Kansas State Historical Society Topoka, Ks.
Daily Hansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
53rd Year, No.26
Wednesday, Oct. 19, 1955.
Petitions Due Thursday For Frosh Elections
Only two petitions have been filed for the primary election for freshman class officers and All Student Council representatives said Jim Miller, Merriam senior and ASC election committee chairman.
Petitions for the primary election Oct. 26 must be submitted to Miller by midnight Thursday. Nonpartisan candidates for ASC offices must also file petitions by that deadline.
The petition must include the candidate's name and office and must be signed by 25 freshmen. If the candidate's name does not appear on the general election ballot, the $1 fee which must accompany the petition will be returned.
Freshmen may file petitions for class president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, and ASC senator and representative.
The polls will be open from 7:3 am. to 6 p.m. They will be locatee in Strong Hall rotunda, Student Union lobby, Fraser, Marvin, and Malott Halls. Identification and party membership cards must be shown to vote.
Two members of each politics party will work at the polls all day this year, instead of changing every two hours. Miller said. Counting of ballots will begin at 4 p.m.
Wins Car,
Not $32,000
NEW YORK—(U.P.)—Pudgy Paddy Keough, a 62-year-old baseball expert who blew $2,000 on a TV quiz show by striking out in the clutch, was taking his loss in stride today.
Mr. Keough, the first loser at a level above $5,000 on CBS "The $64,000 Question" muffed a query in his baseball category last night and wound up with a Cadillac as consolation prize.
His failure cost him the $16.000 he had built up during his preceding weeks on the program.
Keough, who sat in stunned silence as he was chauffered offstage in his new sedan, recovered sufficiently after the show to remark: "I'm a sportsman. Win or lose, you take your chances."
'Cycle Wreck Result Of Fire
Ralph Moore, Kansas City, Kan freshman, was involved in a motorcycle accident at 5:45 p.m. yesterday.
Moore was on his way home to Oread Hall when his saddlebags caught fire. He was carrying cans of gasoline and the cans developed a 'leak and were ignited by a spark from the motorcycle.
The damage was estimated at $175 by Moore.
Weather
KANSAS—Generally fair this afternoon, tonight and Thursday. Warmer east and north central this afternoon and extreme east tonight. Low tonight in 40s. High Thursday 70s northeast to around 85 southwest.
NBC Signs Margaret Truman NEW YORK—(U.P.)- Margaret Truman will become a full-time radio performer Nov. 7, the National Broadcasting Company announced yesterday.
BEAUTY IN PAJAMAS—At the goings-on in North College last night sophomore counselors offer the freshman women candied apples. From left, back row: Karen Carlson, Ellinwood sophomore; Jean Elson, Paola freshman; Barbara Chadborn, Kansas City, Kan., freshman; and Susan Stout, Wichita freshman. Front row: Mary Jean Eckles, Mission sophomore; Iana Cornick, Newton sophomore.
(Daily Kansan Photo)
Nightshirts, Pajamas, But They Didn't Sleep
Flannel nightshirts and pajamas, stuffed animals, and nightcaps—all in the North College living room, and it wasn't even closing hours.
At 6:30 last night the sophomore counselors, dressed in pajamas, entertained at the first "get-acquainted" party where they met the girls with whom they corresponded this summer.
The 114 sophomore women will remain as counselors this year to advise the girls assigned to them. Six women are assigned to each counselor.
The "Pajama Game" entertainment began with a song by Sally Rice, Abilene; Mary Belle Brown, Kansas City, Mo.; Susan McCready, Winnetka, Ill.; Mae Chel汀ian, Chicago; Ellen Proudft, Kansas City, Kan.; Constance Curnutt, Topeka; Carol Bentrup, Kansas City, Mo. and Janice Kay Wright, Columbus, all sophomores.
A dance to a recording of "Lili" was given by Mary Jean Eckles, Mission sophomore, and Connie Curnutt, with the help of their teddy bears.
Miss Chetlain and Miss McCready gave a series of comedy dialogs.
Dulles, Ike Share Hope
DENVER—(U.P.)—Secretary of State John Foster Dulles reported after a conference with President Eisenhower today that he and the chief executive had shared a "measured hope" for concrete achievements from the forthcoming Big Four foreign ministers meeting in Geneva.
Mr. Dulles, following a 25-minute session at the President's bedside at Fitzsimons army hospital, said he expected no "spectacular results" from Geneva but that "any results at all would mark an advance on most if not all of our prior conferences with the Soviet Union."
"I go to Geneva with the assurance that I have behind me a President who fully knows the issues and who has given me a full and comprehensive mandate to speak for our nation" at that conference," Mr. Dulles said at a news conference following the meeting with the President.
18th Century Ideas Called Aid To Man
The 18th century was a way station in which science, social welfare and political thought were put on the right road for the betterment of mankind.
John Hodiak Dies At 41
HOLLYWOOD — [UPI] -Stage and screen actor John Hodkiak, whose latest picture was to be premiered in many theaters today, died of a heart attack this morning in his San Fernando Valley home.
San Pedro Valley, CA
The veteran actor was 41. He
collapsed in his bathroom, his
studio announced.
(Mr. Hodiak appeared at KU Nov. 18, 1953, in a performance of "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial." He played the part of Lt. Marvk.)
this latest picture, "Trial," in which he plays an attorney, was scheduled to open its first run today.
