—Kansan photo by Nancy Collins STRAIGHTEN UP THAT LINE—Students wait in varying positions and attitudes to get their class cards in the English department box. It was all part of that by now well-known procedure. enrollment.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
52nd Year, No. 80
Reds Defy U.S. Vow Post Invasion Fleet
Taipei, Formosa — (U.P.) The Chinese Communists, defying a United States pledge to protect the Nationalist evacuation of Tachen island, have massed an invasion fleet near Yikiangshan, barely eight miles away, it was disclosed today.
at planes flew through increasingly heavy anti-aircraft fire to attack the Red ships. Two Communist ships were reported destroyed.
The center of the Communist buildup was reported to be at Yiikangshan from which heavy Red siege guns have shelled Tachen Island repeatedly. Nationalist sources said "many" Communist ships had gathered there and to the North.
The mighty Seventh fleet was ready to go into action with air cover for Tachen at a moment's notice. A security blackout covered much of the American and Nationalist action, however.
Informed sources in Taipei said the United States and Nationalist China had reached agreement on evacuation of the Tachens under cover of the U.S. Seventh fleet and that an announcement could be expected within 48 hours.
The Ministry of Defense was reported strengthening other Nationalist offshore islands, particularly Quemoy, the largest and strongest which lies 300 miles south of Tachen just off the Red Chinese port of Amov.
Taipei sources said medical teams evacuated from Tachen already had been dispatched to Quemoy and that heavy equipment and support forces were expected to follow. It also was believed Matsu island, midway between Tachen and Quemoy, would be strengthened.
There were increasing signs the evacuation of Tachen was imminent, but that it would be the last island Generalissimo Chiang Kaiskek would give up without a fight.
The cabinet met today with acting foreign minister Shen Chang-Huan to hear a report on the possibilities of a cease-fire in the Formosa strait.
Gen. Earle. E. Partridge, commander of U.S. Air Forces in the Far East, flew in today for urgent conferences with American Army and Naval commanders and Gen-calissimo Chiang Kai-shek. There was immediate speculation additional U.S. air power would be sent here.
Senate Approves Am Appointees
By TED ELANKENSHIP, BOB
LYLE, and STAN HAMILTON
Topeka — Ray Evans of Kansas City, McDill "Huck" Boyd of Phillipsburg, and L. D. Morgan of Goodland, appointed late in December to the board of regents by outgoing Gov. Edward F. Arn and objected to by Gov. Fred Hall, yesterday were officially approved by the "lame duck" state Senate, after a session that did not prove as stormy as anticipated.
Four other "midnight hour" Arn appointees, all selected after the election of Gov. Hall, also were approved yesterday to serve on the Forestry, Fish, and Game commission.
Thursday, February 3, 1955
Supporters of Gov. Hall tried unsuccessfully to postpone all discussion on 3° late Arn appointees, but a motion to do so was defeated by a 24 to 15 margin. The Senate later voted to consider only persons appointed to the two bodies.
Leading the debate in favor of having the showdown yesterday was Sen. R. C. Woodward of El Dorado, an avowed Hall opponent. Sen. John Anderson Jr. of Olathe, one of the original Hall-for-Governor boosters, brought a burst of applause from the packed gallery at one time while providing most of the argumentation for the proposed delay.
The squabble started Monday when three anti-Hall senators served notice they would bring up the names yesterday of all the persons appointed by Gov. Arn since the Legislature adjourned.
The appointment of Mr. Boyd reportedly was objected to by the Hall faction because the Phillipsburg native long has been a political enemy of the new governor, Mr. Evans, former KU all-American football player, too, was against Mr. Hall during the Republican primary race in August.
Kansas State Historical Society
Weather
Heavy snow is expected in the northwest and extreme western part of the state today, with snow and freezing rain in the west spreading east late today. Snow will accumulate in heavy amounts in the northwest and extreme west tonight and tomorrow with considerable blowing and drifting in the northwest. Snow mixed with freezing rain in the eastern and south central sections of the state tonight will change to snow tomorrow. The high today will be in the 20's in the north and west and 30 to 34 in the southeast. The low tonight will be 15 to 20 in the northwest and 35 in the southeast.
