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Daily hansan
Thursday, Jan. 5, 1956.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
53rd Year, No. 68
Carman To Give Humanities Lecture Jan. 12
A Humanities Lecture entitled "Racine--Destroyer and Savior," will be given at 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12, in Fraser Theater by Dr. J. Neale Carman, professor of Romance Languages at the University.
Dr. Carman's lecture will deal with the life and works of Jean Baptiste Racine, French dramatic poet, 1639 to 1699.
Eighth KU Faculty Lecturer
This will be the eighth Humanities Lecture given by a Kansas faculty member since the series was started in 1947. Each year, the Humanities Committee invites a University scholar who is outstanding in his field and is an effective and interesting speaker.
The previous seven Kansas lecturers have been Dr. Clifford Osborne, philosophy; Dr. John Hankins, English; Dr. Charles Realey, history; Dr. William Shoemaker, Romance languages; Dean Frederick Moreau, law; Prof. Allen Crafton, speech and drama; and Dr. George Anderson, history.
Dr. Carman has been on the faculty since 1918. He was acting chairman of the department in 1954-55. He received the M.A. degree at the University in 1921, and was granted the Ph.D. degree at the University of Chicago in 1934.
Has Many Interests
Besides writing original verse, taking part in plays, and making public speeches, he has written articles for journals. He is interested in the history of foreign-language units in Kansas, and has done major research in the field. He has published and lectured on "The Garden City Mexicans and Volgans." "The Hanover, Kansas, Germans," "Babel in Kansas," and "Early Foreign Settlements in the Emporia Region."
Murphy To Give Book Copies
Thirty-three authors of a text, "Natural Gas," will receive copies of their work at a 5 p.m. dinner meeting Saturday in the Kansas Room of the Student Union. Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy will make the presentations.
Authors of the book were selected from the petroleum industry by a 26-member educational steering committee which was formed in 1952 by representatives of University Extension classes and the petroleum industry in southwest Kansas. E. A. Stephenson, professor emeritus of petroleum engineering, was chosen to edit the text.
Copyrighted by University Extension, the book is a study resource for persons in the petroleum industry. It includes a survey of 22 major areas in the natural gas industry.
Authors and committee members will begin activities at the University with coffee at 2:15 p.m. in the office of Dean T. DeWitt Carr of the School of Engineering. At the dinner, Miss Ruth Kenney, director of correspondence study, will preside, and E.A. McFarland, director of institutes and conferences, will talk.
Weather
Generally fair and continued mild, with increasing cloudiness and turning colder tonight. Friday partly cloudy and considerably colder. Low tonight 20s northwest to 30s southeast. High Friday '40 northwest to near 50 southeast.
—(Daily Kapsan Photo)
Bailey To Be Re-Occupied
One of a series of moves to provide more office, classroom and laboratory space at the University will be made between semesters when the School of Education moves into its new quarters in remodeled Bailey Hall. The actual move will be made Jan. 26 through 29.
"This is one of three major moves planned between now and the opening of the 1959 school year," George B. Smith, dean of the University said. "Others included in plans are the shift into the music and dramatic arts building in 1957 and the move into the School of Business building in 1959."
When the $600,000 remodeling project on Bailey Hall is completed, it will be one of the most modern buildings of its kind in the United States, according to University officials. Bailey will house the departments of music education and art education, guidance bureau, child research and speech correction laboratory and the bureau of visual instruction.
The move will provide more space in Fraser and Strong Halls, Dean Smith said.
Dr. Thomas mentioned characteristics of good water legislation as a clear definition of
Sanitary Engineers Hear Conservation Talk
About 150 persons attended the University's sixth annual conference on sanitary engineering yesterday and heard Dr. Harold E. Thomas of Salt Lake City, Utah, an authority on ground water conservation and water law, speak on insuring beneficial use of water through legislation.
Completing the program were talks by E. Bruce Meier, associate professor of civil engineering at the University of Nebraska, who spoke on "Economics of Processing Marketing and Disposal of Sewage Sludge." B. L. Soscia, Providence, Rhode Island, and Ray Lindsey, Kansas City, Mo., spoke on "Automation in Water and Sewage Works." D. T. Johnstone, Fairbanks-Morse Co., San Francisco talked on "Deep Well Turbine Pumps."
Dr. Thomas of the U.S. Geological Survey said water is being squeezed between the millstones of less rainfall and increased use. He stressed the need for more basic hydrologic and scientific data, saying, "We can't enforce a law properly without the facts needed for enforcement."
rights of the classes of users broad authority and responsibility for the state agency to administer the law, and motivation for the state agency to develop proper guides for administration.
"States should have legislation to encourage development and storage of water both in underground and surface reservoirs," Dr. Thomas said.
The conference is sponsored by the School of Engineering and Architecture, University Extension, the Kansas State Board of Health, and divisions of the Sanitation and Practicing Engineers of Kansas.
