Kansas State Historical Society Topeka, Ka.
6 AKLambdas Hurt In Lone Star Crash
Six University of Kansas students, all members of the Alpha Kappa Lambda fraternity, were injured, one seriously, late night when their motor car struck a steel bridge near Lone Star lake about 12 miles southwest of Lawrence.
The appointment of Dr. William Payne Smith, professor of electrical engineering, as chairman of that department at the University was announced today by Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy.
Smith Replaces Prof. Don Wilson
Dr. Smith joined the KU faculty in 1950 as associate professor. In 1953 he was promoted to professor and in the following year was acting department chairman. A 5-year Navy veteran of World War II, Dr. Smith is now a Commander in the Naval Reserve and is commanding officer of the local Office of Naval Research company. He currently is active in research on the propagation of radar waves, sponsored by the Army Signal Corps and recently engaged in classified research for the armed forces.
He succeeds Dr. Donald G. Wilson, chairman the past seven years. Dr. Wilson in June will become assistant director of research for the Stromberg-Carlson company in Rochester, N.Y.
Dr. Smith received a Ph.D. degree in 1950 from the University of Texas. His research dealt with development of a high efficiency cycle for direct conversion of combustion energy into electrical energy.
He holds a bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota, earned in 1936 and 1937. He has taught at both Texas and Minnesota and for two years did engineering for the Commonwealth Edison company of Chicago. For two years through 1948 he was dean of instruction in pre-engineering at Sampson college of the Associated Colleges of Upper New York.
Weather
The weather forecast calls for partly cloudy and windy this afternoon, with blowing dust central portion. Warmer east. Partly cloudy extreme west, mostly cloudy elsewere tonight and Wednesday. Strong southerly winds tonight and east Wednesday with strong shifting winds and considerable blowing dust Wednesday. Scattered showers and thunderstorms east and central tonight and Wednesday. Warmer extreme east tonight turning cooler west Wednesday.
- The driver of the car, Belidon Mills, college junior, was reported in satisfactory condition this morning at Watkins memorial hospital. He suffered a compound fracture of the left leg above the ankle, a fractured left shoulder, and dislocation of the left ankle. He received a blood transfusion at the hospital last night.
Karl Mecklenburg, engineering junior, cerebral concussion, and lacrations of the neck and shoulder.
Richard Lee, engineering sophomore, a fractured pelvis.
Donald R. Schoech, engineering ophomore, cerebral concussion, and head lacerations.
ior. minor locations All were reported in good condition by officials at the hospital today.
Justin Cash, college sophomore, multiple cuts and bruises of the left leg.
John Curry, college junior, was treated for minor lacerations and released from the hospital last night.
Donald F. Williams, college junior minor, lacerations.
The impact caved in the left side of the vehicle and pinned Mills' left leg against the bridge railing. Damage was extensive to the front end and left side of the vehicle.
Other injuries:
Douglas county sheriff's deputies said the accident apparently occurred after the late model Ford Mills was driving failed to make a turn near the bridge.
The electrical contract was awarded to the Brune Plumbing, Heating, and Electric company of Lawrence for $82,750. The plumbing and heating contract went to the S. D. Thatcher Electrical company of Topeka for $183,723.
Deputies said the youths were returning from Lone Star after throwing a fraternity member into the lake as a fraternity stunt.
Denver—(U.P.)—Agriculture Secretary Ezra T. Benson headed into the heart of the Colorado-Kansas drouth area today to find ways to attack the reason and causes of crop-destroying and land-damaging dust storms.
The general contract was awarded to the Harmon Construction company of Oklahoma City for $334,852. The company also built the new Carruth-O'Leary men's dormitories and are currently constructing the Gertrude Sellards Pearson women's dormitory.
Two other cars filled with members of the fraternity were following the car when the mishap occurred. ___
Benson Touring Dust Storm Area
Benson and a busload of agriculture department officials and the state representatives of dust-plagued states of the southern Great Plains toured southeastern Colorado and southwestern Kansas for first-hand knowledge of drouth damages. Tomorrow the caravan will move into the damaged areas of northwestern Oklahoma, the Texas panhandle and eastern New Mexico.
Contracts totaling over $550,000 have been awarded and work has commenced on the remodeling of Bailey laboratory for use by the School of Education, Raymond Nichols, executive secretary said today.
The work is to be completed around Nov. 1, to insure time to pre- the building for use by the second semester next year. The entire School of Education will move into the building.
Bids Let; Work Begins On Bailey Remodeling
into the building. Fences have been erected around Bailey to protect pedestrians from falling debris. All the chimneys on the building will be razed and the roof will be completely rebuilt.
