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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY. APRIL 25. 1951
KU Student's Parent Chosen Kansas Mother
The mother of a University senior has been chosen Kansas mother of 1951 by the committee of American mothers of the Golden Rule Foundation. She is Mrs. George W. Corporon, 61, of Arcadia.
Mrs. Corporon's youngest son, John, is a journalism senior.
When interviewed, John jokingly said he felt his mother practically deserved the award on the basis of the size of her family. He has four brothers and three sisters.
Mrs. Corporon is active in club work and is a Christian minister. She began preaching in 1941 at the age of 51 and conducts services at the Moundville, Mo., Christian church. John's father is also a minister, a lawyer, a former teacher, and a former newspaper editor.
Seven of the Corporon children have college degrees and John will be graduated in June. "I was planning to go to graduate school until my draft board decided it was un democratic to defer college students," John said. He was born the same year his oldest brother entered college.
college.
John's four brothers are veterans.
In addition to her ministerial duties and club work John said his mother "spends part of her time going from town to town greeting new grandchildren as they arrive." The latest count on grandchildren is nine.
John's tour brothers are veterans. Mrs. Corporon did not know she was nominated as Kansas mother and when it was necessary to get a picture of her to submit with the nomination John took the photograph under pretense of using it in a news photography course.
John is a member of the Men's glee club; Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalism fraternity; the Dove staff; and assistant managing editor of the Daily Kansan.
Klooz To Attend Meeting
Karl Klooz, University bursar, will attend the 40th annual meeting of the Central Association of College and University Business Officers at Purdue university Sunday, April 29, through Tuesday, May 1. Frank Pace, Jr., secretary of the army, will be the principal speaker.
Plunging Neckline? By Us It's Fine!
Chicago (U.P.)—The nation's telecasters have decided to do something about plunging necklines.
A special committee was set up at the National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters convention to look into the situation.
Robert Swezey, New Orleans, warned telecasters that they must do something about over-exposure of female stars "before somebody does it for us."
Crash Involves Extension Group
Six persons who were on a musical tour for University Extension were involved in a car-train collision at 11:30 p.m. Tuesday near Stanberry, Mo.
Ine injured taken to Mercy hospital in St. Joseph, Mo., were Mary Lee Strubin and Arlo Tatum. Tatum's condition was described as "critical" this morning.
Four of the five women singer from Chicago were killed and the surviving woman and man driver were injured as they were thrown from their car.
The Missouri highway patrol said the car caught fire after the wreck and the dead were trapped inside. The car was demolished, and two of the dead were burned beyond recognition.
The dead were identified as Norma Lee Klug, Rita Mae Serafin, Charlotte Schuchman, and Alice Mae Sonners.
Three of the dead girls were taken to the Brooks Funeral home, in Albany, Mo. The other girl is in the Phillips Funeral home in Stanberry.
The group had performed in Ridgeway, Mo., Tuesday evening and were returning to St. Joseph for the night, Guy Keeler, director of the lecture course bureau, said.
Mr. Keeler left this morning to help identify the bodies, and notify the victims' relatives.
The group was in the ninth week of a 10-week tour. The tour was to have ended Wednesday, May 2.
Employee's Condition Good
Raymond Jamison, a buildings and grounds employee, underwent major surgery this morning in Watkins hospital. Officials described his condition as good.
Young Scottish Teacher Pretends Love In Plot To Spirit The 'Stone Of Scone'
Glasgow, Scotland (U.P.)—A comely young Scottish teacher told today how she pretended "passionate love" to help three men spirit the "Stone Of Scone" out of Westminster abbey last Christmas.
Twenty-two-year-old Kay Matheson and three Glasgow university students revealed their dramatic story because the British government announced it would not prosecute them.
The coronation stone, symbol independence from the London government to Scottish patriots, was returned to the abbey last week. English King Edward I seized it from Scottish kings in 1296.
Ivan Hamilton, Gavin Vernon, and Alan Stuart, told a university gathering last night how they and Miss Matheson, a domestic science teacher, outwitted Scotland Yard's best agents. Miss Matheson filled in details for newsmen later.
They drove in two cars to London Dec. 22 and studied the Abbey police arrangements. Late Christmas eve they parked one car nearby and moved into the other.
The three men went inside, leaving the woman in the car. The stone fell apart and Mr. Hamilton carried the smaller piece weighing 100 pounds to the car with a raincoat over it. He put it in the back of the car just as a policeman approached.
"I started making passionate love to Ivan," Miss Matheson said. "It is convincing, the policeman just stood there and began talking to us."
The nervous couple told him they were broke and would have to spend
Then Mr. Hamilton and the woman returned to the abbey in their car. Mr. Hamilton spied the unguarded stone and dragged it alone into the car. He told Miss Matheson to drive immediately to Birmingham Central England. Mr. Hamilton found the car keys on the abbey floor.
The couple was forced to drive to the parking lot just as the other two emerged with the remaining 300-pound piece. They left it there momentarily and went to get their car but at the parking lot couldn't find their car keys.
the night in the car. He pointed to a parking lot—the same one where they had left the other car.
Several nights later, the students called for the stone in Birmingham and brought it back to Scotland where it was moved about constantly to protect it from Scotland Yard investigators.
A loud crash was heard suddenly in the abbey. The cop grinned. "The caretaker must have tripped," he said, and moved on.
"No comment," the small man with a sandy colored mustache declared. "I hate people who just shoot a line. They should sit still and listen."
