Daily Kansan
49th Year, No.89
FACTS Party Fills Vacant Council Seats
Lawrence, Kansas
Lawrence Kravitz, engineering sophomore, and Shirley Thomson, education junior. Wednesday night were elected to fill vacancies in the All Student Council at a meeting of FACTS. campus political party.
Thursday, Feb. 14, 1952
Kravitz will represent district II (School of Engineering), and Miss Thomson will represent district II (Schools of Business, Fine Arts, Education, Pharmacy, and the Graduate school).
The FACTS primary will be held approximately two weeks before the regular ASC election, which is tentatively set for April 9.
Marc Hurt, college freshman, was named chairman of the general election committee; Melvin Cox, college sophomore, chairman of the membership committee, and William Nulton, college junior, head of the primary committee.
Staff Positions Open For Student Musical
Applications for staff positions on the College Daze student musical production are now being accepted. Positions open are staging and art, stage crew, costumes, makeup, programs, tickets, secretarial director and vocal director.
Five new officers were elected and a sixth retained for spring semester positions in the Ennis C. Whitehead squadron of the Arnold Air society last night.
Students interested should leave a letter of application at the Student Union Activities office or contact Dick Klassen, producer. Applications close at noon, Feb. 21.
4 Benches Placed Around Campanile
Four benches of pre-cast concrete have been placed around the base of the Memorial campanile.
Officers Elected By Air Society
The complete luncheon program, with Rolla A. Clymer the principal speaker, for the dedication of the new journalism building Feb. 22 was announced today by Dean Burton W. Marvin of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information.
Rolla Clymer To Be Speaker For Dedication Luncheon
Two of the benches were given by George J. "Rook" Woodward, '17. One is in memory of his first wife, Violet Kilgore Woodward, '17, the other in honor of his daughter, Miss Martha Ellen Woodward, '45.
Clymer, veteran editor of the El Dorado Times, is one of a group of White-trained Kansas editors which the famous Emporia newspaperman called "my boys." Clymer will give a personal estimate of William Allen White from one who knew him as boy and man.
Henry J. Haskell, editor of the Kansas City Star and a longtime friend of William Allen White, will make a few remarks as will Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy.
The society, for advanced Air Force ROTC cadets, was forced to replace all but the finance officer before refraining from wearing uniforms at the end of the fall semester.
Another White - trained "boy" will introduce Clymer. He is Oscar Stauffer, publisher of the Topeka State Journal.
Dolph Simons, publisher of the Lawrence Journal-World, will preside at the luncheon in the Crystal room of the Hotel Eldridge. The guests will be Kansas editors, members of the board of the William Allen White foundation, donors, faculty, state officials and student representatives.
The other two benches were purchased with money from the general memorial fund.
Those elected were: Richard Wood, college junior, commanding officer; Charles Bether, business senior, executive officer; William Hall, business junior, operations officer; Bob Springer, fine arts junior, adjutant-recorder, and Clarke Keys, college sophomore, public information officer. Burley Vandergriff, business senior, will continue as finance officer.
Preceding the luncheon will be the annual White memorial address given to an all-student convocation by Erwin D. Canham, editor of the Christian Science Monitor; and the dedication of the William Allen White memorial reading room and mementos in the new building.
Following the luncheon will be the annual meeting of trustees of the White foundation. John P. Harris of Hutchinson, the foundation president, will preside.
Buehler Contest At 7:30 Tonight
Preliminaries for the annual Lorraine Buehler Oriental contest begin at 7:30 p.m. today in 105 Green hall.
Members of the speech and drama department will serve as judges.
Six or seven of the students trying out will advance to the finals Thursday in Strong auditorium.
The contest is open to the public. William A. Conboy, instructor of speech, said it is considered the best example of student speaking during the year.
Engineering Group Elects Officers
Other new officers are Graham Frevert, engineering senior, vicepresident; Glen Shaver, engineering junior, secretary, and Bill Monday, engineering senior, treasurer.
