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Tuesday, May 11, 1954 University Daily Kansar
—Kansan photo by Jim Baird
THE BIG PUSH—As several hundred University students began a week of intensive study for the Western Civilization examination Saturday, the Kansan's candid cameraman photographed Harlen Chong and Mack Norris in the midst of an intensive review session. The strain seems to have been too much for pledge John Miller, but active brother Dwight Engelland, realizing that Miller had had a long day, decided to ignore the situation and let him sleep.
By JIM BAIRD
Crafts Shop: Hobby Hunting Ground
Tucked away in a corner of what Student Union officials call the "activities area," the Union crafts shop doesn't offer a visitor a picture of impressive showiness; the sawdust and scrap lumber, plus relatively dim lighting, don't help the impression any.
Individuals who work and play there don't care about showiness, however. They are pursuing one or another of their hobbies.
Take L. F. Johnson, an engineering sophomore who is building a fishing boat-from the plans up.
He has been working since early April. Starting from a few pictures of a similar craft and gleaning a few helpful suggestions from a Popular Mechanics magazine, he design'r his boat and has it about half finished.
Even Derwood McCabe, Union building engineer, and his maintenance crew use the shop occasionally. Typical of the jobs they do there is a set of attractive ice kegs they just finished for the food services division from nail kegs which were sanded down, polished and stained.
The customer load has peaks and
slow times, says William Hancock,
fine arts sophomore and student director
of the shop. Tuesday and
Thursday evenings usually are
“pretty busy” but afternoons generally are slack. The shop is open 12 hours a week.
Hancock gives instruction in seven hobby skills, including woodworking, wood carving, metalwork, enameling, jewelry making, leatherwork, photography, and film processing.
The darkrooms, says Hancock, are probably the most popular feature of the shop and are almost always booked solid, even though patrons furnish all their own supplies. There are two developing and printing rooms—one equipped with a small enlarger—which are adequate for handling projects of the average camera hobbyist, he said.
Frank Burge, Union director, said Union personnel were "mildly pleased and mildly displeased" with student participation in crafts, pointing out that the dollar cost per customer ($3,500) is tied up in equipment alone) is higher than in any other part of the Union.
Althea Rexroad, education junior has been the Student Union activities committee member "supervising" the crafts area this year.
She told the Union operating committee recently of her ideas to stimulate interest in crafts next year, which included using faculty members as instructors for classes such as the ceramics group and organization of clubs for hobbies such as photography.
Most Union officials want to promote the crafts department much more than has been done up to now, Mr. Burge said. A concentrated push along the lines suggested by Miss Rexroid is a distinct possibility.
Meanwhile, it's "business as usual" for Hancock and company, with no lack of customers.
The Department of State has announced that applications for appointment as a foreign service officer are available to those wishing to apply for the position.
Applications to take the examinations must be in to the State Department by July 1 1554. To be able to take the examinations one must be between 20 and 31 years of age, a citizen for 10 years, and if married, married to an American citizen.
Foreign Service Blanks Available
The applicants must take written and oral examinations. The written examination will be held September 13-16, 1954 in the civil service examination centers in various cities throughout the country. The oral examinations will be held in Washington beginning January 1955.
James W. Drury, associate professor of political science, has more information concerning applications for the examinations. Prof. Drury also has test questions given in previous years and will be glad to assist any one interested in applying for the appointment.
A physical examination is necessary for those successful in the oral examinations.
KDGU Schedule
6:30 Remember When
7:00 Bookstore Hour
8:00 Clock-Museum
8:00 Great Moments in Music
8:00 Moods for Books
9:00 Meet the Faculty
9:05 Tue's Company
9:30 News
9:05 Two's Company
9:30 News
9:35 Artistry in Jazz
"Operation friendship" was the name of a University-sponsored field trip which took 40 foreign students to Osawatomie over the week-end.
The trip was organized by William Butler, assistant dean of men, and a committee of Osawatome residents to give the foreign students an insight into typical community and family life.
Saturday afternoon was devoted to sight-seeing. The students were shown the Missouri Pacific diesel shop, the light and power plant, and the John Brown memorial park with John Brown's cabin. Sunday, the students visited the Osawatomie State hospital before returning to Lawrence.
11:00 News and Sign Off
The students were guests of different families in Osawatomie over the week-end and could attend church services of their preference Sunday.
