Topeka, Ks.
Freshmen to See Their Principals
The University, the students, and high schools in Kansas and Missouri all will benefit from the fourth annual principal-freshman conference next Tuesday, Registrar James K. Hitt said today.
The University has invited 100 principals of Kansas high schools and 14 from Missouri high schools to attend the conference and meet with the freshmen from their schools. The principals come from schools having three or more freshmen attending the University. The Missouri schools are being invited for the first time.
Freshmen have the chance to "get the load off their minds" about the transition from high school to college. Their views help the principals to better prepare students for college and the University to better serve the students. Several changes have resulted from the previous conferences.
In conjunction with this year's conference, each principal has been invited to bring along a mathematics field trip to his school to meet with
teacher from his school to meet with the University mathematics department during the day. Two years ago English teachers from the high schools met with the University English department.
Wesley Ticket Sale To End Tomorrow
Sale of tickets for the annual Wesley foundation Christmas dinner will end tomorrow, Betty Southern fine arts freshman and ticket chairman, said today.
The dinner, to be held at 5 p.m. Sunday in the First Methodist church at 10th and Vermont streets, is sponsored jointly by Wesley foundation and Kappa Phi, Methodist girls organization.
Tickets may be purchased at the foundation office in Myers hall or from members of the ticket committee. They are Miss Southern, John Hysom, engineering freshman, and Twila Casterline, fine arts sophomore.
Carillon Program
The carillon program to be played
Wednesday from 7 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
follows:
"Angelus" ... J. Massenet
(arranged for carillon by
Stanford Lehmberg)
French-Canadian folk songs
1. "Dans Tous Les Cantons"
2. "Petit Rocher de la Houte Montagne"
tagne 3. "A La Claire Fontaine"
3. "A La Claire Fontaine"
4. "Les Trois Filles d'un Prince"
"The Swan" C. Saint-Saens
Two Songs S. Foster
1. "Camptown Races"
2. "I Dream of Jeannie"
"All Through the Night"
"Crimson and the Blue" Welsh Air
Western Civilization Optional Exams Set
Western Civilization preliminary examinations will be given at 7:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday.
The examinations are optional. No grades will be recorded although students may discuss the tests later with their proctors.
Two separate tests will be given. One test covering units one through five will be held in 9 Strong. The other test covering units six through ten will be given in 103 Strong.
The tests will be offered both nights in their respective places. No registration is necessary for these preliminary examinations.
'Brief Encounter Fifth Series Film
The fifth of the 1952-53 film series, "Brief Encounter," will be shown at 7:30 Friday night in Hoch auditorium.
The movie, a British production, is described by critics as being one that appeals to the group"that is provoked by the usual run of movies. It is based on a play by Noel Coward, "Still Life," and the screen play is also done by Mr. Coward.
It is an intimate drama limited to a brief and poignant romance of a married woman and a married man. Nearly all of the action takes place in a railway waiting room and in the small English town nearby.
The story is of a middle-class wife, happily married and the mother of two children, a settled doctor, and their short and casual acquaintance that suddenly ripens into deep affection.
Hershey Hears Need Of 19-Year-Olds Told
rection.
Celia Johnson plays the married woman and Trevor Howard plays the doctor.
Washington —(U.P.)— Draft directors of all states and territories met here Monday to report on the troubles they're having in filling military manpower quotas.
Many of them told National Selective Service Director Lewis B. Hershey that they probably will have to start drafting 19-year-olds by March or shortly thereafter.
Hershey, who called the state officials here for a semi-annual conference, said he would confer with each director separately before deciding what to do about his year-old order banning induction of anyone below 20.
His edict was intended to prevent some boards from calling up 19-year-olds while others still had
year-olds while others still had plenty of older men.
Secretary of Labor Designate Calls for Taft-Unions Meeting
Washington—(U.P.)—Secretary of Labor designate Martin P. Durkin called today for an early meeting between Sen. Robert A. Taft (R.-Ohio) and top union leaders to discuss revision of the Taft-Hartley law.
The Democratic appointee to President-elect Eisenhower's cabinet has disclosed that he will try to play the role of pacemaker between organized labor and the new Republican administration.
He urged the AFL and CIO to give Gen. Eisenhower "a fair chance" to prove that he is "sympathetic" to labor.
He declined to say at this time just what changes he personally considers essential, nor would he speculate on how far Sen. Taft might be willing to go in revamping law, but He noted that Sen. Taft has "agreed that there should be amendments" and has promised to introduce new labor legislation in the 83rd Congress.
The 58-year-old former president of the AFL Plumbers' union also held out the olive branch to Sen. Taft, co-author of the labor law whose outright repeal has been the objective of union leaders for years.
"Labor certainly should be consulted in advance on any bill to be introduced in the new Congress
on this subject," he said.
