Topeka, Ks.
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Daily hansan
Monday, February 21, 1955
52nd Year, No.92
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
3 Dead in Fire, Cause Unknown
A family of three died early yesterday morning of burns suffered when a flash fire broke out in the rear part of their five room house at 112 Century st., in the Sunset Hill addition.
Dead are Glenn Hadl, 36; his wife, Ethel Irene Hadl, 22, and the couple's 21-month-old daughter, Shirley Irene.
Damages of about $3,500 to the building and $2,000 to the contents were estimated by Lawrence Fire Chief John W. Miller today. He said the cause of the blaze was still undetermined but there was no indication of explosion.
State fire officials from Topeka investigated the house yesterday, and efforts to determine the cause will be continued today.
Mrs. Hadl was burned to death in the master bedroom of the one story frame house before Lawrence firemen arrived at the scene, after the fire was reported by a neighbor at 1:12 a.m. yesterday.
Mr. Hadd and the child died several hours later at the Lawrence Memorial hospital where they were treated for second and third degree burns. The two also showed signs of suffocation.
The flames were largely confined to the master bedroom. The child's bedroom, which is connected to the larger room by a small hallway, was not damaged extensively, although the infant's body was severely burned.
Mr. Hadi apparently crawled from the house and was lying in the front yard when firemen arrived. Firemen removed the child from the smaller bedroom.
Before he died at 8:10 a.m. yesterday, Mr. Hadl told attendants at the hospital he had been awakened by a flash of light and flames. He said he attempted to drag his hand into the flame, but not because he had been blinded by the flames. The clocks in the house were stopped at 1:10 a.m.
Mr. Cain said Mr. Hadl had mentioned about a month ago that the pilot light on the gas furnace in the house was not functioning properly. Mr. Cain said he believed the furnace had been repaired at that time.
Francis E. Cain of 1945 Alabama st., a brother-in-law of Mr. Hadi, said the family had eaten dinner with him and returned to their home at about 11 p.m. Saturday.
Mr. Hadl was the owner of Glenn's Body shop at 600 Vermont st. Mrs. Hadl was employed as a clerk for the R. M. Reeves grocery company at 900 Mississippi st.
The family had lived in the house about a month.
The bodies were taken to the Rumsey funeral home.
Group Photos Set Tonight in Union
These groups will meet in the Union ballroom this evening to have their pictures taken for the Javahwer:
8:00 Froshawks (jackets).
8:45 Red Peppers (sweaters and skirts).
9:15 Jay Janes (sweaters and skirts).
skirts);
9:30 ASC (suits, sweaters and
9:45 KuKu (sweaters).
10:00 IFC (suits).
Weather
--sections of the social scientists are:
1. Natural science is not applicable to human relations. Variations are small, while the human field bristles with all sorts of variables.
The weather for Lawrence will be generally fair today and tonight. The high today will be in the upper 20, the low tonight will be around 20. Yesterday Kansas temperatures went as high as 32 in Wichita and Chanute; the low was 8 degrees at Goodland.
Accidents Fatal To Seven Kansans
By UNITED PRESS
Seven Kansans died violent deaths during the week end from fire and in traffic accidents.
A home fire at Lawrence wiped out a family of three.
Donald Ferrer, 24, Clifton, also died in a single car accident. It occurred six miles west of Clay Center on US-24.
Another family tragedy became complete when Sylvia Bullard, 13, Liberal, became the fourth member of her family to fall victim to a crash with a truck last Monday.
There were three traffic deaths Sunday. Irvin Young, 56, Wichita, was killed when his car missed a curve, overturned and bounced and rolled 255 feet.
Carl Matthias, 54, Atchison, was killed in an automobile-pedestrian mishap south of Atchison on US-59.
There now have been 20 Kansas traffic fatalities in February, 70 so far this year.
Dean-for-a-Day Aspirants Listed
Twenty-five organized women's houses have selected candidates for the Dean-for-a-Day election Wednesday.
Candidates are Alpha Chi Omega,
Karen L. Hilmer, journalism senior;
Alpha Delta Pi, Carol A. Mather,
education junior; Alpha Omicron
Pi, Jeannine L. DeGroot, education
senior; Alpha Phi, Annette Luthy,
education junior; Chi Omega, Kaye
Seigfried, fine arts senior.
Corbin hall, Patricia A. Gallant,
college freshman, and Mary J.
Laird, engineering freshman; Delta
Delta Delta, Joan M. Sherar,
college junior; Delta Gamma, Barbara
A. Bateman, education senior; Douthart hall, Laura M. Noell; Foster hall, M. Margaret Denning, college freshmen.
Pi Beta Phi, Eleanor A. Hawkinson, college sophomore; Sellars hall, Julia A. Oliver, college senior; Theta Pi Alpha, Rosine M. Gauldoni, fine arts junior; Watkins hall, T. Patricia Powers, education senior, and Sigma Kappa, Mary Fran Poe, education junior.
KRUW hall, Doris L. Haun and Locksley hall, Lucy Giddings, college juniors; Miller hall, Ruby E. Schaulis, education junior; Monchomia hall, C. Sue Welch, college sophomore; North College hall, B. Ann Hines and Joanne Beal, college freshmen.
Gamma Phi Beta, Fredrica Voiland, education junior; Grace Pearson hall, M. Mae Chetlain, college freshman; Hodder hall, Carolyn S. Cochran, fine arts freshman; Kappa Alpha Theta, Nancy S. Darnell, college sophomore; Kappa Kappa Gamma, Althea Rexroad, college senior.
