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18 Winners Discover Abigail Is A Walrus
"Abigail," the objective of a treasure hunt which started 11 days ago, was found in Dyche Museum by Peggy Chambers, fine arts junior. Abigail is a huge stuffed walrus.
Miss Chambers was awarded at portable radio, first prize, by the Inter-ward council of Wards T and P-Z, who sponsored the hunt for everyone on the campus.
Donald Strike, College freshman,
was awarded a record album, second
prize; John S. Schmidt, education
senior, a picture album, third prize;
Edwin A. Stene, College freshman,
a coffee maker, fourth prize; Darrell
Brown, business senior, a lamp, fifth
prize; and Barbara Altis, College
senior, a carton of light bulbs, 18th
prize.
The following received two free passes to the Granada and Pattee theaters for prizes six through 17: Thomas R. Oglevie, College senior; James Burton, education senior; Jeanne Chambers, and Betty Schoewe, fine arts seniors; George Laubur, Gerald Oglevie, and John Sambol, College juniors; Charles Rice, fine arts junior; Richard Hetschel, College sophomore; John Perdew, education sophomore; Donna Dudley, College freshman; and Russell Short, education freshman.
The hunt ended May 5 after the University Daily Kansan was distributed on the campus. The Kansan contained the last clue. About 550 students scrambled to the booth in the Union lounge where the prizes were being displayed to turn in their answares. Four hundred students turned in the answer, "seal." Other guesses were the clock in Bailey, the clock in the Union lobby,
ISA Plans Activities For 1950-51 Calendar
A Bum's ball, watermelon feed, Faculty follies, President's dinner and winter and spring formals will be included on the Independent Students' association social calendar for the 1950-51 school year
Activities for the coming year were planned at a joint retreat of the I.S.A. council and ward officers May 6 at Lone Star lake.
and the "Pioneer." The first 18 students to turn in the right name of the mysterious something won the prizes.
Keith Kelson, research associate, admires Abigail, the prize-winning walrus of the Interward council treasure hunt.
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An evaluation report on the ward system was made at the Retreat by Ralph Weicham, College freshman. Social events sponsored by the wards to date include a dinner dance, Lakeview School House party, semi-formal dance, hour dances, and the treasure hunt for "Abigail". More than 300 entries were received within an hour and a half after the last clue was given.
Donald Giffin, College junior, reported on the Leadership Training program sponsored for wards T and PZ. Planning social engagements wes discussed by Marie Schumacher, education junior.
Winners of the first five prizes and of the carton of light bulbs may get their awards at the display case in the Union lobby any time. The movie passes will be mailed to the winners.
Fall orientation week will open with an LSA. coke party, a Barn dance, and Apple Polishin' parties. A new booklet for prospective association members to be completed in June or July will furnish information on dormitories, social life, LSA. and wards, and pictures of special events at the University. The booklet will be sent to incoming students. Subscriptions to Smoke Signal, the national magazine of Independent students, will be encouraged.
The completion of the wards' constitution was reported and the document put up for ratification Monday in the I.S.A. council meeting. The constitution provides for an Inter-Ward council consisting of one representative from each of five wards to be set up and one member from the I.S.A. Officers are to be a president, vice-president, secretary, social chairman, and business manager. The business manager is appointed by the I.S.A. council while other officers are elected by the I.W.C. The chairman of the I.W.C. is to be a permanent member of the I.S.A. council.
German Club Will Hold Picnic
The German club will hold its annual picnic at 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 12, at Potter lake, William Schwartz, president of the club, announced Thursday.
Be Neighborly, Torrey Urges US
American convictions, faith and program must match those of the Communist if subtle, insidious Communistic propaganda is to be combated in the United States, Dr. Reuben A. Torrey, Jr., field administrator of the Presbyterian church in China told Westminster fellowship Sunday.
"Communist propaganda is being brought to bear on educational institutions in this country" he pointed out. Dr. Torrey, who has lived and worked more than 30 years in China, recalled that "advance agents" enrolled in schools there as regular students. These well-trained, clever agents organized Chinese students who believed they were the instigators of a worthy student movement. Dr. Torrey continued.
