University Daily Kansan Monday, March 9. 1953
From the 7 Seas -
Ring Dance Traditions Follow Old Navy Rites
The midshipmen at the KU Naval ROTC unit will hold their third annual Ring dance March 28 in the Military Science building.
The dance, which follows traditions set by the U.S. Naval academy, is given in honor of the juniors in the unit who are receiving their Navy class rings.
The center of attraction at the dance will be a ten-foot replica of the Navy class ring. Built in 1951 for the first dance, the ring never has been moved out of the drill hall where it was built. It is too big to pass through the doors.
The giant ring is made of plywood, wire mesh, and wallpaper. It rests on an eight-foot square, wooden base, and weighs more than 400 pounds. The ring is covered with gold paint and the class insignia. The jewel in the set is fashioned of cellophane with a light underneath powered by a battery concealed in the base of the ring.
During the intermission the ceremony of christening the middle's ring takes place. The girl removes the ring from a ribbon around her neck, dips it in "water from the seven seas," and places it on the middle's finger. The water is contained in a binacle, a device used to house a ships compass. The couple then enters the giant ring, where tradition decrees that the midshipman receives a kiss.
The manner in which the couple leaves the ring denotes their relationship. If the midshipman leaves first, they are engaged. If the girl leaves first, they are pinned. If the couple leaves together, it is just another date. If the couple should back out—look out for the fireworks! It means the couple is married, and no midshipman is allowed to marry until he has received his commission.
The water used to christen the rings has been collected from Naval stations all over the world.
Since nobody actually knows just what seven seas are referred to in the expression, the samples received will have to serve the purpose. Water was received from six seas and three oceans, so it is hoped that the historic seven are among them.
The samples received are from the Bering sea, the Mediterranean sea, the Aegean sea, the Black sea,
Public Relations School Opens
The first of three public relations schools for Kansas welfare workers is being held in the Union building today and Tuesday.
Speakers at the general sessions of all three schools will be Emil L. Telfel, associate professor of journalism. He will speak on "Public Relations Fundamentals."
Other schools will be held at Wichita in the Hotel Lassen, March 11 and 12 and at Garden City in the Hotel Warren March 13 and 14. Every school will have the same program with the same staff participating.
Other speakers at the meetings will be Maurice E. Fager, Topeka; Max Foresman, Kansas City; Alpha Kenna, Topeka, and Marvin H. Rosene, Wichita.
Prof to Attend Meeting
A. R. Kitzhaber, assistant professor of English, will attend a Conference on College Composition and Communication in Chicago Friday and Saturday.
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Radio Schedule
University radio station, KANU,
heard at 91.5 megacyles on the FM
dial, will broadcast the following
programs this week. Programs from
2:30 to 3 p.m. and 7 to 7:30 p.m.
can be picked up on AM.
MONDAY
1.45—Previews
2.00—Udan Cole
2.15—News
2.30—Art by Radio
2.30—Time to Visit
4.00—Music You Want When You Wear It
4.30—Concert Concert
5.15—Opera Recital
5.15—Hoz Concert
5.45—Sports
6.00-Candelight Concert
7.00>The People Act
7.30-Ballet Music
7.30-Introduction to Read
8.00-Basketball, Missouri
TUESDAY
1:45–Previews
2:00–Let's Find Out
2:30–News
2:30–Children's News Reporter
2:45–This is KU!
3:00–Time to Visit
4:30–Music You Want When You
5:30–Lee HL
6:30–Stories and Stuff
7:30–Masterworks from France
8:30–Jazz Concert
9:30–Sports
10:30-Candellight Concert
1:00–Symphony Hall
2:00–Jazz Story
3:00–PM Concert
9:00–News
9:15–Simoff
WEDNESDAY
1:45 - Previews
2:00 - Distant Lands
3:00 - Leave
4:30 - Playtime McAllen School
2:30 - Time to Visit
4:00 - Move to Want When You Want It
3:00 - People Under Communism
5:00 - Old Books; Old Friends
5:00 - Sports
6:00 - Candlelight Concert
7:00 - Jefferson Heritage
7:30 - Concert
8:00 - Starlight Symphony
9:00 - News
9:30 - Surrogacy
THURSDAY
1:45 - Previews
2:00 - Tales from the Four Winds
2:30 - Adventures in Music Land
3:00 - Time to Visit
4:00 - Music You Want When You
  Want It
4:00 - Pollock and Footnotes
5:00 - This is Music
5:30 - Jazz Concert
5:45 - Sports
5:45 - Candlestight Concert
5:45 - Kansas Legislature
7:30 - Phog Allen Scrapbook
7:30 - Broadway Rhapsody
8:00 - Chamber Music
9:00 - News
9:00 - Music
Red Cross Fund Reaches $570.50
1:45—Previews
2:00—Growing Up
2:15—News
2:30—Time for a Story
3:00—Time to Visit
4:00—Music You Want When You
FRIDAY
A total of $570.50 has been collected in the Red Cross fund drive from faculty members and employees, E. A. McFarland, director of the University drive, said today.
