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STUDENT NEWSPAPER
Lawrence, Kansas
Freshmen Will March In Nightshirt Parade
Nightshirt-clad freshmen weaving up Massachusetts street in the traditional snake dance will be one of the highlights of the 47th annual night shirt parade at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28.
Led by the band, the costumed freshmen will leave the Union, march down Oread drive to 12th street and turn east to South Park where a bonfire rally will be held. Short pep talks will be given by Coach J. V. Sikes and several football players.
Jay Janes, KuKu's and K club members will participate in the processional which will leave South Park in serpentine fashion and wind up Massachusetts street to North park where refreshments will be served. Free theater passes will be given to all participants in the parade.
The tradition of the night shirt rally goes back to 1905 in the days of Chancellor Frank Strong. The first parade was instituted when two hundred freshman and sophomore men, led by a bass drum, paraded the streets of Lawrence in their nightshirts, visited the opera house, and finally wound up in front of the chancellor's home at midnight. Class fights had been abolished the year before.
"I am glad to see you clothed in the robes of peace," said Chancellor Strong. "I hope you have established a tradition that will take the place of the annual scrap. Wishing you good-night, I go again to my pleasant dreams."
When peace between the classes was declared the parade was instituted in order to let the freshmen work off surplus energy. The sophomore president explained to the chancellor "that both classes were there in a great peace jubilee."
"Everything was in accordance with the fitness of things," reported the Kansan of September 23, 1905, "for the chancellor's habiliments were not different from those of his midnight callers."
Final plans for the event are being made by Tom Murphy, chairman of the traditions committee of the All Student Council.
During the nightshirt rally days of Chancellor Franklin Murphy at the University, the freshman exuberance got out of hand and resulted in damage to a local theater. Chancellor Murphy will re-enact his college days when he rides with Dean Laurence Woodruff behind the band in the procession.
Jay Janes To Hold Rush Tea Oct.3
The Jay Janes will hold a rush tea from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3, in the Kansas room of the Union.
The deadline for the contest to select eht 1952 advertising manager of the Jayhawker is 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2. Anyone whose grades are passing may enter the contest. Applicants should see Richard Hackney at the Jayhawker office between 11 a.m. and noon Saturday.
Grace Endacott, fine arts junior,
and Helen Maduros, education
senior, have been elected official delegates from the K.U. chapter to the Jay Jane national convention Saturday.
Oct. 13, and Sunday, Oct. 14.
One Jay Jane may be elected for each organized house or dormitory.
Girls interested in Jay Janes should see the representative in their organized house or dormitory. Independents may register for the tea with Blanche Pierson, 429 Alabama street, phone 2913W.
Girls whose names are registered will be discussed at a meeting of the Jay Janes after the tea and new members will be elected.
Miss Endacott was elected national vice-president at the convention last year and will act in that capacity at the convention this year.
Jayhawker Contest Deadline Is Oct. 2
BULLETIN
8th Army Headquarters, Korea—(U.P.)—United Nations forces spearheaded by monster American tanks smashed through communist defenses in three key parts of the central front Friday in the biggest armored drive of the war.
FACTS Plans Annual Party
F. A.C.T.S., student political party of Greeks and Independents, will hold its annual jubilee Friday, Oct. 5. The initials stand for Society of the First Actually Constructive Ticket.
The party was founded on the belief that the students should have a political party based on political issues and not restricted by other affiliations. F.A.C.T.S. is the first party soliciting membership from both Independent and Greek students since the Progressive Student Governing league, which died in 1947.
Drop Indictment Against Thomas
The F.A.C.T.S. primary election will be held Tuesday, Oct. 23, and any freshman party member may run. An information sheet concerning the election will be published and all interested freshmen should attend the next meeting, Wednesday, Sept. 26.
Glenn Starmer, of Olathe, who was graduated from the School of Business in June, has been commissioned as an ensign in the U.S. Naval reserve. He is now serving aboard the U.S.S. Manatee.
