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Daily hansan
51st Year, No. 75
Friday, Jan. 15, 1954
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Mather Hired as KU Football Coach
5 Teams Debate Saturday at William Jewell
Debate teams in both junior and senior divisions will leave tomorrow morning to enter a tournament at William Jewell college, Liberty. Mo.
Two teams will enter the junior division competition. They will be Marjorie Heard, engineering sophomore, and Mary Ann Curtis, fine arts sophomore, and Dennis Knight, and Robert Bush, college freshmen.
In the senior division William Crews, business senior, and Dick Sheldon, college senior, will debate together. So will John Fields, college junior, and William Means, business senior, and Charles Sparks college junior, and Howard Payne, college senior.
Dr. Kim Giffin associate professor of speech, and Richard Wilkie, assistant instructor of speech, will many the debaters to William Jewell.
Each team debates four rounds. According to the percentage of wins and losses, judges select teams with the highest scores in words and name the winning school.
Last year in the tournament University teams won 23 of 24 debates.
Debaters from such schools as Nebraska university, Kansas State college, Pittsburgh State college, Southwest Missouri State college, Baker university, and Washington University of St. Louis, are expected to participate in the *t*oument.
KU debate teams will have no inter-virtsey competition again until Feb. 5-6, when four students will attend a tournament at Pittsburgh State college.
Weather
Cold wave warnings have been issued in the west and north, with
a cold wave over-
spreading w e s t and north this af-
ternoon and tonight with a sharp
change to colder
reaching southeast
tonight and Saturday. Occasional
light snow west and north-central portions and rain or drizzle changing to snow southeast and extreme east. Low tonight near zero northwest to 20-25 southeast.
German Movie Set In Hoch Tonight
"The Marriage of Figaro," a German film with English subtitles and one of the University Film series, will be shown at 7:30 p.m. today in Hoch auditorium.
"Figaro," based on Beaumarchais' comedy, was written in 1786 by Wolfgang Mozart. The movie version stars Angelika Hauff, Willi Domgraf-Fassbender, and Mathieu Ahlersmeyer. Music is by the Berlin State orchestra.
Trade Ban Eased On Hong Kong
Department officials said British authorities in Kongkong have been extremely careful to see that none of the U.S. shipments reach Red China. But they admitted that smuggling continues on a large scale
Washington (U.P.)—The Commercial department today lifted some restrictions on non-strategic trade with Hongkong, the British Crown colony known as "The Gateway to Red China."
"My Partner," the melodrama being presented in Green hall, will run through Saturday night instead. The team's ported in yesterday's Daily, Kansas.
A large number of goods—including wool, paper, coal, stoves, farm machinery, and rubber products—was added to the list of products American exporters can ship to Hongkong without individual export licenses.
At the same time, the department relaxed licensing restrictions on exports of another 56 non-strategic items to "friendly" nations. But present strict rules remain in effect for shipments of items on this list to Hongkong, Macao and Iron Curtain countries.
Melodrama to Run Through Saturday
Curtain time is 8 p.m. on the all-student production which played to an enthusiastic standing-room-only crowd last night.
Fog, Cold Wave Mark Weekend Weather in State
Tire chains may be in order for cars of University students planning to attend the KU-Kansas State basketball game tomorrow night in Manhattan.
A wave of cold polar air swept into Kansas today and turned eastward, promising rapidly falling temperatures and snow storms. Strong northerly winds accompanied the front, U.S. Meteorologist P. N. Eland predicted that the forward edge of the cold air mass would extend from Garnett to Dodge City by nightfall.
Heavy fog that blanketed the campus greeted students this morning. It also covered much of eastern and northern Kansas ahead of the cold front's arrival.
During the night the Kansas low was 15 degrees at Salina and Garden City while the temperature hovered around the freezing mark in this area. The northeast corner of the state had traces of moisture.
In southern Kansas yesterday temperatures rose into the 40s, with Wichita's 47 the high mark for the state.
Skaters, Basketteers Injured Thursday
Three persons suffered minor injuries in intramural basketball games and while ice skating yesterday.
William Ervin Carter, college freshman, suffered a mild concussion and William Cullen, college sophomore, sprained an ankle in intramural basketball games.
Lowell Johnson, engineering junior, sprained an ankle while ice skating.
All were reported in good condition at Watkins Memorial hospital this morning.
Star Changes Staff
All Roads Lead to...
Kansas City, Mo. — (U.P.)— The Kansas City Star announced several promotions and departmental changes today "to put more direct responsibility on younger associates."
Game Time: Lawrence Dull
It may be rather dull Saturday night on the campus and at' the favorite spots around town.
At least it probably will be dull until after the basketball game at Manhattan which pits the Jayhawkers against the Kansas State Wildcats. Many KU students have tickets for the game, and a few thousand others will listen on the radio.
Earl Falkenstien, athletic business manager, said 700 tickets were sold to KU students and alumni. Tickets for the game did not go on sale here until Jan. 1 and all were sold in a few days. There were many advance orders, Mr. Falkenstien said.
In conference play the Jayhawkers have the better record, two wins against no defeats. Kansas State has lost its only Big Seven game to date to Nebraska at Lincoln.
The Jayhawkers will have members of four university pep organizations in Manhattan to cheer them. Jay Janes, Red Peppers, Froshawks, and the KuKu club bought a total of 200 tickets.
