Kansas State Historical Society Topeka, Ks.
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LAWRENCE, KANSAS
53rd Year, No. 52
Tuesday, November 30, 1954
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CHRISTMAS SPIRIT ALREADY—Mrs. Carole Louk, employee of the book store, puts finishing touches on the Christmas window display.
Fan Mail and Life Photographers Move In on KU's '1 O'Clock Blonde'
Joan Gavin, the girl who drew wolf whistles from Strong Hall on-lokers for five weeks, is now getting fan mail, she says.
And this on top of the visit of two Life magazine photographers yesterday, their purposes to map out a picture story on the blonde fine arts freshman whose story has been given page 1 attention in numerous area papers of late, as well as being picked up by the Associated Press.
Miss Gavin said the photographers think the story of the mobs attracted three times weekly at 1 p.m. to the scene of Joan's campus stroll is a good story, but they don't know whether it will be carried by Life
.
Meanwhile, the coed was getting letters from her fans, which she calls "a lot of fun."
"It's nice to receive any mail here at the University," she said.
One of the letters was from a tuberculosis sanitarium patient, and another from a student at the University of Nebraska. The first, she said, was "very nice," the second more in a "kidding" vein. Yesterday she said she received "8 or 10" letters.
Miss Gavin's walk past Strong began to draw attention about five weeks ago. The mobs became larger. The week before Thanksgiving vacation, Miss Gavin said, the gag began to wear a little thin. Prior to that, everybody had seemed to enjoy the show, including the star.
Yesterday, as the crowd began to gather at Strong, something was missing. That something was Miss Gavin, in addition to a smaller crowd. Maybe the Monday-Wednesday-Friday show is over.
On Friday, Nov. 19, she decided to go to her 1 p.m. class in Marvin hall by automobile. And that's when the gag lost its charm for a lot of people. A crowd of 1,200 students mobbed the car and held up Jayhawk boulevard traffic for about five minutes.
Women to Hold Luncheon
Presbyterian Women's organization will hold a luncheon at noon tomorrow. Patricia Reynolds, graduate student, will be in charge of the program.
Concert Set By Orchestra
The University Little Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Dean Thomas Gorton of the School of Fine Arts. will be heard in a program at 8 p.m. tomorrow in Strong auditorium. The concert is open to the public without admission charge.
Cello: Robert Stewart, Richard Maag, Dorothy Woodle, and Sue Gewinner; bass: Dale Kempter and Barbara Claner; flute: Marcus Hahn and Jo Anna Sellards.
The program will include "Concerto Grosso," Opus 6, No. 12, in F major by Corelli, the "Haffner" Symphony by Mozart, a children's Suite for Small Orchestra by Brokofeff entitled "A Summer Day," "Concert Piece for Bassoon and Strings" by Burrill Phillips, in which Austin Ledwill will be soloist, and "Sinfonietta" by Walter Piston.
Second violin: Carol Brumfield, Maxine Madden, Kathryn Meredith, and Erla Covalt; viola: Karel Blaas, Wilbur Kent, and Esther Shriver.
This is the fifth year of the chamber orchestra which was formed of faculty and advanced students for the purpose of presenting early and contemporary works for small orchestras.
Oboe: Edith Nichols and William McDowell; clarinet: Raymond Zepp and Mary Ella Symes; bassoon: Austin Ledwish and Phyllis Glass.
The personnel includes first violin: Raymond Cerf, George C. Green Jr., Ine Kreye, and Ruth Henry.
Horn: Donnell Horn and Jane Steinle; trumpet: Leo Horacek and Mary McMahon; timpani: DeRoss Hogue; percussion: Pamela Beezley, and piano: James Smolko.
In an effort to determine reasons for publicity surrounding the "1 o'clock blonde," the Daily Kansan today asked several students at random, "Do you think Joan Gavin is worthy of all the attention she has received?"
"She has had that publicity all her life and will have it wherever she goes."—Jerry Baker, college freshman.
Here are some of the comments:
"I think the publicity she has received shows how juvenile people at KU can be. If the publicity were all good, she would deserve it."—Jan Robinson, college junior.
"She has everything else, she might as well have the publicity."—Bob Jones, engineering freshman.
"I think it is absurd. In Kansas City, where so many things happen, I think other things deserve front page space in the Star." -Carol Stutz, education senior.
from the comments I received at home, I don't think the publicity is good for the University."-Mary Fran Poe education junior.
"This might make up for the football team."—Tom Hampton, college sohomore.
"I think the publicity angle is certainly hindering her socially—as far as being worth it, she is as deserving of the attention." Woodward, fine arts junior.
"The publicity hasn't pointed out the reasons for the attention she has received."-Jack Stewart, third year law.
"In the end I think it will cause more enemies—among girls, that is." —Marv Dougherty, nursing junior.
"She is a pretty nice looking gal, but not worth quite all the publicity she has received."—Larry Mosby, college senior.
Weather
Scattered light showers in the east and central are forecast for Kansas tonight and tomorrow. Temperatures will be warmer in the eastern part of the state tomorrow. The high today was in the 50s in the southeast. The low tonight will be in the 20s.
