Kansas State Historical Society Topeka, Ks.
Daily hansan
51st Year. No. 121
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Friday, April 2, 1954
Alaska, Hawaii May Be Rejected By 'Cold' House
Washington—(U.P.)House leaders gave a frigid reception to the Senate-passed Alaska-Hawaiian statehood bill today, and its future was very much in doubt.
House Republican Leader Charles A. Halleck (Ind.) charged that the Senate "played fast and loose" in tieing- Alaska statehood to the House-approved Hawaii bill.
Rep. Halleck, personally opposed to the combined bill, said Hawaiian partisans who voted to include Alaska "may bear the blame for sabotaging" Hawaii's chances.
Statehood supporters were happy over the 57 to 28 vote by which the Senate approved the combined bill yesterday. But they were apprehensive about its prospects in the House.
Unanimous consent is required in the Lower Chamber to empower a Senate-House conference committee to work out a combined bill for the House, which has approved statehood for Hawaii only. That consent appeared unlikely.
If consent is not granted the issue goes to the House rules committee which has had an Alaska bill in cold storage for some time.
85 Will Attend Speech Contest
Kim Giffin, associate professor of speech, will be director of the 1954 national meeting of Phi Rho Pi, national forensic society for junior colleges, at the University Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.
Approximately 85 students from five out-of-state schools, who won the right to participate in the meet by winning preliminary contests in their territory, are expected to attend.
The contest is divided into orate-
extremely improvable, interpe-
tative and unimaginable.
Trophies and individual medals for the first four places in each division will be awarded, and all participants will receive a certificate. A sweepstakes trophy will be awarded to the school which scores the most points.
—Kansan photo by Tom Shannon
VICTORY—Clifford Holland, first year law; Fred Rice, business junior, and Robert Kennedy, engineering junior, aren't telling of their campaign strategy as they look over the results of the primary balloting yesterday; they each won the ASC presidential nominations of their respective parties—Marrried Students, POGO, and AGI, respectively.
McCarthy-Army Head Investigation Criticized
Washington—(U.P.)-Boston attorney Samuel P. Sears, who has publicly praised Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, came under fire today within hours after he was picked to run the investigation of the McCarthy-Army row.
Sen. Charles E. Potter (R.-Mich.), a member of the Senate Investigating subcommittee that selected Mr. Sears as special counsel for the inquiry, said he would ask Mr. Sears point-blank if he can conduct an importial investigation.
Weather
Generally fair weather is expected today and tonight, becoming partly
cloudy tomorrow.
Warmer t o d a y
and turning much
colder northeast
a n d extreme
north portions to-
morrow. H i g h
today around 70.
Low tonight will
be in the 30s in
Dr. Roberts and a medical advisory committee recommended to Community Studies firm and the McLvain Fund trustees that available funds could best be used to
the north and near 40 in the south.
Career Investigatorship Set Up at Medical Center
The board of directors of Community Studies, Inc. of Kansas City, Mo., and the University School of Medicine have announced the establishment of the McIlvain Career investigatorship in the department of medicine at the KU Medical center, Kansas City.
The joint announcement also revealed that Dr. Santiago Grisolia would come to the KU Medical Center May 1 as McLvain Career investigator. He also will be associate professor of medicine and biochemistry. His research space in the Medical Sciences building will be designated the McLvain laboratory.
A grant of $54,000 has been made by Community Studies firm to the Medical center from funds made available by the trustees of the Frederic Ervine McIlvain memorial fund. The trustees are Arthur Mag of Kansas City and the First National Bank of Kansas City, Ms. This trust was established by the late Mrs. McIlvain in 1960, who designated her physician, Dr. Sam E. Roberts, as medical adviser to the trustees.
Dr. Santiago Grisolia was selected for his research record and because his specific field—enzyme, hormone, and electrolyte changes in heart disease—seems to hold great promise in the further study of heart disease.
> "I have no reason to doubt that he can." Pen. Potter said.
He is a graduate of the University of Barcelona, and is now assistant professor of physiological chemistry in the Enzyme Institute at the University of Wisconsin and a recipient of the award of "Established Investigator" by the American Heart association. The Heart association will continue to give him some support for his studies because of his rank as "Established Investigator."
support an outstanding career investigator in the field of heart disease. It was further recommended that the investigator, requiring clinical and basic science resources of a medical school, should be located at the KU School of Medicine.
Mr. Sears' selection drew immediate criticism and added more fuel to the already explosive feud between Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis.) and the Army that has rocked the Republican party.
Potter said he would put the question to Mr. Sears Monday when the attorney returns from Boston to begin the delayed investigation. Televised public hearings are scheduled to begin the following week.
He was unanimously named to the counsel's job by the subcommittee yesterday after a 16-day search for an independent attorney to take on the task. Sen. McCarthy, regular subcommittee chairman who has stepped aside for the inquiry, did not vote.
It was learned that Mr. Sears had sought the job, once rejected by the president of the American Bar association.
