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Daily Hansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
53rd Year, No. 145
Monday, May 14, 1956.
Perry Rashleigh Gets 4 Awards In Pharmacy
Perry L. Rashleigh, Little River senior, received four awards at the annual dinner of the School of Pharmacy in the Student Union May 11.
—(Daily Kansan photo)
The dinner was given by juniors in the school as a tribute to graduating seniors. The speaker was Dr. Kenneth Jochim, assistant dean of the School of Medicine.
Rashleigh received the American Pharmaceutical Association gold key and the Lehn and Fink gold medal as the highest ranking student who will be graduated this year. He also received the Bristol award of a Gould "Medical Dictionary" and one of the Merck awards of a Merck "Manual and Index."
The American Pharmaceutical Association certificate was awarded to Henry Wittenberg, Kansas City, Mo. senior. The other Merck award went to Worley K. Stewart, Warrensburg, Mo. senior.
The Kappa Psi Award of a reference book, Remington's "Practice of Pharmacy," went to the highest ranking sophomore, Dan F, Schrepel, Pratt. The Rho Chi award of $25 to the highest ranking junior went
to benji K. Wyatt, Sunflower. This money is used to pay expenses on an educational tour of a pharmaceutical company next year.
A dance, sponsored by Kappa Psi, pharmaceutical fraternity, was held at the Eldridge Hotel after the dinner.
Six-State Area Hit By Tornadoes
By UNITED PRESS
The debris of a tornado barrage covered parts of a six-state area today.
At least 10 persons were reported dead in the wake of the weekend weather fury and scores more were injured. Property damage ran into the millions of dollars.
The tornado onslaught began the night of May 12, killing six persons on the outskirts of Cleveland, Ohio, three in Flint, Mich., and one at
Ihaca, Mich. The Red Cross reported a total of 17 deaths, including two more in Michigan, but authorities said these could not be confirmed. More tornadoes hit Pennsylvania, causing heavy damage, and near Omaha, Neb. Saturday night and early Sunday. The twisters returned last night lashing through farm areas in Kansas and Missouri and destroying small planes and a hangar at Meonominee, Mich.
Library Trustees Workshop Slated
A workshop for library trustees will be held for the first time Thursday at the University. Between 25 and 30 library board members from northeastern Kansas are expected to attend.
The program will include discussions of the role of the library in the community, library finances, and general administrative problems Robert Vosper, director of University libraries, will have charge of a discussion in which Richard B. Sealock,
Kansas City, Mo., librarian, and Verome Cushman, Salina librarian, will take part. Dr. James W. Drury, associate professor of political science, will explain sources of revenue available to the library and Dr. Ethan P. Allen, director of the Governmental Research Center, will discuss book selection.
HE'S TOPS—Jerry Knudson, Gem senior, receives the Sigma Delta Chi outstanding senior man citation of achievement from Calder M. Pickett, assistant professor of journalism, at the Kansan Board dinner.
35 Honored For Work In Journalism, On Kansan
Thirty-five students in the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information received recognition for outstanding work on the University Daily Kansan the past year, and outstanding seniors were singled out at the annual Kansan Board dinner May 12.
Four students received scholarships for the 1956-57 school year, and Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalistic fraternity, recognized two seniors for superior scholarship and presented a certificate to the outstanding senior man.
Lester Suhler, subscription director of Look Magazine, Des Moines, Iowa, told the audience that responsibility for educating adult America rests upon the newspapers, magazines, and the postal service. He said the three services were the agencies that perform the most effective job of gathering and disseminating information, and warned against the danger of raising postal rates on publications.
Harris Award To Pontius The $500 John P. Harris scholarship in journalism was awarded to James E. Pontius, Wichita junior.
Harris Award To Pontius
A new $200 scholarship for a woman in journalism was awarded to Jane Pecinovsky, Leawood junior. The donor and name of the new annual scholarship will be announced later.
The Henry Schott memorial prize in journalism will be shared by Leo Flanagan, Chicago, and Robert Lyle, Kansas City, Mo. The award is given annually to the "junior man who shows the most promise for success in journalism."
Knudson Outstanding Senior Jerry Knudson, Gem senior, received the Sigma Delta Chi award for achievement as the outstanding 1956 male graduate of the school considering "character, scholarship, and competence to perform journalistic tasks."
The Sigma Delta Chi scholarship went to Knudson and Robert Marshall, Lawrence, who were the top 5 per cent of the graduating class.
Outstanding men and women seniors in the major courses of study in the school as voted by the faculty were Richard Hunter, Lawrence, Paul Bunge, Auburn, Neb, and Charles Sledd, Lyons, advertising-business; Kn u d s o n. and Gretchen Guinn, Delmar, N.Y., news-editorial; Shirley Jones, Ottawa, and Marshall, radio-journalism.
Knudson Outstanding Senior
Todd Crittenden, Wichita junior, received special recognition for the advertising selling work he has done for the Daily Kansan this year.
John McMillion, Coffeyville was cited for outstanding editing and makeup.
Honored for outstanding work on The Daily Kansas were:
Honored For Work
Best promotional advertisements:
first, Ron Phillips, Mission; second,
Grace Favors, Kansas City, Kan.; third, David Cleveland, Culver, Ind.; honorable mention, Crittenden and Wayne Helgesen, Omaha, Neb. All are seniors.
