UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1951
PAGE EIGHT
Deutsch Tells Mental Hospital News Methods
Albert Deutsch, an American authority on mental health, told members of a seminar on mental health in Topeka that an expose of mental hospitals should give a sharp, unadorned description of conditions in an institution plus a follow up which gouges the conscience of the average citizen and gives him a feeling of personal guilt.
The seminar, "The Press and the Mentally Ill" was held Monday and Tuesday sponsored by the William Allen White School of Journalism, the William Allen White Foundation, the Meninger foundation and the Topeka State hospital.
Members attending were students, faculty, newspapermen from Kansas and from the New York Times, Denver Post, Des Moines Register and Tribune. Mr. Deutsch gave a summary of work done by newspapers and social workers in this country to improve the mental hospitals.
1. The expose' spearheads all the work. This should cause a public awakening. It can be done by any person interested in the betterment and by one who knows his facts
He divided the work of a mental health betterment program into three parts:
2. After the awakening, the reporter should step aside and let organizations carry on demands for improvement. The state legislature is needed to put the results and findings of the expose into practice.
3. A consolidation of gains already made must be clung too. A demand for steady and constant improvement must be maintained, because improvements made 10 years ago may be outnated today.
Dr. Karl Menninger told the seminar that hospitals would be where they were years ago if it wasn't for the press. He said that sometimes the press was distrusted by psychiatrists because they fear reporters may raise the hopes of persons suffering mental ills through over-enthusiastic reporting. He cited this as a reason why the two professions should work closer together.
The seminar was held at the Topeka State hospital, Menninger clinic and Winter veterans hospital. Stiffs from these institutions participated in the seminar.
Set Western Civ Registration Days
Students planning to take the Western Civilization examination must register at the Western Civilization office today, Thursday, or Friday.
The examination will be given from 1:30 to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 12. The place of the examination will be assigned at the time of registration.
All students in the College completing their sophomore year are expected to take this examination.
Awards To 39 School Papers
Thirty-nine Kansas high schools were recognized today for journalistic work of merit during the school year. Fifty-seven schools had submitted 538 entries in the 11 competitive divisions of the 31st annual K.U. high school newspaper contest, sponsored by the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information.
Newspapers of two schools earned more than one first place rating, The Salina High School News won first place in feature story, retail advertisements, and in business management among the regular divisions and for the best linoleum block print in the miscellaneous section.
The Messenger of Wichita East High school won the "service to school" award for the second straight year. It also was first in the interview story division and in cartoons in the miscellaneous section.
News and feature pictures division drew the most entries, 73. There were 58 in the editorial division and 56 feature stories.
First-place winners are as follows:
News story; The Nugget, Norton; editorial, The Record, Ottawa; feature story, The High News, Salina; human interest story, The Shopper, Circleville; interview, Messenger, Wichita East; sports story, The Budget, Lawrence; news and feature pictures, The Student, Independence; Retail advertisements, The High News, Salina; Service to school, The Messenger, Wichita East.
Business management. The High News, Salina; verse, Cheyenne Indian News; general columns. The Hi-Life, Colby; sports columns, The Pantograph, Wyandotte High school, Kansas City; Miscellaneous feature,
Find New Idea For Picking Next Chancellor
By VERNON SUTTON
Attention board of regents! The problem of picking a new chancellor has been solved.
The method, however, is not orthodox. By mixing a little gin, the correct cast, a few dances, some lyrics and music, the College Daze producers satiated the choosing of a new chancellor, "Big Brother."
The standouts in the first performance were Everett Corwin, and James Ralston, education juniors; and Jack Stewart, business senior. Corwin played the part of Christopher McNabb of Bailey lab and mixed the gin and the characterization that carried the plot through.
Such were the goings on in the first presentation of this year's production of College Daze. The second performance will be presented in Hoch auditorium at 8 o'clock tonight.
Ralston played the part of Big Brother, and put over the theme of the show with "My Only Date's the State."
Win Koeper is producer of the show; Joseph Brown, staging manager; Emalou Watkins, costume director.
Stewart portrayed the part of an athlete who majored in ball-foot-base-, and basket-. But there were many other personalities in and out of the show that made it lively and interesting. "Tall Guy" Lovellette managed his one line beautifully.
The chorus managed the transition from the twenties to the future, and to the past and provided a colorful background for the show.
The production showed that time had been spent in getting it into shape.
Rodger Vaughan, fine arts sophomore; Jay Smith, College junior; James McCaig, education senior; James Brunson, journalism senior; and William Thorne, College senior, were responsible for the music and lyrics.
the Patriot, Leavenworth; departments, The School Reporter, Paola line drawings, mimeographed, The Paxiconian, Paxico.
