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LMOC AND QUEEN—Shirley Piatt, journalism junior, was voted queen of the 1952 Student Union Activities Carnival Friday night. Here she is shown with the winning entry in the Little Man On Campus contest. The winner is "Sarge," the Sigma Nu entry. —Kansan photo by Don Meyer
by Don Moser.
Shirley Piatt, Sarge Reign Over Carnival
Bv DON MOSER
The crowning of Shirley Piatt, journalism junior, as queen, and Sarge, the Sigma Nu retreiver, as Little Man on Campus, climaxed the Student Union Activities carnival Friday night.
More than 300 watched the shows put on in the various booths and tried their skills at balloon shaving, pie throwing, and trying to unseat a luckless pledge into a tub of water.
The atmosphere of the booths included that of gay Paris, old England, China, and Hawaii. Other booths offered mock weddings, a tunnel of love, and a kiss-o-meter.
Harlan Livinggood and his orchestra played for the dance. During the intermission, the Queen, LMOC and both winners were named.
The final judging for the queen was by campus policemen. Voters at the carnival narrowed the field down to Anne Jackson, college senior; Mary Loveless, fine arts junior; Henrietta Montgomery, fine arts freshman, and Miss Piatt.
When Miss Piatt's name was read as the winner, a collective shriek came from Kappa Alpha Theta sorority members.
Trophies were awarded to the winning houses in the booth contest. The winning women's booth belonged to the Pi Beta Phi sorority.
Sarge, the Sigma Nu entry, wearing his senior babushka, took his honor in stride. The golden retriever, who had spent the day touring the campus in a convertible, looked a bit bored, but managed to perk up a bit when Miss Fiiatt kissed his newly washed head.
The booth, which had a Ripley's "Believe It or Not" as the theme, featured the woman with the longest hair in the world, the human pin cushion, and an Ubagi. Pat Rooney, education junior, was head barker for the show and kept up an almost steady chant for more than an hour.
Second place in the women's division to the Kappa Alpha Theta secretly.
Delta Upsilon fraternity won first place in the men's division with a "Show Business Now and Then" theme. Their show included acts from cavemen, the Greeks, Shakespeare, and Martin and Lewis. Four
members of the fraternity dressed as hairy cavemen roamed the dance floor throughout the evening drumming up business for their booth.
Alpha Tau Omega fraternity won second place in the men's division.
With final tabulations incomplete, it appeared today that the 1952 Campus Chest would fall far behind the goal set for the annual campaign.
Chest Donations Fall Short of Goal
About 40 per cent of the goal was reached Friday with several solicitors still to report today, Dean Cole, business senior and publicity chairman of the drive said this morning.
Two more organized houses reported 100 per cent contributions which raises the total of 100 per cent houses to six. The latest two are the Nu Sigma Nu professional fraternity and Battenfeld hall.
The fall issue of the 1952-53 Jayhawk magazine will be distributed Tuesday, Kenneth Dam, Jayhawk editor, said today.
Jayhawker Fall Issue Ready Tomorrow
Cole said that a final total for the campaign would be tabulated some time today.
The issue, first of four to be issued, may be picked up on presentation of Jayhawker receipts at the Jayhawker office, the information booth, the Hawk's Nest, or in the rotunda of Strong hall.
Topeka, Ks.
Students who have lost their receipts, or who ordered personalized covers and have not received their receipts, should go to the Jayhawker office, second floor of the Journalism building, to verify the purchase.
The University will urge the Big Seven conference to develop "Campus bowl," post-season athletic games with another conference provided that such games are played on the campus, Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy said in a radio interview yesterday over KANU, the University's station.
Murphy Urges Big 7 'Campus Bowl'
"It is not the post-season part of the bowl games that disturbs me, but the fact that they are off the campus." Chancellor Murphy said.
Terming post-season athletics "another manifestation of high enthusiasm for intercollegiate athletic events today," Chancellor Murphy warned: "Don't take the boys to the spectators. The game is for the students, not the spectators in large cities.