But dispatches from Boston quoted him as quarreling with three anti-McCarthy Harvard professors two years ago and saying at that time Sen. McCarthy "has done a great job and he will continue to do so as he drives the pinks and commies out of government. He won't sleep on the job until he finally accomplishes his aims."
Mr. Sears told a news conference here that he had never taken a stand "publicly or privately" on Sen. McCarthy or "McCarthyism." It was learned he made similar statements privately to the subcommittee.
SUA Applications Due at 5 Today
Students interested in positions on the Student Union Activities board should apply at the SUA office before 5 p.m. today.
Persons will be considered on the basis of previous work and general interest in SUA.
982-A Record Vote in Primaries
By TOM LYONS
By TOM LYONS
(Complete List of Candidates on Page 6)
A record 982 students voted in the three party primaries yesterday, nominating Fred Rice, POGO (Party of Greek Organizations), Bob Kennedy, Allied Greek Independents, and Clifford Holland, Married Student's party, as candidates for president of the All Student Council.
Engineers Hold Soil Conference
Dean T. DeWitt Carr of the School of Engineering and Architecture officially opened the fourth annual Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering conference this morning.
Approximately 95 professional engineers and 50 students attended the conference. The purpose of this conference, said Thurmul F. McMahon, assistant professor of civil engineering and chairman of the conference, "is to provide a contact for students with men out in the profession and to enable the students to see the practical application of the theories which they learn in class."
D. D. Haines, associate professor in civil engineering, read a paper titled "Social Pressures Beneath Footings of Various Sizes and Shapes."
"Chemical Soil Solidification" was discussed by C. Martin Riedel Chemical Soil Solidification company, Chicago.
"This is a new method which is being used for the improvement of foundation conditions for structures," he said. "It has been used successfully in stabilizing sands for cutting trenches in restricted areas."
W. C. Huntington, chairman of the civil engineering department at University of Illinois, read a paper on earth pressures and stability of retaining walls.
"Some Fundamentals of Flexible Pavement Design" was the title of a paper by M. H. Price, city engineer, Coffeyville.
Proficiency Results to Be Told The results of the English proficiency exam will be released April 13. Miss Natalie Calderwood, assistant professor of English, said today.
The ASC and class officer elections are April 20.
AGI, which had individual voting, listed 818 voting in its closed primary, while POGO listed 19 and MSP 20. In the POGO and MSP closed primaries only one representative from each member house was allowed to vote.
In the non-partisan class officer primary, Harlan Parkinson, business, Jamn Duchosset, education, James Nixon, nominated for senior class president.
None of last years incumbent parties will be represented in this election. FACTS, which dissolved last week, and Pachacamac-NOW, which folded last month after six member Greek houses succeeded, will be replaced by AGI and POGO. The advent of the new MSP rounds out the organizations to be represented in the spring elections.
AGI which accumulated the largest primary vote in the history of political parties at KU, had to turn away voters yesterday afternoon after all of the ballots had been used. It took 10 AGI members five hours to tabulate the results last night.
One hundred six names will be on the election ballots April 20. Fifty-five students have been nominated by AGI, 38 by POGO, and 13 by MSP.
Besides candidates for ASC presidency and the class officers, nominees from thirteen ASC districts were voted on. Representatives from the schools of Business, Education, Engineering and Architecture, Fine Arts, Journalism, Law, Medicine, Pharmacy, the College, and Graduate school, and representatives from fraternities, sororities, and freshman dormitories were chosen to be voted on in the election.
Candidates for president of the junior class are Dirk Maguire, college, Ralph Moody, education, and Jerry Rosenlund, engineering.
Candidates for president of the sophomore class are Delmont Hadley, Paul DeGood, and Janice Ijams, all from the College.
OrientationCenterStaff Announced by Burzle
The staff for the fourth annual foreign student orientation center to be held at the University July 25 to Sept. 5 has been announced by Dr.J.A.Burzle, professor of German.
The orientation is a 6-week training program for foreign students brought to this country by the U.S. government for one year's study in American colleges and universities.
The staff will be Dr. Burzle, director, and Dr. Eldon Fields, associate professor of political science, orientation lecturer. Dr. Sidney Johnson, professor of German; Dr. Alexander MacGibbon, associate professor of German, and Mr. Helga Vigliana, instructor in German, will be responsible for English language work. Mrs. Vigliana will also be the head counsellor for women. William Conboy, instructor in speech and drama, will be in charge of speech work and conversation.
Special lecturers will be Allen Crafton, professor of speech; W. D. Paden, professor of English; Charles Oldfather, associate professor of law, and Pat Reed, a university
Extension lecturer. Other special lecturers will be announced later.
KU is one of eight colleges and universities in the U.S. that has been invited by the Institute of International Education and the State department to conduct an orientation center.
The purposes of the orientation center are to increase the student's proficiency in English, to increase his knowledge of events which have grown into American civilization, to enable him to observe democracy in action, to acquaint him with the general purposes of democracy in America, and with our classroom procedure.
Classes will be offered in written composition, reading, pronunciation of American English, oral composition, conversation and vocabulary development, and American civilization.