Kansas State Historical Society Topeka, Ks.
1-Day Trade Nixed By Kansan Board
To the students of the School of Law and the entire student body:
Tuesday, Oct. 20, 1953
The Kansan Board, student governing body of the University Daily Kansan, Monday evening voted to dismiss a challenge from 50 students in the Law school to trade places for a day.
The vote was taken at a special meeting of the Board. The final tabulation, after nearly an hour of discussion, was nine to six, with the chairman abstaining.
While the general consensus of Board members and staff of the paper was for acceptance of the challenge, which called for the lawyers to publish the Kansan one day while the journalism students attended law classes, a feeling of responsibility to the University as well as conflicting views of the methods to be employed as held by members of the administration, advertising department, and the news-editorial department made acceptance impossible.
It was felt that the Kansan is not a toy to be tossed haphazardly about as a joke. Being one of the few daily college papers in the country, the administration and students felt that there is a responsibility to publish a paper every day for the student body and it is not the Kansan's position to give this responsibilty to another group.
It is doubtful that an agreement could ever have been reached between the two groups. The situation as proposed would have involved conflict in more than the two schools involved.
Other problems which entered into consideration were the handling of advertising accounts, probable loss of money for the issue, prohibited use of photographic equipment, advisers, and responsibility for material used.
Consideration was also taken for the University Press, which prints the Kansan each day. There is little doubt that these men who are in the business for a life's work, not for fun, would have been subjected to much more time-consuming trouble than they already encounter with the comparatively inexperienced Kansan staff.
It would have been fun, but the Kansan does not present the proper place to hold such campus entertainment. It is unfortunate that the question arose, but as far as the Kansan is concerned, the issue is is now dropped completely and no more comments on the issue will be printed.
Respectfully,
Clarke Keys
Clarke Keys
Chairman of the Kansan Board
Daily Kansan Executive Editor
Bill Hutcheson,79 Union Boss,Dies
Indianapolis, Ind. — (UP)—William L. "Big Bill" Hutcheson, 79, president emeritus of the AFL Carpenters union and one of the elder statesmen of the labor movement in the United States, died today in a hospital.
One of the few union leaders in the country who supported the Republican party, Mr. Hutcheson went down the line for Dwight D. Eisenhower at the GOP national convention in Chicago last year.
Hutcheson died at 3:40 a.m. CST in Methodist hospital. He suffered a heart seizure last Thursday and had been in critical condition since.
Mr. Hutcheson was president of the union from 1915 to 1951, and was responsible for the carpenters' withdrawal from the AFL in mid-summer this year in a dispute over a no-raiding policy.
SUA to Sponsor Activities Display
The Student Union activities will sponsor an extra-curricular activities display from 7:30 to 9 p.m. tomorrow in the Union ballroom.
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Members of major campus organizations will explain their organizations' functions and duties.
Lucy Janousek, education junior,
is chairman of the display.
Carr Elected to Post In NROTC Group
T. DeWitt Carr, dean of the school of Engineering and Architecture, has been elected secretary-treasurer of the National Association of Naval ROTC colleges.
Dean Carr also was elected association representative of the advisory panel of National ROTC Affairs which helps formulate policy for the armed forces.
The Campus Chest steering committee has selected eight organizations to receive benefits from the Campus Chest drive, Nov. 11-20.
Campus Chest Picks 8 Groups To Get Benefits
The drive which has a goal of $5,000, will begin Nov. 11 with a kick-off dance in the Student Union ball room sponsored by the inter-Fraternity council.
National groups chosen are the American Heart fund, Daman-Runyan Cancer fund, National Polio foundation, American Foundation for the Overseas Blind, and the National Red Cross.
Local organizations benefiting are the Lawrence Community Chest, the YMCA, and YWCA.
Plans are being made for the Jay James and KuKus to take a collection at the KU-Oklahoma A&M game, Nov. 14.
Scholle, Billota, and Hatfield were released this morning. McCollun, Northcutt, and Stout were reported in fair condition.
