UNIVERSITY DAILY
Topeka, Ks.
Diane Wade, College junior from Mission, was crowned queen of the Military Ball during intermission festivities Friday night.
Bv JERRY RENNER
MISS DIANE WADE WAS CROWNED an honorary commandant at the Military Ball Friday night by Tex Beneke, whose orchestra played for the ball. Diane, a College junior from Mission, represented Alpha Delta Pi. Kansan photo by Al Marshall.
Diane Wade Crowned Military Ball Queen
This time it was Tex Beneke, and not Chancellor Murphy, who gave the queen a kiss.
The more than 2,000 persons who jammed the Military Science building to participate in the annual ball included Chancellor and Mrs. Murphy, Lt. Col. Lynn Moore of the Air Force ROTC, Col. E. F. Kumpe of the Army ROTC, Capt. W. R. Ter-
Donna Arnold, College sophomore from Dodge City, and Kay Magers, College freshman from Parkville, Mo., were the queen's attendants.
Shirley Wilson, Benene's soloist who left the Harry James band three months ago to join Benene's orchestra said.
man. David W. Hutchison, commanding officer of the 21st Air division, Forbes Air Force base, Topeka.
"I had no idea that it would be so much fun. Everyone is having a good time."
"This is one of the most appreciative groups we have ever played for. They really seem to like us." Beneke said.
Questioned about movies, he has none scheduled for the immediate future.
"We have a backlog of records but they are released by the recording studio so we never know when a tune is coming out," Beneke said. The band played one of its latest releases "SWonderful" during the evening.
The "Mexican Hat Dance" number was a high point of the evening with everyone going south of the border to dance with his lady in true gaucho fashion.
During the evening Chancellor Murphy addressed a tribute to "those who sacrificed themselves in a war that began 10 years ago today."
Fair to partly cloudy and warmer this afternoon and tonight, rather windy. Tuesday mostly cloudy and turning colder with strong northerly winds and a few snow flurries likely in north portion. Low tonight near 30. High Tuesday in 30's.
"We have been on tour of the South and are working our way to New York," the band leader said.
WEATHER
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49th Year No. 59
Monday, Dec. 10, 1951
A new look in Big Seven athletics will be the result of action taken by the faculty representatives of the member universities of the league at the athletic conference in Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 6 through 9. The conference was attended by the presi-
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Big 7 Votes New Look In Athletics
taken;
this school year freshmen will be ineligible for inter-collegiate sports, as was the case previous to this year. The ruling was changed back because the expected student shortage this year did not develop.
officials.
Spring football practice, formerly limited to six calendar weeks, was shortened to 20 days. The practices may be extended over a period of five weeks. The former rule allowing one two hour practice for each day remains in tact; the basketball practice also fathes the hatchet and was shortened to 12 days. Series will
ference was attended by students of the seven universities, the athletic directors, the football coaches, the athletic business managers and the faculty representatives.
Members of the athletic department of each school, as a result of the new rulings, may visit high schools and junior colleges for recruitment purposes only upon the invitation of the particular school's officials.
Court Rules Regents Post To Hershberger
Members of the Big Seven will now be barred from entering any post season athletic contests. Okinoma decided some time ago they
These were the major actions taken;
The fight for possession of the ninth seat on the Kansas board of regents was settled Saturday when the state supreme court ruled that A. W. Hershberger, Wichita attorney, was legally entitled to the office.
This action confirmed the ouster of Jerry Driscoll, Russell, who has held the position since 1945.
The supreme court ruled by a unanimous verdict that an appointee to the regents holds office until the senate acts on the governor's appointment. However, if the senate adjourns without acting positively it fails to approve the appointment and a vacancy occurs which the governor is required to fill.
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Driscoll was appointed to the present term by Gov. Frank Carlson on Dec. 30, 1949 for a two year period.
Gov. Edward F. Arn declined to resubmit Driscoll's name to the senate for confirmation but instead presented the name of Herb Barr, Leoti, for the office. The senate declined to act and after the senate had adjourned Governor Arn appointed Hershberger to what he referred to as the vacancy. The action was upheld by other members of the board and in an opinion of the attorney general's office prior to the supreme court decision.
Mrs. Joanne Johnson Baker, pianist, and Mrs. Elizabeth Wilkins Vaughan, soprano, will present a recital at 8 p.m. today in Strong auditorium.
All appointees involved in the dispute are Democrats.
Pianist, Soprano To Give Recital
The recital, sponsored by Mu Phi Epsilon, professional music sorority will be open to the public.
