Kansas State Historical Society Topeka, Ks.
Students, Alumni Told to Raise TV Fund Themselves
--that this educational television offered a type of entertainment not possible over commercial stations. He also cited statistics showing education over this medium costs about 25 cents a pupil.
By RON KULL
A 5-student panel, questioning the House Ways and Means committee on reconsidering a bill for an educational television station for the University, yesterday was told the best bet for obtaining the station would be for students and alumni to raise $100,000 themselves.
Members of the student group have met questions instead of answers in their group.
The House group told the students that how to do this would be their own problem.
Committee chairman Howard Bentley, Kinsley, interrupted the carefully organized pleas by saying this would be a good test of the practicality of the group's education.
He revealed that this new plan had been formulated yesterday noon during a luncheon conference with Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy and Kansas State college President James A. McCain.
The group, composed of William Adams, graduate student; David Miller, college freshman; Loy Bldierback, college junior; Robert A.
Laughlin, college sophomore, and Dennis Henderson, college junior, was immediately asked its motive for making the trip to Topeka. They all insisted they were making the move for purely altruistic motives. This apparently satisfied the committee.
Adams, speaking for the group, said the students were making this plen because of their "concern and surprise" over the Senate committee's disapproval of the bill.
The hearing then went on smoothly for a time. Henderson took the floor and presented the financial side of the problem. He pointed out
One of the members of the committee asked him how he proposed to get the money for this project. "You fellows probably know more about that than I do." he retorted.
The committee, although fairly receptive to the students' arguments, was reticent because of the cost of the project. As chairman Bentley put it, "We're just out of money."
Bilderback pointed out the advantages of this medium to the western half of the state. Later he admitted that without expensive booster stations his home town, Dodge City, could not be reached.
The committee made it fairly clear to the group that unless the students could raise the $100,000 the bill would have little chance of going through to the Senate Ways and Means committee for approval. And it must pass the Senate before it can be carried to the Legislature.
The group plans to confer with the Endowment and Alumni associations this afternoon on the possibility of raising the necessary funds.
Daily hansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
50th Year, No.113
They Make the Grade-
Four Professors Win in Primaries
Wednesday, March 25, 1953
By BOB STEWART
Four University professors survived the Lawrence primary elections in races for positions on the city commission and District No. 60 School board, and will be on the ballot for the April 7 general election.
G. W. Bradshaw, professor of civil engineering, and John T. Weatherwax, assistant instructor of business, were among the six winning city commission candidates. Prof. Bradshad was an incumbent for the position, and received the highest amount of votes of the nine candidates for the six positions.
Marston McCluggage, professor of sociology, and Russell T. Runnels of the State Geologic survey, were among the six winning school board candidates.
L. R. Lind, professor of Greek and Latin, was defeated in his race for a city commission nomination. Leslie G. Hallmark, education junior, likewise was defeated for a school board nomination
Winning city commission candidates and votes
The three losing candidates, Prof. Lind, 262;
John R. Bell, 220, and H. C. Murphree, 217.
received:
Prof. Bradshaw, 1,000; John Crown (incumbent), 849; Mr. Weatherwax, 794; H. L. Nevin, 594; H. Herbert Tuller, 521; Mrs. A. B. Ewing, 446.
Winning school board candidates:
Dr. Richard Dunlap, 1,191; Joseph J. Wilson, 1,077; Carl B. Althaus, 844; Norman Edmonds, 821; Prof. McCluggage, 723; Mr. Runnels, 185.
Hallmark received 161 votes.
City Clerk Harold Fisher reported that the total vote was 1,774. He said that two years ago the primary vote total was 3,650.
The top six in each race will be in the April 7 general election. From the six city commission candidates, three will be elected to the five-man commission. The two receiving the most votes will receive four-year terms, and the other will serve two years.
The three men elected from the six school board candidates will receive four-year terms.
'The Contrast' Starts Today In Fraser; To Run 4 Nights
The fifth University Theatre production of the season, Royall Tyler's "The Contrast," will open at 8:30 today for a four-day run in Fraser theater.
It is the first comedy written by an American and produced in the United States. "The play has rarely been performed, but it is still a good piece of theatrical comedy," Dr. John Newfield, director of University Theatre, said.
It is basically an imitation of an 18th century English comedy as far as form is concerned, but the content is definitely American. The stage figure of the typical Yankee, which has been repeated for two centuries, was created in this play.
The stylized picture book scenery underlies the light comedy character of the play in tonight's performance. Dee Ann Price, fine arts sophomore, painted the set. Stewart Gordon, college senior, composed a special score of background music which will be played by a string quartet onstage in costumes.
Tom P. Rea, instructor in speech, is director of the production. Cast members are Mary Beth Moore, college senior; Adelaide Miller, college freshman; Shirley Strain, college senior; Marjorie Smith, fine arts junior; William Sollner, graduate student; Mark Gilman, education junior; Charles Dick, college senior; James Wallace, fine arts freshman; and Dan Palmquist, instructor in speech.
String quartet members are Karel Blaas, assistant professor of music theory and viola; Wilbur Kent Jr., fine arts freshman; Dorothy Woodle, fine arts sophomore, and Carol Brumfield, fine arts freshman.
The box office in the basement of Green hall is open the rest of the week from 10-12 and from 2-4 p.m. daily, 10-12 a.m. Saturday.
2 Debaters Asked To National Meet
Two University debaters have received an invitation to the national tournament at West Point on the basis of their team record at the regional tournament in Ames, Iowa, Monday and Tuesday.
Ranking among the top four teams of the 16 schools attending, Swander and Hopkins won decisions over Midland college, Fremont, Neb.; Wisconsin State college, Eau Claire; Mankato Teachers college, Mankato, Minn., and Iowa State college, Ames.