Dulles, Senators Oppose Blockade
Washington—(U.P.)—Secretary of State John Foster Dulles received bipartisan support today for his firm stand against an air or sea blockade to try to force Red China to release 13 American prisoners.
State Witnesses Testify at Trial
By STAN HAMILTON
and JOHN HERRINGTON
The trial of Phillip A. Johnson, 68, of Kansas City, Mo., charged with first degree murder in the May 28 fatal shooting here of Leroy Harris, local lawyer, began yesterday afternoon, with several witnesses testifying for the state.
An all-male jury was selected after a three-hour screening in the morning and early afternoon. About fifty persons were in the courtroom.
There is no session today because of the funeral of A. B. Mitchell. Lawrence lawyer, who died Saturday morning. It will resume at 10 am. tomorrow.
Although the lawyers for Mr. Johnson, Elmer Jackson and Miles Stevens of Kansas City Kan., made no official statement, it appears they will use a plea of temporary insanity as a defense. The state is asking the maximum penalty, death, for Mr. Johnson.
Among the early witnesses was a KU student, Rich Clarkson, journalism senior. A photographer for the Lawrence Journal-World, Clarkson told of taking photographs of the body of Mr. Harris the day he was shot.
The University was represented on the jury, also. One of the 12 men selected is Howard Brown, a technician in the department of bacteriology.
Jeff Barnes, Route 1, a farmer; George Christian of Baldwin, a farmer; Eugene Davis, 1220 New York st., a carpenter; Joe Eder of Eudora, a farmer; Paul C. Lyons, 2124 Massachusetts st., a contracting employee; John Marquette, 2 Winona ave., owner of a Eudora restaurant; D. T. Ransdall, 1742 Learnard ave., a retired accountant; Leo Schuyler, 831 New Jersey st., a machinist; Alvin Stahel of Overbrook, a farmer; Kenneth Walker, 1027 Vermont st., an insurance salesman; Earl A. Zimmerman, 941 Rhode Island st., a steam fitter, and Alvin Heinen of Baldwin, a farmer (alternate).
Other jurors:
Earlier 11 panel members were excused from serving, six by the defense and five by the state.
Moore to Lecture On Works of James
Prof Geoffrey Moore will discuss the works of Henry James, American novelist and short-story writer, at 7 p.m. today in room 205 of the Journalism building. The lecture will be one of the Rose Morgan "The Spirit of Modern Literature" series.
Prof. Moore will read selections from James' works and discuss his influence on 20th century fiction.
English Proficiency To Be Saturday
The English proficiency examination will be given Saturday, Dec. 4, at 2 p.m. Each student desiring to take the examination must register in person in the office of the dean of his z.hool. Registration will continue today and tomorrow. Students failing to register will not be admitted to the examination.
Fraternity to Hold Pledging
Alpha Delta Sigma, honorary advertising fraternity, will hold a formal pledging and banquet at 6 p.m. tomorrow in the English room of the Student Union.
- Three Democratic foreign policy spokesmen—Sens. Walter E. George of Georgia, John Sparkman of Alabama and J. William Fulbright of Arkansas—lined up with Mr. Dulles in opposition to the blockade proposal advanced by Republican Senate Leader William F. Knowland of California.
Two influential Republicans—H. Alexander Smith of New Jersey and Homer Ferguson of Michigan—also sided with the secretary although Sen. Ferguson said he would not rule out use of a blockade at some time.
In a major foreign policy address in Chicago last night, Mr. Dulles bluntly rejected Sen. Knowland's proposal, declaring that an air or naval blockade of Red China would amount to "war action."
Administration officials said today the principal American effort will be to marshal world opinion against the Chinese imprisonment of the 13 Americans.
They predicted there will be a barrage of statements from administration leaders, including the President, and possible action among delegates to the United Nations. The statements will be aimed at showing that Red China is a militant power which has no intention of living up to its professions of peace.
In his speech, Mr. Dulles warned Communist China's latest "argressive" action may mean "international Communism is trying by a new way to divide the free nations." "They seek to be soothing in Europe," he said. "They are pro-communist in Asia."
"What has happened is a challenge to us, and indeed to all who want peace, to find ways, consistent with peace, to sustain international rights," he said.
Meanwhile in Geneva, Switzerland, U.S. Consul General Franklin Gowen, in a bitter face-to-face meeting with Red China diplomat Chen Ping last night, protested the unlawful jailing of the 13 Americans "in the strongest possible terms."
Final Chest Total Reaches $3,222
Final Campus Chest contributions received since the clean-up drive total to $3,222.51, or $4,470.49 less than the goal.
According to the percentages appropriated by the steering committee, the nine organizations represented in the drive will receive the 'following amounts:
YMCA, YWCA, National Multiple Sclerosis society, and Lawrence Sativation Army, $161.13 each; Damon Runyon Fund for Cancer Research, National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Mental Health Society, and American Heart association, $222.25 each, and World University service, $1,289.
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