University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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-awk -' SUMMERFIELD SCHOLARS FIRST ROW: Loyd Woodburn, Jack Kendall, George Kettner, Arthur Nelson, James Chandler, Herbert Gallegly Mansfield Miller, John Morgrave, Quentin Wheatly, John Conard, Bob Trurnp, Phil Ratterson. SECOND ROW: Arthur Partridge, Albert Decker, John Peterson, Earl Hines, Dallas Dorman Ed Tihen, Charles Cowan, Gordland Landrlth, Ralph Mitchener, Walker Butin Robert Hutchinson, Howard Sells. ITHIRD- ROW: Fred Robertson, Paul Gilles, Hugh Matthewson, Vernon McCaIe, Dick Miller, Blll Brownlee, Robert Fluker, Elden Beebe, Warren Snyder, Edwin Price, Leon Carlson, FOURTH ROW: Fred Eberhardt, John Scurlock, Ted Young, George Rlnker, Keith Martin, Eugene Nelneger, Robert McConnell, Art Wahl, Verlyn Norris. FIFTH ROW: Wllllom Porter, Perry Petterson, William Alyea, Robert Howell, Malcom Harned, George Johnson, Thornton McClanahan, John Triplett, Normand Butts, Allan Cromly, Clifford Reynolds. NOT IN PICTURE: Harwood Kolsky, Donald Lunney, Thomas Perdue, Carl Unruh, have two kitchens each boy taking his turn at the various tasks which make for a tidy house, and a well fed clientele. Of course you are really on the spot when you culinate up something forlthat bunch of 120 fellows If it 1sn't good, you may find snakes in your bed, water in your shoes, or ants in your pants. These males pay 17 dollars and 50 cents for a month of shelter and food. In addition, they give an hour of their time each day for their own specific task and extra time on Saturday. These dormitories mean the difference between college or not for many of these men, and they can I I I I I I have their cake and eat it thanks to these projects. Because they not only get to study at the University, but they, too, participate in an active social life with many other fel- lows of their own calibre. In the case of the men's dormitories, each house has its own set of officers and its own meetings. The houses are combined into the Inter-house Council by the meeting of dele- gates from the three houses. A natural but friendly rivalry has sprung up among the three groups and they parti- cipate in intramural athletics as well as in scholarship. Carruth Hall is the present proud possessor of the scholarship trophy awarded the men's dorm which has the high- est house average. Did you say that there were co-ops on the campus of the University of Kansas? What will those young bolshevists think of next? The truth of the matter is that there are co-ops on Mt. Oread, as there are on the campuses of every progressive college in the United States. The co-op houses four in number, have been built in recent years in order to provide social and economical advantages for students who attend K.U. The first co-op house was organized in 1939. There were twenty charter members who reduced their ex- penses to a minimum by joining in cooperatively to do their own house work and to form the Jayhawk Co-op at 1614 Kentucky street. E Each of the first twenty members paid 20 dollars to join, this money was to provide for furnishings etc. He was allowed to receive the balance of his money, figuring 5 dollars per year, in return in the event that he left school at any time during his four years of college. Under the original set-up, each member also paid 17 dollars per month for expenses. This monthly bill has now gone up to 18 dollars. A yearly surplus is divided BATTENFELD, CARRUTH, TEMPLIN FIRST ROW: Frank Anderson, Kanopolis' Bud Colburn Marion' ggffflfg Elem Lyons: John Hadix, ooodlfmd, Donald Em, Fair: BUPNJ 'fi MOM, Woodbine, Roddy Bradley, Greensburg, Allen H.H ff.t QEUVEHWUVHL QSOKQE Worrall, Kansas City, Ralph Karst, bg h lxyf, Eew Mar, Wichita, Jim Morrow, Oskaloosa, Don Longa- Cegil, Hugsorusgk SECOND ROW: Leland Edmonds, Oskaloosa, pen Q D 'ont s alaosa, Fred Humphreys, Ashland Gerald Dick, J hY1H Ge 'f1QlE,bUCh, Sf- J0SePh, Mo., Howell I-lill Neodesha, Lg n Jogenf A'Cl'l'50f1I BDU C0fd9r, Weldo, Richard Coy, Horton- Brgjlie DBr:SonMOsage City, David Hutchison,'Wakeeney, Aubrey him gh U5 P0Uf1d.- THIRD ROW: Milton Reichart, Valley Falls, CH g 'UQEE , Ufkeff HUVVY Shlnkle, Topeka' Lowell Porter, Coun- Mcrtgolga UQ9f1e V0n Scoter, Irving, Bill Kiene, Topeka, Hudson Deon IMHFQUT? P05 MCJQHES, Dodge Cnty' Kenneth Perry, Topeka, O5GWOtOmiiI,Le00mgr1H Jlm McKinney, Hartford, Lew Pruinton, John Pane? O OT' . CWS, Kansas City, Mo., Philip Stuart, Ford, PICTUR . S H. OIJISDUFQ, -Clifford Kaarbo, Topeka. NOT IN B, I George Dletrlch, Richmond, Max Banks, Gypsum' Myron IQ er, oodlond, Jack Woods, Wichita, Raymond Pitts, Vlfaverley.