Orval Swander, business senior,
And Donald Hopkins, special student
in law, will try for the national
debate championship April 23.
Teams attending the tournament had been chosen by a committee considering their season win-loss records. They represented the top teams in the Midwestern area.
Glee Clubs to Hold Concert Tonight at 8
The other three teams to compete at West Point are Midland college, Wisconsin State college, and Emporia State Teachers college.
A program of gay songs will highlight the spring concert of the University Glee club at 8 tonight in Hoch auditorium.
Mrs. Marie Wilkins, former member of the Metropolitan Opera will be the guest artist. Student soloists include Dale Moore, fine arts senior, Jerry Hart, fine arts freshman, and Richard Wright, fine arts senior.
Stewart Heads New UDK Staff
Bob Stewart, journalism senior, was elected editor-in-chief and Virginia Mackey, journalism senior, business manager of the Daily Kansan at a board meeting Tuesday. The positions become effective April 1.
Journalism majors named to other staff positions were Chuck Zuegner, graduate student, and Don Nielsen, senior, editorial assistants; Bob Longstaff, senior, managing editor. Ron Kull, Bob Nold, seniors, and Jerry Knudson and Clarke Keys, juniors, will be assistant managing editors.
Patricia Vance, senior, was named advertising-promotion manager, and Tom Breckenridge, senior, retail advertising manager. The new national advertising manager will be Don Landes, senior. Max Urban, college junior, will be circulation manager, and Lorraine Godding, senior, was named classified advertising manager.
Rozanne Atkins, junior, was appointed society editor, and Gladys Henry, junior, assistant society editor. Picture editor is Ken Coy, senior.
Dancing Scheduled In Union Tonight
Mary Cooper, senior, will be news editor. Maurice Prather, senior, is the new telegraph editor. Sports editor is Chuck Morelock, junior, and assistant sports editor is Don Tice, junior.
--cleared 201 attending
Free dancing from 7 to 11 p.m. tonight will be held in the Trail room of the Union. The room, adjoining the Hawk's Nest, will be cleared for dancing.
Jury Ruled Out For Libel Trial
The Student Court ruled that it doesn't have the power to grant a trial by jury at yesterday's pre-trial session for the University vs. FACTS libel trial that opens tonight.
Quartet Contest Slated Thursday
A barbershop atmosphere will prevail in Strong auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Thursday as the curtain goes up on the annual YWCA-sponsored Barbershop Quartet contest.
Phi Kappa Tau, Lawrence Ferrell,
and Jerry Rushfelt, college seniors;
John Nangle, engineering junior,
and Jack Weathered, fine arts
freshman; Kappa Sigma, Maurice
Casey, education junior; Leland
Keller, graduate student; Alfred
Little, college sophomore, and Joe
Wagoner, college freshman.
Quartets entered and their members are Acacia, James Burgess, business senior; Murial Laman, college junior; Dean Mohlstrom, college freshman, and Rex Rasmussen, pharmacy freshman; Jolife lhall, Richard Chatelain, Thomas Downs, college freshman; William Latimer, engineering sophomore, and Edward Kindley, fine arts sophomore; Beta Theta Pi, Edward Freeburg, engineering sophomore; Gerald Scott, Laurence Price, and Dale Darnell, college sophomores.
A first-place trophy will be awarded at the close of the contest. A barbershop quartet from Kansas City representing the National Association of Barbershop Quartets will be the judges and will provide intermission entertainment.
Lyden Goodwin, college junior, will be master of ceremonies. Tickets are 40c and may be obtained at the information booth and the YWCA office in the Student Union.
The vote was 9 to 1 on the question, one of the problems brought up in the session to clarify points of law before beginning the trial.
The court also decided that the "burden of proof" is on FACTS to substantiate the affirmative defenses allowed in the case. This means FACTS must prove to the court that any defamation printed about Fachacamac party in the FACTS newspaper was true and printed with justifiable ends.
FACTS counselors, Dan Hopson, Richard Staveley, and Don Giffin, third year law students, attempted to convince the court that the ASC statute forbidding political parties the right to attack each other in party literature was discriminatory because the Daily Kansas is allowed by the statute to print any political comment it feels has news value.
By a vote of 7-0 the court decided that the ASC statute intended that the Daily Kansan be considered non-partisan and removed from the category of partisanship necessarily surrounding political organs.
Another denial given the FACTS counsellors was the request that the court return a unanimous decision at the trial.
The court's special prosecutors, Gene Balloun, second year law, Robert Walker, second year law, and James Gurley, college senior and law student, convinced the court that FACTS is an entity capable of being charged with offenses and tried.
Freshman Wins Voice Honor Dona Benscheidt, college freshman, recently placed second in a second-year medium voice contest sponsored by the Kansas Federation of Women's Clubs. The contest was held in Pratt.
Ike Sends Plan to Congress To Give Benson More Power
Washington—(U.P.)President Dwight D. Eisenhower today sent Congress an Agricultural department reorganization plan to give Secretary Ezra T. Benson more power and create three new highranking administrative jobs.
Mr. Eisenhower said Mr. Benson would use his new authority to place administration of farm programs closer to the state and local levels and to adapt them to regional, state, and local conditions.
With certain exceptions, the reorganization plan calls for transfer to the Agricultural Secretary of functions and authority now vested by law to other officers and agencies of the department.
The principal exceptions are the farm credit administration, corporations of the department, and functions of hearing examiners under the reorganization plan.
The plan becomes effective in 60 days unless vetoed by a majority of the full membership of either the House or Senate.
Mr. Eisenhower sent Congress a message with the plan saying that legislation to change the Farm Credit administration will be recommended later.
He said the reorganization plan is "substantially in accord" with recommendations made in 1949 by the Hoover commission.