State Historical Society
Topska, Ks.
Daily Hansan
53rd Year, No. 51
Monday, Nov. 28, 1955.
Cold Wave Grips U.S.; Low Here 12 Degrees
By UNITED PRESS
A bitter cold wave gripped most of the nation today, as arctic air raced across the Midwest and then poured into the eastern and southern states. Temperatures reached 12 degrees in Lawrence earltoday.
The Canadian freeze also dropped temperatures as much as 45 degrees and pushed the temperature to zero levels in much of the nation's north.
Although snappy northwest winds still pulled cold air into Kansas today, the worst of the weekend cold wave is thought to be over.
U. S. Meteorologist Richard Garrett said "the moderation has begun but it will be quite slow."
Today's state temperatures dipped to 5 degrees at Russell and 6 at Hill City as most of the state recorded lows between 10 and 15 degrees.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
The outbreak of cold air yesterday tumbled temperatures from the 40's to below in 2 three or four hours. Northern cities had some snow, with Hill City reporting an inch.
Skies were clear in eastern Kansas, but cloudy in the west.
In other parts of the Midwest, gusty winds and quick-freezing snow accompanied the cold snap, slowing traffic to an agonizing crawl in northern Michigan and causing 1,000 auto accidents in Chicago.
Farther south, the temperature dropped to 30 at Memphis and to 32 at Dallas.
Courses Given By Mail
If you have class conflicts or need hours for graduation, you don't have' to go to school an extra semester.
With the approval of your dean you may take correspondence study for no additional cost. Miss Ruth Kenney, Correspondence Study Bureau director, said students took 82 correspondence college courses last year.
Up to 30 hours credit is allowed toward a degree, she said. Not more than 10 of the last 60 hours, nor more than six of the last 30 hours of correspondence study may be counted toward a degree.
Last year correspondence study professors graded 35,225 lessons, 4,015 more than the previous year. She said 42 per cent of the grades were A's, 35 per cent B's, 15 per cent C's, and the remainder D's and F's.
"The reason for these high grades is that the student answers every question in every lesson," she explained.
Besides the 82 courses taken by students last year, more than 200 cost-free courses were taken by persons in other state institutions. Fifty-three courses were taken by persons at Lansing, 135 at Hutchinson, 16 at Norton, and 1 at a Kansas City hospital.
KU Track Team Takes Second Place
The University of Kansas cross-country track team finished second behind the host school as Michigan State College won the 1955 NCAA title this morning over its own 4-mile course at East Lansing.
Deacon Jones of Iowa defeated individual champ Al Frame of Wichita, who finished fifth in the meet. The team will return to Lawrence late this afternoon by plane.
Hall Encouraged By Talk With Ike
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (U.P.)—Republican National Chairman Leonard W. Hall said after a conference with President Eisenhower today that he felt "very much encouraged" about prospects that the President will run for re-election.
"So far as I am concerned, there is no other candidate," Mr. Hall told reporters after a 45-minute talk with the President in his temporary White House office here.
Mr. Hall made it plain that the President himself did not say or indicate what his decision will be about a second term.
President Didn't Say
Western Civ. Trials Begin Tomorrow
"I can only speak my opinion, Mr. Hall said." "I can say I am very much encouraged."
The Western Civilization trial examinations will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow and Wednesday in Room 426 Lindley.
The long private talk with Mr Hall was Mr. Eisenhower's first admittedly political conference since his Sept. 24 heart attack.
Hall Optimistic
Mr. Hall said his optimism about Mr. Eisenhower's seeking re-election was based not only on the apparent good state of the President's health, but also "from his attitude and his interests in what is going on—interest that goes beyond today or tomorrow."
"I am happy to say that all reports about his condition have been confirmed," Mr. Hall tolds newsmen.
"He looks a million per cent. I've never seen him look better."
M. Hall predicted the President will run in 1956 "if he feels able" and that he will defeat the Democratic candidate by a bigger margin than in 1952, when Adlia E. Stevenson carried only nine states.
Mr. Hall said he also expects Vice President Richard M. Nixon to be Mr. Eisenhower's running mate in 1956. He emphasized that this was only his personal opinion.