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Enrollment Drops 439 from Fall Term
Spring semester enrollment at Hitt, director of admissions, said 6.0 per cent from the fall term.
The enrollment figure includes 6,723 who have completed regular registration, and from 250 to 300 who are expected to enroll late. The drop from the fall semester is one per cent less, than that of last year. Attendance at the Lawrence campus is 6,073 and 650 are at the Medical Center in Kansas City.
There are 459 new students, 93 more than last year. Two hundred forty-five entered the University for the first time, and 214 former students returned. There are 55 new freshmen, 183 veterans attending on the "Korean GI bill," and 54 other veterans.
By University schools, the number of new students is: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 187; School of Engineering and Architecture, 119; Graduate school, 61; Education, 30; Fine Arts and Business, 19 each; Law and Pharmacy, 10 each; and Journalism, 4.
In addition, the University serves 6,500 correspondence students. Ruth Kenney, director of the Bureau of Correspondence Study, said students in 34 states, Alaska, Hawaii and six foreign countries now take courses from the KU bureau.
The total number of students taking courses from the University, then, is approximately 13,500.
the University is 7.000, James K. today. This is a drop of 439, or
Former Student Killed Monday In Plane Crash
Lt. Frank S. Norris Jr.,'53 business graduate of the University, was killed Monday in an airplane crash at El Centro, Calif. His AD-6 light attack bomber was the first of two to crash within 10 minutes in the immediate area around El Centro.
Lt. Norris entered active service following graduation and was associated with attack bomber squadron 125 at Miramar Naval Air station. While at the University he was business manager of the Jayhawker, Pachacamac candidate for student council president, and president of Sigma Nu social fraternity.
He was married to Ann Sims, whom he met at the University. He is survived by his wife, Ann; his one-year-old son, Dean Mitchell; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Norris Sr. of Raytown, and two sisters, Mrs. Jane Kincaide of Kansas City, Kan., and Miss Romayne Norris of Raytown.
$150,000 Annual Gift Given by Summerfield
A gift from the estate of alumnus Solon E. Summerfield will be one of the largest in the history of KU. It has been estimated that the amount left for the school by the former Lawrence resident and KU law graduate of 1901 will be as high as $150,000 annually.
Mr. Summerfield died Sept. 2, 1947 and he stipulated that the University and a number of charities would receive the money from his estate after the death of his *wife*. Mrs. Vivien Summerfield, his widow, died Jan. 19, this year, in Crystal Bay, Nevada.
The exact amount of money that the University will receive will not be known until the trustees of the
summerfield meet, according to trvin Youngberg, executive secretary of the University Endowment association.
"The Endowment association trustees have made no plans regarding use of the money." Mr. Youngberg said. "No plans will be made until it is known definitely how much the University will receive."
Minneapolis Symphony to Give Concert Here Sunday in Hoch
ANTAL DORATI
The Minneapolis Symphony orchestra, conducted by Antal Dorati, will present a concert at 8:20 p.m. Sunday in Hoch auditorium.
The program is sponsored by the University Concert course. The orchestra will play the Brahms "Academid Festival" overture, the "Eroica" symphony by Beethoven, the Strauss tone poem, "Till Eulen-spiegel's Merry Pranks", and the "Danhuis and Piper" suite by Ravel.
The conductor, Antal Dorati, came to Minneapolis after leading the Dallas symphony. Born in Budapest, Mr. Dorati started his conducting in the field of opera. He later spent 10 years as musical director of some of the foremost ballet companies of the world. He has conducted symphony orchestras in the United States, Mexico, Europe, and Australia.
In an ordinary season the orchestra presents approximately 70 concerts in more than 50 towns and cities. Its home seasons consist of approximately 40 concerts. Sunday's concert represents the first appearance of the orchestra in Lawrence in more than 25 years.
Mr. Dorati commits his scores to memory and conducts with or without a baton. His deportment on the podium is functional, utilizing no more in the way of gestures than is required to bring the music from the ensemble.
In addition to his music, Mr. Dorati has won the critics' praise for his painting and writing.