Kansas State Historical Society Topeka, Ks.
Daily hansan
51st Year, No. 2
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
ISA Closes First Phase of Member Drive
Thursday, September 17, 1953
The first phase of the most successful Independent Student association membership drive in years closes Wednesday night with an estimated 350 men and women declaring membership in the organization
ing membership in the organization. The initial drive, which extended over the three day enrollment period, will be followed immediately with an intensive campaign in the organized independent residence halls, membership chairman Jim Baird said today.
A gold loving-cup will be awarded to the first independent hall to achieve 100 per cent membership in ISA. Winner of last year's award, a traveling trophy, was Miller hall.
Initial meetings in the "ward system," which was organized last spring to serve students living in private housing in Lawrence, will be held early next week, according to Bill Harmon, ISA president. Each ward will be composed of about 50 men or women living in the same area in the city, and will afford an opportunity for students living in private homes to participate as an organized unit in some of the activities heretofore limited to residence halls, such as hour dances, and intramural sports.
ISA is offering discounted movie admissions again this year through an arrangement with the Granada and Fatee theaters. Members receive a string of coupons which will admit them to six regular price shows at these two theaters at a reduced price.
Mexico Offers 17 Scholarships
The Mexican government is offering 17 scholarships to United States students through the Mexican-United States commission on Cultural Cooperation. Deadline for applications is Oct. 15. The six undergraduates and eleven graduates who receive scholarships must be ready to begin their studies in Mexico March 1, 1954.
The undergraduate scholarships pay 350 pesos a month. Graduate students will receive tuition and 400 pesos a month.
Fields open to undergraduates for study are physical anthropology, archaeology, ethnology, Mexican history, architecture, philosophy, and literature. Graduates may choose from physical anthropology, archaeology, ethnology, Mexican history, museography, painting, biological sciences, pediatrics, tropical medicine, and cardiology.
Kansan photo by Ken Coy
To be eligible for a scholarship, a student must be a United States citizen and have sufficient knowledge of Spanish to follow a full course of study.
Preferences will be given to unmarried students or married candidates who do not plan to take their families along. Juniors and seniors will be given preference in the undergraduate group. Personal funds for travel, incidental expenses, and living expenses will be needed until the first payment is made.
Students and graduates interested in applying for these scholarships should contact Dr. J. A. Burzle, 304 Fraser.
Hollywood, Calif. —(U.P.)—Actor Lewis Stone, famed Judge Hardy of the movies, was buried yesterday following funeral services attended by many Hollywood celebrities in his home.
Actor Lewis Stone Buried
VERY GOOD SPEECH, DR. MURPHY—Dr. Franklin D. Murphy, chancellor of the University, and Dean Thomas Gorton, of the School of Fine Arts, are shown leaving Hoch auditorium this morning after the all-student convocation. Dr. Murphy discussed the University from the standpoint of its different facets.
2,500 Hear Dr. Murphy Laud Education System
By STAN HAMILTON
Dr. Franklin D. Murphy, chancellor of the University, this morning compared the University to a stone with many facets at an all-student convocation.
Photo Service Moves Home
"The University of Kansas is like a stone with many faces," Dr. Murphy said. "It is like a large business with more than 2 million Kansans and alumni taking part. The University can be viewed as a large city with over 10,000 persons serving as a repository or conservatory of human arts, as a ground for gaining new knowledge, as a direct service to the persons of the state, as a provider of entertainment, or mainly, as a place to gain a full education.
"There is no substitute for quality. The educational processes, the classrooms, the facilities, the laboratories, and the faculty are here. It is up to each and every student to use these to the best advantage through personal initiative.
"The greatest yardstick of any institution is the productivity of those who have been exposed to it. Our university feels that its job until now has been well done, so the tradition must not be let down now or ever."
The convocation, which officially opened the eighty-eighth year of KU, was attended by about 2,500 persons
"The main guiding factor at our University in past years has been the underlying spirit or soul, which is deeply rooted in the past. This soul was created by men and women who came from New England years ago rating skill and ability above all else."
The Rev. Harold G. B.arr, dean of the school of religion, opened the convocation by leading a responsive reading from Psalms 84 and 24:1-5, and the Lord's Prayer. Miss Elizabeth Townsley, instructor in voice, sang a soprano solo, "Love's Philosophy", and the KU band, directed by Prof. Russell L. Wiley, closed the ceremony with the Alma Mater
The University Photo Service, which used the School of Journalism's facilities during the summer, has returned to its operations in the basement of the library. Quarters for the photo service have been completely renovated but the telephone number is still 367.
"We must keep this soul alive forever.
Our university will our be as
a sacred place."
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Senior Pictures Start Next Week
Senior pictures for the Jayhawker will be taken by Estes studio beginning next week, Jerry Knudson, editor, said today.
The early start is scheduled to insure enough time for each individual sitting to obtain the best results, Knudson said. A shooting schedule has been established to cover about 150 seniors a week alphabetically through Nov. 26, resuming after the Christmas holiday.
Seniors desiring their pictures in the annual whose last names lie within the A-Bol group are requested to contact Estes studio as soon as possible to arrange for a sitting next week.
Three price categories have been set up for senior pictures. Those who wish to have only their picture in the Jayhawk can obtain two proofs for $2.78 including the cost of the engraving. Those wishing portraits may get four proofs for $3.53 or six proofs for $4.28.