James R. Archibald, engineering senior, has been elected president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers at the University.
A four-man committee was formed to investigate possibilities of obtaining recognition insignia for HAJAS members.
Plans for second semester activities were discussed at the Hap Arnold Junior Air society meeting Wednesday night.
HAJAS Makes Plans For Spring Activities
Members voted to have a stag party within the next month. In addition, a spokesman from the group will contact Arnold Air society officials about co-sponsoring a dance this spring.
Fine art majors may enroll in new classes until noon Saturday, Dean Thomas Gorton of the School of Fine Arts announced today. Students in the school may withdraw from courses without a penalty any time before Saturday, March 8.
A film on diving was shown at the close of the meeting.
Enrollment Closes Saturday
Jukes, Allen To Play Leads In Fry Drama
Mrs. Mary Lou Jukes, graduate student who received an invitation Monday to play in the "Philip Morris Playhouse on Broadway," and Bob Allen, KLWN announcer, will play the leading roles in "The Lady's Not For Burning," third production of the University Players. The play is by Christopher Fry.
Tom Rea, instructor of speech and director of the play, said that Mrs. Jukes will play Jennet and Mr. Allen will play Thomas. The play will be given Feb. 27, 28, 29, and March 1 in Fraser theater.
Others in the cast include Lynn Osborn, college senior, as Richard; D. Price, fine arts freshman, as Alizom; Molly Krival, wife of Arthur S. Kruval, instructor of English, as Margaret Devize; William J. Sollner, assistant professor of English, as Humphrey Devize; James Claussen, college junior, as Nicholas Devize.
Allen Crafton, professor of speech,
as Matthew Skipps; Dan Palmquist,
instructor of speech, as Edward
Tappercoo; George Herman,
instructor of English, as Hebble Tyson,
and Sam Sebesta, education
junior, as the chaplain. Leola Stewart,
education senior, is the prompter.
Harold Harvey, instructor of speech, is building the set. He is being assisted by the stage crew, who are Eugene Walling, college junior; Mark Gilman, college sophomore; Robert Howery, fine arts freshman; Freida Sahm, education senior, and Jo Anna March, college sophomore.
Costumes for the play are in 15th century English style. The costuming committee consists of Shirley Strain, college junior; Barbara Donovan, college senior, and Mary Beth Moore, college junior.
Education School Has Student Drop
Four hundred and thirty-three undergraduate students are enrolled in the School of Education for the spring semester, a decrease of 17 students from registration totals for the fall semester.
The registration total for this semester is 55 students under the total for the spring semester last year.
Approximately the same number of students dropped during the fall semester, as new students enrolled in the school for the spring semester. Fifty-four students dropped out during the fall semester, while 56 new students entered the school.
Kansas State Historical Society
College Senior Chosen Valentine Dance Queen
VIRGINIA LEE ENGLAND
Geologic Expert To Speak Here
Virginia Lee England, college senior, will be ISA Valentine queen at its semi-formal dance Friday, 9 to midnight, at the Lawrence Community building.
Dr. Ben B. Cox, director of the geologic division of the Gulf Research and Development company, Pittsburgh, Pa., will discuss "Clay Minerals" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, 426 Lindley.
His talk will cover the present status of knowledge in the fields of clay, methods of investigation, and applications of this research to the oil industry.
Dr. Cox received his geological training at the University of Chicago, the University of Iowa and Columbia university. He has served as a petroleum geologist both in this country and abroad for many years.
The lecture is open to the public.
Patton To Speak At YMCA Meeting
Dr. John Patton, director of Westminster foundation, will speak at the YMCA all-membership meeting at 7:30 p.m. today in Myers hall chapel.
Miss England was chosen by a committee of Lawrence businessmen at a tea beld last night at Miller hall. Emily Wolverton, fine arts freshman, and Nancy Hindman, fine arts junior, were chosen as
Dr. Hall is on terminal leave from the Air Force after serving 18 months as a chaplain. Both Dr. and Mrs. Patton are familiar with YMCA work, having been executive secretaries associated with the "family program" of the Tulsa YMCA.
