University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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OCTOBER, 1935 WEAVER ' S I Feminine fashions doing the dramatic after dark The draped theme makes ths most exciting evening fashions imaginable. In the Persian man- ner ... in the Grecian manner ... in the Harem mannas . . . side drapes, and back drapes both high and low . . . whatever it is . . . yon can now sweep forth regally to conquest. by HER RUSH WEEK ! That hectic, back-biting time of the year when all new fresh- men make their first impression, and sorority members vie with one another for the best class. Of course, clothes are one of the important features of a rushee. If she is attired in the latest styles, her chances are excellent not that one is judged purely on her clothes, of course, but they do help immensely. Certainly this year ' s crop can be rightly termed as well-dressed girls and many of the upper-classmen may be included in this group. Fur trim is as popular this year as it always has been. Ermine is an outstand- ing accessory, both on afternoon and eve- ning clothes. At one of the rush teas, Lorraine Luther, Pi Phi pledge, was seen wearing a smart black dress, trimmed with a white fur collar. A very tricky feature of the outfit was a white fur muff, matching the collar. Alexia Marks, pledge of Kappa, wore a dinner dress of black velvet, with a white fur collar which fell in loose folds about her neck. A cor- sage of gardenias looked stunning on it. For sport this season, plaid and plain wools seem to be the thing. Dorothy Fritz, new Theta pledge, wears to school a black, gray, and green plaid wool skirt and a gray woolly sweater, with an Ascot tie matching the skirt. Gertrude Field, of Pi Phi, dons a shirt waist dress of bright green wool for school. The three-cornered neckerchief is of red and green printed silk, resembling a paisley print. Suits play an important part in every coed ' s wardrobe this fall. Fur-trimmed suits especially are being shown for dress occasions, while the good old tailored suit still is appropriate for school pur- poses. Frances Karlan, Gamma Phi pledge, wore during rush week, a rust- colored tweed suit with huge, loose fur cuffs. With it she wore brown accessories. And have you seen Martha Davis, of Theta fame, in her latest ? It ' s one of the season ' s smartest outfits a blue and brown checked wool dress, very tailored, with a brown three-quarter length swag- ger coat. It ' s really the last word in sport fashion. Rachael Kiene, blonde Pi Phi, wore to the Pow-Wow a tailored suit of gray checked wool. The patch pockets on the coat, which is full length, were an interesting note. Cornelia Ann Miller, Gamma Phi pledge, sports a suit of brown flecked with white. The jacket is short, with it is worn a narrow brown patent leather belt. A bright orange sweater completes the outfit. Full and shorter skirts are the keynote of fashion in afternoon attire. Kid trim of gold and silver is seen every- where, especially among the college girls. Bertha White, Gamma Phi, wears a brown dress trimmed with gold kid belt and collar, as does Ruth Patterson, Kappa pledge. Ruth ' s dress, however, is of black crepe, with gold kid piping around the collar and down the front. Also for after- noon clothes velveteen is a serviceable material. Margaret Pyle, Pi Phi, was spotted at the opening varsity wearing a black velvet tunic dress, leaning toward the Russian mode. Helen Deere, of Kap- pa, wears one similar to it, in a rich red velvet, high at the neck. A stunning formal of turquoise velvet is worn by Ida Griffith, Pi Phi pledge. Her California tan sets it off very at- tractively. Patricia Owens, new Chi Omega pledge, fashions a bright blue crepe formal, with a high neck and white pique bow tie. As an example of sheer trimness, notice Jeanette Jenkins ' black crepe monk-style formal. It was her choice for the Pi Phi open house. Winter coats have not come into their own as yet, but soon they will be an important feature of this column. One of the smartest seen so far is worn by Cath- erine Dunkel, Alpha Chi. Brown tweed is the material, with a large raccoon fur (Continued on page 64)

