I BRANDINC/ IRON Z 842 VOLUME 15, No. 26. Laramie, Wyoming. Thursday, April 18, 1940. Newest Addition New Girls Dormitory to Be Completed Spring Quarter '41 J,. ^ ( . : 'N What is now just a hole in the ground will be, this time f i:: I I i next year, a three-story girls' dormitory with accommoda­ tions for 130 Wyoming coeds, and complete with dining •« * "• 8f. » Vf >»* In room, infirmary, kitchenettes and elevator, according to 1 Fred Ambrose, superintendent of • W'kGfrJbk buildings and grounds. Here Is a Story That With a rough stone exterior, the new co-ed residence hall will be Will Moisten the entirely fireproof. The concrete floors will have a framework floor Eyes of t he W orld covering of asphalt tile and rub­ ber tile. It will stand three stor­ ies high with a basement in thq Tliis is the architect's drawing of the new girls' dormitory, now under construction. The She was a cute little lassie, demure, yet haTdly shy. She dormitory section. building faces south. Constructed of native stone, the new dorm will house 130 girls. It is All rooms will be double rooms, being constructed at a cost of nearly $300,000. was what might be known as a "mixer." For unlike the av­ each having two separate closets erage college girl who shys and a few equipped with private from the game rooms, this bath. On each floor will be plac­ pulchritudinous little parcel ed a kitchenette for the conveni­ CM Program Must Be Speeded Up Second Body made herself right at home in ence of girls who live there, and a the basement of the Wyoming lounging room at the end of the Union. She was frequently to halls similar to those in the pres­ Inspectors Say After Trip Here be seen in the Branding Iron ent men's dormitory. Unearthed at office, the student manager's The third floor will have an in­ office, and she was even seen firmary, with accommodations for A meeting of the University of Wyoming CAA department, coyly making eyes at the di­ seven students. Should an epi­ CAA inspectors from Denver, and representatives of the Excavation . rector. demic occur, however, other rooms Plains Airways was held in the office of Dean R. D. Goodrich The janitors, however, were on the third floor can easily be not so popular with her for converted into temporary hospi­ Friday, April 12. The purpose of the meeting was to enable One male will inhabit the they made passes at her each tal rooms. evening come closing time. The building will be equipped Inspectors O. C. LeBoutillier and halls of the new girls' dorm with an elevator and incinerator Virgil D. Stone to determine why Now this acme of femininity which will serve all floors. There the University's CAA training is that is being built. That male was the victim of circum­ will be a dining hall to serve the Applications Due stance, maltreated, and abus­ progressing slowly. will be the ghost of an un­ residents of the dormitory and Others present at the meeting ed. Oftentimes she went to known man whose body, bur­ bed hungry, or was forced to another separate dining room for for Handbook, were: W. C. Walker and "Pick" visitors and those not living i» Walker of Plains Airways, Prof. sleep out in the cold, cruel ied for over 60 years, was world, unprotected from the the hall. R. S. Sink, director of civilian pi­ (Continued on Page Five) Directory Jobs lot training at the University; Prof. dug up by workers excavat­ elements. Yet she loved our G. H. Sechrist, Dean P. T. Miller ing the ground for the foun­ campus and our Wyoming and Dean R. D. Goodrich. Union. The Publications Committee is­ dations of the new building. And And thus, one day this Alpha Kappa Iota The basic reason for the meet if girls in the dorm next year sued a call Monday for applica­ ing, according to LeBoutillier, was week, April 16 to be exact, hear footsteps in the dead of this beautiful female came tions for the positions of editor to see that a program was worked night walking the halls and back to the haunt she loved Organizes As of the student directory, business out whereby the students could manager of the student directory, mounting the stairs they might so well to give birth to two all finish their flight training be reassured to know that it is of the furriest little kittens and the editor of the Freshman within the period of time allowed. handbook. only he. seen in these parts for many Local Fraternity They should be finished by June 1. (Continued on Page Six) a day. Yes, she chose to No experience requirements The inspectors reached the con were set on any of these jobs, bring her young into this A new social fraternity. elusion that the program can be world in the ping-pong room and any student is eligible to finished by the designated time if apply for any of