Mr. Hodiak's death was the fifth in Hollywood circles in recent months. Suzan Ball, Carmen Miranda, Robert Francis and James Dean were the others.
Mr. Hodiak collapsed as he prepared to go to work in "On the Threshold of Space." He lived in his Tarzana, Calif., home with his parents and brother and sister.
Studio workers said Mr. Hodik appeared perfectly healthy yesterday and was "modest and unassuming as usual." He had returned a week ago from location shots in New Mexico for the film, now half finished.
Student Selection Called 'Inevitable'
TOPEKA — (U.P.)—A Kansas State College study group said today it is inevitable that institutions of higher learning give consideration to a policy of selecting their students.
Screening of admissions will be needed to overcome present and projected manpower shortages of specialized talent, the educators said in a report to the Governor's Conference on Education.
The committee, headed by Dr. Arthur H. Brayfield, head of the K-State Psychology department, will submit the report tomorrow.
Hiatt Hits State Bid Practice
His removal from office grossly ignores the principles of existing Kansas statutes by the Hall administration, Eugene W. Hiatt, ousted Kansas state purchasing director, told members of the Lawrence Seratoma club last night.
Mr. Haitt said opposition by Gov. Hall against true competitive bidding in the awarding of state contracts violates the very purpose and intent of Kansas law.
He was referring to his previous accusations that Gov. Hall went over the head of the state purchasing department to award contracts to a company other than one who submitted low bids. He cited the examples of boiler insurance contracts for the state which caused political upheavals before he was fired last July.
"This was done on specific
"Hall's action in that case speaks for itself," Mr. Hiatt said. "It marks the first time in the history of the state that bids for state work were returned to bidders unopened."
Bids Returned Unopened
orders by Gov. Hall," Mr. Hiatt said, "Kansas law requires that solicited bids be kept on file five years after they are submitted, but those bids are not in the files," he added.
"Although recommending my dismissal, the organization included in its report that I could be hired in a comparable position without endangered standards of civil service," Mr. Hiatt said.
Mr. Hiatt said that a mimeographed sheet of original bids came into possession of Gov. Hall.
"Later the contract was awarded to a firm other than which submitted the original low bid. However, the figure was the same as that original low bid."
"Suppliers Confidence Lost "Figure it out for yourself," Mr. Haitt continued. "When competitive bidding, even in major state needs, becomes a farce, confidence of the suppliers has been lost."
Rehiring Recommended
retferring to charges made when Gov. Hall fired him, Mr. Hiatt said "the governor admitted that a bid other than he recommended was picked to be awarded to another company."
lack of cooperation, and misconduct were listed as reasons, but no real specific charges were ever made to back these words up."
Regarding specific charges involved in his removal from office, Mr. Hiatt said "insubordination,
Mr. Hiatt told of a request by a man who came into his office and asked for a list of possible contributors to Hall's political campaign.
"Suppliers Confidence Lost"
"At that time I refused to give him the list," he said.
"I will not deal in personalities." Mr. Hint said. "My record is clear and my character, even after the hearings, was untouched. I received my job by competitive examination, not by political connections."
Mr. Hiait said that he has no definite plans now for his future career, but will make up his mind soon.
That was the main theme of the Humanities lecture by Dr. Loe Gershoy, New York university history professor, who spoke in Fraser theater last night.
To many persons today that century was an age of great confusion, Dr. Gershoy said. "But it was a period of great accomplishment, a time when the people contributed much to present day civilization."
"The 18th century was a period devoted to the change of conditions in the world in the hope of making them better for mankind, in science, in government, social welfare, and culture," Dr. Gershoy said.
Dr. Gershoy spoke of the Industrial Revolution, the agricultural revolution and the opening of world-wide trade—all evidence, he said, that people of the 18th century were conscious of needed changes in civilization and that outstanding thinkers worked to improve conditions.
The lecture was the 47th since the start of the program in 1947. This year speakers will be persons familiar with the Mozart Age, in cooperation with the University-wide celebration of the age.
(Related story, "Combating Propaganda Was His War Work."
Page 12).
Royal Duties Resumed
LONDON — (U.P.)— Princess Margaret today resumed the royal duties which are among the greatest stumbling blocks to her reported romance with RAF Group Capt Peter Townsend.
She presented colors to a battalion of Highlander troops on famed Salisbury Plain southwest of London and told them that this is a time "for resolute and unwavering service."
Tonight she and other members of the royal family dine with heads of the Church of England.
The royal dinner at Lambeth Palace brings Margaret and the Archbishop of Canterbury, first prelate of the established church, fare to face. It gave the outspoken Archbishop an opportunity to deliver his verdict on a Margaret-Townsend marriage.
Heart Disease Called Enemy
Coronary disease is still the professor's enemy because he doesn't exercise, Dr. William Dock, professor of medicine at New York University, said this morning in his Porter lecture on the campus.
It is the disease of all the classes of society, Dr. Dock said, but is most common among those with a heavy diet of fat. Tension also helps to increase the cholesterol which causes arteriosclerosis and coronary diseases. Dr. Dock added.
Obesity has nothing to do with the disease, but what kind of fats you eat does, he said. Vegetable fats have low cholesterol content, but animal fats increase it tremendously.
Coronary disease usually occurs when coronary arteries are blocked by the accumulation of cholesterol, fatty substances along the walls of the arteries, Dr. Dock explained.