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Topoka, Ks.
Daily hansan
50th Year, No. 60
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Friday, Dec. 12, 1952
28th Christmas Vespers To Be Held Sunday in Hoch
The 28th annual Christmas Vespers will be presented again in Hoch auditorium Sunday afternoon.
The program will be presented at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.. The Vespers originated in 1924 when D. M. Swarthout, professor of piano, supervised the first program.
Since that time the Vespers have attracted capacity crowds from the entire area. The number of people who attend the Vespers in one day has reached 7,000.
Highlighting the Vespers will be four tableaux. The sets have been designed by Robert Green, assistant professor of drawing and painting. Members of the department of design have prepared the costumes and props.
"Gloria in Excelsis Deo" will portray the feeling of happiness and thanksgiving after the birth of Christ. The characters will be Mary, Joseph, and an angel.
The first scene, "The Christmas Feast," will show a merry group enjoyng a Christmas dinner. The scene will be set in a semi-medieval hall.
The next tableau, "Good King Wenceslas," will show the age old story of the kindly king giving gold to the poor beggar at the foot of a mountain.
The last scene will be "While Shepherds Watched." It will show a lonely shepherd beside a pool of water tending his flocks on a lonely hillside.
This year the Vesper program will involve about 300 persons, representing all departments of the School of Fine Arts. The organizations taking part in the Vespers include the A Cappella choir, the Symphony orchestra and the combined Glee clubs.
Special carillon programs will be
Murphy to Comment On Housing Sunday
Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy will discuss the housing problem at the University in a 15-minute interview to be broadcast over University station KANU at 3:45 p.m. Sunday.
This is a regular series of interviews on KANU in which R. Edwin Browne, director of University Radio, asks Chancellor Murphy to comment on current issues.
given before each performance. Ronald Barnes, University carillonneur, will play.
Christmas carols also will be played from the balcony of Hoch auditorium before each performance by the brass quartet. The 4 p.m. performance will be broadcast over station KFKU.
Union Slates Official Debut
The Union building will be officially opened Feb.27, it was learned today.
Most of the construction work is completed, but some wiring and finishing work remains.
The Union operating committee will sponsor an open house on Feb 27. There will be recreation and dancing.
The third floor will have a balcony that surrounds the ballroom and should be finished by Jan. 5. This floor will include the Kansas room which has been extended to three times its original size. It will be used for dinners and dances. A terrace, with a fireplace for picnics, is in this area.
The main floor, nearly complete, is the lounge. It has been increased to twice its original size. There will be carpeted areas and furnishings of functional-modern furniture.
Large men's and women's lounges will be near the main lounge. The second floor will be the ballrom with room for 1,000 couples to dance.
Women students interested in residence scholarships for next semester should apply immediately at the dean of women's office in 220 Strong.
Women Scholarships Open
Killer of Six Executed Today
San Quentin. Calif. —(U.P)—Sullen and defiant William E. (Billy) Cook, brutal murderer of six persons, was executed in San Quentin's gas chamber today.
The squat, 24-year-old Joplin Mo., youth entered the prison's green-walled gas chamber at noon. He was strapped into the chamber's heavy wooden execution chair and the lethal cyanide pellets dropped. He was pronounced dead at 12:15 p.m. (CST).
Today's execution brought an end to the life of a man whose defiant creed was—"I hate their guts, everybody." The "mad dog" had his epitaph tattooed across his knuckles. It read: "Bad Luck."
Cook's brief career of ruthless murder and kidnapping brought death to an Atwood, Ill., family of five, and a Seattle, Wash., salesman.
Cook, completely unemotional, entered the gas chamber flanked by two guards with one guard bringing up the rear. He was helped into the heavy jacket while he were strapped in looked around the eight-sided room without any sign of recognizing the presence of some 50 witnesses.
When the chamber's door was shut he looked around disinterestedly, his hands clenched. As the fumes began to fill the room his hands remained clenched and the words "bad luck" across his knuckles were clearly visible.
