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53rd Year, No. 54
Criminal Insanity Conference Starts Today
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Two experts on criminal responsibility, Dr. Henry Weihofen, professor of law at the University of New Mexico, and Dr. Jerome Hall, professor of law at the University of Indiana, headline the faculty of the Conference on Criminal Responsibility which opened today in the Student Union.
Doctors, lawyers, and prison officials from Kansas as well as students from the KU and Washburn schools of law are attending the Conference.
The purposes of the Conference are to study the question of criminal responsibility, the use of insanity as a defense in criminal court, and to find ways in which the legal and psychiatric professions can cooperate in their approach to the handling of the criminally insane, according to M. C. Slough, professor of Law and coordinator of the Conference.
Thursday, Dec. 1, 1955.
The Conference, which will end tomorrow has received the formal endorsement of Governor Hall. The governor said he endorsed the Conference because it is aimed at the betterment of mental and penal institutions, Judge Karl Miller, the governor's pardon attorney, will represent Governor Hall at the Conference.
In addition to Dr. Weihofen and Dr. Hall, the conference faculty includes: Prof. Slough, Dean F. J. Moreau of the School of Law and Dean W. Clarke Wescow of the School of Medicine as moderators; Dr. Herbert Modlin and Dr. Joseph Satten, staff psychiatrists at the Meninger Foundation in Topeka; Dr. Merrill Eaton, associate professor of psychiatry, and Dr. Albert Preston Jr., instructor in psychiatry, at the Ku Medical Center.
Roy Frost, superintendent of the Kansas State Industrial Reformatory at Hutchinson; James Reefer, chief probation officer of Kansas City, Mo.; O. Q. Claffin III, judge of the Wyandotte County Probate Court, Kansas City, Kan., and Dr. James Hartford, staff psychiatrist at the Larned State Mental Hospital.
The University is sponsoring the Conference in cooperation with the Menninger Foundation.
Le Cercle Francais, French Club will have its annual Christmas meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, (St. Nicholas Day), in 305 Student Union.
The Sociology Club will meet at 4 p.m. tomorrow in 17 Strong Anexx E. Leland Wilson, Lawrence graduate student, will speak on "Propaganda From the Pulpit."
Sociology Club To Meet
Christmas Program Set
Biblical stories will be read and French carols will be sung. The Nativity scene will be decorated in a traditional fashion with the "santons," small figures of saints, made available by Miss Barbara Craig, assistant professor of Romance languages, and Francois Montagioni, a French student who studied at the University last year.
Students who will sing are Carolyn C. Hart, Topeka senior; Jack Davison, Bolivar, Mo., sophomore; Pamela H. Hutchinson, Arkansas City junior, and Sammie Marble, Fort Scott sophomore. Choral singing will be directed by Janice N. Mason, St. Joseph senior. James A. Day, Osawatomie graduate student, as accompanist.
JUDY HOWARD
JO ANN BENTON
MARCIA GOODWIN
One Will Be Military Ball Queen
The pearl and rhinestone tiara of the Military Ball Queen will rest on the head of one of three finalists chosen last night.
They are Jo Ann Benton, Oveeland Park sophomore, nominated by Gamma Phi Beta sorority; Marcia Goodwin, Columbus sophomore, nominated by Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, and Judy Howard, Salina junior, nominated by Pi Beta Phi sorority.
The three women were chosen from 12 semifinalists after a formal reception last night at the Castle Tea Room, Max Lucas, Lamar, Mo senior, chairman of the selection committee, and the escorts of the girls chose the three finalists by* secret ballot.
The queen's identity will remain unknown until the coronation ceremony at the ball Saturday night.
Foreign Doctors Get Certificates
Certificates for participation in English classes were awarded Tuesday, Nov. 29, to 17 foreign interns, residents, and technologists at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
Dr. Carlos Moya, Costa Rica; Dr. Lemuel Granada, the Philippines; Dr. Carlos Taqueche and Everton M. Santos, Brazil; Dr. Masahiro Chiga, Japan; Dr. Angela Garijo, Spain; Dr. Fernando Romero Kirchner, Mexico; Dr. Guido Podrecca, Italy.
Dean W. Clark Wescoe of the School of Medicine spoke. Edward S. Avison, Kansas City Center extension representative, was master of ceremonies.
The representatives, from 14 countries, received certificates for faithful attendance at weekly English classes offered by University Extension.
Also present were Mrs. Edward S. Avison, who taught the group, and Dr.C.F.Kittle, assistant professor of surgery, who organized the class.
Franklin D. Murphy Chancellor
The class members:
The piano artistry of Angelica Morales von Sauer was lauded last night by an audience which nearly overflowed Strong Auditorium.
Dr. Edmond Yunis, Colombia; Dr. Herbert Ravines, Peru; Dr. Alberto Guimpel, Argentina; Drs. Sami Duyssak and Turgut Metiner, Turkey; Dr. H. A. Stahl, Austria; Miss Pili Rodas, Guatemala; Dr. Boon Bong Suh, Korea, and Dr. Jorge Villareal, Colombia.
Mrs. von Sauer, visiting associate professor of piano, played her concert with authority and superb technique. The audience called her repeatedly to the stage for bows after each number and again at the end of the concert. Especially appreciated was Mrs. von Sauer's playing of "Variations on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 35" by Brahms.
Audience Lauds Recital
Chancellor Supports March Of Toys Drive
Again it becomes my annual and most pleasant duty to call for University support for the March of Toys.
The response of an underprivileged child to the unexpected gift of a toy is so heartwarming and so out of proportion to the real value of the gift that there is certainly no other way in which the Christmas spirit can be more fully expressed.
