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Women Edge Men In Grade Averages
The all-women's average was 1.69. The all-men's average was 1.47.
University residence halls topped the social fraternial houses in both the men's and women's divisions. Miller hall led the women's halls with a 2.01. Jollife hall led the men's halls with a 1.91.
Honorary fraternities led in the general standings with a 2.22 average among the groups. The all-sorority average was 1.69, the all-fraternity average 1.36. The average for professional fraternities and sororites was 1.75.
The all-student scholarship average for the 1951-52 school year was 1.53, with the women's average topping the men, according to figures released today by the registrar's office.
The top social fraternity, Beta Theta Pi, tied with the top social sororities, Gamma Phi Beta and Alpha Chi Omega, in the listing. All three had a 1.80 average.
Two honorary fraternities, Sigma Xi, science, and Sigma Delta Pi, Spanish, tied with a 2.62 average
Plans for the annual Nightshirt parade to be held Friday night were announced today by the All Student Council traditions committee. It will include the traditional snake dance down Massachusetts street and a bonfire rally at South park.
Dress for the parade will be all
thing from jeans and pig tails to
pajamas and nightshirts. Bill Wilson,
president of the ASC, expects nearly
all of the 2,000 new students to do
their "evening clothes" and attend
the parade and rally.
to head the annual scholarship report.
Tau Omega, engineering fraternity, led the professional fraternity and sorority group with a 2.45 average.
He said that during his travels across the Midwest he met people everywhere who are "worried." He aid he wondered why, with all the natural wealth in this country, they
Big Nightshirt Parade Scheduled for Friday
Davenport, Ia.—(U.P.)—Dwight D Fisenhower accused the Truman administration today of arrogance born of being "too long in the seat of the mighty."
Graduate girls, a group with only seven members, led the other organized houses with a 2.35 average.
The standings listed in the report were determined by dividing the total number of grade points earned by the members of each group by the total number of hours in which the members of the group were enrolled.
"We've had excuses and alibis all based on emergency," Eisenhower said.
Meanwhile Gov. Adlai Stevenson began his 12-step Connecticut campaign tour today with his first major statement on atomic energy schedul'd for tonight at Hartford, Conn.
"We are not accustomed to the kind of leadership that leaves us bewildered. We want to get rid of these people soon," he said.
The Republican presidential nominee launched an eight-stop swing across Iowa with a speech on the steps of the Scott County courthouse here.
Stevenson's campaign at Bridgeport, Conn., before noon (EDT) after three and one-half hours from his headquarters at Corningfield, Ill.
Eisenhower's plane landed in nearby Moline, Ill., last night and he was ready today to resume his role as a rear platform speaker in an attempt to woo Iowa back to its traditional Republicanism.
Ike, Stevenson Continue Tours
Mentioning the Korean conflict he asked why the country seemed to be "fumbling and stumbling" in the search for peace.
The parade will begin in front
should be confused. Eisenhower said
... Itetter thinking about it he concluded something was wrong with the nation's leadership.
In the case of apparent ties, the decimal was carried out to four places to determine the comparative standings. The organizations were listed accordingly with the decimal rounded off to two places.
The complete listings are on page 11
spoken. He invited a crowd of 1,500 to 2,000 persons greeted the Democratic residential nominee on his arrival. U.S. Senator William Benton headed the welcoming delegation of political leaders.
"We want to get rid of those people soon," he said, protesting that the present government has lived too long on crises.
of the Student Union at 7:30 p.m. From the Union the ralliers will go north on Indiana to 9th street. On 9th street they will proceed eastward to Massachusetts street. On Massachusetts, the traditional snake dance will move from 9th street to South park.
The Jay Janes and KuKu pen clubs will follow the convertible. The cheerleaders will lead the students.
The University band, in full dress uniform, will lead the parade. Following the band in a convertible will be Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy, attired in the time-honored nightshirt.
At the bonfire rally, A. C. "Dutch' Lonborg, director of athletics, and representatives of NBC television here to telewise Saturday's game will speak.
In the car with the chanceller will be Laurence C. Woodruff, dean of men; Martha Peterson, dean of women, and Wilson, all in nightshirts.
The annual Nightshirt parade was planned by Mahlon Ball, engineering senior, chairman of the ASC traditions committee; Duggan Scanlan, college senior, student official of KU parades; Sidonie Brown, college junior, head cheerleader; Connie Maus, college senior; Wilson, and Lonborg.
Daily hansan
In its efforts to offer an interesting, active and full program the University is expanding its physical plant and its cultural programs.
Dr. Murphy said the University this year would be aiming at training its students to face the realities of 1852. "We are going to teach the meaning of freedom and not just as a hout house term," he said.
For these efforts to be fruitful, he said, "the student body must be self motivated, adult men and women ready to face life with a constructive attitude and a faith in the future."
"You students today represent the product of those people and the a hot house terms," he said.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
The University is becoming a storehouse of knowledge through its libraries and museums. It is extending knowledge by its fine research program which includes a leading role in national defense, he said.
The Faculty club is now open again after being closed during summer vacation, according to Charles Oldfather, assistant professor of law and secretary of the Faculty club.
Thursday, Sept. 18, 1952
Faculty Club Reopens
KU Enrollment Nears 6,800 As All Estimates Are Topped
Murphy Outlines University Goals At Convocation
The purposes of the University were outlined in four points by Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy this morning in his address at the University's 87th opening convocation.
"The purpose of this University is to extend boundaries of human knowledge, to preserve human knowledge, to diffuse that knowledge, and to furnish facilities for special services to the people of this area." he said.
