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No.94 Thursday, Feb. 22, 1951 Lawrence, Kansas
Campus Affairs Group Reviews Stadium Seating
Nine sections of the stadium would be reserved for students in a seating plan agreed to by the Campus Affairs committee Wednesday. The sections would extend from the south 10-yard line to the north 20-yard line.
These sections would seat 5,941. Arthur C. Lonborg, director of athletics, explained. Student enrollment is expected to decrease $30\%$ to 5,000 next fall, Raymond Nichols, executive secretary of the University, said.
The plan would operate similarly to the one in effect last fall. Seats would be allocated on a first come, first served basis. Details of the plan would be worked out by a joint committee from the All-Student Council and the athletics committee.
Following the discussion on seating arrangement, a subcommittee reported a plan for student evaluation of courses and teachers. The plan was recommended by the American Association of University Professors.
In the discussion, Mr. Lonborg pointed out that no other institution is known to seat the student body on both sides of the 50-yard line. A survey of 14 major colleges which he recently conducted indicated that three did not have reserve sections for the student body. In schools which did have student sections, the section usually began at the 50-yard line and extended toward either goal line.
Under the plan questionnaires would be sent to University instructors. The instructors would give the forms to a previously appointed student monitor in the class. He in turn would distribute them to the students. Students would be allowed to keep the forms over night, complete them, and return to the student monitor.
The questionnaires would then be put in sealed envelopes and filed with a central committee. Only the professor concerned would have access to them, and only after final examinations. No reference to the student would appear on the forms.
Information Booth Foundation Finished
The foundation for the information booth on Jayhawk drive across from Bailey Chemical laboratories has been finished, and work will continue if the good weather holds out.
The booth will be used as a place for distribution of information, a bus stop shelter, ticket booth, a place for selling campus publications, a distribution point for the Daily Kansan, and a bulletin board.
Brotherhood Banquet Of League Is Today
The booth is the class gift of the 1950 senior class. It will cost about $3500.
The annual Brotherhood banquet of the Lawrence League for the Practice of Democracy will be at 10 p.m. today in the Plymouth Congregational church.
Alton C. Thomas, assistant professor of architecture, was in charge of two design plans. It was designed by George P. Keleed, instructor in architecture.
The League consists of townspeople, University students, and faculty members. Members who cannot attend the banquet are invited to the speech at 8 p.m.
Wilfred C. Leland, executive on the Minneapolis Fair Employment Practice commission, will speak.
The aim of the evaluation process would be to enable instructors to improve their professional skills. A small committee of students and faculty could be set up to operate the plan.
Success or failure of the plan would depend largely on co-operation from the instructors. Previous plans of evaluation have had 90% of the faculty participating. The committee postponed actual discussion until the next meeting, Wednesday March 14.
Originally composed of 42 students and 18 faculty members, the Campus Affairs committee meetings are open to the student body. Issues vital to campus life are discussed and investigated. The committee seeks wider participation by the student body as a means of bettering student life and student-faculty relations at the University.
Two Lab Plays Are Well Acted
By NANCY ANDERSON
"Overtones" and "Moonshine," lab theater productions, illustrate good characterization and fine directing. Final performances will be at 8 tonight and Friday in the Little theater of Green hall.
"Overtones" by Alice Gerstenberg, concerns the real and artificial sides of two women, who each want what the other has. The artificial personality of "Harriet" is played by Mary Herring, College junior; her true character is played by Marcia Gore. College freshman.
Marilyn Dubach, College sophomore, portrays the artificial character of "Margaret" while Peggy Shay, College sophomore, plays the real Margaret.
"Moonshine" by Arthur Hopkins concerns a hillbilly moonshiner, who corners and threatens to kill a revenue collector. The revenue collector, played by William Dickinson, College sophomore, seeks escape from the moonshiner, portrayed by James Childers, education junior.
The characterizations of Harriet by Miss Herring and Miss Gore were less restrained than those of Margaret by Miss Dubach and Miss Shay. The play was directed by Mrs. R. L. Motta, assistant instructor of speech.
