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University Daily Kansan
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Lawrence, Kansas
STUDENT NEWSAPER
Father's Day To Be Feature At A&M Game
Saturday will be father's day for the Kansas football squad with 48 fathers and sponsors sitting on the Jayhawker bench wearing numbers corresponding to the players they represent. The following will attend the game:
Paul Abel, Lawrence; T. W. Amberg, Kansas City Mo.; F. H. Austin, Osawatomie; J. A. Bogue, Wichita; C. W. Brandeberry, Russell; J. B. Cashell, Longview, Texas; Edward Bianchi (Sponsor), Hiwatha; E. A. Cleavinger, Manhattan; Ralph Correll, Topeka; F. V. Cox, Lawrence; Royce Fiss, Johnson; S. M. Garnett, Kansas City, Mo.; L. N. Gish, Kingman; Art Hammel, Clay Center; J. G. Hoag, Oak Park, Ill.; L. A. Huber, Texarkana, Texas.
J. R. Idoux, Mission; Stanley Shumate (Sponsor), Kansas City, Mo; Henry Lamping, Kansas City, Mo; G. J. Laughlin, Kansas City, Mo; E. H. Linville, Salina; M. J. McCormack, Kansas City, Mo; F. R. McMullen, Kansas City, Mo; Lester Mayer, Oak Park, Ill.; W. F. Mace, Coffeville, H. K. Nelson, Kansas City, Mo; Ray Pierson, Burlington; Mike Rengel, Kansas City, Kan.; Dr. W. G. Rinehart, Pittsburg; Clay Roberts, Kansas City, Kan; E. H. Rodgers, Oak Park, Ill.
E. A. Sandeefur, Lawrence; Ralph Schaake (brother), Topeka; Lee Schaben, Ness City; Raymond Sifers, Iola; Dolph Simons, Lawrence; Lynwood Smith, Kansas City, Mo.; Dr. Ed Kline (Sponsor), Kansas City, Mo.; N. G. Steanson, Troy; J. R. Stinson, Randall; Chet Shrelow, Kansas City, Kan.; O. H. Cice, Bonham, Texas; O. H. Tice, Hutchinson; O. D. Unruh, Clay Center; Rene Wells, Great Bend; E. P. Wenger, Salina; E. A. White, Kansas City, Kan.; M. S. Winter, Lawrence.
Free Dance To Be In Union Saturday
The first varsity dance this year will be held in the Hawk's Nest, in the Union at 8:30 p.m. Saturday. Mahlon Ball, Student Union Activities dance chairman, said the coke fountain will be open.
'Pygmalion' To Be In Hoch Tonight
"Pygmalion," the second film in the foreign movie series will be shown in Hoch auditorium at 7:30 p.m. today.
The first picture in the series "Symphonie Pastorale" was attended by 1500 persons last Saturday.
Dr. Paul B. Lawson, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, announced at the October faculty meeting that five Humanities Lectures have been scheduled for the spring semester.
The picture is an English film taken from the George Bernard Shaw play by the same name.
Five Lectures Set For Spring
Virgil Thomson, music critic of the New York Herald Triune will speak Tuesday, Feb. 13, 1951. The second lecture will have Prof. A. D. Graefe from the American Association of Colleges as a speaker Tuesday. March 13.
The lecture on Tuesday, April 3,
will be given by Prof. Helen White
of the University of Wisconsin. Prof.
Charles Realey of the department
of History will speak at the lecture
of Tuesday, April 17, and Prof.
George Kubler, Yale University,
on Tuesday, May 1.
Dean F. J. Moreau of the School of Law was scheduled to give the sixth lecture, but he had to decline because of his recent illness. The committee hopes that Dean Moreau will be able to give his lecture in the 1951-52 series.
Zoology Students To Hear Lecture
Colonel Mervyn Cowie, director of the Royal National Park of Kenya, British East Africa, will give an illustrated wildlife lecture at 4:00 p.m. Monday, October 23, in Strong auditorium before an audience of zoology students and anyone else interested.
Colonel Cowie will illustrate his talk with about 1500 feet of colored motion pictures. The film is devoted principally to South African wildlife but also covers vegetarian and basic geography.
Bonfire Rally To Be Tonight Near Stadium
A bonfire rally will be held at 7 tonight on the Varsity baseball diamond southeast of Memorial stadium, for Saturday's non-conference football game with Oklahoma A. and M.
The KuKu's, Jay James, Froshawks, and Red Peppers, campus pep organizations, will attend the rally. A pep band will provide music for singing and help the cheerleaders with yells.
