Kansas State Historical Society Topeka, Ks.
By BOB SANFORD
A sparkling performance by pianist Oscar Peterson and some beautifully relaxed singing by Ella Fitzgerald highlighted the Jazz at the Philharmonic concert before an audience of 1,325 persons in Hoch auditorium Monday night.
Pianist And Singer Star In Jazz Concert
Mr. Peterson displayed a talent and technique as a jazz pianist that can only be compared with the playing of Art Tatum. Using chords like most pianists use single notes, Mr. Peterson can be said to better the playing of Tatum on modern ideas.
trumpeter Harry Edison, who was effective as the lead instrument of the group. The outstanding solo was given by trombonist Bill Harris on the ballad, "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You," but apparently slipped by the audience because it was neither loud nor fast.
Miss Fitzgerald gave a polished performance on both ballads and up-tempo tunes. She won the crowd with her amiable stage personality and humorous parodies on different singing styles.
The band played loud and fast in compliance with the demands of the audience, but played very little jazz. The attitude of the audience seemed to be "If it isn't loud, it isn't good." This belief was loudly exhibited by numerous student extroverts who shouted various bobby-sock utterances every time the band played a fast tone. This influenced the band to play many numbers at such a fast tempo that it was impossible to get any sound musical ideas across.
Notable solo work was given by
Coleman Hawkins showed a control of volume and a moderation in tempo that was refreshing in the noisy evening. Though the ideas he played were not the newest thing in jazz, they were well executed and he seemed to be little influenced by th audience.
Any deficiency in sincerity of the music played could possibly have been due to the disappointment on the part of Norman Granz, manager of the group, as to the size of the crowd. Mr. Granz perhaps correctly dedicated a tune as "This Is The Second Time We Have Laid an Egg at K.U." But it wasn't entirely the fault of the audience.
$8,100 Grant Given KU For Medical Research
An $8,100 grant from the United States Public Health service to the University assures continuation for a fifth year of research on the physiology of the heart and circulation, Chancellor Deane W. Malott said today.
Prof. Kenneth E. Jochim, chairman of the department of physiology, directs the project, which he initiated four years ago. U.S.P.H.S. support for the four years totaled $23,255. The new grant is the largest ever received.
Dr. Jochim and his staff are also studying the effect of various drugs on blood pressure and blood flow in animals. Investigation of the skin circulation in humans and its response to drugs driven into the skin by an electric current is being made.
elasticity of blood vessels, the resistance to blood flow they offer, and the mass of moving blood are simulated in the networks by combinations of condensers, resistors and coils.
For this research Dr. Jochim has devised a new method of study involving the construction of complex electrical networks as "electrical analogs" of the circulatory system. These electrical networks represent the system of arteries in the body and are fed with pulses of electricity, just as the heart pumps pulses of blood into the blood vessels.
sets.
In these networks the flow of current represents the blood flow in the body and voltage represents blood pressure. Characteristics of the circulatory system such as the
Assisting Dr. Jochim are: Dr.
Parke Woodard, associate professor of
physiology; Joseph A. Hull, graduate
student; Raymond Hanna, second year medical student; Robert
Robinson, College senior; Shirley
Carpenter, laboratory technician;
and Jane Jull, research assistant.
UNIVERSITY DAILY
Tuesday, Nov. 21, 1950
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Lawrence, Kansas
'Hungary Gateway To Control Of Europe; Dr. Pisky-Schmidt
"Hungary's geographical location makes it necessary that any nation with plans for aggression against northern and western Europe control it," Dr. Frederic Pisky-Schmidt said in an address in Strong auditorium Monday afternoon.
A veteran of years in the Hungarian underground against both the Nazis and the Communists, Dr. Pisky-Schmidt was forced by the Reds to flee his homeland in 1947. His wife is in a Russian prison, and he faces a 10-year prison term himself if he returns to Hungary.
sees that "Why else," he asked "should Russia prefer 10 million conquered opponents to 10 million peaceful neighbors except that she wants to attack the rest of Europe through Hungary?" He added that Hungary's food surpluses are being stockpiled for war while a day to day shortage age exists among the people.
Dr. Pesky - Schmidt cautioned Americans not to expect the Hungarian underground to attempt to wrest control of the country from the Reds. "The members of the Communist party in Hungary had been
underground themselves for 25 years prior to 1947, and consequently are experts on underground resistance and how to detect it," he said.
"Then, too, the Red secret police have all the documents of the former Nazi party. They will see to it that none of the practical instruments of power fall into underground hands." These instruments include the press, radio, police forces, schools, and political parties, he said.
The last free democratic election held in Hungary was in 1947, and 83 percent of the people voted for a Western style democratic government. The Communists promptly threw out these results and held a Kremlin version of a free election,
preventing about two million "enemies of the state" from voting. Even then they could get only 22 per cent of those eligible to vote to back their puppet candidates. There have been no free elections in an iron curtain country, he said.
"Each Hungarian appeal for freedom has brought on a new wave of terror," Dr. Pisky-Schmidt said. "When opposition arises, no matter how feeble, its supporters are liquidated. All Hungarians realize that they face eventual annihilation if the Russians get to complete their long-range plans for the country."
