Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-09-19
Big SISTERS AT k.U.'
Y. w. C. A. Arranges to Care
For Girl Students at
Lawrence.
TO MEET THEMAT THE TRAIN
Freshman Girls Will Be Aided in Every
Way Possible by Members
Of Association.

A big Sister-that is what each
new girl is to have upon entering Kan
sas university this fall. The Young
Women's Christian Association has
taken up the big sister movement,
and every Freshman girl is to be in
the care of an upper class young wom-
an. The big sister will meet the new
girl at the train, and will find a suit
able room for her if she has not OBJ
tanned one. She will help the new
conner to enroll, will see that she finds
her classes, will take her to church,
and will do all in her power to keep
her little Freshman sister from being
lonely.
The Y. w. C. A. also plans for the
social life of Freshman girls, The
Freshman F'rolic, one of the first
parties of the school year, always
stands out as a real red letter" event
in the life of every Freshman. Then
there is the reception given jointly
by the Y w. and Y. NJ. c. A., the in
formal Sunday afternoon teas for the
girls, the Membership Banquet, and
smaller parties throughout the school
year. So, each Freshman girl has her
share of fun which makes hard work
easier and college life what it should
be-
But the force that brings out the
noblest and best in our university
young women is the weekly Y. w. G.
A. meeting. This is held every Tues
day afternoon at 4:30. For fifteen
minutes there IS a time of informal
talk while tea and waters are being
served. Then at 4:45 the regular
meeting takes place. There are all
kinds of meetings meetings where
speakers from foreign lands talk;
meetings where there is open discus
sion on such a subject as After Col
lege What?" and meetings for spe-
cial occasions, as for Christmas or for
Estes Park rallies 1t is at these
times that each girl learns to see life
from a broader viewpoint, and re-
solves to be a better friend to every
girl on the campus.
Friendship, After all, that is one
of the great things we gain from col
lege life friendship with God and
with man>'-and it is the Wv. G.. A
that helps to bring it into the life of
university girls. So, each Freshman
girl who wishes to have the love and
friendship of a big sister at the uni
versity this year will be cared for
from the time she reaches Lawrence,
If she will write to Miss Evelyn
Strong of Lawrence, or to Miss Naomi
Simpson, 1929 Western avenue, To
peha 1t is believed that every moth
er will feel a little happier to know
that her Freshman daughter is being
big sistered" at the university by a
strong upper class young woman.
Refused Parole; Escapes.-Frank
Johnson escaped from the reforma-
tory at Hutchinson after another fruit
less appeal to the penal board for
parole. On two other occasions when
the board refused to grant him pa
role Johnson attempted to commit
suicide by hanging himself in his cell.
No trace has been found of the young
man. He was cutting corn on the
farm and had been gone some time be-
fore he was missed.
Mexicans Shoot demonstrating to
understand the signs of two Mexican
holdup men, Harry Hostetter did not
raise his hands and was shot and Sc
rioualy wounded at Emporia.
Parade for Gen. Siocum.-Four hun
dred members of the disciplinary bat
talon paraded in review before Col
onel Slocum, commandant attended by
Colonels Burnham, Green, Roberts and
a number of the leading officers of
Fort Leavenworth. This battalion is
the one Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood a
few weeks ago proclaimed the equal
of, if not superior to the cadets of
West Point, as far as esprit du corps
was concerned.