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Malenkov Resigns
Daily hansan
52nd Year, No.83
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Tuesday, February 8, 1955
Murphy Terms Action on Allen Double Standard
Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy today termed a resolution of the Kansas House of Representatives to extend Dr. Forrest C. "Phog" Allen's tenure as basketball coach two years beyond the mandatory retirement age of 70 creation of a "double standard in retirement policy."
Kansan photo by Larry Tretbar
Dr. Murphy said, "My position, unless the board, understanding all the consequences, alters its retirement rule, is that I presume Dr. Allen will retire as scheduled. I won't enter any effort to set a double standard for the University.
"To create a double standard in retirement policy is unfortunate and will tend to do violence to morale. It is not a matter of personalities, but a matter of principle. The regents will have to settle on a basis of the broad implications involved. I think the resolution is merely an expression of appreciation of Dr. Allen."
Other University officials appeared undecided as to what effect the resolution, signed by 75 legislators, would have on University retirement policies. Five faculty members here and one at the Medical center are nearing the age of retirement.
They include John Ise, professor of economics here for 38 years; D. M. Swarthout, dean of the School of Fine Arts from 1923 to 1950 and now professor of piano; E. B. Stoufer, who came to KU as assistant mathematics instructor in 1914 and since has held positions as assistant to the chancellor from 1923 to 1926, dean of the Graduate school 1923 to 1946, and from 1946 to 1950, dean of the University; J. O. Jones, professor of applied mechanics; R. M. Davis, professor of law, and Ralph H. Major, professor of medicine and history of medicine at the University of Kansas Medical center.
Dr. Ise said, "I don't think it will affect us. As you know, teaching is relatively unimportant. The board of regents has been more than kind to us. It would be nice if we were allowed to stay on after the age of retirement, but I don't know if it would be so good for the University.
"Sometimes it is difficult to understand the logic in mandatory retirement at the age of 70. Man's physical and mental age are not related to chronological age. Some men are fairly strong at 70, while some younger men are not so strong. I do feel, however, that we must have a rule—retirement is inevitable if not logical."
A. W. Hershberger of Wichita, a member of the board of regents and former chairman, said "The resolution could well have an effect on the situation of the other six faculty members. After all, Dr. Allen is a professor. If the resolution passes, I see no reason why it shouldn't affect the others.
"However, I think there is a possibility of keeping Dr. Allen at KU as basketball coach after his resignation. If he is not kept in that capacity, he might be retained as an adviser."
Arthur C. "Dutch" Lonborg, athletic director, asked if a replacement had been selected for Dr. Allen, said, "No, we haven't considered a replacement for Dr. Allen. He will be here another year and we will consider the question of replacement at that time."
HAVE YOU SEEN HIM?—Georgiana Hutchinson, played by Gretta Reetz, fine arts senior, inquires of General Gage, Reinhold Schmidt, professor of voice, of her lover in a scene from the operetta "An American in Boston."
New Musical Delights Opening Night Crowd
By NANCY COLLINS and DEE RICHARDS
Congratulations to the University Theatre, the Light Opera Guild, and to Charles Lyndolt Holt and his arrangement of "An American In Boston" for a delightful evening's entertainment that bounced gaily along on a laugh filled score and an utter disregard of history.
In the words of Mr. Holt it was a "brisk, determined and relentlessly erroneous retelling of events that led to the War of Independence."
More than just a comedy, Mr Holt gave us again the right to laugh at ourselves. In doing so, he proves to those who frown at such flagrant disrespect of the American traditions that humor, too, is part of our tradition.
Played admirably by Reinhold Schmidt, professor of voice. General Gage picked his pearls from history, past and present:
Well deserved praise goes to Elizabeth Townsley, instructor in voice, for her portrayal of Mrs. Hutchinson, penniless Boston upper crust, and to William Wilcox, graduate student, for a superb performance in the male lead as William Dawes, horse thief and patriot.
"Damn the torpedoes. Full steam ahead."
Topeka (U.P.)—A four-member inspection team of House members headed by Rep. George Riffel (R-Stockton) will check into conditions at the Kansas state penitentiary tomorrow.
The inspection was directed by House speaker Robert H. Jennison, who said the survey would be more thorough than in recent legislatures because there have been "certain allegations as to conditions."
House Plans Prison Check
Others named on the group are
Peps, A. E. Anderson (R-Leeti),
Chester C. Ingels (P-Hiwatha), and
Donald B. Joseph (D-Whitewater).
Washington —(U.P.)— President Eisenhower asked Congress today to authorize a federal outlay of $1,120,000,000 over the next three years to help states and local communities build a $7 billion school fund.
Ike Asks U.S. School Aid
In a special message to Congress, he said such an "emergency program" is urgently needed to relieve "serious crowding" of classrooms.
The first issue of the Sour Owl, campus humor magazine, will go on sale in the organized houses today, and will be sold at the information booth and Hawk's Nest tomorrow through Friday.
