1951
University
1. 2023年4月29日
Topeka, Ks.
Friday, April 6, 1951
STUDENT NEWSPAPER
O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F K A N S A S
Lawrence. Kansas
Foreign Expert To Speak Next Week
Richard D. Robinson, who was in Turkey from 1947 to 1950 as a representative of the Institute of Current World Affairs and a foreign correspondent, will be a guest expert in classes, seminars, and special meetings at the University of Kansas from Monday, April 9, through Friday, April 13.
Sponsoring the visit are the departments of economics, geography, history, political science, sociology and anthropology, and the William Allen White school of journalism and public information.
In his lectures and round-tables Mr. Robinson will deal principally with Turkish and Middle East problems, covering the Russian situation and such matters as the great social, economic and political experiment now taking place in Turkey.
As one of several young men selected in recent years for foreign study fellowships with the Institute of Current World Affairs, he studied and taught at Robert college in Turkey. He toured all sections of the country by jeep, lived a year in central Anatolia studying provincial life and served for six months as a fill-time consultant to the economic survey mission sent to Turkey by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development on invitation of the Turkish government.
During this period, Mr. Robinson also visited the other lands in the Middle East and served as a foreign correspondent with The Chicago Daily News. He expects to return to the Middle East in November, possibly to spend the winter and spring in Turkey and two years in Iran and Afghanistan.
From 1945 to 1947 Mr. Robinson was in Korea. He was officer-in-charge of the Office of Public Opinion in the headquarters of the military government in South Korea for one year after the end of hostilities with Japan. He was responsible for ascertaining and analyzing Korean reaction to American administration.
In September, 1946, he was discharged from the army as a captain but remained in Korea as a civilian employee of the war department, working as official historian recording the story of Soviet-American relations in Korea and that of American-Korean relations on a political level.
Mr. Robinson was graduated from University of Washington, Seattle, in 1942 with a major in government administration. He received his master of business administration degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Business in 1943. He entered the army in June, 1943, as a second lieutenant, in 1944 attended the Military Government school at the University of Virginia and then took an intensive course in Japanese at the Harvard Far Eastern Area Training school.
Mr. Robinson's schedule for his five-day visit on the campus is:
Monday: 8 a.m., Reporting II class, journalism; 9 a.m., journalism class in The Editorial; 3 p.m., Social Science 15 class; dinner with economics faculty and informal discussion in the evening with economics faculty and graduate students in economics.
Tuesday; 10 a.m., History 148 class; luncheon with geography faculty; 1 p.m., Geography 15 class; 3 p.m., with Political Science 210 evening with history faculty and traduce students.
Wednesday: 9 a.m. Political Science 58 class; 10 a.m., Political Science 180 class; 4 to 5:30 p.m.
Political Science 360 seminar.
Thursday: 10 a.m., History 148 class; 11 a.m., Sociology 155 class; luncheon with journalism faculty; 4 to 5:30 p.m., coffee hour in English
RICHARD D. ROBINSON
room of the Union building, open to students and faculty; evening with the International Relations Club.
Friday: 9 a.m., with Geography 6 class; 10 a.m. with Geography 125 class; 2 p.m. with Sociology 96 class.
A Cappella Choir Sings Monday
The University A Cappella choi of 104 voices, directed by Prof. D. M. Swarthout, will present its only home concert at 8 p.m. Monday, April 9, in Hoch auditorium.
A group of three numbers from the 16th century choral composer, Palestrina, will open the program. These will be followed by three selections from the collection of Russian choral music of the 19th century, including an arrangement of the famous Russian melody, "Kol Salven," in nine different vocal parts, and the Taneyet number, "Sunrise."
Another group will stress selections from several of the best-known English composers which include Sir Villiers Stanford, Sir Hubert Parry, and Dr. Charles Wood as well as "Hosanna" from the American choral director and composer, F. Melius Christiansen of the St. Olaf choir.
