Kansas State Historical Society Topeka, Ks.
Daily Hansan
Monday, Nov. 7, 1955.
53rd Year, No. 39
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TRIBUTE TO "DADDY" FLINT—Cancellor Murphy, Ralph Hemenway, and Dean Marvin look at the plaque naming the journalism building for Leon N. "Daddy" Flint during the dedication Saturday. (Debbie Kaganen, Photo.)
—(Daily Kansan Photo)
Flint Hall Dedicated; W.C. Simons Honored
More than 300 Kansas editors attended the dedication of the journalism building as Flint Hall Saturday in honor of the late Leon Nelson Flint, teacher and head of the department of journalism from 1906 to.1946.Mr.Flint died Sept.30.
The late Wilford Collins Simons, founder of the Lawrence Journal-World, was named the 39th member of the Kansas Newspaper Hall of Fame in another feature of the annual Kansas Editors' Day.
Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy, in the official dedication, said "In dedicating this building we bring together two great names in journalism, that of William Allen White and Prof. Flint. A great part of the secret of the extraordinary success of KU journalism graduates is to be found in the dedicated life of Leon Nelson Flint."
Gives Main Address
Ralph Memenway, editor and publisher of the Minneapolis Messenger, gave the principal address at the ceremonies.
Mr. Hemenway said a nearly defunct local organization called the "Scoop Club" was reorganized in fraternity form and with a similar organization at DePauw University which furnished the inspiration for the venture, formed the Alpha and Beta (KU's group was the latter) chapters of Sigma Delta Chi. SDX, Mr. Hemenway said, was the brain child of Paul W. Harvey, an outstanding student of Prof. Flint.
Mr. Hemenway, a close personal friend of Prof. Flint and one of his first editing students, talked about the era from 1906, when Prof. Flint joined the faculty to teach journalism, to his retirement in 1946, and he traced the development of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information from its beginnings as part of the department of English.
Tells Of Efforts
Charles Pearson, city editor of the Topeka Daily Capital and former member of the journalism faculty, spoke in behalf of the journalism alumni, and told of a four-year effort to honor Prof. Flint by having the building named after him. He said such alumni as Ben Hibbs of the Saturday Evening Post and Chet Shaw of Newsweek helped, along with numerous Kansas newspapermen and women.
Mr. Pearson portrayed "Daddy" Flint as a man who "got jobs for promising journalism students who flunked out of school because they spent too much time on
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Pennock Rites To Be Tomorrow
Funeral services for Guy Marion Pennick, 68, Daily Kansan foreman, will be held at 3 p.m. tomorrow in the Rumsey Funeral Home, 601 Indiana St. The Rev. Harold G. Barr will officiate. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Pennock, one of the University Press' oldest employees, began work April 7, 1911. Since Aug. 4 he had been on sick leave. He underwent surgery Aug. 30, and had intended to return to work Dec. 1.
Mr. Pennock
He collapsed at the corner of 7th and Massachusetts Streets about 10 a.m. Saturday and was pronounced dead on arrival at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Rose Pennock of the home; two sons, Guy Pennock, Jr., Tulsa, Okla., and Carman Pennock, Pittsburg, and a sister, Mrs. Laura Linns, Houston, Tex.
Active pall bearers will be Neil Larsen, George E. Barnes, Theodore J. Gray, David Vequist, Roland Guikley, and Robert Jaeger, University Press employees.
Honorary pallbearers will be Everett G. Stith, Ottawa and H. Dorwin Hart of Lawrence, former University Press employees; Thos. C. Rythner, University Press superintendent, and John J. Verburg, William E. Hoffmann, and Ralph Clochon, employees.
Weather
Violin Concert Scheduled For 8 Wednesday
Partly cloudy, windy, and colder this afternoon. Generally fair tonight and Tuesday. Diminishing winds tonight. Colder west and central tonight. Continued quite cool Tuesday. Low tonight in 20s. High Tuesday 45 to 50.
Joseph Knitzer, violinist, will present a concert at 8 p.m. Wednesday, in Strong Auditorium. The concert is free to the public.
The program will include the Vivaldi "Sonata in D major" in the Respighi transcription, "Sonata in E minor" by Paganiens, the Brahms "Sonata in D minor" and shorter works.
Mr. Knitzer made his debut as a soloist with the New York Symphony Orchestra when he was 14.
