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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1951
Fine Arts Will Give Vespers At 4 p.m. Sunday
The School of Fine Arts will present the 108th All-Musical Vespers at 4 p.m. Sunday in Hoch auditorium. There is no admission charge.
Participating organizations will include the University Symphony orchestra, the University A Cappella choir, the University Men's Glee club, and the University band. Approximately 400 students and four different conductors will take part.
The orchestra, directed by Russell L. Wiley, professor of band and orchestra, will play the last movement in *Buffalo's" Fourth Symphony* in E minor.
Thomas Gorton, dean of the School of Fine Arts, will then direct the orchestra in the playing of his own composition, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." His composition was completed in 1946 and was first performed in 1947 by the Rochester Civic orchestra.
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" contains four sections; "Landscape," "Country Dance," "Katina and Ichabod," and "The Ride of the Headless Horseman." It depicts, by music, the story of Ichabod Crane as told by Washington Irving.
D. M. Swarthout, professor of piano, will direct the A Cappella choir in a group of three works: "Hosanna" by Christiansen; "There is an Old Belief" by Parry, and "Sumise" by Tameyef.
The Men's Glee club, directed by Joseph F. Wilkins, professor of voice, will sing a group of three numbers: "You Are the Land I Love" by Hugo Wolf and arranged by George Mead; "Brothers, Sing On!" by Grieg and arranged by McKinney; and "Cool Water" by Bob Nolan and arranged by Harry R. Wilson.
Jay Nixon, fine arts senior, will be the baritone soloist in the first and last numbers of this group.
The University band, directed by Professor Wiley, will close the program with Wagner's "Overture to Die Meistersinger."
Abbey, Bayless Win Ping Pong Tourney
Winners of the intramural table tennis doubles tournament held Wednesday were Fletcher Abbey, College sophomore, and Frank Bayless, business senior.
Abbey and Fletcher each received a small statuette of a ping pong player. Medals were awarded to the runners up, Alvin Herrington, College junior, and Jay Nixon, fine arts senior.
Fifteen teams entered the tournament. It was managed by Donna McCosh, education junior, and John Mann, engineering sophomore.
NELSON LEIGH (left) veteran stage and screen actor, will portray Jesus of Nazareth and Leonard Penn will play the role of Judas Iscariot in the color film, "The Story of the Life of Jesus Christ," at 7:30 p.m. Sunday and at 4 p.m. Monday, March 19. Both showings will be in Strong auditorium. The film was produced by the Concordia Publishing house, and is sponsored by Gamma Delta, Lutheran student group. No admission will be charged.
Pass Buck On Parallel Query
Washington — (U.P) - Red China
Washington — (U,P) — Red China and North Korea could give a ceasefire in Korea by agreeing to a demilitarized buffer zone along the 38th parallel and other previous UN peace offers, informed sources reported today.
The question of the '38th parallel issue and future UN moves opened anew after Den. Douglas MacArthur said Thursday that he needed "fundamental decisions" on the Korean war before undertaking any new military moves.
But reliable informants reported that Peiping remains coldly silent on all peace overtures that could be picked up quickly.
President Truman told a news conference at Key West, however, that crossing the 38th parallel was a tactical matter for MacArthur to decide.
The twin statements were certain to be the subject of intense questioning by other nations whose troops are in Korea. They have been assured previously that the 38th parallel would not be crossed in force until consultations had been held by them with the United States.
'Shoe Shine' To Be Shown Tonight
Absence of any Chinese comment on UN peace offers -long-standing
"Shoe-Shine," an Italian-made film with English sub-titles, will be shown at 7:30 p.m. today in Hoch auditorium.
The picture tells the story of two streeturchins who, in an effort to realize their dream of owning a beautiful white horse, become involved in the black market operations of post-war Rome.
or current, prompted strategies to bet that the Red Chinese and North Koreans will mount a new major stab against the hard-driving UN forces. If any new attack is repelled, chances for peace negotiations would improve, according to these estimates.
The peace offer that still interests the United States and its Allies was drafted by the UN general assembly on Dec. 14, 1950. This resolution called for a 20-mile demilitarized zone in connection with a cease-fire. Ground forces would hold their positions pending a UN supervised withdrawal of both sides. Prisoners would be exchanged. Moves would be made later for unification of Korea under UN supervision.
Red China rejected this peace formula. And no acknowledgement has been made of initial peace moves in recent weeks by the UN's Good Offices commission.
Students who registered for the English proficiency examination to be given Saturday should be in the rooms assigned them at 2 p.m. Mrs. Natalie Calderwood, English instructor in charge of the examination, said today.
English Exam Begins At 2 p.m.
Hob Nail Queen To Be Revealed
A cloud of mystery surrounds the identity of the queen of the Hob Nail Hop.
As St. Patrick's day approaches and the annual engineering dance is a day away, the 10 University women are the closest clue to the mystery.
Meeting Wednesday night, a committee selected the woman who will be crowned. Dean T. DeWitt Carr of the School of Engineering and Architecture will make the presentation at intermission time Saturday night.
The dance will be held in the Military Science building from 9 p.m. to midnight.
A three-act musical skit, "A Production," depicting life in Marvin hall will be presented by the departments in the School of Engineering and Architecture. It was written and directed by Charles Carpenter, engineering junior.
Students Plan Course Study
A questionnaire which would give every student a chance to say what he thought of his courses at the University was discussed at the Campus Affairs committee meeting Wednesday night.
Copies of a proposed questionnaire were brought to the meeting by a committee headed by Howard Baumgartel, graduate student. The forms, which would be given to instructors to hand out to their classes, include an evaluation of the course itself and of the personal skill of the instructor.