"I believe a movement should be started to bring all intercollegiate activities back onto the campus,"
Chancellor Murphy said. "We are a college. We are not a professional entertainment-providing enterprise." he added.
Chancellor Murphy said he could see no reason why an annual post-season game between the Big Seven and the Southwest conference couldn't be held in one or the other winner's stadium on New Year's day.
However, the problems of recruiting and the "so-called athletic scholarships" will be dealt with first by the Big Seven, he said.
All income from athletic events here goes into a segregated fund for the intercollegiate athletic program which is not tax-supported at all, Chancellor Murphy said. Any university which uses athletic income to operate its academic side "is on thin ice," he said.
Daily hansan
50th Year, No. 49
LAWRENCE. KANSAS
Monday. Nov. 24, 1952
ASC Report Lists Details Of Sub-Standard Housing
The All Student Council housing committee today released a de- tailed report describing inadequate student housing conditions at the University.
The report was based on the findings of a special five-person investigating committee appointed by ASC President Bill Wilson at the suggestion of Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy.
According to the report, present housing conditions exist because of increasing enrollment which is "forcing more and more students into already over-crowded houses and some into sub-standard houses.
"In Oread hall each occupant is furnished a room of 80 square feet containing one small table, one GI cot, and two metal lockers for closet space. The hall has one recreation room but no space for parties. Eating facilities include only a snack bar or candies, cigarettes, cold drinks.
"Private housing cannot be greatly improved until there is adequate University housing in sufficient quantity to force sub-standard private housing out of use," the report says.
The committee has compiled figures showing that 1300 of the 3500 undergraduate men and 200 of the 1480 women are now living in what is termed inadequate housing. The report states that approximately 1000 more men and women live in houses classed as barely adequate.
"Poor housing conditions prevailing in University men's dormitories are presented by McCook hall with 50 units and Oread hall with 150 units.
University dormitories house 200,
co-ops house 120, and private homes
2000. Thirteen hundred-twenty of the
2320 units are classified as in-
adequate. The remaining 1000 barely
meet minimum requirements.
sandwiches, etc.
"Conditions in McCook, located under East Stadium are cited as similar to Oread.
“Conditions in co-ops,” says the report, “meets 'only the barest minimum requirements of space and comfort.'
"Many private homes furnish good accommodations but the greater part of the 200 units is below the standard which the University would like to provide."
In several women's dormitories, lighting for study is termed "poor" and orange crates serve as bookcases in Hopkins hall with closet and drawer space at a premium in several other dorms.
The complete report is printed on page 6 of the Daily Kansan.
Poor Visibility Seen For Vacation Trip
Local police cautioned students leaving Lawrence for Thanksgiving vacation to use extreme caution because of a poor visibility after the year's first snowfall today.
Highways were not unusually slick today but visibility was cut to a few feet in low-lying valley areas.
The weather man predicted continued rain and snow. A low reading of 33 degrees was recorded downtown this morning.
WALQDDI WEIBULL
Swedish Scientist Speaks Tomorrow
Prof. Waloddi Weibull, outstanding Swedish scientist, will be the speaker at the all engineering student convocation at 11 a.m. tomorrow in Fraser theater.
Prof. Weibull will talk on "Statistical Theories of the Strength of Materials."
Prof. Weibull is scientific advisor for the A. V. Befors company, Sweden's leading industrial corporation. He is a member of the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.
SANTA ARRIVES EARLY—Don Smith, college freshman, masquerades as Santa Claus Monday morning to pass out information concerning the March of Toys sponsored by the Independent Student association. He is shown giving leaflets to Lewis Clum, business senior and president of the ISA; Margaret Smith, college freshman; George Leimmiller, engineering freshman; Dave Treadway, college senior and chairman of the committee, and Betty Clinger, education senior. The leaflets urge students to return with unused toys. The toys will be distributed by the ISA to orphanages throughout the state.—Kansan photo by Bob Longstaff.