Kansas State Historical Society Topeka, Ks.
Daily hansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Wednesday, February 16, 1955
52nd Year, No. 89
Three Surrender To Swiss After Legation Siege
-Kansan photo by Nancy Collins
Bern, Switzerland — (U.J.P.)—Three desperate anti-Reds who seized the Romanian legation building and held it for more than 40 hours surrendered today to the pleas of a priest.
They surrendered without the "fight to the death" they had promised earlier.
They had defied 100 Swiss troops and police for nearly two days in a desperate bid to force Communist Romania to release five anti-Reds held by the Romanian government.
Their surrender came before a deadline set by the Swiss government for the end of their defiant stand. Otherwise, they were warned, troops and police would attack the yellow sandstone legion. Two antitank guns stood nearby to back up the warning.
The three men, who had sworn an oath to die or win release for their anti-Red compatriots, called for a priest.
Swiss authorities said they told them they wanted to discuss with the priest release from their holy vows before deciding whether or not surrender was possible.
—Kansan photo by Nancy Collins MODERN DANCE—Alaine Casebier, education sophomore, rehearses for the Tau Sigma recital to be held March 2 in the Student Union ballroom. Four other students are standing behind Miss Casebier.
They had been promised they would be spared extradition to their Communist homeland. But the men and a fourth member of the band who surrendered earlier, must stand trial in Switzerland for the slaying of a legation chauffeur who was killed when they shot their way into the legation buildings late Monday night.
Authorities said the priest, Dr. Beat Lorenz Sekinger of Bern's Trinity church, called on the men after they had told authorities they wanted to make their peace with God and seek a priest's absolution before shooting it out with the assault force.
The end of the mild weather is not yet in sight, according to the state weatherman. Slightly cooler air and cloudiness which moved into the area this morning are expected to move out again by tomorrow morning. The forecast is for generally fair in the west and cloudy in the east today, tonight, and tomorrow. Highs today in the northeast will be in the 40s with a low tonight of 25 to 32. Low readings in the state this morning were from 25 in Russell to 36 at Pittsburg.
The Roman Catholic priest strode through the police lines and entered the building to hear the plea of the men for forgiveness.
Weather
rie stayed with them for 15 minutes, then left the villa.
The disclosure that police knew the men who choked Mr. Rubinstein to death was made by the assistant district attorney, Alexander Herman, who appeared in general sessions court to ask that the chauffer, Herman Schloz, be held in high bail as a material witness.
New York —(U.P.)— Authorities said today that a chauffeur who once planned to kidnap Serge Rubinstein had given them the names of the persons who killed the millionaire draft-dodger in his Fifth Avenue mansion Jan. 27th.
"We were told by Mr. Schloz the names of members of the underworld who committed the murder," Mr. Herman told Judge Jonah Goldstein.
Chauffeur Has Rubinstein Clue
Primary Is March 30
ASC General Election To Be Held April 20
ASC Gener To Be Held Quack Club Show Is Next Week
The occasion is the annual Quack club Water Ballet, a junior-sized aquacade produced by members of an all-student, all-girl swimmers organization. The theme this year is "The Tale of the Cobber's Shop."
Forty-four University women students will create a cobbler's shop atmosphere in Robinson swimming pool Feb. 23, 24, and 25.
The routines all will be done in the water, in costume, and many of them will have benefit of varicolored lighting to highlight the effect. For example, swimming girl trios will do routines depicting "Bedroom Slippers" and "Cowboy Boots," and swimming quartettes will demonstrate the aquatic uses of "Track Shoes" and "Indian Mocascar:"
Five girls will do routines titled "Fishing Boots" and "Barefoot Boys," and it takes eight girls each for the "French Pumps" and "Wooden Shoes" routines.
Two solos are scheduled. The opening number is by Peggy Hughes, education senior, and "Ballet Shoes" will be depicted by Joan Blome Book, education sophomore.
Guest divers from the KU varsity swimming team will be the only men in the show.
The All Student Council primary election will be Wednesday, March 30 and the general election will be Wednesday, April 20, the ASC decided last night.
According to the ASC elections bill, this will make the deadline for the parties' nomination certificates and the class officer petitions, Thursday, March 24. Petitions from non-partisan council candidates will be due Thursday, April 14.
The House of Representatives set up a hospital committee as a liaison between students and the University health service. Members are Miss Joie L. Stapleton, faculty adviser; George Sheldon, college sophomore, chairman; Mary Ann Curtis, fine arts junior; Letty Lemon, journalism senior, and Susan N. Frederick, college freshman.
The committee will meet with Dr. Ralph I. Canuteson, health service director, at noon tomorrow.
Dr. Ralph I. Canuteson, health service director, at noon tomorrow.
Changes in the social regulations, approved by the Senate and the House, provide for having fine money placed into an ASC scholarship fund. The minimum number of required chaperones for house dances was changed from four to two, and the housemothers and presidents of each organization were made responsible for enforcing social regulations in their houses.
