indeed, readers, times have changed. The Junior Prom once was consid- ered a spree! Think how much we ' ve advanced! Our formula for a spree, for instance, is ... Kansas City and two qua . . . (but, wait a moment . . . this is to be preserved for posterity). However, they had the Prom that year despite our moralist and served fruit cocktails and chicken salad a la Prom to all comers and everyone went home abashed for having indulged in such promiscuity. So, a word to all those who nod sym- pathetically at our activities, which, we confess, are symptomatic of retarded development: You, too, once drooled with imbecility. Last year about this time the Pacha- camacs mustered all their forces and voted into office four men capable of guiding us out of this adolescent rut. Hubert Anderson was elected president and Jack Schrey treasurer. The managers of the Prom about which we have made BARBARA PENDLETON GRETCHEN SPEELMAN so much to-do are John Coleman and Bill Townsley. Barbara Pendleton and Gretchen Speelman usurped the offices of vice- president and secretary in a somewhat less ostentatious W. S. G. A. election. And what, prithee, are the duties of our junior officials? you ask. True, our president has no voice in the council and the funds which pass through our treas- urer ' s hands are very nominal to say the least. The responsibilities of the Prom managers are sometimes questioned and the vice-president and secretary merely contribute their ayes and nays to multi- plicities of W. S. G. A. resolutions. But, seriously, our officers were chosen for one primary duty: to keep the junior class a homogeneous body . . . sep- arate and distinct so that the obloquy which falls upon us may not inadver- tently be distributed on a part of the student body which is yet too imma- ture to merit it, or on a part which al- ready has received its share and must not be placed in double jeopardy. JOHN COLEMAN BILL TOWNSLEY JACK SCHHEY

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JANE GIVENS PHOTO BY HIXON