Daily hansan
50th Year, No.79
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Thursday. February 5, 1953
Bowling to Highlight Opening Of Union Rec Hall Tonight
Free bowling, billiards, and an exhibition by a champion bowler will highlight the offical opening of the recreation area of the Student Union building at 7:30 tonight.
The area, which is located in the sub-basement of the Union, contains six bowling alleys, two pocket billiard tables, and two snooker tables.
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The opening will begin with an exhibition of trick shots and straight playing by Frank Benkovic of Kansas City, Mo.
For the opening night, B. C. Fearing, recreation area advisor, has arranged a gallery that will seat 200. These seats will be taken down after the opening, but Mr. Fearing plans to have a permanent gallery erected for spectators.
Mr. Benkovic is the only man in the history of the American Bowling Congress to win the doubles championship two successive years. He also was the runner-up to C. Schwoeger for America's match game championship in 1942.
After tonight's opening, bowling will cost 25 cents a line. Pocket billiards will cost 5 cents a cue a game and snooker will be 10 cents a cue a game.
Regular bowling shoes will be needed to use the alleys. For those not owning shoes, Mr. Fearing said that it will be possible to rent them from the recreation area. Players also will be allowed to bring their own bowling balls.
The area will be open every day from 1 to 10:30 p.m. During the mornings the area will be used for bowling courses conducted by the physical education department.
Pach, FACTS Split Political Sign-ups
Registration between parties for the primary election on April 1 is closely split. ASC election board officials said this morning. About one third of the campus is undecided as to what party it will vote with—if it votes at all.
Neither party has yet counted their cards so an exact total is not available. Students wishing to change their registered affiliation may do so at the ASC office, March 23-27.
No party registration is necessary to vote in the general election on April 22.
Hoffman Reioins Studebaker
New York—(U.P).—Paul G. Hoffman, former head of the Economic Cooperation administration, has resigned as chairman of the Ford foundation to return to the Studebaker corporation as chairman of the board.
Weather
Sprinkles of rain teased drouth-streaked Kansas last night but the only measurable amount was .01 inch at Goodland. As the day
As the drouth ingered, so did he abnormally high temperatures. Jooodland's 31 degree reading last night was the only freezing temperature in the state, but he trapped no lower than 50 at Olathe he forecast for Kansas is partly loud or extreme
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east, generally fair elsewhere tonight. Friday partly cloudy, cooler tonight and in the southeast portion on Friday. Low tonight 25 northwest to around 35 in the southeast. High Friday 40's northeast, 50's in the southwest.
FRANK BENKOVIC
Blood Drive Needs Donors
The University blood drive scheduled for February 18, 19, and 20 is short of the donors required to assure 1,000 pints of blood for the American Red Cross bloodmobile units, Dick McCall, student chairman, said today.
University students and members of the faculty between the ages of 18 and 59 are urged by the student committee on the drive to donate blood to be used primarily for the armed forces.
Students under 21 years may obtain release forms to be signed by parents or guardians at the University information booth until February 26. Appointment cards may be obtained at the information booth to enable students to schedule a convenient time.
Two bloodmobile units will be located in the drill hall of the Military Science building, according to Dr. R. I. Canuteson, Douglas county blood chairman and director of the KU health service. The Arnold Alumni Organization, in charge of the promotion of the University drive.
Faculty members and employees of the University should call Lt. Woodfin at KU 341 to make appointments. Students should make appointments at the information booth or in organized houses between Feb. 9 and 11.
Li. Kenneth W. Woodfin, USN, has been appointed project officer to coordinate the ROTC effort in the drive. Due to the concentration of interested physically fit men in the ROTC unit, the drive is expected to receive aid from these units.
Boats, Planes Help Rescue Stranded Dutch
Amsterdam, The Netherlands — (U.P.)—Boats, planes and amphibious vehicles poured into flooded Southwestern Holland today to ensure the safety of thousands of survivors whom it was feared could not survive another day and night of exposure.
The floods, which last Sunday hit the kingdoms of The Netherlands, Belgium and Britain, already have caused an unofficial total of 2.002 deaths. It was estimated the final total might be as high as 3,000.
The Dutch newspaper Devikskrant quoted rescue workers as saying there were an estimated 1,000 dead on the little island of Schouwen-Duiveland alone.
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, allied supreme commander in Europe flew over the flooded area of Holland en route from his Paris headquarters to the Hague to discuss the effects of the flood on Holland's defense budget.
The floods caused millions of dollars worth of damage to property and loss of livestock. This probably will force the Netherlands to reconsider its commitments to the North Atlantic Treaty organization defense setup.
The most impressive international operation ever undertaken in peace time sent an army of men, ships, planes and vehicles rolling into the flood area again today on the heels of a dying new storm.
American officers aiding the huge rescue operation believed all the marooned survivors—some of whom have been exposed to cold, winds, rain and hunger for five days. They said they did not believe the survivors could live through another freezing day and night.
The Dutch radio announced the official death toll was 1,273. Britain listed as official 481 dead from last Sunday's hurricane force winds and floods. Fifteen Americans died on Britain's east coast and two others are listed as missing and presumed dead. The unofficial British death toll is 458.
Twenty-eight students from the S c h o o l of Pharmacy are visiting Parke, Davis & company in Detroit today. Accompanied by Duane Wenzel, assistant professor of pharmacy, they are inspecting Parke-Davis' 52-year-old research building.
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6,004 Begin Spring Term
Spring semester enrollment topped expectations as 6,004 students began attending classes this morning.
