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Daily hansan
53rd Year, No. 79
Thursday, Feb. 2, 1956.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Campus Chest Drive Starts February 29
"Your heart is our goal" is the slogan for the 1956 campus chest drive which will begin Feb. 29 with house collections and end March 6 with a collection at the KU-K-State basketball game.
Bill Saylor, Kansas City, Kan. junior, is the general chairman of the drive. Ralph Varnom, Kansas City, Mo. sophomore, is the assistant general chairman, and Betty Seltsam, Topeka sophomore is the secretary.
Miss Seltsam is also office committee chairman. Members are Sharon Dye, Wichita freshman; Margo Nan Morgan, Wichita sophomore; Richard Patterson, Kansas City, Mo. freshman, and Sharon Stout, Wichita freshman.
Jim Miller, Merriam senior, is chairman of the publicity committee. Members are Connie Cloyes, El Dorado junior; Larry Heil, Topeka senior; Dick Blair, Osborne senior; Ann Hesse, Bartlesville, Okla, freshman; Shirley Ward, Salina sophomore; Jane Hewitt, Wichita sophomore; Pat Little, Wichita freshman; Carol Mather, Stafford senior, and Grant Napier, Wichita senior.
Alice Wiley, Lawrence senior, is chairman of the special events committee. Members are Sandra James Wichita sophomore; Dan Casson, Topeka freshman; Joan Sherar, Paola senior; Judy Tiderman, Muncie junior; Jean Kinser, Newton sophomore; Jim Lowe, Winfield senior; Bill Buck, Kansas City, Kan., senior, and Elen Proudfit, Kansas City, Kan., sophomore.
Jim Steerman, Emporia sophomore, is chairman of the solicitation committee. Members are Betsy Shanklend, Kansas City, Kan., freshman; Eve Stevenson, Salina freshman; Sue Poppe, Kansas City, Kan.; freshman; Ralph Segar, Topeka sophomore; John Shroeder, Garnett senior; Richard Goldbsdy, Kansas City, Mo., junior; Janice Iams, Topeka junior; Sally Rice, Abilene sophomore, and Jim Schultz, Salina sophomore.
'Carousel' To Open Feb.6
"Carousel," the Broadway musical hit of 10 years ago, will open at 8 p.m. Monday night in Fraser Theater. The Light Opera Guild and University Theatre will present the show, which will continue Tusday, Wednesday, and Friday. Student ID cards will admit.
" 'Carousel' is probably one of the biggest shows, in regard to the number of persons in the cast and the number of settings, to be staged in Fraser Theater," said Lewin Goff, associate professor of speech and drama and director of the show.
The musical show, by Rodgers and Hammerstein, has a cast of 52, including 12 principal actors, a chorus, and dancers. A 28-piece orchestra will play.
Prof. Goff said tickets for the Wednesday and Friday night performances are nearly gone.
"We're encouraging students to come the first of the week," he said.
Writing Clinic Opens Monday
The writing clinic will be open from 2 until 4 p.m. Monday through Friday in 3 Blake Annex this semester, David Shusterman and John Lamb, instructors in English, are in charge. The clinic is open to any student who desires to improve his writing skills.
Students Expelled For Exam Theft
STILLWATER, Okla. (U.P.)—An investigation of reported thefts and sale of last semester's examinations at Oklahoma A&M college resulted in two students being expelled and one placed on probation, officials said today.
The names of the students disciplined for making "wrongful use" of examination questions were not disclosed
The action followed an investigation into the alleged theft and sale of copies of tests given 10 days ago. The committee on student conduct recommended the disciplinary measures.
All the moving is on a priority basis, and the offices which will take the longest time to straighten up were moved firs
Move To Bailey Nearly Done
The job of moving the School of Education into its new quarters in Bailey Hall has almost been completed and classes have begun in the new rooms. The moving was done by the Buildings and Grounds crew Thursday and Friday.
Much More Cold Weather Says Old Mr. Groundhog
The remodeling of Bailey Hall was begun last spring and was finished at the end of the fall semester. The cost was approximately $600,000.
The moving has been completed on all floors except the basement and subbasement where the construction was done. It is expected to be done in Fig. 5.
YOU MISSED, SON—A group of KU students take advantage of the heavy fall of snow on the campus to engage in an old-fashioned snowball fight. The campus has been covered with anywhere from two to nine inches of snow for the past two weeks. To the left some cars are trying to climb the steep hills around the campus.
—(Daily Kansan Photo)
IBM System Works Without Hitch
IT GOES IN HERE—Ralph Seger, Topeka sophomore, and Neal Smoyer, Lawrence junior, show Jane Hutton, Lawrence sophomore, how to file her IBM and enrollment cards in the final stage of enrollment. Miss Hutton enrolled on Monday, the first day of enrollment.
