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Daily hansan
53rd Year, No. 64
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Thursday, December 16, 1954
GIFT FOR AN ORPHAN—Miss Santa, Jo Ann Benton, fine arts freshman, places a gift in the toy box in front of the Christmas tree in Strong hall. The toys are being collected on campus by Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity. The gifts collected will be given to Kansas orphans.
Colorado Skiing Trip Attracts 20 So Far
About 20 persons have signed up for four days of skiing at Winter Park, Colo., between semesters. The trip is sponsored by the University YMCA.
Old professionals, and some who have never skied before are included in the group. The present plans are to enlist the aid of some exchange students, who have had experience in ski instruction, to help the beginners.
The YMCA has arranged group rates for the accommodations, and the cost of the whole trip will be about $45. This will include accident insurance. The skiers will stay at Timber Lodge.
at time.
A preliminary registration already has been sent in, but interested persons may sign up as late as Monday, Jan. 10, by contacting William Allaway, special graduate student and YMCA secretary.
The group will leave from Lawrence around Thursday, Jan. 27, by private car. Some may go later, if final examinations interfere. They will be back in time for registration Monday, Jan. 31.
Allaway expects that about 30 or 35 persons will take the trip. It is open to anyone, and faculty members and graduates, as well as students, are among those who are going.
hearsal Canceled Tonight
29 Cancellation of the symphony orchestra rehearsal at 7:30 p.m. today has been announced by Prof Russell L. Wiley, band and orchestra director.
Poland May Be Military Center
By UNITED PRESS
BY UNITED PRESS Poland, it is reported, is to become the general headquarters for staff operations in Russia's new Eastern European military set-up. Military planning for Poland, Czechoslovakia and East Germany is to be centered in Warsaw, according to Western Berlin sources. It is reported also that Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky, the Polish defense minister, may be made the commander-in-chief of a combined Soviet satellite fighting force.
These developments would not be surprising. Poland is the largest of the Kremlin's satellites, with a population of 25 million. Its armed forces number about 450,000 men, and its army is modeled closely after that of the Soviet Union. Poland, in fact, might be called a bulwark of satellite military strength.
But what a bulwark! Poland is a bulwark sustained not by the Polish people but by ruthless Communist overlords, secret police, spies and courts which mete out sentences to slave labor, prison or the gallows.
Western Civ Exam Is Set For January 8
The Western Civilization examination will be held Jan. 8 from 1-15:15 p.m., the Western Civilization department said today.
Those planning to take the test must register at the Western Civilization office Jan. 3,4, or 5. They will be assigned a place of examination at the time of registration.
The examination admittance card received at registration must be presented at the place of examination in order to take the test.
The Western Civilization department will sponsor review sessions for the examination on Jan. 3, 4, or 5, and 6 from 7-9:30 in room 426 Lindley. The sessions, which will be conducted by members of the department staff, will be open to all students who plan to take the test.
The examination will differ in several respects from previous finals. Rupert Murrell, assistant professor of sociology and anthropology and director of Western Civilization, said.
It will be graded on a different basis this year. The essay part of the exam will count one-half the final grade instead of one-third as the last. The other half of the test will be comprised of objective questions. This change will necessitate a half-hour longer test period. There will be a compulsory 15-minute break at 3 p.m.
Another change in the test is that the essay questions will be given in the first part of the exam and the objective questions will be given after the break.
Since the course is primarily concerned with understanding the broad development of our Western Civilization, the examination committee has felt that more importance should be given to the essay." Professor Murrill said. "We want to give students proper credit for being able to integrate their understanding of the various ideas in the course. And where that is not being done, we wish to encourage the practice," he added.
practice, he added. Both the essay and objective questions will be similar to the types used in past examinations.
SovietRedsThreaten ToEndFrenchTreaty
Moscow—(U.P.)The Soviet government threatened today to abrogate its 1944 friendship treaty with France if France ratifies the London-Paris agreements for rearming West Germany.
Warnings Issued As Storm Nears
The first sizable storm of the winter season hurled strong north- nw winds across the high plains of western Kansas today as government meteorologists issued special warnings.
Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy said today that students are urged to take added safe-driving precautions in view of the increasing hazard of the weather, but that the University would continue with the regular schedule of classes and that no classes would be excused early.
