1953
Kansas State Historical Society Topeka, Ks.
Daily hansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
51st Year, No. 46
Wednesday, Nov. 18, 1953
Four Debates To Be Held This Weekend
A practice tournament at the University of Ottawa tomorrow, a tournament at Emporia State college Saturday, and exhibitions at the University of Texas and at the University of Missouri Saturday are on the schedule for KU debaters.
Eight teams will go to Ottawa tomorrow for "serimimage" debates William Jewell college and possibly other schools will participate in the practice tournament.
R. L. Brown and Dennis Knight, college freshmen, will represent KU against a Missouri team at a high school debate clinic in Columbia. They will use the high school question, "Resolved, that the President of the U.S. should be elected by a direct vote of the people."
Dr. Kim Giffin, associate professor of speech and debate coach, said six or seven teams will enter the Emporia State tournament Saturday.
KU teams to debate at Ottawa tomorrow afternoon are William Arnold and Hubert Bell, college juniors; Larry Tretbar and Richard Smith, college juniors; Letty Lemon, journalism junior, and Margaret Smith, college sophomore; Kenneth Dam, business senior, and John Fields, college junior.
William Crews, business senior,
and Richard Sheldon, college senior,
will debate in Austin, Texas, before
high school students.
Mary Ann Curtis, fine arts sophomore, and Marjorie Heard, engineering sophomore; Gary Sick and John Eland, college freshmen; Howard Payne, college senior, and William Means, business senior, and Bob Kimball and Robert Bush, college freshmen.
Rehearing Asked In Libel Action
A motion for a rehearing in the libel action against the University Daily Kansan has been filed with the Student Court by plaintiffs Joseph Balloun, third year law, and Robert Londerholm, second year law. The court will decide on the motion some time before Thanksgiving vacation.
Balloum and Londerholm, under the name of "R. D. Kline," brought action against the Kansan in Student Court earlier this year, but the court ruled against the plaintiffs, upholding a demurrer by the defendants which contended the Court did not have authority to award civil damages.
By its decision, the court declared invalid a provision of the All Student Council constitution giving it jurisdiction in "all cases of any nature arising among any students or student groups of the University of Kansas."
It is on this ruling that Ballou and Londerholm are basing their motion for a rehearing.
Warren Andreas, third year law and acting chief justice of the court, said if the decision on the motion is in favor of the plaintiff, the rehearing will take place in the same session.
If the ruling goes against the plaintiff, Andreas said the case will be closed, unless the plaintiff appeals to the University disciplinary committee.
Balloun and Londerholm originally had asked the court for an award of $100 for damages allegedly done to their reputations by an editorial in the Daily Kansan and $5.12 damages for the alleged loss of the value of an advertisement placed in the Daily Kansan by the plaintiffs.
ONE WILL REIGN AS HOMECOMING QUEEN—These ten women students were rated highest for their queenly attributes by a panel of judges at a coffee Monday. The field will be narrowed to three at a Faculty club dinner tomorrow night. The semi-finalists are (front row, left to right) Sandra Puliver, education junior; Betty Lou Watson, college sophomore; Joan Phillips, junior in nursing; (second row) Retta Lou Jones, fine arts sophomore; Dianne Miller, education junior; Jane Armstrong, college junior; Mary Gayle Siebert, junior in nursing; (third row) Barbara Korn, fine arts sophomore; Ruby Schaulis, fine arts sophomore; and Mary Ellen Stewart, college junior
Homecoming Dance To Climax Weekend
A Homecoming dance, from 9 p.m. to midnight Saturday in the Union ballroom, will climax the weekend activities.
Music will be furnished by Budd,
Brown and his orchestra. Tickets
are on sale for 50 cents in the
information booth and at the Hawk's
Nest from 9:30 a.m. until 4 p.m.
this week.
During the dance internession,
Donald K. Alderson, dean of men,
will present trophies to the winners of Homecoming decorations and Lynden Goodwin, college senior and master of ceremonies, will present the Homecoming queen.
Thomas Siegfried and Kent Mueller, college freshmen, will play the guitar and ukulele, and singing will be done by Dorothy Sheets, college sophomore, and by the Alpha Phi sextet.
Committee chairmen for the dance are Betty Hauck, nursing junior and Madelyn Brite, college sophomore, publicity; Eleanor Hawkinson, college freshman, decorations; Dale Harris, college sophomore, trophies and queen; Shirley Brice, college sophomore, entertainment; Susan Montgomery, college sophomore, guests, and Julie Gemel and Nancy Teed, college seniors, tickets.