Fredrica Voiland, education junior, was appointed by the House to contact George B. Smith, dean of the University, and Ray Verrey, manager of the Student Union book store about the reasons for textbook changes.
Ward Cites Charm Of English Church
The greatest charm of the English church is the successive styles from Romanesque to Gothic architecture that appear in the same building, Dr Clarence Ward, professor of fine arts at the University of the South, said yesterday at the Humanities Series lecture.
Speaking on "The Charm of the English Cathedral," Dr. Ward illustrated his lecture by slides from the collection he made during 45 years of teaching and lecturing. Dr. Ward visited the campus in February, 1953 and gave a humanities lecture on the French Cathedral.
Dr. Ward chose six churches to illustrate his lecture. The first church was the cathedral in Durham, England, which he referred to as half a church of God and a half castle against Scots. The castle, which attached to the church, was for protection from invasion of the north.
The fourth cathedral in Gloucester is built in perpendicular style. It is a shell of glass walls placed around a Norman interior. Dr. Ward said the cathedral in York is much like the French cathedrals in that it has two large towers. The last cathedral Dr. Ward showed is in Canterbury. He said it was built by a Frenchman and contains the shrine of St. Thomas.
The second cathedral Dr. Ward spoke of is in Salisbury and was built in the form of an Episcopal cross with a 400 foot spire. The cathedral in Lincoln has three towers, the main one measuring 262 feet.
Dr. Ward in his travels used his hobby of photography to accumulate a collection of thousands of pictures of famous buildings and monuments. He has been a special lecturer at Columbia, Johns Hopkins, Yale, and Chicago universities and at Berea college in Kentucky. Dr. Ward is a licensed minister of the Congregational church and received his A.B., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees from Princeton university.
Pineau to Go To Assembly
Paris —(U,P)— Socialist Christian Pineau has decided to go before the National assembly Friday to seek approval as premier, reliable sources said today.
The sources said Pineau believes he has lined up enough support to form the 21st postwar government and end the 12-day crisis.
Reports from the various party headquarters and the corridors of the national assembly showed surprisingly strong support for Pineau. He would be France's first Socialist premier in nine years.
Antoine Pinay and Pierre Plimlin, the first two men given bids to try to form a government in the present crisis, gave up when they failed to get enough support to go before the Assembly.
Mr. Pineau's chances were not regarded as good when he first was asked by President Rene Coty to form a government early Monday. But he found unexpected strength.
The new Eldridge Memorial room, the first of its kind in any classroom building, was dedicated at 2:30 p.m. today in Strong annex E. Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy gave the principal address.
Eldridge Honored In Room Dedication
The room has been named in honor of Dr. Seba Eldridge, late professor of sociology, who died two years ago today. He taught at the University for over 30 years.
Dr. Ward to Speak On American Houses
Dr. Clarence Ward, visiting speaker of the Humanities lecture series, will speak to the History club at 7 p.m. today in the Pine room of the Student Union.
He will give an illustrated lecture on "Early American Houses and Householders."
Anyone interested may attend.
'Faith of Science Lecture Friday
Dr. Henry Margenau, professor of physics and natural philosophy, Yale University, will lecture on "The New Faith of Science" at 8 p.m. Friday in Fraser theater.
"We snapped at the opportunity to get Dr. Margenau" Prof. Elmer F. Beth, chairman of the Humanities committee, said "because he is one of the few men able to lecture effectively on the philosophy of science. His address here will deal with the common philosophic roots of science and the humanities. Although Friday evening is supposed to be a poor lecture night, we hope that a large crowd of University and town people will come."
Since he received the Ph.D. at Yale in 1929, Dr. Morgenau has taught at Nebraska, Yale, and Heidelberg universities, at Carleton college, and was Sterling research fellow at Munich and Berlin. He was born in Germany in 1901, came to the United States in 1923, and was naturalized in 1930. He received the B.A. at Midland college and the M.S. at Nebraska university
Dr. Margenau will be the second Humanities series lecturer this week. On Monday, yesterday and today. Dr. Clarence Ward of Oberlin college gave seven illustrated lectures on art in architecture.
As consultant, he has worked with the Atomic Energy commission, the Argonne National laboratory, and the National Bureau of Standards. He has been a member of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton and of the Radiation laboratory in Cambridge, and is chairman and director of the research coordination board of the Foundation for Integrated Education.
He has been associate editor of the Journal of Philosophy since 1933 and of the American Journal of Science since 1943. Besides publishing many articles in learned journals, he is author of "The Nature of Physical Reality," and coauthor of "Foundations of Physics," and of "Mathematics of Physics and Chemistry."
Orchestra Changes Rehearsal Date
Orchestra rehearsal will be held tonight instead of tomorrow because of the Ballet theater performance, Prof. Russell L. Wiley said today.
Buehler to Discuss Orations
E. C. Buehler, professor of speech,
will speak on "How to Build an
Oration" at 4 p.m. tomorrow in room
105, Green hall. The topic will prepare
students desiring to participate
in the annual oratorical contest
to be held March 17.