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Kansas State Historical Society Topeka, Ks.
Daily Hansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Monday, Oct. 31, 1955.
53rd Year, No. 34
Revue Expenses To Be Limited, Group Decides
A limit on the amount of money houses may spend in producing Rock Chalk Revue skirts will be set this year. This was decided at a joint meeting last week by Joan Sherar, Paola senior, and James Lowe, Winfield senior, the presidents of Panhellenic and Interfraternity councils, Joe Muller, Winter Park, Fla. senior, producer of the Revenue, and William Allaway, YMCA general secretary.
This action will be taken because of some of the financial problems and excessive expenditures incurred by houses in previous years. The limit will be based on average production costs for typical settings and costumes and actual expenses of houses which have presented skins in the past. The limit will be announced as soon as possible.
The YMCA has agreed to divide 10 per cent of the net proceeds among the houses participating in this year's show, Mr. Allaway announced. Muller commented that this will give the participating groups stock in the Revue and should encourage groups to take a more active interest in the show as a whole.
Race Horse Owner Slain
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.—(U.P.)Detectives questioned today members of the "Duchess of Windsor set" in an intensive investigation of the fatal shooting of multi-millionaire William Woodward Jr., 35-year-old owner of the famous racehorse, Nashua, by his ex-model wife.
Mrs. Woodward, the daughter of a middle class Pittsburgh, Kan., family, married the banking heir in Tacoma, Wash., in 1943. They had two children, William III, 11, and James, 7, who were reported to have been taken to the Manhattan home of their paternal grandmother after the tragedy.
Krehbiel Wins Title Of 'Biggest Bum On Hill'
OUCH! IT HURTS!—Joan Sherar, Paola, and Julianne Keeter, Clovis, N.M., both seniors, are taking a sample of blood from the fingers of Kenneth Westerlin and John Holland, Pittsburgh High School students. The two girls, students in bacteriology, are preparing to find the blood types of the two boys at the fourth annual Science and Mathematics Day Saturday.—(Daily Kansan Photo)
Clayton Krehbiel, assistant professsor of music education, was voted the "Biggest Bum on the Hill" at a dance sponsored by the Independent Student Association.
During the program, Prof. Krehbiel was given a hat honoring him as the "biggest bum." He succeeds Prof. John Ise, retired professor of economics, now at Goucher College in Baltimore, Md.
Other honors went to Lawrence W. Updegre, Lewis sophomore, and Sarah L. Meredith, Isabel junior, who were chosen "Mr. and Miss Bum."
A total of $24.03 was raised by the voting at a penny a vote. The money will be given to the Campus Chest fund.
Some difficulty arose in the voting when the counters ran across a Mexican peso dropped into one of the boxes. Several sources were checked before the value of the coin in American money was established.
TRICK OR TREAT-Tom Coolidge, Topeka freshman in the School of Medicine, appears uneasy upon meeting a laboratory companion. Halloween or not, his right hand is poised to close the door.
—(Kansan Photo by Gordon Hudelson)
Bulletin
LONDON—(U.P.) A royal announcement said tonight that Princess Margaret will not wed RAF Group Capt. Peter Townsend.
8 KU Winners In Design Show
Five University students and three faculty members were among 19 persons who won $735 in prizes at the second annual Kansas Designer Craftsman Show which opened Sunday in the Student Union.
The winners and seven honorable mentions were announced by Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy at a reception opening the show. Examples shown were in ceramics, metal work, silversmithing, jewelry, enameing, fired clay, stone, wood or metal sculpture, bookbinding, textiles, furniture, and woodturning.
Merle Smith, Minneapolis junior, won the $50 first place award in the metal sculpture division, and Joyce Ronald, Mitchell, S.D., graduate student, won the $25 second place award in the textiles division with place mats. Louis Brent Kington, Topeka junior, won the $30 second place award in the jewelry division with a ring, and Richard Fanolio, Kansas City, Mo., junior, won the $15 fourth place award in that division. He also entered a ring. Wilbur Russell Jeffries, Lawrence senior, won honorable mention with a brooch.
Wins First Prize
Faculty winners were Alexander Boyle, instructor of design, $50 first place award in the textiles division with a printed fabric; Eldon Teft. assistant professor of design, $25 second place in the metal sculpture division; and Robert Montgomery, assistant instructor of design, $20 award in the jewelry division.
Faculty Winners
Judges were Miss Alma Lundgren, Berea, Ky., designer for Churchill Weavers, and Frederick Miller, Cleveland, Ohio, silversmith and instructor at the Cleveland Art Institute.
The show will run through Nov 22 in the Student Union lounge.
