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FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1951
Airforce Plane With 53 Lost Over Atlantic
London (U.P.)—A huge U.S. air force Globemaster carrying 53 persons, including Brig. Gen. Paul T. Cullen, disappeared in a gale over the Atlantic between Newfoundland and Ireland today, and rough weather seriously hampered rescue attempts.
The four-engine modified C-74- capable of carrying 200 fully-equipped soldiers, was en route from Gander, Newfoundland, to Mildenhall, England. It was last heard from at 9:06 p.m. (C.S.T.) within three hours' flying time of the Irish coast.
The pilot of a British Overseas Airways Stratocruiser which followed nearly the same route as that laid out for the Globemaster, said he sent out many signals in the area where the air force plane disappeared, but go no response. He said he saw no trace of the plane.
Searchers battled through rough air and stormy seas to cover the vast expanse of water west of Britain.
The pilot, in one of his last messages, radioed to the Uxbridge control station in England that Cullen and 52 others were aboard. Then the plane, apparently blown off its course by stiff winds, disappeared.
The pilot of a Pan-American World Airways plane which landed at London airport this morning said he picked up a signal from a U.S. air force plane over the Atlantic. He said the plane sounded a "Clear the Air" signal. Such signals usually precede an emergency signal.
The pilot said the plane identified itself as a U.S. air force plane en route from Limestone, Maine, to Lakenheen air base in England.
Heavy seas and high winds interfered with a widespread search for the missing plane.
Expect Many For ISA Meet
Iowa State college, Ames, Iowa is sending a delegation of 33 persons to the National Independent Students association convention to be held at the University from Thursday, March 29 through Saturday, March 31.
Iowa State's delegation is the largest so far, but the Kansas State college group is expected to be larger, because they have a finalist in the Sweetheart contest.
The other colleges having finalists are: University of Texas, Washburn university, Colorado college, Marshall college, University of Illinois, and Southern Illinois university. The sweetheart will be crowned at the Coronation ball Friday, March 30.
The opening session of the convention was conducted Thursday evening by N.I.S.A. president Rollie Brooks, Colorado A. and M. college, Fort Collins, Colo. A discussion of "N.I.S.A., Past and Future," will be held by Dean Darold L. Shutt, Marshall college, Huntington, W.Va., and Boyce Monmies, registrar of the University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla., at a banquet today.
Dean Shutt will also speak at the awards banquet Saturday.
The convention has arranged for the delegates from each region to meet at regional breakfasts to present a chance for a get-together to decide on regional policies for the convention. The breakfast will be optional. The delegates will receive meals in the Union building, and meetings will be in Fraser hall.
University Club Plans Open House March 30
An open house will be held by the University club from 8 to 11:30 p.m. Friday, March 30 in the club room. It will be open to members only.
Robert Harrison, manager of the M. R. Gill Real Estate agency, and Mrs. Harrison will be hosts.
Ise Lets His Students Vote On Exam Dates
Democracy is still in action on the campus. Take John Ise's 11:00 economics class for example.
The students in this class exercise their civic rights by voting—voting for the date of their next examination. Dr. Ise still exercises a democratic right by allowing the class to cast their opinion as to whether they want an examination before or after Easter. The results of the vote? The examination will be held after Easter vacation!
Engineers Hear Five Speakers
Five Kansas City engineers addressed members of the Kansas City chapter of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and the University chapter of the A.I.E.E. and Institute of Radio Engineers Thursday.
Speakers were T. L. Jones, Southwestern Bell Telephone company; C. G. Roush, Westinghouse Electrical corporation; J. P. Kesler, Black and Veach company; Dr. Robert R. Hancock, Midwestern Research institute; and C. N. Lytle, Kansas City Power and Light company engineer.
Mr. Lytle warned of the danger of government competition with private enterprise. A free enterprise system, financed by private capital, can and has done everything government enterprise has accomplished in the field of utilities, he said.
Mr. Rousch called engineers the "creators of ideas" which make companies grow and employ labor, make possible production, and raise the living standard.
There are two classifications of research, Dr. Hancock told the group. There is pure research, as done in universities, and applied research as done by industrial concerns. The former seeks "information for information's sake," he explained, "while the latter is interested in "the pay-off in cash registers."
Mr. Jones outlined the possibilities of employment in independent companies in the field of communications. He said there are 5,000 such companies in Kansas.
Prime qualifications for success in engineering were outlined by J. P. Kesler, Reliability, ability to get along with others, willingness to work, imagination, judgment, and ability to express oneself in writing and speech he listed as the most important requirements.
