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Woody Herman to Play Here Oct.29
Woody Herman and his Caravan of Stars featuring the Mills Brothers and Dinah Washington will be presented at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 29 in Hoch auditorium.
Woody Herman's new band, which he calls the 'Herman Herd,' will present a jazz concert featuring Dolly Houston, vocalist, Sonny Igoe, drums, and Urbie Green. Coupled with the orchestra will be Harold King, novelty entertainer and Mr. Everybody, an impersonator.
Commenting on the type of music he will play, Mr. Herman said, "We're striving to be progressive and play the music that is accepted as great, but we still try to make it understandable."
The Herman band came to fame in the early 1940's,
when with the Merry Macs, they recorded their first hit, "Woodchoppers' Ball." In 1945, his band was voted the nation's Number One band. At this time he was making movies and starring on a half-hour Saturday night radio show.
In 1946, 'Herman's Herd' was presented at Carnegie hall in New York, and performed the Ebony Concerto written especially for Woody by Igor Stravinsky.
Tickets for the concert will go on sale in about a week at the Fine Arts office, Thomas Gorton, dean of the School of Fine Arts, announced today. The tickets will be priced at $1.50 for balcony seats and $2.00 for main floor seats. These prices include tax. There will be no reserved seats for the performance.
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LAWRENCE. KANSAS
50th Year, No.11
Polio Toll Climbs; 4 New KU Cases
Four new polio cases among University students, instructors, and their families were added to the two cases reported here within the last week. The Kansas polio toll has reached an all-time high today.
Ike Hits Demos On Foreign Policy
Enroute With Gen. Eisenhower—(I.P.)-Dwight D. Eisenhower accused the Democrats today of making a political football out of bipartisan foreign policy and said it was time "for some fresh air" in Washington.
The GOP presidential nominee, making his first direct bid for Michigan's 20 electoral votes, said he doubted that national unity can survive "partisan treatment" on fore- iem affairs.
A crowd officially estimated at between 10,000 and 12,000 greeted Gen. Eisenhower at Bay City where he started his seven-stop campaign across the state.
"I say, so what. If those men want to establish a permanent peace plan, stop cheapening of the dollar, eliminate extravagance and waste . . . and establish complete loyalty in our government, then I say that's a real crusade." Gen. Eisenhower maintained.
Gen. Eisenhower maintained he is embarked "on a true crusade," and said the Democrats were critical of it because some persons in the General's camp "don't agree with me."
At Saginaw, a police-estimated crowd of 20,000 chanted "we want Ike" with such fervor that it was several minutes before the General could begin speaking.
He amplified on his "crusade" theme, saying his campaign was "a great mass effort in which there is idealism." And because of its breadth, he said, there are some people participating in it who do not think always as he does.
Weather
A mass of cool air likely to push temperatures 10 degrees lower was due to reach northern Kansas today but no rain was in prospect for the bone dry state.
Temperatures in the 40s were predicted for northern Kansas tonight. Forecasters aid tomorrow's highs would be 75 to 85, compared to the lingering summer heat in the high 90s prevalent recently.
Hill City report-
SUNG FAIR-BRISK- the state's high
Wednesday, Oct. 1, 1952
**FAMI-FAR-BRISE** and the state's high of 95 yesterday. It was 94 at Russell and Salina, 93 at Concordia, Topeka, Leavenworth, and Emoria.
Three of the new cases reporter by Dr. Ralph I. Canuteson, director of the health service, were admitted to Watkins Memorial hospital while the fourth, a young daughter of a University instructor, also hit by the disease, is being treated at home.
Gerald Eugene James, 18, education freshman, and John Weir, 35, assistant professor of zoology, were admitted to the hospital Sept. 25, Dr. Canuteson said. The condition of both was described as good today by hospital officials.
Mr. Weir's five-year-old daughter, Ann, is recuperating at the home where she has been showing steady improvement. She was stricken with the disease Sept. 22.
The most recent case, Mrs. Dorothy Strickland, wife of Jesse J. Strickland, graduate student in political science, was taken to the University Medical center in Kansas City last night so that she might be placed in an iron lung.
Of the two previously reported polio cases among University students, one was in satisfactory condition today, and the other was taken home from the Medical center this morning.