House Kills State Tax Rise
TOPEKA — (U.P.)—The Kansas House today killed Governor Fred Hall's number one revenue recommendation, a 50 per cent increase in the state income tax, by a vote of 72 to 41.
work and will adjourn finally by midnight next Wednesday.
The action virtually assured that there will be no major tax increases in the waning days of the 1956 budget session. The lawmakers are fast winding up their
The House also has before it a two per cent severance tax on oil and gas production, but sentiment against it was expected to prevail. The Senate under Republican leadership has evidenced no desire to enact an increased state sales tax, the only other large scale revenue producing proposal left.
The IBM enrollment system worked without a hitch as a spring semester enrollment of 7,500 appeared likely when classwork began this morning.
"It is amazing to me the way people caught on." Mr. Hitt said. "I know of no serious blunders. The first day was the lightest and the third the heaviest. The snow must have delayed some persons, but I think they are all back now. We are all pretty darn happy and sleepy over here at the Registrar's Office. It was a team victory."
The smoothness of the operation was emphasized by James K. Hitt, director of admissions and registrar.
Mr. Hitt also said that grade reports from last semester were out Saturday, and that class rosters for the teachers had been the hands of teachers by 9 a.m. today.
Compared to the enrollment a year ago the 1956 figure represents an increase of 8 per cent, and a decline of 6.6 per cent from the fall semester. A 10 per cent drop was expected between semesters.
There are 262 new students on campus, 17 more than last February. The entire student body is packed into 4,709 men and 1,873 women.
Today Is Deadline For Permit Renewals
Official figures will be released after payment of fees.
Students and faculty members who have not obtained their 1956 parking permits will begin receiving tickets today.
Students owning parking permits from last semester are asked to apply for the same parking zone. Others who want a permit are asked to fill out applications in the traffic office in Robinson Hall. The new permits cost 75 cents. Faculty and staff members who have paid for nearly permits will receive them in the mail as soon as they report their 1956 license number to the traffic office.
If you've been hoping that the snow and cold will be over soon, brace yourself. You're in for six more weeks of winter. The sun came out today and the ground-hog saw his shadow.
One crew has been doing the tremendous job of street cleaning. The 10 men on the crew work eight hours a day, and come back at midnight when the traffic isn't too heavy and haul the snow for six more hours.
Traffic Slowed
Buck Hodges, street superintendent, said that although the snow isn't too bad, "it has slowed traffic a lot."
Chains were put on the Haskell buses and those on the level runs. This has never been done before, but since he ran the runs took 30 minutes, he added.
The city transit company agrees. One official said that yesterday was the worst day of the season. Buses had difficulty going up the Hill, he explained, not so much because the streets were slick, but because passenger cars were stalled and held up traffic.
Driving Hazardous
Trains have been running from 10 to 25 minutes late this week, and are expected to be on schedule today.
Buses and trains have been sticking to schedule, officials said. Of 45 scheduled buses, only two were late yesterday. The late buses came from western Kansas where the drifts are fairly high. The delay was one and a half hours, and probably didn't inconvenience students returning from the semester holiday.
Lt. James R. Collins of the pence department said driving conditions are hazardous and that snow and ice contribute much to accidents. In January there were 99 accidents in Lawrence, most of them in the latter part of the month when the heavy snows began.
"Many people drive carefully the first day or two after a snow." Lt. Collins said, "but afterward feel safe and are less cautious." That's when many accidents occur, he said.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reports there is still much ice and snow on the highways and driving is still dangerous.
The weather bureau reports that from one to four inches of new snow fell over the state yesterday.
The forecast:
Fair north, partly cloudy south this afternoon. Colder east. Increasing cloudiness tonight with snow extreme south. Friday considerable cloudiness with snow south and central portions. Low tonight zero to 10 below northwest to 10-15 above southeast. High Friday generally in the 20s.
Movie To Be Shown At 7:30 p.m. Today
"Friedrich Schiller, Triumph of a Genius," a full-length German movie, will be shown at 7:30 p.m. today in 426 Lindley Hall and at 4 p.m. Friday in 15 Fraser Hall. The film is a life history of the 18th Century German dramatist. It is sponsored by the German department in connection with the Mozart celebration. Mozart was a contemporary of Schiller.
There is no admission charge.
ID Cards Good Until Feb. 17
Don't throw away your old ID card. When you pay semester fees it will be receipted so that you may attend spring activities. The temporary ID card you received during enrollment wil be used until Feb. 17, when payment of semester fees ends.