Daily hansan
Kansas State Historical Society Topeka, Ks.
51st Year, No. 52
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Tuesday, Dec. 1, 1953
Sorority Wins Plaque Award In Chest Drive
Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority will be awarded the plaque for contributing the largest amount per person in the Campus Chest drive. It gave $2.68 per person.
Collections in the drive totaled $3,160, according to Fred Heath, college sophomore and collections chairman. This total is $1,900 more than was collected in last year's drive and $1,400 more than the highest amount collected in previous drives.
Richard Smith, college junior, chairmen of the Campus Chest Steering committee, said, "I was quite pleased with the results even though we didn't reach our goal of $5,000. The students were most generous in contributing to the drive and I hope the drive has continued success in the future."
The money will be divided proportionally between nine organizations: American Red Cross, Damon Runyon Cancer fund, American Heart fund, National Polio foundation, Committee for helping the Overseas Blind, Committee on Friendly Relations among Foreign Students. Lawrence Community chest, Young Women's Christian association, and Young Men's Christian association.
A total of 2,100 solicitation cards were turned in, and an estimated 1,100 more students gave at the dance and the football game. The average amount for those contributing was $1.
Dodge City Publisher Dies
Dodge City, Kan.—(U.P.)Jess Denious, 74, publisher of the Dodge City Daily Globe and former lieutenant governor of Kansas, died in Trinity hospital here early today, after a brief illness.
He entered the hospital Saturday.
Beutel had published the Globe as a daily newspaper since Dec. 11, 1911. He served four years as lieutenant governor during the administration of Andrew Schoepel and spend two terms in the state senate.
Denious also was a former member of the state board of regents and was active for many years in civic affairs both at the state and local levels. He was a member of the Presbyterian church and of several fraternal organizations.
Kansas Cars to Get New License Tags
Topekia — (U.P.)—Kansas motorists who will get two new license plates in 1954 after using the same tags for three years, also will get two new plates in 1955, C. M. Voelker said today.
The superintendent of the state motor vehicle department said the '54 tags will have a white background with black numerals and letters. In 1955 the reverse will be true—a black background with white numerals and letters.
The plates will have the same design as the present ones, issued in 1951. They will continue to have the county letter designation. During the past two years, the motorist received tabs which were attached to the '51 plates.
Campus Parking Meeting Postponed
The campus affairs meeting, originally scheduled for tonight, has been postponed until the evening of Dec. 15, ASC President Dick Sheldon announced today. The topic at that discussion will be the campus parking problem.
Red China Debate Slated for Today
The question of whether or not to admit Red China to the United Nations will be debated by two faculty members and two students at 8 p.m. today in the Jayhawk room of the Student Union.
In favor of admitting Red China to the UN will be John Ise, professor of economics, and Letty Lemon, journalism junior. On the negative side will be Walter Sandelius, professor of political science, and Kent Shearer, third year law.
Sponsor of the debate will be the University chapter of the Collegeate Council for the United Nations. William Conboy, instructor of speech, will be the debate chairman.
Each speaker will be allowed ten minutes. A rebuttal and questions from the floor will follow.
--created patchy fog and extensive low cloudiness in a broad area between Dodge City and Manhattan. The Wichita area had a light drizzle at mid-morning, Topeka had a heavy drizzle at 31 degrees—only freezing reading reported in Kansas—had 36-degree weather at dawn.
Dulles Lashes McCarthy Talk
Washington —(U.P.)— Secretary 0 State John Foster Dulles, with President Eisenhower's blessing, today lashed out at Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy's criticism of the administration's foreign policies.
Mr. Dulles opened his weekly news conference with a prepared statement clearly designed as an answer to the attack Sen. McCarthy made last week in a nation wide television-radio broadcast.
"Since I met with you last week," Mr. Dulles told reporters, "there has been a widely publicized criticism of this administration's foreign policy.
"The burden of that criticism was that we spoke too kindly to our allies and sent them 'perfumed' notes, instead of using threats and intimidation to compel them to do our bidding.