The first in a series of Travel Coffees will be held at 4 p.m. today in the Music and Browsing Room of the Student Union. L. R. Lind, professor of Latin and Greek, will talk about his travels in Italy.
Mr. Hall, who always has been optimistic about prospects for the President's full recovery and his candidacy for a second term, was asked specifically if he felt better about these prospects after today's talk than he did before.
Travel Coffees To Begin Today
Other programs scheduled for this series includes James W. Drury, associate professor of political science, who will talk about Japan. Dec. 12; Walter Kollmorgen, professor of geography, who will speak on Germany, Jan. 9; and W. H. Shoemaker, professor of romance languages, who will talk on Spain, Feb. 13.
Davidson To Talk On Finland
"I feel better about it after the conference than before," he replied.
Finland will be the topic of slides shown by Dr. A.W. Davidson, chemistry professor and assistant dean of the graduate school, at the Bacteriology Club meeting at 8 p.m. Wednesday in 502 Snow. Dr. Davidson spent last year in Finland
Any student may take the examinations on either night. Tests will be given over sections 1-5 and 6-10.
Concert Set By Orchestra
The 80-piece University Symphony Orchestra will present its first formal concert at 3:30 p.m. Sunday in Hoch Auditorium, Russell L. Wiley, professor of band and orchestra, is director.
The concert includes three works: "Flight from the Harem," an overture by Mozart; "Symphony No. 7" by Beethoven and "Harold in Italy" by Berlioz. In this number, Klael Blaas, assistant professor of music theory and viola, will be viola soloist.
Student ID cards admit to the program. Others may buy tickets at the boxoffice.
Book Lecture 4 p.m. Friday
Prof. William B. Todd of Harvard University will speak at 4 p.m. Friday in Strong Auditorium in the third annual public lecture sponsored by Watson Library.
The topic of the talk will be "New Adventures Among Old Books; Problems in 18th Century Bibliography." Prof. Todd is the author of more than 50 articles on 18th century bibliography in American and English journals. In the course of his research, he has evolved new techniques in bibliographical analysis.
Prof. Todd is on the staff of the Houghton Library, Harvard's storehouse of rare books.
Minnesotan Seeks Change In Parties
Party financing and methods of nomination in the national political parties are in need of change. Byron H. Allen told the Kansas Citizenship Clearing House Friday and Saturday.
His speech is part of the yearlong program emphasizing the cultural and social progress of the 18th century. Watson Library has a special exhibit of English books of that period and several are relevant to the subject of the Todd lecture.
Mr. Allen, Minnesota commissioner of agriculture, said only 19,-000 persons contribute to party campaigns. He says he favors membership drives such as those used in churches to finance party activities.
Differences in the majority and minority parties were pointed out by William S. Bowers 2nd Congressional District Republican chairman and Marvin H. Hardner, state chairman of the Democratic party
Murphy Hits Cuts In 1956-57 Budget
Senior Piano Recital Will Be Tonight
Included in the program will be "Sonata, Opus 90" by Beethoven "Trois Images" by Debussy, "Poems of the Sea" by Bloch and "Etude, Opus 25, No.11," Three Mazurkas" and "Scherzo in C sharp Minor" by Chopin.
Beverly Phillips, Kansas City, Mo., senior, will be presented by the School of Fine Arts in a senior piano recital at 8 p.m. today in Strong Auditorium. The public is invited. There is no admission charge.
Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy predicted that cuts of more than $1 million in the proposed budgets of the University and the Medical Center for the 1956-57 fiscal year will be "substantially restored."
Albert T. Reid Dies At 83
Albert T. Reid, 83, retired political cartoonist and past vice president of the American Artists Professional League, died Saturday in New York City. He had suffered a broken hip Sept. 27.
In the early '30's, Mr. Reid presented a portion of his collection of original cartoons to the University and in recent years has added numerous items to his gift. Early in 1954, trustees of the William Allen White Foundation voted to establish a journalism historical center to display his cartoons and other collections acquired in the past decade.