A trip to the Skelly company and Businessmen's Assurance in Kansas City, Dec. 3, and the announcement of the state convention here, March 19-20 were discussed at a meeting of the Future Business Leaders of America recently. Anyone enrolled in a business course is eligible to become a member of FBLA.
Business Club to Tour Firms
Six freshmen and one sophomore have been named as first-year members of the 1954 Kansas Relays student committee, Dr. E.R. Elbel, professor of physical education said today.
Seven Named To Relays Group
The freshmen are William LaRue, Edwin Petrik, Thomas Hampton, William Sayler, and Robert Elliott, college, and Martin Hanna, engineering. The sophomore is Jay Dee Ochs, engineering.
The seven bring the total membership of the student committee, the functioning administrative group for the Relays, to 20.
First-year nominees are selected from a group of more than 30 candidates and were chosen on a basis of scholarship, activity interest, and knowledge of track administration.
Chemists to Hear of Ions
The Relays will be April 16 and 17.
Prof. H. B. Jonassen of Tulane university will speak on "Complex Ions in Nature and Industry," at 7:30 p.m. today in 205 Bailey chemical laboratory, at a meeting of the KU section of the American Chemical society.
Few 'Mutiny' Tickets To Be Sold Tonight
There are a few tickets left in the second balcony for Herman Wouk's "The Caine Mutiny Courtmartial," which comes to Hoch auditorium for a single performance at 8:20 p.m. today. The box office in Hoch will open at 7:15 p.m. Student identification cards will not admit.
Weather
Blizzard conditions are likely to develop in western Kansas, by
Thursday night, the state weather bureau said today as the season's second wintry storm moved into the high north-west plains. The latest Kansas fore
cast said six inches or more of snow probably will accumulate over western sections by Thursday night and that howling north winds are due to create hazardous conditions.
The leading edge of a mass of cold air has reached the Northwest Kansas area, said state weatherman Richard Garrett, and will advance across Kansas during today and tonight.
The Kansas forecast is for low temperatures tonight in the 20s northwest to the 50s southeast, with highs Thursday still in the 20s Northwest to the 60s in the extreme southeast.
Chiang Cabinet Resigns Over Chennault Issue
Taipei, Formosa- (U.R)-High official sources reported today that Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's Nationalist government faces a cabinet crisis resulting from a dispute over proposals to subsidize U.S. Gen. Claire L. Clementhau's airline.
These sources said the entire cabinet submitted resignations.
This was denied by Premier Chen Cheng and Foreign Minister George Yeh.
Authoritative sources insisted, however, that the resignations had been submitted and that Chiang accepted that of his secretary general, Dr. Wang Shih-Chien, but withheld his decision on the other resignations.
Dr. Yeh, asked concerning the report of the mass walkout, said, "there is no foundation for that whatever."
He would not comment on the reported acceptance of Dr. Wang's resignation.
These sources said Premier Chen and the cabinet heatedly opposed the move.
Reliable sources said the crisis developed from Chiang's recommendation of a subsidy to Chennault's Civil Air Transport company for its operations in Seoul and Bangkok, where the line reportedly has been losing money.
Some diplomatic observers expressed belief it might prove to be a "family quarrel" which could be smoothed over. Others speculated it might rurk the beginnings of serious trouble for the Nationalist government, isolated for four years on the island fortress of Formosa.
There was speculation in some quarters that the crisis may have developed from reports from Washington, including a statement by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, that the United States has not completely closed the door to recognition of Communist China.
Reports from Tokyo said the news of the development was promptly relayed to U.S. Vice President Richard M. Nixon. Even the Chinese embassy in Tokyo was taken by surprise. The Chinese ambassador to Japan, Dr. Hollington Tong, said he had "no comment."
Most quarters doubted that the development meant Chiang was in serious danger of losing his dominant position. ___
Senate Probe Involves Snyder
Washington—(U.P.)-Senate investigators produced records today to show that former secretary of the treasury John W. Snyder promoted accused-Communist Harold Glasser after his department received reports linking Glasser with Harry Dexter White and Soviet espionage.
The Senate internal security sub-committee placed in its records correspondence detailing Mr. Snyder's Aug. 26, 1946 advancement of Glasser from assistant secretary of the treasury's division of monetary research to the $10,000-a-year post as director.
Subcommittee counsel Robert Morris, referring to yesterday's testimony by FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, told the subcommittee members that "two FBI summaries" had been sent to the Treasury department in the period Nov. 8, 1945 to July 24, 1946—well before the advancement.
Attorney General Herbert R. Brownell testified yesterday that one of the FBI summaries identified Glasser as "an active member of the espionage ring."