University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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Fin! Row, Left lo Right: Robert Lundy, Kansas City, Mo.: Gregg Van Bibber, Troy, Forest. JOIICS, Columbus? Kin: neth Reasons, Coldwater, William Smith, ,C0ffeYVL1 ii Robert Hazen, Kansas, City, Leon M1leS,,EmP0fla3 Wea e Good, Perry, XVilliam McCoy, Coffeyville. Second '01-lf, Left to Right: Ralph Dagenais, Afqmson, James Offlfsl- Garnett, Arthur Johnstone, Kansas City, Ray ThHY01', Hols' ington, Harry Jennison, Independence, Bob Neustrom, Kan' sas City, John Davis, St. Joseph, M0-S Jim Reed, Sallfla, Don Frautwein, Topeka, Homer HOOVGI, Kansas Cltyf Eldon Leubring, Leavenworth, Lee Soxrnan, Independence, Mo. Third Row, Left to Right: Dennis Hardman, Frank- fort, Jack Cheney, McCracken, Glenn Gray, Eureka, ChaflCS Cradnall, Goff, Sam Zweifel, Luray, Dick Paulsen, R1Ch- mond, Bob Harrison, Hutchinson, George McDonald, Kan- sas City, Lester McGonigle, Potwin, George Shopley, W1Fh- ita, Max Culp, Troy. Fourth Row, Left to Righf: Mike Pfautz, Effingham, Virgil Hollenbeck, Hope! Eddie Hart' eronft, Lyons, Bob Lindley, Hill City, Dick .Lupf61', Neff' desha, James Fuller, Larned, John Sells, Effingham, Emil Heuer, Wichita, Pete Grosz, Russell, B111 Lakey, Neodesha, Leonard Diehl, Liberal. Fifth Row, Left .to Right: James Cox, Topeka, Don Patterson, Ellsworth, Lin Perry, Coffey- ville, Ralph Norquest, Fredonia: Jack Pio, Chase, Charles Burns, Leavenworth, Aubrey Gibson, Topeka, Bill Smith, Topeka, Leon Ramsey, Talmadge, L 'L H fdB'llL d K C't El dH'n Ch te All Kb H . 'hR L Rh. kGlh Prtt,Duane ewis aws, art or , i an rey, ansas 1 y, woo ai es, anu , en or e, ays Szxt ow, ef! to ig l' Jac Ui am, a Bryant, Kansas City, Mo., Maurice Pollum, Topeka, Robert Eichron, Osawatomie, Robert McBride, Minneapolis, Dale Ostlund, Simpson, Lee Leather- wood, Dodge City, Robert Stevens, Topeka, Stanley Smith, Centralia, Milford Kaufman, Mourrdridge, Floyd Krehbiel, Moundridge, Jack Plank, LYOHSS Kenneth Shannon. Sedan, Gene Schwartz, Hoisington. Not in picture: Bill Krall, Atchison, James Doores, Pittsburg, Philip Lin, Fukien, China. sion, the idea became current that, just as the federal government was responsible for the wellbeing of its citizens, so the University was for the care of its stu- dents. Those who for long had dreamed dreams of campus low cost housing-chief among them Dean Olin Templin, chairman of the Endowment Association-now began to sell their project in earnest. And as fate would have it, they succeeded in their charitable intentions just as, with less charitable intentions, the world plunged itself into another war. First planned was Templin Hall, reconstructed with the aid of countless alumni from the ruins of stately old Brynwood. By sheer coinci- dence in that same year, 1940, the old chancellor's residence was left vacant and remodeled as Carruth Hall, and Mr. and Mrs. John Battenfeld of Kansas City erected Battenfeld Hall nearby in memory of their son John. ' Thus K.U.'s unique experiment with University owned, self-supporting, scholarship dormitories be- gan. Soon they had set national records for low cost housing. At the end of the first year each boy, having, deposited 3518 a month, was refunded 5336.90 Actual cost per month for everything was only 313.90 Already the scholarship average was hover- ing about the 2.00 level. The halls had produced some of the top activity men on the campus and had maintained a full social schedule. Yes, it could be done. And with this point settled, two new dorms, Jolliffe and Hopkins have been established in the last two years. No one doubts that the future will bring many more. Indeed plans already made call for a line o fhouses facing Templin and Battenfeld .. -it to the east to form a housing quadrangle on Alumni Place, as that plot of land is called. Here, instead of in isolated rooming houses, will the great group of deserving independent students of the future live. It is impossible at this early date to predict what the result of this expansion will mean to the uni- versity. One thing is certain the Independents will come into their own in a very real sense. It will mean that a new and a powerful force will be running things on Mount Oread. The fraternities will find, no doubt to their surprise, that they have some very real competition. But that in itself is a good thing. After all it is an accepted axiom of human nature that most people do their best only when goaded, and good healthy competition can't be beat in the line of goads. It