Two star senior football players, halfback Wade Stinson and guard Bill Mace, will give short pep talks concerning K.U.'s game with the Oklahoma Aggies.
Mace, one of the best defensive players in the Big Seven, was listed as an honorable mention guard in this week's national poll for "Lineman of the Week." Stinson also played a great game against Iowa State last week by gaining 119 yards to help give K.U. a 33 to 21 win.
Coach J. V. Sikes and Cliff Kimsey, backfield coach, will give short talks. Coach Sikes was an associate of Oklahoma Aggie coach, J. B. "Ears" Whitworth, when they coached under Wally Butts at Georgia.
The department of astronomy will hold an open house tonight from 7:30 to 10 p.m. at the observatory on the roof of Lindley hall.
Open House At Observatory
The moon will be shown through the six inch telescope, and some of the features visible will be explained. N. Wyman Storer, associate professor of astronomy, explained that the moon will be near half which is the best time for observation since the shadows are strong, thus highlighting the topography.
All interested persons are invited to attend at any time during the hours mentioned. The open house will be postponed if the sky is overcast.
Freedom Scrolls Go Over Quota
The Sigma Teu national convo-
cussion, first ever to be held at K.U.,
started Thursday with committee
appointments and reports.
More than 1,242 students and faculty members have signed the Crusade for Freedom scrolls and $242.10 has been donated in the drive, Emil L. Telfel, general chairman of the University drive said today.
Engineers Start National Meet
Delegates from the 26 national chapters were introduced in the morning session, and the officers of the national honorary engineering fraternity gave their reports.
Committees were appointed. The chapter delegates gave reports on the present standing of their chapters, the accomplishments of the chapter and its members, financial statements, and problems confronting their chapters.
The officers are: C. W. Leihy, president from Chicago; William Roeser, vice-president from Washington D. C.; C. A. Sjogren, secretary-treasurer from Lincoln, Neb.; and Clarel B. Mapes, councilor from Tulsa, Okla.
At 8 p.m. an informal smoker wa held in the Hawks' nest of the Union
Mr. Mapes spoke on the subject of good public relations with the public for the engineering profession and Sigma Tau.
At 5.30 p.m. today, pledges of the Kansas City chapter will be initiated. This will be followed by the official convention banquet.
The final session Saturday will include a talk by Paul H. Robbins, executive director of the National Council of professional engineers.
Painting Nears Completion
Painting of the roof on Fraser hall is almost complete, C. G. Bayles, buildings and grounds superintendent, said Thursday.
The project was started last spring and the second coat applied this fall.
The scrolls are to be sent to Berlin and placed near the Liberty bell, and donations will be used to build eight radio stations in Western Europe to supplement the voice of America broadcasts.
Four thousand seven hundred signatures and approximately $400 has been donated from Douglas county, M. C. Slough, chairman for the county, said.
Latest figures for the state show that 106,882 signatures are in and $3,905.52 has been donated. These figures indicate that the University is above par in the county drive and that Douglas county is doing better than the average county.
Helen Maduros, College junior,
accomplished the phenomenal feat
of obtaining 9 signatures and $9 in
one building in less than an hour.
The Jay Janes have done an excellent job of putting over the crusade on the campus, Mr. Telfel said. Until records were confused 12 organized houses had turned in sercolls containing names of 100 per cent of the members. Phi Kappa was the first fraternity to report a 100 per cent record and Alpha Omicron Pi was the first sorority.
Marjorie Crane, president of the Janes, was instrumental in planning the successful drive, and the Jay Janes are to be commended for their excellent work, Professor Telfel said.
Freshman Star Breaks Wrist
Jack Wichert, assistant professor of economics, John J. Scollay, instructor of English, and Melvin Clingan, president of the All Student Council assisted Mr. Telfel in the drive.
Coach Don Fambrough's freshman squad suffered a severe blow Wednesday when John Konek, starting halfback and co-captain for next week's game with K-State, broke his right wrist.
Konek is from California, Pa. where he was a first string All-American high school selection last year. The 6-foot 2-inch 185-pound will be lost for the remainder of the season.
Phi Kappa's, Theta's, Prof. Davis Proud Of Admiral Murphy
The Phi Kappa's, the Theta's, and W. W. Davis, professor of history, all have a right to be proud of the campus visit of Rear Adm. John D. Murphy. University student from 1915 to 1918.
In the first place, Admiral Murphy is a distinguished Phi Kappa alumnus, and is staying at the house during his visit. He was in the first Phi Kappa pledge class in 1915.
