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Japan Hits Pearl Harbor
(An Editorial, "The Enemy of '41 Is Our Ally Today," Page 2.)
Daily Hansan
53rd Year, No. 58
Wednesday, Dec. 7, 1955.
101-Lb. Blonde KO's Question For $64,000
NEW YORK—(U.P.)—Psychologist Joyce Brothers, 101-pound blonde boxing expert, answered a seven-part question last night to win $4,000 on a TV show.
The trim Ph.D., bolstered by guest "expert" Col. Eddie Eagan and her mother's lucky charm, became the second contestant to win the jackpot on CBS-TV's "The $64,000 Question."
On Sept. 13, Marine Capt. Richard McCutchen also won $64,000 by answering a difficult question on exotic foods.
Mrs. Brothers deliberated so long on her boxing question that the program ran 44 seconds over its allotted time. A CBS spokesman said that the show ran so far that in some points west of Omaha, Neb., the audio portions were cut off completely.
Her questions and answers were:
1. Name the glove worn by Roman gladiators—the cestus.
2. Name the first scientific heavy-weight champion in England, crowned in 1791-Daniel Mendoza.
3. Name the former champion who taught a poet to box around 1814 and also named the poet—Gentleman John Jackson and Lord Byron.
4. Name the author of the essay, "The Fight," inspired by the Heath-Hickman fight of 1821 and give Hickman's nickname—author William Hazlitt and Thomas "The Gas-Man" Hickman.
5. Give the full name of the Marquis of Queensbury—John Sholto Douglas.
6. Name the city and the opponent of Primo Carrera in the heavy-weight championship fight of 1933—Rome and Paolino Uczudun.
7. Tell how many times Dempsey knocked down Firpo and how long the match lasted—nine times and 3:57.
United Nations Group To Meet
The University Collegiate Council of the United Nations will have an informal meeting at the home of Dr. Clifford Ketzel, assistant professor of political science, at 8 p.m. Sunday.
Cindy Keeler, assistant professor of political science, at 8 p.m. Sunday.
ASC To Go To NSA Meet
Several University students will attend as observers of the regional meeting of the National Student Association to be held Friday through Sunday at Pittsburgh State Teachers College.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
ASC is considering joining the National Student Association. George Sheldon, Salina junior, and ASC president, urges any student interested in the issue to attend the conference.
Included in those who will attend are Sheldon; James Schultz, Salina sophomore, ASC representative; Sandra James, Wichita sophomore, ASC secretary; Dorothy Sheets, Topeka senior, AWS president; Lawrence Updegrove, Lewis sophomore, ISA representative, and Kenneth E. Beasley, instructor of political science, ASC adviser.
Diet Intern Jobs Offered
A civil service examination has been announced for dietetic intern for filling internships paying $2,000 a year in Veterans Administration hospitals in Los Angeles, Cal; Bronx, N. Y.; Hines, Ill; Memphis, Tenn; and Houston, Texas.
To qualify for these internships, applicants must have received a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
Interns will be given a 12-month training course after which they will be eligible for promotion to a dietitian position with the VA which pays from $3,670 to $4,525 a year.
Applications will be accepted through March 1, 1956 for the classes of interns beginning on July 1 or September 15, 1956. Applications must be filed with the Board of Civil Service Examiners, Veterans Administration, Washington 25, D.C.
Northeast Kansas is expected to receive the brunt of the state's low temperatures tonight, with the thermometer dropping to between 12 and 15. Tomorrow's high probably will be no higher than in the 20's. Skies in this area, as well as throughout the rest of the state will remain generally clear this afternoon.
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Review Sessions? Not This Semester
No review sessions for the Western Civilization final examination will be held this semester, Harrison Madden, assistant director of Western Civilization, said yesterday.
"Gammer Gurton's Needle," an old-English comedy with many traditional Christmas customs interwoven into its plot, opens at 8 p.m. today in Fraser Theater. It will play through Saturday, and ID cards will admit students.
Students taking the examination should arrange individual or group reviews with their instructors. All students who intend to take the final test Jan. 7 must register Jan, 4, 5 or 6 at the Western Civilization office in Strong Annex C.