should serve to bring about some very definite changes. For instance the dorms should in time come to dominate the intramural scene for they will have more men from which to draw their repre- sentatives. Also their remarkable grade average may in time bring the men's average as a whole up to about a 2.5. W' ell maybe. ' How are they run, these men's residence halls which have sprung up so suddenly to be a dominat- ing influence on the campus Ultimately responsible is the faculty operating committee which outlines broad policy. In addition there is an appointments committee which each year passes on student appli- cations for admittance. Scholarship, chafaqfef, and willingness to work are the deciding factor. Each dorm has its own housemother and over each house an older student designated as proctor pre- sides. The members themselves hold a large share

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OCTOBER 1942 25 'PHE EW CA li FUR THE lllilll HEN a certain gentleman from Italy, name of Christopher Columbus told people he was go- ing to India via the path of the setting sun, most of the people he told smiled good naturedly and said, Sure you are Chris-you dope. But fortunately Christopher wasn't the type who gave up just because everyone in the world thought he was stark raving mad. No, as every history book records he went ahead with his plans and he did sail into the west hoping to end up in the east. He didn't find India but he did discover the new world, and he made an awful lot of history. He made the doubters eat all their little doubts uncooked and unseasoned. Strangely enough this little story has a sequel right here on the hill. What? Where? When? How? The answer is, take a look at the dorms and consider the story behindthem. You'll see the comparison. Of course they said it couldn't be done. They always do. How in the world, how in all crea- tion, they asked, can you get a group of fifty boys to buy their food, and cook, and wash, and keep house, and mow the lawn-without anybody to help them and with only a housemother to supervise- and still go to school? It won't work and anyway why should the University bother about its students after they leave the lecture hall? Private initiative First Row, Left to Right: Mary Jane Miller, Reeceg Gloria Burr, Kingsleyg Harriet Darrly, Kansas City, Mo.g Mary Emma Davis, Reeceg Kathryn Krehbiel, Moundridgeg Frances Guthrie, Waltong Rosemary Schrepfer, Potwing Frances Abts, Iolag Ruth Blethen, Aberdeen, S. D.g Roberta Johnson, Leavenworthg Margaret Jane Miller, Reece. Second R010, Left to Right: Betty Rosson, Plainsg Harriet Lou Tay- P 1013 Nortong Arleene Howerton, Newtong Elsie Thompson, Augusta, Helen Stark, Sabethag Margaret Keckley, Hia- wathag Allabelle Wriston, Garden City, Ruth Prentice, Kansas Cityg Marjorie, Great Bendg Margaret Ewing, Lyons. Third Row, Left to Right: Wilma Watson, Ness Cityg Betty Smith, Chanuteg Ruth Repstine, Atchisong Rosal.ie Erwin, Nistageg Sarajane Sandusky, Kansas City, Mo., Betty Jen- nings, lunction Cityg Virginia Guill, Kansas Citvg Elma Haas, Hiawathag Mary Weihle, Lyonsg Anne Boltz, Topekag Beverley Greiner, Salina. Fourth Row, Left to Right: Flor- CUPE Richert, Newton, Dorris Marhofer, Ransom, Mary Elizabeth Heath, Neodeshag Norma Antone, Ottawag Bette Pfleuger, Santa Fe, N. M.g Winnie Lou Carter, Ocronogo, M04 Mary Louise Dillenkeck, Troyg Peggy Bowlin, Well- Ulgfong Ellen Omshundro, Wellingtong Darlene Moore, Tulsa, Okla.g Betty Davis, Topekag Betty Bright, Rochester, N. Y. Fifth Row, Left to Right: Dorothy Kirtley, Ingellsg Bobe Jane Parker, Robinsong Wilma Thiele, Kansas City, Mo.: Lucille Paslay, Lecomptong Doris Chapman, Schenec- fedy, N. Y.g Frances Gulich, Neoshog Ione Myrick, Liberalg Barbara Heinsohn, Topekag Betty Jo Grant, Wichitag Max- lne Wells, Paolag Doris Wright, Overbrookg June Ashlock, Newton, Jen Meyers, Highland. by Arthur Nelson will see that they are well housed. And so the doubting Thomases held the field for the first seventy- four years of K.U.'s seventy-six. And so no men's residence halls were built. The women were more fortunate. No one doubted that they could cook and wash and clean, and to their aid came the University with its Corbin Hall and the generous Mrs. Elizabeth Watkins with two scholarship dormitories, Miller and Watkins Halls. But the men continued to live as live can, and while the Thomases doubted there was many a jay- hawker for whom home meant an obscure room built as an afterthought under some back porch and fronting on some alley. Its floor was of dirt, its walls were damp and unplastered and alive with bugs and spiders. Standard equipment was a broken down chair, a dirty sink, a single bare xstudy table over which in winter the occupant huddled in his over- coat to read his lessons, and a rusty iron cot. Oh yes, and a garbage pail! I've seen these places and they're not nice. Yet to some boy they meant an opportunity to go to K.U., and he was glad and grateful for the chance. y Times were changing, however, on Mount Oread as they were changing all over the country. And lo, at last, as the nation writhed in the grips of depres-

