Kansas State Historical Society Topoka, Ks.
Daily hansan
53rd Year, No. 42
Thursday, Nov. 10, 1955.
Adlai To Wear Or Throw Hat Next Tuesday
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WASHINGTON — (U.P.) - Adlai E. Stevenson is expected to announce his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination next Tuesday and friends say Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn.) will throw his hat in the ring in about three weeks.
Stevenson's Chicago headquarters announced last night that the former Illinois governor will make his intentions known Tuesday instead of the following Saturday as previously scheduled. Workers in his buzzing headquarters expressed confidence he will run.
Close associates of Sen. Kefauver represented the Tennesseean as having made up his mind to seek the nomination. They said he is driving to clean up some official duties before donning a candidate's mantle.
Mr. Stevenson was due to confer with Sen. Kefauver, who was an unsuccessful aspirant for the 1952 nomination won by Mr. Stevenson. The reports encouraged discussion of a possible Stevenson-Kefauver ticket.
Kefauver's friends said the two unannounced candidates might meet to chat as they have in the past, but they said such a talk have no effect on Kefauver's candidacy for the top spot on the Democratic ticket.
Veterans Day Program Set
Men who lost their lives in the service of their country will be honored in a Veterans Day service from 10:45 to 11:05 a.m. tomorrow at Memorial Campanile.
Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy is excusing classes for 10 minutes so students may participate in the service.
The ceremony will open with playing of chimes. An honor guard, composed of members of the Army, Navy, and Air Force ROTC units, will arrive at the campanile.
Dr. Murphy will speak, and John H. Patton, professor of religion, will offer a prayer.
James D. Atkinson, president of the University Veterans Organization, will lay a wreath at the base of the campanile while taps are played. Chimes will be played until 11:05 a.m. as the students return to classes.
Veterans Day, formerly known as Armistice Day in memory of the ending of World War I. was changed to its present name after World War II.
Vaccine Gets Blame For Polio Outbreak
WASHINGTON — (O.R.)-The U.S. Public Health Service announced in a final report today that live polio virus was found in all six suspected lots of Cutter vaccine which caused more than 150 polio cases last spring.
It also revealed some type II and III virus was found in a seventh lot but that this "probably did not cause" any polio cases.
Correction
The motion picture, "Martin Luther" will be shown at 8 p.m. today and 4 p.m. tomorrow in Strong Auditorium. The time given to the Wednesday issue of the Daily Kansan was incorrect.
House Decoration Deadline Is Today
Today is the deadline for registration for the 1955 Homecoming house decorations, according to Denmar Cope, economics instructor and assistant chairman of the house decorations committee.
House representatives should register in Mr. Cope's office, 214 Strong, and include a sketch of the proposed decoration and the theme or motto with the entry.
Navy To Offer OCS Program
Members of the Kansas City area Naval Officer Information team will visit KU on Nov. 15, 16 and 17, to explain the Navy's officer candidate programs. The meetings will be held in the Student Union.
The Navy team will talk with college men who can qualify for Naval Aviation Cadets, the new Aviation Officer Candidate or Officer Candidate programs.
Each of these programs offers a commission in the Navy after completion of the required training.
To qualify for the Naval Cadet program candidates must be between 18 and 25 years of age, have 60 semester hours of college credit and be unmarried.
A candidate must be 19 and not yet 26 years of age and have a baccalaureate degree or be within 90 days of receipt, to qualify for the Aviation Officers program.
For both programs he must be a citizen of the United States and be physically and mentally qualified.
Acceptable applicants will be appointed ensigns in the Naval Reserve upon completion of the four month pre-flight school at Pensacola, Fla. Pre-flight is followed by eight months basic flight training and six months advanced training as an officer with flight pay and full allowances.
OCS Program
To qualify for the Officers Candidate program, the candidates must be 19 and not yet 27 years of age, must be a citizen of the United States, and must have a baccalaureate degree or be within six months of receipt.
This program is designed for those desiring to become officers of the Naval Reserve.
The campus postoffice will be closed all day tomorrow in observance of Veterans Day. There will be no pick-up and sending of mail during the day.
Four months of training is offered at the Officer Candidate School, Newport, R.I. Upon completion of this school, the graduate will be commissioned an ensign.
Kansas—Provisional cold wave warnings west and north portions. Increasing cloudiness this afternoon and over most of state tonight and Friday. Increasing west to northwesterly winds this afternoon and tonight. Winds shifting to strong northerly, turning much colder, and rain changing to snow spreading over west and north portions Friday with temperatures likely reaching cold wave proportions by Saturday morning. Low tonight in 30s northwest to 40s in southeast. High Friday near 50 in southeast and in 40s elsewhere.
Weather
Dean T. DeWitt Carr of the School of Engineering and Architecture wil speak to the Engineering Council at 7:30 p.m. today in the dean's office.
Dean Carr To Speak
Post Office To Close Fridav
Whitney Named Acting Dean
WE'RE THE WHEELS—Peggy Whitney, Topeka senior, takes a phone call in her capacity of Dean for a Day as her assistant, Marjorie Heard, Russell senior, looks on. Miss Whitney was elected yesterday at All Women's Day ceremonies.—(Daily Kansan Photo)
Kansans Get Bigger Chunk Of 1954 Personal Income
Kansans earned a bigger than usual chunk of the nation's total personal income in 1954, the Bureau of Business Research reports in the in the October issue of its magazine. Kansas Business Review
Using U. S. Department of Commerce statistics, the bureau figured that Kansans earned $3,417,600,000 in 1954 for 1.2 per cent of the total national "personal income," a percentage surpassed in only 2 of the 10 years since 1945.