Approximately 12,500 will fill the Kansas State fieldhouse to watch the game tomorrow night, and all of them will be expecting a real bat-
For KU students who weren't able
KU has not lost to its up-the-Kaw rivals since the pre-season tournament last season. During the conference play the Jayhawkers won twice, 80-66 and 80-78.
ing out basketball teams of national prominence, its rivalry with the Jayhawkers has been particularly keen. The Wildcats have won 10 of 17 games from KU since the Big Seven was organized in 1948, but the Jayhawkers lead over-all, 107 victories to 70 for Kansas State.
And they probably won't be disappointed.
The contest will draw wide radio coverage. Stations carrying the game will be the KU Sports Network, KANU, with Merle Harmon; WREN, Topeka, with Max Falkenstern; WHB, Kansas City, with Larry Ray; and the K-State Sports network, KSAC, with Bob Hilgendorf.
Former Ohio Prep Coach Picked from Field of Five
to buy a ticket, there was still a chance that a friend at Kansas State might be able to get them a seat. But it appeared that most KU students were listening to the game on the radio and waiting for Feb. 17 when the two teams meet in Lawrence.
Since Kansas State began turn-
By STAN HAMILTON
K-State, with a record of 7-4 and KU, with a 6-3 record, are rated about even for the Manhattan contest, even though the Jayhawkers finished first and the Wildcats fifth in the Big Seven pre-season tournament in Kansas City.
Kansan Sports Editor
Charles V. "Chuck" Mather of Massillon, Ohio, this morning was hired as the University football coach for the next three seasons at an annual salary of $9500
The announcement was made at 11:40 a.m. today by Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy and A. C. Lonborg, athletic director, after a meeting in the chancellor's office of the board of regents. The board approved of the appointment of Mr. Mather.
In a printed statement, Mr. Lonborg said:
"I firmly believe we have, in Chuck Mather, a man who will do an outstanding coaching job for us, and in so doing, will reflect great credit upon our University. We have spent considerable time and energy in thoroughly checking a wide field of top-flight candidates. Coach Mather comes highly recommended by many prominent football men and Massillon public school officials."
The new head man, who will replace Coach J. V. Sikes—who resigned Nov. 21 under pressure, will be present on the campus next Saturday at which time such things as his staff, to consist of four varsity and one freshman assistant, will be taken up.
Mr. Mather, 38, presently is head football coach and athletic director of Washington High school, Massillon. His over-all coaching record, all in high school competition, is 111 victories, 18 losses, and five deadlocks. He has coached at four Ohio schools since he entered the profession in 1937.
He was graduated from Ohio Northern university, Ada, Ohio, and attended Hopedale High school, Hopedale, Ohio. He is 6-1 and 180 pounds. Married, he has a son, George, 6, and a daughter, Nancy, 4. He is a Presbyterian and a member of the YMCA, American Legion, Rotary club, and the Masonic and Elks lodges. Four times he was named Ohio high school coach of the year.
His selection closes a 55-day search by KU officials. Chancellor Murphy said this morning that he was picked and recommended by himself and the athletic board, and was approved by the regents. A 5-man committee was set up to aid selection, he said, but was only an advisory committee to Mr. Lonborg.
Committee members were George B. Smith, dean of the University; James K. Hitt, registrar and dean of admissions; Laurence Woodruff, dean of men; Lester McCoy of Topeka, a regent, and Howard Egleman of Salina, president of the alumni association.
The announcement stopped a wild surge of rumors that had circulated the past month. Among "finalists" listed right up to the final word were Jack Mitchell, Wichita university coach; Volney Ashford, highly successful Missouri Valley college coach; Norris Patterson, William Jewell head man, and Delmar Anderson, coach at Albion, Mich, college.
The new coach also will teach some classes in the physical education department, Dr. Murphy said. Concerning the question of possible University tenure for Mr. Mather, Dr. Murphy said the 3-year pact was to let "him evaluate us and us to evaluate him. After that the question might be raised again."
Dr. Murphy said that because of his limited knowledge of football he would have to leave judgment of Mather's skill to Mr. Lonborg. "I have met and talked with him (Mr. Mather), and I think he is a fine, attractive young man who has high
CHARLES V. MATHER
Mather Owns Great Record
Kansas University's new head football coach, Chuck Mather, has compiled a spectacular high school coaching record.
This record is even more impressive since it was established while playing the toughest high school teams in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Since he took over at Massillon his teams never lost to their chief rival. Canton High school.
Mather has been a head coach since 1937. His over-all record is 111-18-5. He uses the straight T formation with a great variety of plays. His Massillon teams ran about 80 per cent of the time, with blocking and tackling stressed. His teams have averaged 4,000 yards a season each of the six years he has coached at the Ohio high school.
At Massillon his teams have won 57 and lost three, and have been state champions each of the six seasons Mather has been coach. In 1948-50-52 he was named Ohio's coach of the year and last season was president of the coaches' association. He has won the Rutgers hall of fame trophy..
Thirty-eight years old, he was graduated in 1937 from Ohio Northern college, Ada, Ohio. He is married and has two children, a son, 6, and a daughter, 4. He is a member of the Presbyterian church and the Masonic lodge.
He twice has been considered for major college coaching jobs, at Ohio State and Duke. His latest honor came earlier this month when he was the only high school coach invited to speak at the National Coaches' association meeting in Cincinnati.
Coach Mather's record closely parallels that of Chalmer E. Woodard, SMU football coach, and former high school coach at Lawrence. Coach Woodard left Lawrence in the spring of 1950 for McPherson college. He was hired a year ago as head coach at SMU after an undefeated season at McPherson.
ideals. He is the kind of a person one would be happy to be associated with."
The athletic department will hold a press conference for Mr.Mather and his assistants when the staff is completed.