Best institutional advertisements:
first, Clifford Meyer, Kansas City,
Kan.; second, Phillips; third, John
W. Switzer, Kansas City, Mo., graduate
student; honorable mention,
Flanagan.
Best news stories: first, Lyle; second (tie), McMillion and Miss Pecinovsky; third, Margaret Armstrong, Westfield, N.J., junior; honorable mention, Barbara Bell, McPherson junior.
Best editors': first, Dick Walt,
Girard senior; second, Darline Martine-
gomery, St. Joseph, Mo., senior;
third, Flanagan; honable mention,
Daryl Hall, Neodesha junior, and
McMillion.
Best feature stories: first, Switzer; second, Felecia Fenberg, Kansas City, Mo., junior; third, Gerald Thomas, Independence, Kan., junior; honorable mention, Mrs. Kay Hubbard Endicott, Pittsburg, former student.
Best spot news picture: first, Tom Siegfried, Independence, Mo., junior; second, Eiji Tonomura, Japan; third, Richards; honorable mention, Miss Collins.
Special recognition for cover photography, Daily Kansan's offset photo supplement: John Stephens, Stafford junior, and Harry Elliott, Lawrence senior.
Best feature pictures: first, Nancy Collins, Richmond senior; second, Dee Richards, Hutchinson junior; third, Gordon Hudelson, Olathe senior; honorable mention, Dick Roberts. Lawrence junior.
Heller To Be Head Of Western Civ
Francis Heller, associate professor of political science, has been named to head the department of Western Civilization, replacing Rupert Murrill, assistant professor of sociology and anthropology. Dr. Murrill, department head for the last three years, will continue teaching in the sociology and anthropology department.
Sour Owl To Go On Sale Tuesday
The Confidential issue of Sour Owl, to go on sale on the campus tomorrow, promises to be one of the "most different" humor magazines ever published at the University, according to the editor of the publication.
The editor, Bob Lyle, Kansas City, Mo. junior, described it as "shockingly different to say the least."
The magazine, a take-off on the national expose magazine. Confidential, will include red-hot "exposes" but they will be confined to students and faculty at KU.
"By offering our readers an exciting, revealing, information packed publication instead of dry, dull-witted attempts at literary excellence, we hope to bring college humor back to the respect of all students. We guarantee that the Confidential issue will be read from cover to cover."
"It seems to me that humor magazines at KU are reaching their lowest ebb in history. The Sour Owl one of the oldest and most respected humor publications in the nation, and Squat, a new magazine, have both had trouble keeping their heads above the water financially," Lyle said.
Ron Phillips, Shawnee senior and business manager of the publication, said there will be more pictures in the issue than in any "previous humor publication on the campus."
Students may purchase the Sour Owl at the information booth, the Student Union and other spots throughout the campus.
The political scientists' main difficulty is that they try to know everything there is to know about the government and do not have a narrow field of study, Prof. Charles Hyneman, chairman of the department of political science at Northwestern University, Chicago, Ill., said this morning in a public lecture in Malott Hall.
Political Scientists Called Too Broad
Prof. Hyneman added that the political scientists have tackled too much. They are unable to agree to what should be cut out of these programs of study, and to be stressed.
Political scientists need to confine themselves to establishing basic generalizations, he said. "Unfortunately there has not been much progress as to agreement," he added.
Music Sorority Initiates Seven
Mu Phi Epsilon, professional music sorority, initiated seven pledges Saturday morning in the Student Union. A luncheon with the Lawrence alumnae chapter followed the initiation ceremony.
Those initiated were Creta Carter, Jennings, Sara Jane Hopkins, Boonville, Mo., Martha Crowley, Pittsburg, Mary Nason and Marva Powell, Topeka, all freshmen; Wansley Sharp, Kansas City, Mo. sophomore, and Janet Barnes, Valley Falls junior.
Dean George Waggoner of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences announced the appointment.
Dr. Heller said that no major changes will be made in the course next year.
FRANCIS HELLER
"About two-thirds of the readings for Western Civ will be taken from cheap paper back books which we will ask the students to buy," he said. "This will eliminate waiting for reserve books in the library. However, we have no intention of modifying the course significantly subject-matter wise."
Western Civ grades for this semester will be announced in about two weeks, Dr. Heller said.
Course Evaluation Project Begins
The instructor and course evaluation plan by the scholarship committee of the All Student Council began May 10.
Not all students who have submitted the forms to instructors have kept their names anonymous, said Harvey Bodker, Mission junior and chairman of the teacher evaluation committee. He stressed the importance of not signing names on the forms because the student must express his true feelings about the course and the instructor or the project will be a failure.
The forms are being distributed in all undergraduate courses with an enrollment of five or more students, law and medicine courses, and to all faculty members. They are for the instructor's own personal use only in evaluating his course and teaching techniques.
Instructor In Photo School
Jimmy B. Bedford, instructor in journalism, is an instructor at the University of Missouri Photo Workshop in Lexington, Mo., this week. The workshop is limited to 30 outstanding students in photography, and provides them with a full week of instruction by picture editors and photographers.
Weather
Partly cloudy this afternoon, tonight and Tuesday. Scattered showers and thunderstorms extreme southwest this evening. Cooler east and south. Warmer west tonight and west and central Tuesday. Low tonight 50 to 55. High Tuesday 80 west to 70s east.