UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1951
PAGE EIGHT
Speech Contest Has 15 Entries Finals Thursday
Fifteen finalists for the informative speaking contest, the second event of the intramural series, were chosen from 31 students who tried out Tuesday night in Green hall.
Men's finalists are Thomas Payne, College junior; Dale Fields, journalism senior; John Eulich, special business student; John McGilley, College sophomore; Gary Lehman, College freshman; David Harner, business senior; Darrell Kellogg, College sophomore; Dixon Vance, business senior; and Robert Kinard, College sophomore.
Women's finalists are Corena Belknap, College sophomore; Barbara Paulsding, College sophomore; Billie Stover, journalism senior; Dot Taylor, College sophomore; Ann Ivester, College sophomore; and Barbara Klanderud, College freshman.
Finals for the informative speaking event will be at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. The women will speak in 104 Green hall, and the men, in 103 Green hall.
At the end of the first speaking event the organizations which are leading the contest are Phi Delta Theta, 80 points; Independents incorporated, 55 points; Lambda Chi Alpha, 45 points; Phi Kappa, 30 points; and Phi Gamma Delta, 30 points.
The two women's organizations which have accumulated points are Alpha Omicron Pi. 90 points; and Foster hall, 70 points.
Judges for last night's tryouts in the men's division were Kim Giffin, assistant professor of speech; Arden Angst, Forensic league representative; and Kathryn Peters, student representative.
In the women's division they were William Conboy, instructor in speech; David Davidson, graduate student in speech and drama; and Fred Six, Forensic league representative.
Fellowships Open For German Study
Two fellowships for study at the Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst, West Germany, have been announced by the German department at the University.
The two fellowships, valued at 2,250 DM (about $535) each, are available to American graduate students for study in the Federal Republic of West Germany for the academic year from Nov. 1, 1951, to July 31, 1952. Both men and women are eligible.
Applications must be filed with all supporting documents not later than Thursday, May 10. Further information may be obtained from Dr. J. A. Burzle, chairman of the German department, 304 Fraser hall.
Applications for study in Switzerland must be turned in to Dr. Burzle by May 1. The former deadline was April 15.
Alumni Magazine To Be Issued Today
The University monthly alumni magazine will be issued today. The magazine includes articles on the dedication plans for the campanile, Commencement plans, and a round-up of University sports.
The publication also carries a story about Arthur St. Leger Mosese, football hero at the university in the late '90's and assistant coach six years later.
Play Tryouts Set For Thursday, Friday
Tryouts for the first two weeks of production in the Lab theater will be from 3 to 4 p.m. Thursday, and from 3 to 5 p.m. Friday.
There are five one-act plays yet to be produced this spring. All University students are eligible.
Relays Edition Available Friday
A special 32-page Relays edition of the University Daily Kansan will be available Friday afternoon.
Besides the regular edition, the newspaper will contain two sections of features on sports and the Engineering Exposition. The Kansas staff has been working on the paper for two weeks.
There were no reports of opposition except in the vital Hwachon dam area, where Allied forces stormed across the Pukhan river and attacked rearguard Reds holding hills around the dam.
UN Troops Gain Almost At Will
Tokyo (U.P) United Nations troops in North Korea advanced their lines Wednesday at a steady walk behind tank columns thrusting deep into Communist lines.
The Allies crossed the Pukhan in the four-mile stretch between the town of Hwachon and the dam itself. They charged into an estimated 50 Red troops holding the hills there and forced them to withdraw.
Allied patrols reached the dam area Tuesday, but were forced to withdraw under Communist machinegun fire from the hills.
Allied troops moved forward elsewhere along the front virtually at will. One officer said they were moving forward "about as fast as they can walk over the hills."
The retreating Chinese fired some shells at the Allied infantrymen, but declined to engage in close fighting. At one point on the west-central front, they lobbed several rounds of mortar fire into Allied positions. In another sector they fired two rounds of artillery fire.
White Tells Of Critics
A study of the criticisms of metaphysical poets has had a great influence on contemporary criticisms, Miss Helen White, professor of English at the University of Wisconsin, said in the humanities lecture Tuesday evening.
In the lecture titled "The Metaphysical Poets in Contemporary Thought," Miss White traced the study of metaphysical poets and criticisms of their work since John Donne, 17th century English poet.