Wichita, Kan. (U.P.)—The prisoner, obviously ruffled at having been brought in to face an intoxication charge by Officer Jim May, answered "I whip cops!" when asked his occupation by the desk sergeant.
Just Looking For Work
US Paratroops Rout Reds In Surprise Move
Tokyo (U.P.)—A powerful U.S. tank column slashed through collapsing Communist resistance north of Seoul today and linked up with thousands of American paratroopers who jumped to earth within sight of the 38th parallel.
An 8th Army communique reported the tank troops joined hands with the paratroopers at Munsan, 20 miles northwest of Seoul, after an advance of 18 road miles.
North Korean rear guards were reported fleeing north in panic all along the 15-mile-wide west Korean front above Seoul.
Up to 20,000 of them were believed trapped or scattered by this morning's mass parachute jump across the main Communist escape highway at Munsul, 20 miles northwest of Seoul.
Tanks and infantry of three United Nations divisions advanced virtually unopposed eight to 10 miles along highways southwest and southeast of the paratroopers on Korea's blazing western front.
A North Korean regiment guarding the drop target threw away its weapons and took to its heels at the sight of men, jeeps artillery and even three- quarter - ton trucks floating down on multi-colored parachutes behind Communist lines.
The easternmost column captured Uijongbu, 10 miles northeast of Seoul, and drove on another two miles farther north.
The one South Korean and two U.S. divisions reported only one allied casualty from small arms fire during the advance through territory hitherto bitterly defended by the Communists.
The central column, heading northwest toward a junction with the paratroopers at Munsan, was stalled temporarily by a minefield seven miles south of that city. But it soon got rolling again.
Infantry on the western flank gained eight miles.
Jennings Appoints A.W.S. Chairmen
Committee chairmen for the Associated Women Students' senate were appointed by Beverly Jennings, A.W.S. president, Thursday.
The chairmen are: Loretta Cooley, counseling chairman; Jerry Hesse, leadership workshop; Barbara Allen, Memorial scholarship; Ann Wagner, student - faculty coffees; Virginia Thomson, Donna McCosh, and Miss Cooley, judiciary board; Arden Angst, presidents council; Miss Cooley, elections, and Miss Angst, personnel board.
Easter Eggs Are 2,000 Years Old
Washington (U.P.) — The Smithsonian Institution got into the Easter spirit today by reporting the origin of Easter eggs and bunnies.
Both represented fertility and the "re-creation of spring" in ancient pre-Christian pagan rites, the institution said, and originated in Persia or India more than 2,000 years ago.
In German mythology, Easter bunnies were the escorts of the Goddess Ostara, from whom the word "Easter" was derived.
Scholarship Tests To Begin April 2
Thirty students have qualified to take the final Summerfield scholarship examinations Monday and Tuesday. April 2 and 3.
A dinner will honor finalists and resident Summerfield scholars at 6 p.m. Monday, April 2, in the Union ballroom. The student committee will maintain an information booth in the Union for visitors.
The following high school seniors have qualified for the final exams: Robert Blanchard, John Edward Divelbich, James Francis Duncan, James Warren Gillett, Harlan Gene Henderson, Gene Malott, Roger Lee Youmans from Kansas City, Kan.; Michael James Cambern, Edward Arnold Freeburg, Carl Vaughn Rohrer, from Wichita; Terry V. Carle, Darrell Dean Fanestil, Lloyd Albert Pearl, from Emporia.
Delbert Merle Jones, Dwight Patton, Jr., from Lyons; Stephen Archer, Winfield; William Robert Arnold, Salina; Richard LaVerne Backman, Vliets; Roger Wesley Cummings, Ottawa; George Allen Daniels, Smith Center.
Douglas DeYoung, Independence; Thomas Leroy Hankins, Lawrence; Dwight H. Harrison, Downs; Ronald Edward Hubert, Garden City; Jean Legler, Hiawatha; Robert Rammage Matthews, Great Bend; Donald Mervin mgill, Mankato; Donald Charles Nichols, Auburn; Harlan Nietfeld, Atwood; Charles Price Peterman, Pittsburg.
Geography Classes Hear Writer Today
J. Russell Smith, textbook writer from Swarthmore, Pa, will speak to geography classes today.
"Mr. Smith is the most famous textbook writer in this country," said Dr. Walter Kollmorgen, chairman of the geography department. "He has written textbooks of grade school, high school, and college level."
Dr. Smith is the author of the textbooks "North America" and "Industrial Geography" used in the North American geography and economic geography courses at the University.
