Kansas State Historical Society
JAPANESE ART DISPLAY—Prof. Osamu Yamashita of Kobe, Japan explains the various art objects in the Japanese display in Watson library. The display is in the way of an introduction to the new college language course, Japanese 50. Pictured with Prof. Yamashita are Robert Vosper, director of libraries; Mrs. Franklin D. Murphy, wife of the chancellor; J. A. Burzle, professor of German and Fulbright advisor; Mrs. George B. Smith, wife of the dean of the University, and Mrs. John H. Nelson, wife of the dean of the Graduate school—Kansas picture by Don Moser.
Topeka, Ks.
TV Question Goes To Legislature
The purpose of the meeting is to talk over a proposal of joint television operation. According to present plans, if the two Kansas schools can get stations into operation by the June deadline, the University and Kansas State will operate a television system with separate transmitters and programming facilities at Manhattan and Lawrence, joined by a micro-wave relay link for simultaneous telecasting.
R. Edwin Browne, director of radio and television, will represent
In conjunction with the pending deadline and to discuss problems of educational television. George Round, chairman of the University of Nebraska television delegation, called a meeting of the television delegations from the University, Kansas State, and Nebraska to meet in Manhattan today.
The board of regents voted Saturday to put the future of education television at the University and at Kansas State college in the hands of the Legislature.
The Federal Communications commission has already allocated the two schools television channels, but if they are not used or construction is not underway for them by June 3, they will revert to the FCC for reallocation.
Japanese Course Seeks to Teach Reading, Writing
The course, Japanese 50, will be open only to juniors, seniors, and graduate students. Osamu Yamashita, Fulbright scholar from Kobe, Japan will teach the course.
The language department has entered a new course into its schedule, and it does not seem likely that it will ever come under the heading of a snap course.
Prof. Yamashita said the purpose of the course is to give the student a speaking ability of everyday Japanese. He said it would also give a reading and writing ability of two kinds of 48 characters, "hiragana" and "katakana." He said it would also include a small number of Chinese characters.
The course will cover practically all basic and necessary expressions, Prof. Yamashita stated. At the end of the course, he said, the student should be able to express any thought in Japanese if the necessary vocabulary is provided.
Mr. Watkins, who has been teaching economics at Rockhurst college in Kansas City, Mo., the past seven years, has completed all classwork for the Ph.D. degree from KU. He holds the A.B. degree from William Jewell college and the M.S. degree from Colorado State college.
Aside from teaching students how to speak Japanese, Prof. Yamashita will lecture on the culture and economic and social conditions in Japan.
From 1943 to 1946 he was assistant chief of taxation in the Colorado revenue department and previously operated a wholesale oil and gas business in that state.
The class will be offered at 3 p.m.
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday,
with one hour of lab at 4 p.m. on
Monday.
On display at the library and Museum of Art are books, gowns, and other art objects of Japanese culture. The display which was arranged by Helen Ladd, reference librarian, is a form of introduction to the Japanese course.
Watkins Named To Economics Staff
He will teach classes in public finance formerly given by the late Dr. J. D. Morgan, who died early this month following an illness of several months.
The appointment of Kermit C. Watkins as visiting professor of economics for the spring semester was announced today by Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy.
Daily hansan
50th Year, No. 76
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Large Slash Reported In Construction Funds
The state schools educational building fund for 1953-54 may not be as large as was originally anticipated, the Daily Kansan learned today.
If the fund is not at full strength, the schools will face a building cutback in the next two years. The University has requested $2.4 million for a music and drama building, equipment for the new science building, and remodeling of Bailey laboratories for the School of Education.
In case the schools take a cutback, KU probably will absorb a $500,000 loss. In all likelihood this would be taken from the music and drama school building leaving them $1 million instead of $1.5 million.
While the schools went about $10 million for construction and repairs, the special fund probably will be only $6 million. The board of regents has not indicated the figure it will submit to the governor's budget committee or the legislature, but some of the state schools have been warned not to expect all that they want.
Besides KU, eight other school and five agricultural experiment stations vie for building funds from the special three-quarters of a mill property tax provided by the legislature.
When contacted this morning, Raymond Nichols, executive secretary to the chancellor, said the University had received no notification of what the regents building plans would be and that the University is still requesting the full $2.4 million.
Mild spring-like weather continued in Kansas today, with the
The other schools have repeatedly
Weather
MILD
section i f rom Salina eastward covered by early morning fog The ow temperatures last ranged from 21 at Salina to 31 at Goodland following moderate Sunday readings up to 57 at Garden City. More fog was expected
row morning. Lows tonight were forecast in the 30s in western Kansas and the 20s in the past.
claimed that the University and Kansas State have been getting more proportionately than the other schools and this cry can be expected to increase if the general cutback occurs.
Fort Hays State and Pittsburgh State colleges have been told to expect a very large reduction in their requests. Each will get about $400,000 if the cutbacks are made while the Hays school asked for $1,825,000 and Pittsburgh for $1,245,000 for the next two years.