Last Chance to Get Season Cage Tickets
Today is the last day for students to get ID cards punched for basketball games this season. Tickets not given to students will be sold to the general public.
Students have a choice of either of the two series of tickets. ID cards will be punched at the athletic office in Robinson gymnastium.
BEST UNITS HONORED—A ribbon was presented to the best unit of each of the three services following a full dress ROTC parade yesterday. Receiving the ribbon for their units are (Left to right) Thomas Richmond, commander of B company, Army; Kenneth E. Merrill, commander of A company, Navy, and Don M. Hess, commander of E squadron, Air Force. Guidon bearers are (!left to right) Theodore C. Wilkinson, John C. Dicus, and Ronald Johnstone. Presenting the ribbon is John Musser, representing reviewing officers—Kansan photo by David S. Arthurs.
KU CALENDAR COVER—The 1953 KU calendar, a project of the class of '53, went on sale yesterday. Edited by Charles Burch, journalism senior, the calendar was originally to have been available last Friday but was delayed at the printer's. The cover features a photo of Lynn Burton, fine arts junior, and Delores Myers, education junior, as "tumultuous KU students." Kansas photo by Phil Newman.
"tvpical KU students."—Kansan photo by Phil Newman.
Big, Bright, Durable KU Calendar on Sale
The KU calendar, which went on sale yesterday, is a project of the class of '53 and represents one of the largest issues of the calendar in recent years.
The cover shows two coeds on the campus, Lynn Burton, fine arts junior, and Dolores Myers, education junior. There are nine series of cartoons in the calendar which were drawn by 12 seniors.
Christine Johnson, education senior, is featured as Calendar queen. She was selected by members of
About 25 students worked on the calendar this year. The calendar is protected by an enamel paper, Kromekote, which will give it much longer wear.
the senior class and crowned at the Oklahoma A&M football game.
Proceeds from the sales will go into the senior fund. The calendar is being sold in most of the organized houses, at the Student Union bookstore, Information booth, business office of the Daily Kansan, and several locations downtown.
The calendar sells for $1. It contains 74 pages, with 26 pictures, and lists of major activities for each month.
News Blackout Shades Arrival of Ike Aides
Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.—(U.P.)The Air Force threw a tight news blackout over this jet aircraft testing base today as a group of President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower's cabinet members-to-be and advisers stopped briefly on a flight from Hawaii.
Nearly two hours after the Lock heed Constellation carrying the party touched down here for refuelling, the public information office confirmed that it landed at 6:46 a.m. (PST).
Officers would say only that the plane remained here for about an hour before taking off again and that two unidentified members of the party disembarked to make telephone calls and then got back aboard the plane.
In Honolulu President-elect Eisenhower showed marked displeasure—through his staff—of President Truman's charge that his Korean trip was the outgrowth of campaign demagoguery.
Gen. Eisenhower himself had nothing to say publicly about the President's broad swipe at his three-day visit to the snow-covered battlefront, but his aides left no doubt that he viewed Mr. Truman's remarks with something approaching contempt.
James C. Hagerty, Gen. Eisenhower's press secretary, was asked yesterday about a report published in the United States that Gen. Eisenhower would be willing to turn over MacArthur's plan to solve the
Korean stalemate to Mr. Truman.
Korean stalemate to Mr. Truman.
"As long as it refers to Mr. Truman, we have less than no comment," Mr. Hagerty said.
Earlier, another member of Gen. Eisenhower's staff was shown a copy of Mr. Truman's remarks at his news conference. He said, "throw it in the sewer."
Weather
Light snow fell early today at Goodland and Hill City, leaving 2 inches on the ground at Goodland
MILD
City.  Skies began to clear and forecasters s aid the snow was over. Fair weather was predicted for tonight and Saturday, with little change in temperature. The cast called for fair weather in the east and partly
cloudy west tonight. Saturday increasing high cloudiness with slowly rising temperatures. Low tonight 18 to 25, high 45 to 50.