University Daily Kansan Wednesday, March 3, 1954
Snowfall in Chicago Heaviest in 15 Years
By UNITED PRESS
Chicago, the Nation's second largest city, dug out today from it heaviest snowfall in 15 years.
Some roads were closed to permit cars, stalled and abandoned by their drivers, to be towed away.
The snow banketed an area ex- tending diagonally across Illinois from Missouri toward Lake Michigan. The Western Plains reported bitter cold, extending into the Southwest where it threatened budding crops.
Snow which began falling before noon Tuesday piled up to three 14 inches deep in the Chicago metropolitan area. It measured about a foot at the Midway airport in Chicago.
That airport was closed to traffic for a time while the runways were cleared of snow and 25 to 30 planes were diverted to a field at Milwaukee. 85 miles north.
Police reported rescues of 37 persons, including an expectant mother, from cars where they were waiting for help along the Chicago outer
Means Developed To Interpret Tests
School officials will find it easier to interpret the results of standardized tests accurately as a result of a method developed by Dr. E Gordon Collister, director of the Guidance bureau, and Dr. Kenneth E. Anderson, dean of the School of Education
The procedure requires that the scores made by a group of students be first transformed through a special technique into normalized "T" scores. The scores of any student may then be plotted upon a profile sheet which will permit school officials to make accurate comparisons between students.
One of the features of the method is that it enables the teacher to see immediately when differences are statistically significant.
drive on the south side of the city. They said more than 500 cars were marooned in an area extending south from 23rd street.
A helicopter carrying air mail from the Midway airport to the main post office crash-landed, and a naval reserve pilot ran out of gas fighting the storm and made an emergency landing in a farmer's field near Mason. Ill.
The bitterest cold wave of the season stirred up a messy dish of snow and blowing dust in Texas, dropping the mercury as low as zero in the panhandle. Below-freezing lows forecast for the Rio Grande valley threatened citrus fruit and truck garden crops.
A U.S. Department of Agriculture spokesman said he feared a "multitude of crops will suffer vast damage."
Dee Smith toHead Women's PepCluk
Jay Janes, women's pep club, elected new officers in a meeting Wednesday in the Pine room of the Union.
Officers elected are: Dee Ann Smith, college junior, president; Barbara Swisher, education junior; vice president; Johanna Scott, college junior; secretary; Mary Ann Kaaz, business junior, treasurer, and Martha Nienstedt, business junior, social chairman.
Red Peppers advisors are Alberta Johnson, education junior, and Betty Cole, college junior. Bobby Brandenburg, business junior, and Wilma Morton, education junior, are on the notification committee.
Less Speeding Lawton Says
Results from the recent emphasis placed on slowing down speeding drivers and eliminating over-parking on the Hill have been very good, R. Keith Lawton, chairman of the traffic and parking committee, said today.
His view was seconded by Joe Skillman, chief of the campus police, who said, "Public reaction to the program has been good." He added that the traffic speed checks would be continued.
Mr. Lawton stated that there were about 50 per cent fewer "excessive violators" than at this time last year. An excessive violator was defined as any car owner who has received more than five parking violation tickets.
Mr. Lawton and Chief Skillman both emphasized that "courteous watchfulness" by both pedestrians and drivers was the key to the campus traffic problem.
Union Leaders Talk To Women Students
Frank R. Burge, Union director, and B.L. Tomilson, Union Food Director, explained Union activities to a joint meeting of the Associated Women Student's House and Senate, at 4 p.m. yesterday, in the Union.
It was announced that Miss Jean Stauffer, professional girl scout from the Kansas City, Mo., area, will be on campus Monday afternoon to discuss professional scouting with girl's interested in the program. A coffee for her will be held at 4 p.m. in the dean of women's office. It is open to all women students.
March 27 was announced as high school leadership day.
2 Spanish Clubs Meet Today
El Ateneo and La Tertulia Spanish clubs will meet at 4:30 p.m. today in 113 Strong, Rodolfo Suarez, assistant instructor in Spanish, will talk on the 19th century Cuban novel and Cecelia Valdez. Recordings of the operetta will be played and refreshments will be served.
2 New Political Parties Likely ASC Contenders
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As the smoke clears away it looks as if the tentatively named United Hawkins political party, recently organized independent-Pachacamac-NOW combination, and the Allied Greek-Independents, the new party composed of six "rebel" Greek houses and Battenfeld hall, probably will be the big contenders in the April 20 ASC elections.
The primaries are scheduled for March 31.
The slowly starving FACTS independent political party has only two alternatives. Either it must disband and hook up with one of the new parties or it can enter the spring elections and hope for a three-way split.
Whatever FACTS decides to do will be important to the new parties. It FACTS remains intact, the other parties will have a tough time electing their candidates, but, if FACTS decides to join one of the cruades, it could change the tide.
Here is a quick rundown on the proposed poilies of the United Hawks and the AGI.
There is little difference between
President Announces World Day of Prayer
Washington — (U.P.) - President Eisenhower today called on "all men of good will" to join in a world day of prayer Friday.
"Today, the innermost longing of mankind is for peace; peace for all nations, for all men, everywhere," he said.
"The hosts of people who take part in this world day of prayer are seeking the help of the Almighty to find the way toward the goal of peace, toward the triumph of freedom and the unity of men.
"Prayer seems to bring closer together in mutual understanding, the people who unite in its practice," said the chief executive in connection with the special day of prayer sponsored by the United Church Women of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States.
"In this noble person, all men of good may devoutly join."
the policies of the two groups. It seems the idea for both came from one source.
The United Hawks will make it possible for women to hold as many offices as the men while AGI will make it impossible for any faction to dominate all the top offices. In both parties groups of twenty-five unorganized independents (thirty in the United Hawks) will be able to elect a representative to the party with one vote.
United Hawks probably will use the point system to pass offices around and prevent one house from gaining a monopoly.
Both paries meetings will be open, although the United Hawks constitution states that "all press releases shall be made through the campaign managers."
The AGI has a clause which states "the fact that a house belongs to this party does not exclude individual members of that house from running on another ticket."
Another interesting clause in the AGI constitution states that "No pressure shall be put upon non-conforming party members on the ASC to follow the party line." Take it for what it's worth.
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