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UNIVERSITY
DAILY
Kansas State Historical Society Topeka, Ks.
48th Year No.128 Wednesday, April 18, 1951 Lawrences Kansas
San Francisco (U.P.)—Gen. Douglas MacArthur, home again after 14 years that changed the history of the world, got a mob-like hero's welcome today from a delicious city. He called it "perfect."
Frisco Gives Mac Big Homecoming
The first city in the United States to welcome the 71-year-old general back to his native country went beside itself with excitement and enthusiasm. It was the greatest day for San Francisco since Japan surrendered.
Crowds of people numbering perhaps as high as 70,000 jammed Union square before the Saint Francis hotel where MacArthur was staying. MacArthur, his wife, and his young son arrived at San Francisco airport last night after a flight from Honolulu. He had asked that there be no formal ceremonies of welcome, but the people of San Francisco gave him an informal ovation.
There will be more ceremonies today. First, MacArthur was to ride through downtown San Francisco, where he will be greeted by showers of ticker tape.
Some 15,000 persons gathered at the airport. Uncounted thousands lined the highway from the airport into the city and another 70,000 were at Union square. In addition, at least five million viewed the scene on television.
Then he will go to the city hall where Mayor Elmer E. Robinson and other city and military officials will formally welcome him to the city. The mayor proclaimed today as "General Douglas MacArthur day."
After that, MacArthur and his party will leave for the airport for a flight to Washington, D.C., where he will address a joint meeting of congress tomorrow.
Despite the ovations he received in Honolulu and San Francisco, MacArthur managed to spend most of his time working on his speech. Col. Anthony Story, who piloted the Bataan from Honolulu, said Mac-Arthur worked on his speech across the Pacific. He spent most of his first night in Honolulu on the same task.
The plane taxied to its assigned position and the hatch opened. The MacArthur party came down the ramp to be greeted by Gov. E. Warren of California, Mayor Robinson, Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer, sixth army commander, and Gen. George C. Marshall's personal representative.
The Bataan landed at San Francisco international airport at 10:28 p.m. Tuesday amid excitement that mounted minute by minute after word flashed over the public address system that the huge Constellation was nearing the airport.
"I can't tell you how good it is to be home," he said in a clear, calm voice. "For long dreary years, Mrs. MacArthur and myself have talked and talked about this time. Now it has come.
A 17-gun salute boomed out and MacArthur stood stiffly at attention. After inspecting an honor guard of four platoons, he stepped to a platform to address the crowd.
"We are touched by the evidence of the marvelous hospitality the city has shown us. Thanks for not forgetting us."
Draft Discussion To Be April 25
A meeting of men interested in learning their draft status will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 25, room 206 Strong hall.
This meeting is a follow-up for the meeting held in Hoch auditorium two weeks ago. It is for the purpose of answering any questions men have concerning their draft standing.
Men should write out their questions and leave them with Mrs. Brand in the Registrar's office before the meeting.
A committee composed of the newly elected S.U.A. officers and five persons selected from the Union operating committee chose the board members.
Eight new members for the board of directors of Student Union activities were selected Monday from the record number of 43 applications.
The board was selected on the basis of past experience, scholarship, and enthusiasm. It will meet once a week to determine S.U.A. policies, and members will serve as chairmen of major S.U.A. projects, officer of the board of directors will not take office until next year.
There are 300 members of S.U.A. At the beginning of each year the organization holds a membership meeting. Anyone may join. Members' names and interests are placed on file in the S.U.A. office. When a student has work on a major project his card is pulled and placed in a "has worked" file.
New board members are Marjorie Seeyle, education senior; John Mann, engineering sophomore; Marcia Horn, Phillip Kassebaum, Ann Ivester, and Jerry Hesse, College sophomores; and Jack Campbell and Marilyn Hawkinson, College freshmen.
Student Directors Of SUA Chosen
Class Of'26 Plans Reunion
Paul Arrowood, new president, said, "One of the big things we're going to strive for next year is to distribute the work a little better. Our policies and activities will be much the same as this year's group."
Members of the class of 1926 from Oklahoma, Missouri, Louisiana, California, Kansas, Texas, Iowa and Illinois have notified the reunion committee that they will attend the commencement reunion. This will be the class '25th reunion.