The criticisms of Donne's works in the first half of the 20th century reflects the different directions literary study has taken, Miss White said.
"The search for truth is still imperative. The new criticism in a scientific age has been very important in indicating value in the human outlook, and especially the importance of the inner life." Miss White said.
Miss White stressed the use of imagery and it's analysis, ambiguity, paradoxes and similes as used by Donne. "There has been a great change in criticisms, and the criticisms of Donne's work has been very influential," she said. T. S. Elliot was mentioned by Miss White as one of the poets who spearheaded a new movement in modern criticisms, both by his own criticisms and by his works.
Many of Donne's admirers were worried because he did not take an interest in the world problems, but was more interested in his own self. Miss White pointed out, "I think it is very interesting that in our time we try to preserve the riddle of our personality. There was a time when people were interested in solving it."
Miss White, who will be on the campus until Friday, will speak to the Lawrence American Association of University Women on "The University Woman in Decade of Descent" at 6:30 p.m. today in the Kansas room of the Union.
Qualifications Of Chancellor To Be Discussed
Qualifications of the successor to Chancellor Deane W. Malot will be discussed by members of a University faculty committee and a special subcommittee of the state board of regents in a meeting Thursday.
The meeting will be in the regents' office in the statehouse in Topeka.
Although the discussion will be on the qualifications of the man the faculty members think should be considered, a few names may be submitted for consideration, according to Hubert Brighton, board secretary.
Brighton said that "it is hoped" that a successor will be named by July 1, when Chancellor Mallot's resignation becomes effective."
The appointment of the chancellor will not be made at the Thursday meeting nor Friday at the board of regents meeting.
Members of the University faculty who will meet in Topeka Thursday are: Dr. E. B. Stouffer, professor of mathematics; George B. Smith, dean of the School of Education; Leonard H. Axe, dean of the School of Business; Miss garet Habein, dean of women; Dr. Ray Q. Brewster, professor of chemistry; Elmer F. Beth, professor of journalism; Dr. Paul Roffe, professor of anatomy; Leslie T. Tupy, professor of law; and J. O. Jones, professor of applied mechanics.
Heads of eight state schools will discuss whether employees of the educational institutions should come under benefits of social security or remain under their own retirement plan.
University Women To Entertain Guest
The Lawrence chapter of the American Association of University Women will entertain Prof. Helen C. White of the University of Wisconsin at a dinner at 6:30 p.m. today in the Kansas room of the Union.
Officers elected at a recent meeting of the group were: president, Miss Mildred Clodliefiter, assistant secretary of the Alumni association; vice-president, Miss Opal J. Kennedy, Lawrence school teacher; recording secretary, Mrs. Martin Jones, office manager of the World War II memorial; corresponding secretary, Miss Vesta White, secretary to the Lawrence superintendent of schools; and treasurer, Miss Audrey Chapman, secretary to the dean of the School of Pharmacy.
Professor White is a past national president of the organization.
World Wide News
West Europe Powers Sign Schuman Coal, Steel Pact
Naval Officer Interviews Set
A selection team from the office of naval officer procurement in Kansas City will be at the University, Thursday, April 19, and Friday, April 20, in the library of the Military Science building.
Paris (U.P.)—Six western European governments signed today the 50-yer Schuman pact pooling their combined four billion dollar coal and steel resources for the common good.
The board will interview persons interested in obtaining commissions. Interviews will be held between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on those days.
The Regional Financial Aid program is the coordinated plan for providing financial assistance to students during their first year at the school. It consists of two types of aid—the Student Loan fund, and advances in aid.
An average of about $2,000 a year is allowed for a single man. This covers school expenses, plus small amounts for travel, clothing, and social expenses. About $2,600 a year is allowed for a married student with children.
Requests for application blanks should be addressed to the Committee on Student Financial Aid, Harvard Business school, Morgan hall, Soldiers field, Boston 63, Mass.
The application deadline for the Regional aid program of the Harvard university graduate school of business administration is May 1.
Harvard Offers Business Grants
The basic policy is to select only those men who appear able to do the work well. Careful attention is given in each case to intellectual capacity, maturity, and leadership potentialities.
To be eligible for admission a man must hold a degree from a recognized college. There are no specific course, prerequisites, majors, or areas of concentration.
