Kansas State Historical Society Topeka, Ks.
Daily Hansan
Monday, Dec. 12, 1955.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
53rd Year, No. 61
Richard Stevens Is President Of Memorial Unit
Richard B. Stevens, Lawrence attorney, Saturday was elected president of the University of Kansas Memorial Corporation at its annual meeting.
Mr. Stevens succeeds Clarence G. Munns of Topeka, who had served the past five years. Other officers elected were Laurence C. Woodruff, dean of students, first vice-president; Fred Ellsworth, secretary of the Alumni Association, secretary; and Karl Klooz, bursar, treasurer.
In a revision of the by-laws, a rotation system for members was established. Twelve of the 21 members will not hold office for more than four years. The remainder of the boeard is composed of ex-officie members.
New members elected were George L. Waggoner, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, who will serve for three years; Robert B. Anderson of Ottawa, Hubert A. Brighton of Topeka and Olin K. Petefish of Lawrence, who will have 4-year terms. Added to the ex-officio list were Donald K. Alderson, dean of men, and Mr. Ellsworth.
They replace W. J. Baumgartner, F. C. Allen and Miss Esther Twente all of Lawrence; the late Dr. John Porter of Concordia; Drew McLaughlin of Paola and Walter G Thiele of Topeka.
Mr. Allen, Mr. Baumgartner and Irving Hill, also of Lawrence, were named honorary life members of the board. They were members of the board when the corporation was formed in 1921 to raise funds for the erection of the Memorial Union and the Memorial Stadium.
Quill Sale Due Thursday
The fall issue of the Quill Club magazine, Quill, will be on sale Thursday and Friday.
Winning entries in the Quill Club fall contest will be included in the magazine along with articles by club members.
Sarah Deibert, Irving senior, is editor; William Witt, Garden City sophomore, circulation manager; Beverly Harvey, Wichita junior, publicity manager; Kenneth Irby, Fort Scott sophomore; Barbara Myers, Kansas City, Kan., junior; and Gene Sullivan, Lawrence junior, members of the board.
Walter J. Meserve Jr., assistant professor of English, is sponsor.
Arab-Israeli Dispute To Be Discussed
The Arab-Iraeli dispute will be discussed in the YMCI-YWCA international commission's meeting Tuesday in the Pine Room of the Student Union by a KU student from each side of the border.
Speakers are Mohammed I. Kazem, graduate student from Cario, Egypt, and Zvi Henry Luft, Tev Aviv, Israel, sophomore. Dr. Walter E. Sandelius, professor of political science, will moderate.
ASC To Cast Vote On NSA Membership
Membership in the National Student Association will be voted upon at the All Student Council meeting at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Student Union.
Several students were observers that a meeting Friday through Sunday of the NSA at Pittsburg State Teachers College.
Flu Shot Stations To Be Set Up
Influenza vaccination stations will be set up in various buildings on the campus Tuesday through Friday by Watkins Student Health Service.
A nurse will give the shots from 8:45 to 11 a.m. and 1:45 to 4 p.m. Tuesday in Strong Hall; Wednesday in Marvin Hall; Thursday in Lindley Hall, and Friday in Mallot Hall.
Ralph Canuteson, director of the student health service, said only 800 students were vaccinated last week bringing the total vaccinations to about 1,200. He urges all students to take advantage of the shots.
Choir Features Religious Song
"In the Beginning," based on the Bible story from Genesis, was an outstanding and beautifully presented number in the concert given by the University A Cappella Choir Sunday afternoon in Hoch Auditorium. The composition, written by Aaron Copland, was dramatically interpreted by the choir and soprano soloist Mary Jo Woofter, Colby junior.
Clayton Krehbiel, assistant professor of music education, directed.
The concert opened with "Brazilian Psalm," by Jean Berger. This number, characterized by a Latin American whispering-song by the choir, Don Farrar, Kansas City, Mo., sophomore, was tenor soloist.
"Four Motets for Christmas Time," by Francis Poulenc, and "Mater Ora Filium," by Arnold Bax, were the other concert presentations. The latter is also a Christmas number, and Latin and English texts are interspersed.
All the selections were beautifully and expressively presented by the singers.
Dean Barr In Good Condition
The condition of Dean Harold G. Barr of the School of Religion was called good today. Dean Barr suffered a heart attack two weeks ago and is convalescing at his home.
BIRD'S EYE VIEW—Tommy Traylor, son of Joe Traylor of Lawrence, peers through one of the motion picture cameras in the new Centron Corporation building at Ninth and Avolon streets. The boy and his father were among several hundred persons who visited the film plant yesterday at its official open house. The $125,000 building
has been in use since late September.—(Daily Kansan Photo)
$100 Economics Scholarship Named For Gagliardo
Establishment of the Domenico Gagliardo Scholarship in Economics was announced today.
