Kansas State Historical Society Topeka, Ks.
Daily Hansan
Monday, Feb. 6, 1956.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
53rd Year, No. 81
WEATHER PROPHETS—Cast of "Carousel" claims "June Is Bustin' Out All Over," in spite of the snow. The musical starts at 8 p.m. today in Fraser Theater, and will run through Friday. At
Danforth Grant Deadline Nears
left are Meercrilyn Coleman, Lawrence junior, and Dale Moore, Olathe graduate, two of the principal characters in the show.—(Daily Kansan Photo)
Applicants for Danforth graduate fellowships have until Wednesday, Feb. 15, to file their applications, it was announced today by Dean Burton W. Marvin of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information and Danforth Foundation liaison officer for the University.
Senior men and recent graduates who wish to prepare themselves for college teaching careers and who plan to start graduate study in September, 1956, are eligible to apply for the grants, which go up to $1,800 for single men and $2,400 for married men with an additional stipend for children. Students with or without financial need are invited to apply.
Applicants are to be men of outstanding academic ability, personality congenial to the classroom, and integrity of character, including faith and commitment within the Christian tradition, according to rules set out by the Danforth Foundation, which is a St. Louis educational trust fund.
TOPEKA — {U.R}.— An eight-inch fall was reported today in the extreme northeast in Kansas' third snow in nine days.
However, the new coating of white was confined generally to the counties near the Nebraska border eastward from Norton, and to eastern Kansas. In most areas the amount was light and the outlook is for the snow and drizzle to end during the day.
Application blanks may be ob tained in 105 Flint Hall.
On Sunday Kansas highs ranged from 30 degrees at Wichita and Russell to 42 at Goodland. This morning's lows were spread between 15 at Goodland and 31 in Concordia.
U. S. meteorologist Tom Arnold said skies in the west were partly cloudy and the same condition should develop in the east by tomorrow. Warmer, snow-melting temperatures are due tomorrow, he said.
8 Inch Snow Falls On State
Mr. Arnold reported the 24-hour precipitation totals at Topeka .10 of an inch, Manhattan .08, Salina .06, Olathe .05, Lecompton .04, Wamego .02, and Chanute or Witchite .01.
Quill Club Contest Starts Today
The annual spring writing contest sponsored by Quill Club begins today and will end March 1. Any student who is not already a member of the club is eligible to enter. Manuscripts may be submitted in any of the three divisions of poetry, prose, or drama, at the office of Walter J. Meserve, assistant professor of English, 311 Fraser.
Cash prizes will be awarded to the winners in each division. Two typewritten copies must be handed in with a pen name signed to each. The identity of the writer must be enclosed in a sealed envelope on which the pen name is written.
Matrix Table Speaker Told
Mrs. Nell Nichols, former food field reporter for Woman's Home Companion, will be the featured speaker at the annual Matrix Table dinner of Theta Sigma Phi, honorary fraternity for women in journalism, at 6:30 p.m. March 22 in the Kansas Room of the Student Union.
Seven committees have been appointed for the dinner. The chairmen are Barbara Bell, McPherson junior, invitations; Joan George, Caney junior, selection of guest to be honored; Margaret Armstrong, Westfield, N.J., junior; menu; Felecia Anne Fenberg, Kansas City, Mo., junior; decorations; Leo Hamm, Garden City junior, entertainment, and Betty Stanford, Admiral junior, publicity.
Each year a woman who has distinguished herself in Kansas journalism is honored at the dinner. Miss Bertha Shore of the Augusta Gazette received the award last year.
Jane Pecinovsky, Leawood junior, is chairman of the dinner.
National President To Lead Art Meet
The president of the National Art Education Association will lead the Art Education Conference at the University Friday and Saturday.
Ten Get Navy Commissions
He is Ivan Johnson, head of art education at the University of Florida. Tallahassee.
Commissions were given to 10 seniors Friday in Capt. Virgil Gordinier's office in the Military Science Building. All 10 have been ordered to active duty.
Plans for the seventh conference include visits to the Museum of Art and the new art education offices in Bailey Hall. A special exhibit of children's drawings and paintings from the Denver elementary schools will be shown in the Student Union
Receiving Naval Reserve commissions were Dale L. Johnson, Lawrence graduate student, who will report to the USS Mattabesett, and Lowell W. Johnson, and Clifford P. Weiss, of Kansas City, Mo., who will report for duty to the Military Sea Transport Service in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Seven men received regular Navy commissions. They were John C. Discus of Hutchinson, who will report to the Naval Supply Corps School in Athens, Ga. for further training; Ronald E. Evans and Jerome A. Willis, both of Topeka, Charles K. Johnson, Lawrence, and Joe D. Renner, LaCrosse, who will report to the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Fla. for flight training.
