Kansas State Historical Society Topeka, Ks.
Daily Hansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
53rd Year, No. 140
Oxnam, Murphy McCoy, Speak At Graduation
Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam, bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the Washington, D.C., area. Lester McCoy, chairman of the Board of Regents from Garden City, and Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy will be the featured speakers at the commencement exercises June 3 and 4.
Monday, May 7, 1956.
Bishop Oxnam will speak at the baccalureate service at 7:30 p.m. June 3 in Memorial Stadium. Chancellor Murphy and Mr. McCoy will speak at the Commencement exercises at 7 p.m. June 4 at the stadium.
Mortar Board will have a reception and dinner June 2, and Phi Beta Kappa will meet June 4.
Breakfasts, dinners, and receptions are planned for graduating seniors, their families, and for special groups meeting during commencement. A senior breakfast at which seniors will wear their caps and gowns will be held at 8:30 a.m. June 4 in the Student Union Ballroom.
Five classes and the Gold Medal Club, those who graduated more than fifty years ago, will have reunions. The classes of '06, '16, '31, '36, and '46 will have reunions June 3.
The annual all University commencement supper will be at 4:45 p.m. June 3 at the Student Union for seniors and their families. A reception for seniors and their parents will be held at 3 p.m. June 4 in the Student Union.
Nineteen University women will help K-State students initiate their newly formed AWS organization at 3:30 p.m. today in Manhattan.
19 To Attend AWS Meet
The KU representatives will present a skit at the All Women's Day picnic at 5:30 p.m. showing the varied activities planned by AWS. Miss Martha Peterson, dean of women, will speak.
Women who will go to Manhattan are Miss Peterson, Miss Mary Peg Hardman, assistant dean of women; Joy Immer, Kirkwood, Mo., junior and president of AWS; Barbara Chadborn, Kansas City, Kan., Jean Elson, Paola, Ruth Shankland, Kansas City, Kan., Mary Shaughnessy, Ottawa, Billie Dowdell, Junction City, Kala Mays, Great Bend, and Tudy Youngberg, Lawrence, freshmen.
Jean Eckles, Fond du Lac, Wis.
Sally Rice, Abilene, Sara Lawrence,
Lawrence, Linda Lemon, Salina,
Carol Hill, Stafford, Margo Morgan
Wichita Mary Sue Dunn, Kansas
City, Mo., Susan Frederick, Glendale, Mo., Dee Daniels, Beloit, Mollie Stamper, Hutchinson and Mary
Gallaher, Kansas City, Kan., sopho-
mores.
Party Expenditures Announced By Bursar
Expenditures of campus political parties from Nov. 2, 1955 to April 30, 1956 were announced today. Records of the bursar's office show that POGO spent $151.08 and AGI $119.27 during the period from the end of the freshman elections to the end of general elections.
The ASC constitution limit on expenditures by one party during this period is $200, exclusive of filing fees.
—(Daily Kansan photo)
READY TO LEAP—These three girls competed May 5 in the third annual Sigma Chi Derby Day.
"On your mark . . . Get Set . .
Go!"
They are about ready to jump forward in the leap frog race.
This was heard at frequent intervals as University sorority women competed in the third annual Sigma Chi Derby Day Saturday.
Chi Omega won first place in the Derby Day with a total of 39 points. Delta Gamma and Pi Beta Phi each scored 33 points to tie for second place. Alpha Delta Pi was third with 27 points. The trophy for the outstanding individual athlete went to Linda McDowell of Chi Omega.
Captures Derby Title
It was a gala occasion with music supplied by the Sigma Chi Symphonettes. Mercurochrome, dabbed onto skinned knees gave spice to the spring air; the tension and competition were intense!
Results:
Sack race 1. Diane Kiepper, Phi; 2. Carolyn Nixon, Delta Gamma; 3. Diane Dunwoodie, ADP.
Egg relay—1. Chi Omega; 2. ADP.
3. Pi Phi.
Leonard H. Axe, dean of the School of Business has been elected vice president of the American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business. Other officers elected at the annual meeting last week in Berkeley, Calif., were Stanley Teele, dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Business, president; and Paul Green, dean of the University of Illinois School of Business, secretary-treasurer.
Leap frog—1, Chi Omega; 2. Alpha Phi; 3. ADP.
Pony express — 1. Pi Phi; 2. Delta Gamma; 3. Chi Omega.
Egg throw—1. Tie between Sharon Theis and Anne Lamont, Pi Beta Phi: 3. Sally Anderson, Kappas.
Four-legged race--1. Delta Gamma:
2. ADP: 3. Phi Phi
Business Group Elects Axe
KU, HS Bands Hold Concert
Grapefruit race 1. Alpha Phi; 2.
Chi Omega; 3. Delta Gamma
Musical huckets—1. Linda McDowell, Chi Omega; 2. Sarah Widick, Kappas; 3. Myrna Seaton, Delta Gamma.
The Springfield, Mo., high school band, 99 members strong, played a concert this morning with the University of Kansas band in Hoch Auditorium.
Applications should be written and contain the student's name, address, phone number, and qualifications. Those applying will be interviewed by a board chosen by the University Y, the newly merged WY and YMCA.
The informal program was part of the annual spring outing for the Springfield musicians, who spent Sunday night in Kansas City Mo. After touring the campus, the visitors began the homeward trip after lunch.
Applications for producer and business manager of Rock Chalk Revue are due Friday. Students interested in the positions should submit applications to the Y office in the Student Union by noon Friday.
