Kansas State Historical Society Topeka, Ks.
Daily hansan
52nd Year, No. 22
Thursday, Oct. 14, 1954
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
200 English Teachers To Meet Over Weekend
KU will be host to about 200 high school and college English teachers for a conference on composition and literature tomorrow and Saturday.
Workshops, visits to KU English classes, and displays in Fraser hall will be featured. The annual conference is sponsored by the department of English and University extension to improve the teaching of English on the high school and college levels in Kansas.
Louis MacNeice, British poet, and Miss Hedii Anderson, ballad interpreter, will give a recital of poems at 8 p.m. tomorrow in Fraser theater. Mr. MacNeice will read poems by himself and others, and Miss Anderson will sing early English, Scotch and Irish folk songs.
A reception for Mr. Macneice and Miss Anderson will be held in the Museum of Art following the recital.
Dr. James L. Wortham, chairman of the Department of English, will preside at the opening session of the conference Friday in the Student Union ballroom. George R. Waggoner, dean of the College, will speak on the subject, "Our Common Aims."
Dr. Wortham will preside at a banquet at 6 p.m. Friday in the Kansas room of the Union. Gordon Collister, director of the Guidance bureau, will speak on the subject, "Evaluating Achievement in English." He will discuss the value of placement tests and other methods in the skill of students in English
At a luncheon in the Kansas room Saturday, Albert R. Kitzhaber, director of freshman and sophomore English, will preside. William C. Hummel, professor of English at Kansas State college, will speak on the subject "Introduction to Literature."
Cold Weather To Hit Kansas
Topeka, Kan—(U.P.)-The coldest weather of fall bore down on northwest Kansas today, with the first freeze expected in the Goodland area.
Storms and heavy rain lumbered across eastern Kansas and into Missouri Wednesday night, with the colder temperatures marching behind.
However, state weatherman Tom Arnold also reported that a warming trend is due to begin in the west tomorrow under sunny skies.
Frost was expected for western and north-central Kansas with clearing and colder tonight with frost or freezing temperatures west and scattered frost central and extreme north. Lows in the 20's in the northwest to around 40 in the extreme southeast. Friday fair and not so cool in the west. The high will be 55 to 60's in the southeast part of the state.
Atchison received one of the heaviest rains, 2.10 inches within one hour, flooding streets.
Rural homes in the Atchison area and some in the town were without electricity during the storm. After hitting Atchison the storm dumped 2.47 inches of rain on Bonner Springs, west of Kansas City.
Office Seekers For Freshmen Must File Names
Next Thursday is the last day on which petitions of candidates for the positions of freshman class officers may be filed with the elections committee of the ASC. It is also the last day on which political parties may file their lists of names to appear on their party primary ballots for the freshman ASC positions for the freshman primary election. Nonpartisan candidates for the freshman positions must file their petitions on or before Thursday, Oct. 28.
These lists of official party candidates and petitions must be filed with the chairman of the elections committee, Bob Pope, at the Theta Tau house.
Petitions for freshman class officers require the signatures of 25 firemen. All class officer candidates run non-partisan. If more than three persons file for one position, a primary election will be held to reduce the number of candidates for that position to three for the election.
The freshman men will elect one man to the ASC Senate and two men to the ASC house of representatives. The freshman women will elect one woman to the ASC senate, and a number of women to the ASC house of representatives. The number of freshman women elected to house of representatives upon voter participation in the election, one woman being elected for each 150 valid ballots cast for that position, or major fraction thereof.
The hurricane was expected to hit in the vicinity of Cape Hatteras, N.C., tonight. The gigantic storm was picking up forward speed and was expected to reach 30 to 35 miles an hour during the day.
Miami—(U.P.)-A mighty Atlantic hurricane, after smacking Haiti a devastating blow, roared in the direction of the U.S. mainland today powered by winds of 130 miles an hour.
McCarthy Opposes Case's Senate Bid
As the season's eighth tropical storm, Hurricane Hazel, churned to the east of the Bahamas, which escaped Hazel's fury, efforts were made to reach destitute and suffering towns of Haiti that were cut off by the storm.
The North Carolina caps went on hurricane alert at 10 a.m. (CST) and northeast storm warnings were to Charleston, S.C., to the Virginia caps.
The storm, which was thought at one point to have had the steam knocked out by its blow at Haiti, roared back with winds that hit 130 miles an hour over a small area near the center.
'Hazel'Roars To Carolinas
There was still no estimate of the dead at Jeremie, Haiti, although it may be higher than in Aux Cayes where the toll was reported by unconfirmed radio broadcasts to be about 200.
Theater Costumes Provide History Stored in a Closet
Group Talks Begin For Western Civ
Radio-TV Players To Hold Auditions
Washington — (U.P) — Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy was aligned squarely against President Eisenhower today over Republican Clifford P. Case's bid for U.S. senator in New Jersey.
