Kansas State historical Topeka, Ks.
University Daily Kansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F K A N S A S
STUDENT NEWS PAPER.
THE HOMECOMING QUEEN will be selected from the eight coeds pictured above. Left to right, they are: Jeannine Neihart, Mary Ream, Janice Brown, Joyce Ristine, Kay Lambert, Mary Loveless, Carol Lee Swanson and Dolores Martin. —Kansan photo by Al Marshall.
Homecoming Queen, Attendants To Be Presented At Jayhawk Follies
Selection of the Homecoming queen and her attendants was made from the eight finalists at dinner with the queen committee and the judges Wednesday evening at the Faculty Club.
The three finalists will be announced in the Daily Kansan Friday, but the identity of the queen will not be revealed until the finale of the Jayhawk Follies Friday night.
The eight finalists include: Carol Lee Swanson, Alpha Chi Omega; Dolores Martin, Sellards hall; Jeannine Neihart, Kappa Kappa Gamma; Janice Brown, North College hall; Mary Ream, Kappa Alpha Theta; Joyce Ristine, Gamma Phi Beta; Mary Gayle Loveless, Delta Delta Delta, and Kay Lambert, Pi Beta Phi.
Judging the candidates will be William C. Cottle, associate professor of education; John Handy Jr., instructor in English; Arthur C. Lonborg, director of athletics; J. D.
Dean Gorton Elected Association Veep
King, manager of Commonwealth theaters; Robert Oyler. Lawrence attorney, and William Wolfe, superintendent of schools of Lawrence.
Dean Thomas Gorton of the School of Fine Arts has been elected a vice-president of the National Association of Schools of Music.
Queen Finalists To Be Guests At Tea
The N.A.S.M. also named Dean Gorton to its Graduate commission for a three-year term. He will also continue to serve as chairman of the national research committee of the organization.
Ten finalists for queen of the 1951 Military ball will be guests at a tea in the Kansas room of the Union at 3:30 p.m. Friday.
Members of the steering committee will act as escorts for the candidates and will choose the queen and her two attendants.
Hosts will be Col. and Mrs. E.
F. Kumpe, Capt, and Mrs. W. R.
Terrell, and Col. and Mrs. Lynn
R. Moore.
The queen will be crowned by Tex Beneke, bandleader, at the ball Friday. Dec. 7, in Military Science hall.
--the drive to $21,611.62. The Law-
rence area quota for the drive was
$21,356.70.
Dr. Ise To Speak AtYWCAMeeting
Dr. John Ise, professor of economics, will speak on "Christian Ethics in Economics" at an all membership meeting of the YWCA at 4 p.m. today in the Kansas room of the Union.
Dorothy Reinhold, YWCA secretary, will explain the Student Volunteer Movement conference to be held here Thursday, Dec. 27 through Tuesday, Jan. 1.
Western Civ Exams To Be Given Tonight
The last Western Civilization preliminary examinations will be given from 7:30 to 9 p.m. today.
The examination over units one through five will be held in 305 Bailey hall. The other test, covering units six through 10, will be given in 9 Strong hall.
300 Pledges Send Lawrence Over Community Chest Goal
Three hundred members of the KU Inter-fraternity Pledge council were credited with boosting the Lawrence Community Chest drive over the top last night, according to J. D. King, chairman of the drive.
Young Democrats To Sponsor Dance With Art Mooney Band In Topeka
One hundred and fifty-four dollars contributed to the Lawrence headquarters during the afternoon brought the total contributions for
The clean-up campaign started at 7 p.m. last night when the Lawrence Paper company whistle was blown. The whistle was a signal to the people of Lawrence that the drive was on. Anyone desiring to contribute to the drive then turned their porch lights on.
The pledges collected a total of $173.95 in the clean-up campaign between 7 and 8 p.m. Wednesday. Added to the contributions collected by the pledges was a check for $473.63 which represented the total funds derived from the University community chest drive.
The drive exceeded its $21,356.70 quota by $254.92. It was the first time in three years that the Lawrence area has met its quota.
Mr. King estimated that late contributions would put the drive over its quota by approximately $400.
The KU Young Democrats club will help bring the Art Mooney band, MGM recording stars to Meadow Acres in Topeka Friday night.
The dance is also sponsored by the Young Democrats clubs from Baker and Washburn universities, K-State and Emporia State colleges.
Cars from 24 participating fraternities carried students around preassigned sections of the city to collect the contributions.
A queen of the dance will be selected from candidates representing the five schools; Art Mooney will be one of the judges for the queen.
The woman selected as queen will be given a $200 wardrobe.
Admission price is $1.00 per person. Advance tickets are now on sale in the organized houses, or may be obtained from Connie McNergney. Miller hall.
After the contributions had been tallied, two long blasts on the paper company whistle notified residents of the city that the drive had gone over the top.
King summed up the students support: "Formerly people of Lawrence thought chest drives and other activities were always one'sided—the students always wanting but never helping. This idea has certainly been completely reversed."
Dean Burton W. Marvin, chairman of the University division of the Lawrence Community Chest drive, stated that more than $2,600 have contributed so far through the KU division in this campaign.
The KU queen candidate will be chosen by a vote of the ticket holders. Any organized house buying 10 tickets is eligible to nominate a candidate.