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THE JAYHAWKER Campus clothes CLOTHES this fall are probably a sur- prise in some ways to most of us. At least, to yours truly at the Varsity this evening, the preponderance of dark and plain double-breasteds was very evident. Not that the plain double-breasted suit isn ' t the dressiest thing possible. Rather, though, with all of the smart sharkskins, British stripes and herringbones and diagonals that are being shown this sea- son, and being worn in the smarter places, they seem sort of drab. With the swing to double-breasted models and relegation of sports backs to the background until spring, of course, the first mention of double-breasteds immedi- ately calls attention to the smart Duke of Kent models, with their soft, long roll lapels, buttoning the bottom button. Bill Smiley of Kappa Sigma, and George Wright, the Phi Delt Student Council vice-president, are wearing this model in a grey British stripe, soft worsted fabric that are plenty smart numbers. Both carry, of course, side vents. Orchids to Stew Landrum of Phi Psi, who is the first we have seen wearing the model, which is going to bid for a lot of popularity this season, namely, a plain, three-button, single-breasted model with center vent. Stew ' s is in a blue and black mixture with a large herringbone weave. Chalk stripes of course, along with British stripes, are quite the thing. Chuck Lueck of Kappa Sig has chosen one, in the three-button single-breasted model in brown. by HIM Ye editor, Johnnie Chandler pre- fers a diagonal weave, in blue, unfinished worsted. Of course it ' s the Duke of Kent model with side vents and everything. Over at the Delt house the Kent model seems to be the reigning favorite also, Le Roy Bacon choosing a black sharkskin model, and there are several more mighty smart looking ones, too. Naturally, mention of the Kent model suit calls attention to shirts with wide- spread collars, named after the same gentlemen. And we might mention that early last spring this column gave con- siderable of a plug to this shirt. It ' s here and is being seen a lot on the campus. Other soft collars include those wide- spread button downs which are receiving much attention. The acceptance of raglan sleeve top- coats will be big, especially in models designed to be worn without a belt. As a suggestion, take a look at the single- breasted Balmaccan model worn by Don Dieter, Sigma Chi pledge. It ' s brown with a small check. Dick Mason, a chap who nearly always wears brown, and what ' s more, can wear it well, has chosen this same model in a rich brown, Alpaca fabric coat, with a small check. Bob Mor- ton down at Beta Haven has a double- breasted raglan sleeve model with belt all around and two pleats in the back, which he wears with a Kent roll suit of an oxford grey background and a sort of distinct plaid. A survey of the hat situation shows the overwelming popularity of the modi- fied alpine models. Those narrow snap brims are well liked. If one chooses to be more dressy there are the bound brims, in snap models which are following close upon the Homburgs. This hat is going over in a big way and we ' re going to see plenty of them this year. Now, getting down to the sox wool and wool mixtures are the best for all but dress wear, in stripes, Argyle plaids, and checks. What ' s more the sharper the color contrasts, the better they ' re liked. In sport shoes, keep an eye on the monk strap, brown suede or buckskin models which we advocated last spring. This fall, however, they are turning to the leather sole in this shoe. Brown in dress shoes is easily the leading color, being popular and correct with blues and (Continued on page 10) The professor is conduct- ing a lecture on the added value and smarter styling of Ober clothes. He ' s merely showing that it ' s been the accepted fact ever since the Prof, was a freshman that the better and smarter clothes have always come from Ober ' s. Ask the Prof. He wears Ober Clothes Always First With the Newest

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r,4 THE JAYHAWKER Sam Elliott takes a hard earned rest A Familiar Campus Figure, Retired After Forty-five Years of Faithful Service, Takes Time Off to Reminisce by PEGGY CLAYTON , I was telling the chancellor the other day that I would like to be assistant chancellor, assistant traffic cop, and head of general misinformation on Mt. Oread and then he would be hap- piest, for he was happiest plying his daily mail route among the students and faculty of our own, and his own dearest of alma maters. At the age of sixty- five and at forty-five years of service as a SAM ELLIOTT mail-carrier, he wants to come back and serve it and us again as he did for so long before. To describe him to you who probably know him so well already seems super- fluous, certainly, but to all freshmen and new students he must be introduced. The next time you see a man with a powerful physique, with kindly blue eyes, and whose words are philosophically inclined, you may be reasonably certain