Kansas State Historical Society Topeka, Ks.
University Daily Kansan
Thursday, Oct. 5, 1950
O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F K A N S A S
STUDENT NEWS PAPER
Lawrence, Kansas
Pakistan Army On Offensive Against Afghan
Karachi, Pakistan, Oct. 5. (U.P.) Pakistani warplanes and troops counter-attacked and began pushing back an invasion force from Afghanistan today, 425 miles north of Karachi, the Ministry of Defense announced.
The Afghan invaders struck across the border Sept. 30 in the Dobandi area and drove four miles inside Pakistani territory by Oct. 2, the ministry said.
It said the Afghan force, led by Brigadier Ghafoo Khan, planned to take the Quetta-Chaman railway as its first objective. It but added that Pakistani civil and regular troops, with air force support, are pushing the Afghans back toward the border. The distance and the number of troops involved were not given.
Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have been strained for some time over territory along the order region.
The only information on the fighting was that the Afghans succeeded in pushing past Pakistani civil troops to the foot of the Bogra pass in the rugged mountainous terrain of Pakistan's Baluchistan province on the northern frontier.
There the air force and regular Pakistani troops drove them back "with the object of expelling them from Pakistan territory."
The Afghans recently intensified their campaign for creation of an independent Pukhtoonistan state made up of tribal territories in Eastern Afghanistan and Western Pakistan.
Afghan leaders have contended that Pakistan had no legal claim to tribal territories between the so-called Durand line, which defines the Afghanistan-Fakistan border, and the Indus river.
Two Indiana firms have recently written to T, DeWitt Carr, dean of the School of Engineering, offering positions for eligible graduates.
Indiana Firms Offer Jobs
The Magnavox company of Fort Wayne and Chas, Pfizer and company incorporated, of Terre Haute have asked Dean Carr to recommend former students who might be interested and are qualified to fill the positions.
The Pfizer company has a shift supervisor opening in its antibiotic production plant for a man with a degree in chemical engineering. The Magnavox company is interested in securing the services of a man with an engineering degree who has had two or three years experience in television sweep circuits and related problems. They will also consider junior engineers who have a degree in electrical engineering.
Seniors To Have Pictures Taken
All students planning to receive a degree from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences this year should have their pictures taken for the Jayhawker before Monday, Oct. 16.
Orval Hixon is the photographer for the graduating students' section, and all details will be handled at his studio, said William Howell, editor-in-chief of the Jayhawker. Students may appear at the studio before Saturday, Oct. 14 with or without an appointment. The fee is $2.75.
-Kansan Photo By Ed Chapin
CHANCELLOR DEANE W. MALOTT is preparing to sign one of the Freedom scrolls for the Crusade for Freedom which is being held on the campus from Monday until Saturday, Oct. 14.
Purpose of the campaign is to raise funds for five radio stations to send broadcasts similar to the "Voice of America" behind the Iron Curtain.
Guidance Bureau Tests Aid In Placing Students
Marjorie Crane, president of the Jay Janes, is holding the scroll. Behind the Chancellor and Miss Crane are, left to right, Sterling S. Waggener, second-year law; Melvin H. Clingan, All Student Council president; and M. C. Slough, associate professor of law and county chairman of the Crusade. Miss Crane and Clingan are student chairmen of the Crusade.
On the basis of information obtained from the reading test it was suggested to 210 students that they could benefit from the University's study clinic, where they could get instructions on using the K.U. 86 students that they could use the K.U. reading laboratory to good advantage.
If the 1,535 new students thought they had a hard time taking the placement examinations on Sept. 12 they should have seen the people in the guidance bureau trying to get the tests scored and in the hands of the various departments in time for the enrollment by the following noon.
- The bureau started preparations for the tests in August by arranging for the lap boards that the students wrote on and other details with the University buildings and grounds committee.
After the tests were collected or Sept. 12, six people of the bureau worked in shifts all night running the machines that scored the tests and placed the results on a type of graph called a profile. Then the tests were sorted and delivered to the schools and departments in time to be considered the next afternoon when the enrollment began.
Four tests were given: an English proficiency, a mathematics proficiency, a scholastic ability, and a reading test.
The scholastic ability test was given to compare the student's potential capabilities with what he has actually achieved—thus finding out if the student has worked up to capacity and, if not, how he can be helped to do so.
The score on the English test partially determined the placement of the student in the English classes. This test included English usage, spelling, and a specialized English vocabulary.
The mathematics test was given to determine the student's achievement in mathematics. His placement in mathematics courses depended partially on the math test and on his high school transcript.
The pre-enrollment placement tests were given to get a general picture of the student's capabilities
Counselors in the bureau are: Dr. E. Gorden Colliser, head of the department; Dr. William C. Cottle, Mr. Lee Isaacson, Mr. Frank Entwisle, and Mr. Donald Horder. The bureau is located in annex B of Strong hall.
and achievements in comparison with other students of the same classification and age. The tests were of a general nature because of the short time available. Complete testing takes much longer.
Landscaping on Memorial drive is progressing on schedule, Alton C. Thomas, assistant professor in architecture said Tuesday.
Landscaping On Memorial Drive
The beautifying will not be completed for at least a year, due to construction and grading work.
