Ricker Hall Opens to University Women for Living Expenses
Ricker Hall at 745 Ohio Street opens this fall to University girls who will care for the house in return for living expenses. Twelve rooms are filled with applicants from Kansas City to Denver. Grace McConn serves as house mother. Former University cooperative houses were sold to adjust demand after Corbin and Watkins Halls, with Ricker Hall now used by self supporting students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ricker
Ohio Street
Martha Acton
Kansas City
Juanita Craig
St. Tosseph
Celestine Evans
Fairview
Iris Fi
University Housing Committee
Alberta Corbin
Corbin Hall
Watkins Hall
Risker
Lenora S. Hollinebe
Unitarian Church of
Lawrence
K U Faculty Woman Studies Taos Indians During Summer
Miss Nei Barnes, KU faculty, spends the summer at Taos studying the Taos Pueblo. She focuses on rhythms and ode traditions, notes governance by a governor and twelve clans, and observes how drought and farming laws shape community life. She records housing styles, dress, and rituals, comparing Taos worship to ancient Greek myth while highlighting the social structure and education efforts involving Haskell Institute and local schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taos
Ilis
Miss Barnes
Southwest
Italian Prune High in Mineral Content and Canning
The Italian prune or blue plum from the Pacific Northwest offers high mineral content and energy value due to its high iron. It remains firm through cooking, yielding a tart yet sprightly sauce when prepared, and is best grown in Washington Oregon Idaho junction areas with volcanic soil and ample sunshine. Bradford England claims many bicycles. Spanish Government has spent $12,000,000 on the Seville Exposition buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
U.S Department of Agriculture
Pacific Northwest
Three Shades of Brown In Fall Dress Fashion
Fall fashion trend piece discusses brown palette shifts toward cinnamon and tobacco tones with multiple shades in dresses and jackets. It notes velvet transparencies with brilliants, sleeveless blouses, and V necklines signaling new season styles. It also mentions maternity and prenatal care advocacy by Mrs. Park and her global woman’s welfare efforts.
Additional Texts on Colonial Arts and Crafts at K. U. Museum
Lawrence Art club members are urged to preserve and use notes from the Spooner-Thayer art museum library. The collection includes works on American arts and crafts, colonial furniture, pewter, porcelain, silver, and quilts. Some books may be borrowed via the Exchange desk on the second floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. U. Museum
Lawrence Art Club
Spooner-Thayer Art Museum
Eberlein
America
James Vox
Earle
Burgess
Williamson
Marion Harland
Webster
Buel
Calvert Hall
Priest
Walter Crane
Marks
Witham Morris
Women vow to keep welfare work after federal cut
Washington AP reports Maud Wood Park, counselor for the National League of Women Voters, says saving mothers and babies remains unfinished business for patriotic women voters. She predicts continued welfare work beyond the June 30 1929 expiration of the Sheppard-Towner act, noting its past benefits to thousands of women and children. The 1922 act provided 1,240,000 dollars annually to states with matching funds. most states joined, Maine Connecticut Illinois Massachusetts and Kansas excepted, Hawaii joined in 1924.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park
Washington
United States
Maud Wood Park
National League of Women Voters
Congressional
Hawaii
Camp Fire News and Birding Notes Section
The Lawrence Camp Fire Guardians meet Wednesday September 21 at 7 p.m. at president Mrs Ethel Edie's home 1623 Kentucky. Articles cover fall bird migration care, building bird houses, and camp fire group activities with updates from Keotima Marenpo and Unalliyi groups, plus a bird quiz contest and a tale about the star and lake among Native legends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Ethe
Edie
Kentucky
Watermelon Rind Pickles and Other Recipes in Plain Style
A collection of home canning and salad recipes includes Watermelon Rind Pickles prepared from thick rinds soaked in salted water then spiced with cloves cinnamon and allspice in a sweet vinegar syrup. Spiced peaches are made by simmering cling peaches in a cinnamon allspice and clove flavored syrup. A Vegetable Salad combines beets carrots potatoes celery peas pimentos olives and cheese with a lemon oil dressing. An aside reports on Miss Dorsett Bacon asserting that average men prefer business girls over socialite girls, noting their blend of femininity and practical knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora O'Hara
West 14Th St
F. H. ‘Kieffer
1300
York St
Savannah
Baldwin News Highlights Local Visits and Sorority Pledges
Dr J D Smith returns from Waverly to Baldwin for his son Heyle Smith's family visit. Dale Price from Baker plans dental college study after a Zeta Chi week, living with Mrs Anna Kirkpatrick. Allen Ryan stays with grandmother Mrs Frank J Allen before Park College in Parkville Missouri. Phi Mu hosts rushees at a tea. federation programs planned along with a major Flower Show efforts. Out-of-town judges to award Friday's flower event. State Fair attendance noted by Mr and Mrs Charles Bailey and Mrs A F Baker. Sorority pledges announced for Zeta Tau Alpha Phi Mu and Alpha Chi Omega with multiple names listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Smith
