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LAWRENCE. KANSAS
52nd Year, No.12
Thursday, Sept. 30, 1954
Water Buckets to Tent Poles-The Circus Is Here
By STAN HAMILTON
The circus has come to town! This was obvious early this morning when the writer was awakened at 5:30 a.m. by the shrieks and howls of the children of the neighborhood. The circus equipment and animals began moving from the Santa Fe railway depot down Connecticut street (where the writer lives) to the 4-H fairgrounds, where a matinee and evening show will be given before the show moves south.
At first we tried to get more sleep. But an extra loud squeal of glee from the children sent us running to the window "to see what was the matter."
Three such trips, each time hampered by a troublesome window shade, and the fight was over. Breakfast was gobbled down near the window. And then we followed the crowd to the fairgrounds to watch the big top go up and the animals eat breakfast.
MEAT ON THE BLOCK. . . .
Rain, Twisters Hit Plains; Neosho Up
A cold wave from Canada collided with muggy, warm air over the Midwest today to set off a line of rain, tornadoes, and vicious windstorms. Tornado warnings were sent out in the area from St. Joseph to Kirksville, Mo., last night, but the violence of the storms was listed as non-tornadic today.
University Theater Auditions Begin
University theater auditions will be held tonight and tomorrow from 7 to 10 p.m. on the Fraser theater stage.
The auditions are open to all University students. Students are needed in the following branches of the theatrical production: acting, singing, dancing, stage technique, stage lighting, scene design, costume design and construction, and house management.
This season the University theater will present five major productions, including three plays, a musical, and a double-bill opera, and two minor productions.
Field Trip Planned By Tool Engineers
The American Society of Tool Engineers will go on a joint field trip with the Kansas City chapter to the Locomotive Finished Materials company in Atchison Wednesday.
William Muchnic, president of the company and a KU alumnus, will speak and conduct a tour of the plant.
Members should plan to leave from Fowler shops at 6 p.m. The office at Fowler will give further information.
Heavy rains in southeast Kansas sent the lower Neosho river on the rise today with the stream due to run about three-quarters bankful at Oswego. A number of southeast points had between three and four inches of rain in the last 24 hours, and the state weatherman said more moisture is due in that section.
Goodland missed the first freeze of the season by just two degrees, while in Pittsburg diagonally across Kansas the morning minimum was 32 degrees higher at 66.
The state was mostly cloudy and cool today and the cold front which' is moving very slowly still lay northeast-southwest across the southeast corner of Kansas.
The state will be partly cloudy through tomorrow with scattered showers in the northwest tonight or tomorrow, and the temperatures are expected to range from a high of 60 degrees in the northwest to 70 degrees in the southeast. Cooler temperatures are expected in the southeast and extreme east today and tonight.
Organist Will Play For Film Series
Some hail and high winds accompanied the rain in eastern Kansas.
The new organist for the University film series this year will be Robert Schaaf, fine arts sophomore.
He will play selections related to the mood of the film for 15 minutes preceding the show, including the service. The Browsing Version," will be shown Oct. 8.
No longer are elephants used to boost up the huge center tent poles, we found. Instead, each is hoisted up by means of separate electric motors. A difficulty was run into today, however, in getting the canvas up. The canvas, which ordinarily weighs about 40 tons, weighed almost twice that much this morning because it had gotten wet at the final performance last night in North Kansas City, Mo.
Many KU coeds were seen watching the animals eating. Several were almost drenched when a pigmy hippopotamus took a quick plunge into its pool in its wagon. Several other girls climbed up on a wagon to get a glimpse of the barking seals.
But the biggest crowd formed
Giants Lead 2-1 In 7th Inning
New York (U.P.)—The New Giants, held hitless for four innings by Cleveland's Early Wynn, scored two in the fifth on two hits to move into a 2 to 1 lead as the second World Series game moved into the seventh inning this afternoon. The Giants lead by a game in the Series, winning 5 to 2 yesterday.
SERIES SCORE
Cle 100 000
NY 000 020
INNING SCORES
First
Indians--Smith homered on first pitch into left field stands. Avila grounded out, Dark to Lockman. Doby called out on strikes. Rosen walked. Wertz walked. Rosen moving to second. Westlake singled through the middle. Rosen, moving to third and Wertz to second. Strickland popped up to Lockman. One run, two hits, no errors, three left.