Sour Owl on Sale In Houses Today
Representatives or social chairmen of the various organized houses can pick up as many issues of the magazine as they will need from the news room of the Journalism building anytime this afternoon and before 10 tonight.
If a representative is unable to pick up his issues, he may call the news room, KU 252, and requests that someone deliver the Sour Owls to his organization. Deliveries will be made up until 11 p.m. tonight.
--armed soldiers and police took over security functions in Moscow soon after Stalin had died and before former Soviet police chief Lavrenti P. Beria fell from the race and was executed.
Bulganin Takes Post of Premier
Marshal Bulganin was nominated for the premiership by Nikita S. Khrushchev at the afternoon session of a joint meeting of the Supreme Soviet.
Moscow—(U.P.)—Georgi Malenkov resigned as premier of Russia today and Marshal Nikolai Bulganin was elected unanimously to succeed him.
The same body only a few hours earlier first had set in stunned silence and then had unanimously accepted the surprise resignation of Premier Malenkov.
The election of Marshal Bulganin was almost as great a surprise as Premier Malenkov's resignation. Marshal Bulganin is a military administrator, lately turned politician, and a comparative newcomer to the Soviet political anticocracy.
Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov or Khrushchev had been considered the most likely successors to Premier Malenkov.
Marshal Bulganin became an important figure in Russia after the battle of Moscow in 1941. He gave up his job as chairman of the state bank and managed the civilian side of the city's defenses.
He rose rapidly after the battle was won and became a Politburo candidate in 1946. In 1947 he reached the peak as vice chairman of the Council of Ministers, in charge of defense.
Premier Malenkov's dramatic resignation came during the brief morning session of the Supreme Soviet.
Premier Malenkov sat impassively in his regular chair in the brilliantly lighted white chamber in the grand palace of the Kremlin as his combined resignation and confession of faults were read aloud.
He quit, his resignation said, "in the interest of the motherland" with a public apology for "my guilt." He said he was convinced of his own "inexperienced leadership."
Premier Malenkov was the first to enter the chamber for the afternoon session. A wave of applause greeted him. Once again he sat expressionless as Marshal Bulganin was elected his successor.
Premier Malenkov's resignation and the election of Marshal Bulganin to succeed him were the most electrifying developments in the Soviet Union since the death of the late Premier Josef Stalin almost two years ago.
The last such comparable development was the Soviet announcement July 10, 1953, of the arrest of Lavrentii P. Beria, head of the Soviet secret police, on charges of sabotage and conspiring to restore capitalism in Russia.
Athletes to Have Special Advisers In New Program
In two moves designed to curb a high mortality rate among University varsity athletes, a special advisory set-up has been established for the athletes and a decision has been made to abandon the Varsity house, 1043 Indiana St., as a residence for athletes only.
Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy made the announcement today in lieu of a recent survey that showed about 40 per cent of the football players became ineligible after their freshman year. He said the basketball and track percentages were similar in the early years of the survey, which covered a recent four-year period, but have dropped considerably since.
He said the Varsity house will be used as "just another dormitory" next year, with no more than half of the occupants athletes.
Under the new advisory setup, a number of faculty members will counsel varsity athletes, in addition to the regular faculty advisers. It also has been decided to let athletes enroll early so they may arrange schedules properly.
"This will give them a chance to become a part of the University environment. The matter of the training table is still to be worked out, but it probably will be in the new dormitory."
Chancellor Murphy said it no longer is possible "to maintain the fiction that athletes in college are like everyone else in terms of responsibility.
"Athletes here today are equivalent to youngsters who work 15 hours a week. The afternoon practices and all the responsibilities that go with athletics are equivalent to working 15 hours per week."
The special counseling program that has been set up is an effort by the University to recognize the special needs of the athletes, Chancellor Murphy said, and it is not for the purpose of helping athletes to enter or graduate easier than any other student.
Tougher Soviet Power Seen in 1 Man Rule
Experts foresaw the possibility of a tougher Soviet line if Soviet power is concentrated in the hands of a single man instead of the triumvirate type of government which has been in command since Stalin died on March 5,1953. $ \textcircled{4} $
The U.S. government got its first word on the new dramatic development in the Russian struggle for power from news agencies. High officials immediately wanted to know whether Malenkov's successor had been named.
Nikla Khruschev, secretary of the Communist party, far and away led the speculation here on who would take over. There has been mounting evidence that he, almost from the day Stalin died, has been on the ascendancy in Soviet power politics.
Experts also wondered where Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov, the Soviet secret police, and the Soviet armed forces stand in the latest development.
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The immediate U.S. effort in the latest development was to try to figure its significance to the Far Eastern crisis. It was entirely possible that this crisis had forced a showdown inside the Soviet Union because of the firm U.S. policy and the threatening attitude of Red China.
Indications from Moscow during recent days have encouraged the belief that Russia was trying to exert restraint on the Chinese Communists and thus avoid any possibility of a general war.