James K. Hitt, registrar, said he expects enrollment to reach 6,200 when all late students finish signing up.
Of the total, 5,329 are at Lawrence, and 675 are attending the Kansas City division of the School of Medicine.
He said the second semester decline from the comparable fall semester figure is only 568, or eight and a half per cent. Normally, a percentage of students have notpected. Enrollment has risen 151 from the figures of a year ago.
The comparison between spring and fall semester enrollments appears to be the most favorable on the post-World War II period. This is an indication of a return to the beginning of the module study with a great majority of students planning to finish their studies in June.
There are 339 new students, 84 more than a year ago. The total include 171 entering the University for the first time and 168 former students who were not here in the fall.
The return of the Korean veterans contributed to the favorable showing, Mr. Hitt said. So far, 56 have matriculated--accounting for most of the increase in new students.
Two authorities in the field of atomic physics and chemistry will present lectures at the University tomorrow.
Bills May Aid KU Housing Situation
Dr. Urey's address, sponsored by Phi Lambda Upsilon, honorary chemical society, will be at 7:30 p.m. in 305 Bailey. The topic will be "The Chemical Composition and the Origin of Meteorites."
Two Physicists To Talk Friday
Prof. Bethe will give two lectures. The first will be to graduate students and the staff in physics and allied sciences at 4 p.m. in 210 Blake. His second talk, which will be more general in nature, will be given at 8:30 p.m. in Strong auditorium. He will speak on "Fundamental Particles in Physics."
Prof. Bethe, born in Germany, obtained his Ph.D. from Munich. After teaching in a number of places in Germany and England, he joined the Cornell staff in 1935.
They are Prof. Hans A. Bethe, Cornell university physicist, and Dr. Harold C. Urey, one of the world's foremost authorities on atomic chemistry and physics now at the University of Chicago.
Dr. Urey, whose lecture is the annual E. C. Franklin memorial lecture, is a professor of chemistry at the Institute for Nuclear Studies at the University of Chicago. He won the Nobel prize for science in 1934 for his discovery of heavy water.
He also has studied the structure of atoms and molecules, thermodynamic properties of gas, and has done research on U-235 for the atomic bomb.
Both bills were introduced by the State Affairs committee after the State board of regents had submitted the requests to the committee.
Hard pressed student housing may be relieved by two bills introduced in the house of representatives Tuesday.
One bill would allow the regents to tear down Carruth hall and would give the endowment association permission to construct a hall on the site.
The second bill would authorize the regents to sell land bequeathed to KU and use the proceeds to construct student dormitories.
general provisions attached.
Lungren Named Foundation Aide
Raymond Nichols, executive secretary to the chancellor, gave an explanation of both bills. He said the state architect, John Brown, had advised the University officials that it would be too costly to rehabilitate Carruth. The hall houses only 20 women and it is not structurally sound. Originally Carruth was built as a home, not a dormitory, he said.
Under the grant the University can obtain only the annual interest from the income off the land, which is more than one-half rich Kaw river bottom soil. Mr. Nichols said the grant allows the sale of the land and the use of the funds.
"We badly need funds for student dormitories," Nichols said. "I don't think Gov. Robinson ever intended for us to go into the farming business. If we could sell the land and invest it in dormitories, which could memorialize Gov. Robinson, we believe we could be using the money for something which he would have liked."
The bill could also be used to dispose of other land the University has been given, he said.
The appointment of Maurice C. Lungren as assistant to the director of the William Allen White Foundation was announced today by Burton W. Marvin, director of the foundation and dean of the School of Journalism.
If the hall could be removed, the endowment association has available $160,000 to construct a scholarship hall capule of housing 50 women. Funds for the proposed dormitory were given to the association by the late Miss Lela Douthart of Long Beach, Calif., and her sister, the late Mrs. Bert Chronister of Kansas City, Mo., both KU alumnae.
The second bill was designed with the 1,200 acres of land given to KU by the late Gov. Charles Robinson in mind. The grant of land was made to the University with only
Mr. Lungren was graduated from the William Allen White School in February 1949. Since then he has been employed by weekly newspapers in Iowa, first as news editor of the Harlan Tribune, then as editor and manager of the Mapleton Press, and for the past year as editor and manager of the Harlan News-Advertiser.
The enlarged program of the White Foundation called for the
MAURICE C. LUNGREN
creation of the new position, Dean Marvin said. Mr. Lungren will assist in administering the internship program recently developed for journalism students and the guest lecturer program on the campus. He also will engage in gathering and preparing materials for problem cases in journalism.
He was a navy pilot and served five years during World War II. At KU he was editor-in-chief of the University Daily Kansan. He is a member of Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalism fraternity.
Commissions Given to 7
Seven NROTC cadets were to receive commissions this morning in a ceremony at the Military Science building.
Five of the cadets were commissioned as 2nd lieutenants in the Marine corps and two as ensigns in the Navy. They were sworn in by Major H. Poggemeyer, Jr. USMC, at the office of the professor of Naval science.
Cadets be commissioned are: Charles F. Dorffeld, business senior; George W. Swift, education senior; Clayton L. Comfort, engineering senior; Raymond R. Hower, business senior, and J. G. Ruby, engineering senior, in the Marine corps. All have been ordered to report for duty at the Marine Corps school, Quantico, Va.
Charles L. Johnson, business senior and Anson D. Cole, college senior, were commissioned in the Navy. Johnson has been ordered to report to the USS Mountrail and Cole to the USS Naifeh.