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STUDENT NEWSPAPER
Lawrence, Kansas
YMCA To Sponsor Leadership Conference
A Men's Leadership Training conference sponsored by the YMCA will begin Wednesday, Nov. 29. Its purpose is to inform potential campus leaders about the rudiments of forming and maintaining an organization and conducting a well ordered meeting.
The first meeting will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 29 in Strong auditorium. Dr. Kim Giffin, assistant professor of speech, will lead a discussion on leadership organization and procedure.
At 7 p.m. Dolph Simons, publisher of the Lawrence Daily Journal-World, will speak on the significance of the college graduate as a leader in the community. Following his speech L.C. Woodruff, dean of men, will speak about the role of the leader on the campus.
The third and final meeting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 30 will be divided into three panel groups, which will discuss specific problems of organizations. Don Hull, president of the Y.M.C.A., Richard Krimminger, president of I.S.A., and Donald Porter, president of State-wide activities, will lead a panel on the problems of the leader of a campus-wide organization. Johu Eberhardt, president of Don Henry co-op, Robert Davis, president of Alpha KappaLambda, and Charles Hall, president of the Inter-Frater-
y council, will lead a panel on the organization problems of the leader in a house or ward organization.
The third panel will be an informative group on our student governing organizations, led by Patrick Thiessen, chief justice of the student court, Jack Howard, vice-president of the Student Council, and Walter Brown, College representative to the Student Council.
Donald Giffin, chairman of the conference said:
"Many organizations on the campus are looking for leaders. We think this conference will provide underclassmen and organization leaders the opportunity to gain a knowledge of the psychology and procedure, as well as the importance of his role as a leader."
Because of limited facilities it is requested that each house or other organization send only five men, three of which should be either freshmen or sophomores. Unorganized independent students interested in campus organizations are especially urged to attend.
Entomology Club Hears Lecture On Alaska Study
illustrated lecture on Alaskan entomological guarantine studies and control measures was given by Edwin Marks, graduate student, Wednesday at a meeting of the Entomology club.
GOP, Democrats Argue Over Tax
Washington — (U.P.) — Republicans cried "steamroller tactics!" today as the Democrats turned on the heat to get an excess profits tax bill ready for house debate early in December
The 15 Democrats on the tax-framing house Ways and Means committee voted to close the excess profits hearings next Wednesday. Their idea is to have a bill ready for the house to take up within a few days after the lame duck congress reassembles on Monday, Nov. 27.
"Many of the country's most responsible business organizations," he said, "have alternate methods of increasing the revenue from corporate taxes which the committee should in all fairness hear."
The 10 Republican committeemen protested that this did not allow enough time for witnesses to be heard. Rep. Daniel A. Reed, N. Y., the ranking G.O.P. member, said the Democrats were "not even interested in trying to write sound tax legislation."
Democrats pointed out that before congress quit in September it directed the tax committees of both houses to get an excess profits tax bill ready for early consideration. Their decision to limit the hearings, they said, is in accordance with that mandate.
Object Of Treasure Hunt Discovered In 3 Minutes
Both sides thought it probable that the house would approve a bill at the short session. But there was considerable skepticism about whether the senate would get around to it before next year.
If the senate fails to act, it will be necessary to start the wheels turning all over again next year after the 82nd congress convenes. Bills not approved by both houses die automatically when the present congress goes out of existence Wednesday, Jan. 3.
Three minutes after the first clue of the I.S.A. treasure hunt appeared in Wednesday's Kansan, the first correct answer was turned in at the hostess' desk in the Union.
Secretary of Treasury John W. Snyder opened the hearings Wednesday by recommending a 75 per cent tax be levied against the excess profits of corporations. He estimated it would raise four billion dollars.
Three hours later, 25 students had submitted the correct identification of the object.
This is the clue that appeared in Wednesday's Kansan:
From a certain bright object I'm partially named.
I measure a treasure
That is widely acclaimed;
To rich it's a treasure,
measure a treasure
And with this clue, the sundial to the north of the Museum of Natural History was identified as the mysterious object.
Only two incorrect answers were submitted. They guessed the clock
The winners of the merchandise prizes will not be announced until the treasure chest is opened at the I.S.A. treasure hunt dance from 9 p.m. to midnight Friday in the Union ballroom. All students are invited. The winners do not have to be present to be eligible for the prizes.
in Blake tower and the baseball diamond.
Admission to the dance will be free to I.S.A. members and 50 cents to non-members. Recorded music for the dance will be provided by Raymond Jones, engineering senior.
$1,000 Fund Given To KU By W. C. Simons
Establishment of the Jennie B. Simons memorial fund through a gift of $1,000 by W. C. Simons of Lawrence to the University of Kansas Endowment association was announced today by Chancellor Deane W. Malott.
The gift by Mr. Simons, who is president of the World Company, which publishes the Lawrence Daily Journal-World, is in memory of his mother. She was the grandmother of Dolph Simons, st., publisher of the Journal-World and a vice-president of the Associated Press.
Jennie B. Simons was living in Minnesota when her husband was killed in the Civil war. She obtained a widow's claim to land in Kansas. With their meager belongings, she and her small children traveled from Minnesota to Larned, Kan., in a box car. The 40-mile journey beyond Larned to the claim was made in a wagon, and there Mrs. Simons built a sod hut for her first Kansas home.
The fund will finance the construction of a habitat group exhibit in the Museum of Natural History. The display will depict pioneer life in western Kansas with associated plant and animal life.
