Friday. December 17, 1954 University Daily Kansan
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Election of Fred Hall Top Story in Kansas
Bv KEN BRONSON
Kansas, its reputation already established as a tranquil state, didn't go out of its way in soiling that mark in 1954, as a survey of the state's top news stories shows.
This was election year, however, and the state made the most of it. The nomination and election of Fred Hall, erstwhile Dodge City Republican, would have to rate as the state's top story.
But if one wanted to divide that category into two parts, it would be hard to decide which story was best.
Mr. Hall's nomination over George Templar was a stunning blow to the component of the Republican party in power in the statehouse for the past four years. It was a primary campaign that saw the Republican split down the middle—the first time in many years that the dominant political machine in the state had experienced such an event.
Some feel that the subsequent general election and the election of Mr. Hall to the governorship over George Docking of Lawrence was an anti-climax to the primary campaign and election.
Nor were those two points the only news that jellied from the election in Kansas. The charge that top-flight Republicans contributed to the Democratic campaign funds in the general election also rates as one of the top state stories. This, incidentally, is still boiling and may not be settled for some time.
Also rating near the top among the news stories for the year was the Supreme court's abolishment of segregation. Kansas was one of the states implicated in the case and one of the states that felt the new ruling.
The year 1954 was centennial year in Kansas and the stories that blossomed were also important in the eyes of not only the towns where
the celebrations were being held but also over the state as well.
The wide-spread drought and the frequent dust storms in the early spring also were important stories, as was the selling of the bonds for the Kansas Turnpike.
Three accidents were foremost in the news. One claimed eight lives in an auto accident near Plains in August—the worst auto accident in the state's history. The others were crashes of B-47 stratioets. The first came near Overbrook in early spring and the second near Olathe in the fall.
There were other top stories, too. The Wichita cab strike was foremost in the news, although it dragged out through most of the year. It was a severe test of right-to-work policy and one man was beaten in the feud.
The Eisenhower museum dedication story was one of the best, not so much from the standpoint that the shrine was being dedicated as the fact that the President was in Abilene for the event.
Others were the Nannie Doss story, which occupied and is still occupying front-page space on almost every paper in the state if not the entire county. The Kansas angle in this case was that one of her husbands lived and was murdered at Emporia.
Vice President Richard M. Nixon hit Kansas this fall in his campaign for the GOP party and his stops in the state also commanded mention. There was also the Harold Fatzer-Russ Anderson smear campaign in the race for the attorney general's post.
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ILLUMINATION IN THE DARKNESS—Decorating the campus for the Christmas season are lights hung on trees in front of Strong hall.
Research Reading Room Opened for Sociologists
The Seba Eldridge Memorial room on the second floor of Strong Annex E has been opened by the department of sociology and anthropology for use in research and reading as a work center for majors and graduate students in sociology.
Dr. Marston M. McCluggage, acting chairman of the department, announced that the room has been furnished with books from the Eldridge library, issues of professional journals, census materials, electric-light tables, calculator, and adding machine. Students who wish to use the room for evening work or study may make arrangements with the department's secretary for a key, he added.
The laboratory, formerly Room 10, is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Seba Eldridge who died suddenly in February 1953. Dr. Eldridge taught in the sociology department since 1921 and was the author of six books, in addition to many articles in academic magazines.
The room will be formally dedicated by Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy on Feb. 16, the anniversary of the KU sociologist's death.
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Anderson, Meyerson Get Science Honors
The American Association for the Advancement of Science has honored two University faculty members.
Dr. Kenneth E. Anderson, dean of the School of Education, has been selected committee man-at-large for the Section Q committee of the AAAS for a four-year term, 1955-58. The section is concerned with education.
Dr. Lee Meyerson, assistant professor of psychology and hearing and speech, has been elected a fellow of the AAAS. The honor was accorded for his extensive research in problems of the physically handicapped and their education.
Dean Anderson is president of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, which has been accepted as an official affiliate of the AAAS. Its activities will be included in Section Q.
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Nativity Play Well Presented
By MADELYN BRITE
The sixth annual German Nativity play was presented successfully at the Weihnachtsfeier Christmas party Wednesday in Fraser theater.
An appreciative audience of about 350 watched the cast of students in German classes unfold the Bettlehem story in well-articulated German. A 48-member choir, directed by William Wilcox, graduate student. sang German Christmas carols at intervals in the play. The chair's performance, as well as that of a recorder ensemble, added greatly to the program.
The play, directed by Dr. John Newfield, director of the University Theater, is a 16th century German miracle play. The Nativity story was simply presented in seven scenes, beginning with the angel Gabriel's appearance before Mary for the anunciation, and ending with the adoration of the kings and shenherds in the manger.
Watchers who could not understand German appreciated the play as well as those who knew the language. The players displayed good accentuation and expression in their roles, so that the audience had no difficulty in following the story.
The play diverted from the traditional Christmas story when a shepherd wrestles with Lucifer, the devil, adding a humorous touch to the play. Later in the fifth scene Herod is tortured by his conscience and is chased off the stage by three devils.
Christmas in a Russian village was portrayed by members of the Russian club singing old Russian orthodox chants, preceding the Nativity program. Alexis Popoff, engineering freshman, gave an excellent performance of the cantor.
Community singing of German carols was held between scenes and refreshments were served following the performance in Wilcox museum.
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