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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, JANUARY 4.
Hitchhiker Thumbs Airlift To Kansas City
Rv DICK MARSHALL
"I just can't get over it," was all Joe Caresio, College freshman, could say when he climbed out of the four-passenger Stinson airplane at the Kansas City Municipal airport.
Twenty minutes before, on the afternoon of Dec. 20, Joe had been standing at the side of Highway 40 on the north edge of Lawrence, hopefully writing his term class-positive letter to Classes were out, and Joe was on his way home to spend Christmas vacation with his parents.
James Wolf, assistant professor of electrical engineering, Jack Wichert, assistant professor of economics, and I were on our way to the airport in Professor Wolf's car. As we came around the curve at the junction of Highways 24 and 10 we spotted Joe standing there shivering in the cold December air. Professor Wolf pulled the car off the highway, stopped in front of Joe and opened the window. "Going to, Kansas City?" Joe
"Going to Kansas City?" Joe asked.
"Sure, hop in," the professor replied. Joe climbed in the back seat beside Jack Wichert, and we started off
"Boy, have we got a surprise for you," Jack Wichert said as the car picked up speed.
I watched the expression on Joe's face change from surprise to worry to skepticism, and then he said. "What is it?"
"You'll find out pretty soon," Professor Wichert said.
Joe's expression returned to normal until the car turned off the highway onto a side road leading to the airport. Then the worried look reappeared.
"What? You're not kidding me are you? You're sure you're going to Kansas City and not to New York?" Joe's questions came fast. Amazement rang in his voice and showed on his face.
"How would you like to fly to Kansas City?" Professor Wolf asked. Joe's eyes distended to the size of silver dollars.
"No. I'm not kidding. We're on our way to Kansas City to do some Christmas shopping," Professor Wolf assured him.
"This is really something unexpected," Joe said as we climbed into the plane. "Who would ever think a guy sticking out a thumb to hitch a ride in a car would wind up flying home?"
Joe didn't say must during the trip except, "I just can't get over it." He repeated this statement at intervals during the trip and after we landed at Kansas City. There we hitched a ride uptown with an airline employee and Joe said, "I'm getting to be quite a vagabond."
Faculty Couple Combines Talents In Voice Recital
BV ELLSWORTH ZAHM
BY ELLSWORTH ZAHM
A post-holiday treat was served
concert-goers Wednesday night
when Marie and Joseph Wilkins presented a recital of works of Italian opera composers.
A handsome couple are the Wilkins—vocally and personally. Mrs Wilkins's soprano voice is clear and sparkling, Mr. Wilkins has a good and very well trained tenor voice. The two voices blend nicely.
Miss Winifred Gallup was a very capable and charming accompanist, giving added sparkle to an already glittering performance.
The couple opened their program with the charming and delicate duet from Act III of "Don Pasquale"—"Turn to Me and Say You Love Me" (Donizetti). Mrs. Wilkins added color to the duet from Act I of "L'Elisir d'amore" (Donizetti) which followed, giving to the bare Hoch auditorium stage a touch of the Metropolitan opera productions in which she has sung.
Her presentation of Mozart's "Magic Flute" aria "Ach, ich fuhls!" was very fine and the aria "Qui la voce" from "I Puritana" by Bellini was very appealing and one of her best numbers.
Mr. Wilkin's "Floridante—Alma Mia" (Handel) was delicately done; his "Gia il sole dal Gange" (Scarlatti) was bright; his "Llangi dal caro bene" (Sarti) was one of the best on the program; and his "La danza" (Rossini) was sprightly and expressive.
No Vacation For Workmen
The second part of the program featured five selections from Verdi operas.
Mr. Wilkins sang with his wife from Act I of "La Traviata" and she then sang the accompanying aria "Ah Fors' e lui". This number was followed by the finale of Act II of "Luisa Miller" sung by Mr. Wilkins. The fine training and quality of his voice were especially noticeable in this delicate portion from Verdi's opera.
Evacuation of Fowler shops, preparatory to the remodeling for the journalism school was begun. The workmen also completed several minor paint and repair jobs.
Buildings and grounds employees spent the Christmas holidays installing metal shower partitions in Robinson gymnasium and doing construction work in the art museum.
Mrs. Wilkins's best number was from Act IV of Otello.
For their closing number the couple combined their talents to sing the duet from Scene II, Act 1 of "Rigoloetto."
Beeler Gets Commission
Acacia Groups Make Plans For New House
In a brief ceremony, Maj. Roy W. Matz, assistant professor of military science, administered the oath of office, and Col. E. F. Kumpe, professor of military science presented the commission.