Profs Find New Spelling Methods
Kansas school children may find their spelling lessons easier to learn than their fathers did, if the research of three members of the University faculty is successful.
Nine grade schools in McPherson, Concordia, Lawrence, and Kansas City were selected as typical schools in which to test the old method of teaching spelling against two new methods. Tentative results show that the new methods get much better results.
For more than a year Kenneth E. Anderson, associate professor of education; Fred S. Montgomery, director of the bureau of visual education, and Henry P. Smith, associate professor of education, have been testing new methods for teaching spelling.
The two new methods are called the pupil-coach and multi-sensory methods, which is the more complicated, requires special visual aids, and must be taught by specific procedures. Five basic steps are used.
The teacher pronounces and defines the word, then has two students use the word in a sentence. The teacher then spells the word and the class pronouns and spellss
Professor Montgomery's 10-year-old daughter, Sally, who was having trouble with spelling, missed only one word during her third year in school by using this visual method.
it in unison. The teacher again pronounces the word and projects it on a screen for one second. Then the students write the word.
In the pupil-coach method, the students are divided into pairs and drill each other orally. The tests show that for fourth or fifth grade students the pupil-coach method is better. For third grade students the multi-sensory and pupil-coach methods are equally effective.
ing method is new to Kansas classrooms, other visual aids are not. The visual method now reaches into nearly every phase of Kansas elementary education.
Although the multi-sensory spell-
The bureau of visual education supplies dioramaas, displays, films, and other visual material to Kansas schools.
For instance, five scale-model ships are used to instruct landlocked Kansas children in sea lore. The largest of the fleet is a completely rigged whaling ship which measures 28 inches from stem to stern.
The fleet also includes a model of Columbus' flagship, the Santa Maria and a model of the Viking war boat Thor.
Other aids in the visual instruction program include a colonial room which represents colonial America in the 17th century, a replica of Mt. Vernon, a hand loom, and a model of the first reaper scaled an inch to the foot.
Final Plans For Wesley Center Near Completion
An architect is now working on detailed plans and specifications for the Wesley foundation student center to be built near the campus. Construction will begin soon after their completion.
The center will be the memorial of Mrs. Luella F. Stewart. Eighty thousand dollars from her estate have been given to the project, although additional funds will be needed.
The center will be located on Louisiana and 13th streets, north of the old University high building and east of Meyers hall.
The main room of the building will be the meeting-recreation-dining room which will accommodate about 300 persons for meetings and 250 for banquets.
A stage and an altar will be located at one end of the room. A fabric folding partition will divide them from the rest of the room, which measures about 75 by 35 feet altogether.
The foyer, entered from the side nearest the campus, will provide entrance to every room on the main floor.
A fireplace and picture windows on the east and south will be the main features of the lounge which will occupy over 1000 square feet. A small parlor next to the lounge will be used for small group meetings and for private meditation. It will have an altar which may be curtained off if desired.
A kitchen will open into the large meeting room and the parlor will be sound-proof.
Two office-conference rooms, occupied by the directors of the foundation, and an office for the secretary will also be entered from fover.
On the lower floor, which will be entered from Louisiana street, will be a small apartment to be occupied by a couple who will be part-time host and hostess.
The lower floor will also provide space for rest rooms, cloak rooms, storage room and heating plant.
Staff members of the Wesley foundation are the Rev. Edwin F. Price, director of Wesley foundation; Miss Helene Kane Currier, associate director of Wesley foundation; and the Rev. Oscar E. Allison, pastor of Lawrence First Methodist church.
The board of trustees will meet May 7 to formulate final plans for the structure.
Officers of the board of trustees of the Wesley foundation at the University of Kansas are Mr. Wayne P. Randall, Osage City, president; the Rev. Samuel W. Keller, Wichita, vice-president; Mr. Clifford D. Dean, Lawrence secretary; and Mr. Kelvin Hoover, Lawrence, treasurer.
Name Five To Plan K-Club Banquet
Committee chairmen were recently appointed for the annual K-Club Relay banquet by Robert Edman, president.
Jerry Waugh, education senior, is banquet chairman. Bill Thompson, business senior, is in charge of invitations; Robert Dare, business junior, is in charge of entertainment; William Schaake, education junior, is in charge of the dinner committee; and Oliver Spencer, education sophomore, is in charge of tickets.
To Poll Students On Business Day
Plans are under way for Business School day.
Leonard H. Axe, dean of the School of Business, the Business School council and a delegation of teachers from the Business School have drawn up a questionnaire to poll student opinion on the annual celebration.