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Kansas State historical Society
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University Daily Kansan
49th Year No.58
Friday, Dec. 7, 1951
STUDENT NEWS PAPER
LAWRENCE. KANSAS
High School Principals Interview Freshmen
The third annual principal-freshman conference was held at the University Thursday. Each year Kansas high school principals are invited to come to the University and interview graduates from their high schools who are now freshmen at KU.
At a coffee in Corbin hall following the conference the principals discussed the merits of the day's work.
"The freshmen complained that their faculty advisers were not from the school they were planning to enter," Arley Bryant, adviser from Concordia, said. "They feel they should have competent advisers from the school they plan to enter to help them plan the background for advanced study."
cussed Neal M. Wheery, principal of Lawrence High school, said he and his representatives had better response from the freshman this year than in the preceding conferences,
"One of our boys, a fraternity pledge, said he thought it would be a better idea if the freshman boys had a dormitory system like the girls for the first year," Mr. Bryant said. "He seemed to feel that such a dormitory would make it easier for boys to make the transition from high school to college if fraternity pledging was postponed until the sophomore year."
Mrs. Frohman Meeker of Garnett High school said her former students thought it would be best to have the entrance examinations at the first of orientation week instead of toward the end.
M. F. Start, principal of Hiawata High school, and Arthur Mastin, principal of Concordia High school said freshman thought there should be more English composition in high school and more essay-type examinations.
"They said they were too worn out from the parties and activities of orientation week to do a good job on the examinations," she said.
"Study habits seem to give my former students the most trouble." Floyd Farmer, principal of Wichita East, said. "It seems the quiet hours in the dorms are bad."
"Some of them did have trouble with their freshman advisers," Mr. Farmer said. "One of the freshmen was loaded down with 18 hours at the beginning of the semester and he did not realize just how much work that was going to take. The adviser did not give him any warning of what 18 hours would mean."
Table Tennis Tourney Planned
The annual all-school intramural table tennis tournament for the men's singles championship will be played Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 11, 12 and 13 at 7:15 p.m. in the game room of the Union.
The tournament is sponsored by Student Union Activities and the KU Table Tennis club.
The winner will receive a traveling trophy. First and second place winners will also receive individual trophies. Third and fourth place winners will receive bronze medallions.
Winners will represent KU at the annual Big Seven tournament to be held at the University of Nebraska in March.
Any student may enter the tournament by signing up in the Student Union Activities office before noon Monday. There will be an entry fee of 25 cents.
WEATHER
Fair north, increasing cloudiness south, somewhat colder northeast and north central tonight. Saturday increasing cloudiness with rain in south by afternoon or night. Continued rather cold. Lows tonight 20 northwest to 25-30 south. High Saturday 40 west and north to 45 southeast.
Pianist, Soprano Present Recital
Mu Phi Epsilon, professional music sorority, will present a recital of two of its former members at 8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 10, in Strong ball auditorium.
The artists areMrs. Joanne Johnson Baker, pianist, and Mrs. Elizabeth Wilkins Vaughan, soprano.
Mrs. Baker studied at the University of Kansas under Carl Preyer from 1940 to 1942. She completed her undergraduate study at the University of Michigan, where she received her bachelor of music degree.
The public is invited.
She was at one time a member of the Michigan piano faculty while finishing her master of music degree in piano. At present she is instructor of piano at the University of Kansas City.
Mrs. Vaughan was graduated from KU in 1930, where she did graduate work. She later attended the University of Kansas City.
Student To Play Carillon Sunday
The weekly carillon program will be played at 3 p.m. Sunday by Stanford Lehmberg, College junior, who is a student of Ronald Barnes, University carillonneur.
The program will feature two of his own arrangements for the instrument.
The recital will include
"Notre Dame" (Clement), "Calm as the Night" (Bohm), arranged by Lehmberg, Gigue (Couperin), "Where'er you Walk" (Handel), arranged by Lehmberg, "Lead On, O King Eternal," "O Come, O Come Emmanuel," "O God Our Help in Ages Past," Flemish dance for carillon (Nees) and "Crimson and the Blue."