Starmer Gets Commission
Thomas had been charged on 59 counts relative to revocation of motor car drivers' licenses. It was alleged that the police court judge had failed, as required by law, to forward to Topeka licenses of drivers which should have been revoked after convictions of the drivers on various charges.
Church Groups To Hold Student Mixers Tonight
Kansas City, Kan.—(U.R.)-An indictment charging neglect of duty, returned against Police Judge J. Earl Thomas Aug. 31, today was dismissed in district court here on a motion filed by Harold H. Harding, county attorney.
Student receptions at several of the churches will begin at 7:30 and 8 p.m. today.
The Kansas University Disciple fellowship "Come to the Fair" mixer, will be at the First Christian church, 1000 Kentucky. All Christian church students are invited.
The young people of the Reorganized Latter Day Saints' church will hold their first meeting of the school year at the church, 12th and Vermont.
The Lutheran Student association is sponsoring a hillbilly party beginning at 7:30 p.m. Interested students come to 13th and New,Hampshire.
All new Lutheran students are invited to the Gamma Delta hay ride. It will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Immanuel Lutheran church, 17th and Vermont.
"The Baptist Fair," sponsored by the Roger Williams Foundation, Baptist association of college young people, will be at the First Baptist church, 8th and Kentucky.
Miss Greer stressed that the library is a student collection and that the committee is interested in keeping just what the students want.
"Dorm Doings" is the name of the Wesley Foundation student mixer to be held at the First Methodist church, 10th and Vermont.
The library was founded in 1948 and is the only collection of fiction on the campus. It also includes specialized books on hobbies and crafts, as well as classical records.
Want To Help Choose Books?
KANSAS: Mostly cloudy and cooler today with lite showers likely. Partly cloudy tonight except a few showers in the southeast portion early tonight. Saturday partly cloudy with a slow rise in temperatures west portion, some frost late tonight in west and central portion. Low tonight 30 northwest to 50-55 southeast. High Saturday in the 60's.
Open house will be held from 8 to 10 p.m. at the parsonage of the Congregational church, 1332 Strong Ave. for Congregational students.
Does anyone want to help pick $400 worth of books and records?
Darlene Greer, College senior, who is student director of the fiction and record library in the Union, is looking for a committee to help expand the library.
Anyone who is interested either in being on the committee or working in the library can contact Miss Greer in the Union activities office or at Carruth hall.
Navy Grant Continues Tularemia Study Here
The search for the secrets of development of immunity to tularemia, better known as rabbit fever, will go forward on a larger scale than ever before at the University, Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy said today.
$500 Damage In Phi Gam Fire
Fire in a basement closet at the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity house Thursday afternoon destroyed clothing belonging to Joe McClelland and Bill Blair, both College sophomores. Total damage was estimated at $500.
The fire rapidly consumed contents of the closet, but was kept from spreading by quick action on the part of firemen and fraternity members.
Cause of the blaze was believed to be sparks from an acetylene torch being used by workmen who are installing a new fire escape at the house. The workmen denied any responsibility.
Beverly Jennings Wins $100 Grant
Miss Beverly Jennings, College senior, has been awarded a $100 scholarship by the Kansas Grand Order of Eastern Star.
Miss Jennings will receive $50 each semester of her senior year. She plans to use the award to help pay her College tuition fees.
Miss Jennings is president of the Associated Women Students, undergraduate counselor of North College hall, member of Mortar board, and a cheerleader for the coming school year.
The scholarship is given every year to an outstanding senior woman. The applicant must be the daughter of a Mason, or her mother must be a member of Eastern Star.
Dance Tryouts To Be Oct.2
Tryouts for men and women interested in joining Tau Sigma, modern dance fraternity, will be held at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2, in the mirror room of Robinson gymnasium.
The student should prepare a one minute original modern dance to present before the club. In addition he will be judged on exercises for development of movement, balance, and grace.
The student need not have had modern dancing to tryout for the club. However, he should have a good conception of what modern dancing means, and how it is performed.
Indian Skull Found In Trash Heap
Relatives who deposited the remains of an Arikara Indian in the family trash heap back in the 1700's might be surprised if they knew his skull now rests in a drawer in the anthropology department at Dyche museum.