Bell Expert Knows Bells, Not Politics
The investigators had questioned all four of them. None gave the others away.
The Kansas chapter of Sigma Xi, honorary scientific society, recently elected 47 new members.
This was Frank C. Godfrey's reply to inquiries as to his opinion of the present British governmental upset. Mr. Godfrey, who is manager and carillon designer for the John Taylor Bell company of Loughborough, England, preferred to stick to a subject he knows a lot about—bells.
One alumnus, J. Gilbert Shaw, a graduate of the University, was elected. Mr. Shaw is working in Mexico City for the United States Department of Agriculture.
Mr. Godfrey arrived in Lawrence Sunday. He will supervise installation of the 53-bell carillon in the memorial campanile.
Seven faculty members were elected to full membership. In order to qualify for this type of membership, individuals must have made significant contributions in their scientific field and also have published a scientific paper.
The faculty members are Robert E. Beer, instructor in entomology; Robert Meyer, who holds a post-doctorate University fellowship in pharmaceutical chemistry; Andrew D. Mitchell, instructor in surgery; Edward F. Rabe, assistant professor of pediatrics; Harrison B. Tordoff, instructor in zoology; William L. Valk, clinical professor of urology; Chai Yeh, visiting professor of electrical engineering.
Sigma Xi Elects New Members
Fourteen graduate students were admitted to full membership. They are, (by departments):
Botany: Dorothy L. Taft; Chemistry: John L. Margrave, Edgar Seyb, Jr., Thomas P. Whaley, and Quentin Wheatley; Entomology: John D. Lattin, Edwin P. Marks, Jerome G. Rozen, and Keith Wolfenburger; Physics: Bruce L. Miller; Zoology: Maurice F. Baker, Harold A. Dundee, Robert B. Finley, and Austin B. Williams.
Twenty-four graduate students and one senior were admitted to associate membership. They have not published scientific papers, but are expected to.
The students are (by departments):
Anatomy: Thomas V. Batty; Astronomy: Robert R. Brownlee; Botany: Margaret Brewster, Olin S. Fearing, Ivan Shields, Wendell S. Showalter, and Katsuyuki Yokoyama; Chemistry: Walter E. Conrad and Bernard D. Pollock; Pharmaceutical Chemistry: Joseph Sam and Charles S. Shull.
Chemical Engineering: Andrew F. Bertuzzi and Fred S. Hirsenkorm; Entomology: Kenneth J. Capelle and David T. Dailey; Geology: Robert O. Fay; Petroleum Engineering: Fred H. Brinkman and Harold A. Vagtborg; Physics: Edgar F. Jahr; Physics and Astronomy: Robert W. Johnson, D. B. Thomson, and D. B. Wimmer; Zoology: Oscar B. Beck and Manuel J. Velez.
"I can't say how long it will take to install the bells. The connecting up, and putting final touches takes longer than the hoisting. They will be up by the day of the dedication or my name will be mud," he said.
John McKinley, an engineering student and physics major, was the only senior admitted.
Latin Teacher To Attend Women Voters' Meeting
Miss Winnie D. Lowrance, assistant professor of Latin, is in Washington, D.C., attending the biennial national council meeting of the League of Women Voters.
The bells will not be unpacked until they reach Lawrence. Keyboard parts can not be unpacked until they are to be used because of the danger of getting dirt in the mechanism.
Miss Lowrance, first vice-president of the Kansas League of Women Voters, is one of the two Kansas delegates. The other is Mrs. C. M. Slagg of Manhattan, president of the Kansas group.
"I would say I've designed from 30 to 40 carillons. I've lost count. I would say it's (the University carillon) fifth in importance in the United States."
Ninety-eight per cent of drivers involved in fatal automobile accidents in the U.S. last year had at least one year's driving experience
Mr. Godfrey studied engineering at Leicester College of Technology and later in Germany, He combined musical talent and engineering knowledge to become a carillon designer.
A veteran sailor, Mr. Godfrey has crossed the Atlantic 25 times. He has never been affected by sea sickness. "As a matter of fact I like a bit of motion. It's nice when you're danced."
Mr. Godfrey said he particularly enjoyed the meals aboard ship. Meat is scarce in England and he "hadn't seen pork for years and years."
On his way to Kansas, Godfrey visited an old friend, "Tony" Brees, at Lake Wales, Florida. Mr. Brees will play the carillon at the dedication ceremony Sunday, May 27.
Commenting on differences between the United States and Britain mr. Godfrey said, "Life in ain is just the same as life anywhere. You have to work hard for living. However, I don't think it's as hectic as here. I think we get as much done though."
Luxury goods are scarce in England, he said. "When I want to see our really good stuff, I walk up and down 5th avenue in New York." Exporting luxury items has enabled England to balance a dollar deficiency, he said.
College Daze To Show KU In 1920
This year's College Daze production, "Gone With the Gin," is about K.U. campus life in the 1920's. The plot revolves around a student chemist, a four-letter campus casanova, and a comely K.U. coed. The action takes place at a house on the Hill, where the boys are distilling a bit of gin. After drinking for a while, the whole crew is really "gone with the gin," and things begin to move.
The show will be presented Tuesday, May 1, and Wednesday, May 2, in Hoch auditorium. Tickets are now on sale in front of the library, at the S.U.A. office in the Union, and at the Union fountain. Out-of-town ticket buyers should contact Win Koerper at 1540 Louisiana or phone 444 to obtain tickets in the guest section.