KU-Y Announces Rock Chalk Teams; Independents Angry
The spirit of the holidays was quickly extinguished for some students when they returned to school Sunday night.
The reason: The KU-Y had announced the four teams chosen to compete in this year's Rock Chalk Revue.
The winning teams are Sigma Chi—Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa Sigma—Delta Gamma, Phi Kappa Psi—Delta Delta Delta and Alpha Tau Omega—Chi Omega.
THE DAMPENED SPIRITS, however, reigned highest among the independent groups on campus. For once again, the four winning scripts were from Greek houses.
The directors of Lewis and Hashinger Halls, Kay Whitaker, Wichita senior, and Carol Jenista, Caldwell junior, said the fault is not in the judging, but in the independent groups' lack of interest.
Miss Whitaker felt the fact that an independent group has not been represented in the show was becoming a major problem.
MISS WHITAKER said now is the time to re-examine the purpose of Rock Chalk. She questioned whether the production was to be based strictly on the quality of talent, or to represent student opinion.
"If the production is to represent student opinion then it is not giving an adequate representation of it," Miss Whitaker said. "The independents make up the largest segment of the campus, and many of their opinions are different from those of the Greek houses. But the fact remains that these opinions have never been expressed."
Miss Whitaker said there are many problems confronting the dormitories which the Greek houses do not have to face. She felt that the lack of organization was possibly the largest one. It is much harder for the independents to come through with a polished script such as the Greeks first turn out, she said.
"We do not get the full co-operation of those having the best talents like the fraternities and sororites. Thus our scripts may not have the same high quality of costumes, scenery, etc. The problem is now becoming further complicated because the students are not getting in and are losing interest.
"I FEEL that it would be difficult under the present setup for an independent group to get into Rock Chalk. I wonder if it would not be possible for the judges to take into consideration the problems which a dormitory faces. If we could get a script accepted the spirit would change, and we would be on our way."
Allen Crafton, professor emeritus of speech and drama, and a long-time supporter of the Rock Chalk Revue, said he felt that a definite problem has been touched upon. However, he expressed his doubts when considering the proposed changes to the judging.
"I had assumed they (the independents) did not care about the revue," he said. "However, I would blame them more than the idea of Rock Chalk itself. The proposed idea might have many adverse effects. If the Greek houses should place one and two in the finals and the independents three and four, then there may be bad feelings."
Pope Paul May Issue Encyclical on Trip
VATICAN CITY—(UPI) — Pope Paul VI, back from a triumphal journey to the Holy Land, may soon tell the world of his spiritual experience in an encyclical, a high Vatican source said today.
The Pope was cheered by a million Romans last night on his return from the pilgrimage to the land of Christ's birth. Observers said the success of his trip has cast him in a new role as a traveling apostle of peace and unity, and they predicted more trips for the pontiff.
THE VATICAN source said the 63-year old pontiff was expected to take a few days of rest and then start work on the first encyclical of his half-year reign. They said it was likely to tell of the sources of inspiration and hope the Pope found in the Holy Land and reiterate the message of peace he proclaimed from Bethlehem.
At a later date, they said, the Pope may issue encyclicals on other subjects.
One of these, they said, was on scientific research, for which this year's fourth centenary of the birth of Galileo could be a fitting occasion.
GALILEO, the 16th century Italian physicist and astronomer, was condemned by the Roman Catholic church of his day for his theory that the earth revolves around the sun.
The sources noted the church's approval and support for science already has been outlined in a number of documents and speeches by the late Pone Pius XII.
This was considered heresy at the time. The Vatican's stand on Galilee has long since been reversed.
They said Pope Paul was not thinking so much of adding something new to this stand on science but of recording it in the form of an encyclical.
IN ANY EVENT, they said, an encyclical on science and technology was not likely to come before the issuance of the Pope's broader encyclical on religious and world problems.
This would be a sweeping "state of the church" message. The sources indicated it may be weeks before the encyclical is finished because the Pope has so many experiences to analyze and fit into it.
They include world reaction to his message from the Holy Land appealing for peace, his experiences visiting the places of Christ's life, and most important of all, his meeting with Patriarch Athenagoras, head of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
IN ADDITION to this activity, the Pope is considered virtually certain to make more trips abroad.