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OCTOBER 1941 25 Dormitories and Scholars LTHOUGH with wars and killings you might not believe it, man is essentially a social ani- mal. Aristotle knew it, Thorstein Veblen proved it, and we believe it. Starting with this basic assump- tion, one must deduce that men must get a kick out of being a social animal, and that women, although somewhat different from men Cvive la differenceb, are, likewise, happily social animals. From these deductions one must gather that men enjoy living together and so do women. It was with this in mind that fraternities and sororities were found, and it is with this same knowledge that we now have dormitories and co-ops provided on the campus of the University of Kansas. The god of wisdom smiles with a loving smile on college campuses today where he sees the conflict between the Greeks and the people from Dormitoria rapidly disappearing. On Mt. Oread they not only speak to each other, they work together, and like each other. This con- dition creates an excellent atmosphere in which to plant a worthwhile university. The University of Kansas is proud of so healthful a substratosphere, and justly so. In this world of today so seemingly fraught with hate there is still kindness. If you donlt believe it, ask any of the students in the University of Kansas who live in donation-built dormitories . . . men or women. These dorms, three each for the men and the women combine with the cooperative houses to insure low cost living for deserving youth who seek a higher education. Corbin hall is a University women's dormitory while Miller and Watkins halls are privately built houses for scholarly women. By means of this system the participants enjoy a fullsome social life which is a vital part of a college education and which might otherwise be denied them. The same goes for the men's dorms, Battenfeld, Carruth, and Templin. All the mentioned are oc- cupied by students picked from Kansas high schools on a scholarship and character basis. They are not given a free ticket for four years of college, but rather are given a chance to show what they can dog if they as garaar faaaaa maintain the required grade average, they can remain under the shelter provided them by this worthwhile project. Some work is required of both the men and women. They are required to do their own house Work and cooking. To many this might seem a dis- agreeable task, but happily enough these willing workers take a pride in their ability to take care of themselves. It is not dillicult to see that they are get- ting more than book-larning out of their four-year sojourn on Mt. Oread. ' Corbin Hall, a University built dormitory for women, is named after Alberta Corbin, former Dean of Women at the University of Kansas who died last March. Miss Corbin was very active in securing dormitories and cooperative housing projects on Mt. Oread. The success enjoyed from her efforts as Dean of Women from 1918 to 1921 in establishing co- operative houses for women led to the construction of Watkins Hall which was followed later by Miller Hall. At Miller and Watkins Halls, both of which were built by the late Mrs. Elizabeth Watkins as coopera- tive houses, five or six girls share a kitchen. The houses are built on the unit plan and each gal takes her turn at brewing the broth lest there be too many cooks in the kitchen. These girls are selected on a scholarship basis, and they are as active socially as in any other field. They have the usual routine of parties, hour dances, teas, etc., and any of these femmes can cut a rug as well as she can sweep one. It was good news for all when tripletts were born to the University of Kansas in the name of Batten- feld, Carruth, and Templin Halls. The fall of 1940 was the first light of day for these three houses which are built to provide low-cost living, and social advan- tages to worthy students who might otherwise be unable to afford a college education . . . or at least an education on the pleasant plane which is provided these scholarly males. Battenfeld, Carruth, and Templin, the men's dorms, are, chronologically speaking, the little broth- ers of the aforementioned girls' clubs. They operate on much the same plan except that the three houses

