The Daily Iowan from Iowa City, Iowa • Page 71

Section Paire DAILY CHy, Only Women's Boarding Currier Haii Has Home-like Atmosphere Nolo to new you're used to saying goodnight to your boyfriend in the privacy of your own front porch, 'bo prepared for radienl change, For if you're goiiig to live in Currier hall this year, you'll find that saying goodnight is far from private. Bright lights will shine on you. But you won't alone. Anywhere from 10 to 100 or more couples will be doing the same thing. That isri't the only change from home that you'll find when you move into the largest women's dormitory on campus.

Living in a building with about 700 other girls is really a change from home life, 'but not an unpleasant one. Has Advantages of Home Currier, SUI's only women's boarding dormitory, has almost all the advantages of home. Although you can't raid the icebox at midnight, you can go to the soda fountain before, 10 p.m. for a coke, sandwich, malt, etc. Vou'll have someone to talk to at almost any time of day or night too.

But companionship and -I lengthy toull sessions aren't the only things to be found at Currier. After you've lost your voice from talking, you can go down to the north recreation room and watch TV. The large room is comfortably finished with lounges, chairs, coffee tables, card tables, etc. Watch TV What's even ibetter is that you can watch TV in your pajamas except on weekend nights when you can lake your dates down to watch TV with you. Every day after 4 p.m.

you can also take guests into any of the many, 1 rnoderji decorated lounges. If you want to go some really quiet to study or read, there's the library with deep, soft davenports and walls lined wiUi books, mostly novels for pleasure reading. Rooms Have Telephones Whether your room is a dou- ble, a single, or a suite, you'll find a telephone in each room. Also in every room there is a lavatory, a medicine cabinet, a dresser, an easy chair, one or two closets, and a bed. desk and chair for each girl.

Bedspreads, drapes, and linen are all furnished. In the north basement there are 10 automatic washers, an and two dryers so that residents may do their own laundry. ityere are also drying racks if you don't want to use the dryers. On each floor there are two or three ironing rooms, which also have hot plates and sinks in them. There are mail boxes in the lobbies for each room.

And five days a week The Daily lowan is delivered' to the door of every room. Now for eating. Breakfast is served cafeteria style. Both lunch and dinner are served family style. Gurrier has three dining rooms, all connected, which arc used for lunch and dinner.

THIS SCENE is a familiar one at Currier hall, the university's women's boarding room has a phone, lavatory, medicine cabinet, dresser, easy chair, closets, bed, desk and each girl. Bedspreads, drapes and bed linens are also furnished. Currier hall is more 'than just a place to hang your hat. It has a student-run and offers activities to all Currier- ites. The hub of the Currier government is the general council, made up of Currier officers, unit chairmen, chairmen, and three representatives to the university Student Council.

All of these girls, with the exception of the board chairmen, are nominated 'by a senior nominating committee each spring. Chairmen Selection The board chairmen are selected by the previous chairmen and the council executive committee. This year's officers are: Barbara Oliver, A3, Des Moines, president; Phyllis Fischer, A3, Elgin, 111., vice-president; Sally Beisser, A2, Fort Dodge, secretary; and Linda Gamble, Al, Fairfield, treasurer. Each unit chairman represents the girls in her unit a section of each floor in which approximately 50 girls live. The four in the dormitory arc social, activities, judicial and public relations.

Social Activities Board Social board is in charge of all social activities of Currier. Each year there arc two formal dances one in December and another in February. Throughout the year there are numerous mixers with Quadrangle, and South Quadrangle. Activities board keeps Cur- The Hedges Welcome Both New and Old Students To Follow Their Noses To The Best In: Popcorn Parly Minis Cheese Corn Fudge CarmelCorn Peanut Brittle Party Orders A Specially The Hedges Carmel Corn Shop rier's council and students informed on all campus activities. It has charge'of Currier's homecoming float and also the selection ol Currier nominees for beauty contests.

Enforces Rules Judiciary board's main job is to see that rules and regulations are followed. It deals with girls who have gone over their allotted minutes for lateness, gives out campuses, and is in charge of maintaining quiet hours. The fourth board, public relations, has charge of Currier's newspaper, "Dormstory," and WVOC, the dorm's radio station which runs jointly with HILC of Hillcrest. A relatively new thing at Cur- risr is the new student council made up of freshmen and fer girls new to Currier. president of this, council is alsb on general council.