the positions. Ton of Confetti where they would have a Alpha Kappa Iota, has been all persons involved will co-oper sporting chance of growing The applications will be due ate. They suggested that flight in the process of organization Monday, April 29. into eloquent tomcathood. instruction start earlier in the day The editor of the directory and Will Rain at | during the past two weeks. to avoid the wind, that flying And the boys were not long the editor of the handbook will schedules be kept, that persons at in naming these two bouncing, Officers have been elected each receive a salary of $50. The beautiful beauties of our mo­ the field call the office if the business manager of the directory Bal Masque ther cat. What could be more and meetings are being held will get $37.50 for his efforts. weather is too bad for flying, and appropriate than to call them, (Continued on Page Five) each Monday night in the The Freshman handbook will i Nearly a ton of confetti and after the place of their birth, (Continued on Page Five) miles upon miles of serpentine "Wyoming" and "Union." Wyoming Union, pending the Engineers Elect will be loosed tomorrow night acquisition of a house. Prof. F. NOTICE after intermission at the first C. Freytag and Carl S. Gilbert are New Officers annual Bal Masque to be held in Nine Spurs the faculty sponsors of the new. Candidates for graduation at the University gym from 8:30 (Continued on Page Five) the Jun e Commencement until 11:30 p. m. should arrange to remit the Two engineering societies, the And, as if that were not Attend Meet diploma fee of $5.00 as provid­ general engineering society and enough, a special program of Interlrafernity ed for on page 70 of the 1939 the local chapter of the Ameri­ novalty acts has been arranged University catalog, at' their can Society of Civil Engineers for the enjoyment of the masked At Fort Collins Ball W ill Be Held convenience, and in no case elected officers during the past dancers. The Four Arrows quar­ later than May 4th. week. tet, Gordon Mitchell and Gladys Officers of the general engi­ DeBerry and Bud Peel will join Friday, April 26 This payment should be Nine Wyoming Spurs attended made at the Cashier's office neering society for the coming forces to make the affair one of Plans for the annual Interfra- year are: President, Victor Perk- (Continued on Page Six) the regional Spur convention at and receipt for the same pre­ Colorado State college, at Fort ternity ball, sponsored by the In- sented at the Registrar's office ovitch; vice president, Gene Greenley; secretary - treasurer, Collins last Thursday. There terfraternity Council, are well un­ for recording. were approximately 70 delegates der way and the dance will be This includes candidates for Newton Simpson; and senator, Film el 'The City' Glenn Mullens. from Utah State, Utah univer­ held i nthe Wyoming Union ball­ the two-year Normal diploma, sity, Colorado State, Colorado room, Friday night. April 26. Bachelor's degree, and Master's The ASCE elected as its offi­ Shown at Assembly cers: Harold Zoller, president; university, and the University of Tickets are bein gdistributed to degree. Wyoming. There was one rep­ each of the social fraternities. R. E. M'WHINNIE, Howard Saunders, vice president; One of the most fascinating, as and Harold Kester, secretary- resentative from Butler univer­ Stray Greeks may obtain their Registrar. well as vital, topics of the day sity in Indiana. tickets to the' dance from R. M. treasurer. —that of slum conditions— was The next convention will be at Bourne, president of the council, presented to the student body Richard Mullens, member of the this week. Through the coop­ Logan Utah, where the national president lives. Betty Anne council, said Tuesday. eration of the political science, Committee chairmen for the Villard Paints Black Picture economics, and sociology depart­ Frink. the regional director from Colorado State was in charge of dance are Bernard Heldt, finance, ments* of the University, the and Harold Zoller, social. much-talked-ot' film, "The City," the meetings which took place Bud Peel and his Wyomians Of European Conflict in Speech was shown before a large and in the Student Union building responsive audience in last Tues­ and Ammons hall, which is the will furnish the music for the (Continued on Page Six) dance. BY AMY LAWRENCE day's assembly. The picture showed strikingly Terrified by the hunger and misery the war is bringing the contrast between life in a them, the German people are aching for peace, said Oswald crowded, sordid, metropolitan city and the normal peaceful The Boogie-Woogie Will Just Garrison Villard, one-time editor of Nation magazine, in his life of the suburban town.