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OCTOBER 1942 of the responsibility. Under their constitution they elect their own house oflicers as well as representa- tives to an Inter-Dorm Council. The actual operation of the halls is strictly up to the members. Some, especially trained, serve on the cooking squad. Other house jobs rotate, with each boy giving an hour of his time a day and extra time on Saturday. Yes, I said an hour a day that's all it takes. These boys are used to doing things for themselves hence they hang up their own clothes, etc. The little things they do make the difference. There is probably just about half the work in these dorms as in the average fraternity. Another interesting point is the boys do their work well. There are no slackers simply because slackers cannot be tolerated. ' - As one wanders through these smooth running halls today, it is indeed difficult to understand why the doubters doubted. Can college boys cook? Why I walked out into the Templin Hallkitchen which feeds over seventy boys three meals a day. In the big iron stoves was steaming pan after pan of chocolate pudding. On the sideboard were ten lemon pies freshly done. The cooks were grinning over their handiwork. And the dishwashers were plying their trade cheerfully. No confusion! No shirking! Mother Nellis had taught them how and they were carrying on like experts. First Row, Left to Right: DeSales Weber, Wilsong Georgia Frances Wiggins, Great Bendg Lois Thompson, McPhersong Mar- cella Stewart, Winfieldg Ruth Scholfield, Fort Scottg June Harries, WakeenegR ' M WdW'h'.S :ZR L R'h , y egma ay ar , ic ita econ ow, eft to zg t: Johnnie May Mann, Olatheg Virginia Markley, Minneapolisg Evelyn Railsback, Osborneg Florence G. Helmke, Prattg Carol L. McCoy, Oskaloosag Mary Roberta Steele, Kansas City, Mo.g Julia Ann Casad, Wichita. Third Row, Left to Right: Mauis Lukert, Sabethag Peggy Rothenberger, Osborneg Betty Steil, Alliance, Nebr.g Lucile Rothenberger, Osborneg Frances Gillman, Kansas Cityg Sara Ann Jones, Garden City. First Row, Left to Right: Jean Scott, Garnettg Jane Scott, Gar- nettg Alice Lewis, Topekag Bertha Cummins, Holyroodg Esther De Bord, Kansas Cityg Idabelle Bradley, Blue Mound. Second Row, Left to Right: Evelyn Crawford, Sabethag Virginia Van Order, Wichitag Lillian Logan, Formosag Ruth Zook, Larnedg Katherine Dietrich, Richmond. Third Row, Left to Right: Marie Larson, Osage Cityg Rosemary Gooch, Topekag Beth Beamer, Alramontg Helen Stormont, Dighrong Violet Conard, Coolidgeg Anna Marie Stevens, Frankfortg Effie Kelly, Burlingtong Joyce Durall, Coats. 35' 27 In the front rooms the easy, comfortable atmos- phere of a fraternity prevails. And yet one senses something distinctly different. It's a fraternity with- out being a fraternityf' said one of the boys. And though that paradox was puzzling I began to see what he meant. It was a brotherhood all right but an informal one. What it lackedlin tradition, and pride, and sense of a mission, it made up in free, frank, friendliness and above all democracy. One can notice a difference of attitude also. These boys are serious, they are responsible. Of course they like their intramurals and they like their parties. They have plenty of both. But here's the point. Their association is based on economic cooperation first and on social cooperation only second. They are work- ing to keep each other in school and not just to have a good time. Each members efforts are indispensable to the group. He cannot fail. And he knows it. Thus the dormitories are really serving two pur- poses: first, they give those who might have been denied the chance for an education the 'opportunity to attend the university, and secondly they serve as a course in living. The boys see at once one of the fundamental precepts of democracy in action. That is they learn in a very practical way that the greatest good of the greatest number can best be realized by united action. ,N , , -AWZW' . . . , m b.J W'