It was proposed that the forms be filled by classes this spring and made available to instructors after final week.
Two committees were formed, one to find a way to finance the project and the other to perfect the proposed questionnaire. These committees will make reports to Chancellor Deane W. Malott and to the All Student Council.
Uruguay has bought 335,000 bushels of certified seed potatoes from New Brunswick's 1950 crop.
800 High School Students At Art Conference
More than 800 students from 31 junior and senior high schools in Kansas are attending the High School Art conference at the University today and Saturday.
Special demonstrations in the studios of the art departments on the third floor of Strong hall, were presented by students and faculty of the University. The demonstrations include cartooning, oil painting, pottery, weaving, book binding, and fly tying.
The best work done by junior and senior high school students are on display in the hall on the third floor of Strong hall.
Visiting students will attend a "Ten Fathoms Deep" dinner in the ballroom of the Union building. Design students at the University have prepared decorations and favors for the unusual dinner.
After the banquet, students will attend the University players' production "Mid Summer Night's Dream" at 8 p.m. in Fraser hall.
Man Shortage Hits Dance Group
A manpower shortage seems to be affecting the membership of Tau Sigma, modern dance fraternity, in presenting "The Lamppost," its annual recital to be given in early Mav.
"We need more men to tryout," Shirley Strain, president, said, "Many men think of Tau Sigma as an organization just for women." Prospective members must present an original dance before acceptance. The group now has a membership 35. New pledges are:
Lucille Allen, Barbara Curtis Jear Denman, and Marilyn Malone, College freshmen; Patricia Grady, Catherine Newman, and Joyce Ristine, fine arts freshmen; Nancy Gilchrist, education freshman; Wendolene Morrison, education sophomore; and Mrs. Jane Handy.
Engineers To Visit Gallery,
Building Sites In Kansas City
Twenty students from an engineering drawing class and a building construction class will visit building construction sites and the Nelson Art gallery on a field trip to
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Business Senior Finds Uranium Promoters Annoying
By RICHARD TATUM
Many students in the School of Business dream of making a million from a small investment, but there is one business senior who wishes he had never thought of making a "fast buck."
That student is Bill Howard. And he became involved in Canadian mining interests by simply dropping a penny post card in the mail asking an investment company for a prospectus. He got his prospectus all right. He also got a barrage of mail from Canada which included a variety of maps, circulars, news clippings, an option, a check, and finally a long distance telephone call from Toronto.
Howard was taking a course in Financial Administration last semester, and it was while the class was studying information given in 'imr's prospectus' that he mailed his post card that subsequently brought the daily deluge of letters encouraging him to buy shares in uranium mine.
His early suspicions that the "investment" company was a fraud were confirmed this week when the 8t. Louis Star-Times began a series of articles exposing a 52 million
dollar a year stock fraud that was being carried on by mail order and long distance phone calls from Canada.
Written by Richard S. Lewis of the Star-Times, the articles reveal that the stock promoters, all emanating from Toronto, themselves estimate their take at more than a million dollars a week.
The stock promotions are legalized in the Canadian financial capital by the Ontario Securities Commission, but are sold in violation of the securities laws of the other provinces and the United States.
All of the Toronto mail order stock promotions have been found to be fraudulent by the Securities Exchange Commission and the post office department. But the fact that Ontario protects the promotions makes it impossible for U.S. authorities to keep them out of the United States.
The Star-Times investigation shows that while the mail order stock promoters offer Americans "rich opportunities" to take money, only the promoter makes a profit and "most of the mining he does is in the sucker's wallet."
"Even though they may not be doing any actual mining." Howard said, "they certainly are persistent. Shortly after I received a lot of maps they sent me an option offering a minimum of a hundred shares at forty cents a share."
"Then they followed up with a check made out to them indicating that I should sign it and fill in the amount. That, needless to say, also went into the round file."
Actually, the Star-Times reports, the promoters buy stock from mine and oil enterprises at ten, 15, or 20 cents a share and resell it at 30, 45 and 60 cents a share, making profits of 200 per cent on sales alone.
After Howard received the check, he didn't get any mail from them for a week. It was after this that he received a long distance, person
to person phone call from Toronto Canada.
"I sure was surprised to get that call," Howard said. "Right off the man said I sounded like quite a young man. He asked if I was in business for myself."
Howard said he mumbled something about "Well, yes I'm on my own for the present."
The amount of capital going into the company treasury under this
"All this time." Howard said. "I was doing my best to keep from laughing out loud. It was something like one con man talking to another."
"I finally put him off by telling him that I wasn't ready yet and that I was still investigating his company." Howard said. "When I hung up he was still protesting that all the information he sent me was on the level."
The investment man was calling to inform him that his option was running out and that "the stock that was selling for 20 cents a share is now selling for 40 cents and still going up."
mark-up is not sufficient to bring a mine or oil well into production, the Star-Times said. If the promotion turns out to be a "dry hole" the promoter can retire with his profit on stock sales which may reach $50,000 on a single promotion.
American expatriates, as well as Canadians, are able to promote illegal stock sales in the United States in defiance of U.S. laws because they cannot be extradited to make an answer to the indictments against them. The extradition treaty between the U.S. and Canada does not cover stock fraud.
Since the phone call, Howard has received only a letter a week from the Toronto promoter.
"I can see," he said, "how the promoters could stumpete people into buying stock with all their direct mail devices. I'm glad I've got them off my neck," Howard laughed.
"All that just because I wanted a prospectus. Why I don't even want to buy the Brooklyn bridge."