Moon Rocket Trip In 25 Years Seen
"I think a trip to the moon is possible within the next quarter century," Dr. Richard W. Porter, communication and control consultant of the General Electric Company, said at the fourth annual Science and Mathematics Day Saturday.
800 Visitors See Science Day
More than 800 high school students, teachers, and parents were welcomed to the fourth annual Science and Mathematics Day, Saturday by Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy.
Pointing to a rapidly growing need for competent young "creative" mathematicians and scientists, the chancellor said the measure of the country's strength is not the number of its troops, but the quality of its science.
Dr. Murphy cautioned against a "growing tendency to confuse 'gadgety' with science." He emphasized the necessity of mathematics to science and told students that America's economic future is tied to the strength of her scientific effort.
"It's the one significant shield the American people can wrap around themselves to achieve national se curity," he said.
Exhibits Visited
Guests spent the day listening to speakers and visiting the various exhibits and displays set up by the science and mathematics departments.
A luncheon and entertainment for the students was held in the Student Union Ballroom and the teachers attended a luncheon in the Kansas Room of the Union.
The largest group present was the 86 students from Wyandotte High School in Kansas City, Kan. The second largest were the 85 from Topeka High School. Third were 47 students from Columbus.
Students traveling the farthest to attend the fair were six students and two sponsors from Dodge City High School and five Hays High School students and sponsors.
Weather
Increasing cloudiness is forecast for the northwest today and over the state tonight, with colder weather in the extreme northwest this afternoon and west and north central tonight accompanied by increasing northerly winds. Snow or rain changing to snow is forecast for the northwest and extreme west tonight. Warmer weather is in store for the east and south today and east tonight. Tuesday will be cloudy and much colder with occasional snow in the northwest and rain changing to snow in the northeast. The high today will be in the 60s northwest to 70s elsewhere.
Dr. Porter told of the expected accomplishments of rocket power.
"Present satellite projects may pave the way for establishing a higher satellite—one that will encircle the earth and stay up for two weeks to two years," he said.
"This satellite will be used as a base radio relay station—a stopping off base to the moon," Dr. Porter, a KU graduate, said.
Speaks On Polio Vaccine
Earlier on the morning program, Dr. H. A. Wenner, professor of pediatrics, spoke on the "Developments of the Salk Polio Vaccine."
Dr. Wenner traced the development of the Salk anti-polio vaccine, pointing out that poliomyelitis has changed since 1930 from a disease principally affecting children under 2, to one which usually attacks persons between the ages of 5 and 15.
Dr. Wenner called the Salk vaccine "one of the greatest medical discoveries in recent years," and predicted that the vaccine will be perfected in the near future.
Life In Other Worlds
Dr. P. C. Sylvester-Bradley, visiting Rose Morgan professor, spoke on "Life in Other Worlds."
He said that life on other worlds is unlikely in our solar system, but highly probable on 100 million other worlds within our vision.
"Intelligent beings are more likely to have four, six, or eight legs than two," he said, "since man is somewhat of an evolutionary accident."
In his talk Dr. Porter made several predictions that startled the audience.
He said he believed in 50 years man will know about unlimited sources of energy on the earth.
"This power will last as long as the earth lasts, will be so cheap it will not need to be metered, and will produce and endless supply of food, textiles and other products," he said.
Predicts Freedom From Drudgery
Another prediction was that in the next half century "man will be free from the drudgery of unimaginative tasks. Already the assembly line, mail sorting and clerking jobs are being eliminated," he said.
He added that automatic mechanization will not mean fewer jobs, but will result in "more work and more stimulating work."
"In the near future considerable military pressure - will force the United States to withdraw from all her foreign bases," the scientist said.
This will not cripple the defense of the nation, he added. "Rockets serve as the major defensive weapons of the nation in the near future," he said.
Rocket Intercepts Aircraft He told the students about a military rocket that intercepts and destroys enemy aircraft.
Becky Doesn't Go To School To Get A College Degree
Rebecca Schear, or Becky, as she is known to her friends, is short, cute, and dark-haired. For two years she has been going to classes just like anyone else.
She sits through lectures on Shakespeare. Milton, disorganized society, and the art of writing plays. But she never answers class roll and she never takes notes.
Instead, she quietly draws pictures, or works a number puzzle. Sometimes she stamps letters with a printing set.
She really looks forward to play writing because the class meets informally around a table. There's a lot of room to work jigsaw puzzles or to use her water colors.
Her activities have never caused any calamities, but once, members of Walter Moserve's American Literature class were amused when her soap bubbles floated from the back of the room. But everyone understood.
Becky, who attends classes with her mother, Mrs. Bernice Schear, is five and a half years old.