"Moonshine" indicated that William Solller, graduate student and director, is capable of careful analysis of a play and effective directing of his actors. Both Solller and Mrs. Motta are members of Prof. Allen Crafton's seminar in theater and drama.
Actors and actresses lost their first night jitters after Tuesday night's shows and gave smoother performances Wednesday.
Characterization was excellent. Childer's performance of the moon-shiner was very credible.
Wayne Knowles, College freshman, did a fine job of theatrical lighting.
The Lab theater will present "The Monkey's Paw" and "Welsh蜂蜜-y moon," in Green hall, Tuesday, Feb 27 through Friday, March 2.
Metropolitan Star To Sing May 10
Rise Stevens. Metropolitan opera, concert, radio, television and recording star, will present the last offering of the University concert course, Thomas Gorton, dean of the School of Fine Arts, said Wednesday.
Miss Stevens will appear here Thursday, May 10 in the place of Patrice Munsel, who cancelled her engagement because of commitments to the Metropolitan Opera.
Tickets originally issued for the Munsel concert will be honored at Miss Stevens' concert.
The old University High school building east of the Union will soon become the new faculty lounge. Much of the kitchen equipment has already been installed, Ehmer F. Beth, chairman of the planning committee, said Wednesday.
Faculty Lounge Soon To Occupy University H. S.
The second floor will provide space for the general lounge, general club room, ladies library, ladies lounge, and a sun deck.
The game room, men's library, and caretaker's quarters will take up the third floor.
The first floor of the structure will consist of the dining room, kitchen, pantry, men's rest room, men's card room, and porch.
The dining room on the first floor and the general club room on the second floor are large rooms, each having a fireplace on the north wall. The entire north wall of the general club room, except for the fireplace, will be pine paneling. The floor of this room will be of oak. The first and second floors will have asphalt tile flooring.
Most of the rooms will have large windows, providing excellent lighting conditions. The wall separating the sun deck and the south side of the general club room is entirely glass, except for structural supports.
Professor Beth said the furniture has been ordered and is available now, but cannot be installed until interior work is finished.
The building will be steam heated with pipes concealed by metal panels along the walls.
Funds for remodeling work were furnished by the state board of regents. An anonymous K.U. alumnus provided a fund to pay for the furnishings of the lounge. The area surrounding the building will be landscaped.
Besides usual furnishings the lounge will have a television set and a radio-phonograph.
Other members of the planning committee include Mrs. Natalie Calderwood, instructor in English; Miss Helen Lohr, associate professor of home economics; T. DeWitt Carr, dean of the School of Engineering and Architecture; M. C. Slough, associate professor of law; and Joseph J. Wilson, business manager of the University.
WEATHER
KANSAS: Cloudy tonight and Friday with snow in northwest, rain or snow in southwest and occasional light rain. Snow in northeast, Cedar northwest tonight and in west and north Friday. Low tonight 20-25 degrees northwest to 40 degrees southeast. High Friday 25 to 30 degrees northwest, 40 to 45 degrees southeast.
Legislators Pass Huge Bill Handily,106 To 7
Topeka—(U.P) The Kansas house of representatives today passed 106 to 7 the University of Kansas field house and state educational building fund bill.
The $5,006,646 measure needs only senate acceptance of a typographical error correction made by the house before the measure goes to Governor Edward F. Arn for signature.
The appropriation will provide construction at seven state institutions. Biggest project will be the 16,000 seat $2,500,000 Kansas university field house and armory for which the 1949 legislature provided a starter fund of $750,000. Construction will require more than two years.
"Wonderful."
That was Dr. Forrest C. "Phog" Allen's reaction when told of the passage of the K.U. fieldhouse bill by the house this morning.
I'm sure everyone is delighted, and I know that I am because at last it will give us an opportunity to play basketball without interference from music concerts, etc." explained the Kansas basketball coach.
"From 1919 until 1929 we share Robinson gymnasium with the track
team and had to compete with their pistol firing and whistle blowing. But we won six straight Missouri Valley conference championships from 1922 until 1927 and won 34 consecutive games.
"We're the last team in the conference to get a fieldhouse but we've won more championships than any of the others."
