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Daily hansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Monday, April 30, 1956.
53rd Year, No. 135
Science's Future To Be Topic At Convocation
"Science, Materials, and Techniques of the Future" will be the topic of Dr. Charles N. Kimball, President of the Midwest Research Institute of Kansas City, Mo.. when he speaks at the 33rd annual Honors Convocation Wednesday.
The convocation, which will be in Inoch Auditorium, will honor the upper 10 per cent of the seniors in the various schools and the top ranking student, or students if there is a tie, in the junior, sophomore, and freshman classes of each school. Announcement of elections to the honor societies will be made by Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy.
Dr. Kimball's topic concerns the problem of the place science has in the future of the country and of the world and of the part educational institutions will play.
He has guided the Midwest Research Institute from regional to national importance since he became president in 1850. Its activities involve over a million dollars in annual contracts with industries.
Dr. Kimball received the bachelor of electrical engineering degree in 1931 from Northeastern University, and the M.S. degree in 1932 and the doctor of science degree in 1934 from Harvard University.
Canuteson Gets Fulbright Award
—(Daily Kansan photo)
Dr. Ralph L. Canuteson, director of the student Health Service, will conduct research in medical science at the University of Oslo, Norway, next year under a Fulbright research award.
Dr. Canuteson's work in Norway and other Scandinavian countries will be in the specialized field of college health. He will study public health in the Scandinavian countries they have related it to college health.
At the same time the commissioner of health for the city of Oslo, Dr. Aege Haagenrud, will spend two months at the University, travel from coast to coast to study public health installations and facilities.
Phi Beta Kappa Hears Geologist
Carey Croneis, professor of geology at Rice Institute, Houston, Tex., was guest speaker at the annual banquet of Phi Beta Kappa, national scholastic honorary society, April 27 in the Student Union.
His illustrated talk was "The Inca Empire." Prof. Croneis received his master's degree from the University.
New members of the fraternity were initiated before the banquet. About 90 persons attended.
Weather
Mostly cloudy today with occasional light rain or snow northwest today and scattered showers or thundershowers southwest portion by night. Mostly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with scattered showers or thundershowers extreme south portion tonight and in southeast Tuesday. A little warmer northeast portion today. High today 50s east and north to around 60 southwest. Low tonight 30s north to near 40 south.
WHAT! NO ALPS?—Giving out with a Swiss yodel are, from left:
Mrs. Elsbeth Pulver, Claire Alder, Gabriele Aeschlimann, and Urs P.
Pulver, graduate students from Switzerland.
Foreign Student Program Exhibits Attended By 700
Over 700 persons milled about the Student Union Ballroom Saturday evening exploring other cultures at the Foreign Student Festival.
"Our attendance was somewhat hampered by the rainy weather, but we had a nice turnout," said William R. Butler, assistant to the Dean of Men and festival committee member.
The flags of the different nations were set up around the ballroom floor. A backdrop picturing the continents was hung behind the stage.
A colorful Korean wedding festival was given showing a ceremony often found in the rural areas.
Variety and humor marked the program given by the students at 8 p.m. A Latin American band presented a number of lively dances and songs.
Mountain and love songs were sung by the Swiss group. Two Japanese students demonstrated an old form of self-preservation, fencing. An ancient story was told in a dance done by Chandralekha Borges, graduate student from India.
Gloria Ortega, freshman from Mexico, played a piano solo, "Polonaise No. 2" by Franz Liszt.
A graceful Filipino folk dance,
the "dance of Lights," was given by Mrs. Luz Key, wife of Wilson B. Key, assistant professor of speech, and Clodoaldo H. Leocadio, graduate student from the Philippine Islands.
A short humorous skit gave the foreign students' impressions of closing hours, clothes, fraternities and sororities.
Booths exhibited articles from 50 countries.
Senior Gets NYU Law Scholarship
Ralph B. Kelley, Marysville senior,
has received a Root-Tilden scholar-
ship for study at the New York Uni-
versity School of Law. He is one of
20 in the country who has been
chosen for the awards.
The Root-Tilden scholarships, valued at $6,900 each, are awarded annually to two outstanding college men from each of the 10 federal judicial crucibles. They are named for two NYU graduates—Elihu Ru root class of 1867, and Samuel J. Tilden class of 1841.
Kelley will begin his three years of law study at NYU in September.
Dean Of Women Named By Regents
Miss Emily Taylor, associate dean of women at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, will become the dean of women at the University July 1.
Tau Beta Pi Initiates 23
Twenty-three men have been initiated into Tau Beta Pi, honorary engineering fraternity.
She will succeed Miss Martha Peterson, dean the past four years, who will become dean of women at the University of Wisconsin.
They are Burl W. Alpert, Paola senior; Elmer W. Boyd, Lawrence, Charles D. Burton, Kansas City, Kan., juniors; Stuart D. Culp, Bethany, Mo. senior; James M. Douglass, Hutchinson, Horst B, Engel, Overland Park, Robert W. Franklin, Parsons, Willis B. Holtwick, Wellsville, juniors.
Harry R. Janssen, Lyons junior; Donald H. Landauer, Meadows, N.Y. senior; John R. Lembek, Prairie Village sophomore; Richard C. Murray, Kansas City, Mo., Paul E. Peters, Lorraine, Carl O. Pingry, Pittsburg, juniors; Robert M. Rhodes, Lawrence senior; Jack B. Snider, Overland Park junior.
