Kansas State Historical Society
Topka, Ks.
Daily hansan
Monday, March 19, 1956.
LAWRENCE. KANSAS
53rd Year, No. 111
'On To Olympics Chosen As'56 Relays Theme
"On to the Olympics" has been chosen as the 1956 Kansas Relays theme. April 20 and 21, Bob Elliott, Wichita junior and chairman of the Relays parade committee, said today.
Information and entry blanks for float entries have been sent to organized houses. Applications for entering a float in the Relays parade must be given to Elliott by March 28.
Track coach Bill Easton, Relays manager, Dr. E. L. Elbel, professor of physical education, and the Relays committee chose the theme.
Athletes from all over the country are expected to enter the Relays, and more people are expected to attend this year because of interest in the summer Olympic Games at Melbourne, Australia, Elliott said.
KU Men Receive Science Awards
The University can claim four of the seven Kansans with pre-doctoral fellowships from the National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. for the 1956-57 academic year, a survey shows.
In addition, the University will get the only fellows coming to Kansas to study who are now studying in institutions in other states.
—(Daily Kansan photo)
Kansans studying on National Science Foundation grants next year are: Frank A. Newby Jr., Columbus, chemistry; John Y. Yang, Eudora, chemistry; Allan J. Lundeen, Fowler, chemistry; at Rice Institute, Houston, Tex.; Paul R. Ehrlich, Maplewood, N.J., zoology; Gary B. Rodgers, Manhattan, engineering, at the University of Wisconsin.
Warren T. Sommer, Manhattan physics, Paul P. Enos, Perry, geology, at Harvard; Raimo Bakis, Sterling, physics, at Kansas State College; Jack H. Hetherington, Wichita physicist, at the University of Chicago
The foundation's 775 pre-doctoral graduate fellowships for the 1956-57 academic year were selected from 2,892 applicants.
A first-year National Science fellow receives $1,400 plus tuition, allowances for dependents and other normal expenditures.
National Science Foundation fellows who will study at the University next year, in addition to Kansans Newby, Yang and Ehrlich, are Tommy A. Rodgers, Hot Springs, Ark., chemistry; Gunther Schlager, Denver, Colo., zoology, and Angelo V. Santoro, Brooklyn, N.Y., chemistry.
'Human City Featured
"The Human City" will be the theme of the department of architectures' exhibit at the 38th annual Engineering Exposition April 20 and 21.
A miniature city will be depicted showing the integration of architecture and city and landscape planning, said Phil Coolidge, Topeka senior and general chairman of the display.
Others on the planning committee are Harold Lohrentz, McPherson senior; Thomas Pott, Wichita senior; Ronnie Young, Eudora senior; Donald Trent, Lawrence junior; and Roger Thom, St. Joseph, Mo., junior.
TO THE VICTOR GO THE SPOILS—Ferol Gehring, Atchison sophomore, receives a kiss of reward from Dale Barham, Topeka sophomore and queen of Greek Week, after Gehring had driven the Sig Ep chariot to victory Saturday in the chariot race.
Greek Week Chariot Race Won By Sigma Phi Epsilon
The Sigma Phi Epsilon chariot, pulled by Wayne Swanson, Abilene sophomore, and Robert Kerr, Lincoln freshman, and driven by Ferol Gehring, Atchison sophomore, took first place in the 3rd annual Greek Week chariot race, March 17, with a time of one minute and 16 seconds.
Sigma Nu was second with a time of one minute and 18.1 seconds. Robert Marshall, Warrensburg, Mo., freshman and Lynn McCarthy, St. Peter, Minn., sophomore, pulled the chariot and Eugene Bryce Pfanestil, Salina freshman, was the rider.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Kappa Sigma tied for third place with a time of one minute and 19.5 seconds. The runners for Sig Alph were Jerome Berryman, Ashland freshman, and Joe Eichhorn, Lawrence freshman, and their driver was John Underwood, Emporia team. Runners for Kappa Sig were William Lawrence, Independence, Mo., freshman, and Lloyd Hanahan, Maple City freshman, and
2 KU Students Receive Grants
Two KU students have been awarded Rotary Fellowship study grants. Ruby Schaulis, Clay Center, and John Garland, Wellington, both education seniors, won the $2,200 grants to study abroad.
their driver was John Hibbard, Wichita freshman.
Miss Schaulis will enter the University of Queensland at Brisbane, Australia, next March, to do advanced work in education. She is a resident of Miller Scholarship Hall for women.
Garland will go to the University of Tuebingen, Germany this fall. He is a resident of Pearson Scholarship Hall for men.
The chariot race, sponsored by the IFC, was made a part of Greek Week in 1953. It is run every year on Jayhawk Boulevard from Strong Hall west around the Chi Omega fountain and back to Strong.
