Kansas State Historical Society Topeka, Ks.
Daily Hansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Monday, Nov. 21, 1955.
53rd Year, No.49
MILITARY BALL QUEEN CANDIDATES—One of these candidates will be chosen to reign over the Military Ball. From left, front row: Judy Howard, Salina junior; Nancy Shaver, Independence sophomore; Gimmy Ward, Hays junior; JoAnn Benton, Overland Park sophomore; Marcia Goodwin, Columbus sophomore; Phyllis Barnum, Kansas City,
Mo. sophomore. Back row: Barbara Koger, Belle
Plaine junior; Dianne Guyot, Arkansas City sophomore;
Joanne Thompson, Kansas City, Kan, freshman,
Lorenese Hunt, Liberal junior; Jean Faubion,
Hutchinson freshman, Carol Curt, Neodesha junior.
—(Daily Kansan Photo)
Dean To Attend Education Parley
Dean Kenneth E. Anderson of the School of Education will be one of 16 Kansas delegates at the White House Conference on Education Nov. 28-Dec. 1 in Washington, D.C.
The delegates, appointed by Gov. Fred Hall, will attend the first national meeting on schools called by a President. About 2,000 school leaders and laymen from 53 states and territories have been appointed.
A committee will report results of the conference to President Eisenhower. The report will include findings of state conferences.
Members of the committee from the University were Ethan P. Allen, professor of political science; Paul Malone, professor of economics; Herbert A. Smith, associate professor of education, and John W. Twente, professor of education.
Other members were Carl B. Althaus, executive secretary of the Kansas State School Board Association; William D. Wolfe, superintendent of Lawrence schools, and Charles F. Yeokum, who received his doctorate from the University in June. Mr. Yeokum's study on capital outlay expenditures in Kansas was incorporated in the committee's work.
Foreign Students Plan Trip
Foreign students will take a field trip to Olathe, Kan., Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 10 and 11. They will visit historical scenes and each student will be an overnight guest of an Olathe family. Chartered buses will leave the information booth in front of Flint Hall at 1:15 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10.
Weather
Fair and continued mild today. Partly cloudy northwest with scattered flurries extreme northwest otherwise generally fair tonight. Tuesday partly cloudy. Colder west and extreme north. High today 60-75 northeast to around 80 extreme southwest.
10 Die In Air Force Crash Of Cargo Plane In Iwo Jima
By UNITED PRESS
Hometown Writers To Meet 4:30 p.m.
Ten persons were killed in the crash of a U.S. Air Force C-12 Globemaster in Iwo Jima Sunday. One survived.
The hometown correspondents, a division of Statewide Activities, will meet at 4:30 p.m. today in the Pine Room of the Student Union to organize their program.
Kay Wright, Columbus sophomore and chairman of the correspondents, will explain how the reporters can get their news tips.
Last year's string books will be on display.
Francisco To Speak In Topeka
Stanford Offers Journalism Grants
The Little Symphony Orchestra, directed by Dean Thomas Gorton of the School of Fine Arts, will present a concert of Mozart works at 8 p.m. today in Strong Auditorium. There is no admission charge.
The Stanford University department of communications and journalism is offering graduate scholarships in journalism for the 1956-57 academic year. The scholarships carry awards from $1,200 to $2,400 and total $11,800.
Mozart Concert Set For 8 p.m.
Requests for information should be addressed to the executive head, department of communication and journalism. Stanford University. Stanford, Calif. Jan. 15 is the deadline for applications.
John Francisco, Massillon, Ohio, sophomore, and University halfback, will speak on "Mixing Christianity and Sports" at the Topeka Men's Brotherhood Wednesday. Francisco plans to enter the ministry after he receives his degree. He is serving as assistant pastor of a Lawrence church.
The survivor, whose name was withheld, was flown to Japan a few hours after the crash and was being treated at the U.S. Air Force hospital at Tachikawa near Tokyo.
The only survivor in the crash suffered "extremely serious burns," the Air Force said today.
The Globemaster crashed seconds after takeoff at Central Air Base on the famed World War II battle site.
Frank K. McKleven, Seattle CAB representative, said investigators would "get into the meat" of the DC-4 probe within the next few days.
The bodies were brought down from the snow-capped mountain by a sheriff's posse of 17 men on horseback. The posse said four of the bodies were found burned inside the plane and the remainder had been thrown in front of the plane by the impact of the crash.
Twenty-one of 47 survivors were still hospitalized with only Cpl. J. S. Thomas of Philadelphia listed in "grave" condition from severe burns.
In Nevada, a mounted posse today returned the bodies of 14 persons killed in the crash of an Air Force C-54 transport plane atop towering Mt. Charleston Friday.
In Seattle, Wash., CAB investigators searched for "specific evidence in the probe of the crash of a DC-4 last Friday in which 27 of the 74 persons aboard died.
The wreckage was under military guard in suburban Seattle near Boeing Airfield.
Workman Iniured In Fall
James Belshe of 1400 New Jersey St., building and grounds employee, received a serious back injury this morning in a fall at the old journalism building. He was taken to Watkins Hospital where his condition was described as good.
Homecoming Ends; Everyone's Happy
A much abused Missouri Tiger, whose fall to the Kansas Jayhawks was predicted in colorful house decorations, was the scapegoat in one of the most successful Kansas Homecoming celebrations in recent years.