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The Forensic league will send speakers to all organized houses during the week explaining the purpose of Campus Chest. Students living in unorganized houses will be contacted by volunteer workers from the Associated Women's students, the YWCA, and the YMCA.
Six Freshmen Hurt in Crash
Six University freshmen were injured at 11:40 p.m. yesterday when their car failed to make a turn and crashed head-on into a ditch one and one-half miles west and one-half mile south of No. 6 school on U.S. 59 when the car going east failed to make a turn to the north.
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Injured were Larry Northcutt, college, who suffered a three-inch cut on the forehead and a skull fracture; Lewis Stout, engineering, possible foot and ankle injuries; Jerry McCollum, college, cuts on face; Joe Scholle, engineering, possible nose fracture; Vincent Billotta, college, multiple abrasions, and Charles Hatfield, driver, engineering, abrasions on the face.
The injured were taken to Watkins hospital.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
The Case of the Three Purple Cats
Rex D. Johnson and Dale Chapell of the sheriff's office estimated damage to the automobile at $490.
St. George, a knight-detective who once apprehended a maiden-devouring dragon, played an important part in returning the KU flag to the campus after it had been stolen by Kansas State students, it was revealed to the Kansan today.
Where were you the night the flag was stolen? St. George was asked. I was working out of the Hawk's nest on the night shift," St. George said without show of emotion. "I got acafl from the KU police. Someone was stealing the KU flag, Larceny. My job."
St. George was asked if he had seen the culprit. "Yes, I saw three men wearing purple sweaters run from Fraser hall. I tried to flag them down. They jumped into a car; sped away. There were purple wildcats on the car windows. The license number was RL-2798549087. There were no clues to their identity."
St. George walked down the street, He knocked on a door,and a woman answered.
"My name is St. George, ma'm Like to ask you a few questions ma'm. It's about a flag."
For the first time, it appeared that St. George was stymied. There was no evidence, no motive, and no flag. "There was only one thing to do." St. George said tersely. "Buy another flag."
"All right, I'm taking you in on a 45."
"Listen, friend, this is Watkins hall, and its after closing hours. If I had a flag, I wouldn't give it to you, so scram."
But St. George, conqueror of the fire-breathing dragon, could not give up so easily. He put his great power of mental concentration to work.
"Just trying to get the facts, ma'm."
"This pistol I'm carrying. Get moving."
"What's a 45?"
Who hated KU enough to steal the flag? Iowa State? no, they loved everyone. Missouri? No, they hated only Iowa State. Oklahoma? No, they felt sorry for KU.
"That's the KU flag," he said softly
"Who, says it. 'unk?'
St. George, walking over the Kansas State campus, noticed three men standing beside a car. The car had a radio aerial. A flag hung from the aerial. It was a blue flag with two red letters. The two red letters were "K" and "U". St. George walked over to the car.
Then the answer came, clear and unquestioned. No one hated KU as
much as the students of Kansas State. The farmers had stolen the flag, So, donning a straw hat, a checkered shirt, and a pair of jeans the great detective left for Manhattan.
The three criminals were tried and convicted for flag stealing, St. George explained. For this flagrant offense they were chained to their textbooks and confined at hard labor in the Kansas State library for 30 days.
Reds Get Warning Of Force in Korea
1st Studio Theater Play to Be Tonight
The first of four presentations of English one-act comedies will be given at 8 p.m. tonight in the Little theater in Green hall by the "Studio Theater." Student admission is 25 cents.
Belgian Organist To Play in Recital
Flor Peeters, Belgian organ virtuoso and composer, will give a recital on the baroque organ in Museum of Art at 4 p.m. Sunday.
Mr. Peeters was born in a little peasant village near Antwerp. His father was the village organist. By the time Flor was eight years old, he was substituting for his father whenever the latter could not play. At the age of twelve, he was composing hymns and orchestral pieces.
He was twenty when the Lemmens institute at Malines conferred upon him its Grand Prix for interpretation and composition. He became second organist in the Malines cathedral, and two years later its chief organist. Mr. Peeters is also director and professor of organ at the Royal Flemish conservatory in Antwerp.