The University was founded in 1866 by people "dedicated to human freedom and human dignity," he said. "These are the very values which are on trial today."
To carry out this program, he added, the University has made large expenditures without apology in an effort to provide the most effective tools for teaching and learning.
Registration stood at 6,572 as the first class met, 300 more than at the same time in 1951 and an even 60 above the final official figure of last year. Upwards of 200 late enrollments, which has become normal fall experience, will put the enrollment curve on a sharp upswing. Hitt said.
The University began its 87th year this morning with a student body of 6,800 in prospect, James K. Hitt, director of admissions, reported today.
While the football legions of Texas Christian and KU are resting between the halves of their grid encounter Saturday, a third team representing Uncle Sam will take the field to demonstrate their version of teamwork.
The famed Naval Aviation Cadet Drill Team from the "Annapolis of the Air" at Pensacola, Fla., will be on hand to thrill the crowd with their precision marching and manual-of-arms routine that has won them national acclaim as one of the finest drill units in the land.
Navy Team To Perform
The cadet's appearance is sponsored by Vice Adm. John Dale Price, USN, Chief of Naval Air Training, largest shore-based command in the Navy, to interest young men in Naval Aviation. The Lawrence visit is the second stop on a 12-game schedule that will take the future Naval aviators from coast to coast for halftime shows at the nations ton football classics.
Cool, Fair Weather Forecast For Kansas
A cool front moving out of Nebraska was expected to bring relief from heat to Kansas today but little
prospect for rain,
the weather buireau reported.
FINE - FAIR - BRISK
There has been no rain in the state for the last two days. Yesterday's high ranged in the upper 80s and lower 90s.
Forecast: Generally fair tonight and Friday.
FINE FAIR BREAK Cooler tonight in east and south portions Friday. Low tonight 40 north to near 50 south. Highs Friday in 70s.
ID Transfer Not In Effect For 2 Tilts
The football ticket transfer plan passed by the All Student Council last spring will not be in effect for the TCU game Saturday and the Colorado game Oct. 4, according to Bill Wilson, ASC president.
Because no students will have ID cards before Sept. 25, the plan will not be used for the TCU contest. It has been shelved for the Colorado game since that will be Parents' day.
soft sale.
Under the plan a borrowed ID card may be punched and exchanged for a special ticket upon which would be written the number appearing'on the ID card.
A definite time and place where tickets may be exchanged will be announced later, he said. A set of rules concerning the procedure of the plan will be available at that time.
The plan will be in effect for the first time at the Santa Clara-KU game here Saturday, Sept. 27, Wilson said.
Any organization or organized house expecting a large number of
appearing on the screen. "Our plan here is to make the person lending out his ID card responsible." Wilson said.
good for adults, he added.
good for adults, be sure to tell the students whether or not the exchange plan works" Wilson said. "They will make it or break it."
out-of-town students for a game may make application for a block of tickets, Wilson said. The plan is intended primarily for high school and college age persons and is not
W E S T
The 2,111 new students, the most since 1948 and nearly 400 more than in 1951, is responsible for the upsurge. In this total there are 1,282 new freshmen, up 231, and 829 transfers from junior and other 4-year colleges.
E A S T
In the freshman class are 825 men and 457 women.
Registration on the main campus at Lawrence is 5,978, which will be well past the 6,000-mark by tonight. There are 594 at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City.
Although the statistics show only an increase of 205 at Lawrence as compared to a year age, the net gain is more than 300, or a 5 per cent growth. The sophomore medical class of 116 moved to the Kansas City campus this month instead of taking its third semester here and transferring in February as has been the plan for many years. Thus the sophomore医资 loss at Lawrence has been replaced and another 200 added.
The 4.132 men on the Lawrence campus outnumber the 1.846 women in a ratio of 2.23 to 1, the smallest since the war years.
KU officials are pleasantly surprised at the flood of students, although by mid-August it was apparent that "arm chair and desk" predictions of a 500 decrease would be wrong. However, the downward curve was not expected to change directions until 1933, and almost one dreamed that there would be a thousand more students than once expected.
3 Choral Groups Offer Tryouts
Tryouts for the University Chorus are open to all students. Rehearsals are scheduled every Tuesday and Thursday from 4 to 5:30 p.m.
Students interested in music have at least three opportunities in the near future to participate in the University chorus, the Women's Glee club and the University A Cappella Choir.
Auditions for new members of the Women's Glee club began today at 5 p.m. and are also held Friday at the same hour and on Saturday at 9 a.m. One half hour credit per semester is given. Interested persons should inquire at 131 Strong hall.
The University A Cappella choir tryouts will be held Friday and Saturday from 9 to 2 p.m. in 8-A Strong hall. Credit will be given as in the past.
Major Coal Strike May Begin Sunday
Washington—(U.P.)—John L. Lewis today split the ranks of soft coal operators, but apparently not enough to win a peace agreement on his own terms and avert a major strike.
As a result, some 200,000 northern soft coal miners are expected to strike at midnight Sunday, halting production of 48 per cent of industry's basic fuel. The northern miners are due to be followed 10 days later by 100,000 diggers in southern pits.
While the Illinois operators were reported ready to bow to Lewis' demands, there was no indication that the bituminous group or the Southern Coal Producers' association was about to accede.
On the contrary, Joseph E. Moody, president of the southern group, said it would be "economic suicide" to grant the wage and welfare fund increases and shorter working day demanded by the United Mine Workers chief.