"I welcome constructive criticism. But the criticism I refer to attacks the very heart of U.S. foreign policy."
Mr. Dulles specified that he had conferred with President Eisenhower on the statement.
English Exam Registrations Close Tomorrow
Mrs. Natalie Calderwood, assistant professor of English, said students should register for the test in the office of the dean of their respective schools. At the time of registration, students will be told where they are to take the test.
Tomorrow is the last day to register for this semester's English Proficiency examination. The test will be given from 2-5 p.m. Saturday.
Passing the examination is a graduation requirement for students in the College of Liberal Arts, in the School of Education, the School of Fine Arts, the School of Journalism, and for the nurses in the medical school.
After a student has failed the test once, he has to take it again. A second failure makes it necessary to take a basic composition course, before taking the examination a third time.
An essay examination, the test requires students to write two papers. A choice of topics will be provided.
"We encourage students to take the test before their last semester in the University," Mrs. Calderwood said. Only junior and seniors are eligible to take the examination.
Topcka—(U.P.)-November was the best month for traffic safety in Kansas since last March, the State Accident Records bureau reported today.
AutoFatalities Show Decline
Fatalities in the month just ended numbered 33. In November 1952 they were 45 and in the same month two years ago 63. The toll last March was only 24.
DeMille Dance Troupe Gives Good Modern Dance Show
November was the fourth straight month in which Kansas traffic deaths were fewer than in the corresponding month of 1952.
For the first 11 months of the year motor vehicle fatalities totaled 533. That figure compares with 524 in the January through November period last year and 543 in the same 11 months of 1951.
By COURT ERNST
Two legends were the most expressive dances on the program. "Hares on the Mountain," depicted a young mountaineer and his dreams of young women, interrupted by the appearance of three of his neighbors. "The Cherry Tree Legend," represented the religious element, telling a tale of Joseph and Mary and the birth of Jesus. Rufus Smith, baritone, did a creditable job of singing the two legends.
The Agnes De Mille Dance theater troupe gave a good performance of modern ballet last night in Hoch auditorium. A large crowd attended and seemed to enjoy it all.
Danny Daniels received the biggest approval and applause from the audience with his "Rondo in Silence", a dance for which he did his own choreography and performed without any musical accompaniment.
The opening "Ballad" sequence, which is an extension of the dances from the musical play, "Brigadoon," was one of the biggest crowd-pleasers of the evening. Good Scottish dancing and authentic costumes made the dances thoroughly enjoyable. They told with dancing the tragic story of a young girl, her suitor, and his rival for her affections.
Gemze de Lappe and Danny Daniels evoked many laughs with their "Demonstraction on the Evolution of Ragtime," as did James Mitchell with his southern drawl in lecturing on the demonstration. Painter Arthur Kleiner gave adequate musical support to this comedy routine.
Lidija Franklin and James Mitchell performed with great finesse in the "Waltz from Bloomer Girl," and Evelyn Taylor and Casimir Kokic were effective in their dance as "The Parvenues."
Agnes De Mille, one of Broadway's leading choreographers, is certain to win new audiences for modern ballet with her new Dance Theater. Motley furnished the beautiful costumes for the production, and the entire performance showed professional skill.
"Hell on Wheels," depicting the building of the transcontinental railroad, served as the big finale for the evening, with the entire company taking part in this number.
The lighting and production design by Peggy Clark were first-rate. The only thing that might have added to the concert is a slightly larger orchestra and a more forceful orchestration of the musical score.
3 States Defend Segregation Right
Washington—(U.P.)-Three states told the Supreme court yesterday that the men who framed the 14th amendment after the Civil War had no intention of prohibiting segregation in public schools.
Today is the deadline for entries in the 29th annual speaking contest on campus problems.
Speaking Contest Deadline Scheduled
All students are eligible to compete in the intramural contest, and E. C. Buehler, professor of speech, said those interested in trying out should contact the speech office, 5 Green, before tomorrow.
If there are enough entries, tryouts will be held in two sessions tomorrow, one at 4 p.m. and the other at 7:30 p.m. Five minute speeches on campus problems will be the basis for the tryouts.