Career Magazine To Be Out Monday
Delta Sigma Pi, professional business fraternity, will distribute Career magazine, the annual guide to business opportunities, next Monday. Copies of the magazine will be distributed in the rotunda of Strong Hall, the west end of Strong basement, and the main hall of Marvin.
All seniors in engineering, business, geology and economics majors in the College will receive copies.
No Tax Cut Yet, Ike Tells Congress
WASHINGTON—(U.P.)—President Eisenhower today ruled out any tax cut now.
He forecast a balanced budget both this year and next, despite needs for increased spending at home and abroad.
Study In France Open To Students
You may now study or teach in France with scholarships and assistants given through the U. S. Student Department's Institute of International Education. Applications should be made in 304 Fraser.
Four $1,000 Wooley scholarships for the study of art and music at the Cite Universitaire in Paris are being offered for next year. Winners, who will live in the United States House at the Cite Universitaire, may study at the Beaux Arts, the Conservatoire Nationale, or under private instructors.
Thirty graduate fellowships which include tuition and a monthly allowance will be given in all fields of study. Winners will be assigned to universities outside the Paris area.
Forty assistantships for the teaching of conversational English in secondary schools and teacher training institutions are being given by the French government. The assistantships, intended for future teachers of French, will provide living and incidental expenses.
Other grants will be given for teaching apointments in French universities. Persons with training in American literature and experience in college teaching will be given special consideration.
General requirements for all awards are bachelor's degree, U. S. citizenship, working knowledge of French, capacity for graduate study, good health, and moral character, personality, and adaptability.
Since travel expenses are not included in any of the awards, students may apply for Fulbright travel grants. Applications must be completed by Feb. 1.
Dorm Council Obsolete
"Changes in the dorm system have caused the Inter-dorm Council to be nonfunctional so far this year," Martha Peterson, dean of women, reports.
The opening of Gertrude Sellards Pearson Hall this semester has grouped the women students, who previously lived in smaller houses, into a larger, closer body. This decreases the need for a governing body such as the Inter-dorm Council, she said.
Dean Peterson said she is waiting to see if there is a need for the council. Some scholarship halls have been joined for social gatherings, she added.
Continuation of the council will depend on the interest of the women students, she said.
Coed's Leg Is Cover Feature
Grace Kelly Engaged
The program for the 1956 Rock Chalk Revue will have a front cover in color of a leg of some KU coed. Any student interested in posing for the picture should call Shirley Lytle at the Gamma Phi Beta house immediately.
MONTE CARLO, Monaco (U.P.)-
Bachelor Prince  Ranier III of
Monaco announced his engagement
to film star Grace Kelly today.
But the President, in his state of the union message to Congress, said a tax cut can not be justified until such time as it "will not unbalance the budget."
He said all excise taxes must be continued at their present rates and the corporation income tax must be continued at the present rate of 52 percent for another year. Unless Congress acts, these taxes are scheduled for reductions April 1.
Cuts Not Justified
As for the personal income tax, and taxes in general, he said, "Under conditions of high peacetime prosperity, such as now exist, we can never justify going further into debt to give ourselves a tax cut at the expense of our children.
"So, in the present state of our financial affairs, I earnestly believe that a tax cut can be deemed justifiable only when it will not unbalance the budget, a budget which makes provision for some reduction, even though modest, in our national debt. In this way we can best maintain fiscal integrity."
The President said "The outlook is bright with promise" but warned that Russia has "demonstrated conclusively" it is not yet willing to create the indispensable conditions for a secure and lasting peace.
Must Stay Strong
This was Mr. Eisenhower's fourth state of the union message, but his first to be read to Congress rather than delivered in person.
though he promised that, "we shall persevere in seeking a general reduction of armaments under effective inspection and control . . ."
This country, he said, must remain strong at home and abroad al-
WASHINGTON (U.P.)—President Eisenhower didn't give the slightest hint today regarding his plans for a second term.
Ike Gives No Hint On Future Plans
In the nearly 8,000 words, of his state of the union message, Mr. Eisenhower didn't once mention his future intentions, his heart attack, or even that this is an election year.
"Our country is at peace. Our security posture commands respect. A spiritual vigor marks our national life. Our economy, approaching the $400 billion mark, is at an unparalleled level of prosperity.
In the final paragraph, he pledged the "full energies of the administration" to put over his legislative program.
Times Are Good
The President said the nation has made great progress in the past three years and has reason to be grateful to providence for its many bounties.
"Our farm people are not sharing as they should in the general prosperity," the President added. "They alone of all major groups have seen their incomes decline rather than rise."
This hurts the whole economy, the President said, and is of "great concern" to us all. He called for a "stepped-up attack" on the deep-seated farm problem and warned there is no single easy solution.
(Related story on Page 3.)
Correction
The personal and campus affairs commission of the VW-YMCA will meet Thursday, Jan. 12 instead of today as was stated yesterday in the University Daily Kansan.