Kansas State would probably take about the same cut as KU, about $505,000. This will knock out the first unit of a new home economics building, but the school still would be able to start its projected animal industries building, plus a new extension office building.
Monday, Jan. 19, 1953
The KU Medical center has just completed a large expansion program and will get most of the small amount it is asking. Emporia State Teachers likewise has just finished some new building and the other state school, the School for the Blind, needs only a small amount.
8 Groups Win Revue Billing
Four finalists were chosen in both men's and women's divisions for the Rock Chalk revue to be presented in Hoch auditorium March 13 and 14.
Finalists in the women's division are Alpha Phi, Chi Omega, North Collegue hall, and Pi Beta Phi.
Results were announced Friday by Dick Klassen, producer of the revue, to representatives of groups who submitted scripts.
Finalists in the men's division are Alpha Tau Omega, Acacia, Phi Delta Theta, and Phi Gamma Delta.
Alternates are Corbin Hall for women and Delta Upsilon for men.
Talent for between acts is needed. Klassen said. Anyone interested in performing at the revue or helping in publicity should contact John Prosser, engineering junior.
Graduates Attend Symposium
Five psychology graduate students attended a symposium on motivation at the University of Nebraska Thursday and Friday. Those who attended were Aaron Hershkowitz, Aldo Vigliano, Betty Stewart, Betty Beale, Lise Wertheimer.
2 More Schools Release Schedules
Spring class schedules for the School of Engineering and the College are now available, the registrar's office reported today.
Schedules for all schools of the University may now be obtained in the offices of the deans.
the University at the meeting.
The board of regents estimated the schools would need $100,000 each for construction of television facilities, plus $50,000 a year for operating expenses.
The Ford foundation last year offered the two schools $100,000 each for the establishment of television stations to be used partially for adult education. The foundation stipulated the two schools must each obtain $200,000 by Jan. 31.
Raymond Nichols, executive secretary to the chancellor, denied a newspaper report that the chances for television at the University are becoming more remote due to Legislature's slash in the KU budget. Mr. Nichols said he didn't believe that the cut would affect the University's television plans.
At its meeting, the board adopted the following resolution, "(the board) is of the opinion that the future and possibilities in television as an educational medium are far-reaching and feels that the Legislature should make the decision as to whether the state wants to avail itself of the opportunity now offered, or run the risk of losing something that once lost, may never be replaced."
Regents Can't Aid Housing Problem
Although the board of regents received the All Student Council housing committee report favorably, there is little the board can do to improve the housing situation, Dean Glasco, housing committee chairman, reported.
The real power rests with the State Ways and Means committee, he said.
The most the board of regents can do is put pressure upon the Ways and Means committee to grant more money to the board so the board can allot it to the University, he said.
However, Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy points out, he cannot ask the board to give this money to housing because operating expenses use up all the money. The $1 million cut made in the operating budget by Gov. Edward F. Arn makes it even more impossible, it was pointed out.
ASC President Bill Wilson said he would like to have the Ways and Means committee come here to see the housing needs first hand.
Inauguration Visitors Jam Capitol
Washington —(U.P.)—A bold challenge to Charles E. Wilson's eligibility for the new cabinet sounded a sour discord today to the happy whopee of Republican faithful rallying here for the inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower.
The town was jumping, Traffic was snarled. An estimated 200,000 visitors had already arrived and more were coming hourly. Mr. Eisenhower and his official and family party arrived last night by train from New York. They hurried past 5,000 or so glad-handers at Union station to pre-White House headquarters at the Statler hotel.
A jam-packed reception for the governors of the states, Democrats and Republicans alike, had ended there some hours before the Eisenhower's arrived. That was the gala opening of a three day political festival which started out to be a simple and dignified affair.
But the nation's Republicani would not have it just that way. They've had 20 long, lean years and this is their time to howl. On the evidence of the opening acts this town will have had a jouncing around, come the small hours of next Wednesday, such as it got when Franklin D. Roosevelt took over in 1933 or when the Japanese quit on that bright August day back in 1945
The big event on tonight's schedule is the so-called inaugural festival, a sort of super vaudevie show featuring several dozen assorted Broadway and Hollywood performers.
Mr. Eisenhower is remaining in the wings. He'll take no part in the hoopla, proper, until after he is sworn in around noon tomorrow and makes his inaugural address on the capitol's east plaza. Then the man who was an obscure army officer not so many years ago will lead the
parade to the White house, review it, and spend a frantic evening trying to make a success of two inaugural balls.
The victorious Republicans could not all be jammed into one ball room, although it is a huge, arena affair.
Many a celebrant will sleep late Wednesday morning. But President Eisenhower will be up early and on the job—the toughest job there is. It was getting tougher because the Wilson affair is building up fast toward real trouble.
There apparently is Senate agreement that Wilson cannot be confirmed with the rest of the cabinet tomorrow. He is clinging to $2,500,000 in shares of General Motors stock and the law raises doubt whether he is eligible to head the Defense department so long as he holds stock in a corporation which does vast business with it.