Kansas State Historical Society Topeka, Ks.
Daily Hansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
51st Year, No. 50
Tuesday, Nov. 24, 1953
QUEEN FINALISTS—One of the women pictured will reign over the military ball Dec. 12. The ten finalists are left to right, Marge Woodson, college sophomore, North College hall; Rojene Edminster, college sophomore, Kappa Kappa Gamma; Lyle Mesker, fine arts junior, Kappa Kappa Gamma; Doralyn Humbarger, college sophomore, Delta Delta Delta; Donna Francis, fine arts junior, Alpha Delta Pi. Second row: Josephine Ann Lemoire, college senior, Pi Beta Phi; Beverly Lander, college sophomore, Pi Beta Phi; Marilyn House, college junior, Sigma Kappa; Barbara Curtis, college junior, Delta Delta Delta, and Beverly Jackson, education senior, Alpha Chi Omega.
ROTC Queen Finalists Chosen
Twelve finalists for Military Ball queen and two attendants, who will reign at the annual ROTC ball from 8 p.m. to midnight, Dec. 12 in the Student Union ballroom, were announced today by Capt. V. F. Gordonin, commanding officer of Naval KOTC.
After a tea at the Castle Tea room, Dec. 9, the queen and her attendants will be chosen by a committee. The queen's identity will not be revealed until the night of the Ball. Guests at the tea will be commanding officers of the three ROTC units and their wives, a junior officer from each of the three units and their wives.
The queen will be crowned with a silver crown engraved with her name by Maj. Gen. Henry I. Hodes, commanding general of Ft. Leavenworth and commandant of the Command and General Staff college.
Woody Herman and his "Thir-
rd" will play for the dance.
will play for the audience.
Finalists are Beverly Jackson, education senior; Donna Francis, fine arts junior; Doralyn Humbarger, college sophomore; Margaret Allen, college sophomore; Joan Lemoine, college senior; Beverly Lander, college sophomore; Marjorie Woodson, college freshman; Lyle Mesker, fine arts junior; Robene Edminister, college sophomore; Marilyn House, college junior; Nancy Squyres, college freshman, and Barbara Curtis, college junior.
Weather
With a fair wind and bright sun the weatherman gave students ready
a nod today. Although cloudy
for this afternoon and tomorrow morning, no snow or rain are expected. The weather should be tonight
High today should be in the low 50s with the high tomorrow in the low 40s.
An Editorial
Vacation Driving Faults Endanger Student Lives
Whew! It seemed like this vacation would never come.
But now it's here and we can't rejoice completely because there's always the chance that some of you might not return next Monday. Not return, that is, because of a few careless moments on your part so that you will not be able to return.
"During the past two years, holiday accidents have claimed 10 University people," the Kansan warned before last Thanksgiving vacation. At that time we pointed out the needless risks students take when they drive carelessly over the holiday period. It was an ample caution to all vacation motorists, a sensible reminder to take care on the highways.
Of course you're in a hurry to get home for that long-waited vacation. But is it the hurry or reaching your destination that's really most important?
At that time we hoped, but hardly believed, that the 7,000 students of the University might escape the ravages of accidents. The prophecy was all too correct.
Well, perhaps it doesn't, but that's what six students thought last year, and they had a rude awakening. We hope you don't need this warning. But you better have a little more than that four leaf clover or good luck charm with you.
"Are these guys at it again?" you might well ask. "This doesn't apply to me."
No, your best bet for a good luck charm will be alertness and good manners. The safest motorist can't always depend on the other fellow. So use a little common sense and keep the accident total out of the paper.
Six students were injured.
A motion for a rehearing in the case of "R. D. Kline" vs. the University Daily Kansan was granted by the Student Court last night.
Court Will Hear UDK Case Again
Warren Andreas, 3rd year law and acting chief justice, said the rehearing has been tentatively set for Dec 7.
Basis for the decision was the fact that a full court had not been present for the original trial, which resulted in a ruling in favor of the defendants on a motion to dismiss the charges.
Andreas said the number of faculty advisors on the Student Court had been increased from four to eight, and that the four new members had not been notified and hence were not present for the trial.
While the four additional faculty advisors might not have caused a different ruling, Andreas said, the court had decided to hold a rehearing in front of a full court.
On questions of constitutionality of provisions in the All Student Council constitution, faculty advisers sit and vote with the justices of the Student Court. Andreas said.
Once again—"Return a student, not a statistic."