Topeka — (U.P.)— George Templar, Republican candidate for governor; today appointed Ray E. Schulz, Great Bend, as his campaign manager. Mr. Schulz, a lawyer, is a past commander of the Kansas department of the American Legion.
Students Visit Osawatomie
Templar Names Manager
Nine decades of oil and gas in eastern Kansas — with emphasis upon the past decade—are presented in a 400-page report issued this week by the University's State Geological Survey.
The publication gives the history and production statistics of oil and gas developments in and describes the petroleum geology of 43 eastern Kansas counties—those east of the sixth principal midian.
Geological Unit Gives Oil History
The publication points out that oil and gas were first drilled for in Kansas in 1860 (in Miami county), that the state first produced more than a million barrels of oil in 1904, that peak production in eastern Kansas was in 1918 (output 45½ million barrels), and that oil was not found in western Kansas until 1923. It mentions that during the past several years, after a rather long "lull" in oil activity in much of eastern Kansas, this part of the state has again been "receiving somewhat extraordinary attention."
Chemistry Fellowship Given
Among reasons given for this "comeback" are improved production methods, including secondary-recovery and rock-fracturing techniques; successful well completions in largely untested deeper rocks, and a re-examination of the area by much wildcatting that has led to recent discoveries.
Marvin D. Rausch, graduate, will hold the Pan American Refining corporation fellowship in chemistry for the 1954-55 year at the University. Rausch will receive a stipend of $1,300.
Balcony Seats Only-
Negro Students View Local Discriminations
(This is the third in a series of four articles compiled by members of the Jayhawk Brotherhood. The opinions expressed here represent the views of neither the Daily Kansan nor its staff).
"The Negro student has the opportunity to do almost what he wants on the Hill," wrote an engineering freshman in response to an inquiry conducted by the Jayhawk Brotherhood. "But he is faced with prejudiced replies when wanting to act as an intelligent and able-bodied American in town."
"Having come from a community*
One of the most dispiriting experiences of Negro students when they leave the Hill appeared to be their treatment at movie houses.
"Having come from a community, where the Negro is accepted for the most part in both social and civil matters," stated a College sophomore. "I find it somewhat difficult to relate exactly how I did feel about the racial problem when I first came to Lawrence.
"Naturally I asked why. I received the customary answer. Becoming very disgusted with the whole affair, I returned to the campus, trying very hard to recapture that feeling of being just another student."
"Although I had been exposed to the problem of racial discrimination, I had not been in direct contact with it enough to be able to differentiate clearly between racial discrimination and 'general policy.' However, it was not long until I became fully aware of the problem in Lawrence, either by actual experience or by talking with other people."
But Negro Jayhawkers face other disappointments;
"Recently I went to a downtown theater in the hope of enjoying a very good movie. The theater was quite crowded; I was told there were seats reserved for Negroes in the balcony. Finding that all the seats in the section supposedly reserved for Negroes were occupied by members of both races, I returned downstairs in hope of being seated. But I immediately was told that I couldn't occupy a seat downstairs, even though there were many empty seats.
"Most of the churches," wrote another student, "rightly open their doors to all, but above many people's religious beliefs they keep their distastefulness about Negroes coming to their church."
"Two of my friends informed me that they had gone to a number of barber shops in Lawrence to get haircuts, and were refused. However, they were admitted to one of the barber shops and given twice only after they answered yes, but barely asked the them if they were from Haskell institute. Another Negro was asked to take his order away from the fountain in a drug store as he could not be served there."
A co-ed who had been refused service (she might have the order to take out) at a privately owned cafe on the Hill concluded her story in this way:
"The attitude of the waitress and the rejection of my patronage humiliated me beyond explanation. I told her that I had decided not to take the coffee, and I immediately left the cafe quite embarrassed and with my feelings crushed."
Tau Sigma Visits Paola
Sixteen members of Tau Sigma, modern dance fraternity, recently presented an instructive dance program to students of Paola High school. Demonstrations of the fundamental movements of the dance were given. A program of various rhythm interpretations followed.
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Pi Lambda Theta Elects 5 Officers
The sorority is making plans for the annual Strawberry festival on May 20. Reservations may be made before May 18 by calling KU 386.
Pi Lambda Theta, national honorary sorority for women in education, has elected the following officers for the coming year: Barbara Bateman, education junior; president: Jeannine DeGroot, education junior, vice president; Mary Demeritt, education junior, corresponding secretary; Peggy Anne Jones, education junior, recording secretary, and Ruth Franzen, instructor in home economics, treasurer.
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