The goal of the faculty and employees is $1,400. No drive is being conducted for University students, contributions by them would be welcome.
Needs of the Red Cross for the coming year are expected to be great, Mrs. Murray said. More than $7 million will be needed to advance a program for the securing of gamma globulin, blood ingredient which has been found to be an effective cure for paralysis in polio. The national Red Cross treasury was greatly depleted by the 1981 flood, and naked bodies are being treated "only on a piecemeal basis," Mrs. Murray said. Needs of the national treasury are expected to exceed $93 million.
Results of a county-wide drive which started March 1 have been good, said Mrs. E. A. Murray. Douglas county Red Cross fund secretary. More than $3,700 has been collected in Douglas county towards a goal of $18,000.
Of all funds collected by the Red Cross, 51.6 per cent remain within the county for local use, while the remaining 48.4 per cent are used for disaster relief on a national basis.
All expenses of the two collecting units at the University during the recent blood drive were paid by the Douglas county chapter at a cost of more than $400.
Official Bulletin
TUESDAY
Episcopal Communion: 7 a.m. Danforth Faculty Forum: 12 noon. Faculty club. Dr. Jack Baur: "Social Agency—University Cooperation."
Student Religious Council: 4 p.m., B
Myers hall!
All Student Council: 7:30 p.m. Pine room
WEDNESDAY
E Alteno: a las 4:30 en 113 Strong,
"Gutemala," por la senoria Hutchins.
YMCA Rock Chalk Revue: 7:45 p.m.
March 13 and 14. Hoch auditorium.
4.30: Southland Serenade
4.50: Fifteen Steps
5.00: Keyboard Concert
5.25: Jazz Concert
5.45: Sports
6.00: Candlelight Concert
7.00: Music from Mt. Oread
7.15: Lifter Room Club
7.45: Instrumental Interlude
7.50: Memo Pad
8.00: Opera is My Hobby
8.00: News
8.15: Sleep off
SATURDAY
No broadcast!
SUNDAY
SUNDAY
1:45 - Previews
2:20 - Excursions In Science
2:50 - London Studio Concerts
3:00 - UN Story
3:20 - Our Favorite Strings
3:30 - Masterworks Story
3:45 - The Musician Comments
4:00 - Vespers
4:20 - For the Connoisseur
4:30 - Candlelight Concert
7:00 - Ways of Mankind
7:00 - Sonata Recital
8:00 - World Theater
9:00 - News
9:15 - Signoff
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Practical problems in photography will be discussed at the second annual short course in photo-journalism to be held here April 5-8, Dean Burton W. Marvin of the School of Journalism, said today.
The course, sponsored by the National Press Photographers association and the Encyclopedia Britannica, is expected to attract professional photographers from all over the nation.
Question and answer sessions in which student photographers and a panel of professionals will participate and discussions by expert photographers and editors are scheduled for the four-day school.
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2 Debators Win St. Thomas Meet
Orval Swander, business senior,
and Don Hopkins, special student in
law, won the 22nd annual St. Thomas
debate tournament in St. Paul,
Minn., Friday and Saturday.
Winning seven out of eight debates in elimination rounds, the men defeated Wheaton college, Wheaton Ill., in the quarter-finals, Marquette university, Milwaukee, Wis. in the semi-finals, and in final competition defeated Bradley university, Peoria, Ill., by unanimous decision of five judges.
Eligible for the quarter finals by virtue of a six won, two lost record were Hubert Bell and William Arnold, college sophomores, the other University team at the contest, but they did not compete in final rounds due to a tournament ruling stating only one team from a school can participate.
Arnold and Bell won decisions from Huron, S.D.; St. Cloud Teachers, Minn.; Eau Claire Teachers, Wis.; Augusta college, S.D.; Midland college, Nebraska; and Texas Southern university. They lost to second-place winning Bradley and to Bethel college, Minn.
"When two sophomores and two seniors can enter as competitive a tournament as this and emerge with the record these men did, it is a credit to the team and to the school," Dr. Giffin said. "Without a doubt this is the best year I have had since coming to Kansas," he continued.
Foreign Students Favor ASC Vote
Cyrus Samii, president of the International club, said today he thinks a foreign student should be a voting member in th. All Student Council.
"The foreign students as a large group should have a voice in the ASC," he said. "By having a representative the club will be better informed of the activities of the council and can make a better contribution."
A similar idea was expressed by Mrs. Janice Davis, treasurer, and Margaret Thomson, secretary.
Geoffrey Weston, graduate student from England, has the same opinion. Weston, the present nonvoting representative of the club to ASC, said, "The presence of a voting member to represent the foreign students will contribute an independent element to the council."
The only difficulty is that the foreign students who are here for only one year cannot elect their own delegate because those students will leave next summer and new students will replace them in the fall, Miss Thomson said. The proposed reorganization plan provides for the foreign students to elect their delegates in the fall.
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