Charles Richard Beeler, engineering senior, was commissioned second lieutenant, artillery, in the Officers Reserve corps of the United States army, Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. Beeler served with the 44th combat engineer battalion in Europe during World War II, and completed his two years of military science at the University the past June.
A finance committee headed by Sam Willcox, engineering junior, and a housing committee headed by Max Fessler, associate professor of economics and fraternity advisor, were elected Tuesday. $ ^{*} $
Two committees have been organized by the Acacia social fraternity to make plans for finding a new house to replace the one destroyed by fire on Dec. 29.
Professor Fessler said the men have taken the loss in "ine style" and are planning enthusiastically for a new home.
Twelve men are now living in Cread hall. They are: Kenneth E. Beck, Lloyd Boyle, Jr., George Clauunch, Frank Clinesmith, Robert Keefer, Ralph McClung, John Pattisson, Donald Skeen, Nova Stucker, Kenneth Stanley, Robert Volyn, and Sam Willcoxon.
Eight men now live in private homes. They are: Neil Peterson and James Wiltse, 1238 Tennessee; Richard Leintz Jr., and William Stanton, 1116 Louisiana; Clinton Carrier and William Thorne, 1115 Tennessee. Hans Travernicht, 1344 Ohio and Bill Van Bibber, 1160 Tennessee. Jay Smith has not secured a room.
Six men are now in McCook hall. They are; Paul Fotopoulos, Lloyd Fox, Lawrence Hurst, Murry Laman, Richard Marquardt, and Jack Willis.
The Acacia house fire reminded some Lawrence firemen of a similar fire during the Christmas vacation in 1942, at the Beta Theta Pi fraternity house, 1425 Tennessee.
F. Lawrence Baldwin II and George Bartlett joined the air force before the fire.
The fire occurred Christmas day and forced 49 members of the fraternity to hunt for rooms when they returned from their vacation. Members were able to continue eating meals in the house.
The fire in the Beta house started on the second floor and spread to the first and third floors causing damage to house furnishings and students possessions.
Fire Chief Paul Ingels suffered a knee injury when he fell 18 feet through a weak portion of the second floor. Chief Ingels also suffered cuts on his hands while fighting the Acacia fire.
A University health service physician, Dr. Floyd Santner, reported at the Great Lakes Naval base on Jan. 5 for Navy service. Dr. Santner, whose application for a commission in the Navy was accepted, received his M.D. degree from the University in 1947.
KU' Physician Joins Navy
Women who will speak as representatives of the various organizations are Frances Barnhardt, departmental clubs; Nancee Bell, Women's Athletic association; Kathryn Conrad, church activities; Margaret Granger, Student Union activities; Doris Greenbank, student publications; Mary Lou Lane, speech and drama; Helen Maduros, W.Y.C.W.A. and All Student Council; Marie Schumacher, A.W.S.; and Mary Williams, Statewide Activities.
Concessions To Red By France For Meeting
The workshop will include a round-table discussion, brief descriptions of each organization, and group sessions further explaining each activity.
Campus organizations will be explained at 7:30 p.m. today in the Kansas room of the Union for freshman and transfer women students who want to enter student activities the second semester. The meeting is sponsored by the Associated Women Students.
Sorority Gives Scholarship
Paris—(U.P.)—The French government probably would mail sweeping concessions to Russia to bring her into a Big Four meeting, officials said today.
World Wide News
Joyce Shank, College freshman was awarded the Gamma Phi Beta Christmas gift scholarship for 1950. The $120 scholarship is financed by money collected from student members of the University chapter.
The scholarship, which was established in 1947, is given to a woman student who is partially self-supporting, has a good academic record, and needs financial help.
AWSTo Sponsor Meeting Today
Members of the scholarship committee are Miss Margaret Habein, chairman of the committee of aids and awards; Miss Martha Peterson, assistant dean of women; Margaret Dickinson, and Elizabeth Crawford, Gamma Phi Beta representatives.
The average American drinks 1.91 cups of coffee per day in summer and 2.31 cups in winter.
Campanile To Have Elaborate Doors
Doors at the base of the campanile will feature sculptured bronze panels conveying simple and eloquent statements, according to plans outlined by Bernard "Poco" Frazier, '29, widely-known sculptor.
The work is expected to be completed in time for the dedication ceremonies in late May. Mr. Frazier is the creator of the three-dimensional prehistoric dioramas in Dyche museum.