A native of Concordia, Mr. Reid attended the University in the 1890s. His daughter, Mrs. Marianne Wild, also attended the University and is national president of the Pi Beta Phi social sorority.
Mr. Reid started his art career by winning a cartoon contest sponsored
Mr. Reid gained fame as a cartoonist, but his hope for fame originally was as a painter of early day scenes of Kansas frontier life.
by the late Senator Arthur Capper. In 1905, Mr. Reid founded the Leavenworth Post and was publisher until 1923. From 1908 to 1916, he was president and publisher of the Kansas Farmer in Topeka and was president of the Standard Farm Papers association in 1914 and 1915.
One of his cartoons, "Article Ten Wants Your Boy," was described by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts as the most powerful and effective political cartoon ever drawn. The cartoon helped direct public opinion against the United States entry into the League of Nations.
Of Mr. Reid, Dean Burton W. Marvin of the School of Journalism said, "I had been very well acquainted with him personally and had developed a deep personal regard for Mr. Reid. Although he lived in New York for many years, his heart obviously was in Kansas."
"And we were pleased that he was able to be with us on two memorable occasions in recent years. He established the core of the journalism of his own cartoons and originals historical center with the collection from leading cartoonists throughout the world. The Reid collection will stand as a perpetual memorial to this generous friend of the University and the School of Journalism."
Stateswomen's Club Plans Ham Dinner
The Stateswomen's Club will have a ham dinner at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6, in the English Room of the Student Union. The club is being revived after a lapse of several years.
The speaker at the dinner will be Dr. Francis Heller, associate professor of political science.
Dean Harold G. Barr of the School of Religion suffered a heart attack late Friday night and was admitted to the Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Hospital officials today gave his condition as "fair."
All Girls State alumnae are invited to attend the dinner and each organized house has a representative who can be contacted for tickets. The price is $1.50.
Barr Suffers Heart Attack
The total request made by the University was $8,926,622 and the Medical Center asked for $6,736,139. The University cuts were made in salaries, new programs, and capital improvements, which include parking lots, drives, walks, and a recreational area.
Chancellor Murphy and Dean W. Clarke Wescoe of the Medical School appealed Wednesday to the governor's budget committee. The cuts were made by State Budget Director James Bibb.
The governor's recommendations on the appeal will be presented Dec. 15 when the Senate and House ways and means committees meet.
"I will make no prediction as to the amount which the governor will restore, but I am sure it will be a substantial portion of the cuts," the Chancellor said. "These cuts were completely unrealistic in terms of growing enrollment."
The University has been accepted as an associate academic member of the Advertising Research Foundation, Dean Burton W. Marvin of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information was notified by ARF headquarters in New York City.
"So far as the Lawrence campus is concerned, our objection was to cutting out all of the items which would help students and upgrade faculty members. We strongly protested the reduction of practically all items of campus improvement. We are asking restoration of these, totalling approximately $250,000.
The Chancellor said that from one point of view the University is a great research and educational institution, but from the other viewpoint it is a city of 10,000.
"A city of this size needs parking space, utilities, sidewalks and major maintenance on buildings. Practically all of these requests were thrown out." He said the main Lawrence budget was generally accepted, but all of the so-called fringe items were eliminated.
KU Accepted As Member Of ARF
"At the Medical Center we are asking for the restoration of $182,000 for salaries and wages. Another protest was against the cut of the money needed to buy equipment for the psychiatric building. It will be completed in time for use in January. However, it must have equipment before it can go into operation."
The Universities of Washington and Iowa were accepted at the same time. Other academic members are the Universities of Notre Dame and Maryland and New York, Northwestern, Pennsylvania State and Rutgers Universities.
Papers and studies produced in the field of advertising by ARF are available for use by academic members. These will be very helpful in advertising courses in the School of Journalism, Dean Marvin pointed out.
Weather
Partly cloudy and cold west, generally fair, windy and cold east this afternoon, partly cloudy tonight. Considerable cloudiness Tuesday. Possibly light snow northwest tonight or Tuesday. Continued cold Tuesday. Low tonight 10 to 15 east to about 20 extreme west. High Tuesday generally in lower 30s.