Thirteen persons made the trip including Thane Robinson, Harold Dietsch, Richard Settle, and Donald Cook, University students; James Sparks, of Lawrence, who cooked
Four students in anthropology at the University under the leadership of Dr. C. S. Smith, assistant professor of anthropology, unearthed the skull this summer at Ft. Randall reservoir in Buffalo county South Dakota, site of an old Arikara Village.
for the group, Norman Gossett, of the Kansas City museum, two students from other universities and three Indians from the Crow Creek reservation.
As a result of the excavations the party has collected thousands of pieces of pottery, weapons and other relics, many of which eventually will go on display in Dyche museum
Large numbers of Arikaras inhabited the Dakotas three centuries ago before epidemic diseases, such as smallpox, nearly wiped them out. Approximately 700 Arikaras are all that remain in the United States today.
From their examination of the grounds the students determined
Topeka, Kan.—(U.P.)-Three gunfoting bandits and the wives of two of them confessed today to a wild spree of robberies across the state of Kansas in which they took more than $100,000 in six months.
Dr. Smith who took a group to the village last year, plans to return to the spot next summer for a final study. Dams are being constructed in the vicinity and soon the entire area will be inundated. He hopes for renewal of a $3,000 grant from the National Park Service which has made the project possible the past two years.
that the Indians were farmers and lived in simple huts. Location of skeletal remains indicate that when a tribesman died his family simply picked out the most convenient spot and put him in it. Bones were found under the floors of hats and, as in the case of the skull, mixed up with the trash.
The Office of Naval Research is sponsoring a three-year project here which is to be directed by Dr. Cora M. Downs, professor of bacteriology and one of the nation's leading authorities on the disease.
The size of the contract cannot be revealed, but the project will be among the largest at K.U.
Goal of the research is the knowledge that will permit the development of better vaccines to build greater immunity in human beings against tularemia.
Dr. Downs has been conducting fundamental research on this project for the past five years. The U.S. Public Health service and the Army Chemical corps have been sponsors of some phases along with the O.N.R.
Arrest Five For Burglary
"Almost as important as the research on this project is the training of students interested in research," Dr. Downs said. "During the past years these grants have enabled 12 students to earn master's degrees and five the Ph.D. degree."
The dapper robbers told of looting veterans clubs, stores and road-houses in 37 cities. In all they admitted 77 robberies.
Chancellor Murphy further emphasized the multiple benefits of university-conducted research.
"Besides the light shed on a little-known but virulent disease, this work is yielding trained scientists whose future work may produce results of intestimable value to mankind," he said.
Research assistants who will work with Dr. Downs on the study are Max Moody of Lawrence, a candidate for the Ph.D. degree next spring; Lloyd Hendricks of Lawrence, who will receive the M.A. degree in January; and Miss Joan McCamish, Kansas City, Kan., who also will finish her master's work in January. Mrs. Mary Jane Taylor of Lawrence will be the head research technician.
During World War II, Dr. Downs was on leave from KU. to do top-secret work for the Army Chemical corps at its bacteriological laboratories at Camp Detrick, Md.
The men were identified as Myron D. Smith, 25; Bobby Ray "Blacky" Stevenson, 24; and George Oscar "Lee" Hall, 24. With them were the wives of Smith and Hall. The women gave their names "as Bertha Lee Smith, 20; and Julia "Toots" Hall, 17. All were from Hutchinson. A sixth man, Chett Burggett, proprietor of the Oasis taurin in Hutchinson was arrested on charges of acting as a fence for the bandits.
Expect Snow Flurries In North Midwest
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Heavy snow fell in the Rocky mountains and flurries were expected in the northern midwest today as a cold front crept eastward, ringing down the curtain on summer.
Snow fell in Denver and measured nearly 3 inches on the ground. The temperature was 32 degrees. Fort Collins and Akron, Colo. also reported snow.
In Wyoming, Douglas, Casper, Cheyenne and Laramie all reported snow since midnight.