Halftones or line cuts, The I- High News, Immaculata high school, Leavenworth; linoleum blocks, The High News, Salina; cartoons, The Messenger, Wichita East.
Six Structures Near Completion
Six new structures will be ready for use by the University next fall. The information booth, faculty lounge, North College dormitory, old Fowler shops, and the Memorial campanile are either finished or rapidly nearing completion.
Three other projects—the fieldhouse, Science building, and the Union addition—are under construction, but will not be finished for some time.
The information booth, as of Monday is the only place on the campus to be used for distribution of information, publications, and tickets for University productions, L. C. Wondruff, dean of men, said.
He said regular selling places in the Union, Strong, Fraser, and Marvin halls will still be used, but others will no longer be necessary.
Two maps will be in the booth to aid visitors and students not familiar with the University and Lawrence, an original map of the campus and a map of the town, showing bus routes and highways.
"Those who wish to use the booth must make reservations some time in advance," Dr. Woodruff said Keys to the booth are in the office of the dean of men.
North College hall will hold open house from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, May 27, but it won't be used until fall.
Construction work on the faculty lounge should be finished within a week. Workmen are now putting on the siding of asbestos shingles. After construction men finish their work the building will need only inside furnishings to make it complete.
One, and possibly two, of three new scholarship halls should be ready for occupancy by September. The Lyle Stephenson and the J. R. Pearson halls for men, and the Gertrude Sellars Pearson hall for women will have a capacity of 50 persons each.
A typical room will house two women. It will have two large windows and built-in chests of drawers, mirror-cabinets, closets, and bookcases.
Remodeling of old Fowler shops will probably be completed by December. The William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information will move into the
The Stephenson and Pearson halls for men east of Battenfeld hall and southeast of Templin hall. The Gertrude Sellards Pearson hall is north of the Kappa Kappa Gamma house.
The furniture arrived recently and is being unpacked and arranged.
All freshmen women except those living in scholarship halls or private homes will live in Corbin and North College dormitories.
Several faculty members will have offices in the tower at the northeast corner of the building. The building proper will house the William Allen White Memorial Reading room, national headquarters of the Association for Education in Journalism, lecture rooms, and the press, news, composing, and advertising rooms of the University Daily Kansan.
building when the work is completed.
Construction work on the Memorial campanile has been finished, and the 53-bell carillon has arrived from England. The Constant construction company will install the bells in time for the dedication of the tower Sunday, May 27.
Work is progressing on the Union addition, but will not be completed for many months. A representative for the Basil Green Construction company declined to estimate when the structure would be finished, since an unforeseen shortage of materials could slow up the work.
Workmen have poured the concrete floors of the bowling alleys, and have started grading for the basement. Forms for the first floor of the north side are built and ready for cement to be poured.
Construction on the fieldhouse and the Science hall has not started, but preliminary excavating and clearing is in progress.
World Wide News
15 States Begin Own "Kefauver" Committees
21 Kansans Return From Korean Duty
Seattle, Wash. (U.P.)-Steaming slowly toward the U.S.A. today were 21 Kansans among the first Army troops returning home from Korea under the rotation program.
With Secretary of the Army Frank Pace scheduled to be on hand to greet them, the shipload of Army men will arrive at the Seattle port of embarkation at 9 a.m. Saturday. The list of Kansans:
The list of Kansans:
Cpl. Paul Hurt, Caney; Pvt. Gene C. Allen, Wichita; Capt. Burton E. McNeill, Sterling; Sgt. Everett D. Bunyan, Hutchinson; Pfc. Roy Napier, Junction City; Cpl. Robert N. Wilson, Abilene;
Pfc. Ray K. Clar, Wellington; Cpl. Arthur K. Jacob, Parsons; Sgt. Fred Contreras, Kansas City; Sgt. Keith E. Skeers, Mankato; M/Sgt. Harvey J. Lister, Herington;
Sgt, James H. Ewing, Garder; Capt, Homer W. Mihm, Wichita; Lt. Robert W. Hoffman, Cherokee; Sgt, Ervin M. Rall, Hoxie; Cpl. Kenneth C. Hart, Hanover; Cpl. Charles E. Geisler, Glasco; Pfc. Bobby J. Simpson, Oswego; Pfc. Lonnie L. Mallory, Bayx Springs; Lt. Raymond D. Webber, Junction City, and Sgt. Robert L. Schmidt, Kanorado.
