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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1968
Page
6
The excerpt recalls Monmouth College in Illinois as a single red brick building noted for its high rooms and narrow windows. Dr. David A Wallace voiced disapproval of permanent escorts and urged independence with lanterns when chaperones were absent, as the college began its coeducational era.
The piece recounts the 1867 founding of I.C. Sorosis at Monmouth by Emma Kilgore and colleagues, its early charity efforts, expansion to other Midwest schools, and eventual evolution into Pi Beta Phi. It notes key milestones, conventions, and the growth of national sororities across campuses, with statistics on chapters and memberships.
New York reports furriers celebrate a revival of old fur fashion with big shoulder coats and bulky furs from Bombay lamb to opossum. Ridge Antique Furs on Great Jones Street catalogs 150000 coats with celebrities and fashion elites among its client list.
Lawrence residents Karole Armitage age 14 and Jack Hurley age 20 perform with the Kansas City Civic Ballet April 7 and 8 featuring guest dancers Edward Villella and Patricia McBride from the New York City Ballet. Armitage dances corps de ballet while Hurley acts as principal in Mozart Symphony No 40 and Saint Saens Carnival of the Animals. A guest choreographer prepares the production.
Zachary Solov appears in a Metropolitan Opera ballet program in New York, delivering performances that showcase his skill within an esteemed company.
Sharon Thompson, 22, from Parry Sound, Ontario, works as an undertaker after training in Toronto. She took a clerk job at Earle Elliott Funeral Home to gain apprenticeship and now handles secretarial duties, funeral planning, flowers, and embalming. About two dozen women work as undertakers in Ontario.
A reader suggests using toasted brown buttered bread crumbs over green beans as a delicious way to repurpose leftover breakfast toast. The note highlights a practical, flavorful tip for Wise Buyers reading the classifieds.
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