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University Daily Kansan Tuesday, May 1, 1956.
YM-YWCA May Vote Merger
Members of the YM-YWCA will vote on a new constitution at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Pine Room of the Student Union which would combine the two groups into one unit.
If the constitution is accepted, a new name for the organization will be chosen.
The newly elected officers of the organizations will be installed during the meeting.
A picnic sponsored by the YM-YWCA will be held at 3:50 p.m. Thursday, May 10 at Potter Lake. Roger Brown, Topeka sophomore, will provide the entertainment with his guitar playing and singing. Square dancing will be led by Miss Shirley Hughes, instructor of physical education.
Tickets will be 35 cents per person, and will be sold in all organized houses and at the YMCA office.
The students and faculty members who went to Mexico during spring vacation will have a reminiscing party at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the home of Phyllis Carter, Lawrence sophomore at 2309 Vermont. Slides and snapshots taken during the trip will be shown.
KANAS CITY, Kan. (UP)-Dr. James Branson Weaver, 98, professor in the University of Kansas Medical School, died Monday night at the KU Medical Center, where he headed the orthopedic department.
J. B. Weaver Dies At Age 58
Except for wartime military service and a two-year period in which he served as camp physician for a construction company working on Bagnell Dam in Missouri, Dr. Weaver had been a member of the medical school faculty since 1927. He became a full professor in 1946.
Dr. Weaver is survived by his widow, Mrs. Catherine B. Weaver, and one sister.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday in Kansas City, Mo. The family suggested memorial contributions to the Kansas Cerebral Palsy Fund, instead of flowers.
He graduated from the University in 1924 with a degree from the college of fine arts. He received his medical degree from KU in 1925.
Senior Given Fulbright
William H. Berry, Kansas City, Kan., senior, will study mathematics in Muenster, Germany, next year under a Fulbright educational exchange scholarship.
Berry will enroll for the 1956-57 academic year in Wilhelm's University, the Westphalian State University in Muenster. He is the fourth KU student to be awarded a Fulbright this year.
He has been an honor roll student and last week was initiated into Phi Beta Kappa, national scholastic honor society in liberal arts.
Student's Sport Car Second
A Jaguar coupe XK-120-M, owned by Jack Clifford, Kansas City, Kan., freshman and member of the Jayhawk Sports Car Club, won second place in the class C production of the 100-mile Dodge City sports car races Sunday. The car was driven by Ridelly Gregory, professional racer from Kansas City, Mo.
'Wiring Inspector' A Thief
TOPEKA (UP)—Topeka police today were on the lookout for a thief who robbed a department store here of $1,700 late Monday. Dressed in workingmen's clothing, the thief entered the store office, wanting to inspect the wiring. Employees took him at his word. Later it was-discovered he had removed the money from a safe.
—(Daily Kansan photo)
THE BOOK WITH THE ANSWERS—Miss Dorothy Bird and Miss Patricia Salyer, directors of Corbin and North College Halls, consult the Personnel and Guidance manual in an effort to find a solution to one of the many problems they face in overseeing two halls filled with freshmen women
Women's Dormitory Director Has Many Work Functions
The duties of freshman women's dormitory directors are hard to define, but that doesn't mean they have nothing to do. Miss Dorothy Bird and Miss Patricia Salyer are directors of Corbin and North College halls, and they will tell you there is always something to do in a dormitory housing from 125 to 165 women.
Miss Salyer, a 1952 graduate of KU, said, "The hardest question to answer is 'What do you do?' If we can't say exactly what we do, people sometimes believe that we don't do very much."
No special training, outside the college work, is needed for a director's job, Miss Bird said. However, both of the women taught school before taking their first director's job here. Miss Salyer taught high school in Bird City and Miss Bird in Port Arthur, Teu.
Some of the duties include meeting with committees of the girls concerning house functions, working with the house manager and with the dietitians, and consulting with the counselors.
No Special Training Needed
Directors Help Counselors
The directors act as "resource help" for the seven upperclass counselors in Corbin and the eight counselors in North College. The counselors bring their problems and questions to the directors and together they work them out.
No two days are ever alike, they both agreed.
Corbin houses about 125 women, and North College about 165. Gertrude Sellars Pearson, the new freshman-upperclass dormitory, west of the two freshman hall, has relieved the crowded situation which existed in the halls last year, Miss Salyer said.
"There aren't very many pat duties that have to be taken care of at certain hours," said Miss Bird, a graduate of East Texas State College. "Our responsibility is to work with the girls."
"Some of the two-girl rooms in both Corbin and North College which were three-girl rooms last year now contain their intended number of girls," she added.
Gertrude Sellards Pearson houses about 130.
Study habits for the girls are good and are constantly improving. Miss Bird said. The conditions are such that the girls are able to study if they want to. Neither of the women believe that a required study
Fraternity Protests Contest Winner
Alpha KappaLambda fraternity has brought a protest against Beta Theta Pi fraternity, the winner of the men's division of the Forensic League intramural speaking contest.
Because of a rule infraction, Beta Theta Pi and Alpha Kappa Lambda will compete in the humorous speaking division at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in Green Theater.
The house trophy previously awarded to Beta Theta Pi will be at stake.
