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University Daily Kansan
Thursday, Dec. 13, 1951
University Chorus Makes Debut To Small Audience
By JIM POWERS
The University chorus, 180 voices strong, made its formal debut Wednesday night before a disappointing audience that could not fill one section of Hoch auditorium.
Clayton Krehbiel did a commendable job of training and directing the group.
He was especially effective in his direction of the large choral works of "The Christmas Oratorio," among which the outstanding were "Glory to God in the Highest" and "Glory Be to God."
The latter number might well have been the best of the evening had it not been for a fadeout when the basses had the lead.
That section was weak all evening, a fact which spoiled the emotional effect of chorales like "How Shall I Fitly Meet Thee" and "The Lord Has All These Wonders Wrought," in which the movement of the bass part provides the necessary shadings.
It wasn't their lack of quality that caused the men to be deficient. There were only seven tenors and 16 basses in the entire chorus. The basses had quality but not enough of it.
Microphones placed in front of them helped out when they were standing, but the "mikes" picked up the tenors far better than the lower voices, it seemed.
Outstanding performer of all was Richard Wright, tenor, who sang the role of evangelist with clarity and ease. His words, which told the scriptural story of Christmas, were
An inspiring chorale beautifully and expressively sung was "Break Forth, O Beauteous, Heavenly Light."
distinct and understandable.
Unfortunately, where this person sat, a slight echo caused by the microphone arrangement could be heard when Wright or Phyllis McFarland, soprano, sang.
Miss McFarland had another echo, although this one was intentional. It was Mary Lee Haury, who did a fine job of imitating the soloist in the soprano aria, "Ah! My Saviour."
Maurice Casey, bass soloist, made the difficult b aria aria seem even more difficult. He worked too hard, singing "Mighty Lord, and King All Glorious," but with a little more practice could probably handle it.
The soprano section, comprised of many well-trained voices, was easily the leading section of the chorus. But how the tenors kept up so well with only seven members is hard to say.
The elimination of several tiring arias and duets from the oratorio was wise and left a lively, enjoyable program.
If the man-shortage can be solved, the chorus, already the biggest, may become the best music group on the campus.
Tito Can Offer Soldiers But Demands A High Price
Belgrade—(U.P.)—Marshal Tito of Communist Yugoslavia believes that his country's defiance of the Soviet Union and its satellites since the break with the Kremlin three years ago has made an important contribution to the defense of the Western World.
He wants to be paid off—in American guns, tanks and planes.
Tito is going to get his United States military aid. Negotiations on that are nearing a conclusion. However, he will receive nothing like the $500,000,000 worth mentioned in some reports as his possible allotment for this year.
That's the dominant impression one gathers from a press conference talk with the greying strong man who dared defy Moscow when the Russians insisted upon a complete voice in the affairs of Yugoslavia.
The consensus of best informed officials here is that he will be fortunate to get half that.
Allied officials at supreme headquarters near Paris look at the matter much as Tito does. They recognize the marriage of convenience far, what it is.
They are grateful for the 32 Yugoslav divisions against satellite forces in Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Albania. They believe it is in the interest of the western powers to help him equip his rather tattered and ill-equipped forces.
American officials do not want Tito in the Atlantic Fact, however, and they realize he does not want to participate.
The Marshal's break with Moscow obviously has not driven him an inch closer to western democratic philosophies. He concedes t h a t Communism and capitalism can coexist peacefully but makes it clear that he looks down on the western concepts of government.
His only apology is that Yugoslavia, at present, has attained only a state of "social democracy" and has not yet achieved true Communism. He contends that the Soviet version of Communism is a gross caricature of the real thing.
The Yugoslav leader scoffs at the idee, held in some countries such as India, that any country can remain neutral in the current cold war.
"With matters as they stand today, there can be no neutrality against aggression," says the wartime partisan leader.
Tito is asking the United States to give priority to his needs for heavy artillery, tanks and aircraft.
One difficulty American officials report in their efforts to come to agreement with Yugoslavia on arms aid is Tito's reluctance to agree to adequate inspection and supervision
by United States officers.
In all other countries, American training and inspection programs accompany the equipment to insure its most efficient use. However, Tito is reluctant to grant this right.