Second
Giants—Lockman grounded out, Wynn to Wertz. Dark lined out to Doby. Mueller grounded out, Avila to Wertz. No runs, no hits, no errors, none left.
Indians—Hegan doubled to left. Wynn sacrificed, moving Hegan to third. Smith struck out. Avila fouled out to Thompson. No runs, one hit, no errors, one left.
indians—Doby struck out. Rosen grounded out, Dark to Lockman. Wertz singled to center, Westlake walked. Strickland forced Westlake. No runs, no hits, no errors, none left.
Giants—Mays flied to Westlake.
Thompson flied to Smith. Irvin struck out. No runs, no hits, no errors, none left.
Third
Indians—Hegan flied to Mays. Wynn struck out. Smith walked. Avila grounded to Thompson who forced Smith. No runs, no hits, no errors. none left.
Giants—Williams struck o u t swinging. Wrestrum flied to Smith. Antonelli flied to Westlake. No runs, no hits, no errors, none left.
Giants- Lockman fanned. Strick-
land threw to Wertz to retire Dark.
Mueller flied to Westlake. No runs,
no hits, no errors, none left.
Fourth
Delwig to Speak on Uranium
Dr. Louis F. Delwig, assistant professor of geology, will speak on "Uranium Prospecting in the Eastern Colorado Rockies" at a Geology club meeting at 7:30 p.m. today in 426 Lindley. Color slides will be shown and refreshments will be served.
around the "cats." Exclamations of wonder emitted as each cage was opened to allow keepers to feed them and put in fresh straw. Many "ooohs" and "aaahs" were audible when, in another cage, a pair of 4-week-old panthers came to view. One, it seems, had a front leg in a cast to protect a broken leg it suffered soon after its birth, which came during the show in Chicago.
sideshow performers was up and around yet (9:30 a.m.), but the horses, ranging from the tiny Shetlands to giant workhorses, were being lined up for a march to the grounds.
Next we went to the depot to watch the stragglers. None of the
Finally the reluctant children (and KU students) were required to go to school. But at least the youngsters gained one concession over those on the Hill—schools were dismissed for the afternoon to let them attend the matinee.
Kansan photo by Bill Slamin
. . . AND ON THE HOOF
The painting hangs in the main gallery of the museum as the masterpiece of the month.
Prof. Russell L. Wiley, director of the University band said that salutes to the parents will be included in the band's performance at halftime of the game. At forming the words "MOM" and "DAD," the band will play "I Want a Girl"; "My Heart Belongs to Dad."
French Masterpiece Given Museum of Art
"The White Milker." a 19th century French painting by Constant Troyon, has been given to the Museum of Art by Simon Hurwitz of Lawrence.
Chancellor Franklin D Murphy the dean of students, and deans of men and women will greet parents at an informal reception in the Museum of Art from 10 to 11 a.m. Organized houses will have buffet luncheons, and most of them will serve coffee after the Kansas-Colorado football game.
KU Going All-Out For Parents' Day
Special exhibits will be shown in the Kansas room of Watson library where the main stacks, usually closed to the public, will be open for inspection.
Staff members of the library will greet visitors. A receptionist will be at a desk in the main foyer to help persons find their way through the library.
The library's special collections—including many valuable and some irreplaceable books—are kept in the Kansas room and are the most carefully cared for volumes of the library's 600,000 books.
The parents of more than 2,200 new students at University have been invited to the third annual Parent's day program Saturday, Dr. Kim Giffin, general chairman, said today. Open house will be held from 9 a.m. to noon by all academic departments, the student health service, guidance bureau, museums, and student clinics.
New students may buy game tickets which will allow their parents to sit in the student section Saturday.
Parents May Sit With New Students
Tickets will be sold for $2 at the information booth, Fraser, and Strong Saturday morning. Purchasers must present their ID cards.
Parents of former students will not be allowed to sit in the student section.
3 Education Men Attend State Clinic
Three members of the School of Education faculty are attending an education clinic in Winfield today for education leaders throughout the state.
"Human Relations in Education," is the theme of the clinic. Dean Kenneth Anderson of the School of Education will act as moderator in a panel discussion on "School and Community Relationships."
Dr. Charles E. Johnson, director of elementary education, and Fred Montgomery, director of visual education, are also attending.
Dr. Paul J. Meisner, superintendent of schools at Glencoe, Ill., is coordinator of the clinic.