University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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24 FISHER This is Saturday afternoon so we know that Charlie Moffett not Jack Armstrong, has just broken away for a first and ten. The Jolliffe cheering section is in there pushing. p KINTZEL They satisfy -motto-of all Battenfeld formals. Patsy Creel and Bob Andrews don't seem hard to convince. ' KINTZEL Women of Harmon Co-op wouldn't be affected if all the cooks in Lawrence were made vice-presidents, of SOW. On K. P. by choice, they serve some of the best meals on the Hill. THE .IAYHAWKER six weeks session to join those who had been here all summer. A faculty operating committee helps outline our general policy, but we do our own work and are governed by our own officers. Individually we belong to the Independent Student Association and attend its dances en masse. We may not be social butterflies, but all work and no play has never been our rnottof' Il? :Ke ,lb 'QI-Iow do you get to Harmon? Down the steps past Battenfeld hall, along the path past the Kappa house, down the drive by Jolliffe hall then through the wilderness. Follow the path, take the turn to your right, and before you is the girl's cooperative at the University. How is it different from other houses? To begin with, the house is ours and we run it ourselves. The Student Housing board was founded by men who felt that the only way to learn was to learn by doing. The board buys the houses and rents them to us. Planning, cooking, cleaning, buying supplies and furniture, mowing the lawn, running the furnace, making decisions for 30, we have demonstrated that college students are adults and can meet and handle problems and situations which they will be required to meet after graduation. Harmon is not just a place to stay, a place where everything is done for you and all decisions made. It is a place to live. fl? 'llf Il' l'We from john Moore are keeping the co-op fire burning for the men during these lean. years. The John Moore co-op used to be where Harmon is now, but the girls have taken over because they needed a bigger place than we did. Even our unpracticed eyes must admit that feminine hands have done a lot for the place since we left. We manage to get along all right, though. Our services should be at a premium - not all fellows can turn out a neat cherry pie or drape windows. We have house shifts just as the girls at Harmon have and through concerted effort, present a presentable front. Fresh- men have as much voice in running the house as upperclassmen- that is one of the things we like about being Independent. Coopera- tion is no idle word the way we use itf' fl? :XC fl? 'I'm a hayseed, my hair is seaweed and my ears are made of leather and they Hap in windy weather. Gosh all hemlock, I'm tough as a pine knot for I'm a Corbin girl you seel' We always sing this song with pride in our hearts and tongues in our cheeks for we know that Corbin, women's residence hall, has all that other houses have and more of it. It is rather overwhelming, though, to come in as a freshman or new girl as 72 did this fall and find yourself one of 147. More than one girl has been embarrassed to meet another girl at an outside affair and find that she, too, was from Corbin. We feel lucky to be here, for the waiting list is long. The pink hall high on a hill is something more than a hall, it's a madhouse-until quiet hours. Like a separate society within herself, Corbin moves forward with the Independents. Many of its resi- dents work in offices on the Hill and 22 are waitresses in the Corbin dining room. We have a weekly newspaper, The Corbin Times, a budding swing band, and the beginning of a dance club. Our library Continued on Page 78

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take turns planning and cooking meals. ln addition, each girl has a house shift to do. The executive council is our house governing body and is composed of freshmen as well as upperclassmen. It's a little hard to tell you what it's like here. You'd have to live it. Pl? tl? Hifi And this is Watkins hall. Our house is older than Miller but the two are run much alike. About half of us are fresh- men. Of course, we must keep our grades up in order to live here for this, as well as Miller, is a scholarship hall. Most of us work on the Hill and have scholarships of one kind or another, but it isn't all work. Sports, dances, and bull fests provide lots of fun. Pl? el? Pl? Battenfeld hall is home to a lot of fellows. There are three meals residence halls at the University-Carruth, Templin, and Battenfeld - but since Templin has gone to war, there are only two left for those of us who are carrying on. Battenfeld was built by Mr. and Mrs, John Battenfeld of Kansas City, Mo., in memory of their son, john. Our appointments for residence in Battenfeld are made on the basis of scholarship, character, and willingness to cooperate + it says here. We have always had fellows who are out- standing in every way -leaders here and on the campus. We have a working system by which most of the fellows work about an hour a day. ln actual operation, we have a cost basis which covers such things as food and household supplies. :Xe vile 'Tm from Carruth hall which was named for Vfilliam Herbert Carruth, poet and one-time professor of languages at the University. Carruth is an old red brickhouse--used to be the home of the Chancellor. It is a scholarship hall, too. There are 26 men here now. Seven new fellows came in the Upper-Dancing in the afternoon at Watkins hall, the couple on the left Lower left-Chow call at Battenfeld. The customary jokes and com Crank up for G fake-off. Center- Beds are wonderful things' The two ments are making the rounds, as evidenced by the talkative lad with the sleeping beauties and the leg incased in the pretty pajamas belong to John Moore Co-op. patient piece of bread. Lower right-Life is so calm and peaceful. Corbi nites plunk down on the front porch for a pleasant 60 seconds of social relaxation.

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A V KINTZE L HE words, editorials, ureconstructionfl and travel mean a lot to Jeanne Shoemaker. They express what she hopes will be her future. A senior in the College, Jeanne is a journalism major, a fact which is ob- vious when you look at her record. Last year, she was editor-in-chief, news editor, and managing editor of the University Daily Kansan. The second ff semester she served as chairman of the Kansan Board. K X With an eye to the future, Jeanne keeps well informed on politics, par- . V ticularly international politics. The crystalization of her ambition to link the P 0167! post-War world with travel and journalism would be to write editorials on the rebuilding of Europe, she says. Besides being active in journalism, Jeanne is editor of the Y Calif publica- tion of the YWCA, president of Harmon Co-op, her home on the Hill, a member of Theta Sigma Phi, honorary journalistic fraternity, and a member of Forums Board. Topping all other honors, she was elected to Mortar Board last year. NANCY GOERING.