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University Daily Kansas
Monday, Sept. 26, 1955
NOW HEAR THIS!—Sue Harper (standing) Winchester, Ill., senior explains the functions of the SUA hospitality committee. From left, other board members pictured are; Ted Ice, Newton senior; Rollin Peschka, Great Bend senior; Eleanor Hawkinson, Marquette junior; Bryce Cook, Overland Park junior; William Buck, Kansas City senior; and Petrea Doty, Kansas City, Mo., senior.
KU Band Plots Secret For Iowa State Game
A secret being plotted in the band rooms of Hoch Auditorium will soon be known by thousands. ___
That is the plan of the half-time stunt to be performed by the University band at the Kansas-Iowa State game Saturday.
"The theme of our shows is kept secret," director Russell Wiley said. "We can say, however, that the one on Oct. 8 will honor visitors here for Parents' Day."
The six-minute half-time stunts are prepared by Prof. Wiley, his assistants Edward Masters, Don Scheid and Paul Wallace, and Tom Siegfried, Independence, Mo. junior; Cecil McDonald, Satanta sophomore, and Charles Rover.
Drum Major
Siegfried is drum major of the band.
During a performance he knows the positions of the 100 bandsmen and signals each phase of the show.
The musicians learn their positions from charts before the first field drill. They practice a minimum six hours for each show.
"Quick and Intelligent"
"These students are quick and intelligent and usually learn the stunt after doing it once." Prof. Wiley said. "The rest is polish."
Seven or eight pieces are played during the short performance.
The homecoming show is then most colorful and many take part.
The University of Missouri and Kansas State bands will accompany their teams and will share the half-time show for their games.
The queen and her court, the pep clubs, University officials and others are on the field. The band furnishes a musical background for the big production.
Zoology Club To Hear Thailand Lecture
Color slides and an illustrated lecture will be presented by Robert Ebel, graduate student in entomology, at the first meeting of the Snow Zoology Club at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in 206 Snow Hall.
Ebel will explain the distribution of malaria in Thailand. He returned recently from that country after spending three years with the U.S. Public Health Service.
Tomorrow's lecture is the most in a series which will have the geographical distribution of animals as a general theme, said John Long, vice president of the club.
Surprise— It's A Baby
LOS ANGELES—(U.P.)—Mrs. Getaldine Mawhinney, 33, who entered the hospital last Friday for "some ailment," said she was very surprised when she gave birth Saturday to a six-pound, six-coune girl. Her husband, Clyde, 44, also was surprised. "We're really green," he said. "We don't know anything about this."
Debate Tourney Set For Oct.29
If you have a way with words and enjoy an argument,you can win a trophy.
An all-student intramural debate tournament will be held by the speech and drama department on Saturday, Oct. 29.
Workshops will be held in 102 Green at 3 p.m. on Sept. 27 and 29 and Oct. 4 and 6, and at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 29.
Kim Giffin, director of debate,
said any undergraduate is eligible
to compete except those on current
or former varsity debate squads.
The topic is, "Resolved: that the non-agricultural industries should guarantee their employees an annual wage."
There will be divisions for men and for women, with mixed teams entering the men's division. Any two-person team may enter. Trophies will be presented to winners of each division. An organized house may enter several teams.
"We do not expect these teams to be expert debaters." Dr. Giffin said. "We do expect them to have fun and to gain experience in oral argumentation."
HONG KONG — (U.P.) Five Americans arrived in Hong Kong today from Red China aboard two British freighters which had run the Chinese Nationalist blockade from Shanghai.
One American, a Catholic num, was so weak she had to be carried ashore. Another, a young Houston, Tex., cotton broker, was reported in serious physical condition.
Chinese Reds Free 5 More Americans
Band Elects New Officers
The five civilians, detained in Red China for many years, were released under terms of a Geneva agreement between Communist China and the United States.