A thirty-five-year-old native of Budapest, Dr. Pisky-Schmidt holds law and philosophy degrees. He edited an underground newspaper during the Nazi regime. He became a political refugee when he ran for office on the Social-democrat ticket in the first 1947 election in Hungary. His wife was arrested after he fled, and he has not heard from her since June of this year.
Malott Cautions Vacation Drivers
Chancellor Deane W. Malott today warned students to take extreme caution while driving home for the vacation. His statement to the student body follows:
Out of 215 urine specimens taken during the past week in the test for diabetes, three diabetics were discovered. Blood samples of 447 employees were taken for the blood typing and hemoglobin tests.
the student Thanksgiving Greetings: All of us at the University of Kansas have much to be thankful for this year of 1950, troubled though it may be. Our gratitude may best be shown by diligent efforts to preserve and improve the privileges of citizenship in this bountiful endowed nation.
X-rays reports are to be turned in to the Chancellor's office by Wednesday evening. Persons having certificates from other doctors indicating freedom from tuberculosis should turn the information in to Dr. Cautseon, director of the hospital, by Wednesday afternoon.
On behalf of the University, I wish you a most pleasant Thanksgiving recess, and add a word of caution. Traffic tragedy has in the past marred the Thanksgiving season. If you drive on the highways, be careful.
Out of the 1,076 persons who registered for chest X-rays 105 registered with a representative of the Douglas county blood storage program as blood donors.
Wednesday is the last day that University faculty members and employees will be able to take chest X-rays at Watkins hospital.
X-ray Deadline Is Nov.22
X-rays of 1,076 persons have been taken during the past week, leaving approximately 500 persons who have not taken the x-rays or turned in reports from family doctors presenting evidence of their freedom from m tuberculosis. A ruling by the University's board of regents requires all University faculty members and employees to do this.
The hospital will continue taking X-rays until 5 p.m. Wednesday. Other free services offered by the hospital in connection with the X-ray service are blood typing and diabetes tests.
Committee Denounces Preparedness Policy
Washington, —(U.P.)— A senate subcommittee today denounced the government's "paperwork preparedness" and warned that "wars aren't won with memoranda."
The group, headed by Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson, (D.-Tex.), said the two agencies "have been slow to awaken to the realities of the challenge by communists aggression" and have offered "only flimsy protection against the threat we face."
The munitions board and general services administration bore the brunt of the criticism in the preparedness subcommittee's 37-page report.
It recommended that G.S.A. and the board improve their operations immediately, saying that "neither the President nor any congressional committee can be expected to babysit throughout the emergency."
"It itl becomes government officials to conduct the public business with less prudence than they would display in operating a charity bazaar," the committee said. "But that has happened."
The report, covering surplus property and rubber reserve programs, cited four instances for special criticism:
1. Sale of a $4,000,000 alcohol plant
Active Duty Open For Ex-Marines
Former marines with the rank of sergeant and below, regardless of marital status, may now enlist in the reserve and be placed on active duty immediately, Major Stanley S. Hughes, officer-in-charge of the Kansas City marine corps recruiting district, announced today.
Prior to this announcement, reservists had to request active duty through the director of their reserve district. This meant a wait of as much as two months before they were called. Now a man may enlist today and leave almost immediately, the major stated.
A marine corps recruiting team will be at the Community build today through 6 p.m. Saturday, and will return every fifth week after that date.
Aviation personnel from this area will be sent to the Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, Calif., while ground personnel will be sent to the marine barracks, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, Calif.
at Kansas City, Mo. to Schenley Distillers, Inc., for private use. There was no clause to "recapture" it for government. use. in. event. of an emergency. The subcommittee also charged it was sold after a "freeze" order on such sales by general services administrator Jess Larson.
2. Leasing of a $7,100,000 alcohol plant at Omaha, Neb., to the Central States Corporation of Chicago. The subcommittee said G.S.A. has no guarantee of the corporation's financial responsibility in a suit filed by the agriculture department against another company they own.
3. Sale and partial dismantling of a $6,600,000 high octane gasoline plant at Cotton Valley, La. A "recapture" clause should have been included in the sale contract.
4. Surplus sales of needed air force property at Robins Air force base, Macon, Ga., two weeks after the air force reported such sales had been stopped.
The subcommittee said both alcohol plants are needed for synthetic rubber production. Sale of the Kansas City plant by the munitions board, it said, showed a "lack of foresight" and "extremely poor judgment."
ABC To Carry
KU-MU Game
The Thanksgiving day football game between the Universities of Kansas and Missouri will be broadcast throughout the nation by the American Broadcasting company.
The game has been chosen as the game of the week by the United States air force, which sponsors the broadcast as part of its aviation cadet recruiting program. Each week the air force selects the outstanding game to be broadcast by Harry Wismer, ABC's sports announcer.
WEATHER
KANSAS: Considerable cloudiness tonight and Tuesday. Warmer southeast and extreme east. Low tonight middle 30's; high Wednesday middle 50's.