Leonard G. Suelter, Manhattan,
Derrell A. Sweem, Kansas City,
Kan., Earl J. Wilson, and Paul E.
Wilson, Lawrence, juniors; John E.
Yates, Parkville, Mo. senior; Floyd
Preston, assistant professor of
petroleum engineering; Fred Kurata,
professor of chemical engineering.
Nobel Chemist To Give Lecture
Dr. Linus Pauling, 1954 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, will speak on "The Structure of Proteins" at the eighth annual E.C. Franklin Memorial Lecture at 8 p.m. Monday, May 7, in Fraser Theater.
Shearing Talent, Humor Thrilling
Dr. Pauling, director of the Gates and Crellin Laboratories of the California Institute of Technology, specializes in the field of structural chemistry Most recently, his work has been with the problems of the chemical structure of biological systems.
The lecture is sponsored by Alpha Rho Chapter of Phi Lambda Upsition, honorary society in chemistry, in honor of the late Prof. Franklin of the University chemistry faculty.
(Of The Daily Kansan Staff)
By JAMES TICE
A medium-sized audience was enthralled for two hours by the George Shearing Quintet Sunday in Hoch Auditorium.
Mr. Shearing, who is especially noted for his unique piano and combo arrangements, displayed a remarkable dexterity and precision in his artistry, and the quintet exhibited brilliant showmanship which was always in good taste.
Mr. Shearing was generous with his casual, but subtle, humor. After having individually introduced the other members of the ensemble, he quipped "and my name is Earl Garner." He then did interpretations of both Garner and Liberace.
Split Melody
For his first solo Mr. Shearing played his classical arrangement of the popular ballad "My Funny Valentine", which included a fugue.
Drums Stir Audience
The audience seemed to move in
"Rae on Display" presented Johnny Rae on the vibrarharps in a rapid flashy modern composition.
"For those who don't know what a fugue is," Mr. Shearing jested, "it is a split melody played first with the right hand, which is then taken up by the left hand and played at a lower harmonic level. The melody may be split three or four times. If you get too split, they'll come and take you away."
"One morning about five I was playing two melodies at once—one with each hand—and it sounded something like this." He demonstrated by playing "Deep in the Heart of Texas" and "Candy" simultaneously.
The entire program was well planned with classics, old standards, popular songs and ballads arranged in an interesting order.
unison to the stirring rhythms of Armando Peraza and his bongos and conga drums in a presentation etitled "Wrap Your Troubles in Drums" which Mr. Shearing described as causing "the natives to be very restless."
In contrast, the quintet played an arrangement of Grieg's "Anitra's Dance" from the "Peer Gynt Suite" which probably would have made "Anitra dance a bit faster than usual."
Mr. Shearing's abstract solo arrangement of Walter Gross's "Tenderly" was described as being "different than the recorded version." "Perhaps you might call this the PERversion of 'Tenderly,'" Mr. Shearing said.
Jean "Toots" Thielmans' amplified harmonica arrangement of "Caravan" was rather weird to the apparent delight of the audience.
Mr. Shearing's comment on the KU audience after the concert "They couldn't be more wonderful!"
Miss Taylor's appointment was approved Friday by the State Board of Regents at their monthly meeting in Topeka. She will assume her duties at the University in August.
Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy said today, "There could be little doubt our program for women at the University will continue to grow in scope and depth under Miss Taylor's direction and leadership."
Miss Taylor, a native of Alabama,
holds a bachelor's degree in Engl-
ish from Ohio State University. She
has master and Ph.D. degrees
'n education
From 1946 to 1952 she was dean of women at Northern Montana College at Havre. During the 1952-53 year she was acting dean of women at Louisville University.
Miss Taylor is a member of the National Association of Deans of Women, American Association of University Women, American College and Personnel Association and Association of Personnel and Guidance Administrators.
She is a past president of the Montana American Association of University Women and is now chairman of the Deans and Advisers of Women of Ohio.
Quill Shows Good Writing
Quill Magazine, which came out April 27, represents better-than-average writing.
The magazine is the official publication of the Quill Club, an organization of students interested in writing. Anyone may submit material, and first, second and third prizes are awarded in both the prose and poetry divisions. The best pieces are published in Quill.
"Verna's Song," by Katherine Hatch, Kansas City, Mo. senior, won second prize in the prose division. It is a story of the apparently fruitless struggle for existence on a drought-ridden Kansas farm.
"Through the Window Glass" by Rochelle Cashdan, Kansas City, Mo. special student, won first prize in the poetry section. Written while the author was in an airplane, its theme is the smallness of things which are considered vast.
Other prize winners are "The Decision" by Charles Ferguson, Leavenworth sophomore, which tells of Goliath's inner conflict in deciding to fight David; "To Helen of Troy" by Mary Helen Clark, Kansas City, Mo. freshman, a poem addressed to the woman who caused the Trojan War, and "Hollowday" by Robert Peters, Kansas City, Mo. sophomore, a Christmas verse.
Prof. Beth's Arm Injured
Elmer F. Beth, professor of journalism, who injured his arm when he opened a sliding door at The Lawrence Journal-World April 25, is being treated for a possible bone chip of the elbow. Prof. Beth was accompanying his Newspaper Administration class on a field trip when the accident occurred.
Wright On Speaking Tour
Herbert F. Wright, professor of psychology, will speak at the University of South Dakota today and at the University of Minnesota Tuesday. He will discuss current research projects, including studies represented in "Midwest and Its Children." a book by him and Roger G. Barker, professor of psychology.