Daily hansan
Lawrence, Kansas
61st Year, No. 66
Tuesday, Jan. 7, 1964
HOUSE DIRECTORS—The 1964 Rock Chalk Revue directors are: Kneeling—Edward Bachofer, Salina junior, Kappa Sigma; 2nd row (L-R) Linda Ward, Florence, S. C., junior, Delta Gamma; Sarah Jane Lutton, Bartlesville, Okla., senior, Chi Omega; Barbara Bauerle, Harlan, Iowa
junior, Gamma Phi Beta; Hoite Caston, Independence senior, Sigma Chi; Top row (L-R)—Tom Woodard, Des Moines, Iowa, senior, Phi Kappa Psi; Mary Jane Truitt, Chanute senior, Delta Delta Delta; Clark Ellis, Wichita senior, Alpha Tau Omega.
State Highway Patrol Major Named Campus Police Chief
E. P. Moomau of the Kansas Highway Patrol today was named chief of the KU traffic and security division.
Moomau, 55, succeeds the late Joe G. Skillman, who died Oct. 30 of a heart attack. Capt. Willard Anderson has been temporarily in charge.
MOOMAU WAS a Lawrence resident from 1949 to 1961. He is major of services for the Highway Patrol.
He began his career as a law enforcement officer with the Wichita Police Department, where he worked from 1929 to 1939, attaining the rank of captain.
Moomau then joined the Highway Patrol where he worked for three years as superintendent. In 1942, he left the Patrol to organize and direct the guard force at Sunflower Ordnance Works.
MOOMAU RETURNED to the Patrol in 1949 and was promoted to captain in 1951.
He has attended several Kansas Peace Officers training schools, both as a student and instructor. In 1955, Moomau completed the Northwestern University Traffic Institute course for police supervisors and was graduated from the FBI National Academy.
COL. LARRY HUGHES, superintendent of the Highway Patrol, and Keith Lawton, KU vice chancellor in charge of operations, made a joint announcement of the appointment.
Moomau is scheduled for retirement from the Patrol soon. In the meantime, he will split his working time between KU and the Patrol, where he will aid training his replacement.
"The University," Lawton said, "suffered a serious loss in the death of Joe Skillman.
"We are fortunate and pleased to have such an experienced, respected, and exceptionally wellqualified police administrator to assume this important campus post."
Col. Hughes of the Highway Patrol said of Moomau:
"He has made significant contributions to the Highway Patrol and to law enforcement in Kansas.
"Under the Patrol retirement circumstances, it is fortunate and ideal for him and the University that his talents and his experience can be put to good use," Hughes said.
U.S., Russia Discuss Cultural Exchange
MOSCOW—(UPI) — Negotiations on a U.S.-Soviet cultural agreement resumed today following a two-month delay caused by the arres of Yale Professor Frederick Barghorn.
Officials on both sides predict the talks would be "arduous."
The negotiations were suspended by the late President Kennedy when Barghoorn, a specialist in Soviet affairs, was arrested on spy charge Oct. 31 while on a visit to the Soviet Union. The talks were rescheduled in a two-month delay.
BARGHOOORN's arrest also brought demands in American academic circles that provisions should be made for the physical safety of visiting scholars.
The program began six years ago. The 1952-63 agreement worked successfully although it has not been fulfilled entirely.
A U.S. spokesman said the American team was entering the talk with a "business-like manner and with hopes." He said many details had to be worked out for the exchanges of artists, musicians, actors, exhibits, scientific personnel and students.
AMONG THE shortcomings, from the U.S. standpoint, has been the failure to exchange any scientific delegations as planned, only limited distribution of the U.S. Russian-language magazine "Amerika," and Soviet unwillingness to show many American movies.
THE AMERICANS also want to increase distribution of information, particularly about conditions in the United States, while the Russians hope for more scientific exchanges.
The agreement is expected to provide for an American choral group and symphony orchestra to tour the Soviet Union, and a renewal of student exchanges.
WEATHER
Mostly cloudy skies will prevail over Lawrence tonight and Wednesday. Temperatures will drop tonight and Wednesday with snow likely. Tonight's low will be near 30. Tomorrow's high will be near 30, the weather bureau said.