There was no immediate comment from Sen. Taft. The Ohio senator had recommended Clarence E. Manion, former dean of the Notre Dame law school, or former Sen. John A. Danaher (R-Conn.) for the labor secretorship. Some of Sen. Taft's friends suspected that the senator was miffed by the Durkin appointment, but they were not sure whether he would say so publicly.
Mr. Durkin, a Chicago-born Irishman who served eight years as Illinois state director of labor, said he was "completely surprised" when he was notified last Friday night that he was being considered by Gen. Eisenhower for secretary of labor.
He said he is a registered Democrat, and voted for Democratic candidate Adlai E. Stevenson in the recent presidential election. But he added that "I may find it necessary to change" party affiliation now that he has been named to a Republican cabinet.
Tuesday, Dec. 2, 1952
Senior Writes Overture For Dec.10 Production
Before the curtain rises on the opening scene of "A Phoenix Too Frequent" Wednesday night, Dec. 10, an overture composed by Stewart Gordon, college senior, will keynote the spirit of the spark-
STEWART GORDON
Official Bulletin
TODAY
Kappa Beta: 5:30 p.m. meeting.
Mvers hall.
La Terulia; 4:30 p.m., 113 Strong-
German Christmas Carol choir,
rehearsal, 5 p.m., 306 Fraser. All
interested students welcome.
14PC: 7:30 p.m., Sigma Chi house.
All Student Council meeting: 7:30
p.m., 103 Green.
Art Education club: 7:30 p.m., 323 Strong.
Zoology club: 7:30 p.m., 206 Snow
All interested invited.
Radio Amateurs club: 7:30 p.m. 2nd floor EE labs, election of officers and discussion of new constitution.
Phi Lambda Upsilon: honorary chemistry society, 7:30 p.m., Faculty club. Initiation of new members, all members be present. Refreshments.
University Daily Kansan
University Women's club French group: 8 p.m., Spoon lounge, Jean Gob speaking in French on Jean Anouilh.
WEDNESDAY
Wesley foundation: no cabinet meeting this week.
Jay Janes: 5 p.m., 9 Strong.
Wesley foundation: annual Christmas dinner, Sunday, 5 p.m. Tickets on sale through Wed. Wesley foundation office, Myers hall, 50c.
Kappa Phi: cabinet meeting, 7
p.m. Myers hall.
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Bacteriology club: 7:30 p.m., 502 Snow. Dr. Werder, "Nonspecific Resistance."
Arnold Air society: 7:15 p.m., MS lounge. Purchase tickets for AAS banquet at meeting.
Froshawk: 7:30 p.m., 101 Snow, constitution will be discussed.
Pre-Nursing club: 4 p.m. Fraser dining room.
National Rifle association: business meeting, 7:30 p.m., 107 MS bldg. All members attend. Bring dues.
HAJAS: 7:30 p.m., Drill hall, MS bldg.
Spanish Club chorus: 4:30 p.m.
113 Strong, to learn carols for the Christmas party. All interested persons invited.
THURSDAY
Cercle Francais; reunion de Noel, sept heures et demie, 131 Strong, Pantomine de Saint Nicholas; Pastorale de Noel.
KuKu club: 7:15 p.m., 106 Green, election of officers, attendance required.
quired.
YMCA: 7:30 p.m., 101 Snow. Jan
Brazda, "I Was a Communist
Prisoner."
Versammlung des Deutsches Verein:
5 uhr, 502 Fraser. Music program.
Ys group: Henley House, 9 p.m.
Mountain club: 7:30 p.m., 402
Lindley. All interested invited.
Jacksonville, Fla. — (U.P.) The city commission ruled recently that no business is to be transacted in any fire station. Mayor Haydon Burns said he received a complaint about a sign on one fire station that read "fresh eggs for sale."
Fire Station Not for Business
ling Christopher Fry comedy.
Gordon's work is not unknown to University theater-goers. Last year he composed incidental music for "The Importance of Being Earnest" and "Twelfth Night" that helped set the tone for both productions.
The overture is for two pianos and percussion. It will be tape-recorded by the University radio, with Alfred Kanwischer, fine arts junior, at the other piano. Paul Worley, education junior, will handle the percussion—bass and snare drums and cymbals.
Dr. John Newfield, director of the University theater, told Gordon the last of September he wanted "a commentary on the play itself rather than on the production."
Approaching it from this angle, Gordon saw only one rehearsal of the production. The overture was finished by the first of November.
"The play itself is very sharp and witty," Gordon said, "but all this sharpness and wittiness is underplayed." These aspects are emphasized in the overture, however, because Gordon feels "there should be no doubt in the audience's mind what they're going to see."
In 1945 Gordon was a scholarship student studying piano in Philadelphia under Madame Olga Samaroff-Stokowski, the late wife of Leopold Stokowski. He also spent three years in Germany studying piano in Walter Gieseking's master class of about 15 students.