Balloon race—1. ADP; 2. Delta Gamma; 3. Alpha Phi.
Director of the band and orchestra at Springfield is Bill Spence, who received the bachelor of music education degree here in 1949. Next year he will be instrumental music supervisor at the newly-built Parkview high school in Springfield.
Rock Chalk Revue
Applications Due
Individuals To Pay For Future Damage
A revision of the KU-K-State peace pact was approved at a joint meeting of delegates from the University of Kansas All Student Council and the Kansas State College Student Government May 4 in Manhattan.
The revision states that any person caught carrying out acts of vandalism on either campus will be held personally responsible for any damages. If no one is caught, the student council of the offending school must pay damages according to the peace pact. Ways to improve KU-K-State relations were also discussed at the meeting.
Partly cloudy northeast, mostly cloudy elsewhere this afternoon and tonight with occasional drizzle extreme west. Tuesday partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered showers likely extreme west. Cooler southeast this afternoon and tonight. Low tonight 40s northwest to 50s southeast. High Tuesday 65-75.
Weather
Mrs. Elizabeth Mills Booth, 40, wife of Arden Booth, owner of radio station KLWN, died Sunday. Mrs. Booth was associated with her husband in the operation of the radio station. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Trinity Episcopal Church.
The Entomology Club will meet at 4 p.m. Wednesday in 401 Snow to have the club picture taken. All members are required to attend.
Mrs. Booth Rites Wednesday
Entomology Club To Meet
Retail Credit Courses Set
The second of four short courses in Retail Credit Fundamentals will be held from 7.30 to 10 p.m. today in the Pine Room of the Student Union.
Two other classes will be held at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday in the Pine Room.
Sterling S. Speake of the educational staff of the National Retail Credit Association, will be in charge of the school. A NRCA certificate will be awarded all persons passing an optional examination.
The school is sponsored by the NRCA in cooperation with the National Retail Credit Association, the Credit Bureau of Lawrence, the State Board for Vocational Education, the Lawrence Adult Education Program, and the University Extension, Merchants and personnel of credit offices in the Lawrence area may attend the meetings.
Scabbard & Blade Selects 4 Officers
"G" Company, 4th Regiment of Scabbard and Blade, has elected Richard Butler, Lawrence junior, to the post of captain for the 1956-57 academic year.
Other officers include Robert A. Cooper, Springfield, Mo., junior, Max Mardick of Iola, and John Hysom, Ottawa junior. Seabbard and Blade is a national military honor society whose membership is composed of outstanding cadets.
Froshawks To Meet Todav
The Froshawks will hold their las business meeting of the year at 7:30 p.m. today in Room 305 in the Student Union. All members are asked to be present.
Festival To End This Week With Three Concerts
The second and final week of the Fine Arts Festival will open with a concert by the Mozart Trio at 8 p.m. today in Strong Auditorium. Other concerts scheduled for this week are Sylvia Rosenberg, violinist; the A Cappella Choir, directed by Clayton Krehbiel, assistant professor of music education, and the Garden City High School String Symphony.
The program by the Mozart Trio will be the final concert of the Chamber Music Series. The ensemble includes Lee Meredith, soprano, John Yard and Joseph Collins, baritones. Roy Hamlin Johnson, assistant professor of piano, will accompany.
The trio was begun several years ago by three singers of the Pittsburgh Opera Society. While rehearsing "The Marriage of Figaro" by Mozart, they discovered the operetta, "Das Bandel" in a collection of art songs by Mozart. From this beginning the trio has built up an unusual repertoire through research at the Library of Congress where the composer's complete works are available.
Choir To Give Second Concert
Tickets are $1.79 and are available in the Student Union and in the Fine Arts Office, 128 Strong, ID cards will not admit.
Violinist To Apnear Tuesday
Sylvia Rosenberg, violinist, will appear in the Young American Artist Program at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Strong Auditorium. She is a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music in New York, and has won several awards, including the Michaels Memorial Award, which carries with it a performance with the Chicago Symphony, and the National Music Education League Award.
Her program will include the "Sonata in D Minor" by Brahms, the "Sonatina in A Minoa" by Schubert, four movements from the "Partita in B Minor" by Bach, "Romance in G Major" by Beethoven, "Rondo in G Major" by Mozart, "Rondo" by Paul Creston, "Berceuse" by Stravinsky-Dushkin, and "La Clochette" by Paganini-Kreisler.
Marian Jersild, assistant professor of piano, will accompany Miss Rosenberg. The concert is open to the public without charge.
Choir 10 Give Second Concert
The 90-member A Cappella Choir will present its second concert of the year at 8 p.m. Wednesday in Hoch Auditorium. The program will consist of "Four Motets" by Vaet, "Three Songs" by Milhaud, "Mass in G Major" by Poulene, and "Sing Ye to the Lord" by Bach. There will be no admission charge.
The concluding concert of the Festival will be presented by the Garden City High School String Symphony at 3 p.m. Thursday in Strong Auditorium. The Symphony has been named the Kansas High School Orchestra of 1956 by the School of Fine Arts.
Organized in 1852, the group numbers 47. Its activities include a fall concert of chamber music, a midwinter formal concert, a "Pop" concert, and a tour to various communities in the state. Loren B. Crawford is director of the orchestra.
The concert is open to the public without charge.
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Club Meeting Postponed
The Home Economics Club meeting, scheduled for Tuesday, has been postponed until Tuesday, May 15th.