Wire Rates May Go Up
Washington (U.P.)—The Western Union Telegraph Co. today asked the government to approve rate increases designed to give it 14 million dollars more in revenue to offset cost-of-living wage increases to 43,000 employees.
ISA Applications Due May 7
The deadline for applications for Independent Student association positions is 5 p.m. Monday, May 7. The applications are available at the I.S.A. office in the Union.
They should be returned to that office or Ronald Sammons, College freshman, at Battenfield hall. Positions are open for dance chairman, reporter, poster chairman, business manager, and party chairman.
KU Class Of 1901
Plains Gold Anniversery
Mrs. Lillian Barth Webb of Highland, Kan., will be general chairman for the golden anniversary reunion of the University class of 1901 on Sunday, June 3. She was chosen at a meeting of 50-year graduates Tuesday.
Mrs. Eleanor Miller of Cincinnati is assembling a "history." She is asking class members to write their reminiscences on $8 \frac{1}{2} \times 11$ paper and submit them before commencement. She will have them bound into a book for reading at the reunion.
KU Lutheran Students To Attend Conference
Twelve students from the K.U. Lutheran Student association will attend the 1951 Little Ashram, the organization's annual spring conference, at Covenant Cedars Bible camp near Stromsburg, Nebr., on May 4, 5, and 6. The K.U delegation has charge of the morning worship for the conference.
Men's Glee Club Elects Officers For Fall Semester
Max Valentine, College sophomore, was elected president of the Men's Glee club Tuesday.
Other officers elected were Eugene Kennedy, vice-president; Gordon Gaston, secretary-treasurer; and Bill Krehbiel, social chairman.
A librarian will be appointed. The new officers will take office next fall.
Book Proves Good Prophet
Milwaukee (U.P.)—Ralph E. Loeffler slipped on an icy spot and skidded on his back while making a dash for a bus stop. Still he hung onto the book he had been reading. The books Will Cuppy's "The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody."
Chicago (U.P.) - Legislators and officials of 15 states worked today to put more heat on crime with their own "little Kefauver" committees.
The Senate crime committee, headed by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn.), in its final report yesterday said "a committee might well be appointed in each state to make a thorough-going investigation of the problem of organized crime."
Some states already had begun such investigations.
And, because crime operates on an inter-state basis, the council of state governments here announced it was prepared to act as a "clearing house" for information gathered by the state committees.
Positive action to set up state investigations was in progress in New York, Illinois, Ohio, Missouri, Florida and California. The Kefauver committee turned up evidence of large-scale criminal operations in each.
But in Louisiana, where the senate group found links between criminals and politicians, there were no such plans.
Investigations following up the Kefauver disclosures were planned, however, in Oklahoma, Texas, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Michigan and Arkansas.
UN Wins First Round In Spring Offensive
Van Fleet, commander of the 8th army, spoke as U.N. task forces probed as musket fire shreds shear a line of killed line seeded contact with, the elusive Red armies.
Tokyo (U.P.)—The first phase of the Communist spring offensive in Korea has ended in a "great victory for the United Nations". Lt. Gen. James A. Van Fleet said today.
The Communists, bloodied by the loss of 70,000 men in the first round of their offensive, have pulled back up to 20 miles in some sectors to regroup for the second round. They are expected to resume the attack in three to five days.
New York (U.P.)—Irving Sherman, missing link witness of alleged deals between New York politicians and Frank Costello's underworld, has agreed to testify before the Senate crime investigating committee, his attorney announced today. Sherman, admitted mutual friend of New York's famous Mayor William O'Dwer and racketeer Frank Costello, evaded the committee throughout its March hearings.
Sherman Will Testify
Washington (U.P.)—Gen. Douglas MacArthur has informed confidants that he holds Secretary of State Dean Acheson primarily responsible for his discharge, it was learned today.
Acheson Blamed For Removal
Despite the general's reported reluctance to name Acheson, in all probability he will come under the strongest kind of pressure to do so through the questioning of Republican members of the joint armed services-foreign relations investigating committee tomorrow.
May Double Marine Corps
Washington (U.P.)-T he Senate Armed Services committee today approved a bill to raise the Marine Corps' authorized strength to 400,000 men and give its commander a stronger voice in strategy. The bill would permit the corps to maintain four full-strength combat divisions and four air wings, along with other air support which might be needed.
Cohen Is Short Of Cash
Los Angeles (U.P.)—Gamber Mickey Cohen, facing trial for $156,-12318 income tax evasion, said today that he must sell the lavish furniture that he must brentwood home at auction "to raise the dough to get me an attorney."
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