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University Daily Kansan
Page 0444_1 from reel: L 2345 (1950-05-12 to 1951-04-10)
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/148587

Title: SDX to Attend Press Banquet
Summary: Members of the Kansas chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalism fraternity, invited to annual professional meeting and banquet at Kansas City Press Club.
Category: campus news
Subjects: student organizations; professional societies; university events
Named Entities: Sigma Delta Chi; John Corcoran; Harold Benjamin; Richard Tatum; John Bannigan
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Fine Arts Deadline on Course Changes
Summary: All students in the School of Fine Arts who wish to add courses must do so by noon Saturday. Changes require written approval of student's advisor and must be arranged through Fine Arts office.
Category: campus news
Subjects: academic administration; course registration; fine arts education
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Eight Teams to Enter Bridge Tournament Feb. 20
Summary: Eight University bridge teams will compete in intramural bridge tournament at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20, in the Union ballroom. Teams include undergraduate winners of December bridge contest and December contest winners.
Category: campus news
Subjects: student activities; competitive events; university tournaments
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Wedding Gifts Are Source of Rivalry Between President Truman and Stalin
Summary: President Truman sent Shah of Iran and his bride-to-be a rare early American glass vase as wedding gift. Soviet Premier Stalin sent bride-to-be a $150,000 mink coat. White House officials said Truman's gift was a Steuben vase.
Category: national news
Subjects: international relations; diplomacy; political gifts
Named Entities: Truman, Harry S. [President]; Stalin, Joseph [Premier]; Shah of Iran
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Etching by Parks Wins at Harvard
Summary: John D. Parks, instructor in design, notified that his etching 'The Basement' has received purchase prize given by Busch-Reisinger museum at Harvard University. Etching temporarily will be included in traveling art show and then placed in permanent collection at Harvard.
Category: arts
Subjects: visual arts; academic recognition; art competitions
Named Entities: Parks, John D. [instructor]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: KU Players Initiate 16
Summary: Sixteen new members were initiated by the University Players Sunday. New members met membership requirements by acting and doing stage work in University productions during past semester. List of new members included.
Category: campus news
Subjects: student theater; university organizations; performing arts
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Women's Rifle Team Will Begin Matches
Summary: The women's rifle team will start schedule that will bring at least one match a week through March. Matches will be fired with Louisiana State, Pennsylvania State, University of Cincinnati, Cornell, and New York colleges. Matches will be 'postal' with each school shooting on its home range with subsequent matching of scores.
Category: campus news
Subjects: athletics; university sports; rifle competition
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Gen. Collins Hits Peacetime Training
Summary: Gen. J. Lawton Collins, army chief of staff, said United States 'seems deliberately planning to send men' into combat because nation never has supported adequate training programs in peacetime. American units first sent to Korea were only from half to two-thirds combat strength.
Category: national news
Subjects: military policy; Korean War; army training
Named Entities: Collins, J. Lawton [army chief of staff]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: The DU PONT DIGEST - Bringing Up Alathon*
Summary: Du Pont scientists find great promise in this young member of the wax family. Article details development and properties of Alathon, a polythene resin with various applications from squeeze-bottles to cable insulation and chemical-resistant linings.
Category: informational content
Subjects: industrial chemistry; plastics technology; material science
Confidence: 0.75

Title: [advertisements]
Advertisers include: Du Pont
Category: advertisements
Confidence: 0.9

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