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But These Queens Are No Exception
By Nancy Hager
 hose of you who think that the big brown house at 1103 Main street in a place of queer
noises and appetizing smells, are not wholly incorrect. What you may not know, is that is also serves as a nine-week
home for Jan Schellin, Marjorie Dill, Jan Bergelin, Kay Guell, Bev Wagner and Phyllis Knop. Yes, sir, the Home
Management House is all that-and more! The girls living at the house are juniors and seniors in the Home Ec Department
of the college. Living in this home is compulsory for all those girls in Home Ec, in order that they may have the
experience of family living and learning to manage a home. Ordinarily their stay is for one semester, but because
of the many girls in this field now, the stay has been cut to nine weeks. The household duties of the home are
divided among the girls, and are rotated every week. Their positions include: Host, cook, assistant cook, up-stairs
and down-stairs housekeepers, and a laundress. In order to get a few personal opinions and ideas, this reporter
strolled over to the HMH one afternoon and was greeted by an unusual aroma of "meatless onion loaf"
(so they called it). Sitting in the modern den just off the living room, we found out what really goes on behind
"the gingham curtain." Just then the phone rang. Said Kay Guell, "It seems as if we never know if they want Dill,
Guell, or Phil (plus two Jans.)" We've at least solved the problem of the Jans, and now refer to them as Jan and
Bergy." It seems that the dish washer sometimes does anything but its duty for these six girls. They all groaned
as they described a typical "flood" as the washer "mambos" around the kitchen. "Just try to keep that thing still,"
commented Phyllis Knop. "We've used up every possible rag in the house wiping the floor!! It will no doubt be the
new location for 'Joe's Swimming Pool'." "On Friday night, the taxi drivers disappear as they see us coming out of
the local shopping center," remarks Bergy. "Just because we ask them to carry in a few dollars worth of groceries,
($35.00 worth), they feel abused!" In spite of the dishwasher, the girls like the Home Management House and hate to
leave when their time is completed. "The only thing I don't like about the house is the big windows in the dining
room," chimed Jan Schelling. "I feel as if we're on exhibition every time we eat. People passing by always stand
and stare as if we were something out of Barnum and Bailey. Oh, some of them are real nice of course, and only
glance out of the corner of their eye. I just wish they wouldn't giggle!" It seems as if the food is usually
very good. They talked of pizza parties, chili parties, and brunches. "But then again," said Bergy rather shyly,
"there was the time that Jan didn't thaw the meat for the stew and we chewed for three hours!" During all this,
we were calmly observing something that just didn't seem to fit in with the rest of the pattern. "Oh, he's Skip,"
smiled Marjorie Dill. He just proves that every home needs a man." Just so you readers don't get confused as to
who is in the Home Ec Department, we'd better tell you that Skip and Fritz are local fellows who tentatively serve
as mascots to the girls.
*The Pointer, March 1955
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