5 Students In Recital Today
A program of Chopin and Mozart selections will be presented by five fine arts students in a recital at 3 p.m. today in Strong auditorium.
Georgiana Bennington, senior, (pianist) will play "Sonata K. 205" (Mozart). Willard Straight, senior, (pianist) will play "Sonata in B minor" (Chopin). Gene Hall, junior, and Allan Hall, freshman, will play "Double Concerto in E flat" (Mozart) on two pianos.
Union Bookstore To Build Warehouse
A quonset warehouse, 32 feet by 48 feet, is being constructed by the Student Union bookstore.
L. E. Woolley, manager of the bookstore, said, "The storage space available in the warehouse will enable the bookstore to buy paper and other bulky items in large quantities and at a considerable saving. This saving is ultimately passed on to the student in continued high rebates."
The warehouse is being constructed of steel and will have a concrete floor. It is located on the Baker farm, west of Lawrence, which is owned by the University Endowment association.
A pep rally for Saturday's K.U.- Kansas State football game will be held at 9:45 a.m. Friday in Fowler grove.
Football Rally Set For Friday
Several players and a member of the coaching staff will speak. A pep band will provide music for the rally.
The cheerleaders have requested students wear blue jeans and old straw or cowboy hats on Friday. The farm atmosphere is to prevail at the rally.
"La Boheme" Will Be Staged Tonight
"La Boheme," Puccini's moving and poetic opera, will be presented at 8:20 tonight in Hoch auditorium.
LAURA CASTELLANO
100 Train Tickets Sold
Only 100 tickets have been purchased for the train that will carry University rooters to the K.U.-K-State football game Saturday, a Union Pacific railroad ticket agent said.
University pep organizations will order about 150 tickets for members today. The Jay James and Red Peppers will have 90, and the KuKu's and Frosh-Hawks will buy 60, Dixon Vance, president of the KuKu's said.
The train, which will have 12 cars, has a capacity of about 1,000, and unless ticket sales take an upward swing today and Friday, it will show a great lack of spirit on the part of K.U. students, Marjorie Crane, president of the Jay Janes, said.
Round trip tickets may be purchased for $2.30 in the athletic office. Robinson gymnasium. The train will leave Lawrence at 9:30 a.m. Saturday.
Students will be admitted to the opera which is the first Concert Course attraction of the 1950-51 season on their identification cards. Special season rates have been set for the Concert Course series for faculty members and their wives.
The opera is a Charles L. Wagner production with Jon Crain singing the role of Rodolfo. Laura Costellano, American born and trained singer, will appear as Mimi.
The first act it laid in a garret occupied by Rolldofo, a poet; Marcel, a painter; Schaunard, a musician; and Colline, a philosopher.
Mimi, a seamstress afflicted with consumption, enters to ask for a light. A love affair between Mimi and Rodolfo follows.
Rodolfo and Marcel are hunting fuel for the stove. Rodolfo prevents Marcel's breaking up a chair by throwing a rejected manuscript on the fire. Schaund enters with money and provisions. The landlord demands the rent, but they get him drunk and eject him.
The second act shows a Christmas Eve celebration in a cafe. It is concerned with Musetta, an old flame of Marcel's. She enters with her current boy-friend, the wealthy Alcindoro, manages to get rid of him and leaves him holding the bill for all her friends.
A toll gate near which Marcel is working is the scene of act three. Mimi comes to tell him that she and Rodolfo have quarreled. Rodolfo enters and Mimi hides, but a fit of cough exposes her, and the two soon patch up their quarrel. Musetta comes in and is accused by Marcel of flirting with Alcindoro and a quarrell follows.
The scene of act four is the garret of the first. Rodolfo and Marcel are alone, having left their mistresses. Musetta enters with Mimi, who is mortally ill. All but Rodolfo go out to pawn their coats for medical aid. Rodolfo and Mimi vow never to part again. But it is too late. The others return in time to witness a moving death scene.
The plot of "La Boheme" is based on Henri Murger's famous novel, *La Boheme*. Murger himself lived a great life in the Latin Quarter of Paris.
Murger based his novel on characters and happenings of a group of Bohemians in the Latin Quarter of Paris in the 1830's.
By RUDI HOFMANN
'Seven Journeys,' Best German Film, To Be Shown In Hoch Friday Night
"Seven Journeys", a German movie, will be shown in Hoch auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Friday.
This film, which has been called the "top performance of German post-war production" by critics in Sweden, was made under the most difficult circumstances. When Helmut Kaeutner, Germany's most famous film director, started the movie in 1947, all German studios and technical equipment were either destroyed or unavailable. That he couldn't follow the usual method in making the film, is one reason why it became so outstanding.
It is not the technique that makes "Seven Journeys" artistic but the human idea. Kaeutner tells in seven episodes of the fight and suffering of a handful of Germans, each representing a different class, during the Nazi regime.
The story begins in 1933 with stormtroopers marching through Berlin, and it ends in the Berlin of 1945 in the chaos of the last days of Hitler Germany.
Most of the actors in the picture had suffered under the terror of Hitler thus the film is the story of their own lives in those days. That's what makes the film remarkable. It adds much to the understanding of a tragic period of Germany's history.
WEATHER
Temperatures sagged in Kansas today, immediately following near record heat and just before another scheduled upturn in readings.
The cooling off that followed a windshift to the Northwest dropped temperatures to as low as 14 degrees at Goodland early today. Across the state 12 hours earlier the mercury had climbed to a peak of 79 at Leavenworth, ultra-warm for mid-November in Kansas.