400 Sing, Play In KU Vespers
Beautiful and impressive musical vespers were given yesterday afternoon in Hoch Auditorium. The annual program, the 121st of a series, was presented by 400 University musicians.
Four choral groups sang compositions by Mozart, in keeping with the University's "Age of Mozart" festival.
The University Symphony Orchestra, directed by Russell L Wiley, professor of band and orchestra, opened the program with "Symphony No. 7" by Beethoven.
The University women's Glee Club sang "Alleluja" and "Ave Maria," accompanied at the piano by Peggy McMullen, Great Bend junior. "Sie ist dahin" and "Selig selig alle" were selections by the University men's Glee Club, which was accompanied by Norman Chapman, Brandon, Canada, junior.
Carol Cunningham, Russell senior, was soloist with the KO Chorale, which sang "Vesperae Solemnes de Confessore."
The A Cappella Choir sang "God is our Refuge," "Ave Verum Corpus" and "Justum Deduxit Dominus." The last two were sung with organ accompaniment by Robert Schaaf, Herington junior.
Clayton Krehbiel, assistant professor of music education, directed the choral groups.
The concert band, directed by Prof. Wiley, closed the program with Mendelssohn's "Overture for Band."
Debate Winners Announced
Kenneth Irby, Fort Scott and Jack Gorelick, Kansas City, Kan. sophomores, won first place in an intra-squad debate tournament conducted yesterday in Green Hall.
Robert Kimball, Kansas City, Kan. and John Eland, Topeka, juniors, won second place. The teams of Hugh Bruner, Olathe sophomore and William Hagman Jr., Pittsburg junior, and John Knightly, Hutchinson and Ralph Seger, Topeka sophomores, tied for third.
Their debate topic was, "Resolved, that the non-agricultural industries should guarantee their employees an annual wage."
KU Defeats MU-In Debate, Too
Another KU team won a victory over the University of Missouri during homecoming weekend.
The debate team of John Eland, Topeka, and Robert Kimball, Kansas City, Kan., both juniors, won over Paul Stark and Ralph Nichols of MU Friday night in Green Hall.
The audience voted for the KU team 9-17 for audience influence and 5-18 on merits of debating.
The topic was "Resolved, that the non-agricultural industries should guarantee their employees an annual wage."
Homecoming, 1955 style, included the traditional festivities for alumni and students, with the addition of one new event.
Several hundred persons gathered at the practice field south of Allen Field House Friday afternoon to honor senior members of the football team at the "Last Tackle." In the first ceremony of its kind at the University, cheerleaders, students, and alumni cheered the seniors before the last game of their collegiate football career.
Members of organized houses worked feverishly Friday to complete decorations before judging began at 7 p.m. Hundreds of cars toured the campus before and after the Homecoming Follies Friday night and again Saturday morning,
14.000 See Wilt
Following the game H. W. "Bill" Hargiss, coach of the 1930 football team which won the Big Six Conference championship, introduced 21 members of the team and his former assistant coach. Mike Getto,
More than 14,000 students and alumni crowded into Allen Field House Friday night to see the debut of Wilt Chamberlain in the annual Frosh-Varsity game, preceding the Homecoming Follies. The 7-foot player from Philadelphia outdid his advance publicity as he scored 42 points to lead the freshmen to an unprecedented victory. 87-71.
The cheerleaders staged a brief rally to bolster spirit and pep before the Follies, "Leftovers of 1955" was presented.
Marjorie Mahoney, Russell sophomore, reigned as queen, attended by Ann Straub, Chicago junior, and Sherlie Steffens, Kansas City, Kan., sophomore.
Acts included in the Follies were a French can-can dance by 22 freshman women, a scene from the recent University Theatre production, "Fienic," songs by the Jay-hawk Quartet, two commercials, presentation of the 1919 Homecoming Queen, and an escape artist.
Angel Flight Drills
Other acts were the Angel Flight drill team, an oriental pep rally, a dance by a group of North College women dressed as the Mack Sennett girls, the Delta Upsilon fraternity combo, and a serenade by Pi Beta Phi sorority and Beta Theta Pi fraternity.
The highlight of the Homecoming celebration was the football game Saturday afternoon when victory-hungry alumni and students saw the Jayhawkers defeat arch-rival Missouri, 13-7. Half-time ceremonies included the presentation of the queen and her attendants and the announcements of the winners in the house decoration contest.
First place winners were Alpha Phi, in the sorority division; Pi Kappa Alpha, fraternity division; Douthart Hall, independent women's division; and Carruth-O'-Leary, independent men's division.
The other winners:
Sorority division, Gamma Phi Beta, second; Alpha Delta Pi, third; Delta Gamma, fourth. Fraternity division, Sigma Phi Epsilon, second; Delta Tau Delta, third; Phi Kappa Sigma, fourth. Independent women's, North College Hall, second; Miller Hall, third; Sellards Hall, fourth. Independent men's, Oread Hall, second; Jollife Hall, third; Theta Tau, fourth.
Les Brown's "Band of Renown" played for a capacity crowd which filled the Student Union Ballroom and the balcony at the dance Saturday night, climaxing the Homecoming celebration.