State weatherman Tom Arnold said it is still too early to determine the storm's severity in Kansas, but that "strong winds and gales" are in prospect for Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Nebraska.
Forecasters warned that in New-
york, blowing snow and high winds would produce hazardous driving conditions. Drivers in west-ern Kansas were urged to take every precaution.
A cold front moving eastward through Kansas passed Salina and Wichita at mid-morning, with increasing winds behind the front. A trace of snow was reported yesterday at Goodland.
Senior Pictures Set for January
The senior pictures for the 1955 Jayhawker will be taken after Christmas vacation, according to Donna Francis, editor. The plans for the deadline of the pictures and where they will be taken will be announced at that time.
Miss Francis requested that no more calls be made concerning the pictures until the details are announced in January.
The threat was made in a note handed by Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov to French Ambassador Louis Joxe at the foreign ministry.
The government made a simultaneous announcement that it would welcome negotiations with the new Japanese government, looking to "normalization" of relations between the two countries.
But major emphasis in the twin diplomatic stroke was placed on the warning to France.
The note contained a lengthy reiteration of Soviet opposition to the Paris agreements and the rearmament of West Germany. It described German rearmament as directed against the Soviet Union and "other peace loving nations" of Europe.
"Under such circumstances," the note said, "the Soviet government considers it its duty to state that the act of ratification of the Paris agreements will nullify the Franco-Soviet treaty and the whole responsibility for this will fall on the French government."
It was the most definite move made thus far by Russia to dissuade France from ratifying the Paris agreement which would place 500,-000 Germans in uniform as a part of a new Western defense system.
Final Exam Schedule Set
The final examination schedule this semester was announced today by James K. Hitt, registrar. The schedule is printed below.
Mr. Hitt said that three examinations are not considered excessive for one day, but that a schedule calling for four on one day could be changed. He said that students having four on one day or having other extreme complications must file an application by Thursday, Jan. 6, if they desire a change in their final schedule.
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Mr. Hitt added that the class schedule bulletins for next semester are now being printed and that the Registrar's office hopes to have them available for students sometime during the first week of school after vacation.
Examination Schedule - Fall Semester, 1954
Thursday, January 20, 1955, to Thursday, January 27, 1955, inclusive.
Classes meeting at: Will be examined at:
8 A.M., MWF sequence*... 10:00-11:50 Saturday January 22
8 A.M., TTS sequence**... 8:00- 9:50 Wednesday January 26
9 A.M., MWF sequence**... 10:00-11:50 Tuesday January 25
9 A.T., TTS sequence**... 1:30- 3:20 Wednesday January 26
0 A.M., MWF sequence**... 1:30- 3:20 Monday January 24
0 A.M., TTS sequence**... 10:00-11:50 Monday January 24
11 A.M., MWF sequence***... 3:30- 5:20 Wednesday January 26
11 A.T., TTS sequence**... 3:30- 5:20 Monday January 24
12 Noon, MWF sequence**... 3:30- 5:20 Thursday January 27
1 P.M., MWF sequence*... 8:00- 9:50 Tuesday January 25
1 P.M., TTS sequence**... 10:00-11:50 Wednesday January 26
2 P.M., MWF sequence**... 10:00-11:50 Friday January 21
2 P.M., TTS sequence**... 10:00-11:50 Thursday January 27
3 P.M., MWF sequence**... 8:00- 9:50 Thursday January 27
3 P.M., TTS sequence**... 1:30- 3:20 Thursday January 27
4 P.M., MWF sequence*... 3:30- 5:20 Friday January 21
4 P.M., TTS sequence**... 1:30- 3:20 Thursday January 20
French 1
French 2
German 1
German 2
Spanish 1
Spanish 2
General Biology
Zoology 2
Physiology 2
Chemistry 2, 2E, 3, 3E, 7 and 48 (All sections) ... 8:00- 9:50 Monday January 24
Physics 5 and 6, 156a and b (All sections) ... 8:00- 9:50 Friday January 21
Economics 9, 10, 72 and 73 ... 3:30- 5:20 Thursday January 20
ROTC (Army, Navy, Air Force, All sections) ... 1:30- 3:20 Tuesday January 20
and/or
3:30- 5:20 Tuesday January 25
Applied Mechanics 1 and 51 (All sections) ... 1:30- 3:20 Friday January 21