His studies have taken him to Paris for several stays during which he worked under the famous organist Dupre and with Charles Tournemire, disciple of Cesar Franck.
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He is now living in Malines, where he plays the organ at the cathedral and composes music. The recital will be open to the public without admission charge.
Miller to Be Head Of Business Group
Howard Miller, business junior, was elected president of the Business School Association council last night. Other officers elected were John Stang, vice president; Kenneth Dam, secretary; Danna Denning, treasurer, and Lewis Leonard, publicity chairman. All are business seniors.
The other members of the council are Kay Birk and Charles Kimball, business seniors, and James Perkins, business junior. The faculty members are Martin Jones, instructor in accounting, and Don Plantz, assistant professor of business.
Plans for the forthcoming year discussed were the annual Business School Day in the spring, lectures by successful men in the field of business, a formal party, and several informal parties.
Falkenstien Rules On Ticket Transfer
Activity tickets may be transferred only to high school students, Earl L. Falkenstein, business manager of the athletic office, said today.
Football tickets may be obtained for $1 upon presentation of student identification cards at the information booth on Jayhawk drive the Friday afternoon and Saturday morning before the game, he said.
"We are charging $1 because of the expense involved in handling," he said. The potential high school purchaser would have to pay $1 for a seat in the north side of the stadium, and this ticket transfer affords the high school student a reserved seat in the east side of the stadium, he said.
> Panmunjom —(UP)— Sweden warned today it was "highly possible" that the Neutral Nations Repatriation commission would "break up" if the Communists insisted on using force against reluctant North Korean prisoners.
Jan Stenstroem, a Swedish delegate on the commission, issued the warning after Czechoslovakia and Poland announced their boycott of the NNRC.
The Communist bloe representatives stalked angrily out of a commission meeting because of the group's refusal to force 7,800 North Koreans to attend interviews with Red "persuaders." The walkout indefinitely delayed the explanations to anti-Communist prisoners.
Mr. Stenstroem said his government was opposed to any use of force and warned that Red insistence on threat to wreck the whole operation.
"The risk of the commission is much greater than before." Mr. Stenstroem said. "It is highly possible the commission will break up if we cannot get the North Korean prisoners to go to the explanations."
Mr. Stenstroem's announcement constituted a formal alliance between the Swedish government and Switzerland in opposing the use of any force to bring North Korean prisoners from their compounds for face-to-face interviews with Red political officers.
The Swedish delegate said he had received instructions direct from Stockholm. He said his orders were of the "same general tone" as those given to the Swiss delegation earlier. "I see no reason how we can get the North Korean prisoners to attend the explanations." Mr. Stenstroem said.
The position of India, the other neutral nation, was not formally revealed, but the Indians were known to be against the use of force at least for the time being.
Lt. Gen. K. S. Thimayya of India, chairman of the commission, was believed to be in close contact with the boycotting Polish and Czech allegations informed him. Thimayya told us a meeting of the commission this morning because he knew the Reds would not attend.
Weather
ture is moving up from the Gulf of Mexico, w h i c h , combined w i t h the cool f r o n t moving in, into should bring relief for the state Advance-
Predictions of rain yesterday fell through, although the Kansas forecast holds promise of moisture. State meteorologist Tom Arnold saims soi-
ing slowly eastward, the front will enter western Kansas this evening and should cover most of the state by tomorrow night. Scattered showers should precede and accompany the front. Temperatures, which have been unseasonably warm, should tumble 10 to 15 degrees. In the past six months Kansas has received only 13 inches of rain, two-thirds of normal. The past 24 months have been the driest in Kansas history. A number of communities in the eastern half of Kansas face exhaustion of their water supply. Yesterday official thermometers in Kansas registered extremes of 52 degrees at Leavenworth and 88 at Wamego. The low in Lawrence was 57 last night with the noon reading today at 80 degrees.
Top Dance to Be Featured
A tap dance act by Manuel Jackson college freshman, will be given at the 9:30 p.m. intermission of the Union Activities record dance Wednesday night in the Trail room of the Student Union. The dance will start at 8 p.m.