Kansas State Historical Society Topeka, Ks.
Daily Hansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Tuesday, March 1, 1955
Fans Arriving for Fieldhouse Rites
52nd Year, No.98
Red China Sure To Win UN Seat, Snow Declares
"It is inevitable that Red China will be seated at the United Nations," Edgar P. Snow, author, told a group of students and faculty members yesterday in Strong auditorium.
The government on all levels, from local to national, is run by Communists, he said. This regime has settled the needs of the Chinese people, in the eyes of the Chinese, although there are a few scores to be settled, he added.
"Asia is not the place it was one-quarter of a century ago, and in one-quarter of a century it won't face it is today," Mr. Snow predicted.
Mr. Snow said, "The Reds won (over China) by default because the people lost all faith in the other side."
The industrial backwardness of the Chinese tends to make her Moscow's economic satellite. "Seventy-five per cent of China's foreign trade is conducted through Russia." Mr. Snow said.
Mr. Snow said the Chinese Communists "have supported the Kremlin against all adversaries."
There are about 25 million Communists in the world of which one-third are in Asia, according to Mr. Snow.
Mr. Snow said we should concentrate on India and Japan rather than Quemoy and Matsu.
"China is a country conquered by its own Communists". Mr. Snow convinced The Communists have convinced them to fight for than Chiang Kai-shek.
"If we are going to keep our freedom," he declared, "we will have to realize that force is now the final answer." He said we can live with Red China and we will live together without general war.
Mr. Snow is a native of Kansas City, Mo., and a graduate of the University of Missouri.
All ID Cards Will Admit to Game
Students with ID cards will be admitted to the game tonight. Students will enter the building through the west door in the north side of the fieldhouse.
Weather
Students will sit on the west side, directly behind the players' benches and the saper's table. The lower bleachers in the student section will be reserved for the members of pep organizations. The remaining seats in the bleachers and the elevated seats behind the bleachers also will be for student seating.
Clearing skies were the weatherman's promise for the Lawrence area today, with the dedication of Allen fieldhouse only hours away. It will be generally fair in most of the state this afternoon, tonight, and tomorrow. No important temperature change was forecast, with a low tonight of 25 to 30. Tomorrow's high will be 50 to 55 in the northeast to the 60s in the southeast.
Senior Gives Voice Recital
Robert L, Parke gave his senior voice recital yesterday in Strong auditorium. The recital partially fulfilled the requirements for his bachelor of music degree.
—Kansan photo by Larry Tretbar
Kansas photo by Larry Tretbar
PHOG IS READY—Dr. Forrest C. "Phog" Allen, head basketball coach, holds a picture of James Naismith, the inventor of basketball and former professor of physical education, as the famous coach waits for a fieldhouse to be formally named for him.
Mrs. Chris Williams, co-owner of Chris's cafe, two doors south of the theater, said she smelled smoke about 6:15 p.m. and went outside to investigate. She said she saw smoke coming from the building and ran inside the cafe. Mrs. Williams shouted to a waitress, Mrs. Betty Connett, that the theater was on fire. Mrs. Connett called the fire department.
Patee Theater Fire Remains a Mystery
The cause of a fire last night which swept through the Patee theater, 828 Massachusetts st., was still unknown at 10:30 a.m. today.
The fire, which raged for 30 to 45 minutes, collapsed the entire center section of the balcony and left parts of the roof charred and sagging. The screen was burned and seats and furnishings were excessively damaged by fire and water.
Street lights in the 800 block of Massachusetts street were shut off at 7:05 p.m. to protect firemen working on a metal extension ladder which had to be extended near an electric line running near in front of the building.
Firemen battled the blaze amid black smoke which billowed high into the air and seeped into business places on either side of the building. At one time, flames shot about 20 feet from the roof above the building's false front. None of the other buildings was damaged.
Fire Chief John W. Miller said at 10:30 p.m. yesterday that the damage could not be estimated at that time, but it was extensive. The fire broke out a little before 6:20 p.m. No one was injured.
John Kasberger, assistant fire chief, said the call was received at pum, and that two pumpers and one ladder truck were sent out.
Jim Pierson, Patee manager, said he was in the theater office until about 2:30 p.m. and nothing seemed to be wrong at the time. A man from the film service arrived at the theater about 4:30 p.m. opened the door, and left new films.
Mr. Pierson said the new films
were the only things saved from the fire. "We have the films, but no place to show them," he said.
The theater is owned by Commonwealth theaters, which also owns the Granada and Lawrence Drive-in theaters. Ray Holmes, district manager for Commonwealth, said the first he knew of the fire was when Glenn E. Sterling, projectionist and fourth year architecture student, called him about 6:15 p.m.
Crew Pushes Preparations For Ceremonies Tonight
Mr. Holmes said Sterling arrived at the theater about the same time as did the fire department. Sterling let them in the front door, he said.
By STAN HAMILTON
The University, long steeped in basketball history and a winning tradition, will unfold another chapter tonight when some 17,000 persons will crowd into the new Allen fieldhouse for the dedication ceremonies and the game between KU and Kansas State.
Alumni and fans already were pouring into the city this afternoon. Traffic past the $2½ million arena, second largest on-campus fieldhouse in the nation, was heavy this afternoon. Persons in charge of the many exhibits about the campus reported large crowds were viewing them.
An official at the Eldridge hotel said every available room for today had been reserved since late last week. The hotel lobby was a favorite gathering place for the many fans.
Earl L. Falkenstien, athletic business manager, still was receiving many telephone calls today from persons pleading for tickets. All tickets were sold by Jan. 26. just 23 days after sales opened. Since then about 400 persons have requested tickets, should any be returned. Few were returned, Mr. Falkenstien said.
Malott hall was a popular place for early arrivals. Several faculty members in the new physical sciences building said many persons were touring the building this morning and early this afternoon.
At the fieldhouse itself about 40 buildings and grounds workmen were busy priming the massive structure for its debut. The tasks of dusting, swabbing, window cleaning, and many other things familiar to housewives were completed early this afternoon. The work was necessitated because much dust was stirred up by workmen during construction.
While some 6,000 seats reportedly are reserved for students only, most students indicated they will show imminent benefit of diminutive. Hoch auditorium.
Throughout the day the principal character, Dr. Forrest C. "Phog" Allen, the building's namesake, has been busy greeting well-wishers who called or appeared at his office in Robinson gym.
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Fieldhouse Visitors Urged Not to Drive
Students and townspeople who live near Allen fieldhouse are being urged not to drive their cars to the dedication ceremonies tonight. They can contribute to the success of the event by aiding in avoiding a parking and traffic problem, University officials said.
Women's Dorms Blanks Ready
Applications are now being accepted from upperclass women for dormitory space next fall in Grace Pearson and Gertrude Sellards Pearson halls.
The dormitories will provide housing for about 300 upperclass women. Grace Pearson hall, which was completed this year and is now in use as a freshman dormitory, will house 48 upperclass women. Gertrude Sellars Pearson hall, under construction, will hold 443, and between 250 and 275 upperclass women will be housed there.
If Gertrude Sellars Pearson hall is not completed by the start of the fall semester, women who have applied for dormitory space will be assigned temporarily to one of the existing upperclass halls.
If there is a shortage of upperclass women's housing after the new hall is completed, Templin hall will remain open. Applications are due in the dean of women's office April 1.
Kansan photo by Pete Foro
NO SHOW TONIGHT—Firemen are shown on the Patee theater marquee preparing to shoot a stream of water into windows of the burning two-story brick building. The fire was under control by 7 p.m., but firemen remained to prohibit the fire's spreading to surrounding buildings.