Tito wants to play for still higher stakes. He obviously believes he is holding enough high cards to get a large chunk of military aid.
He claims he is holding off about 1,000,000 troops and police in the four satellites on his eastern frontier. American officials concede him a large share in this—along with the Turks and Greeks—but declare they have no intention "to equip his army from top to bottom."
Burlington, Wis.-(U.P.)—The Burlington Liars club wants only bona fide liars—no politicians—in its competition for the best liar of 1951, according to President O. C. Hulett.
If You Drink Park The Car
Hulett cited a couple of the whoppers as evidence that this year's entries were just about as far-fetched as ever. In all seriousness Hulett said that the club had to be quite selective because "some of the boys get kinda carried away."
Hulett said 1951 had been a tough year for liars because "so many people had moved into the field. But our judges are looking over entries from all parts of the country."
Gillete said he was responsible for the survival of Kansas City from the flood last summer. "When the water was at its crest," he said, "one of my cows got washed into the Missouri river and was being carried down-stream."
Many Liars Seek Title
Emile Gillet Jr., of Arma submitted a typical tale of prevarication that he hoped would meet with the approval of the Liars club judges.
He said he hoped to announce this year's winner shortly before Christmas.
For whom the bell tolls in December
In mourning or with Yuletide peal
Depends on how drivers remember—
If drinking, stay away, form!
If drinking, stay away from the wheel
"I put out in a boat, got a hay rope onto the cow and was rowing back to shore when a fish swallowed it. It took a hook-up of three farm tractors to land that fish, but when we got it out on the bank, the hole it left filled up and the water went down and Kansas City was saved."
This little verse might well be remembered when a person takes into consideration that 550 persons were killed by automobiles during the three-day Christmas holiday week-end in 1950.
The bloody bulge in the holiday death curve can be blamed primarily on drinking drivers, according to the accident prevention department of the Association of Casulty and Surety Companies.
More than 3,580 lives were lost in automobile accidents last December, Traffic deaths far exceeded the 3-210 death toll of August, peak month for highway travel, department records show.
Injuries in December may have reached 140,000, the greatest number of victims for any month of 1950, according to the records.
"There is strong evidence of an increase in drinking-and-driving." Thomas N. Boate, acting manager of the department, declared. "I believe that strong law enforcement can deter many drivers from taking the wheel of their cars after drinking.
"Even more important, an intensive educational campaign in December might convince millions of motorists of the folly of using their automobile at times when they drink."
With the wettest season of the year just ahead—alcoholically speaking—Mr. Boate strongly urges everyone to take an active part in the association's effort to convince drivers that an accident is virtually inevitable if they use their cars while drinking.
"The bulk of the problem involves drivers who have consumed only enough drinks to affect their ability to drive safely and are not obviously drunk." he stated.
If education and enforcement go hand-in-hand on a broad scale it might be possible to save many lives and prevent many injuries, Mr. Boate said.
"If every driver knew how much even a few drinks impair his driving ability and lessen his chances of getting back home safely," Mr. Boate stated, "he would always leave his car at home and travel some other way. It's the one sure way of avoiding accidents if one drinks.
"To be sure of avoiding impairment of driving ability through slowed reactions, false confidence, impaired concentration, dulled judgement and poorer vision, a drinker who must drive should remember this traffic tradegy time-table:
"A driver must wait half an hour after one drink, whether it is a high-ball, cocktail, or a bottle of beer, before attempting to drive his car. After two drinks he must wait two hours; after three drinks, four hours; after four drinks, six hours, and after five drinks, eight hours."
"It is much saner to leave one's car home in the first place, and travel some other way rather than risk the tragic consequences of drinking and driving."
All members are urged to attend, as the party plans to discuss a proposal for re-organization of the All Student Council and certain amendments to the constitution. *
A special meeting of FACTS, campus political party, will be held at 7:30 p.m. today in 210 Fraser.
FACTS To Hold Special
A lecture illustrated with slides on the subject "The Brain's Blood Supply" was given to medical students and the public by Dr. Ernst Sharrer, associate professor of anatomy at Colorado university Thursday morning.