He attended the Institute of Musical Art where he was graduated with highest honors, and the Juilliard Graduate School. He won the Walter Naumberg award in 1934 and later the $1,000 prize of the National Federation of Music Clubs.
Mr. Knitzer has made many New York appearances in recital and with orchestra. He has been soloist with the Cleveland Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia and Atlanta Symphony Orchestras, and others. He has appeared on broadcasts for the Kraft and the Ford Radio Hours.
KU, Kansas State Swap Cheerleaders
It's rare when two rival schools swap cheerleaders but that's what KU and K-State did Saturday.
Vincent Bilotta, East Orange, N.J. sophomore, transferred to the University last spring from Kansas State and became first alternate on the cheerleading squad. This fall he won a place on the squad when Phil Stiles, Hutchinson senior, left to go to K-State
Eoth Sigma Chi's, the men participated in a "changing of the sweaters" ceremony at the Sigma Chi house Saturday before the game.
Stiles became the head cheerleader there.
Chi O, DU Win Carnival Awards
Characters from "Alice in Wonderland" mimicking modern TV commercials and a parody of the movie, "Pete Kelley's Blues," were the themes for Chi Omega sorority and Delta Upsilon fraternity, judged the two best booths at the Student Union Carnival Saturday.
They Got Their Wildcat, And The Last Laugh, Too
Kansas State rooters finally got that wildcat back Saturday.
But after taking a look at the first quarter score in the football game between the Jayhawkers and the Wildcats, K-State fans thought KU needed the animal more than K-State.
William White, Overland Park sophomore, admitted mastermind of the successful catnapping, returned he wildcat to the K-State cheerleaders in grand style, but they promptly gave it back.
Phil Stiles, head. K-State cheerleader, conferred with Gerry Day, president of the student body, and then carried the much-publicized wildcat back to the KU cheering section.
"Maybe you need the cat more than we do," he yelled into a loud speaker. "We are ahead 26-0. That what's really counts. Bring it back whenever you want to."
Secretive To End
White was secretive up to the last minute about the return of the cat. Early rising conspirators had hidden the animal in a large pit at one end of the stadium, which is covered with boards. The pit is used once a year as a water hazard in the Kansas Relays. The cat, which had been with a Kansas City, Mo., veterinarian, was kept at White's home in Overland Park Friday night.
The Kansas State rooters took the wildcat home after their effort to "console the pride of KU rooters."
One K-State cheerleader said:
"The way the score was going,
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Honorable mention went to Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority for "Hoody Dowdy Time", and to Phi Gamma Delta fraternity for "Cafe La Abbeya."
Barbara Hauck, Kansas City,
Kan, sophomore, representing
Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, was
crowned queen. Her attendants
were Sallie Callender, Kansas
City, Kan, junior, Chi Omega, and
Barbara Golden, Kansas City,
Kan, sophomore, Delta Gamma.
The winner of the "Little Man on the Campus" contest was Chris Divich, Doland, S.D., senior.
Jane Harrison. Downs sophomore and chairman of the Chi Omega carnival committee, accepted the first place trophy for "Alice in TV Land" from John Cooke, Overland Park sophomore, master of ceremonies. Sheila Nation, Chanute sophomore, and Janie Kibler, Topeka junior, were directors of the sorority's skit.
The Delta Upsilon trophy for "Pete Skelley's Blues" was accepted by Jack Guyant, Kansas City, Mo., senior and writer-director of the production.
Watson library will hold a Kansas Hour for foreign students from 7:30 to 8:15 p.m. Wednesday in the Kansas Room of Watson Library.
Beginning after the KU-K-State football game, more than 2,000 persons visited the carnival booths until they closed at 9:30 p.m. A dance followed.
Young women dressed in clown costumes and carrying balloons paraded in the stadium during the football game to advertise the carnival.
Library To Hold Kansas Hour
Lawrence Color Camera Club slides of Kansas scenes will be shown by Miss Carol Martin, president, with Miss Helen Rhodia Hoopes, assistant professor emerita of English, as narrator. Selections from the library's collection of Kansas books will be displayed.
HOLD THAT WILDCAT—Two K-State students return by the KU catnappers during the game, gingerly lift the cage of Touchdown IV after his
—(Daily Kansan Photo)