A program of seven variety numbers has been arranged, taken from the recent Foreign Student Festival here. The master of ceremonies will be Brian Dunning, graduate student from England. Bill Butler, assistant dean of men and foreign student adviser will explain some details of the foreign student program here.
University foreign students will entertain the Leavenworth Rotarians tomorrow at a banquet for the command and general staff college at Fort Leavenworth.
Foreign Group To Entertain
Included are a German band, an all-male "French Can-Can," a Latin-American dance duet and a French folk dance quartet; A Norwegian ballad-singing co-ed and an accordion soloist from the Saar.
Daily hansan
52nd Year, No.132
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Tuesday, April 26, 1955
NU Head to Deliver Honors Day Address
Choir and Chorale To Be Photographed
The A Cappella choir and the KU Chorale will meet in the ballroom of the Student Union at 9:20 p.m. and 9:35 p.m. today to have their Jayhawker pictures taken. The dress is robes for the A Cappella group and suits for the Chorale.
Dulles Says Talks Possible
Washington — (U)P— Secretary of State John Foster Dulles opened the way today for possible U.S. talks with Red China on Far East problems, including a Formosa ceasefire.
He said he does not rule out the possibility of direct talks with Red China so long as they do not intrigue on the interests of Nationalist China. He also said that release of imprisoned American airmen and an immediate ceasefire in the Formosa area were not required before talks could be held with the Chinese Communists.
Red China had rejected the condition that Nationalist China be represented.
Secretary Dulles told a news conference that the United States intends to "try to find out" if Communist Chinese Premier Chou Enlai's offer to negotiate a peaceful settlement in the Far East is sincere or "a propaganda game."
Secretary Dulles' views indicated a more conciliatory approach.
Dr. Clifford M. Hardin, chancellor of the University of Nebraska, will deliver the address for the 32nd annual Honors convocation May 11. Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy announced today.
Former President Harry S. Truman originally had been scheduled to speak at the convocation, but was forced to cancel this and several other speaking engagements to complete work on his book of memoirs.
The University will pay tribute to its ranking scholars during the program in Hoch auditorium. Names of the students in the upper 10 per cent of the senior class in each school of the University and
YMCA to Aid Foreign Students
The YMCA is sponsoring petitions to be circulated among the organized houses and in booths located over the campus on Wednesday and Thursday. The petitions are directed against a recommended cut of the State department Exchange-of-Persons budget for the coming fiscal year. The proposed budget, if passed, will mean that fewer foreign students will be able to study in this country.
The Appropriations committee of the House, recommending a cut from $22 million to $12 million, said that such agencies as the army and the Foreign Operations Administration (FOA) provide sufficient funds and that administrative costs are too high.
Since many University students will be against such a reduction, it is urged that they write directly to either Senator Schoepel or Senator Carlson, at the Senate Office building in Washington, or sign the petitions.
the ranking student or students in the lower classes will appear in the convocation program. Also named will be those elected to the various honor societies during the year.
Now finishing his first year at the head of the University of Nebraska. Dr. Hardin was at 38 years of age the school's youngest president. He came from Michigan State university where he was dean of the school of agriculture. In nine years there he rose from associate professor of agricultural economics to department chairman, to director of the agricultural experiment station and finally to dean.
A native of Indinana, he earned the B.S. degree in agriculture from Purdue University in 1937, the master's degree in agricultural economics in 1939 and the Ph.D. degree in 1941, also from Purdue. He taught at the University of Wisconsin for three years before going to Michigan State.
Dr. Hardin served in post-war food and agriculture missions to England and western Europe, Colombia, Japan and Okinawa. He is a former director of the Farm Credit Administration of St. Paul, Minn., and of the Detroit branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
As a Purdue undergraduate he was president of the Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalism society, chapter.
Graduation Fee Is Due by May 15th
Graduating seniors should pay their graduation fees by May 15, according to the registrar's office. The fee is $12 which includes the commencement and diploma fee.
—Kansan photo by Bill Taggart
THE WHOLE TRUTH—Kenneth A. Morrow, third year law and mock trial defense attorney, is shown questioning a witness, Sonya M. Cade, education junior, in a sham murder trial last night in the Douglas County courthouse. The "judge" is William R. Scott, associate professor of law. The trial was the second in a series of six this year. The remaining trials will be held today, tomorrow, and Thursday. M. C. Slough, associate professor of law, gives the prosecution and the defense separate sets of facts which they must use to conduct their cases. A jury of six is picked from the freshman class, and the defense and prosecution must get their own witnesses. Last night's trial was State of Green v. Arsene la Rue, and the charge was "assault with intent to kill." The verdict was "not guilty."