This new student council works in -feeha'if of new students and carriss-'on activities itself. Unit Advisers If problems arise the; peonle to see are the unit 'Ivffto also take bed check nigh'tly. Another person to see, not for advice or help, but to as a friend, is Miss Virginia Buckingham, head women. Still another good person io know around Currier 1 Dorothy Leslie, head of pirrrier and of women's dormitories. All Undergraduate Women Are Members Of UWA Every undergraduate woman student at the State University of Iowa is automatically a merri- ber of the University Women's association, the largest and one of the most active groups on campus.

Serving as a governing board and coordinating group for women's activities, UWA also sponsors social and educational programs for all SUI students Various projects are carried on throughout the year, including orientation, publication of "Code for Coeds," student-faculty 'c fee hours, hospital work, high school contact, Profile Preview, Spinster's Spree, Information foreign student dinners, and the University Slnff. Chairmen and committee members for these projects are chosen' from applications which are submitted by members of Application forms may be obtained through housing units and are available at the UWA desk in the office of student affairs, rooni'111 University hall; Deadline, dates lor each committee are announced in Trie Daily lowan and to all housing Open House New students are encouraged to apply, for those committees in they are most interested! The UWA open house on Sept. 27, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in Currier hall's north will give each a chance to ask questions about the various projects and to' sign up', for participation in those -activities. The purposes of UWA as iU constitution are to build world citizens; be of service to the university and its student body; further the spirit of cooperation and unity among the of the university by worthwhile projects; develop leadership; promote high scholarship and deepen cultural appreciation; act as the coordinating body of women's organizations; further 'student-faculty relations, and enrich each individual's college experience.

UWA is supervised by a general council consisting of the ex- 1 the mark of quality Watches Diamonds Si ver 5 S. Dubuqup Plioiio A7-11 Fine China Watch 205 E. Washington Repairing Phone 3975 ecutive officers, project chairmen and housing area- representatives. The officers of the council are nominated by the retiring seniors who have served on this council, two candidates being nominated for each office. In the spring, in conjunction with the all-campus elections, these officers are chosen by popular vote of all undergraduate women.

The officers who will serve and guide UWA this year are Sue Reider, president, Eagle Grove senior; Prudy Meder, vice-president, Blkader senior; Kay Taylor, secretary, Tulsa, Okla. junior; Marsha Brubaker, treasurer, Davenport sophomore, and Linda Gamble, sophomore representative, Fairfield. Helen Focht, SUI counselor to women, advises the group. Freshman Council Freshman women are represented in UWA activities by the freshman council composed of representatives from each sorority, Currier hall, and from the town area. They are chosen by general council on the basis of their high school activities, scholarship and potential leadership abilities.

During the year they sponsor several projects of their own, including a tea for UWA mothers after Mortar Board tapping on Mother's day weekend. Miss Gamble was president of the group last year and represented- the freshmen on general council. UWA's first project for the year is the orientation program for all new students, planned Ihis yeah by Margie Rickett, junior, Mt. Pleasant. The orientation leaders and assistant leaders write the new students during the summer to welcome them to SUI, and help to acquaint them with campus life and activities in the fall through the new student meeting, informal get-to- gethers in faculty homes, the First-Nightcr program and an open house at President.

Handler's home UWA's Information First program, headed by Carol Craw-, ford, sophomore, Iowa City, brings noted speakers to campus in a series of talks on "a variety of timely subjects of interest to all students. Red Cross Work One of the most satisfy ing. activities sponsored -by UWA is the Red Cross service committee, headed this year by Bonnie Erickson, senior, Sioux City. This large group of volunteers plans variety shows and entertainment for the Veterans hospital, ward dances, and several all-hospital parties throughout the year, with the recreational division of the hospital through the Johnson county Red Cross. Student-faculty coffee hours provide un opportunity for students and faculty to meet inform- ally and become better acquainted.

The new chairman of the program is Phyllis Fischer, senior from Elgin, 111. The UWA foreign students comrnittee, led by Colleen Dolezal, junior, Ely, promotes better understanding among foreign and American students on cam'pus. The committee works closely with the International club. One of the most anticipated UWA events of the year is the annual girl ask boy affair, Spinster's Spree. Ida May Bell, junior, Donnellspn, is chairman of the 1956 dance, to be held April 6.

Each men's housing unit conducts a campaign for their candidate for the title of Mr. MEBOC (Most Eligible Bachelor on Campus). After a week of skits, posters and serenades, SUI coeds for their 'choice to be crowned at the dance. New students will have a chance to sign up for dance committees at the UWA open house Sept. 27.

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