The Men's Glee club of 1926 will also hold a 25th-year reunion. The club will sing at Baccalaureate. In 1926 this glee club was the Missouri Valley champion and won third in a national men's glee club contest.
Chairman appointed at the meeting were: attendance chairman, Justin Hill, Lawrence; registration chairman, Vernner Smith, associate professor of architecture; reception chairman, Mrs. Harold Testerman, Kansas City, Kan.; program chairman, Prof. George Anderson, history department; committee treasurer, Charles Springer, Lawrence; gift fund chairman, Kenneth Spencer, Kansas City, Kan., and committee secretary, Raymond Nichols, executive secretary of the University.
At a meeting of the class of 1926 reunion committee Tuesday, Donald Lyons, chairman, appointed eight sub-chairmen chairme
The 1926 glee club will be directed by Prof. T. A. Larremore of Connecticut. Professor Larremore was the glee club's original director. He is retired now.
Glee Clubs To Present Concert
An excerpt from the opera "Aida" and modern arrangements of familiar music will be only part of the concert presented by the Women's glee club and the Men's glee club at 8 p.m. today in Hoch auditorium.
The Women's glee club, directed by Clayton Krehbiel, and the Men's glee club, directed by Joseph Wilkins, will each sing several numbers in addition to mixed singing.
The Constant Construction company of Lawrence has been awarded the contract for installation of the 53-bell memorial carillon.
Included in the program will be two new compositions written for the women by Miss Katherine Mulky, assistant professor of organ and theory, and John Pozdro, instructor in organ and theory.
The base bid was $3,065 for transporting the bells from the railway station in Lawrence, installing the support beams and hoisting the bells. The weights of the bells vary from 12 pounds to nearly seven tons.
Workmen for the Constant company will do the tying and adjusting of the bells under the direction of Frank C. Godfrey, a representative of the John Taylor and company foundry, Loughborough, England, which made the bells.
Students will be admitted by their I.D. cards.
The bells have arrived in New York. They will be shipped from there on the Santa Fe railroad. It is not known exactly when they will arrive in Lawrence, but installation is to be completed for the dedicatory ceremonies Sunday, May 27.
Contract Let For Carillon
The bell donated by the University Daily Kansan weighs approximately 812 pounds and has the tone of B. It is inscribed in the memory of Curtis Andrew Burton, Raymond Clapper, Robert L. Coleman, Walter William Meininger, John Elliot Penner, Philip Stratton, and Jean A. Thomas.
Preliminary examinations in Western Civilization will be given at 7:30 p.m. today and Thursday.
Students planning to take preliminary examinations over units one to five will go to 01 Snow. Students going over units six to 10 will go to 305 Bailey.
TYPICAL of the bells of the University carillon is the one pictured above, donated by the University Daily Kansan.
The final examination will be given Saturday, May 12. The preliminary examinations are not compulsory.
Exam Dates Set For Western Civ
ASC Fails To Seat New Members
The newly-elected representatives to the All Student Council were not installed and the old A.S.C. threatened to begin what one member called a "lame duck session" Tuesday night.
Roger Davis, first year law student, moved that the A.S.C. swear in the new student council at the close of the meeting. The motion was ruled out of order by A.S.C. president Melvin Clingan.
New Council Elects Officers
Unofficial All Student Council officers were elected by the new representatives after the A.S.C. meeting Tuesday night.
Chester Lewis, College and law senior, was elected vice-president Christine Johnson, College sophomore, was chosen secretary, and Dean Werries, business junior, treasurer.
Robert Casad, graduate student,
was appointed chairman of the committee on committees by James Logan, A.S.C. president-elect, Logan said that other committee chairmen would be worked out later.
Rho Chi, national honorary pharmacy chrity, installs a chapter at the University of Kansas Friday, Dean J. Allen Reese of the School of Pharmacy announced today.
"All campus organizations who think they will need money from the A.S.C. next year should submit a tentative budget to Dean Werries at Battenfeld hall, 1425 Louisiana, by May 15," said Logan. "The amounts stated will not be binding on the organizations; they are only to determine the approximate demands on the Council next year."
"I hope we can all work together and provide good student government next year," Logan told the new Council. "I don't feel the two parties' platforms are inconsistent with each other, and I think we can carry out both of them and really accomplish something for the students."