Dale Barham, Topeka sophomore, Queen of Greek Week, made the presentation of the first place trophy. Mary Belle Brown, Kansas City, Mo., attendant to the Queen, presented the second place trophy, and Scott Dole, Pratt sophomore, Greek Week King, made the presentation of the third place trophy. Clair Law, Hays junior, was chairman of the chariot race.
No, No! They're Not Really Operating!
Any false assumptions students might have made about the Medical center picture supplement printed by the Kansan Thursday have been cleared up by a telephone call from Dr. Vernon S. Wilson, assistant dean of the School of Medicine.
The third yea. medical students who are pictured performing an operation are not really operating. This picture was posed by the Kansan photographer and was not meant to represent an actual operation.
"Medical students do not perform operations," Dr. Wilson said. "I want the University students and readers of the Kansan to realize the picture which was carried was a staged picture, and not an actual operation being performed."
Vets, ADPis Plan Egg Hunt
The University Veterans Organization will entertain about 60 orphans at an Easter party Sunday. March 25.
The UVO, which has sponsored the event for three years, will be aided by members of Alpha Delta Pi social sorority.
The orphans, ranging from 6-15 years old, will come from the Kansas Children's Receiving Center in Atchison.
Entertainment will be provided by the Alpha Delta Pi's and will include skits, an Easter bunny girl, and other animated characters.
Lawrence merchants have donated gifts including toys, ice cream, clothing, baked goods, candy and money.
After the Easter egg hunt and entertainment, the children will have a picnic dinner at the Military Science Building.
Members of the planning committee are Kenneth Gibbons, Lawrence senior; Howard Foster, Kansas City, Mo. senior; James Atkinson, Mission junior; Evelyn Eyer, Kansas City, Mo. sophomore, and Ardith Abercrombie, Wichita junior.
Weather
Generally fair this afternoon and tonight. A little warmer northwest this afternoon and over state tonight. Tuesday will be partly cloudy, windy and mild.
—(Daily Kansan photo)
SPRING—"Here with a loaf of bread beneath the bough, and thou beside me singing in the wilderness—and wilderness is paradise enow." George R. Reida, Topeka freshman, and Delores Irene Eisele, Olathe freshman, experience what Omar Khayam wrote ages ago in "The Rubaiyat."
Miss Tourel's Recital Set For 8:20 p.m.
Jennie Tourel, Russian-born opera and concert singer, will present a recital at 8:20 p.m. today in Hoch Auditorium. It will be the last regular attraction of the KU Concert Course this season.
Miss Tourel is currently on her eleventh tour of the U.S. She has made appearances with the New York Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony, and the Philadelphia Orchestra in connection with the celebration of the Mozart Bicentennial. Her recital here will include one work by Mozart, the "Laudamus Te" from "Mass in C Minor."
She will also sing "Kaddisch" by Ravel, "Trois Chansons de bilitis" by Debussy, "Erinnerung" and "Ich Bin Der Welt Ashanden Gekommen" by Mahler, "Die Nacht" and "Aller-seelen" by Strauss, "Lullaby" and "At the Ball" by Tchaikovsky, "Hopak" by Moussorgsky, and three songs from "Tulipatan" by Offenbach.
About 60 high school girls will attend the High School Leadership Day Saturday, sponsored by the Associated Women Students.
Miss Tourel has been widely acclaimed in the United States and abroad since her American debut in 1942. Paul Hume of the Washington Post wrote of her, "The greatest singing musician-artist we know."
Sigma Alpha Iota, national honorary music sorority, gave a lunchon for Miss Tourel today. She is an honorary member of the organization.
The purpose of the day is to "acquaint the high school girls with leadership at the University and to coordinate it with high school leadership. showing how they are different and similar," said Mary Jean Eckles, Fond du Lac, Wis. sophomore and chairman of the day.
Leadership Day To Be Saturday
The girls, who will arrive Friday or Saturday, will stay in North College Hall, Corbin Hall or Gertrude Sellards Pearson Hall. They will participate in an all day program beginning with registration and a coffee at Gertrude Sellards Pearson Hall and a welcome speech by George B. Smith, dean of the University.
Apply For Jayhawker Posts By March 31
Applications for editor and business manager of the Jayhawker are due at 5 p.m., Saturday, March 31. Applications should be submitted to Karl Klooz, chairman of the Jayhawker advisory board in 121 Strong. Applications should include the applicant's reasons for applying for the positions, two letters of recommendation from former instructors, and one letter of recommendation from a former or present employer. Both positions are salaried.
Veterans—Sign Up Early
Veterans may sign their March training of certificate forms between Monday, March 26, and Friday, March 30. If leaving town for vacation, veterans must sign before leaving. Those staying on the campus during vacation may sign between April 2 and April 6.
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