Kansas State Historical Society Topeka, Ks.
Daily hansan
51st Year. No.33
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Friday, Nov. 6, 1953
—Kansan photo by Wilson Ayars
GIFTS FOR THE SCHOOL—Cartoonist and illustrator Albert T. Reid is visiting the University this weekend to make a formal presentation of the Albert T. Reid collection to the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information as part of Editors' Day festivities Saturday. Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy and Dean Burton W. Marvin discuss two of the gifts, an original manuscript of the poem, "Each in His Own Tongue," written by the late KU professor, William Herbert Carruth, and a sketch by Mr. Reid of Carruth.
Artist Arrives For Presentation
Albert T. Reid, political cartoonist, arrived this morning with his collection of cartoons and paintings which he will present to the University at 11 a.m. tomorrow. They will be displayed in the William Allen White reading room of the Journalism building.
Cartoons by Mr. Reid had great political influence in the early part of the century until the time he stopped cartooning in 1936.
Henry Cabot Lodge Sr., senator from Massachusetts until his death in 1924, called Mr. Reid's cartoon "Article Ten Wants Your Boy," which opposed U.S. entry into the League of Nations, the "most powerful and effective political cartoon ever drawn."
A native of Concordia, Mr. Reid started his climb to success as a cartoonist when he won a contest sponsored by the Topeka Mail. In 1897, he became a cartoonist for the Kansas City Star.
Mr. Reid later became a staff member on the New York Herald and was also associated with colum
Just Arthur Brisbane; Wulfam Renkel Heart newspapers for years; in the archives, includes a cartoon by Mr. Reid and an editorial by Mr. Brisbane.
Mr. Reid, who had his own cartoon syndicate, also was editor and publisher of both the Kansas Farmer and the Leavenworth Post. He is also known for his paintings of western life. Although he is 80 years old, Mr. Reid still finds time to paint Kansas landscapes.
Make-Up Physicals Set for Saturday
Physical examinations for students who missed their examinations during orientation week will be given from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Watkins hospital.
Students applying for scholarships or jobs who need physical examinations may also come at that time. Appointments should be made today at the hospital.
Recital Postponed
The recital of G. Criss Simpson, associate professor, organ and theory, originally scheduled for Sunday has been postponed until Nov. 22.
Court Defines Power, Drops UDK Libel Suit
The Student Court dismissed the libel action against the University Daily Kansan at a five-hour special session last night and declared invalid the ASC constitutional provision that gave the court jurisdiction to hear "all cases of any nature arising among any students or student groups of the University of Kansas."
By JERRY KNUDSON
"The power provided for in ASC bill No. 5, Section 5, Sub-Section 2 giving to the Student Court jurisdiction to hear 'all cases of any nature arising among any students or student groups of the University of Kansas' was not delegated to the University of Kansas by the legislature of Kansas or permissible under the Constitution of the state of Kansas.
The original petition filed by the plaintiff asked for the same amount of damages for "unfair treatment" to the ad but was not a nisl action.
The text of the court's decision:
The unanimous decision was reached as the Court heard the general demurrier by the defendant, the Daily Kansan, against the lab action filed by "R. D. Kline," a fictitious name referring to plaintiffs Joseph Eugene Balloun, third year law, and Robert Londerholm, second year college and law.
The ad read: "Anvone interested in starting up a newspaper for the University of Kansas call 2569B by Friday." Miss Betz' editorial, "UDK to Withdraw, Towel Thrown In," commented on the ad.
"R. D. Kline" in an amended petition was asking the Court for $100 damages for injury to the plaintiffs' reputation resulting from an editorial written by Mary Betz, journalism senior and editorial page editor, printed in the Kansan on Oct. 14, and $5.12 damages for loss of the value of an ad the plaintiff placed in the same issue.
At 12:15 a.m. Chief Justice Warren Andreas handed down the Court's decision that it had no jurisdiction in the case of sustaining the second ground of the defendant's general demurrier, which contended that the Court had no authority to award civil damages.
"Therefore it was invalid for the All Student Council to delegate such power to the Student Court.
"This decision passes only upon a suit such as this before the Student Court wherein one student or student group is sueing another student or student group asking for relief in the form of monetary damages.
"Motion to diesmiss sustained."
Faculty advisers J. Neale Carman, professor of Romance languages, and Jack Heysinger, assistant professor of economics, participated in the Court's deliberations because questions of constitutionality were involved. Other justices were: Donald Pearson, first year college and law; Kay Roberts, college senior, and Glenn Opie third year law.