Service Fraternity To Meet
Loyde W. Hales, Kansas City, Mo., will report to the USS Boston, and Phil D. Pitt, Coffeyville, who will report to the USS Valley Forge.
Alpha Phi Omega, national service fraternity, will hold an open meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Orgad Room of the Student Union.
'Carousel' Opens At 8 p.m. Today
Good things are hard to get—and that's exactly what tickets to "Carousel" are—hard to get. The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical opens at 8 p.m. today in Fraser Theater and will run Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday. Only a few seats are left for each of the four nights.
"Carousel" offers a variety of entertainment ranging from a light ballet and such musical favorites as "I If Loved You," "June Is Bustin' Out All Over," and "You'll Never Walk Alone" to real carousel horses.
Dale Moore, Olathe graduate student, will play the male lead of Billy Bigelow, a carousel barker. Billy leads a happily lackadaisical life until he meets Julie Jordon, played by Mervilyn Coleman, Lawrence junior.
To get money for her, after their marriage, Billy tries one of his most ambitious money making plans—robbery—and fails. He kills himself but is given a second chance when he gets to heaven. He is allowed to return to earth just in time to keep his daughter from following his path.
Others who have leading roles are Kenneth Plumb, Sunflower senior, as the policeman; Robert Dankroger, Clay Center senior, as Mr. Bascoge; Barbara Blount, Larned senior, as Carrie; Bruce Dillman, Independence senior, as the heavenly friend, and Glenn Pierce, Lawrence sophomore, as Enoch Snow Jr.
Presented jointly by The Light Opera Guild and The University Theater, the show has a cast of 52. Gerald M. Carney, assistant professor of music education, is musical director. Lewin Goff, associate professor of speech and drama is the stage director.
ID Cards Will Admit
University students may be admitted to the "Century of Mozart" exhibition at the Nelson Gallery of Art in Kansas City, Mo., by presenting their identification cards at the door.
The general public is charged an admission fee, but gallery officials said it is their wish that "any student within the area have the opportunity of enjoying the exhibition without charge."
The "Century of Mozart" show is the largest which the gallery has organized and the most comprehensive showing of the arts of the 18th century ever presented in the Midwest.
OVER HE GOES—Hendrick Kruger of the University of Oklahoma makes a winning jump at the first track meet held in Allen Field House. A determined KU track squad defeated Oklahoma 56-48. At the dedication, Chancellor Murphy, A.C. "Dutch" Lonborg, Bill Easton, and John Jacobs, Oklahoma track coach, spoke—(Daily Kansan Photo)
KU Debate Team Takes Second
John Eland, Toppea junior, and Bob Kimball, Kansas City, Kan., junior, won second place in the Pittsburg State Teachers College Invitational debate tournament this weekend, losing in the finals to Central Missouri State College of Warrensburg, Mo.
KU was also represented by Hugh Bruner, Olathe sophomore, and William Hagman, Pittsburg junior, who won four out of six rounds in the preliminaries.
The collegiate debate topic for the year is "Resolved that the non-agricultural industries of the United States should guarantee their employees an annual wage."
There were 102 teams representing 35 schools from five states participating in the tournament. Only four teams were selected to go into the semifinal elimination round, and the team of Eland and Kimball was chosen as one of the four.
The KU debaters will go to the Emporia State Teachers College tournament Feb. 17.
WASHINGTON—(U.P.)—A Ne-braska lawyer identified himself today as the mystery man who tried to give $2,500 to the campaign fund of Sen. Francis P. Case (R-S.D.).
The attorney, John M. Neff, 47, of Lexington, Neb., admitted that he was interested in passage of the gas bill, and that he offered the contribution after ascertaining that Sen. Case favored the bill. But Mr. Neff denied that he was trying to influence Sen. Case's vote.
A few hours later, Senate leaders acted to set up a committee to determine if the rejected donation was "an improper attempt to influence" Sen. Case's vote on the pending natural gas bill.
Offered Sum To Sen. Case
Democratic leader Lyndon B. Johnson (Tex.) introduced a resolution, as soon as the Senate convened, to authorize a four-man bipartisan committee to dig out all the facts about the episode.
He urged approval of the resolution before the Senate's scheduled showdown vote later today on the gas bill itself. The bill would exempt independent natural gas producers from direct federal price regulation.
Engineer Display Chairman Told
Jim Adam, Kansas City, Mo., senior, has been chosen as the general chairman for the Engineering Exposition for 1956. Marjorie Heard, Russell senior, has been selected as publicity chairman.
Petitions are now being accepted for the position of freshman representative to replace Bill Warren, Chanute freshman, who has transferred to Kansas State College.
Petitions must be signed by at least 25 members of the freshman engineering class and include a list of qualifications. They must then be turned into the engineering office, 111 Marvin Hall, by Feb. 15.