The figure for Kansas ranked 25th among all the states. New York was first, with $34 billion, and Nevada last with $507 million.
In neighboring states, Nebraska's personal income figure was 6.2 per cent greater than in 1953, and Missouri and Oklahoma both exceeded the national average increase. The increase for Kansas was 4.4 per cent. Missouri's total personal incomelast year was more than twice as large as that of any other state in the area.
The figures for personal income were derived from newly revised estimates of income by states from 1929 to 1954. Previous estimates of individual income had been reworked to fit the "personal income" concept. This concept is that the state personal income is the current income received by residents from all sources and includes in addition to cash income several types of income in kind.
This is in contrast with the per capita income concept of the total personal income divided by the total population.
On the per capita basis, Kansas earned 2.2 per cent more than in 1953 and 45.1 per cent more than 10 years ago. The $1,689 per capita income figure is below the 1952 per capita income in Kansas record of $1,719. That year the reached its highest per cent of the national average, 99.8 per cent.
Among all states, Kansas ranked 21st in 1954 per capita personal income, ranking above all four neighbor states.
WichitaU.Asks For $3 Million Loan
WICHITA — (U.P) — Harry F. Corbin, president of the University of Wichita, announced today he has filed application with the Federal government for a $3,013,500 loan to finance construction of a student union building and additional dormitories on the campus.
Authority to make the application was granted yesterday by the Board of Regents.
CCUN To Meet Nov. 20
CCUN will have an informal meeting at 8 p.m. Nov. 20 at the home of Dr. Clifford P. Ketzel, assistant professor of political science. The organization and its future programs will be discussed.
Peggy Whitney, Topeka senior, was elected Dean-for-a-Day yesterday afternoon following the All Women's Day talk in "Does It Matter?" by Mrs. Ruth O. McCarn, assistant dean of students at the University of Chicago. The assistant dean is Marjorie Heard, Russell senior.
The student deans took over the duties of Miss Martha Peterson, Dean of Women, and Miss Mary Peg Hardman, assistant Dean of Women, today. Miss Petersen and Miss Hardman attended the student deans' classes.
Normal Office Routine
This morning "Dean" Whitney held office appointments while Miss Heard placed young women in on and off campus jobs. Both attended a Panhellenic luncheon at noon for Mrs. Ruth Grege, a member of the nation conference, who is on the campus.
Miss Whitney presided at the residence halls' counselors meeting in the Dean of Women's office at one o'clock. She and Miss Heard will attend a Panhellenic tea at four o'clock for Mrs. Greeg.
Both acting deans will attend a Mortar Board dinner at 6 p.m. today in the Fraser Hall dining room.
Election Announced Yesterday
The results of the election were announced at the All Women's Day picnic dinner in the Student Union Ballroom yesterday.
After the Dean-for-a-Day candidates were introduced at an AWS afternoon meeting in Fraser Hall, Mrs. McCarn, stressing personal standards and values, suggested that each young woman ask herself four questions. They were: (1) What kind of person am I? (2) What kind of person do I want to be in 10 or 15 years? (3) If I want to change myself, what can I do? (4) What can I rely on?
The speaker proposed a study of behavior and character because she believes character is neglected. "The unexamined life is not worth living," she said. "You young women must have an optimistic attitude."
Mrs. McCarn stressed the importance of having friends." They support us in daily life," she said.
Speaking about morality, Mrs. McCarn said that it shows maturity. "It is within the individual as well as society."
In conclusion the speaker urged the young women to think about her four questions for "they make navigation possible."
Hall Backs Health Officer In State Baby Controversy
TOPEKA—(U.R.)-Gov. Fred Hall today entered a controversy over the confidential nature of registrations of new-born babies in Kansas.
He asserted his policy was to forbid "any state officer, board or commission to make any public record confidential unless the law so provides."
However, he said a regulation of the Kansas board of health apparently is supported by a 1951 state law, and the Governor added:
"Perhaps the law is wrong. If so, any criticism should be directed to the Legislature and not to the state board of health."
from publishing lists of infants. The newspaper asked the board to review its regulation when it meets Saturday at Lawrence.
William M. Busch, state registrar of vital statistics and attorney for the board, interpreted the 1951 statute as barring state and local registrars from disclosing names of newborn babies and their parents.
The Tooneka State Journal and the Kansas Press Association claimed the ruling prevented newspapers
The Press Association's president and its general manager charged the ruling as "an unthinkable act of secrecy by a governmental bureau."
The joint statement of Henry B. Jameson of Abilene, KPA president, and Larry Miller of Topeka, its manager, said "the public's right to know is seriously threatened by the state board of Health's ruling that newspapers must not be allowed to publish names of new-born babies and their parents."
Mr. Busch said the ruling had no such implication. Newspapers, he said, can get names of babies from hospitals.
"Most of them do," he said. "It is our contention and the law states it is a violation to give out names or information taken from birth certificates."