Here's how the Theta come in. At their exchange dinner Thursday with the Phi Kappa', Admiral Murphy told a wide-eyed College sophomore, Carolyn Ann Critser, that he hoped his 17-year-old daughter Joan, now a high school senior, would become a Theta when she entered the University. It went over big.
"He's the man I came especially to see," the admiral said. "I've never forgotten that unreconstructed rebel nor his classes—I learned more in them than I did in any other."
And as for Professor Davis?
Admiral Murphy arrived on the campus Thursday and will stay for the Kansas-Oklahoma A. & M. game Saturday. He plans to visit friends and acquaintances, including Dean T. DeWitt Carr of the School of Engineering and Architecture. Dean Carr is an old shipmate.
"We served in 1924-25 on the U.S.S. Pennsylvania." Admiral Mur-
shy said. "You may remember her is the battlewagon that was used in the atomic bomb blast at Bikini."
The admiral is now retired, and is thinking of settling down in Lawrence, if it's all right with Mrs. Murphy. He said he plans to practice law, as he has a law degree from George Washington university, and is a member of the District of Columbia bar.
Admiral Murphy enlisted in the naval reserve as an apprentice seaman in 1918, was commissioned an ensign in 1919, and stayed in the navy because he liked "every minute of the 32 years" he spent in the service.
"And the navy has a necessary place in the defense," Admiral Murphy said. "The navy can never be replaced. It certainly proved its usefulness in Korea."
Admiral Murphy's last tour of duty before his retirement was in the legal division of the navy department in Washington, where his family now is. Incidentally, in addition to Joan, it consists of Honora Ann—whom the admiral calls the
"15-year-old glamor girl of the family," John D. IV, age 14, and baby Dennis, age 4.
His 32 years in the navy included action in the flaming naval battles of the Pacific during World War II. When the war broke out Admiral Murphy was chief of divisions in the Office of the Judge Advocate General in Washington, and in 1942 was assigned as commander of the U.S.S. Alcor, flagship of the Atlantic service force. Later he was flag captain of the Atlantic destroyer force.
He began his Pacific tour of duty after his graduation in 1944 from the Army and Navy Joint Staff college in Washington. He relieved Adm. Forrest Royal as commander of Task Group, 78.10, a unit of the Seventh fleet, and was in command at the battle of the Sulu Archipelago.
After the task force command Admiral Murphy became planning officer for Vice Adm. Daniel Barby, commander of the Seventh Amphibious force. He planned the last major combat operation in the Southwest Pacific—the landing at Balikpanan, in Borneo.
After Japan surrendered Admiral Murphy was assigned to Guam as director of naval war crimes, and was in charge of all the navy cases
He remembers in particular the trials of two Japanese admirals—C. Hara and N. Sakabarra, and of Lt. Gen. S. Tashabana.
I have always been used to power, and I have always seen it misused. You are now living in the atomic age—in a new world of new power—atomic energy. But remember that atomic power may be misused too."
in which Japanese were accused of war crimes. As the director, Admiral Murphy wrote the charges, reviewed the cases, convened the courts, and was in charge of the prosecution and defense staffs.
Admiral Hara commanded the aircraft carrier group which attacked Pearl Harbor, and was second in command of the force. He was convicted of atrocities by troops under his command at Truk, Admiral Murphy said.
The court also convicted Admiral Sakabarra, Japanese naval commander at Wake Island who had ordered the execution of 100 American civilians left on the island when the Japanese took it in 1941.
"He was a remarkable physical specimen." Admiral Murphy said. "He could do 300 stoop falls in succession. And he was a remarkable character, too. Before he was executed he wrote a touching letter to his son which was a masterpiece. I remember a grim phrase from it—it went something like this—
Probably the most brutal and depraved Japanese officer tried was General Tashabana, Admiral Murphy said.
"He was a drunkard to begin with." the admiral said. "His men testified that he drank up all their saki rations as well as his own. Furthermore, they testified that he and others had eaten the flesh of executed prisoners.
"Yes, we executed him. too."
However, Admiral Murphy wants to forget war trials and other serious matters for a few days. He wants to roam the campus, drinking in the sights and visiting friends. Then he wants to see K.U. wallop the Oklahoma Aggies.
Possibly there is one more fact to be told about the admiral. He was janitor of the Journalism building back in 1918, but later was "promoted to janitor of Oread High School"—which students may remember as University High school, now being remodeled for use as the faculty club.