Claude Robert White, engineering senior, was dismissed from the Kansas City hospital today. Doctors there said that he suffered no paralysis. White was admitted to the Medical center Sept. 25.
The State Board of Health today reported the polio count reached a record high today, as 40 new cases reported within the past 24 hours brought the total to 1,257 cases. The previous high was 1,068 cases in 1946. The 1952 death toll remained officially at 29.
Fred Young, business senior, is still a patient at the University hospital. He was admitted Aug. 25 to the hospital here.
The four cases brought the Lawrence total to 13 and the Douglas county toll to 15.
Stevenson Says Loyalty Issue Not Political
Springfield, Ill.—(U.P.)-Gov. Adlai Stevenson, Democratic presidential candidate, said today that the job of ferring out Communists from governmental posts is one "for our security agencies", and deplored any attempt to make the search for them "a political football."
Gov. Stevenson was readying himself for a meeting with leaders of volunteer groups and "independent" voters backing his candidacy, but he reacted promptly to the statement of Gen. Walter B. Smith, head of the central intelligence agency, concerning the infiltration of Communists into his and other agencies.
Gen. Smith's statement that Communists had entered into all security agencies, including his own, was released Monday. He made a clarifying statement yesterday saying he meant that security agency heads should operate on the assumption that their groups had been infiltrated and should act accordingly.
Gov. Stevenson talked by telephone with Gen. Smith, who also talked with Dwight D. Eisenhower, GOP nominee. When Gov. Stevenson commented, he took note of Gen. Smith's World War II position as chief of staff to Gen. Eisenhower; that Allen Dulles, brother of John Foster Dulles, Gen. Eisenhower's principal adviser on foreign affairs, now is a deputy to Gen. Smith in CIA.
"General Smith's statement makes ludicrous the claim of the Republicans that this is a simple job which can be done easily if turned over to them. Does Gen. Eisenhower think that he can find better men than Gen. Smith, Allen Dulles and J. Edgar Hoover?"
"A highly professional, nonpolitical intelligence agency is indispensable to the government, whether a Republican or a Democrat is president," Gov. Stevenson continued. "It must never become a political football.
Valid Legislation Surprises Council
The bulk of last year's All Student Council legislation—validated with the signature of Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy—was presented to the Council last night by Bill Nulton, college senior and delegate-at-large.
Pat Gardenhire, college senior, and Reuben Short, second year law, were appointed to fill existing vacancies on the Student court. One was created when Pat McAnany, who was appointed associate justice last spring, did not return to the University. The other had not been filled prior to last night.
"They were all in order, and I think they were perfectly proper in what they attempted to do," Dr. Murphy added.
Dr. Murphy said this morning that he knew about the bills, but that they had not been presented to him for his signature before yesterday.
The Council had previously declared the bills of the Jim Logan administration null and void because Dr. Murphy had not signed them. Jim Logan was ASC president last year, elected on the FACTS ticket.
The only bill which did not get the chancellor's signature was an amendment to the ASC publications bill to establish a new accounting system for the Jayhawker. Dr. Murphy withheld his signature on recommendation from the Jayhawker advisory board.
The Associated Women Students, represented by Marilyn Hawkinson, college junior, was granted permission to hold its election of freshmen officers simultaneously with the ASC elections.
ASC bill No. 17, eliminating salaries of Council officers, was the only bill, prior to last night, which had been duly passed and signed last year.
Enrollment Increases 3.3 Per Cent
A move to dissolve the Council's $3,600 reserve fund into the Student Union furnishings fund, with the stipulation that it be used to furnish offices for student organizations in the expanded Union building, was referred to the committee on finance.
Last night the Council also passed an amendment to ASC bill No. 2 which makes closed party primaries for Council posts compulsory and limits voting in the primary to students with registered party affiliation.
Will Adams, graduate student,
pointed out that this year's University calendar did not provide for the day of grace before final examinations which the Council had provided for in last year's legislation. Council President Bill Wilson, business senior, replied that the calendar committee had interpreted it to mean a day of grace only for last year. He promised to look into the matter.
A letter from the student council of Colorado university was read informing the Council that KU had been selected for Colorado's annual migration, in which the bulk of the student body attends an out-of-town game.
Enrollment at the University has increased 3.3 per cent over the 1951 figure, James K. Hitt, registrar, said today. After two weeks of classwork, 6,729 students are enrolled.