About 60 students enrolled in Western Civilization this semester will take part in small group discussions instead of their individual proctor meetings, Rupert Murrill, director of the course, said today.
Audition and interest blanks were given to all those attending the Radio-Television Players meeting yesterday. Extra blanks will be distributed among interested students who didn't attend the meeting.
Ten groups of not more than six students each will meet weekly with a proctor to discuss the readings. All other students enrolled will continue' to meet bi-weekly in the regular manner.
"Discussion groups have been held informally at times in the past. We are now experimenting with them on a more organized basis." Mr. Murrill said.
Bob Reynolds, special student,
presided over the meeting and
announced audition dates, to be next
week from 10 a.m. to noon on Wednes-
day and Friday and from 3:30
to 5:30 p.m. Thursday in the KDGU
studios, 217 Journalism.
"It may be that future students in the course will have a choice between individual proctor meetings and group discussions. However, nothing definite is planned and will not be planned until we find out how the groups work out," he added.
In a corner of the University, history is condensed into a huge closet of clothes.
These clothes are the University Theater costume collection which was started by Dr. John Newfield, director, when he came to the University two years ago. Since renting costumes is too inconvenient, the theater is trying to build up a complete collection.
The collection now includes Egyptian, Roman, Greek, Queen Anne. 18th century, medieval, Victorian, twenties and modern costumes. The accessories include hats ranging from medieval helmets to silk top hats and even a group of 18th century wigs.
When the costumes are sewn, only the significant details are used. They are made as authentic as possible without hampering the actor on stage. Because of the number of actors who will wear the costumes, they must be simple enough to be altered. After the costumes are sewn, then fitted, they are trimmed and finished as the final step.
Making a costume is a complicated and technical process. They are designed with the characters, set, and mood of the production in mind. Colors are used symbolically in costumes, such as black for sadness and mourning and red for gaiety. The patterns for the costumes are cut, if possible, from an authentic garment. If this is not possible, they are styled from a picture in a costume book.
The costumes are sewn by paid student seamstresses who work under the direction of Marjorie Smith, costume assistant. Anyone with a knowledge of sewing can apply. The work is particularly interesting to girls majoring in fashion and design.
—Kansan photo by Larry Tretbar
THE PLAY'S THE THING—Miss Marjorie Smith, costume assistant of the University theatre, labors over a costume for a University theatre presentation.
> Sen, McCarthy told newsmen he will support "all Republican candidates" up for election next month —except Mr. Case. President Eisenhower on the other hand has given Mr. Case his personal endorsement.
Sen. McCarthy was interviewed by reporters after he left the U.S. Naval hospital at Suburban Bethesda, Md., late yesterday following a week's treatment for a sinus allment.
He said he is opposed to Mr. Case's candidacy for "reasons which I think will be made public before the election." He denied being influenced by Mr. Case's statement that he would vote to strip Sen. McCarthy's committee chairmanships if elected.
Sen. McCarthy said "some of the material" about Mr. Case already has been given to the New Jersey State Republican chairman. He refused to describe it but insisted he had not supplied it.
In Newark, N.J., the Star-Ledger carried a story quoting Bella V. Dodd, former Communist, as saying Mr. Case's sister, Adeladea, was "an active member of several Communist front groups I helped organize" in the 1940's.
New Jersey Democrats claim there is a serious party split that gives their Senate candidate, Rep. Charles R. Howell, an excellent chance. Sen. McCarthy said he wouldn't vote for Rep. Howell either, even if he lived in New Jersey.
"Mr. Case denounced the newspaper story as "gutter politics," saying that "my political enemies have shown they will stop at nothing in their effort to destroy me and my family." Mr. Case promised that the story would be answered fully.
On the subject of the looming Senate debate on his recommended censure, Sen. McCarthy said his defense strategy hasn't "solidified yet."
Kimball to Discuss Midwest Industry
Dr. Charles N. Kimball will speak at 8 p.m. tonight in Strong auditorium on the research and industrial development of the Midwest.
Dr. Kimball is president of the Midwest Research institute and has contributed greatly to the development of radar, radio communications for railroads, television, and applications of industrial electronics to the baking, milling, and food industries.
In his lecture Dr. Kimball will trace the cause and effect development of scientific research and development activities in this part of the country. He will show the relationship between the growth of science-based industries and the technical activities in the area.
He will also discuss some of the significant factors at both the educational and operating research level which are necessary to insure continued expansion of science and industry in the Midwest.
Museum of Art Adds To Flask Collection
The Museum of Art has added 152 pieces to its collection of "historical" flasks, which are bottles decorated with portraits or emblems related to a historical person or event.
The new pieces came from the collection of the late Fred Abel, Salina, and were given to the museum by Mrs. Abel. Edward A. Maser, director of the museum, A. Abel's stationery was unusually shaped bottles in shapes of clowns, guns, animals, fruits, vegetables, and houses.