The four campanile doors, to be hung in pairs, two on the north side and two on the south, will be made of massive oak. Each door will be 3 feet, 2 inches wide, making a pair fill a space 6 feet, 4 inches wide and 9 feet, 6 inches high. Each of the four doors is to have a recessed panel which runs vertically through its center. Each of these recessed panels is to contain three sculptured bronze panels.
The doors on the south side will convey world crisis messages, while the north doors will present Kansas scenes. The right (east) door on the south side will be known as the "door of memory" and the left portal as the "door of tribute."
These officials said the French might agree to discard the Western Powers' demand for inclusion of Far Eastern problems in the talks and limit the talks to Germany and other European problem
On the door of memory, plaques representing silence, meditation, and sorrow will be carved while plaques
depicting aspiration, courage and achievement will occupy the door of tribute.
The lower plaque on the right (west) Kansas door will depict a symbolic Indian with a peace pipe; a squaw with a papoose; Coronado, the Spanish explorer and conquerer; and Father Padilla, the first Christian influence in the area and first Christian martyr of the Americas.
The upper plaque will show a pioneer man, his wife, and baby—symbolic of the beginning of citizenship. Symbols of corn and wheat will be depicted and at the top a state seal will form a halo about the head of the child.
Directly above will be a hunter with the appearance of Buffalo Bill; a cowboy watching the great cattle-raising activity; and a trail driver commenting on the transcontinental emigration and freight trails to the west coast.
The lower plaque on the left Kansas door will contain symbols of industry, mineral wealth and agriculture—symbolic of bountiful living and free enterprise.
On the center indentation a man of law signifying freedom of political thought and independent concepts of justice will be pictured. Also there will be a figure of a woman introducing the concept of women's rights as set forth by the state, and a carving of John Brown, the most emphatic symbol of the great struggle for freedom in Kansas.
Tiny symbols of the various flags which have flown over territory which is now Kansas will run in a vertical line.
A figure of spiritual freedom will be on the upper left plaque, indicating the tolerance of religious creeds which characterized Kansas from its beginning. A figure in academic robe, possibly resembling former Chancellor Francis H. Snow, will signify the intellectual freedom of Kansas in general and of the University of Kansas in particular. A faint outline of Fraser hall forms a design behind the upper figure.
> They admitted privately that t concessions France would be willing to make to get Russia to t foreign ministers conference talk might go much farther than at the United States would make.
The latest Soviet note to the W regarding a Big Four meeting on not clearly define the issues Rus would be willing to discuss. But a French cabinet discussed the m Wednesday and Foreign Minister Robert Schuman and other cabil ministers were assigned to outh the French position when a West reply to the Soviet note is frame
Congress Awaits New Tax Request
Washington—(U.P.)—The new co congress braced itself today to h President Truman ask for perh as much as 10 billion dollars m in new taxes this year.
Although the legislators may adopt his program, they are expect to approve higher levies on individuals and corporations and impose new or higher excise tax to help pay rearmement costs.
Rome — (U.P.) — About 500.
Rome workers went on a half he protest strike today, demanding the government roll back the per cent rent increases it apper-
during the last six months.
Factories in Rome stopped w for the full half-hour, but street bus, telegraph and telephone workers walked out only for 10 min Dial phone service was not affect Shopkeepers generally ignored strike call.
500,000 Romans Hold Protest Strike
Communist and Catholic co-operated in the walk claimed the rent increase. one of which went into effect Jan. 1, create "economic disaster" un wages are raised also.
Brig. Gen. David J. Crawfow commander of the tank-automotortower, estimated the total amounto be spent this fiscal yearw exceed any previous year in histori including World War II.
Detroit—(U.P.)—More than the billion dollars worth of tanks a automotive equipment has be ordered by the army ordinance cop in the last six months, it was a nounced today.
Army Places Huge Order For Tanks
More tanks and automotive equipment has been ordered in the rix six months alone than in the early first year of World War II, he $ _{s} $
Washington (U.P.)—The Department of Defense today announces the following Kansas casualties the Korean area:
Army:
Private first class Lauren Eugene Nestler, son of Mrs. Bessie M. Nestler, 48 East First, Kussell Marine Corps;
Add Four Kansans To Casualty List
Wounded
Sergeant Frank Rea Kell Jr. husband of Mrs. Frank Kell Jr., 3415 North Maple street Hutchinson.
Missing in Action Army:
Corporal Victor John Pfannest
stiel, son of John E. Pfannenst
Ness City.
Corporal James Ernest Smith Jr., husband of Mrs. Phillis GSmith, Manhattan.