In making the announcement, Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy said the donor, a large Kansas Manufacturing company annually awards three $500 scholarships to juniors and seniors in the school. The scholarships represent the returns from investments of the principal fund made by the KU endowment association.
Finals in the speaking contest will be at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Strong auditorium. Eight contestants, to be selected in the tryouts, will enter the finals.
New Gift Swells Scholarship Fund
An additional gift of 55,000 brings to $35,000 the total of a scholarship fund for students in the School of Engineering and Architecture made by an anonymous donor.
The present holders of the scholarships are Richard A. Beam, engineering senior; Jack Jester, engineering senior; and Ben Dalton, engineering junior.
The fund was established in March, 1950, with an initial gift of Additional gifts have brought the fund to its present total.
The scholarships are made for one year and no student is allowed to accept them for more than two years. Selection is made by the Chancellor and T. DeWitt Carr, dean of the School of Engineering and Architecture on the basis of scholastic standing and financial need.
Stauffers Give $5,000Grant
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar F. Stauffer, Topeka, have given the University Endowment association $5,000 to endow an annual scholarship for a student from Hope, it was announced today by Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy.
This is the second endowed scholarship Mr. and Mrs. Stauffer have set up at the University. The other is for a student or students studying journalism.
Income from the Stauffer gift will comprise the scholarship. If no student from Hope qualifies, the award, like the journalism scholarship, will be made to a student from one of the several Kansas cities in which there is a Stauffer newspaper.
Mr. Stauffer, president of Staufer publications, formerly lived in Hope. He is an alumnus of KU and for many years has been a member of the state board of regents.
Largest of the world's seas is the Malay sea, with 3,144,046 square miles, notes the National Geographic Society. The Caribbean, 1,667,762 square miles, and the Mediterranean, 1,145,136 square miles, rank second and third.
South Carolina, Virginia, and Kansas filed briefs asserting that this lack of intent on the part of Congress and state legislatures prevents use of the historic "equal rights" amendments to outlaw separate but equal school systems for white and Negro children.
They said the amendment was an outgrowth of the abolition movement against slavery and not an attempt to force racial intermingling. The Supreme court will begin oral hearings on the constitutionality of school segregation next Monday.
The District of Columbia filed a statement with the court advising against "immediate transition from the dual to a single school system" if segregation is held illegal.
The District of Columbia brief did not attempt to "debate the rightness or wrongness of the separation of children by races but urged "proper indoctrination and instruction of teachers" if integration is ordered.
Virginia Attorney General J. Lindsay Almond Jr., said the 14th amendment cannot be considered as a basis for judicial outlawing of school segregation.
South Carolina discussed at length the historical background of the 14th amendment which gave equal legal rights to Negroes in their new status as freed men. The amendment implemented the 13th amendment which actually freed the slaves.
The brief will form the basis for South Carolina's contention before the court next Monday that a state may maintain separate facilities if they are equal. The Eisenhower administration has told the high court it has the power and the duty to outlaw public school segregation.
NewStudents' Problems to Be Discussed
Two conferences will be held on the campus tomorrow and Thursday which will serve to better acquaint the University with the problems of students entering KU this year from high schools and junior colleges.
The Junior College Dean and Student conference will be held tomorrow in the Union.
At an afternoon conference with staff members of the University, the junior college deans will discuss these problems.
The student-dean conferences will be held in the morning. A luncheon will be held at noon in the Kansas room with the deans as guests of the University. Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy will give a short welcoming talk. The deans will confer in the afternoon with KU staff members.
The fifth annual Principal-Freshman conference will be held Thursday in the Union. Of 86 Kansas high schools with three or more of last year's graduating class enrolled at KU, 56 have accepted invitations to attend this conference.
Weather
December dawned mild and moist in Kansas today. But some changes will be made tomorrow.
Snow and zippier t e m peratures likely will be blown in from the Rocky mountains by a minor cold front. Southerly air moved into Kansas during the night and