They are: president, Chuck Childers, Lawrence senior; vice president, Carl Anderson, Kansas City, Mo. junior; secretary, Ann Johnson, Topeka sophomore; treasurer, Mary Ella Smyms, Topeka junior.
New officers for the University band were elected this morning.
Social chairman, Mary McMahon Marysville senior; publicity chairman, Doris Cinzell, Chapman sophomore; quartermasters, Paul Hansen, Wamego sophomore, and Alan Harris, Lawrence sophomore; freshman trainer, Bill Littell, Rolla. Mo, junior; librarians, LeRoy Rogge, Auburn, Neb., senior, and Jerry Robertson, Rysublio, Mo. senior.
Student directors are Don Shaffer, Cedar Vale senior, and Don Horn, Lawrence senior.
OT Students Get Commissions
Six occupational therapy students have been, given commissions in the United States Navy.
They are Larrie Jack Willis
Los Angeles, Calif.; Rosine Gualdoni, Morenci, Ariz.; Mary Coughenour, Wellsville; Mary Ann Curtis, Ulysses; Colleen Fitzgerald, Jamestown, and Beverly Taney,
Boulder, Colo., all fine arts seniors.
After being sworn in with the rank of ensign, the students will continue with their studies at the Medical Center. They will remain civilians until their degree requirements are fulfilled. They then will report to the WAVES Officer Training School at Newport, R.I.
Occupational Therapy Grants Available
A number of occupational therapy scholarships are to be given by Kappa Delta Phi, national business woman's organization, and the National Society for Crippled Children and Adults.
The grants vary from $100 to $500,
and are for students enrolled in the
senior year or for clinical training
The deadline for applications is Oct.
10.
Details and application blanks may be obtained from the Personnel and Training Service, National Society for Cripied Children and Adults. 11 South LaSalle St., Chicago, Ill.
The International Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Jayhawk Room of the Student Union, Entertainment, dancing and refreshments will highlight a program with the theme "America."
International Club To Meet
Manuel Jackson, Kansas City junior, will tap-dance. A. V. Ebersole, Jr., assistant professor of Romance languages, and Mrs. Ebersole will sing George Gershwijn's "Porgy and Bess." Indian students from Haskell Institute have been invited to perform.
The program is for foreign students especially, but future programs will be about other countries and of interest to American students, said Beryl Scott, president of the club.
The Red Pepper meeting scheduled for today has been changed to 5 p.m. Thursday in the Student Union Ballroom. All members are requested to attend.
Red Peppers Meet Thursday
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The sudent engineer finds many uses for his slide rule. He uses it as a back scratcher, butter knife, dueling weapon, or collapsible cane (for short engineers). It is also handy for calculations.
In May the electrical engineering department, under the direction of instructor Dale Rummer, found a new use for the slide rule. They borrowed a Post slide rule from the engineering drawing department and developed it into a motorized training aid.
To build the rule, the electrical engineering machinist, Vern Floyd, constructed a framework in which the slide rule was mounted. The mounted rule was then passed on to technician Harold DeMoss, Lawrence junior, who from Mr. Rummer's design wired up the controls which converted it from a chunk of wood to a puppet that computes on demand.
The demand is in the form of three control buttons. These buttons allow fast and slow motion either to the right or left during the process of computation.
The result of their combined efforts is a completely modern remote-controlled two-speed adjustable slide rule mounted high
Singers, Dancers Try Out for Parts
Fifty singers of pop tunes and opera and a dozen dancers auditioned for the University Theatre Thursday and Friday nights. Lewin Goff, director, said the caliber of talent was "very pleasing."
Those accepted are being placed on a list to be used in casting future productions.
Other musicians may audition this week. They should see Mr. Goff, Dean Thomas Gorton of the School of Fine Arts or Prof. Gerald Carnev, director of light opera.
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This has brought a new problem to Mr. Rummer. Although an electrical engineer himself, he has found it necessary to learn slide rule operation all over again. You see, not many slide rules come complete with push buttons.
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