"In 1929 we moved into this hodge-podge called Hoch auditorium where we had to battle incompatible forces. The floor in Hoch is laid directly on concrete and we can't touch on concrete, for there are frequently catch colds going between Robinson and Hoch," said Dr. Allen.
Raymond Nichols statement on field house:"We're sure the entire University is pleased by this action by the legislature. The need for such a building with its multiple purpose design will undoubtedly grow as the country advances into the period of mobilization."
Air,Ground Strikes Rout Reds As UN Advances
Tokyo (U.P.)-United Nations tank and infantry columns smashed deep into Communist territory all along a 60-mile front today in a massive new "meat-grinder" offensive ordered by Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
To Give Play By Shakespeare
A "Midsummer Night's Dream for a late winter night's entertainment is the program planned by the department of speech and drama for Wednesday, through Saturday. March 14-17 in Fraser theater.
Directing the Shakespearean play is Harold Harvey, instructor in speech. Allen Crafton, professor of speech, is in charge of set design, construction, and painting. Costumes are being designed and made by Carol Donovan, education junior, and Kathryn Conrad, College sophomore.
William Dickinson, College sophomore, as Philostrate; James Claussen, College sophomore, as Flute; Robert Ziesenis, College junior, as Demetrius; Nancy Morsbach, College freshman, as Hermia; Harold Harvey, instructor of speech as Theseus; Dan Palmquist, graduate student as Oberon; Leola Stewart, education junior, as Hippolyta.
Wilson O'Connell, College senior,
as Egeus; Maxine LeRow, College
junior, as Helena; Robert Allen,
special student, as Quince; David
Davidson, graduate student, as Bottom;
Gene Rinker, education junior,
as Snug; John White, College
junior, as Starling; Mary Lou Lane,
education senior, as Titania; Margaret Fisher, education junior,
as Brainy; Patricia Elliott, College freshman, as Puck.
This play proved exceedingly popular before a University audience in 1946 when it was last produced by the department of speech and drama. The tentative cast is as follows:
JoAn March, College freshman,
as Cobweb; Anne Hyde, fine arts
freshman, as Fussy; Anne Lehmman,
College sophomore, as Dopey; Shirley
Stalzer, education junior, as
Peaseblossom; Darwin Sharp, College
freshman, as Snout; Lynn Osborn,
College junior, as Lysander;
Carol Donovan, education junior,
as Mustard Seed and Kathryn Peters,
fine arts junior, as Mote.
But the Reds were wary because of the bloody mauling they got last month in which, the Eighth army estimated, they lost more than 100,-000 men. They fought back in front of Hoengsong but retreated to their main lines elsewhere along the front.
The offensive opened Wednesday and swept forward immediately in a quagmire of mud to close the gap between Allied and Communist lines. It ran into some Red outposts on the Central front Thursday and hurtled through them for two-day gains of 12 miles in the area north of Checon.
One unidentified American division battled to within four miles of Hoengsong, big road hub 10 miles north of Wonju, which was abandoned to counter-attacking Red forces last week. A little to the west, other tank columns advanced five miles north of Chipyong where a heroic French - American force blunted the Communist drive by killing 10,000 Reds during a four-day siege.
The attack was paced by swarms of fighter planes. Its objective was to come to grips with an estimated 75,000 to 100,000 Red troops along the front between Yangpyong, 27 miles east of Seoul, and Yongwol, in the east-central mountains.
The Seoul and Han river front remained relatively quiet. Heavy rains of the past few days which stirred up a sea of mud also raised the Han river to a level where it could not be forked. Skies cleared at mid-morning Thursday and the offensive was expected to gain momentum when the sun dries out the roads.
An Eighth army communique reported Ninth and 10th corps units representing six nations, the U.S., South Korea, Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, were involved in the drive. Front dispatches hinted that some fresh units had been committed.
Allied forces all along the front were expected momentarily to collide with an estimated four Chinese army corps totaling 60,000 to 80,000 troops and two to three North Korean corps totalling 15,000 to 20,000 men.
It was these Red troops which Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, commander of the Eighth army, ordered his attacking Ninth and 10th corps forces to destroy.