Prof. Speaks To Med Students
WEATHER
Cloudy this afternoon, tonight and Friday, with snow in west portion this afternoon spreading eastward late this afternoon and continuing over the state tonight and Friday. Moderate snow with some drifting and blowing in the west portion. Colder east and north tonight and over the state Friday. Low tonight 10 to 15 northeast.
News Roundup
Washington—U.P.)—President Truman said today that he is planning quick executive action to prevent federal employees from having profitable outside interests.
Truman Will Act Against Profit Seeking Employees
Mr. Truman at a news conference said he does not think government workers should have outside interests and he expects to do something about it, possibly this week.
The President said his program would consist in general of two parts
1. Legislation to meet the situation. This will be outlined in his State of the Union message to Congress in January.
2. Direct action by the chief executive, himself, this to come shortly.
Probe Oliphant's Interest In Shakedown
Washington—(U.P.)—House tax investigators hoped to learn today why Charles Oliphant, resigned chief counsel of the Internal Revenue bureau, took special interest in Abraham Teitelbaum's tax troubles.
Oliphant was scheduled to testify after the House ways and means subcommittee investigating tax scandals finishes questioning Bert K. Naster, Hollywood, Fla., businessman.
Teitelbaum, attorney for the late Al Capone, has accused Naster and gambler-promoter Frank Nathan of attempting a $500,000 shake-down to fix his tax case.
U.S. Jets Down Record Number Of MIG's
Eighth Army Headquarters, Korea—(U.P.)-American Sabre jets destroyed a record-breaking 13 Russian-built MIG-15 jet fighter planes today in blazing air battles over Northwest Korea.
Two more MIG's were probably destroyed and one damaged in the "MIG alley" dogfights. American losses, if any, were not given.
Using Ike 'Only To Win' Is Claim
Washington—(U.P.) —Sen. Joseph C. O'Mahoney today accused some Republican leaders of urging Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower to run for president "only because they think he would win."
O'Mahoney, a loyal administration supporter, ridiculed claims of Eisenhower Republicans that the general is Republican.
"It's perfectly absurd," he said, "to have political leaders saying Eisenhower is a Democrat or a Republican when they don't know a darn thing about what he stands for—except that he stands right on international issues."
Low Kansas Draft Quota For February
Topeka, Kan.—(U.P.)—Brig. Gen. Joe Nickell, state selective service director, reported today that Kansas must supply 621 men for the February draft.
The February quota was considerably less than the January quota of 1,130 men.
Typhoons Continue Battering Islands
Manila, P.I.—(U.P.)—Two typhoons roared today toward battered central Philippine Islands where storms and volcanic eruptions have killed at least 464 persons in the past nine days.
The weather bureau in Manila said the 105-mile-an-hour typhoon "Amy," which earlier this week took a reported death toll of 216 in the Central Philippines, had turned in the South China Sea and was heading again toward the west coast of Luzon.
Plans For Topeka Hospital Revealed
Topeka—(U.P.)—Plans for a $1,300,000 hospital at the Menninger foundation here next year were announced today.
Treasurer Laird Dean said the funds for the project were in sight. He said bids for the construction probably would be received in January.
About $456,000 of the total cost of the unit will be supplied from federal funds.
French Easily Ratify Schuman Plan
Paris—(U.P.)—The French National assembly ratified by a large majority today the Schuman plan to pool the $4,000,000,000 coal and steel resources of Western Europe.
The ratification vote was 377 to 233, the largest majority the government of Premier Rene Pleven has received in its four-months in office.
Two Athletes Admit Breaking Law
Joplin—(U.P.)-Two teen-age athletes, one a pitching prospect of the New York Yankees, were in jail here today, charged with auto theft and burglary.
Jim Samplely, who signed a Yankee contract for 1952, and Bob Evans, star Joplin High school football player, both 17, admitted to Police Capt. Roy Isgriff three auto thefts and ten break-ins in Joplin and Webb City in recent weeks.
Four Die As Water Tank Collapses
Tucumcari, N.M.-(U.P.)-At least four persons died and several others were injured early on when a 3,000,000-gallon water tank collapsed, flooding a section on the West side of this town of 8,500.