Earlier the Court overruled by a 6-0 decision the first ground of the defendant's demurrier which contended that the Kansan Board, against whom the suit was filed, was not a student group as defined by the
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Dismal Day Looms For Football Fray
Bv TOM SHANNON
The weather prediction is dismal for the Kansas-Kansas State football game tomorrow as light rain or snow, brisk winds, and temperatures 40 degrees or colder are expected when more than 30,000 fans, including 3,700 Kansas State students, will file into the stadium.
Kansas Editors Meet Tomorrow
A record crowd of editors and publishers is expected to attend the 60th annual Kansas Editors' day program here tomorrow.
The day-long program will include events closely related to the press and a luncheon with Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy. The group will be the guests of the KU Athletic department at the KU-K-State football game.
Dr. Taft, president of the Kansas State Historical Society and chairman of the Kansas Territorial Centennial commitee, will speak at 11:30 in Fraser theater. His topic is "An Amazing Century."
Highlights of the morning program include a formal presentation of the Albert T. Reid cartoon collection to the William Allen White School of Journalism and a speech by Dr. Robert Taft, professor of chemistry and recognized historian.
Mr. Reid, a native Kansas, was for several decades a leading cartoonist and illustrator in the cast. Twenty years ago he began sending original cartoons by some of the nation's leading cartoonists to the School of Journalism.
The collection now consists of more than 200 cartoons, comic strips and panels. A number of them will be on display in the William Allen White memorial reading room tomorrow, where Mr. Reid will make the presentation.
The names of the five Kansas editors elected by the Kansas press this year to the Kansas Newspaper Hall of Fame will be presented by Burton W. Marvin, dean of the School of Journalism, following Dr. Taft's talk. The pictures of the five chosen in previous years will be exhibited in the Journalism building.
Following these events, an hour long "wrangle session" at which topics and problems of interest to editors and publishers are discussed, will be held in 205 Journalism building. Harry Valentine, publisher of the Clay Center Dispatch and president of the Kansas Press Association, will conduct the session.
-Kansan photo by Clarke Keys
AWS SENATE WINNERS—Ann Hanson and Joan Rosenwald, both college freshmen, who won the two Associated Women Student Senate posts, talk over their victories yesterday.
- Millions more in the midwestern part of the United States will watch the game on an NBC televast. University pep clubs, wanting to look their best before the viewers, will hold a card practice tonight.
The Kansas State 120-piece marching band led by director Richard Coy, will join with the University band in playing the national anthem before the game and will give a half-time marching exhibition.
The University marching band, under the direction of Prof. Russell Wiley, will salute athletics in its part of the halftime show.
In an unusual finale to its show, the band will perform a "Wildcat hunt."
The band will salute football, basketball, baseball, and track in a precision drill.
More than 200 editors and publishers here for the Kansas Editors' day will see the game. Saturday night, the traditional Student Union carnival will be held in the ballroom. Fifteen carnival queen candidates will be driven around the track in convertibles at half-time tomorrow.
Gov. Edward F. Arn and Sen.
Frank Carlson and their families
will attend the game as will members of the Kansas legislature.
A car rally will be held at 11:30 a.m. tomorrow at Sixth and Illinois streets to welcome the football team back from its Friday-night stay in Topeka.
At a pep rally held this morning in front of Strong hall, Coach J. V. sikes said, "We're going to beat 'em tomorrow. I don't believe the Wildcat can beat the Jayhawker in anything. We're out to whip em on the field and whip 'em in the stands."
Halfback Ralph Moody told the shivering crowd of students that "it would be a big disgrace if we got beat. We've worked awful hard since Nebraska and have put a few handles on that football too."
New Chant Times Set by Committee
The alma mater and the Rock Chalk chant will be played just before the kickoff at the Kansas State football ball game, it was decided this week.
Between the first and second quarters, at the beginning of the second half, and between the third and fourth quarters also, KU students will give the Rock Chalk chant. The KU band will play a chord to signal he chant.
Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy, meeting with Russell L. Wiley, director of the band; A. C. "Dutch" Lonworth, director of athletics; Fred Ellsworth, executive secretary of the alumni association; physical education, and Jack Byrd, business senior, decided on the new arrangement.
A permanent committee, including Prof. Wiley, Mr. Lonborg, and Prof. Elbel, was formed to coordinate all pre-game and half-time activities. Organizations planning those activities will be required to contact the co-ordinating committee for permission before making final arrangements.
A recommendation to the All Student Council pep committee that he alma mater be played before football games was passed unanimously at a KuKu meeting last night.
William Wilson, chairman of the pop committee, contacted this morning, said the committee was meeting with National Broadcasting company television officials, Prof. Russell L. Wiley, and other University officials this afternoon to discuss the matter for the K-State game.
In other business, KuKu president Lloyd Kirk, business junior, was selected unanimously as an escort for a homecoming queen at the KU-Missouri football game Sat., Nov. 21.