Maintenance costs will be kept at a minimum, Thomas said, since all plants will be perennial. Juniper and tulip trees are currently being planted on the west side of Mississippi street near the entrance of the drive. Birch, juniper and spruce trees will be planted between Mississippi and the Memorial drive next spring.
Women's Glee Club Gets Five Additional Singers
Five women have been added to the Women's Glee club, Clayton H. Krehbiel, director, announced today. They are: Margaret Longwood and Winifred Miller, first sopranos; Jo Anna March, second soprano; Phyllis Harris, first alto; and Dorris Jo Williams, second alto.
Night Shirt Parade To Be Friday Night
The annual night shirt parade and rally to be held Friday night will be expanded this year to an all-University function. "It is the sincere hope that every student will take part in the night shirt parade and support the team at the rally," Walter J. Brown, Jr., parade committee chairman, said today.
Sororities Pass New Rush Rule
A new ruling adopted by the Panhellenic council Tuesday states that non-students may not be invited to the sorority houses during the school year for purposes of rushing.
This new rush rule, which takes effect immediately, was adopted because of the deferred rushing system for next fall. Since freshmen women will not be permitted to scoot over the new system, this rule eliminates rushing of high-school girls and transfer students.
A junior Pan-hellenic council for freshmen has been organized, said Patricia Glover, Pan-hellenic council president. She said that it has begun work on a sorority project display for the Pan-hellenic workshop to be held Friday, Oct. 13, and Saturday, Oct. 14.
The freshmen women are also planning Coke parties with the junior Inter-dorm council on a neighborhood basis.
Chancellor Deane W. Malott will speak at the Pan-hellenic banquet Friday, Oct. 13. It opens the workshop, Miss Glover said. The council discussed final plans for the workshop in its meeting Tuesday, as well as plans for Homecoming and the Nightshirt parade.
A scholarship tea has been tentatively planned for Wednesday, Oct. 25, by the Pan-hellenic social committee. The committee is also making plans for exchange dinners to be sponsored by sororities and women's dormitories.
Stene To Lead Demonstration
E. O. Stene, professor of political science, will lead a demonstration of the case method of teaching, as used at the University, at a meeting of the Conference on Government in Topeka Saturday.
The chairman of the conference is John Stutz, executive secretary of the League of Kansas Municipalities. The purpose of the conference is to bring together periodically people in government from all over Kansas so that they may become better acquainted with each other's activities. They are interested chiefly in state and local government.
D. M. Swarthout To Direct Service
D. M. Swarthout, professor of piano, will direct a chorus of 1,000 voices in a Reformation Day service to be held in the arena of Municipal auditorium in Kansas City, Mo., Sunday, Oct. 29.
Professor Swarthout met 50 chair directors from Kansas City churches on Sept. 10 in the Grand Avenue plans were made for the program.
This will be Professor Swarthout's third year as director of the event. An audience of 12,000 attended the service last year.
The traditional night shirt parade and rally, which was first instituted in 1905, will be led by the following: Dr. Laurence C. Woodruff, dean of men and faculty representative to the parade committee; Miss Margaret Habein, dean of women; and Arthur C. "Dutch" Lonborg, director of athletics, who will be the principal speaker at the rally.
These three have indicated their cooperation and will appear in full regalia of nightshirts for the men and pigtails and jeans for the women.
Although Mr. Lonborg is new to the K.U. administration this year, the night shirt parade will be nothing new to him. He first made the traditional march in the fall of 1916 as a student at the University.
Mr. Lonborg, enthusiastic over the big rally and the opening of the Jayhawkers' Big Seven conference season, urged the student body to "really get behind the team for this big game with Colorado by taking part in the night shirt parade and rally."
The tradition of the night shirt rally goes back to Chancellor Frank Strong's day in 1902. After the team had won the first football game of the season that year, elated students dressed in front of the chancellor's home.
He appeared in his nightshirt, then, without further dressing, led the cheering throng in a jubilant march down Massachusetts street. His garb set the precedent for the annual parade, which precedes the first home conference football game each year.
The complete schedule of events for the parade and rally are as follows:
7 p.m. The parade will assemble at the Student Union building proceeding north on Oread avenue to Twelfth street and east on this street to South park. The parade will be led by a huge searchlight, the University's marching band, and the KukuKu's and Jay Janes pep organizations.
8 p.m. Following the rally a "snake-dance" will move north on Massachusetts street to Robinson park, located at Sixth and Massachusetts streets, where refreshments are provided, partshaw in the rally through the courtyard of the Lawrence Junior Chamber of Commerce.
7:30 p.m. A huge bonfire rally in South park with short pep talks by Mr. Lonborg, members of the football team, and the coaching staff. The band will furnish music for songs and cheering under the direction of the cheerleaders.
9 p.m. Free movies at the Varsity and Drive-in theaters will be shown to all students in costume upon presentation of their identification cards.
10:45 p.m. to 12:15 a.m. Showing of special features at the Granada theater free to all students in costume upon the presentation of their identification cards. This showing will be over in time for women to make closing hours.
WEATHER
Kansas escaped frost last night, the high water situation eased considerably and a warming-up trend was in progress today.
Clouds that formed about midnight kept temperatures from dipping lower than 38 degrees at Leavenworth. Nearly all the state was cloudy early today, although a gradual clearing is due from west to east.