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CORBIN HALL FIRST ROWi Elaine Howard, McDonald, Helen Barlow, Kansas City, Lois Brockoven, Great Bend, Jean Turnball, Topeka, Letha Jean Curtis, Hutchinson. SECOND ROW: Mary Eleanor Fry, Speorville, Theola McCool, Hutchinson, Florence Brown, Sabetha, Joy Cochren, Whiting, Patricia Gordon, Kansas City, Phyllis Wickert, Clotlin, Ruth Krehbiel, Kansas City, Mo., J-o Anne Johnson, Kansas City, Mo., Bonnie Jean Moon, Dodge City, Margaret Krehblel, Moundridge, Marlarie Doctor, Scandla, Ann Krehbiel, Moundriclge. THIRD ROW: Barbara riest, PhWiting, Ruth Clayton, Topeka, Donna Jean Nichols, Philllpsburg, Marjorie Lou Ukena, Highland, Helen Simpson, Attica, Helen Figley, Kansas City, Jean Rennick, Kansas City, Kathleen Whitmire, Hutchinson, Claire Arnold, Leavenworth, Doris Turney, Edgerton, Mo., Betty Lou Allison, Atchi- son, Elizabeth Holder, Atchison. FOURTH ROW: Mariio Robinson, McPherson, Jaan Murray, Herington, Elizabeth Burton, Coffeyville, Nadine Bonister, Kansas City, Mona Lee Butts, Hutchinson, Vivian Johnson, Enterprise, Uro Claire Hitchcock, lola, Leona Moreland, Howard, Janet Sloan, Kansas City, Mo., Martha Young, Coney, Lora Smith, Salina: Kathryn Pearcy, Wichita, Mary Lou Noble, Oskaloosi, Doris Turner, ln- dependence, Doorthy Jean Ellis, Cameron, Peggy Kay, Dodge City, Sussonan Schmidt, Freeport, among the members as is a yearly deficit shared. The second boys house was the Rock Chalk Co-op which was organized in the fall of 1940, and the third unit for men saw the light of day this fall as the John Moore Co-op, named in honor of John Moore former university secretary of the Y.M.C.A. john and has wife were the house parents of the original Jay- hawk Co-op. The girls, not to be outdone, formed their first group this fall at 1138 Missis- sippi street and fetchingly named it the Kaw Coets Co-op. They use the same plan as do the boys. Each of the four cooperative houses has its own government of a president, vice- presidenr, secretary, and treasurer, and the four houses are united in an Inter-house Council consisting of the officers from each of the four. This Inter-house Council is divided into two committees, one the fiscal WATKlNS HALL FlRST POW' Evelyn Candle, McPherson, Marjorie-CarlOV, McPherson, Vera Lau l-larris, Walieeney, Maribelle Fhclflnger, Seneca, Albert Mayer, Kansas City, Agnes l-hnton, Hamlin, Rebecca Hinton, Hamlin, SECOND ROW: Ruth Greene, Berry- ton, Shirley Kelly, Chapman, Betty Stephenson, Kansas City, Mo, Lorraine Carlson, Srnalan, Beth Maxwell, Leavenworth, Ruth Tippin, Topeka, Joy Miller, Wichita, Tl-llRD ROWZ Dorothy Carr, Osawotomue, Joanne Williams, Clay Cent-er, Mary Dell Burnside, Yolas Center, Connie-Herrera, Hutchin- son, Betly Austin, Kansas City, Mo, Persls Snaak, Hutchin- son, Shirley Snyder, Mission. .,.. committee, and the other the com- mittee on social affairs. These two committees are indicative of the purpose behind the cooperative movement, that is to provide stu- dents with economic and social advantages. Last, but not least, is that out- standing group which has so firmly entrenched itself upon this campus . . . the Summerfield scholars. These men come to the University of Kansas with the assurance that a fund set up by Solon Summer- field will see them through four years of schooling if they maintain a 2.5 index and comport them- selves as gentlemen. Whether it be dormitory, co- operative house, or simple grant to scholars, these three elements of student life on Mt. Oread are essential. The accomplishments of individuals who have enjoyed the privilege of these organizations is sufficient basis from which to paint their praise. But in addition they have proved that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. In addition to housing and schooling some outstanding men and women, these clans have proved their ability to make men and women in whom we as Jayhawkers take great pride. MILLER HALL FIRST ROW: A l'ta Flores, Kansas City, Mary Catherine Boydston, Edgarton, Mo., Helen Scamell, Topeka, 'iii-idtirine Waterstradt, Detroit, Dorothy Baldin, Seneca. SECOND ROW: Joan Justice, Fredonia, Hope Crittenden, Wichita, Bonnie Dee Gustafson, Marquette, Barbara Duree, Dodge City, Sigrid Steeper, Mission. FW