The Student Union Activities association invites all students at the University to attend a free dance in the Hawk's Nest from 9 p.m. to midnight Saturday.
SUA Sponsors Free Dance
AWS To Give Faculty Follies In Fraser Dec. 13
The show will consist of a series of vaudeville acts by members of the faculty. Allen Crafton, professor of speech, will be master of ceremonies.
The Faculty Follies sponsored by AWS will be presented at 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13 in Fraser theater
Among those who will appear are Laurence C. Woodruff, dean of men, and Dean George B. Smith of the School of Education.
The program will contain a nine act play in 10 minutes, a carnival show, imitations, nad several quartet numbers.
Annual Christmas Bazaar To Be Today And Saturday
If you've found meat too expensive for your grocery bill, the State Biological survey at the University may have a solution to your problem.
Dr. Rollin Baker, member of the survey said, the meat of fur-bearing animals is just as edible and palatable as that of any other wild game.
Here's A Way To Save Money
"The harvest of fur-bearing animals in Kansas this December and January will reach at least a quarter-million pelts and a small percentage of the carcasses will be utilized," Baker said.
"The flesh of opossum, raccoon, beaver and muskrat is just as edible as quail. In fact, the meat of these animals is in top condition when the pelts are in prime shape," he explained. "Even skunk is good eating."
The proceeds from the Follies will go to the AWS Memorial Scholarship fund.
"The idea of eating such meat is nothing new. Our pioneer forefathers ate such meat and thought nothing of it," Baker said. People desiring such meat may obtain it from trappers in the area.
"Household cookbooks contain numerous recipes for the roasting, barbecuing, or stewing of such meats." Baker pointed out.
Baker said a group of Lawrence residents have taken the lead in popularizing the eating of such meats. Occasional coon barbecues are held in this area.
The annual YWCA Christmas bazaar will be held in Henley house, 1236 Oread street, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. today and Saturday.
Plants in unusual holders will be sold at a plant bar and sandwiches and other food made by WYCA members will be sodd at a food bar.
Corbin hall, denim aprons, coke
aprons, hostess aprons; Miller hall,
baked goods; Watkins hall, baked
goods, and North College hall, silk
fireplace mittens.
Women of Lawrence have donated various items to the bazaar which have been wrapped and placed in a grab bag from which purchases may be made for 25 cents.
The jewelry, maple syrup and sugar and the goods from Gatlinburg were obtained by the YWCA on a consignment basis, the organization receiving a certain per cent of the sales.
cards; Kappa Kappa Gamma, Christmas stockings and aprons, and Pi Beta Phi, potholders.
29th Military Ball Set For 8 Tonight
All profits will go into the YWCA general funds for use during the year.
On sale will be pineapple cloth and wood carvings made by the Igrots, a mountain people of the Philippine islands; handmade silver from Florissant, Mo.; pottery from Fort Scott, Kann.; linen and weaving from Gatlinburg, Tenn.; Vermont maple syrup and sugar.
The 29th annual Military Ball since 1923 will begin at 8 o'clock tonight in the Military Science building.
Various items made and donated by members of organized women's houses at the University will also be for sale.
Delta Delta Delta, tea-towels,
aprons and tablecloth sets; Delta
Gamma, velvet ties; Gamma Phi
Beta, baskets made of Christmas
From Alpha Chi Omega, placemats; Alpha Delta Pi, dolls made of socks; Alpha Micron Pi, candy; Alpha Phi, candy and yarn bears; and Chi Omega, luncheon sets.
From the time that first ball attracted approximately 500 guests.
General To Speak To Arnold Society
Brig. Gen. David W. Hutchison, commanding officer of the 21st Air division, Forbes Air Force base, Topeka, will be the principal speaker at the Arnold Air society banquet preceding the Military ball.
Following the banquet, Gen. Hutchison will be guest of honor at the Military ball.
The general will talk before members of the society, members of the Hap Arnold Jayhawk Air society, Air Force ROTC staff members and their wives.
Phi Beta Kappa's Hear Chakravarty
The spirit of man has transcended all geographic barriers in the spread, ideas, Dr. Amiya Chakravarty told members of Phi Beta Kappa Wednesday.
