15.11.84
MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1951
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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Little Man On Campus
by Bibler
"Worthy, I can't understand why you flunked this test—it's th' same one I've given for the last four years."
Idea Of Former Student Started First KU Relays
By CHARLES PRICE
April showers may bring May flowers, but no one will appreciate rain Saturday as the 26th annual Kansas Relays gets underway. And speaking of flowers, the only foliage that will be on the minds of competing athletes, will be the "laurel wreath," the ancient symbol used by the Greeks to crown victors in the Pythian games.
The first gun fired Saturday will mark the beginning of the 26th observance of the Relays which were started April 21, 1923, in Memorial stadium on the north slope of Mt. Oread. Since then, the University has sponsored the meet and played host to individuals and teams from all over the United States.
The first Kansas Relays was brought about for the purpose of supplying the West and South with relay games.
Prior to this, there were only three big outdoor meets—Drake relays, the Penn Relays, and the track events at the University of Washington in Seattle.
The Kansas Relays began under the supervision of Dr. John H. Outland, who came to the University as a student in 1893. During his sophomore year, Dr. Outland won a letter on the Jayhawk football team, playing tackle and fullback positions. In 1895 he transferred to the University of Pennsylvania, where the founding of the now famous Penn relays later influenced him to establish a similar event here at the University.
When Dr. Outland returned to the University, he told his ideas to Forrest C. "Phog" Allen, who was then athletic director, Dr. Allen and his track coach, Karl Schlademan, began making plans for the Relays in 1920.
To promote the idea, Dr. Allen made radio speeches, and had stickers and a 62-page program of events printed for distribution. Coach Schlademan was general manager of the event. Student representatives from the various classes worked with him. This was the beginning of the student Relays committee.
Pre-Medical Test To Be Given May 12
The Medical College Admission test will be given Saturday, May 12, in 423 Lindley hall. The test is required for entrance into any medical school approved by the American Medical association.
Six hours of testing, divided into two-three-hour sessions, will take place. Pre-medical students may obtain application blanks and additional information at 104 Haworth hall.
About 100 to 150 students are expected to take the test.
The people of Lawrence rallied to the support of the program by forming a Kansas Relays club. The Missouri Valley conference, the Big Ten and other conferences throughout the West and Midwest also cooperated in promoting the event. Finally, the first Kansas relays were held in Memorial stadium, April 21, 1923.
From time to time, various notables in the world of sports have refereed the Relays. Among the most outstanding were Knute Rocke, one of the greatest football coaches of all time, who honored the event in 1925, and Fielding Yost, football coach at the University of Michigan, refereed the games in 1926.
F. Floyd Herr, director of certification and college accreditation for the Kansas department of education, said 503 additional elementary teachers and 40 high school instructors will be needed for the fall term.
Topeka (U.P.)—More than 500 teachers are needed for Kansas schools a survey showed recently.
Hugo, Okla.—(U,P)—A stock of bottled drinking water was listed as a total loss after fire swept through a warehouse used by a company here. Firemen estimated the loss at $75,000.
Herr said a recruiting program will be started April 16 by local teachers' associations in the state.
Over 500 Teachers Needed In Kansas
$75,000 Worth of Water
Burns In Warehouse Fire
Navy Has New Officers' School
The navy department has announced that a new officers' candidate school at Newport, R.I. will begin operation in June. It will replace the present program in which graduating seniors may apply for direct commission as ensigns.
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The four-month course is open to civilians and enlisted men from the regular navy and naval reserve. Applicants must have degrees from an accredited college, but may apply 120 days before they expect to receive the degree.
Civilians will enlist in the naval reserve for four years. If they don't complete the course they will serve as enlisted men long enough to satisfy selective service requirements. Unsuccessful reserve and regular navy candidates will return to their old rank.
Civilians will receive pay equal to that of seaman recruits. Regulars and reserves will be paid according to their former rates.
Men must be between 19 and 26 years old. Civilians must have been classified 1-A, 1-A-P, 2-A, or 2-C. Naval reserves, except those classified 4-A, may be accepted if they meet the other qualifications.
Successful candidates will be commissioned ensigns in the naval reserve and ordered to active duty. Applicants must agree to serve on active duty, if commissioned, for three years and to retain their reserve commissions for at least eight years.
Courses in mathematies through trigonometry and the usual citizenship and physical qualifications are required. Veterans must have honorable discharges or, if in the naval reserve and on inactive duty, records of satisfactory service.
Colonel Hits Chinese War
Additional information may be obtained at the naval science office in the Military Science building.
Europe and Iran are more important than China, Col. Edward F. Kumpe, professor of military science, told members of Sigma Pi Sigma, honorary physics society, Thursday.
He said the Russians want Europe because of its industry, and Iran for its oil.
"It would be a terrible mistake for the United States to get bogged down in a war with China. The rice fields of China would be fantastically difficult terrain on which to飞尉." he said.
The United States" "weasel" is the only armored vehicle that fighting forces could use on such terrain, he said. It can carry only a .30 caliber machine gun or recoilless gun.
The large influx of refugees from Communist-held territories proves that the average Korean who has had contact with Communism does not like it, he said.
David Sailer, business junior, was elected president of Alpha Kappa Psi, professional business fraternity, at a recent initiation and banquet.
AKPsi Elects Sailer President
The men initiated were: Alan Armstrong, John King, and Julian Zimmerman College juniors; Buford Bissell, Jr. John Ivie, James Martin, and Kenneth Prianik, business juniors; John Cain, Ralph Lamb, William Fair, Donald Kimbrough, and Richard McCall, College sophomores; Eugene Hall and Robert Tarr, engineering sophomores; Dudley Elliott and John McColm, business seniors, and Arthur Nease, College freshman.
Other officers are; Robert Atteberry, College sophomore, vicepresident; Robert Swaim, business junior, secretary; Robert Trego, business junior, treasurer; and Robert Pickrell, engineering junior, master of rituals.
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