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Daily Kansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
49th Year, No. 132
Inter-Fraternity Council Completes Final Preparations for Greek Week
Final preparations for Inter-fra-
ternity council's Greek week were made at a meeting of the council Monday.
President Keith MacIvor, engineering junior, urged IFC representatives to support Greek week plans in all KU fraternities in order to insure success of the week. He said he hoped Greek week would become an annual affair at KU, but that this would be dependent upon response to this year's program.
Robert Ball, college sophomore, who has been in charge of planning Greek week events, said that though the speech Thursday night by ex-governor Alfred M. Landon will be the main event of the week, the importance of five panel discus-
SUA Applications Deadline Thursday
Tuesday, April 22, 1952
Applications for positions on the Student Union Activities board of directors must be in the SUA office in the Union by 5 p.m. Thursday, John Mann, new board vicepresident, said today.
Murphy Addresses Sigma Xi
Selection of eight board members will be made next week by the new officers and James Burgoyne, SUA director, after review of applications and personal interviews with qualified applicants.
Application blanks may be secured at the SUA office.
Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy
to a meeting of Sigma Xi, nationa
national honorary research society,
Monday night at Iowa State college
at Ames.
WEATHER
partly cloudy;
scattered thunder
showers in west
portion Wednesday
afternoon.
Cooler Tuesday
night. Warmer
west Wednesday.
SCATTERED SHOWERS
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sions couldn't be overemphasized.
Opening event of this week will be the Honor Initiate dinner Wednesday, Ball said. The pledge ranking highest in scholarship, the president, and senior representative to the IFC from each fraternity will attend the dinner, Ball added. The dinner will be held at the Castle Tea room, and Lt. Col. James Haussman, associate professor of Air Science, will be the speaker.
Two of the panels are scheduled for Thursday at 4 p.m., and the other three will be held at 4 p.m. Friday.
William Wilson, engineering junior in charge of preparations for the IFC spring formal Saturday night, lined up committees for the event. These men were appointed as chairmen: Stuart Conklin, college sophomore, decorations; George Claunch, engineering sophomore, refreshments, and Darrell Fanestil, college freshman, invitations.
Pianist to Give Recital Thursday
Gordon will play "Ballade Op. 47" by Chopin and the second book of Preludes by Debussy.
Stewart Gordon, college junior,
will give a piano recital at 3 p.m.
Thursday in Strong auditorium.
Wilson said five invitations would
In September 1949 he returned to Europe to join Mr. Giesking's master class. He remained there until August 1951 when he returned to the University on an NROTC scholarship.
The pianist studied with Walter Gieseking during the 1946-47 season in Wiesbaden, Germany. In 1947 he won a scholarship for study with the late Olga Saramoff-Stokowski and was one of her pupils until her death in May 1948.
He is now majoring in speech and drama.
He has given concerts in Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Heidelberg, Frankfurt, Searbrucken, Munich and Florence.
Woodruff to Stillwater Meet
Dean of Men Laurence C. Woodruff will leave today for Stillwater, Okla., to attend a Student Union directors meeting. He will return to Lawrence Friday.
The original script and music for the annual show was submitted to a contest earlier in the year by Robert Longstaff, journalism junior; Dale Moore, fine arts sophomore, and Rodger Vaughan, fine arts junior. They wrote the script, words and music, respectively. They started on the show last June and worked on it all summer and fall.
'Strike A Match' Moves Into Final Week of Rehearsals
"Strike a Match," annual musical production sponsored by Student Union Activities, has moved into its final week of rehearsals, with staff end cast working hard to combine its separate parts into the finished whole.
Rehearsals have been held in various parts of Strong. The staff and cast returned early from Spring vacation to begin full scale rehearsals in Fraser theater where the show will be presented April 29 and 30 and May 2 and 3.
New parts are being added to the show continuously. The story concerns a shy young college student and his life on the KU campus. The show is set in the Hawk's Nest.
Revisions on the story have been made by Robert Ziesenis, college senior, and new songs have been added by Jay Smith, college junior.