Other officers are Paul Johnson, Paola junior, vice president; Gordon Ewy, Hill City junior, secretary; Forrest Fletcher, Pratt junior, treasurer; Homer Paris, Kansas City, Mo. sophomore; Robert Ince, Wamego junior; William Woo, Kansas City, Mo. sophomore; William Hagman, Pittsburg junior, and Jerry Halderman, Wichita sophomore, all on the executive council.
Robert Bush, Mission junior, was elected president of the Inter-Fraternity Council Monday night.
Fraternity Council Elects New Officers
program should be enforced upon the girls.
"There are advantages on both sides, but I think the majority of them are on the side of deferred rushing." Miss Salver said.
Deferred rushing, as it is practiced at KU, is favored by both.
Both of the women agreed that the job of director of a women's dormitory is "quite interesting." It is a job that doesn't receive too much glory, they said, but it is very personally rewarding.
The tallest president was Abraham Lincoln at 6 feet, 4 inches; the shortest was James Madison at 5 feet, 4 inches.
Acting Ability Pays Dividends For Broadway-Bound Senior
Not yet out of school, a Bronx, N.Y., senior has made his acting ability pay off. David Rosario has signed a $100-a-week contract with a New York City night club as a "fill-in" between the featured big name acts.
The University singer and actor will present a variety act which includes singing, dancing and comedy routines. Rosario will begin his entertainment work at the well-known Rue Bon Bleu night club in October
After a summer in a mining town playing the role of a roughish gambler in a melodrama entitled "The Flying Scud," he was named as the "best performer of the season" by the hotel management. The Cripple Creek, Colo., hotel manager based the selection upon audience reaction.
Return Visit
Rosario learned of the New York opening when he returned to Cripple Creek during spring vacation. He signed the contract in New York.
"It was a big surprise. I just went to Colorado for a visit. I didn't expect a big break like I this to come along," he said.
After breaking into big time show business, he said his future plans included returning to Cripple Creek this summer to perform in more melodramas.
In KU Plays
He has made several appearances in University Theatre productions which included the role of "Diccon" in "Gammer Gurton's Needle," a KU University Theatre show of last winter.
Rosario said he first became interested in the theater while appearing in armed service shows during the Korean war.
Housewarming For Demos
Young Democrats and any other interested students are invited to attend a housewarming, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at 906 Masachusetts Street where the Douglas County Democratic headquarters and the state George Docking-for-Governor headquarters will be set up. Robert Domme, campaign manager for Mr. Docking, will be the guest speaker.
DAVID ROSARIO
Advertising Group Adds 13 Members
Gamma Alpha Chi, professional fraternity for women in advertising, initiated 13 at its meeting April 26.
They are Sally Rendigs, Lee's Summit, Mo., Ann Kelly, Leavenworth, seniors; Nancy Dangerfield, Mission, Jane Pecinovsky, Leawood, Jo Rose, Wichita, Nancy Wells, Kansas City, Mo., Beverly Van-Dusen, Wichita, juniors.
Jane Harrison, Downs, Carol Huston, Kansas City, Mo., Patricia Hanger, Stafford, Ann Durham, Oakley, sophomores, and Nancy Woodson, Kansas City, Kan. freshman. Miss Frances Grinstead, associate professor of journalism was initiated as an honorary member.
Sterling B. Hendricks, United States Department of Agriculture chemist, will speak at the annual banquet of Sigma Xi, national society for the encouragement of scientific research, at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Kansas Room of the Student Union.
Dr. Hendricks, who will discuss "Control of Growth by Light," is lecturing on this topic at a number of colleges and universities throughout the United States.
He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and is a trustee of the American Society of Plant Physiologists.
Twenty-five new members of Sigma Xi will be initiated at the banquet.
John Wesley, second-year law student from Ulysses, will study tax law for one year on the $1,000 Kenneson graduate fellowship in law. A Navy veteran of the Korean war, Wesley received his A.B. at KU and will be graduated in law in August.
'Control Of Growth By Light' Topic At Sigma Xi Banquet
A University law student will study at New York University next year under the terms of a law scholarship grant from NYU.
Wesley Receives NYU Scholarship
Professor Awarded $700 Fellowship
T. F. McMahon, assistant professor of civil engineering, has been awarded a $700 fellowship by the Automotive Safety Foundation for study in highway transportation engineering at Purdue University this summer.
This is the second such award received by Mr. McMahon. He spent last summer on the Berkeley campus of the University of California studying under a similar grant.
Charter Member Honored By APO
An impromptu presentation was made at a past presidents and alumni banquet of Alpha Phi Omega, national scouting and service fraternity.
Ralph Graves of Wichita, a charter member of the 25-year-old KU chapter, was present. His identity was unknown to the student; charge of the dinner until George H. Charno, former KU graduate and classmate of Graves', called him up front and presented him with a fraternity pin. Charno now is national legal adviser to Alpha Phi Omega and a Kansas City, Mo., attorney.
Le Cercle Francais French club will meet at 4 p.m. Wednesday in Strong Auditorium with Norman Chapman, Brandon, Canada junior, presenting the program on the piano.
French Club To Hear Pianist
Chapman will play selections from Bach, Chopin, Ravel, and Prokofiev.
Journalists To Hear Silvert
Problems of newspaper coverage in Latin American countries will be discussed today by K. H. Silvert, American Universities Field Staff expert, at a professional meete of Theta Sigma Phi, honorary professional fraternity for women in journalism, and Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalistic fraternity for men. The meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. in the William Allen White Reading Room in Flint Hall.