Naval Exams To Be Offered Here Saturday
Day-long written examinations will be given Saturday at the University to 102 high school seniors from this area who wish to receive four-year scholarships for the Naval ROTC program.
The tests will be given by the Guidance bureau. Examinations will be given on the same day in eight other Kansas towns.
The scholarships include books, tuition, fees and uniforms for four years. In addition the cadets will receive $50 a month.
Students successfully completing the program will be graduated with commissions as ensigns in the regular Navy and are expected to serve two years in the Navv.
The successful applicants will receive scholarships to any college or university in the United States which has a Naval ROTC unit.
The students must pass the written examinations Saturday and the physical and oral examinations which will be given in Kansas City on Monday, Jan. 28, and Friday, Feb. 29.
Slashing winds with velocities ranging up to 60 miles an hour hit the University yesterday but no serious damage has been reported.
Hard Winds Cause Damage Here
Trees were bent over and windows were shaken from one end of the campus to the other but apparently a few broken window panes constituted the only damage.
Several radio and television aerials in the nearby area were said to have been bent far enough to make them temporarily useless.
Delbert Erhard, operator of the Lawrence airport, said that although he did not take any official readings he believed that the wind there at times reached the speed of 50 miles an hour. He added that the wind velocity on the campus might have been as much as 10 miles an hour more because of the added height.
Elsewhere in the area, Topeka reported gusts up to 67 miles an hour, Kansas City, Mo., was having blows between 50 and 60 miles an hour and Fairfax airport at Kansas City, Kans., clocked the wind at 72 miles an hour.
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Talk On Propaganda Scheduled Over KLWN
Nino Lo Bello, instructor in sociology, will be the eighth speaker on the Sociology on the Air broadcast at 9:45 Sunday morning over KLWN. His topic will be "Propaganda and You."
Mr. Lo Bello received his graduate degree from New York university He joined the KU faculty in the fall of 1950.
B. H. HORTON, Royston, Ga,
believes he has set some sort
of record as a blood donor. He
is suffering from a rare disease
which manufactures m o r e
blood than needed. He has
given 168 pints of blood in
three years of donating.
GEN. MATTHEW B. RIDGWAY (right), wearing his usual battle harness with grenade and first aid kit, is in a smiling mood as he chats with Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy, chief Allied peace negotiator (left), upon Ridgway's arrival at Munson recently for a series of top-level talks upon the progress of peace negotiations with the Reds
tions with the Reds.
By JIM POWERS
UDK Music Critic Muses Upon Thursday's Concert
Every reviewer of music events has his troubles.
What to say about a concert that would be fair. news-worthy is always a problem to the would
So every reviewer tries to think up some good rules to follow, if there are any. This particular writer sits down to work out some sort of a system.
“Take Thursday's concert by the University Symphony orchestra,” he says to himself. “Should I give more impressions? If so, then I should tell about seeing visions of Delores Wunsch, talented young concert pianist, playing in Carnegie hall before a packed house.”
He continues, "Her skillful touch and pleasing coloration of Chopin's Concerto No. 2 indicated that she has great possibilities for the future. All of which is true except that the concert was played in Hoch auditorium before a very meager audience instead of Carnegie hall as I imagined it.
"Or should I be critical? Although I'm not an expert, I noticed several mistakes in the performance Thursday night," the writer adds. "Miss Wunsch made a few, although they did not destroy the general excellence of her performance.
"And the string sections hung together loosely at times.
"Or I could be more objective and write about the music itself, telling the readers that Symphony No. 4 by Dvorak was played in Lawrence for the first time Thursday and that only one member of the orchestra, Karel Blaas, had ever played it before
"As for glaring mechanical defects, I might mention the lady string bass player who detracted from the Dworak symphony by beating time on her instrument with her hand.
"I might say that the new music
was very favorably received, because of its youthful melodies which charmed the audience. All of which would be true.
"Or should I write about individual performance and give high praise to Fred Palmer, concert master, for his fine violin work and to Eugene Johnson for his outstanding flute solos in the Dvorak symphony?
"I might even give special credit to the flute, trumpet and French horn sections, for they all did splendid work during the concert. The flutists were especially good in the second and third movements of Dvorak.
"But if I mention the crowd at all, I'll have to say it was lousy." The people simply were not there."
Then he smiles as he hits upon the solution.
"I know," he says, "T'll give them a general picture of the concert and let them guess at the details. If they want to know any more, they'll have to go next time.
"I'll say that the University Symphony orchestra played the overture from the 'Russian Easter Festival' in an inspired manner and that the number was much better than at the All-Music Vessers some weeks ago.
"I'll say that Dvorak's Symphony No. 4 was played in a brilliant fashion that would make enjoyable listening for anyone, including those who prefer modern music. It was an excellent concert conducted by Professor Russell L. Wiley.
"The University should be proud to claim such a high-level music group."
And with that the reviewer proceeds to take another aspirin.
Complete Cortisone Synthesis Was Top Science News Of The Year
New York—(U.P.) —The complete synthesis of the hormone drug cortisone was the top science news of 1951 according to Paul Ellis, UP science editor.
