Kansas State Historical Society Topeka, Ks.
University Daily Kansan 48th Year No.62
Thursday, Dec. 14, 1950
O F THE U N I V E R S I T Y O F K A N S A S
STUDENT NEWSAPER
Lawrence, Kansas
Council Asks Change In KU Alma Mater
Bv BOB SANFORD
A resolution to change the University alma mater, an amendment of the parking bill, and one appropriation were passed by the All Student Council Wednesday night.
Advent Council Wednesday night. The suggested change made in the alma mater resolution was to make "Onward, Spirit of Kansas," the new alma mater, replacing "Crimson and Blue."
The change was asked for in order that the University have a more distinctive alma mater. The music for the present alma mater comes from a folk song.
The music for "Onward. Spirit of Kansas" was written by a K.U. student, Jack Leffer, when he was attending the University in 1937. The lyrics to the song were written by Allen Crafton, chairman of the department of speech and drama.
The student body shall vote on the resolution in the next general election, to be held in the spring. The alumni association has been asked to poll its members on the question.
question. The parking bill was changed to read "Any student parking his car for more than 30 minutes on Jayhawk drive (or any other drive, avenue, or street of the campus) during the hours between the first scheduled class period and 4:30 p.m. shall be guilty of the offense of overparking and shall be subject to fine by the Student court." This rule is applicable to the hours from 8 a.m. until noon on Saturdays.
The change of the bill was made with the intent of making the constitution more workable and does not cause any change of the present parking rules enforced by the campus police. The old constitution allowed parking on the campus only to those students with a parking permit.
An appropriation of $152 was given the Associated Women Students for furniture in their new lounge in 222 Strong hall. The appropriation was taken from the trust fund of the A.S.C.
the A.S.C.
The traditions committee said that the athletic office has tickets on sale for each night of the Big Seven basketball tournament to be held at the Municipal auditorium in Kansas City Dec. 27, 28 and 29. The seats for K.U. students are on the west side of the auditorium and sell for $1, $2 and $3.
The publications committee reported that it had authorized the publication of Trend, K.U. literary magazine, and New Writers, publication of the Writers' workshop Appropriations for these magazines were postponed.
were posited.
Joe P. Winsatt, chairman of the finance committee, reported that the council has spent two-thirds of all its allocation from the University for the school year.
for the school year. The resignation of Margaret Granger, representative from the A.W.S. was accepted by the council.
The council met with barely a quorum present. Seventeen members were present and 12 absent. The absence representatives were Pat Gardenhire, district one; Maxine Holsinger, district three; Beverly Jennings, A.W.S.; Janith Lewis, the Negro Student association; Natalie Logan, the Y.W.C.A.; Helen Maduros, district one; Robert James Becker, freshman representative; Damon Simpson, district two; Dean Wells, district one; Richard Bradley, the Inter Co-op council; and Sam Willoxon, district two.
The meeting was held following a dinner and Christmas party at the Dine-A-Mite. The group sang carols and exchanged gifts at the party.
The next meeting of the council will be held Jan. 3.
Graduate Wins Haworth Award
John E. Hickox, graduate student in geology, was named the second recipient of the Erasmus Haworth award for outstanding graduate students in the field of geology. The award was made at a meeting of the Geology club Monday.
Hickox, who is working toward his master's degree in geology, is now in his third semester of graduate work. He received his bachelor of science degree in geology in 1949. Recently he has been making a stratigraphic study on sedimentary rocks in a west Texas area located near Carlbad, N.M.
Any graduate student in geology at the University is eligible for election to the honor, although no award is made each semester unless the faculty committee decides a student is really outstanding.
Selection of all recipients of the Haworth honors is made by the faculty of the department in geology. W.W.Hambleton received the award in 1949.A similar award may be made to outstanding undergraduates as well as alumni.
Erasmus Haworth was the first K.U. student to become famous as a geologist and was a foremost contributor to the development of geology in Kansas.
He received his bachelor of science in 1881 and his master's in 1884, both from the University of Kansas. In 1888 he earned the doctor of philosophy degree from Johns Hopkins university in Baltimore, Md. He became professor of physical geology and mineralogy at K.U. in 1892, and served as head of the department of geology until 1920. From 1894 to 1915 he was the state geologist of Kansas.
A 6-month continuation type postgraduate course in general medicine will be given in St. Joseph Mo, starting today by the University school of medicine.
The course will involve six afternoon-and-evening classes on one Thursday, each month December through May. Meetings will be held at the Pennant cafeteria in St. Joseph. The special course will follow the style of the circuit courses that have been used throughout Kansas for many years. It is a key part in the Kansas plan to take the best in new medical practices out to the practicing physicians.
PostgradMed Course Starts
The offering is at the invitation of the Buchanan County Medical society and the Missouri Academy of General Practice, according to H. G. Ingham, director of the K.U. extension program in medicine.
soci program
About 60 physicians have enrolled
for the course, about half from St.
Joseph and the remainder from
northeast Kansas, northwest
Missouri and southeast Nebraska.
College Junior Found Dead At Her Home
Anna Jane Ward, 31, College junior, was found dead at her small home at 1825 Arkansas Tuesday afternoon.
Police were notified after Miss Elin K. Jorgensen, associate professor of music education, found the body and called the police.
Miss Ward was found on her bed, authorities said, and had been dead about a week. A gas stove was going
when police arrived. An autopsy was performed by two pathologists from the University of Kansas Medical center, Drs. Haynes and Jenkins, Wednesday. Results of the autopsy have not been disclosed as yet.
Dr. F. S. Deem, coroner, said today, "In my opinion the death was accidental and probably due to carbon monoxide poisoning."