Conductor Vaughan cited the "Housemother's Song," "Coke Date," "Strike a Match," the "Professor's Song" and "Everything I Think the Man I Love Ought to Have" as what appeared to him to be the best songs in the show. "Strike a Match" is the finale number from which the show gets its name. It was written by Jay Smith
Rodger Vaughan is doing the orchestrations for the show. The music will be played by an 18-piece, all-student, pit orchestra which he will conduct.
be allowed each fraternity. A queen for the event will be chosen by Friday, Wilson said. He asked that members of the IFC submit names and pictures of their candidates by Wednesday.
The big job remaining, he said is the copying of the separate parts from the orchestrations. He estimated that the orchestration itself will comprise about 200 pages.
The original show contained eight songs. The revised version will have 13.
He added that a special dance by Peggy Hughes and Mary Taggart, college freshmen, should be good.
The formal will be at the Odd Fellow's hall, 205 West Eighth street. The Collegians will play for the dance.
The IFC voted to accept a new rushing regulations to be put into effect next fall. The plan will place new restrictions on rushes, MacIvor said, and give them more of a chance to look over KU fraternities before pledging.
Ronald Kull, journalism junior,
was appointed temporary IFC
representative to the All Student Council until the end of the present semester.
MacVor said he had received application from two KU Negro fraternities to become members of the IFC. He said he planned to meet with representatives of these groups later this week to discuss the matter.
Rose Louise Coughlin, a candidate for the doctor of philosophy degree in history from the University, has been awarded a Fulbright scholarship for study at the Bedford College for Women of the University of London during the 1952-53 school year.
Topeka, Ks.
Coughlin Wins Fulbright Award
Miss Coughlin received the A.B. degree from KU in 1946 and the M.A. degree in 1947. For four years she was an instructor in American history and plans to complete work for the doctorate degree in June.
The scholarship, which is awarded by the U. S. State department, will pay educational and transport costs and a subsistence allowance.
Miss Coughlin will study British imperial history at the University of London. She has already been notified that her supervisor will be Dame Lillian Penson, described by members of the history faculty here as "one of the world's great authorities in the field."
Miss Coughlin is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Alpha Theta, honorary history society; Pi Sigma Alpha, honorary political science society; and Phi Lambda Theta, honorary education sorority.
Delores Wunsch, fine arts senior,
will give a piano recital at 8 p.m.
Wednesday, in Strong auditorium.
Miss Wunsch, a student of Jan Chiapusso, is a member and past president of Mu Phi Epsilon, professional music sorority.
Senior to Give Piano Recital
She is a member of the University Symphony orchestra and the Light Opera guild.
At honors convocation she has been chosen one of the outstanding freshmen, sophomores, and juniors in fine arts. She received the Pi Kappa Lambda award for distinctive scholarship each of her first three years here.
Her program Wednesday will include "English Suite in E minor" (Bach), "Sonata, Op. 81a" (Beethoven), "Sonata No.2 in D minor" (Prokofieff), "Ballade in F minor" (Chopin); "La Vallee des Cloches" (Ravel) and "L'isle Joyeuse" (De bussy).
She has done advanced piano study with Joanna Graudan at the Music Academy of the West at Santa Barbara. Calif.
Awards To Be Given ROTC Men May 12
Thirty-four awards will be presented at the Honors day review of the Army, Navy and Air Force ROTC units May 12. Rear Adm. F. P. Old, commandant of the Ninth Naval district will be the reviewing officer.
Commanding the combined forces for the review will be Cadet Col. E. W. Haley, AFROTC. Assisting him will be a joint staff consisting of Cadet Lt. Col. Bob LaFollette, AROTC, adjant; Midshipman Cmdr. D. K. Strohmeyer, NROTC, executive officer, and Cadet Lt. Col. Richard Wood, AFROTC, Operations officer.
The review is scheduled for 3 p.m. on the drill field south of the campus. Two hundred folding chairs will be placed for the accommodation of the spectators. In case of rain the review will be held in the drill
Twenty-six organized houses will participate in the foreign student aid program during the next school year.
Houses Continue Foreign Student Aid Program
Corbin hall, Jayhawk co-op, Acacia, Beta Theta Pi, Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Kappa, Sigma Nu.
Houses which will continue the program are Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Delta Pi, Gamma Phi Beta, Pi Beta Phi, Carruth hall, Miller hall, Sellards hall, Watkins hall.