The development, accomplished by a team of Mexican scientists, might well lead to discovery of other hormone substances even better than recombinant which has brought to completion in the treatment of various diseases.
Other important science stores of the year were:
2. The series of atomic bomb blasts in Nevada, indicating that the United States has developed a "baby atom bomb."
3. The discovery of the structure of several proteins, opening the possibility that science may be able to artificial bone, muscle, hair and wool.
4. Development of a blood substitute and it wholesale production.
5. The use of bacteria to fight
7. Creation of mesons—cosmic
partition of matter
8. Columbia
university's huge epsilon
6. Development of dromoran, a pain killing drug showing more benefit than morphine.
8. The declassification of the west face of Brookhaven's atomic energy pile and disclosure that five cancer treatments be treated by radiation from the pile.
bacterial disease.
9. The preservation of milk by x-rav irradiation.
10. The use of radioactive cobalt as a substitute for radium.
The cortisone synthesis was made from a cheap vegetable source, the Mexican vam.
There has been no official confirmation, but the atomic blasts in Nevada indicate that the United States has made good progress in the development of a hydrogen bomb and other "fantastic weapons" of war.
-News Roundup
UN Reverses Its Field; Discuss Troop Withdrawals
Panmunjom, Korea—(U.P.)—The United Nations did an about-face today and promised to discuss the withdrawal of troops from Korea later in the armistice talks.
U. S. Maj. Gen. Henry I. Hodes also suggested at a truce subcommittee meeting that the withdrawal might begin as soon as the "armistice is going well."
Despite its reversal on the withdrawal question, however, the UN reiterated it "cannot and will not" agree to abandon the American troop rotation program in Korea for the sake of an armistice.
Planner Of Pearl Harbor Tells All
Tokyo—(U.P.)-The Japanese admiral who planned the Pearl Harbor attack 10 years ago said today he realized later that he had picked the wrong targets.
He also said the attack was not planned as a surprise. The original idea, he said, was that an ultimatum was to be delivered in Washington with the attack taking place an hour later. The ultimatum was delayed, and the attack became a surprise.
"The purpose was to destroy the fleet," Rear Admiral Sadatoshi Tomioka said in an exclusive interview. "We realized later that we should have concentrated on the oil tanks and naval shore facilities."
Cannon Made For Atom Artillery Shell
Washington—(U.P.)—The army has perfected a cannon to fire atomic artillery shells.
These shells, according to Army Chief of Staff Gen. J. Lawton Collins, will be ready for battlefield use "in the not too distant future."
He indicated they may be America's answer to Russia's superior military manpower.
'Luxury' Days Over For The Military
Washington—(U.P.) —The Senate preparedness subcommittee, warning that "trivial" waste in the armed forces endangers the nation's economy, served notice today that "luxury" days are over for the military establishment.
2. "Hotel-style" dormitories at Carswell field, which the subcommittee called "an unusual departure from the traditions of military housing."
Criticized as examples of waste were:
1. An unidentified mess sergeant at Carlswell field who had 200 pounds of coffee on hand which had been allowed to become stale and were to be used as a floor sweep.
3. "Adequate" chairs and tables in Air Force mess halls are being replaced with more "elaborate" items such as upholstered chairs and tables with plasticized tops.
Hibok-Hibok Deaths Approach 2,000
Already sprinkled with former backers of Harold E. Stassen, backers of Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio claimed their latest recruit from Kansas, Sen. Andrew F. Schoeppel, who yesterday gave a public endorsement of Taft. He split with most other Kansas Republican leaders who have joined the Eisenhower campaign.
Manila, P.I.—(U.R.)—The Red Cross said today the death toll from the volcanic eruptions of Mt. Hibok-Hibok may reach 2,000 as a new flood of searing lava trapped 200 persons in the village of Nasga.
Philippine naval vessels began a mass evacuation to the island of Mindanao today of thousands of persons left homeless by four eruptions of the mountain on the island of Camiguin. Mt. Hibok-Hibok continued to rumble today and there were no signs of its quieting down.
Taft Supporters Gain In Power
Washington— (U.P.) —The Taft-for-President organization kept chipping away today at prospective supporters of other candidates for the Republican presidential nomination.
High School Grid Fixes Hit Islands
Honolulu, T.H.—(U.P.)—Police have charged four persons—including two high school football players—with bribery in an alleged fix of interscholastic games in Honolulu stadium.
Authorities said they believe this "is only the beginning" of a possible bribery scandal affecting other Honolulu high schools.
Trial Of Newsmen Is Adjourned
Lake Charles, La.—(U.P.)—District Court Judge J. Bernard Cocke adjourned the trial of five newspapermen here on charges of defamation until Dec. 19 after a stormy session during which the district attorney was ordered to leave the courtroom.
The newsmen, members of the Lake Charles American Press are being tried without a jury. They are accused of "smearing" the plaintiffs in a crusade against crime and vice in Calcasieu Parish (county).
Mayor Of Kansas City, Kansas Dies
Kansas City, Kan.-(U.P.)-Don C. McCombs, mayor of Kansas City, Kan., for 20 years, died late last night in Providence hospital. He suffered a paralytic stroke Jan. 28 at his home, 418 No. 17th st.