There are 595 students at the Kansas City division of the School of Medicine and 6,134 on the campus here. The Kansas City figure is up by 84 students owing to the transfer of the third semester medical training to that campus. Taking that transfer into consideration, Mr. Hitt said the enrollment increase at Lawrence is 3.5 percent.
A resolution to reimburse Student Union Activities to the extent of $175 for expenses incurred in con-
A request for approval of permanent cheerleaders' equipment to include sweaters, skirts, and trousers has been received from A. C. "Dutch" Lonborg, director of athletics.
Of the 2,157 new students,1,288 are freshmen,and the remainder is transfers.Both figures show 25
per cent increases and are the greatest since 1948 when World War II veterans filled the University.
"The 10 per cent increase in nonveterans despite the fact the high school senior classes have not changed significantly indicates the development of a strong 'go to college' trend." Mr. Hitt said.
Of the 900 veterans enrolled, 96 are Korean war servicemen. More than half of the World War II veterans, 410, are receiving no financial assistance from the government.
The 5,234 non-veterans on the campus are an all-time high, Mr Hitt reported.
The School of Engineering with an increase of 172 and the School of Medicine, up 47, accounted for the University's net increase in students. The fluctuations of the other eight schools balanced.
The College is the largest of the 10 schools with an increase of 43 to 2,478. Engineering and Architecture has 1,166, the Graduate school 816, Medicine 750, Education 496, Fine Arts 459, Business 317, Law 138, Pharmacy 127 and Journalism 72.
KU enrolled students from ah 105 Kansas counties, 43 states, the District of Columbia and three territories. There are 121 foreign students enrolled from 37 countries.
section with the Jayhawk Nibble, was passed.
Bills presented for first reading included:
The resignation of Tom White, Pachacamac representative on the Council, was accepted. Wilson said the vacancy would be filled at the next meeting.
A bill to limit campaign expenses by the political group for any single campaign.
An amendment to ASC bill No. 10 to provide for the inclusion of class officers in partisan basis.
An amendment to the ASC publications
to be published in the Jahew
hawker editor and business manager
to those set by the Jahewhawer advisory
group on bonuses or other cash
remunerations.
An amendment to ASC bill No. 2 to change the method of electing freshman officers, from the plurality vote to the preferential, non-partisan ballot.
An amendment to the smoking bill to permit smoking in all areas not designated as a definition of buildings is intended to prevent of buildings and grounds by the local fire marshal.
An amendment to the ASC parking bill to place responsibility or promote parking facilities at the University in the hands of the ASC parking committee.
Large Group Enjoys Lecture
"Today's operas and musical comedies are deeply rooted in the festivals and parades of Florence, Italy, during the Renaissance," Dr. Frederico Ghisi, musicologist from the University of Florence, said in the first of the 1852-53 Humanities lectures last night.
Speaking to a large and appreciative audience in Fraser theater, Dr. Ghisi, with the aid of slides and recordings, took the people back to old Florence and gave them some idea of what the forerunners of today's Mardi Gras and Mummers parade were like.
Lecturing on "The Festivities and Shows of Florence During the Renaissance," Dr. Ghisi told how the festivals flourished under the patronage of the liberal Medici family. The festivals were especially extravagant under the reign of Lorenzo the Great, so called because he was so generous and magnificent.
Lorenzo encouraged lavish displays by his artists, poets, designers, and painters, giving them a free reign to do what they wished. The result was festivals like the New Orleans Mardi Gras that lasted for days.
While the festivals were an annual affair in Florence, there always were smaller ones to celebrate weddings and other important occasions, Dr. Ghisi said. Many of the festivals were directed to the old gods of mythology.
The parades usually included "floats" elaborately decorated by the Floretine trade and craft guilds representing legendary scenes. One of the highlights of the lecture was the showing of a slide of a float entitled "Triumph of Death."
The songs of the masqueraders in the festivals were seldom moral and had words with double meanings intended to poke fun at people. This factor has carried over to modern musical comedy.
EXTRA Dodgers Win Series Opener
The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees 4-2 in the first game of the World Series at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn.
Three home runs—by Snider,
Simson, and Reese—made the
difference.
Joe Black was the winning pitcher.