Homecoming Plans Growing Daily
There are about 300 or 400 end zone tickets in the stadium proper left for the Missouri-Kansas football game Saturday, Earl Falkenstien, athletic business manager, announced today.
The names of all nominees must be turned in to Kay Peters, 1144 Louisiana street, before 5 p.m. today
Louisiana State University Voting for the University candidate will be held at noon Friday in Green hall.
"Tickets went pretty day and day and day more." Mr. Falkenbauer said, "We've been getting many out-of-town calls for tickets these last few days."
Mr. Falkenstien expects a crowd of about 35,000 for Saturday's tilt with Missouri, and adds that warmer weather should boost the number somewhat.
Meanwhile, plans for the weekend's activities have been going ahead. The 98-member MU band will be on hand for the game Saturday. The band will leave Columbia Friday morning, stop in Kansas City for concerts at two high schools that day, and come to Lawrence Saturday morning.
The Tiger band will parade down Massachusetts street at 9:30 a.m. Saturday. They will be guests of the University at lunch and dinner in the Union.
The 100-piece KU band will work with the MU band before and during the football game. The two groups will march out onto the field before the kickoff to play the National Anthem.
The major half-time formation staged by the KU band will be a large heart. The Red Peppers, freshman women's pep club, and the Jay Janes, women's pep club for upper classmen, will take part in the formation.
2 Governors To Be Guests
Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy and Mrs. Murphy will have as their Homecoming guests Saturday, Ed. ward F. Arn, governor of Kansas, and Forrest Smith, governor of Missouri.
This will be the 35th consecutive football game between Kansas and Missouri that Governor Smith has seen.
seen.
Other special guests include the University board of regents; Lester McCoy, Garden City; Fillis N. Kelly, Hutchinson; Mrs. Leo Haughey, Concordia.
WEATHER
Dr. L. B. Spake, Kansas City; Grover Poole, Manhattan; A.W. Hershberger, Wichita; Drew McLaughlin, Paola; Walter S. Fees, Iola; Oscar Stauffer, Topeka; and Oscar Brighton, Topeka.
Fair and continued tonight and Friday. Low tonight 30 northwest to 40 southeast. High Friday in 60's.
Chancellor and Mrs. Murphy will be luncheon hosts to the governors and the board and their parties before the game. Luncheon will be served in the Union ballroom.
The Red Peppers will make a large red arrow diagonally across the heart. The Jay James will form the bottom half of the heart. The formation will honor the Homecoming queen.
The combined pep clubs will give four card displays during the half-time activities. They will include greetings to the graduates, a salute to MU, a salute to the Homecoming queen, and another to KU.
Since organized houses are not having Homecoming decorations this year, the four pep clubs obtained permission from the house decoration committee to put up a decoration of their own in front of Strong hall.
Martha Jane Heywood, business junior in charge of the display, said the decorations will probably be up by noon Friday. The display will include three scenes depicting the Missouri games with Nebraska, Kansas State, and the coming game with KU.
Scores from the last two games played by Missouri will be included in the scenes and a prediction will be given for the score of the KU-MU game; KU, infinity, MU, nothing.
Because of their meeting location, this will be the first time the alumni group has held their pregame gathering on Kansas soil. In the past, Kansas City, Kan., was not equipped to handle such an event.
The KU alumni of greater Kansas City will hold their pre-game rally at 7:30 p.m. today at the Town House hotel in Kansas City, Kan.
A b o u t 600 persons are expected to attend the meeting as well as the KU band, representatives of the KU pep clubs, J. V. Sikes, head football coach, and A. C. Lonborg, director of athletics. Mr. Lonborg will accept a gift for the University from the alumni group.
The KU Calendars, sponsored by the senior class will go on sale Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the information booth and in the lounge of the Union.
1952 KU Calendars Go On Sale Friday
There will only be 1,500 calendars offered for sale. The sale price is $1.
The sale of senior hats will continue till the remaining 100 hats are sold. Seniors are urged to get their hats before Homecoming activities commence.
Exposition Position Open
Deadline for applications for chairmanship of the engineering exposition is Saturday. Forms may be secured at the engineering office in Marvin hall.
Pep Clubs Plan 3 Rallies To Boost Jayhawkers To Homecoming Victory
The pep clubs are planning three
pep rallies to arouse school spirit for
the Homecoming game between
Kansas and Missouri Saturday.
Doc "Yak" and his pep pills will be on hand Friday at 10:50 a.m. in front of Strong hall to help the cheerleaders lead yells and songs. Doc "Yak," whose true identity is being withheld from the student body, has come to Homecoming for the past several years to bring pep pills to the Jayhawkers.
"The second rally will be held either next to Hoch auditorium or at the baseball diamond immediately following the Jayhawk Follies," said Dean Cole, president of the KuKu pep club.
A huge bonfire will set the scene for the "burning of the tiger."
There is a tentative plan for a car rally starting at the Union at 10:30 am. Saturday.
"Permission and cooperation must be obtained from the campus police before we say for sure." Cole said.
Kansas City alumni and friends are getting a head start in showing school spirit for Homecoming weekend by having a rally in the Town House tonight.
"This is one of the first rallies Kansas City, Kan., people have been able to have in their own town because of a lack of a place to hold them," said Maurice Breidental, president of the alumni association.