Pharmics To Install Frat
The installing officer will be Dr. Joseph B. Burt, dean of the College of Pharmacy at the University of Nebraska. Ceremonies will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Union. Dean Burr will also be the speaker for the School of Pharmacy banquet in the Kansas room Friday evening.
The K.U. chapter of Rho Chi will be Alpha Rho.
Membership is open to both men and women. Besides scholarship, qualifications include personality, interest in pharmacy, and good character, Dean Reese said. Members must have completed at least 75 credit hours with a B average or better.
Charter members from the senior class of the School of Pharmacy are Eugene W. Brockmeyer, John B. Dumars, Donald L. Hattfield, R. M. Hill, Paul L. Nelson, and Milton V. Rubotten. Junior class members are Robert Donley, Lowell Macy, Michael McElheny, Norman Marvin, Roy H. Muntzert, Darrell Lee Rhudy, and J. W. Ruddell.
School of Pharmacy faculty members already belonging to Rho Chi are Dean Reese, Dr. J. H. Burckhalter, Dr. R. E. Hopponen, Dr Charles F. Peterson, Dr Duane G. Lewis and Lewis Nobles, graduate student.
There will be 20 alumni initiated
Names Talent Committee
Dolph Simons, president of the Alumni association, has appointed 56 alumni to a talent scout committee. This committee will bring alumni records up to date on accomplishments of outstanding alumni.
The information will be used as an aid in selecting alumni to receive distinguished service awards this year.
"Last year's council was sworn in at the first meeting after the election," objected James Logan, president-elect of the A.S.C. "You were elected April 19 and sworn in May 3 by Ernest Friesen, last year's president."
"Then he was illegal," said Clingan.
Logan moved that the new members be sworn in at the next regular meeting of the A.S.C.
"Year before last, there was a meeting one week after the election and two weeks after the election the new members were sworn in," he said. "Two minutes for the last two years only are in the dean of men's office."
Warren Andreas, College junior, moved that organizational representatives be disenfranchised on the vote and his motion carried. Davis's victory left the new Council at the end of the next meeting was then defeated.
Logan protested that the present A.S.C. members were trying to "perpetuate themselves in office" and that committee chairmen from the new Council should be chosen now to learn about their work from the present chairmen.
"Why not appoint them unofficially now?" asked Joseph Wimsatt, chairman of the finance committee. "They can get experience working with the committee chairmen without being sworn in. I'd like to start work right away with whoever will be the new treasurer."
Walter Brown, College senior, moved that the A.S.C. meet Tuesday, April 24, to clear up old business and "responsibilities we have not yet undertaken." The motion failed, and a vote split along straight Pachachews F.A.C.T.S. lines and again defeated the motion. 12 to 9.
The next Council meeting will be on Tuesday, May 1, and the last meeting of the year on Tuesday, May 2. The only commitment the A.S.C. must make in this new council will be installed "whenever it gets legal."
The Council unanimously elected Anne Snyder, University Daily Kansas reporter, to serve a one-year term on the student court. She was nominated by the A.S.C. president to be a member of the appointment of Ralph Brock, second year law student, as chief justice of the court.
The A.S.C. also:
1. Heard a complete report of the financial standing of the A.S.C. from Wimsatt. He stated that the council will have approximately $120 in the treasury at the end of the year, and that the A.S.C. funds "do not stand to be in the red and have never been in the red as the F.A.C.T.S. party said." A full financial report will be printed in the Kansan as soon as possible, he said.
2. Tabled a motion to appropriate $115 to Upstream magazine, campus publication. Stanley Kelley, graduate student, was recognized by the Council and asked for $200 to wipe out a $115 debt and set up the next issue of Upstream, which has recently merged with New Writers and Trend magazines. The motion was tabled until Upstream could submit a complete financial report to the Council.
3. Gave $25 to the Red Cross from the Campus Chest emergency fund. The Red Cross is not permitted to participate in a combined drive such as the recent Campus Chest drive, and has not solicited on the campus. Council members absent from the meeting were Maxine Holsinger, education senior; Jack Howard, business senior; Natalie Logan, education senior, and Dean Wells, business junior.
Seniors Must Order Cards
Seniors must order their Commencement announcements before Saturday. The announcements and senior booklets are on display in the business office in Strong hall.