Professor Swarthout will close the concert with arrangements of three spirituals. "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen," "I Wanna' Be Ready," and "Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray." Solo parts in the first two will be sung by Jeanne Aldridge, graduate, and Frederick Burton, fine arts freshman.
The choir was organized by Professor Swarthout 15 years ago with a membership of about 70 voices. Since then there have been so many applications for membership that the enrollment was enlarged to more than 100 singers. There is also a group of reserves who receive regular training and are ready to fill vacancies.
Reds Stiffen As UN Northward Advance Stalls
The assistant director of the choir this year is Clayton Krehbiel, instructor in education, and the president is Willard Straight, fine arts junior.
Tokyo, Saturday —(U.P.)— Chinese Communist troops entrenched on a line of hills in west-central Korea, halted the United Nations northward advance with fanatical resistance Friday.
Attacking infantrymen nearly reached the crest of the hill several times but were driven back by exploding hand gernades lobbed into their ranks from above.
The Communists, holed up in eight huge bunkers on the crest of a hill in the center of the front, beat off repeated American attacks with mortar, machinegun and rifle fire.
Although the Reds fought back fanatically on the west-central front, resistance was spotty elsewhere along the United Nations line north of the 38th parallel.
Eight U.N. divisions, including Greek, Thai and South Korean forces in addition to the Americans and British, were hammering their way north along a solid front 35 to 40 miles wide.
The deepest penetration was made by armored forces ranging ahead of the foot soldiers. The tanks hit the communists a surprise blow eight miles inside North Korea Thursday.
The Communists were putting up their stiffest resistance in more than a week in an attempt to gain time for more than 500,000 troops assembling farther north for an expected Red spring counter-offensive.
The Chinese fought to the death in their foxholes, holding their positions even in the face of American bayonet charges. They threw everything up to 105-millimeter artillery fire at the advancing U.N. columns.
The Reds also were bringing up tanks to challenge the Allied armored columns. U.N. planes intercepted at least 7 of the tanks and destroyed or damaged all before they could reach the front.
Even the elusive Communist air Force came to life. A single unidentified plane unloaded three bombs behind U.N. lines northeast of Chunchon under cover of darkness early today.
Far to the northwest, 30 Russian-built MIG-15 jet fighters jumped 12 American F-86 sabrejets near the Manchurian frontier. The six-mile-high battle lasted 15 minutes and ended with the route of the enemy. Five of the Red jets high-tailing for home trailed smoke and dropped chunks of fuselage or wings. The U.S. planes were not damaged.
Washington (U.P.)—The office of Defense Mobilization ruled today that all able-bodied young men will be subject to the draft later regardless of the selective deferments announced for college students.
Students Still Subject To Draft
O. D.M.'s manpower policy committee said that the new plan is a postponement of military service for certain college students and "no man is exempted from the obligation to serve" after the deferments expire.
The committee said the present standards for postponement of service for college students may be changed at any time to raise or lower the number of students temporarily deferred as the national interest and manpower needs dictate.
AwardsToBeGiven At Commencement
Citations for distinguished service will be awarded to outstanding University alumni at Commencement Monday, June 4. The awards are made on the basis of achievement in the professions.
Blakely Talk Today At 4 p.m. In Strong
Robert J. Blakely, chief editorial writer for the St. Louis StarTimes will give the Don R. Mellett Memorial lecture at 4 p.m. today in Strong auditorium.
Mr. Blakley will speak on "The Constant Crusade," a talk on the role of the press in helping persons understand democracy in a time of crisis.
Campanile Bells On Way To KU
The 53-bell carillon for the Memorial campanile was scheduled to sail today from Liverpool, England, on the Britannic ship, Cunard White Star.
Frank Godfrey, representative of the John Taylor and Sons company, will accompany the bells. He will supervise their installation in the campanile. Mr. Godfrey wrote to the Alumni association that he would leave with the bells today.
The bells will be shipped by rail from New York. The Kansas City customs agent has agreed to handle inspection of the bells so that they will not be unpacked until they reach Lawrence.