Kenneth Anderson To Speak At National Conference
Dr. Kenneth Anderson, associate professor of education, will speak at the annual conference of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching on the topic, "Improving Science Teaching Through Realistic Research."
The meeting will be held in Chicago on Friday and Saturday. Dr. Anderson left today for the meeting.
her two attendants.
Entrance photos for the queen position were received from most of the girls' independent halls and the field was narrowed down to three finalists yesterday at the weekly meeting of the ISA council.
Serving on the final judging committee were J. D. King of the Commonwealth theaters, Ernest Pontius, head of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, and G. C. Gregory, proprietor of the Rock Chalk cafe.
The queen is the only University woman accepted for entrance into the School of Medicine for the coming year.
Entertainment for the dance has been arranged by program chairman Bill Doyle. fine arts sophomore.
Tap dancing will be done by Peggy Hughes and Mary Taggart, college freshmen, and Joyce Ristine, fine arts sophomore, will sing accompanied by Rodger Vaughan, fine arts junior.
The dance is free to all ISA members. It will cost 75 cents a couple for non-members. Bob Ausherman, education senior and his band will provide dance music.
Organ Concert To Be Sunday
Otto Meyer, concert organist, will give a recital on the baroque organ in the Museum of Art at 4 p.m. Sunday.
Sunday's program will be the third in a series of organ recitals presented jointly by the Museum of Art and the School of Fine Arts.
Last week was an eventful as well as important one for Phyllis Hiebert, graduate student and assistant instructor in English.
Meyer, who is a graduate of the Berlin Conservatory where he studied organ with Fritz Heitmann and music theory with Paul Hindemith, is the church music director for the city of Ansbach Bavaria.
He is now on a concert tour of the Midwest sponsored by the Kansas City chapter of the American guild of organizers.
Student-Instructor Has Eventful Week
She completed her oral examination Friday for the master's degree. The Sunday before, her father, J. N. C. Hiebert, became the fifth president of Tabor College at Hillsboro, Kan.
Miss Hiebert came to KU as a graduate student in the fall of 1950, from Tabor. This week she became instructor in English at the Pacific Bible institute in Fresno, Calif.
No One Knows How St. Valentine's Day Started, But The Girls Are Glad It Did
By LORENA BARLOW
Have you ever wondered just why you send a valentine to your true love on Feb. 14?
There are three theories about how the custom originated.
One idea is based on the belief throughout Europe during the Middle Ages that the birds began to mate on Feb. 14. In the Paston letters, covering the period from 1422 to 1509, is one by Dame Elizabeth Brews, who writes to John Paston, with whom she hoped to arrange a match for her daughter. She writes:
"And cousin, mine, upon Monday is St. Valentine's day and every bird chooseth himself a mate, and if it like you to come on Thursday night
and make provision that you may abide till then, I trust God that we shall speak to my husband and I shall pray that we may bring the matter to a conclusion."
The third idea stems from an early ceremony of St. Valentine's day, when a kind of lottery, followed by what might be called a game of forfeits, took place.
The second theory is based on the similarity between the Norman word "galantin," meaning a lover of women, and the name of the saint. It is thought that Galantin's day with the initial "g," frequently pronounced "v," led to confusion.
In this lottery the young folk of England and Scotland wrote their names on slips of paper. By lot the names on slips of paper.
maids then drew the men's names, and the men the maids' names. They called each other their "valentines."
The male valentines gave balls and treats to their lady valentines, wore their names upon their sleeves and put them on a sport often ended in love matches.
Since the drawing also included married persons some method was devised to excuse a married man from the celebration. Sometimes presents relieved obligation placed on married persons Thus some maids built up collections of jewels through the years instead of finding true love.
St. Valentine himself, a priest in Rome, martyred in the third century, seems to have had nothing to do with the day named after him.