The annual award of $100 will be made to an outstanding senior student majoring in economics. The first scholar will be selected for the 1956-57 school year by members of the teaching staff in economi
Rep. Scrivner To Talk Wed.
Congressman Errett P. Scrivner,
(R-Kan.) representative from the second congressional district, will discuss "The Role of Political Parties in Legislation" at the second in a series of coffee lectures at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the music and browsing room of the Student Union.
The political coffee lectures are sponsored by the YM-YWCA, Student Union Activities, and the Citizens Clearing House, a national organization which will provide funds for some of the speakers.
UNION DECORATES FOR THE SEASON—Katherine Carr, Student Union Activities adviser, puts the finishing touches on Christmas decorations in the Student Union ballroom. Decorations were put up Friday in the lounge and ballroom during a party sponsored by SUA.—(Daily Kansan Photo)
The scholarship was established by associates of Prof. Gagliardo in the School of Business and department of economics, the Kansas Library Association, and other friends. Alumni and former students will be invited to participate in the scholarship through the Greater University fund.
Prof. Gagliardo was a member of the KU economics staff from 1923 until his death October 3 this year. He was graduated from the University in 1922, and received a Master's Degree from Harvard in 1924 and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1931.
He was author of two widely used textbooks, "American Social Insurance" and "Collective Bargaining."
In the granting of the scholarship established in memory of Prof. Gagliardo, preference will be given to students whose major interest is in labor economics and insurance.
'The Usual 2-Week Recess,' Says Hit+
The correct dates of the 14-day Christmas vacation are from 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 20, to 8 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4.
"Somehow students got the idea they would have-but 12 days or less," said James K. Hitt, registrar. "Perhaps the mistake arose from the fact that this year the recess will include only two full weekends."
Faculty Recital At 8 Tonight
Roy Johnson, assistant professor of piano, will present a faculty recital at 8 p.m. today in Strong Auditorium.
Prof. Johnson, who has appeared as soloist with many orchestras and symphonies, will play selections from Debussy, Prokofieff and Shostakovich.
The recital is open to the public.
Western Civ Meetings Set
CERTAIN Students enrolled in Western Civilization who have group meetings on Mondays or Tuesdays will meet at the regularly scheduled time on Monday, Dec. 19 and Tuesday, Dec. 20.
Radio Stations Prepare Varied Yule Schedule
The radio stations on the Hill are preparing a varied Christmas schedule.
"Hansel and Gretel," a Christmas opera, will be given Tuesday, Dec. 20.
The Jayhawk School of the Air, heard on KANU and FKKU, will feature a number of Christmas programs for children. "Magic Midnight" is a story based on a legend that all animals are endowed with the power of speech at Midnight on Christmas Eve because they were the first to see and honor the baby Christ in the stable at Bethlehem. It will be presented Wednesday afternoon. Thursday, Christmas songs from France, Germany, and England will be heard.
Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" will be read by Robert Calderwood, associate professor emeritus of speech, Wednesday, Dec. 21, over KFKU and KANU.
Stephen Vincent Benet's "A Child Is Born" will be given over KDGU, KU's wired-wireless laboratory station. This play tells how the birth of Christ affected the lives of the people in the inn at Bethlehem.
"A Child's Christmas in Wales" by Dylan Thomas has been selected by Alec Ross, head acquisitions librarian, to be told on his "World of Books" broadcast on KANU and KFKU Sat. Dec. 24.
This story by the late English poet has been widely acclaimed as the most beautiful and moving expression of the Christmas spirit ever written in the English language.
KU Debaters Win In 2 Tournaments
KU debaters were winners in two tournaments Friday and Saturday.
William Summers, Wichita freshman, and Robert Kimball, Kansas City, Kan., junior, won first place in the senior men's division of the 4th annual Razorback Debate Tournament Friday and Saturday at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark. Kimbal also won second place in the oratory division.
Hugh Bruner, Olathe sophomore, and William Hagman Jr., Pitsburg junior, also debated. The teams were accompanied by Richard Wilkie, instructor of speech.
Jack Gorelick, Kansas City, Kan,
and Kenneth Irby, Fort Scott
sophomores, won second in the
senior men's division at the 26th
invitational debate tournament
Friday and Saturday at Southwestern
College, Winfield. Many schools in
the midwest participated. Other KU
debaters there were John Knightly,
Hutchinson, and Ralph Seger, Topeka,
sophomores. They were ac-
companied by Kim Giffin, associate professor of speech.
Weather
Partly cloudy and warmer with increasing southerly winds this afternoon and tonight. Tuesday much colder with strong shifting winds and occasional snow or snow flurries entering the northwest and spreading over west and north central by evening. Elsewhere partly cloudy. Warmer southeast. Southerly winds increasing to 30 to 40 miles per hour this afternoon and tonight shifting to northwesterly west and north central Tuesday. Low tonight generally 30 to 35. High Tuesday 30s extreme northwest to 50s southeast.