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University Daily Kansan
Friday, Nov. 7, 1952
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MUSERS MUSING—Kay Coolidge, college sophomore, muses over one of the displays in the new Union cafeteria exhibit. The statue is The Muser by Eldon Tefft, instructor in sculpture—Kansan photo by Don Muser.
Faculty Handicraft Exhibit On Display at Cafeteria
An exhibit of faculty handicraft is now being displayed at th south end of the cafeteria in the Union building.
The nine-window display contains vases, jugs, and bowls made of pottery. One section contains a sugar and cream server, bowl and assorted jewelry made of silver. The last window in the exhibit contains a piece of modern ceramic sculpture called The Muser.
Evelyn A. Degraw, assistant professor of design weaving.
The background and ground cloth in each display was hand woven by
Other members of the faculty taking part in the display are Carlyle H. Smith, associate professor of jewelry and silversmithing; J. Sheldon Carey, associate professor of design, who did the pottery work, amEldon Tefft, instructor in sculpture.
KU's New Radio Network Helps Promote University
Bv ROZANNE ATKINS
While upwards of 30,000 people watch tomorrow's homecoming contest at Memorial stadium, thousands more will listen to a play-by-play broadcast by Merle Harlan over KU's radio network.
The KU sports network was organized by the Division of Radio and Television to broadcast to Kansas and surrounding regions play-by-play descriptions of all sports events through a chain of radio stations holding membership in the KU network.
Fifteen stations receive live broadcasts of football games and 10 stations receive basketball airings. The network is arranged in cooperation with the Athletic association and the Kansas Association of Radio Broadcasters.
Merle Harmon also is heard during the week interviewing coaches and players over KANU, KU's FM station that took the to air Sept. 10. Behind there is a campus office, there is KFUK which was the sole campus outlet for the last 28 years.
KFKU was set up in the Electrical Engineering building, under the auspices of the Extension service in 1924. Harold G. Ingham, head of the Extension at that time, was its director. The radio station had its own antenna at the time but as the antenna became obsolete, the University stopped using it altogether in 1929 and began to share an AM transmitter with WREN, established two years before.
The demonstration attracted national attention to the station. Radio stations and papers played it up all over the United States and Europe.
KFKU had its greatest boost in 1926 when Dr. H. P. Cady, professor of chemistry, broadcast from the University station a demonstration of the action of radioactive substances.
KFKU moved to its present site in 1949. Dean F. T. Stockton was director at the time. In June 1951, the station was taken out of the auspices of Extension and was put under the auspices of the chancellor. R. Edwin Browne was appointed director of
the newly created Division of Radio and Television.
Until the creation of KANU-FM this fall, KU was on the air only one hour a day, five days a week, nine months a year. Now KANU-FM is on 7½ hours a day, six days a week, all year around, while KFKU still broadcasts an hour at 2:30 to 3 p.m. and 7 to 7:30 p.m.
All stories written for KFKU are sent by telephone wire to Grantville right outside Topeka where they are transmitted through WREN facilities. All material for KANU programs are transmitted on KU's 10,000 watt transmitter one mile west of the campus, and are broadcast from the 511-foot tower, which was given to the University by John P. Harris, Hutchinson publisher, and Sydney F. Harris, Ottawa editor.
KANU-FM, operating at 91.5 megacycles, sends a clear signal over a 70-mile radius.
The station gets service from the National Association of Educational Broadcasters, the British Broadcasting company and AP radio wire.
By DAVE WEBB
Homecoming in Japan is different from that of the United States, according to Keipi Tajima, graduate student, who went to the University of Tokyo.
Japan Homecoming Differs Greatly
As in the United States, the groups gather with their graduating classes. The event occurs the first part of the school year.
There is no major athletic game like our football contests. The big event corresponding with homecoming is the May festival. The time of the year when graduates return to their university for the alumni reunion is known as "do so kal."
The students demonstrate what they have learned throughout the year. Not only do alumni of these universities return, but the parents have a chance to see the students.
However, the majority of the week is made up of gala festivities. Included in the activities are dancing, movie pictures, concerts, and many
The school year actually starts in April in Japan. The first semester ends in October.
The May festival in Japan is known as the "go gatsu sai." The event is one of the most traditional in the country. From May 1 to 7 the students are on vacation.
of the prominent people of Japan speak at this time.
Singing and dancing around a huge fire is the final event of this traditional holiday. The alumni student, known as the "do so sel," has a chance during the week to meet his old classmates.
Like the Alumni association at the University, the graduates in Japan have an association which holds together the graduate body. It collects fees and organizes alumni activities.
When KU graduates gather in Japan they might stand around and sing our alma mater which is known to them as the "ko ka."
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