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STUDENT NEWSPAPER
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Returning KU Students Jam Lawrence Traffic Facilities
Some 6,500 returning University students gave the city of Lawrence one of its worst traffic jams in history Wednesday and early this morning.
Transportation facilities both within and to the city were overburdened to bring the University's population back in time for the resumption of classes at 8 o'clock this morning.
The rush at train and bus depots in Lawrence has slowed down, however, and the morning weather report offers clear skies today and tonight for late arrivals.
Officials at the Kansas highway patrol office said US highways 10, 24 and 40 are open but slick in spots. A safe driving speed was estimated at between 40 and 45 miles per hour.
Trains coming into both the Union Pacific and Santa Fe depots were crowded Wednesday. Students were still coming in at the Union Pacific depot this morning and the 5:20 a.m. Santa Fe train carried a heavy load.
A ticket agent at the Union Bus depot said extra buses were put on Wednesday to accommodate passengers who were not able to get on the crowded regular buses.
The Jayhawk taxi company received 336 calls for cabs Wednesday
Program For UN Conference To Feature Three Speakers
The tentative program for the fourth annual United Nations conference at the University on Thursday, Jan. 24 and Friday, Jan. 25, was announced today by Dean Frank T. Stockton of University Extension.
This is the fifth annual Christmas scholarship the Gamma Phi Betasave given.
night alone and carried an estimated 700 plus persons during that time. Persons at the company office said it was the busiest night on record.
"I checked with the police department and sheriff's office and no accidents have been reported," D. A. More, campus traffic clerk, said this morning.
No Students In Accidents
The Union Cab company received 391 phone calls for cabs Wednesday evening and took care of an estimated 500 calls that afternoon.
"As chairman of the committee of aids and awards, I am certainly grateful to the Gamma Phi's for awarding this scholarship annually," Miss Margaret Habein, dean of romen, said.
There will be three featured speakers. They are V. G. D. Stavridi, director of the reference and publi-
Campus police said today that "not a single accident" involving students at the University had been reported over the Christmas holidays.
Rozanne Atkins, College sophomore, has been awarded the $110 Gamma Phi Beta Christmas Gift scholarship.
Sophomore Wins Gamma Phi Award
According to the Daily Kansan files, one University student died as a result of an automobile accident Dec. 30, 1950. Another was seriously injured in the same accident.
Mrs. Reynolds will address the group at the closing luncheon on Jan. 25 on the subject, "Food and Industry Around the World."
Dr. Chakravarty will speak at the afternoon session on Jan. 24 on "New East Today."
The theme of the conference will be "Know Your United Nations Better." It is designed as a medium by which leaders of all types of organizations in the state may obtain information and learn techniques of better informing their home communities about the activities of the UN.
Emphasis will be placed on the
director of the reference and publication division of the UN department of public information; Dr. Amiya Chakravarty, visiting professor of humanities, former adviser to the UN delegation from India, and Mrs. Florence Reynolds, UN representative for the food and agricultural organizations.
Teachers, students, service and civic club representatives and other persons interested in the United Nations and its activities will be invited to attend the conference, which is sponsored by University Extension
Mr. Stavridi will address the opening session at 10 a.m. on Jan. 4 on "World Understanding." He will speak again that evening at the dinner meting on "New Patterns for World Affairs."
Special section meetings will be held on press and publicity, library services, UNESCO, non-governmental organizations, radio and television, high school students, film service and service clubs.
many activities of the UN which do not receive the widespread press coverage given the actions of the security council and the general assembly.
Fields To Speak On Radio Program
J. Eldon Fields, associate professor of political science, will be the 11th speaker in the Sociology on the Air series Sunday morning at 9:45 over KLWN. He will talk on "General Education and the Citizen."
His talk will deal with the extent of the individual's participation in citizenship. The program is sponsored by the department of sociology and anthropology.
Dr. Fields joined the University faculty in 1946 after teaching at Stanford, Syracuse and Chicago universities. He received his doctor of philosophy degree from Stanford in 1942.
Winter Jayhawker To Be Sold Jan. 7
Because of the transfer of the Jayhawker office, the winter issue of the magazine will not be distributed until Monday, Jan. 7, Richard Hackney, business manager, said.
The office, formerly on the second floor of the Union building, was transferred to the second floor of the new William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information during Christmas vacation. It is not yet open to the public.
The winter issue of the Jaya hawker will be available to students Monday, Jan. 7, at the information booth only.
Movie star Audie Murphy, most decorated veteran of World War II, and actors John Hudson and James Best will meet University students at an informal reception at the Union lounge tonight from 9:30 until 10:15.
All three appear in the movie "The Cimarron Kid" which opens in Lawrence Jan. 11. Murphy plays the lead in the movie which depicts the life of the Dalton gang and their raid on Coffeville.
The actors will be introduced at the reception by Capt. Bernard Turkla, assistant professor of military science, and will sign autographs and chat with students.
Engineer Exposition Chairmen Are Picked
Hudson and Best who portray gang members "Diamond Dick" and "Bitter Creek", arrived in Lawrence this morning for a busy round of activities. Murphy is expected to reach Lawrence about 6 this evening.
Hudson and Best became horsemen and trick riders in conjunction with movie roles which require "real" cowboys. They were taught by ex-rodeo men for six weeks in preparation for their roles in "The Cimarron Kid."
Chairmen for the 1952 Engineering Exposition, annual scientific show presented by the School of Engineering and Architecture, have been announced by Robert Kipp, president of the Engineering Council, the school's governing body.