Justice Hugo Wedell, chairman of the Memorial campanile committee, will present the campanile to the University at a dedicatory service Sunday. May 27. Chancellor Deane W. Malott will accept the gift on behalf of the University.
Anton Brees, carillonneur at the Bok Singing tower, Lake Wales, Fla, will play the carillon at the dedicatory service and will also play several concerts following the dedication.
Representatives from all branches of the armed forces will attend the dedication. Three thousand invitations have been sent to Kansas dignitaries and gold star families.
Stromire To Head HawkwatchSociety
Leon Stromire has been elected president of the Hawkwatch society, N.R.O.T.C. social organization.
New members of the executive council are Leon Stromire, Joseph Warkecyewski, and Willis Boicourt, senior representatives; Kenneth Merrill, Mahlon Ball, and George Shelby Schulte, junior representatives; and Alfred Russell Dallas Schulte, and Arthur Nease, sophomore representatives.
Three representatives from the freshman class will be elected to the council next fall.
New officers of the organization will be installed at a banquet in honor of N.R.O.T.C. seniors in the Union ballroom on May 2. The secretary of the society will be elected from the new executive council after installation.
The Hawkwatch society is an organization of all N.R.O.T.C. men. It represents the Navy in all social functions and sponsored the recent N.R.O.T.C. ring dance.
An anonymous committee of Alumni Association members will select the persons to be honored. The awards will be made by Chancellor Deane W. Malott and Dolph Simons, president of the Alumni association.
"Baccalaureate services will be held in Memorial stadium at 7 p.m. Sunday, June 3, and Commencement at 7 p.m. Monday, June 4. A senior breakfast will be held Monday, June 4, in the Union building.
Recitals will be given on the carillon. Commencement activities will also include organ recitals in the Museum of Art, bus tours, and departmental exhibits.
Registration for alumni will begin in the Union lounge Saturday, June 2. A University film will be shown at an informal buffet supper Saturday night, June 2.
The annual Alumni association dinner will be held Sunday night, June 3. in the Union ballroom. Chancellor Malott will report on the progress of the University.
The classes of 1001, 1911, 1926,
1931, 1941, and the Gold Medal club
will hold reunion luncheons Sunday.
The Gold Medal club is composed of members of classes graduated over 50 years ago. Mortar Board will also hold a reunion.
Members of the commencement planning committee are: chairman, Guy V. Keeler, Margaret Anderson, Leonard H. Axe, Wealthy Babcock, Elmer F. Beth, Maude Elliott, Fred Ellsworth, Edna Hain, Arvid Jacobson, Raymond Nichols, Martha Peterson, Henry Shenk, John Amberg, Dale Helmers, Harrison Madden, and Mrs. Lorraine Thiessen.
Name Heads For Engineer Show
Fourteen students have been named department chairmen of the 1951 Engineering Exposition, Ronald Wigington, publicity director announced today.
The exposition is scheduled for Friday, April 20 and Saturday, April 21. The entrance will be at Marvin hall with a guided path from there through the entire exposition.
Heading the departments participating in the exposition are Richard Brunet, aeronautical; Davis Crawford, physics; Frank Davis, civil; John Hoham and Gene Rogers, engineering drawing; Robert Houvener, architecture; Dale McBride, shop practices; Carl Nelson, petroleum; Harry Nelson, mathematics; Kermit Oswalt, mining and metal-urgical.
Marion Scholes, geological; Robert Strobel, mechanical; and Richard Weber, chemical. William Stinson is the general chairman of the exposition.
Schatten To Give Math Talk
Robert Schatten, associate professor of mathematics, will speak on the approximation theorem at a mathematics colloquium at 5 p.m., Monday, April 9 in 203强 hall.
WEATHER
KANSAS: Clearing tonight preceded by showers extreme northeast. Colder tonight. Low 28-32 northwest to 38-40 southeast. Warmer Saturday afternoon. High 60-62 in east, 64-68 in west.