A native of Olathe, this is Gordon's second year at the University. He is majoring in speech and drama, and has an NROTC scholarship.
"A Phoenix Too Frequent" and George Bernard Shaw's "The Dark Lady of the Sonnets" will be produced Dec. 10, 11, 12, and 13 in Fraser theater.
Students may now obtain free tickets by presenting ID cards at the box office in the basement of Green hall, which is open 10 to 12 a.m. and 4 to 6 p.m. daily.
Staff Chest Drive Reaches $2,125
The Community Chest drive among University faculty and employees has reached a total of $2,124.75, Prof. E. C. Buehler, chairman of the drive, said today.
Prof. Buehler said a total of 271 persons have contributed to the drive with donations ranging from fifty cents up to $100. He said he feels confident that the goal of $3,500 will be reached.
The drive is only for faculty and employees of the University and does not include the students which have their own separate drive, Prof. Buehler said.
He said that Dec. 10 will be the official closing date of this drive and he hopes all will make their contribution by that time.
Reuther Certain Of CIO Victory
Atlantic City — (U.R) — Walter P. Reuther, 45-year-old boss of the United Auto Workers, appeared certain today of victory in his fight to become president of the CIO.
Mr. Reuther gained the support he needed today when two big unions, previously unpledged, threw their lot with the red-haired union chief.
The two unions' support boosted Mr. Reuther's pledged total well over the 2,800,000 votes required for his election.
Support by the two unions, the United Rubber Workers and the Oil Workers union, gave Mr. Reuther an additional 355.438 votes in his fight with executive vice-president Allan S. Haywood to succeed the late Philip Murray.
The election is scheduled for Thursday at the final session of the 14th annual CIO convention. This issue has overshadowed all other events in the crucial convention and the fight is not over, as Haywood forces are pledged to carry the issue to the election floor.
However, there were recurring reports that the Haywood forces would hack down at the last minute in order to avoid an open fight on the convention floor. The Union chiefs felt an open fight might lead to a permanent break-up of the 35 CIO unions.
Until today, both men have been running neck and neck in a bitter battle to become the CIO's third president. The CIO, founded 15 years ago, was first headed by John L. Lewis who resigned in 1940 to be succeeded by Philip Murray.
Mr. Reuther, if and when he takes over the helm of the CIO, will also continue as chief of the 1,300,000-member Auto Workers, the largest union in the CIO ___
KU Grad Awarded Medicine Grant
Dr. Brooker, formerly of Ottawa, is conducting research on the sympathetic nervous system.
The award of the Dr. Samuel Murdock Jr., fellowship in medicine to Dr. Robert C. Brooker, a resident in general surgery at the University Medical center, was announced today by Dean W. Clarke Wescoe of the Medical center.
The Murdock fellowship, which memorializes a Sabeth physician, was established by his widow. This award is described as one of the highest honors in the KU medical school.
school.
Dr. Brooker holds A.B. and M.D. degrees from KU, the latter received in 1943. After service as a Navy medical officer during the war, he took a residency in pathology at the Medical center in 1947-48. The following year he was with the Thompson Brumm-Knepper clinic, St. Joseph, Mo., and in 1949-50 he taught anatomy on the University campus.
Who are the mysterious little men in Pogo? Transient Democrats?
U.S., ROK Troops Reinforce Seoul to Receive Eisenhower
Seoul, Korea — (0.1)—Re-
guards turned the war-battered
fortress on the Korean peninsula
elect Dwight Eisenhower's visit.
Soldiers and police carefully checked
incoming traffic to guard against the
possibility of Communist agents in-
filtrating the South Korean capital.
Other soldiers patrolled the streets
in armored cars and armed jeeps.
Seoul, Korea — (U.P.)— Reinforced American and South Korean guards turned the war-battered city of Seoul into the strongest fortress on the Korean peninsula today in anticipation of President-
It was reported without confirmation that all military personnel scheduled to take rest leave in Japan were being held until after Gen. Eisenhower's departure.
The President-elect's arrival time was still top secret. Officials refused to discuss the subject.
South Korean government officials, from President Syngman Rheon on down, were all set to greet the next U.S. President. President Rhee said he will tell Gen. Eisenhower the South Koreans will launch an offensive against the Communists-
He told a press conference the South Koreans are not afraid of 400 million Chinese.
alone, if necessary.
"The people and the army have nearly come to the end of their patience"he said.
Mr. Rhee's press conference took place while Seoul anxiously and tensely awaited Gen. Eisenhower's arrival. The war-battered city bore a Christmas-card look because of a one-inch mantle of snow that covered its thousands of tile rooftoped homes and hid much of the rubble.
The place and time of Gen. Eisenhower's arrival were still closely guarded secrets. Armored cars and armed jeeps patrolled the streets and thousands of soldiers and police kept a close watch on passersby.