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53rd Year, No. 101
Rock Chalk Revue Acts Selected
Donald Johnston, Pittsburgh senior, has been selected master of ceremonies for the Rock Chalk Revue which will be given Friday and Saturday. March 23 and 24.
In-between acts for Rock Chalk are:
The Alpha Omicron Pi Bottle Band, consisting of Janetha Schmalzried, Dighton sophomore; Karen Bloyd, Leavenworth sophomore; Margo Jenkins, Kansas City, Mo. sophomore; Marjorie Tinsley, Leavenworth sophomore, and Jean Dwyer, Kansas City, Mo. junior.
The Delta Upsilon quartet and combo. Members of the quartet are Larry Baker, Roger Wood, and Gary Rohrer, Wichita juniors, and John Waddell, Junction City sophomore. The combo is composed of James Lowe, Winfield senior; Ellis Evans, Colorado Springs, Colo. senior; James Beardmore, Beloit freshman, and Marlin McCune, Chanute junior.
Roger Brown, Topeka sophomore, will play his guitar and sing and Letha and Norma Markwell, Gashland, Mo. sophomores will play a piano duet.
Fourteen Air Force ROTC cadets and five professors from the School of Engineering will visit the Arnold Engineering Development Center in Tullahoma, Tenn. this Friday. All of the cadets are majors in either electrical or aeronautical engineering.
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the professors who will make the trip are Dr. Ammon S. Andes, professor of aeronautical engineering; Dr. Kenneth C. Deemer, professor of applied mechanics; Dr. Edward J. McBride, professor of mechanical engineering; Dr. Albert S. Palmerlee, professor of engineering drawing, and Dr. William P. Smith, professor of electrical engineering.
The Arnold Development Center is engaged in the research and development of propulsion power plants and guided missiles.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
The group will tour the three major testing laboratories at the center. First on the tour will be the Engine Test Facility where flight conditions are simulated. This laboratory is equipped to simulate temperatures as low as minus 120 degrees Fahrenheit and altitudes to 80,000 feet.
Next on the tour will be the Propulsion Wind Tunnel, where wind is produced from a single set of motors having 216,000 horsepower. Last on the tour will be the Gas Dynamics Facility, which consists of a group of supersonic and hypersonic wind tunnels used for testing scale models of aircraft and guided missiles.
A total of 103 Army ROTC cadets will go to Ft. Leavenworth Thursday for physicals.
Robert A. Wolfe, Dallas, N.C., and Collin J. McKinney, Yates Center, are taking their physicals for regular Army commissions. Lawrence G. Biggs, Lawrence, and Clair Edward Law, Hays, will receive reserve commissions this spring. All are seniors.
Monday, March 5, 1956.
103 ROTC Cadets To Take Physicals
The other students are being examined to determine whether or not they are eligible for entrance into the advanced Army ROTC next year.
SOMETHING NEW—A new addition to the field house is this portrait of Dr. James Naismith, which was presented to the University at the basketball game Saturday. Left to right are Douglas Paddock, Kansas City, Mo., 1951 alumnus; J. Richard
Relays Theme Contest On
Callahan, painter of the portrait; Bob Hopkins, Russell freshman; Dave Schwartz, Russell junior; Mrs. Naismith, and Dr. Murphy, chancellor of the University. Sigma Phi Epsilon presented the portrait. (Della Koren Photo.)
portrait.—(Daily Kansan Photo)
A Kansas Relays' parade theme contest is being held this week in preparation for the 31st annual relays to be held April 20 and 21.
Prizes for the person submitting the winning theme will be five pizza pies from Campus Hideaway; $5.00 worth of merchandise from the Rock Chalk Cafe, and two tickets to the Relays.
Students wishing to enter the contest should mail theme suggestions to Robert Elliott, 1621 Edgehill Road, Wichita junior. The contest closes midnight Sunday.
Drop Deadline Is Wednesday
Courses dropped after Wednesday will remain on the permanent record cards with a grade of D or F, depending on whether the student is passing or failing the subject at the time of withdrawal.
Wednesday is the deadline for students to drop courses and not have them appear on their permanent record card. Students who wish to drop courses must get the approval of the dean of their school or the adviser who originally approved their schedule.
Good Display By Debaters
KU debaters won 14 of 17 debates in the College of St. Thomas Invitational Tournament March 2-3 at St. Paul, Minn.
John Knightly, Hutchinson sophomore, and Ralph Seger, Topeka sophomore, won eight debates before they were defeated in the quarter finals by Augustana College of Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
John Eland, Topeka junior, and Kenneth Irby, Fort Scott sophomore, won six of eight debates.
House kept alive the Jayhawker hopes of sharing the championship. (See related story on page 4.) —(Daily Kansan Photo)
IN THE AIR—The KU cheerleaders perform like a ballet troupe as the Jayhawkers score again in the Big Seven championship race. The 54-44 victory over Colorado Friday night in Allen Field
Campus Chest Contribution Deadline Nears
Today and Tuesday are the last days of the Campus Chest drive. All contributions have not been turned in to the office in the activities lounge of the Student Union, and a definite count has not yet been made. The Campus Chest committee said that the organized houses are doing well, but the unorganized independents are lagging behind last year's total.
Independent students who wish to contribute to the drive should take their contributions to the office in the Student Union or to the information booth on Jayhawk Boulevard. The office is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and the information booth will be open all day Tuesday.
Competition for the 39-inch trophy ends at 10 p.m. Tuesday.
Proficiency Test To Be Saturday
Dr. Joseph R. Nuttin, visiting professor of psychology from Belgium, who will teach at the University this spring, will begin his classes today.
Belgian Prof's Classes Begin
Students wishing to take the exam may register today, Tuesday and Wednesday in the following places.
The spring semester English proficiency exam in composition will be given at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 10, to all juniors and seniors who have not passed the quiz previously.
Students in the College, 229 Strong Hall; Education students, 112 Bailey; journalism students, 905 Flint; fine arts students, 128 Strong, and nursing students, 104 Haworth.
A passing grade on the exam is a graduation requirement of all students in the College of Arts and Sciences, School of Journalism, School of Fine Arts, School of Education, and department of nursing.
Room assignments for the exam will be made upon completing registration.
Prof. Nuttin, who has been teaching at the University of Louvain since 1941, will teach fundamental theories of personality for seniors and graduate students and conduct a graduate seminar.
He is secretary-general of the Belgium Psychological Society, a member of the board of the National Council of Scientific Research in Belgium, and a member of the board of the International Association of Psychology in French-speaking countries.
Weather
Windy and warm today with local blowing dust southwet and central. Turning cooler tonight with light rain in the extreme east. Tuesday will be cooler with diminishing winds. High today in the 60s extreme north, 75 to 80 in the south and central. Low tonight in the 20s in the northwest, to 40 in the southeast.