Mrs. Eaker, who studied at the University from 1940 to 1942, is instructor of piano at the University of Kansas City.
Basketball teams of the conference next year may play only 21 games, instead of the present 24.
would not accept any more post-
season bowl game gobs this year.
Except where contracts have already been made, athletic scholarships are limited by the new laws, to board, room, tuition and fees. Formerly included in an athletic scholarship was $15 for incidents.
education.
The faculty representatives took no new lecture concerning television and college sports. Action will pend on extensive reports on the subject which will be made at the NCAA convention. Numerous experimental telecasts have been made to ascertain the effect of a telecast of a sports event upon the gate receipts. Regular live telecasts of Big Seven sports events at present is not allowed.
Some of the subjects dealt with in the plan are the pressure of the platoon system of substitution in football, spurious entrance procedures for athletes, excessive financial aid, high-pressure recruiting, excessive entertainment of prospective athletes, collusion in receiving gifts and benefits and possible diversion from the main goal -obtaining an education.
Considerable time was spent in the conference on the 12-point deemphasis plan of the NCAA which will be taken up at the NCAA convention Jan.9 to 12 in Cincinnati.
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T. DeWitt Carr, dean of the School of Engineering, said that in the main, votes by the faculty representatives on the new rules are unanimous (it takes 5 out of 7 to approve a new rule). Each representative is appointed by the university president
A strong force at the conference said Dean Carr, was public opinion, which, due to the recent college athletic scandals, has been aroused and is demanding that corrective action be taken.
The next meeting of conference faculty representatives and athletic officials will be in March, following the spring conference track meet.
"The Big Seven is leading the way among the major conferences in the nation in taking significant steps to correct faults in college athletics," said Dean Carr.
Presidents of each university in the conference, except President McCain of Kansas State, attended the conferences Saturday and Sunday. McCain was unable to leave Manhattan because of an unusually heavy snowfall. The conference presidents last met in July, 1947, at the time the NCAA sanity code was being organized.
Conference football coaches met in the Hotel Muehlbach, Sunday to review the past season, make plans for next year and to discuss next season's game officials. The grid mentors meet before and after each season's campaign.
'Give A Lift' Urges Student Ride Bureau
Students who are driving home for the Christmas holidays and have room for an extra passenger or two are urged to contact the ride bureau at the Student Union activities office.
A number of students have informed the bureau that they need transportation home but only two cars so far have been volunteered. Drivers of these cars are going to Columbus, Ohio, and to St. Joseph, Mo.
Four students would like rides to New York City, two are going to New Jersey, five to Florida and one to California. Others are seeking rides to points in Texas, Colorado, Wisconsin and Canada as well as to towns in western Kansas.
Follies Tickets Now On Sale
Tickets for the AWS Faculty Follies went on sale this morning and will remain on sale till 5 p.m. today in Strong rotunda and the Union. Tickets will be on sale Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the same places. Admission is 50 cents a person.
The Follies will be presented at 8 p.m. Thursday in Fraser theater for one night only.
Featured in the show will be a 9-act play and a carnival show. Allen Crafton, professor of speech, will be master of ceremonies and M. C. Slough, associate professor of law, will direct.
ROTC Cadets To Give Blood To Red Cross
The bloodmobile will be at the Military Science building for four days. Jan. 8, 9, 10 and 11.
About 950 cadets and midshipmen of the Army, Air Force and Navy ROTC units at the University have volunteered to give a pint of blood to the Red Cross bloodmobile when it is here next month.
Six-hundred of the 1,000 AFROTC men have already volunteered. The Army unit has 110 volunteers and the Navy ROTC has 200.
Col. E. F. Kumpe, professor of military science and tactics, said that more volunteers are expected as soon as a canvass of the units is completed.
I4. Col. Lenn R. Moore, professor of air science and tactics, and Capt. W. R. Terrell, professor of naval science and tactics, said the situation in the Air Force and Navy units is the same.
The three ROTC commanders will be the first to give blood to the Red Cross bloodmobile. They will be followed by other members of the staff.
The students must have parental consent in most cases because of age. No parents have refused this permission so far. ___
NO, THIS ISN'T A BALLET ACT. It was part of the action Saturday night as the Jayhawks defeated Denver 84-53 in Hoch auditorium. Dean Wells is the twisted KU ballhawk charging toward the basket. Others identifiable in the mele include bespectacled Jerry Alberts of Kansas and Leroy Kalas (15) and John Griffin (32) of Denver.-Kansan photo by Al Marshall.