Ideas, he said, have moved somehow through the times without modern transportation and communication systems.
Dr. Chakravarty, visiting professor of humanities, spoke on "East Meets West" at the initiation meeting of the fraternity.
Today it should move even faster with our modern facilities, he stated.
Five new members were initiated into the University of Kansas chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, national liberal arts honor society, on the 175th anniversary of its founding.
Clothing Drive On For Korea
Clothing for Korean refugees is now being collected by the KU Westminster fellowship chapter of Presbyterian men, as part of a nation-wide drive carried on by the National council of Presbyterian men.
Clothing collected in the Lawrence area, will be shipped to St. Louis by the local group. Freight charges from St. Louis to Korea will be assumed by the U.S. Army.
Normally it costs eight cents per pound to ship the clothing, but until Jan. 2 the Army will take care of all shipments.
Anyone that has clothing to give should leave it at Westminster house, 1121 Oread, or call 804 and make arrangements to have someone pick up the clothing.
Items needed are: men's warm suits, trousers, long underwear, sweaters, socks, overcoats, women's coats, children's coats, shoes for men, shoes for women (low heels), shoes for children, and cotton thread. All clothing should be reasonably clean and in good repair.
Any money donated will be used to purchase long underwear. Mr. A.D. Weaver of Weaver's department store has agreed to let the group purchase the underwear through his wholesale source.
The committee in charge of the drive includes: Robert Ball, chairman, Donald Tice, College sophomore; Frank Exter, education senior; Myron Click, engineering senior; and Donald Kerle, business senior.
the event has grown until today the 1951 ball is expected to draw some 2,200 persons.
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The tree has been painted white. Decorations will include silver balls and packages wrapped in pastel metallic paper. Small colored bulbs, plus blue and white spot lights focused from the balcony, will illuminate the tree.
The entire story of the Military Ball is one of "from little acorns grow big oaks."
The traditional Christmas tree will be completely decorated by Monday, according to John Parks, instructor in design and decorating committee chairman.
The idea of the Military Ball was conceived by Lt. Hugh John Casey, according to Duke D'Ambra, 1700 Alabama street, who was a sergeant on the University staff in 1923. Lieutenant Casey and Maj. J. R. Cygon, commander of the Army unit at the University in 1923, carried through the plan.
At that time there were two divisions of the Army located here for training, the engineers and the coast artillery. There were a few infantrymen here, Mr. D'Ambra recalls, who had to finish training they started here. "But the engineers and the coast artillery were the only official groups."
Not only have those two Army units grown into the three ROTC programs offered at the University today, but invitations are quite a different matter, too.
Invitations that year were sent to officers at Army posts within a 100-mile radius of the University. Invitation also were sent to Kemper Military academy, Wentworth State college and Wichita, and high school groups in Kansas City, Mo., and Leavenworth.
Guests tonight will be cadets and midshipmen of the Army, Navy and Air Force ROTC units and their dates, staff members of the ROTC groups and special guests.
Christmas Tree Up By Monday
Mr. Parks said that the tree will be placed on a revolving stand as has been the practice in recent years. It will be featured by simplicity of color and decoration, he said. It is being placed in Strong hall rotunda today by buildings and grounds workmen.
The tree will extend slightly above eye level of a person standing on the second floor balcony.
The Christmas tree is annually decorated by the design department. Members of the committee this year are Mr. Parks, Ray O. Ettinger, assistant professor in design; Miss Dorothy Duddy, instructor in design; Miss Patricia Laurenceelle, instructor in design; Bernard Dietz, instructor in design, and Miss Dessa Bush, assistant professor in design.
The plan of having a Christmas tree was proposed by John R. Dyer, then dean of men, on Nov. 29, 1921. That year students gathered around a tall pine tree in front of Blake hall which served as the Christmas tree.
Journalism Teacher To Speak At Breakfast For Treasurers
Emil L. Telfel, associate professor of journalism, will be guest speaker at the campus treasurers' breakfast Saturday morning at the Union cafeteria. The breakfast will begin at 9:30 a.m.
Student Union Activities, which sponsors the presidents' breakfasts each month, has invited the treasurers of campus organizations to be its guests this time.