Waverly
Heyle
Smith
Dale Price
Baker
Zeta Chi
Kansty
Dental College
Anna Kirkpatrick
Baldwin
Allen Ryan
Frank J. Allen
Parkville
Park College
Ryan
A. Lowell Ryan
Manila
Merwin Wolty
Ottawa
Phi Mu
City Federation of Clubs
First Methodist Church
John Ruchty
Finner
Emil Liston
Charles N. Bailey
A. F. Baker
Topeka
Fraternity Names Pledges Across States Mentioned
A list of Delta Delta Delta and other fraternities reports seventy five pledges from many colleges and cities including Kansas City Olathe Baldwin and Lawrence with members named such as Eugene Cotton Merwin Lewis Chubb and Harry Hensley. Local events note Baldwin visits to Hagenbeck Wallace circus in Lawrence and a Baker faculty reception at Case Library for new members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claremore
Okla
Catherine Whitmore
Kansas City
Maxine Carl
Columbus
Corrine Woods
Maxine de Villiers
Baxter Springs
Alice Corogan
Enterprise
Virginia Donner
Lammie
Iowa
Thelma’ Johnson
Greensburg
Elizabeth Brookhart
Betty Lou Clark
Miles City
Montana
Delta Delta Delta
Crystal Alde Tsop
Eric
Genevieve Hartley
Baldwin
Peggy Woodyard
Bakiwin
Helen Tultoss
Rantoul
Mildred Johnson
Tonganoxie
Marjorie Kimball
Neodesha
Helen Eliiit
Caney
Verna Schowengerdt
Osawatomie
Frances Flake
Olathe
Kathleen Jones
Delta Zeta Sorrority
Delta Tau Delta
Eugene Cotton
Allen Hale
Yates Genter
Thomas Hurst
Merwin Lewis
YatesCenter
J. W. Silvers
Marlin Cross
Canrad Loughlin
Long Beach
Calif
Kent Trelle
Robert McGuire
Lawrence Stanley
Chas. Pyle
Truman McEver
Russellville
Sloan Wilson
Horton
Verley Wagner
Milton Quenberger
Wathena
Marlin
Welsh
Moran
W. Stoltenberg
Kinsley
Clair Grantham
Lyndon
Cecil Diehl
Highland
Herbert €Ockerill
Fort Scott
Kappa Sigma
Vermit Lange
Robinson
Ross Wall
Fred Lungren
Kansas
George Hartman
Kan Mo
Loren Lane
Neodes Poston
Effingham
Lee C. Towhattan
James Riley
Parsons
Wirt. Chastain
Chanute
Theta Kappa Nu
Harold St. Aubyn
Russell
Glen King
Holton
Paul Smith
Watson
Potect
Paola
Kenneth Apley
Washington
Gette Christler
Edgerton
Howard Kraft
Kermit Foster
Marshall Davis
Redfield
Zeta Chi
Leslie Rusher
Abilene
Alfred Caster
Dodge City
Warren Odom
Clyde
Retter
Topeka
Sam Berry
Turner
William Brockway
Paul Bachelor
Fredonia
Howard Hensley
Boyd Kiger
Burlington
Harold Harpster
Hiawatha
J.C. Watkins
Port Arthur
Texas
Melvin Chubb
William Brown
Lawton
Robert Pruitt
Seneca
Charles McHenry
Oklahoma City
Lawrence
Maxamilian Rldwin
Genevieve
Leon
Baker
Case Library
Samuel A. Decl
Vinland
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Hone Snyder
Leonard Snyder
Wayne Gray
Chicago
Shakesquare Club Opens Year With Host Family Meeting
The Shakesquare Club held its first gathering of the year at Mrs. J W Minnis home with many guests not members. Miss Iva Clark distributed the new year books as chairman of the program committee. Mrs Hewitt Taylor led games. The next meeting with Mrs Kata Kerns will discuss the play Coriolanus on September 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shakesquare Club
J. ‘W. Minnis
Iva Clark
Hewitt Taylor
Kata Kerns
Lawrence area social notes and funeral obit counts
A busy Lawrence region social page notes visits from Fern Brock and Mildred to Villa Eden, Dr. Shannon of Eudora called, and numerous calls between Woodlings Tornedens Davenport and Canary families. Residents attend Cecil Morritt's funeral in Linwood and Dr McClelland's funeral in Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shannon
Eudora
Jesse Woodling
Girard
Fred Torneden
Roy
Lawrence
Roy Davenport
T. B. Davenport
Cecil Morritt
Linwood
Albert Torneden
Eden
Ruth Pettingill
Fern
Ary
Paul Torneden
William Torneden
Dashiell Couple Move In To Elm Street Home
North Lawrence residents Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Dashiell have moved into the Billy Cosgrove home at 309 Elm St. Wallace W. CG. T. A. will meet Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. A. D. Manning at 645 No. 9th Street. Mrs. M. G. McKensie will lead the program and a silver offering will be received. The Christian church hosts an ice cream social Tuesday evening for church funds. A first air restaurant with chef and waiter opens service between London and Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. R. Dashiell
Billy” Cosgrove
Elm St
Wallace W
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Haskell
K.U
Haskell Institute
Ruth ‘Muskrat
Southwest High School
Goldie Sealey
Westport High
Mae Coffman
Chocstaw
Dorris Amiotte
Irene Davis
O. E. Berninghaus
Albert Block
New Mexico
Rankin's Drug Store
Mass
Se Ville
Bradford
England
Marenpo
Mary Elizabeth Edie
Guardian
Letha Lemon
Helen Wilson
Unalliyi
Atlock
Ruth Shaw
Baltimore
Spain
E. H. Balco
Ohio St
Baldwin News
N. H
Villa Eden
Crabb
Fern Brock
Mildred
Lawrence Thurs
Topeka Fair
Will Loesch
Edna
Truman Lorsch
Lizzie
Verneden
P Dena
Will Reetz
Ale
Bert Tornaden
Oscar Canary
McBride
Hallenbeck
Lasiter
Rand
Jesse Wroodling
Robert Seele
Ki. Hallenbeck
L. J. Miélleret
Prairie Hays
Altenbernd Place
McClelland
Mr.i
Chas
Landswent
Godfrey
North Lawrence
First Air
London
Paris
Ovance Cleanery
Graphic Outlines OF History
Scaurus
Pompeii
Schubert
al Es
Mazda
Hest
Kennedy Plumbing Co
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