The ASC provision that the court has "jurisdiction in all cases of any nature arising among any students or student groups of the University of Kansas" was declared unconstitutional by the court several weeks ago.
De Mille Ballet Troupe Next Concert Offering
The Agnes De Mille Dance theater, a company of 50 dancers and orchestra, will appear at 8:20 p.m. Monday in Hoch auditorium as the next attraction on the Concert Course series. ID cards will admit students.
This company was just organized this year and is making its first tour of the United States. It is being presented under the management of Sol Hurok.
Miss De Mille is one of Broadway's foremost choreographers. She has created the dances for many outstanding shows over the past several years. For this company, she has gathered the cream of Broadway's talent. The repertoire includes dance scenes ranging from the elegance of earlier days to the "joyous romp of today's musical comedy."
Music for the series of dances being presented on this tour is by Handel, Scarlatti, Beethoven, Delibes, Meyerbeer, Harold Arlen, and Frederick Loewe. Also featured are old sea chanties, troubadour songs, and songs of the Elizabeth era.
The entire program was designed by Motley and Peggy Clark. Musical arrangements are by Trude Rittmann, with orchestration by Don Walker. The costumes were designed by Motley, and Francois Jaroschy conducts the orchestra.
The cast includes James Mitchell, Gemze De Lappe, Lidija Franklin, Virginia Boslar, James Jamieson, Bunty Kelley, Casimir Kokie, Evelyn Taylor, Dusty Worrall, and Danny Daniels.
Student, Graduate Win Photo Awards
Three University graduates and a University senior won awards yesterday in the 1953 newsphoto contest for Associated Press newspapers in Kansas and Missouri
They were entered in Class B competition, which involved papers in cities of less than 50,000 population.
They are Joe Cannon, '48, Liberal Southwest Daily Times; Beverly Baumer, '48, Salina Journal; Art McIntiire, '51, Liberal Southwest Daily Times, and Richard Clarkson, journalism senior, Lawrence Journal-World.
Clarkson won two honorable mention awards in sports photos for "Face of Defeat" which showed former Kansas State basketball coach Jack Gardner and assistant coach Dobbie Lambert during the final minutes of the KU-K-State game at Lawrence, and "Rhubarb Deluxe," a picture taken during an exchange between Indiana basketball coach Branch McCracken and the timer during the NCAA finals in Kansas City last March.
Holiday Trips Dinners Set
People from Lawrence to Hiawatha are opening their homes to foreign students from KU for Thanksgiving holidays.
Under sponsorship of the KU Christian Fellowship and the YWCA, foreign students have been invited to share Thanksgiving dinners with many faculty members and Lawrence residents. Saturday and Sunday the students will visit points of interest in Leavenworth, Atchison, and Hiawatha.
The trip, by University bus, will cover points of interest in Leaven-Leavenworth, industrial plants in Atchison, and typical American homes in Hawatsha where the foreign students will be the overnight guests of many residents.
It Just Ain't the Same:
No Snow, But It's Still Thanksgiving
Bv SAM TEAFORD
With fair weather to accompany them, most of the University's 7,000 students will leave for home today to spend a five-day Thanksgiving vacation away from classes and harassing professors.
And it's a much different situation from last year, when heavy snow swept into the Midwest on the day Thanksgiving vacation began. Many students were delayed by the storm, and others didn't make it home at all.
Today the forecast is for partly cloudy weather, but it's expected to be warm for this time of year. Wednesday the weather is expected to be fair and warmer.
For students who do not have Tuesday afternoon classes, the exodus began this morning, but most of the University population will leave this afternoon.
A few students, either because they are behind in classwork or because of distance involved, will not go home at all.
By tomorrow afternoon the University will be deserted. Classrooms will be empty, textbooks will gather dust, and even the Hawk's Nest will be uninhabited until Monday morning.
What will KU students have to be thankful for this Thanksgiving? For one thing, the U.S. is not at war, even though it may be .an
uncertain peace. But this will be the first Thanksgiving since 1949 that will not see American troops in battle in Korea.
Since national prosperity is still evident, most homes will have enough, if not an abundance, of the essentials and luxuries of life to be thankful.
One collegiate had a new stall on being thankful at Thanksgiving time. "With the number of traffic fatalities as high as it is, I'll be thankful if I just make it home," he said.
But with good roads ahead, it is hoped that the five-day vacation will not produce any highway accidents to mar the season.