Sigma Phi Epsilon, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Jolliffe hall, Stephenson hall, Sterling-Oliver hall, Hill co-ock Chick Chalk co-op and Phi Beta Phi.
Favorable reactions by members of houses in the program have caused the number of participating houses to increase each year.
Fourteen houses took part in the program last year when it was just arrived here. This year 20 organized students supported foreign students.
Students are chosen by members of organized houses. They select an applicant from a particular country in which they are interested. Ages of applicants generally range from 18 to 24. The majority of foreign students who receive scholarships are older than our undergraduates because of different school systems.
Economic Group Chooses
Leland J. Pritchard, professor of economics, was elected first vicepresident of the Midwest Economics Association as the Isabella dianapolis, Ind., April 17 through 19.
Mr. Pritchard read a paper, "The Changing Structure of the Commercial Banking System." at the meeting. John Ise, professor of economics, also attended the convention.
hall of the Military Science building with 50 students representing each service.
In charge of planning the Honors day ceremonies are Maj. C. G. Whitley, USAF, chairman; Maj. Herman Poggemeyer, USMC, and Capt. V. E. Phillips, USA.
On the reviewing stand with Admiral Old will be Cancellor Franklin D. Murphy; Capt. W. R. Terrell, professor of naval science; Col. E. F. Kumpe, professor of military science; Lt. Col. L. R. Moore, professor of air science, and Capt. C. C. Stafford, representing the Hearst newspaper syndicate for the presentation of the Hearst trophy won by the AFROTC rifle team.
Awards to be made to Army ROTC students are the Combat Forces medal, to the best infantry senior; the Society of American Mechanical Engineers medals, to the best engineering junior and senior; and the Professor of Military Science and Tactics medals, to the best infantry junior and sophomore, the best engineering sophomore, the best freshman cadet, and the best cadet marksman.
The Navy's awards are the Naval Academy Alumni association watch, to the outstanding midshipman; the Rifle Team, to the five members of the Navy ROTC rifle team; the Armed Forces communications association awards, to the three midshipmen chosen for excellence in the field of communications; the Society of American Mechanical Engineers medals, to the outstanding junior and senior midshipmen, and the Loyal Legion of the United States award for excellence in Navigation.
The AFROTC awards include the second-place trophy for the William Randolph Hearst trophy match, to the AFROTC rifle team; the Rifle Team medals, to the five members of the trophy-winning rifle team; the Professor of Air Science and Tactics awards, to the best administration senior, and the outstanding freshman, sophomore and junior cadets; the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of Merit award, to the outstanding AFROTC cadet, and the Air Force association award, to the outstanding Arnold Air society member.
Western Civ Exams To Be Given Tonight
Western Civilization preliminary examinations will be given at 7:30 p.m. today and Wednesday.
The exam over units one through five will be given both nights in 9 Strong and over units six through ten both nights in 200 Strong.
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Expect 50 Persons to Enroll For City Managers School
About 50 persons from five states have enrolled for the fifth annual City Managers' School to be held at the University Wednesday through Saturday. ___
Enrollments have come from city managers and assistant city managers in Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Colorado, and Missouri.
The school will be under the joint sponsorship of the Kansas Association of City Managers and the KU Government College of Research and University Extension.
City Manager Jim Wigglesworth of Lawrence is secretary-treasurer of the Kansas Association of City Managers and is on the planning committee for the program.
Speakers and their subjects will be: Stuart Cormick, professor of political science at the University of Texas, "A Councilman Views City Manager Government;" Rollin F. Agard, city finance chairman of Kansas City, Mo., chairman of a panel on "Municipal Insurance:"
Robert F. Steadman, controller in the State Department of Administration at Lansing, Mich., "New Ideas in Administration," and Hugo Wall, chairman of the political science department at the University of Wichita, "How to Delegate Authority."
Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy will address the group at a banquet April 23. His subject will be "How to Relax."
Other topics to be discussed will include "Public Opinion Sampling," by E. Jackson Baur, associate professor of sociology at KU; "Progress in Abating Municipal Sewage Pollution in Kansas," by Dwight Metzel, director of the division of sanitation of the State Board of Health.
Ethan P. Allen, professor of political science and director of the Bureau of Governmental Research, and E. O. Stone, professor of political science, will also speak at various times during the conference.