Cast Announced For 'Drunkard'
I hope that this year, as in the past, students of the University will think a moment and give a little to make a richer Christmas for some Kansas child.
The cast of the melodrama, "The Drunkard" has been announced by director Ted Teichgraeber, Emporia sophomore.
The play will be presented by the University Players Dec. 14, 15, 16, 17 in Studio Theater, Green Hall. Tickets will go on sale tomorrow at the box office in Green basement. Student ID cards do not admit.
Cast in the title role of Edward Middleton, "the drunkard," is Glenn Pierce, Lawrence. Vera Stough, Lawrence, is May Wilson, the heroine, and Mike Grove, Larned, is Lawyer Cribbs, the villain. All are sophomores.
Others in the cast are Bruce Dilman, Independence senior; Margaret Hunt, Riley freshman; Sheila Nation, Chanute sophomore; Joan Grotenhuis, Independence junior; Janis Johansson, Kansas City, Kan.; senior; Marvin Carlson, Wichita junior; Jack Gorelick, Kansas City, Kan.; sophomore; Steve Schmidt, Salina junior; Tom Bryan, Wichita junior; Nancy Woodson, Kansas City, Kan.; freshman.
Paul D. Johnson, Paola junior;
Bradford Shearof, Topeka freshman;
Ken Plumb, Sunflower senior;
Barbara Golden, Kansas City, Mo,
sophomore; Jeanie Goering, Hutchinson senior; Marilyn Honderick, La Crosse freshman; Paul Culp, Overland Park junior; Shirley Lytle, Wheaton, Ill., senior; Pat Walters, Wichita freshman.
Death Shatters S-D Day Campaign
Kansas' traffic safety campaign for S-D Day was shattered today by the death of an elderly pedestrian at Hutchinson.
It was the second annual observance of S-D Day, and Kansas, whose governor challenged all other states to equal its traffic safety record, went the first nine hours without a fatality, the State Highway Patrol reported.
James R. Bartlett, 74, was struck and killed at a Hutchinson street intersection at 6:40 a.m.
Up to 9 a.m. the patrol listed
tour injury and property damage accidents. Mishaps also hurt occupants of cars west of Abilene on US-40 and near Eudora on K-10, said Col. Tom Glasscock, patrol superintendent.
Roads Icy
(An editorial, "You Can Reduce Traffic Deaths," Page 2.)
But elsewhere hopes of a perfect day, free of traffic deaths, vanished soon after midnight.
Kansas roads were slick and icy at a number of points, particularly east of US-77 in the Southeast. The highway manitance division said some traffic tieups resulted.
The National Safety Council, compiling and adjusting the figures on the death toll at its Chicago office showed 11 deaths in the nation by 11 a.m. At that hour, Ohio led with four deaths.
The light snow coating and the glaze from freezing drizzle made road conditions hazardous but also brought reduced speeds and less traffic.
No Deaths In '54
Last year Kansas did not have a traffic death on S-D Day. For the first 11 months this year, Kansas has reduced its street and highway fatalities 7 per cent.
Snowfall Gives Entire State Wintry Look
TOPEKA—(U.P.)—Kansas bore a wintry look today as December dawned.
The moisture, brought up from the south with winds which are expected to produce warmer temperatures tomorrow, was reported generally over the eastern half of the state.
The month in which the coldest season officially begins found the Sunflower State with sub-normal temperatures and a fresh, light coating of snow and frozen drizzle.
Lecompton listed an inch and a half of snow by 6:30 a.m. Several eastern Kansas points measured an inch.
U. S. meteorologist Tom Arnold said the snowfall should end in all Kansas areas by this afternoon or evening. Partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures are expected tomorrow.
In the last 24 hours Wednesday maximums ranged from 28 at Olathe to 35 degrees in Hill City and lows this morning from 12 at Goodland to 30 in Pittsburg.
Kansas will be mostly cloudy this afternoon, tonight and tomorrow. Light snow or occasional freezing drizzle will fall in the east this afternoon and tonight. It will be somewhat warmer in the west this afternoon. Moderate southerly winds afternoon. Moderate southerly winds. Low tonight 15 to 20 northwest to about 30 southeast. High tomorrow will be in the 30s in the east and central parts of the state to low 40s in the extreme west.
They are:
They James K. Hitt, registrar; Albert S. Palmerlee, professor of engineering drawing; Miss Martha Peterson, dean of women; Dean G. R. Wagoner, of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Russell L. Wiley, professor of band and orchestra; Miss Mary Peg Hardman, assistant dean of women.
Nineteen members of the University have been taking part this week in a four-day College Days program of 10 Kansas City, Mo., high schools.
Arvin Jacobson, associate professor of design; Albert R. Kitzhaber, associate professor of English; Dale Rummer, instructor of electrical engineering; Donald K. Alderson, dean of men; Kenneth C. Deemer, professor of applied mechanics; Dennis Trueblood, director of aids and awards.
They Visit High Schools
Gilbert Ulmer, assistant dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; L. C. Woodruff, dean of students; Alexander L. Boyle, instructor of design; William R. Butler, assistant to the dean of men; Paul G. Hausman, associate professor of engineering shop practices; Miss Helen Lohr, associate professor of home economics, and Thomas Yoe, director of public relations.
All Aboard Die In Crash
RIO DE JANEIRO (U.P.)-A DC-3 airliner of the Cruzeiro Do Sul Company crashed on takeoff today. All on board were reported killed. The plane was en route to Belem, Brazil, 1,500 miles northwest of Rio De Janeiro.