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MURPHY CHANCELLOR Nelson Named Acting Head Until Sept. 1 KU Medical Head To Succeed Malott
Summer Session
KANSAN
Official Summer Session Newspaper of the University of Kansas
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, MONDAY, JULY 2, 1951
39th Year
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BULLETINS
Tokyo, Tuesday, July 3—U.P.)United Nations and Communist troops fought grimly on today with orders to "kill the enemy" while their leaders attempted to arrange a cease fire meeting. Allied artillery and planes kept up a drum fire of death all along the front while patrols stabbed into the enemy lines. It was predicted at headquarters that General Ridgway's reply to the Communist suggestion for a meeting near Kaesong might be sent between 6 and 8 a.m. today (2 and 4 p.m. Monday central standard time.
bv UNITED PRESS
Sunshine streamed across Kansas today and flood threats dissipated. The only rain which fell in the last 24 hours was .02 of an inch at Larned. During the preceding 24 hours only small amounts of moisture fell in the extreme southern portion of the state. Rivers were falling over the entire state.
New York, July 2.—(U.P.)—Bench warrants were issued today for four of 11 convicted American Communist leaders when they failed to appear in federal court for commitment to prison. The four were Gus Hall, Ohio chairman of the Communist party; Henry Winston, national organization secretary; Gilbert Green, Illinois party chairman, and Robert G. Thompson, party chairman in New York state. Federal Judge Sylvester J. Ryan, who issued the warrants, also their bail, which totaled $80,000 was ordered forfeited.
Topeka (U.P.)—Combines rolled back into the wheatlands of Kansas today for the first time in days. The sun set the harvest into motion in nearly every upland area in central and southern Kansas. Reports from Kansas' wheat counties showed the outlook for the crop had "improved immensely" since the heavy rains stopped at the end of last week.
Prague—(U.P.)—Associated Press Correspondent William N. Oatis confessed at the opening of his trial today that he had acted as a spy.
Austrian Communists last week put up 50,000 posters to plug their phony peace campaign and quickly pulled them down again. Hidden away in the text the Commies found a neat bit of anti-Communist sabotage: the slogan "Long Live Tito."—Pathfinder.
When 390,000 Americans traveled in Europe and spent 400 million dollars last year to establish an all-time record, the days of dollar diplomacy are clearly far from over.—Pathfinder.
An underprivileged child these days is one with a 10-inch screen on his television set.—Pathfinder.
We Americans are very fortunate: While people in other lands are worrying about finding living space for themselves, all we have to worry about is finding parking space for our cars.—Pathfinder.
Government of the people and for the people doesn't attempt to buy the people.—Pathfinder.
The government is getting a lot of executive-type furniture for its new emergency agencies. May we hope it gets the same type of people to use it?—Pathfinder.
Husband and wife Peron will be candidates for political offices in Argentina. In that team there probably is no better half.-Pathfinder.
River Perils Capital City
Jefferson City, Mo.—(U.R.)—Many residents and businesmen took to high ground today as the crest of the flooding Missouri river raced toward Missouri's capital today.
Most of the town is on flood-safe bluffs but backwaters were flowing on 13 low-lying city blocks, affecting 29 residences and 11 business places.
The river was expected to crest here at 28.8 feet tonight. Flood stage is 23 feet.
Workers were sandbagging in an attempt to keep the surging water out of homes. Many householders and business proprietors moved their goods to higher levels.
The flood situation eased in Kansas meanwhile, as the Missouri's crest moved downstream, permitting gorged tributaries in that state to pour their floods into the "big muddy."
The rampant Kansas river cracked through dikes in three places Saturday night, sending water into 11 homes and threatening the entire city for a time.
Topeka, the Kansas state capital, was cleaning up today after a hectic weekend.
More than 1,000 volunteers worked through the night repairing the leeves. Radio stations stayed on the air throughout the night, issuing warnings and broadcasting pleas for more volunteers.
Mayor Kenneth Wilke announced the crisis over Sunday afternoon with the dikes patched and the river falling.
The Kansas crested at 24.5 feet
at Lawrence Sunday and was
expected to crest at 25.6 feet at Bonner
Springs today.
At Independence, Kan., the Verdigris river flooded rich wheat lands and poured into 25 homes in the southwest part of the city. Entire corn fields disappeared under the swirling waters.
The Cottonwood was falling slowly after cresting at 29.7 feet at Emporia, nearly an all-time record. Officials said the overflow "wrecked the wheat farmers" in the area.
The Big Arkansas river spilled over farmlands in Sedgwick county and the little Arkansas flooded several city blocks in the exclusive Riverside section of Wichita.
Several small southern towns were flooded by the Cottonwood and Florence was isolated.
Dr. Franklin D. Murphy will be the new chancellor of the University of Kansas, it was announced at the Board of Regents office in Topeka today by Lester McCoy of Garden City, chairman of the board.
Dr. Murphy, 35, who has been dean of the University of Kansas School of Medicine since 1948, will take over his new duties September 1.
Until then Dr. John H. Nelson, dean of the Graduate School will serve as acting chancellor.
The new chancellor has won nationwide fame with a program designed to provide doctors for small towns. In 1949, Dr. Murphy was named Kansas' Man of the Year by the Kansas Junior Chamber of Commerce, and last year he was named one of 10 Young Men of the Year in the United States by the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce.
DR. FRANKLIN D. MURPHY
DR. JOHN H. NELSON
Dr. Nelson became dean of the Graduate school in 1946 after having been assistant dean of that school since 1941.
Before that he had been associate dean of the College from 1934 until 1941 after having been acting associate dean in 1933 and 1934.
Dean Nelson has been chairman of the University budget committee for the past year, and a member since the war. This committee is the central body for the screening and coordinating of all University operations.
Dean Nelson came to K.U. in 1925 as associate professor of English, and was promoted to the rank of professor in 1930. His teaching field is American literature.
Dean Nelson is a member of the advisory committee of the Institute of International Education concerned with graduate studies. This committee assists the institute in the selection of graduate students who will study abroad under the Fulbright act.
No Classes On Wednesday, July 4
No classes will be held Wednesday, July 4, Dean George B. Smith, director of the summer session, has announced.
There will also be a complete standstill in recreational activities. The usual street dance Tuesday evening will not be held. The square dance class Wednesday evening has been changed to Thursday night.
All University libraries will be closed, Charles M. Baker, director has announced.
The Union building will be open as usual. The hours for eating places in the Union, however, will run on a special schedule:
Cafeteria: 8:30 to 9:30 a.m.; 11:45 a.m. to 1.15 p.m.; 5 to 6:15 p.m.
Fountain: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Hawk's est; closed all day.