The chairmen for the two-day event which is scheduled for Friday, April 4 and Saturday, April 5, are Vernon Johnson, engineering senior, and Gene Rogers, engineering sophomor.
COACH FORREST C. ALLEN, (left) happily accepts the Big Seven pre-season tournament championship trophy and a hardy hand-shake from Bruce Drake, Oklahoma mentor and head of the national basketball rules committee. It was the first time in the six-year history of the tourney that a KU team has captured the crown, having been
beaten twice in the finals.—Photo by Gagliardo-Clarkson
47 States Represented At Religious Conference
K-State Tickets To Arrive Soon
KU's share of the tickets to the K-State-KU basketball battle in Manhattan Jan. 26 failed to arrive during the Christmas vacation as scheduled, E. L. Falkenstien, athletic business manager said this morning. The tickets may reach Lawrence today however.
WEATHER
KU students lucky enough to be around the athletic office when the tickets arrive will be permitted to buy only one so that the thin supply can be made to go as far as possible.
Just how many tickets will be in the KU block is uncertain Mr. Falkenstien said, but the number will not be too large as only 2,600 seats in the K-State fieldhouse are available to the public this year. K-State students, faculty and season ticket holders have claim on the other 10,000.
Snow west and north, freezing rain or sleet in southeast tonight and Friday beginning in west and south this afternoon. Not so cold tonight, lows 15-20 west and north, 25 southeast. High Friday 22-25 west and north, 28-30 southeast. Accumulation of freezing rain and sleet likely will be heavy.
Nearly 2,200 students and leaders from 47 states and almost every foreign country outside the Iron Curtain were in attendance at the 16th quadrennial Student Volunteer Movement conference at the University from Dec. 27 through Tuesday.
Awards Presented At WAA Banquet
About 75 University women and faculty members attended the annual Women's Athletic association banquet held just before the Christmas holidays in the Union.
The high point of the banquet came when Vinita Bradshaw, association president, presented Miss Ruth Hoover, director of intramursals, with a KU blazer. This award is ordinarily reserved for students and is one of the highest which may be attained in intramursals.
The event, held each fall, following the volleyball and hockey season, pays tribute to the outstanding students in intramural. New members to the association are also initiated.
The award was made in appreciation of Miss Hoover's many years of service and devotion to the women of the University.
Miss Joie Stapleton, WAA faculty sponsor, awarded blazers to Sydney Ashton and Vinita Bradshaw.
Members of the honorary varsity teams in volleyball and hockey were presented to the group. The volleyball team includes: Ernestine Dehlinger, Helene Steinbuchel, Nancy Seaman, Sue Neff, Sydney Ashton, Margaret Black, Mary Snead and Nancy Hutton.
The hockey team includes: Sydney Ashton, Ernestine Dehlinger, Chloe Warner, Vinita Bradshaw, Betty van der Smissen, Sue Neff, Shirley Thomson, Mary Ann Mahoney, Shirley Wilkie, Jean Michaelss and
Carolyn Zimmerman, Rita Speckin,
Ruth Heilbrunn, Eloise Feuerborn,
Doraine Wiegel, Marry Anne Everett,
Mary Gale Loveless, Barbara Fordham,
Sue Baldwin, LaVon Skaropan, Virginia Mackey, Jance Moses, Carolyn Wahlberg, Catherine Petit, Marilyn Dubach, Jo Piller, Shirley Smith and Betty Collins.
New members initiated include Carole Davis, Carol Landis, Suzanne Plummer, Nancy Canary, Marilyn Kipp, Joan Leonhart, Nancy Hutton, Mary Demerter, Mary Snead, Caroline Torneden, Elva Sutton, Pattie Gillespie, Rosemary Cody, Marlene Moss, Margaret Black, Flavia Robertson, Frances Bibens.
Carolyn Wahlberg.
Ohio sent the largest delegation with 146 students from 25 colleges. Kansas was second with 138 from 18 colleges, Illinois third with 132 from 27 colleges, and Texas fourth with 112 from 28 schools.
It was the largest interdenominational Christian student gathering in the United States since the early 1930's, said Edward H. Johnson, SVM executive secretary.
The delegates represented nearly 40 protestant denominations and were almost all college students. The conference leaders were educators, missionaries and full-time church workers.
"The Barber of Seville" an Italian film with English titles starring Ferrucio Tagliavini, Italian tenor, will be shown at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 4, in Hoch auditorium.
The students were housed in University dormitories and organized houses, and took their meals at the Union. About 300 students who had not registered in advance were housed in the military science building and Robinson gymnasium. The eating schedule was set up with three shifts with each shift given one-half hour.
The international flavor of the conference was heightened by the attendance of about 180 foreign students who are now enrolled in North American colleges.
The University as the host school provided the largest individual delegation with 56 representatives. The University of Illinois was second with 37; the University of Texas, 31; the University of Minnesota, 29, and the University of Manitoba, 29.
To Show Italian Film At 7:30 p.m.Friday
The movie, which will be narrated by Deems Taylor, American music composer and critic, is taken from comic opera,"The Barber of Seville" by Rossini.
Major characters in the film are The Count of Almaviva, played by FerrUCCio Tagliavini; Figaro, the barber, Tito Gobbii; Rosina, Nelly Corradi; Don Bartolo, Vito de Taranto; Don Basilio, Italo Tajo; Berta, Natalia Nicolini, and Fliorello, Nino Mazziotti.
The orchestra and chorus of the Rome Opera house under the direction of Mario Costa will also appear in the film. All persons will be admitted free to the movie.