All students at the school, including citizens of foreign countries, are eligible for the various forms of assistance under the aid program.
"I call it a 'skeletal' set," he said.
"It is certainly a paradox of set design, but then, of course, this is appropriate since the play is itself a paradox in the design of human lives."
ROTC Units Plan Dance
The University air, army, and navy R.O.T.C. units will sponsor an all-service dance from 8 p.m. to midnight Friday, May 4, in the Military Science building.
Set For 'I Conquistatori' Is Unusual Stage Design
The end product does not fall under any of the common categories of the stagecraft art. Professor Crafton said it combined qualities of three conventional set types—box, constructivist, and multiple.
By NANCY ANDERSON
The designing and constructing of the stage set for "I Conquisitori", fourth University dramatic production of the year, has called forth more ingenuity than any other play this year.
There is no precedent existing from which to draw ideas. The performance at K.U. will be a "first" for the play, which was adapted by Prof. Allen Crafton, chairman of the department of speech and drama, from a recent novel on post-liberation Rome.
Professor Crafton planned the stage set which will occupy Fraser theater when the play opens Wednesday, April 25, through Saturday, April 28. Thomas Shay, instructor in speech and drama, assisted in the construction.
Professor Crafton's aim was to achieve a semi-realistic set which will allow representation of more than one part of the Robordoni home at one time.
Tickets for the performance will go on sale at the speech and drama ticket office, basement of Green hall. Season coupon holders may exchange for reserved seats. Students may obtain reserved seat tickets by presenting their activity cards.
The result has been an extension of some of the techniques employed in such recent Broadway successes as "Death of a Salesman" and "Streetcat Named Desire."
The pact, covering half of Western Europe's coal and two thirds of its steel, was signed by the foreign ministers of France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg at the French foreign ministry.
The treaty is designed to make war among the six nations impossible and to strengthen the free nations' defense efforts. It represents fifteen million people. It's named for its sponsor, French foreign minister Robert Schuman.
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer said just before the pact was signed that France and Germany would propose establishment of a European "District of Columbia" as the capital of the Schuman plan.
The pact is the most daring economic experiment the European nations ever has attempted. It covered almost a year of preparations.
Absent was Britain, which refused to join.
Draft For May Cut One Third
The treaty must be signed by the parliaments of the member nations within the next six months. Observers believe it will win a slight but safe majority in all the legislatures.
Washington (U.P.)-The army announced today that it would hold the May draft call to 40,000, a reduction of 20,000.
It said the cut from 60,000 originally planned was possible because of a continued increase in enlistments and fewer casualties in Korea.
The army gave the same reason last month in lowering the April draft call from 80,000 to 40,000.
Army To Release Inactives
Washington. (U.P.)—The defense department said today the army will start releasing inactive enlisted servists in September, and will训 them all loose by the end of the year.
The navy and air force will start releasing their inactive reserves in July, and will be sending them home "in substantial numbers" by October.
President of Portugal Dies
Marine inactive reservists will be released starting in June.
Lisbon, Portugal (U.P.)—Gen. Antonio Oscar de Fragos Carmona, president of Portugal for almost a century, died today at the age of 81.
The aged chief of state died of Uremia and a heart ailment at 3:43 am. only a few hours after he received the last rites of the Catholic church. He had been weakened by an influenza attack last week.
Confer On Peace Treaty
Tokyo (U.P.)—U.S. state department adviser John Foster Dulles conferred twice today with Japanese Premier Shigerei Yoshida on a proposed peace treaty for Japan.
Plan McLean Services
Topека U.P.)—Funeral. services were being arranged today for Brig. Gen. Milton R. McLean, Kansas adjutant general since 1925, who died at his home here yesterday.
Relays Dance Tickets Now On Sale In Union
Tickets for the Kansas Relays dance Saturday are on sale at the Student Union Activities office. Lynette Oberg will be crowned queen of the Kansas Relays at the dance.
Music will be by the Varsity Crew.
WEATHER
KANSAS: Partly cloudy mostly cloudy west, colder tonight and Thursday. Occasional snow northwest and extreme west late tonight and Thursday. Possibly a few showers in extreme east this afternoon and early tonight. Low tonight 25 to 30 degrees northwest to 45 degrees southeast, high Thursday 45 degrees northwest to 55 to 60 degrees southeast.