that he is Sam Elliott. What will strike you most about him, though, is that thing most difficult to define, bat most easily recog- nized the man ' s personality. You will see then why such people as S. J. Hunter, J. A. Keeler, Prof. E. F. Engel, A. D. Weaver, Prof. H. P. Cady, as well as many others, call him by his first name. He will tell you that the secret of success is in keeping busy at something that is worthwhile, and you will know that the secret of his success was found in himself which nothing external could touch. No, Sam can ' t fool us. It ' s because he ' s just himself that we like him. He says that the best years in life are between sixty and sixty-five, but we have enjoyed and bene- fited by all of his sixty-five years and hope to for many more. Talk to Sam any time, and ask him about Teddy Roosevelt, Harrison, McKinley, Taft. He knows about them first hand. Ask him anything about the history of this city or about how Has- kell looked when it wasn ' t Haskell at all, but only a cow pasture; he can tell you. He ' ll make you wish you had lived here when ! Ask him if he would like to go back to work sixty-five means retirement in the postoffice department you know What will he say? Well, it isn ' t what you ' d say after forty-five years of it. He ' d say, Yes ! And you ' d believe it. You see, Sam misses the people, new and old friends and would he like to go back! But he ' s doing a good job while vacationing. He seems to be living up to the proverbial mailman ' s holiday, managing to help an old friend get rid of too many cats under the back porch, to help build a house, to move museum relics, to see his old friends often, and to keep his home and grounds looking perfect, and enjoying it all the while, for to him that constitutes life. His daughter is one of our most popu- lar professors. Her name is as you pos- sibly have guessed, Maude Elliott. Be- sides this daughter, he has five other children, four of whom graduated from K. U. and among his proud posses- sions are several grandchildren. Although he never attended K. U. as a student, it was his greatest desire to do so, and he was thirty-three before he gave up the idea. Nevertheless, Sam feels that he owns at least a part interest in the place, and of the 4,000 students he says, I feel they ' re all mine. The funny part of it is, they who know him feel they are all his. To get happiness out of life, find something you admire and like about everybody. For one who had to go to work before he had a chance to attain the higher education which he craved ; who kept at that job faithfully and tire- lessly for so many years and enjoyed it! That philosophy should make us all blush ! And when he says it we can ' t help but realize its truth. What has he contributed to our Uni- versity and to our individual welfare? Let us mention these only a few of the many. Among them are a professor, known to us all; an ideal; a purpose; a hope ; a tradition ; and the contribution yet of a vivid and pervasive personality. Yes, to Sam Elliott we have many things for which we should be grate- ful. He says he never met a man he didn ' t like. Well, Sam, we ' re willing to bet that those words work both ways; a man never met you who didn ' t like you. FEMININE FASHIONS (Continued from page 63) for the colla r. It ' s sporty looking just the thing for a fashionable girl. As a last word, let us remind you to notice the individual bracelet worn by Betty Ann Jones, pledge of Kappa. It ' s called a Conversation Bracelet, having its origin in Europe. It consists of a small gold-linked chain, from which dangle many little gold and wooden objects shoes, cups, animals, even a thermometer. The craze can be expected to spread like fire over this continent soon. Fashion plays as important a role in college as the coed herself does. Styles have marked changes throughout the school year, and, obviously enough, the Kansas University lassies keep right up with Dame Fashion sometimes they ' re even ahead of her. Those men- tioned here are just a few of the many well-dressed girls on the Hill. Keep your eyes open, and you ' ll see for yourselves! IDEALIST dream: And the broken glass On the trash heap Is a carpet of glittering diamond s ; That tin can gleaming in the ditch Becomes a shining silver cup; The desert changes to a velvet rug; And my Love into a god! Cornelia Ann Miller TRANSMIGRATORY SPAN have lived a thousand lives And loved but once. Thru all the sickening heartbreak of years I have been true to my only love. Long eternities I have loved you alone. You are Life and I love you, For I am Death. Cornelia Ann Miller