IAWS Must Reserve Rooms
All students staying over for the IAWS convention to be held during spring vacation are requested to sign up in the Dean of Women's office in order that places may be provided for them to stay, Alberta Johnson, chairman of the convention, announced today. This pertains to all committees including the Steering committee.
RICHARD H. NOLTE
AUFS Speaker's Schedule Listed
Richard H. Nolte, American Universities Field staff specialist on Egypt, arrived on campus today for a week of scheduled lectures.
His schedule is as follows:
At noon today, a lunch with the campus AUFS committee at the Faculty club; 3 p.m., Introduction to Community Organization class, 17 Strongz-E.
At 11 a.m. tomorrow, lecture at the Law school on Mohammed Jurisprudence; noon, a lunch with the law faculty at the Faculty club; 3 p.m., group interview with Editing II and Reporting II journalism classes.
Wednesday—8 a.m. lecture to a junior - senior world geography class in 426 Lindley; 9 a.m. discussion of the Anglo-Egyptian dispute, Editorial class in 210 journalism; noon, lunch with the history faculty in the Faculty club; dinner meeting at 6 p.m. with faculty and graduate students in Geography in the Student Union.
Thursday—10 a.m., lecture to an economics class in 24-S Strong on "TVA on the Jordan"; 11 a.m., law school lecture on "Moslem Law and the Impact of the West," noon, lunch with the journalism faculty at the Faculty club; 7:30 p.m., a political science graduate colloqui-
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Margenau Gives Idea of Science
The view that scientific methods are cold and cannot be applied to human relations is a hangover from the pre-scientific age, Henry Margenau, Yale university professor and Humanities lecturer, said Friday night in Fraser auditorium.
The creed of the scientist was set forth by Dr. Henry Marganue, Humanities lecturer, in his concluding remarks Friday.
Speaker Sets Forth Creed Of Scientist
It is as follows:
"I believe that the search for truth is a never ending quest; yet I pledge myself to seek it.
"I will not recognize or accept any kind of truth that pretends to be ultimate or absolute. I will consider and weigh all claims as provisional conclusions. If examination shows them to be stop signs on the road of inquiry, I will ignore them; if they are signposts, I will note them and move on.
"I recognize no subjects and no facts which are alleged to be forever closed to inquiry or understanding; for science, every mystery is but a challenge.
"I believe that new principles of understanding are constantly created through the efforts of man, and that a philosophy which sees the answers to all questions already implied in what is now called science is presumptuous and contrary to the spirit of science.
English Proficiency Set for March 12
The next English Proficiency examination will be given Saturday, March 12, from 2 to 5 p.m. Those who need help may attend the writer's clinic in Room 501 Fraser from 3 to 5 p.m on Monday. Tuesday, Wednesday, and from 1 to 3 p.m. on Thursday and Friday.
--sections of the social scientists are:
1. Natural science is not applicable to human relations. Variations are small, while the human field bristles with all sorts of variables.
Dr. Morgenau, professor of physics and natural philosophy, spoke on the subject, "The New Faith of Science." About 300 persons attended.
"Science is no more strictly factual than religion, the humanities, or the arts," he said. "Science is based on reliable convictions. These convictions are the faith of modern science."
Discussing the generality of scientific methods, Dr. Margeanau said the views can be divided roughly into two groups: the radical objectors and the mild objectors. He described the first group as being chiefly composed of the existentialistic philosophers. Sociologists and humanists make up the second group, he said.
Dr. Margenau said the chief objections of the social scientists are
2. The social sciences cannot control variables, but natural science can.
3. An object being observed doesn't care if it is being observed. In the social sciences, inquiry may have a profound effect on the personality of the one whom the inquiry concerns.
4. Humans can make decisions while inanimate objects cannot.
Concerning the objections, Dr. Margenau said, "It took a long history to reduce natural sciences to small variables, and there is no reason human variables cannot be reduced. Complexity will yield to simplicity," he said.
Dr. Margenau said the astronomer can't control his stars, yet astronomy was the first science to become reasonably exact. As for the human's ability to decide for himself, "Do not electrons make decisions?" he asked. "We cann't predict the path of an electron which is headed for a lump of plutonium. Maybe the electron will go straight to the plutonium, maybe it will veer away. Possibly, the electron has made a decision."
Quartet to Give Program Tonight
The Berkshire quartet will play a program of music by Haydn, Prokoeffe, and Beethoven at 8 p.m. today in Strong auditorium.
The quartet is presented by the University Chamber Music series. Urico Rossi and Albert Lazon, violins; David Dawson, viola, and Fritz Magg, cello, comprise the quartet, which was organized in 1948 from the Gordon quartet after the death of Jacques Gordon.
Mrs. Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, who selected the group to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Berkshire Chamber Music festival, selected the name for the quartet.
The quartet is in residence at Indiana University from September to June. During the summer, it is at Music Mountain, Falls Village, Conn., for a 10-week series of concerts.
The Berkshire quartet has appeared in New York at concerts of the People's Symphony society and the New Friends of Music. In Washington, it appeared at the Library of Congress, at the Green Mountain Festival, and the Berkshire Music center at Tanglewood.
Tickets for tonight's performance may be purchased at the office of the School of Fine Arts, and identification cards will admit students.
BERKSHIRE QUARTET