Professor Jorgensen said Wednesday that Miss Ward was supposed to attend a theatrical performance in Kansas City, Dec. 9 but when she failed to meet them for the trip to Kansas City they were not alarmed and thought that something had come up to prevent her making the trip.
Miss Jorgensen said that she stopped by the Ward home on Tuesday afternoon to see if Miss Ward was ill, and getting no answer after knocking at the front door, she became alarmed. Finding a side door unlocked, she opened it and saw Miss Ward lying on the bed as if asleep. She called to her and when there was no answer, Miss Jorgensen went to a neighbor's house and called police.
Miss Ward was employed as a receptionist for Dr. Paul Getto, Lawrence dentist. She was majoring in German at the University and was taking six hours of college work.
Funeral services will be held at the Rumsey funeral home at 2 p.m. Friday. Burial will be at Oak Hill cemetery.
Philip E. Geissal, chief planning engineer for the City Planning commission of Kansas City, Mo., will lecture at 3 p.m. today in 116 Marvin hall. He will speak on "Forecast of Traffic Volumes."
She is survived by her parents, the Rev. and Mrs. Arthur Ward of Shuring, Wis.; three sisters, Mrs. Thomas North, Linwood; Mrs. Charles Lowe, Milwaukee, Wis., and Mrs. George Worley, Buhl, Idaho, and a brother, George Ward, Green Bay, Wis.
City Planning Engineer
To Speak At 3 p.m. Today
US Forces Prepare For Red Offensive
Tokyo—(U.P.)—U.S. defenders of the shrunken Allied beachhead in northeast Korea beat off 300 more attacking Chinese Reds today and braced tensely for an expected all-out offensive by 10 Communist divisions—more than 100,000 men.
Driver Education To Be Discussed
A conference of Kansas high school teachers interested in driver education will be held in the Union Friday. Registration will begin at 9 a.m. in the Union lounge.
The conference is the third in the series, "Driver Education in Review," sponsored by a number of state safety and educational organizations. The first two conferences in the series were held at Kansas State Teachers college, Hays, and Kansas State Teachers college, Pittsburg.
Norman Key, educational consultant from the American Automobile Association, will be the principal speaker at the conference. Laboratory and classroom training, extension credit, and summer programs for driver education will be discussed by experts in those fields.
Questionnaires were sent to Kansas high schools asking what driver education problems they had. These problems will be discussed at an afternoon group discussion period.
Representatives from state safety and educational agencies will serve as consultants at the afternoon session.
The conference is designed to promote interest in high school driver education programs. All promotional work for the "Driver Education in Review" series has been done by University Extension.
THE WEATHER
KANSAS: Partly cloudy tonight and Friday. Colder in northeast and extreme north-central Friday. Low tonight 25-30; high Friday 35-40 northeast to 55 southwest.
The Chinese hit the Hamhung-
Hungman beachhead defense line
a few miles north of Hamhung early
today for the second time in 24
hours. They were repulsed by U.S.
3rd division troops in a two-hour
battle.
(Gen. Douglas MacArthur's headquarters has clamped a security blackout on all reports of the evacuation by sea of Allied troops in the beachhead.)
A front dispatch tonight reported "all quiet" around the half-moon front being held by 3rd and 7th division troops before the port of Hungnam after the early-morning Chinese attack.
However, it was noted that the latest enemy thrust was made in two-company strength, twice the size of forces which made the initial attack against the beachhead perimeter nearly 24 hours earlier.
The Chinese were reported steadily reinforcing the 10 divisions which already pen the United Nations forces against the northeast coast. Carrier and land planes fanning out from the beachhead today blasted one 100-truck convoy moving south from the Manchurian border toward the coast.
The Reds were believed probing the Allied line for a possible weak spot before launching a powerful assault designed to overwhelm the outnumbered United Nations forces and drive them into the sea. A Communist reconnaissance plane flew over Hungam last night for the second straight night.
The GL's are a little "trigger happy" along the defense perimeter. But it probably indicates their alertness more than anything else.
One of the best indications of their confidence is their ability to wisecrack about the war. They are paraphrasing an old joke about the reproductive capacity of Chinese hordes, saying:
"Today 200 Chinamen die, three Americans die. Pretty soon no more Americans."
President Receives Rebuff On Voluntary Stabilization
Washington—(U.P.)—President Truman faced his first sharp rebuff on voluntary stabilization today and was reported about ready to go ahead with limited price and wage controls.
New cars may be first on his control list.
The auto industry has set Mr. Truman's stabilizers back on their heels by refusing to cancel price boosts already announced or to forewear others still to come.
Mr. Truman called in a second group of congressional leaders today for more talks on what steps he must take to gear the economy for a "sharp stepup" in mobilization. He was almost sure to say something about automobiles.
Congressmen who attended a twohour White House conference yesterday said Mr. Truman has made up his mind to declare a national emergency. The question now is how far he should go to back it up with action.
He will announce his decision in a radio talk at 9:30 p.m. C.S.T Friday. He is expected to report on United Nations reverses in Korea, and pledge anew this country's determination to continue the fight against Communist aggression there and everywhere.
Some observers thought the President will:
1. Appeal again for voluntary action to hold the line against more inflation and warn against hoarding and profiteering.
2. Say that since some people have refused to co-operate he will be forced to impose limited price and wage controls at once.
3. Warn that if these limited controls don't do the job, general price and wage controls will be invoked.
The president also may disclose plans to set up a new agency to take charge of war production, merging functions now scattered among a number of agencies all over town.
The army was expected to disclose today or Friday some details of the military speedup Mr. Truman outlined in general terms to congressional leaders Wednesday. Draft calls for January and February already have been almost doubled. Congress will consider necessary changes in the draft law in January,