As in previous years, only those senior pictures taken by the official photographer, Estes studio, can appear in the Jayhawker. Women are requested not to wear dark clothing if they wish the best results.
Entry blanks will be issued, and any group wishing to form a team should send a representative.
Intramural managers, representing all organized women's teams, will meet at 4 p.m. Friday at Robinson gymnasium, to discuss the fall sports program.
Womens' IM Slate To Be Discussed
The program will consist of volleyball, tennis singles, badminton singles, and golf.
Enrollment Total Tops 1952 Figure
By TOM SHANNON
The University's 88th year began this morning with a student body of 6.817 as the first class met, James K. Hitt, director of admissions, said.
Prospects of the enrollment reaching 7,000 were bright, Hitt said, as the normal fall experience finds 200 or more enrolling late. Today's figure is 245 more than at the same time in 1952 and 38 above the final total of last fall.
Part of the increase can be attributed to 2,223 new students,112 more than last year.There are 1,454 freshmen in this total,182 more than in 1952.
"The nearly 4 per cent advance in enrollment is most gratifying in face of tightened financial circumstances for many students," Mr. Hitt said, adding that "considerably more students are seeking part-time employment than a year ago."
For the first time in several years there was an increase in the number of students returning from the previous year. The KU Medical center in Kansas City increased 52 students for a total of 646. The Lawrence campus registration was up nearly 200—reaching a figure of 6,171. The overall increase is 3.7 per cent.
The men to women ratio is 2.22 to 1, the smallest since the war years, with the men outnumbering the women 4,254 to 1,917 on the Lawrence campus.
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Enrollment Changes To Be by Schools
Students desiring to make enrollment changes or to enroll late will enroll according to the school they are in, James K. Hitt, director of admissions, announced Wednesday.
Students in the Schools of Fine Arts, Education, Business, Journalism, Law, Medicine, and Pharmacy may make changes or enroll by going to their dean's office either today, Friday, or Saturday.
Engineering and College students may enroll only Saturday morning in the Union building.
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Korean veterans number 303, 209 more than a year ago. There is a total increase of S3 over 1952, with 899 veterans enrolled in the Lawrence division.
While the enrollment has increased over last year, the total is by no means largest in the University's history. In 1948—the peak year—9,750 students enrolled. Juniors were flooded and added a priority plan, with Kansas veterans getting preference over other students.
With the Korean veterans GI bill, an increase in men students can be expected for years to come. In a few years, enrollment can be expected to hit 10,000, when the World War II "baby crop" which is now overloading grade schools throughout the state will be of college age.
Nine Graduates Pass Bar Examinations
Nine graduates of the School of Law passed their bar examinations in Topeka Tuesday.
They are Jack Dalton, Sedan; Robert Page, Lawrence; Norman Fuller, Lawrence; Jack Ahterton, Emporia; William Lemesay, Calhan, Colo.; Thomas Kennedy, Salina Philip Waisblum, St. Joseph, Mo.; Dean Frisbie, Kansas City, and Donald Schauf, Redwing.
The former students were among 25 applicants for admission to practice law in Kansas and were sworn in as attorneys by the state Supreme court Wednesday.
Freshman Rite Set For Tonight
Why are we called Jayhawkers? Where did the Rock Chalk yell begin? Why are our colors red and blue? All these and many other questions will be answered for new students tonight at the traditions convocation and new student induction.
Beginning at 7:30 p.m., the traditions assembly will be held in Hoch auditorium. Fred Rice, business senior, and Dana Anderson, college sophomore, will narrate a 20-minute pantomime explaining many University institutions.
Jack Byrd, business senior, heads he traditions committee of the All Student Council which gives the assembly. The skit is directed by Nathan Harris, college junior.
Following the program in Hoch, new students will march to the stadium for the induction ceremony. Representing the freshman class will be Peggy McMullen and Bruce Wenger, who will receive the torch of learning relayed from the Rock Chalk Cairn by members of Sachem, senior men's honorary society.
Representing the graduate students will be Bonnie Royer and Thomas Milne. Other class representatives are; senior—Nancy Canary, president; and Gil Reich, vice president; junior—Mary Gayle Seibert, president; and Harris, vice president; sophomore — Humphreys Hodge, president; and Fredrica Voiland, vice president.
Richard Sheldon, student council president, will preside over the ceremony, and Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy will formally induct the new students.
The Kansas University Future Fans, commonly called the KUFFs, will be sponsored again this year by the University athletic depart- ment, the city Chamber of Commerce, and recreation commission.
KUFFs to Cheer At Football Games
The members, boys and girls from the fourth through ninth grades, sit in a body at KU football games. Membership cards purchased for one dollar will admit them to four games this year: Iowa State, Oct. 3; Southern Methodist, Oct. 24; Kansas State, Nov. 7, and Oklahoma, Nov. 14.
On game days, the club meets in the morning at the Community building to hear discussions by sports personalities.
Weather
A cool front—whatever that is—is heading for the Sunflower State, but
weather. Friday it'll be cooler in the northern part of the state and not so hot, with a low tonight of 50 in the northwest and 70 southeast. Friday's high—80 northwest, 90 to 95 southeast.