Christmas customs in the plot include bringing in the Yule log, Christmas caroling, and a hoddening horse.
An orchestra of instruments typical of Elizabethan-England will play during the show. Roger Brown. Topeka sophomore, will sing ballads at the beginning and end of the play.
'Gammer' Opens At 8 Today
A drummer's play, "St. George and the Dragon," is also part of the show. It has a religious theme and illustrates the triumph of good over evil.
Jack Brooking, instructor of speech and assistant director of Fraser Theater, directs "Gammer Gurton's Needle."
First Jayhawker To Be Out Next Week
The first issue of the Jayhawker is tentatively scheduled to appear a week from today, according to Henry Wittenberg, Kansas City, Mo. senior, editor.
The Jayhawker can use party pictures for future issues, Wittenberg said. Students who are not in organized houses are invited to submit pictures as well as those in organized houses.
Scene Of Nativity Decorates Strong
Persons who enter Strong Hall expecting to see a huge Christmas tree in the rotunda have a surprise in store for them.
Some students had speculated as to whether or not a tree would be
They will see a Nativity scene which this year is replacing the Christmas tree that has been erected annually for the last 15 years. Surrounding the scene of Mary and Joseph and the Christ Child is a cone-shaped structure with gold-colored balls. The decorations are attached to wires which extend to the ceiling.
Members of the design department put up the decorations, but not without considerable difficulty. Work on the project started Saturday but the decorations were blown down by a strong wind later that day. After obtaining some new decorations, the department, with help from other students, completed the realistic scene Monday.
put up this year. Some said the tree was being installed Saturday but that it had collapsed under the weight of lights and decorations. Others said a scaffold collapsed while workmen were stringing cord.
Miss Mariorie Whitney, professor of design silenced rumors by saving that a Christmas tree wasn't even planned this year and that staff members had decided some time ago to use the Nativity scene instead, for the sake of variety. Lighted Christmas trees will line the campus later on, she said.
To put across the idea of Christmas in other lands, the flags of nations in the rotunda balcony will be left up. Spotlights in the balcony will shine on the Nativity scene every night until Christmas.
40 Grade Proficiency Exams
"If you do not find a set of proficiency papers in your box today, cheer up! You'll be getting one. The papers have to be read at least twice—and some four times."
This was the notice Mrs. Natalie Calderwood, assistant professor of English, posted in the English office for the 40 teachers who are grading the proficiency exams taken Saturday.
Mrs. Calderwood said the examination results would be known "soon after vacation." She said about 550 papers had to be graded.
Content, organization, paragraph and sentence structure, grammar, punctuation, and spelling are considered in the grading. After a paper is passed by two readers, the writer automatically passes the examination. To be failed, a paper must be marked F by three readers.
No, He Isn't Malott's Nephew
"The papers receive careful reading." Mrs. Calderwood said. "The readers take the grading seriously. They realize the exam's importance for the students, so they're not casual at all about it."
The Daily Kansan has been taken in.
The paper ran a story in Tuesday's issue that Joel Malott of Lawrence, a freshman at Kansas State College, is a nephew of the former KU chancellor, Deane W. Malott, who advised Joel to attend Kansas State.
The story appeared first in the Kansas State Collegian, student paper. The Daily Kansan rewrote it without bothering to check the facts.
Faculty Square Dance
one of the gravest of journalistic errors.
An alert faculty member did what The Daily Kansan should have done, he called Joel's mother, Mrs. Ruby Malott, $7341$ Massachusetts St., who said that the two Malott families are not directly related.
The Faculty Club will hold a square dance at 8 p.m. today in the club. Mr. and Mrs. J. Eldon Fields will be hosts.
Those Student Union Chairs Are Real Modern,But—
'This isn't the way to be sittin'. . . but this is OK if you're a kitten, on your back is even absurder. . . and on your stomach is pure murder.
(Daily Kansan Photos)
Just play Yoga, it's more fittin'",
says Robert Carey, Osawatomie sophomore.