Seniors 'Dudish' Tomorrow
What happens in China vitally affects each one of us, the missionary pointed out. "We are more than neighbors, we are brothers," Dr. Torrey explained.
"We doe it," meaning "we're in the last lap now," or "it's all over but the shouting," will be the theme of the day.
Classes will be officially suspended at 3 p.m. Tuesday for graduating seniors to begin to celebrate Senior Class day.
Senior "duedes" will wear plaid shirts, blue jeans, and boy cowboys to the celebration's events. A parade of the "duedes" will begin at 3 p.m. at the west end of Jayhawk drive (the circle) and end on the terrace of the Union building. Student specialty acts will be given from then until 4:30 p.m. Jack Tusher, fine arts senior, is in charge of the program.
Following the entertainment, the seniors will go to Potter lake to see
whether the lawyers or the engineers carry the most weight at the University. From opposite sides of the lake, 3000 pounds of lawyers will wage a tug-of-war against 3000 pounds of engineers.
The dunking will be followed by an old-fashioned barbecue on the west side of the lake. While the seniors eat, they will be entertained by a contest in which lady barbers will shave the faces of senior men. Spoons will be substituted for razors. A barbershop quartet will provide background music for the contest.
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James Hawes, fine arts senior, will present an original skit, and Heywood Davis and Win Kooper. College sophomores, will sing and play for guitar and accordion arrangements of western ballads. Mary Helen Baker, fine arts senior, is in charge of the program.
The combined Men's and Women's Glee clubs will sing a concert at 8 p.m. today in Hoch auditorium.
The Galway Piper" (arranged by Fletcher), "Sea Birds" (Blanchoard), "O Lovely May" (German), "Music, When Soft Voices Die" (Joseph Clokey), and "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" (arranged by Harry Wilson) by the Women's Glee club.
Monday, May 8, 1950
The 100-voice chorus is directed by Gerald Carney, assistant professor of music education, and Miss Irene Feabody, associate professor of voice.
Lawrence, Kansas
"The Erie Canal" (Scott), "Visions" (Sjoberg-Balog-Himboni), and "Dry Bones" (Gearhart), by the Men's Glee club.
The program: "Onward, Spirit of Kansas," (Laffer); and "We Are Brave Matadors," from "La Traviata" (Verdi) by the Combined Glee clubs.
hansan
by the World.
"Country Style" (James Van Heusen), and "Crimson and the Blue," by the combined Glee clubs.
Members of the Class Day committee are: Mary Helen Baker, fine arts senior, chairman; Marian Rippeau, Edith Malott, V. Hardy Scheuerman, and Charles Hoffhaus, College seniors; Stan England, Peggy Baker, and Elmer Dougherty, engineering seniors; Grace Gwinner, education senior; and Jack Tusher, fine arts senior.
"Somber Woods" (Lully-Howorth), and "Nymphs and Fawns" (Bemberg-Matthews), by the Women's Glee club.
Both clubs have appeared at Winter veterans hospital in Topeka, as well as at convocation and vesper services.
"Forever Free" (Lefebre), "How Happy Must He Be" (Bach), "Let M Wander Not Unseen" (Handel-Howorth), by the Men's Glee club
STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Western Civ Final To Be Saturday
Glee Clubs Will Sing Tonight
The final exam in Western Civilization will be given Saturday, May 13, at 1:30 p.m. All students will take the exam at this time.
Place of the examination will be assigned to the students when they register at the Western Civilization office. Registration will end Tuesday.
Lawson Says Department Files Is Test Solution
Parade Planned For Armed Forces Day
At 2:30 p.m. the three branches of the National Military establishment which are represented at the University by the R.O.T.C. units, will hold a parade at which honor students will be presented awards.
Armed Forces day Saturday, May 20 will be observed at the University with a full dress parade, presentation of honors and a military science open house.
Lawrence civic clubs and individual merchants have advised Capt. William R. Terrell, professor of naval science, that they will serve on the Armed Forces day committee which will plan week-long activities.
From 1:15 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., the military science department will hold open house in the Military Science building. Exhibits there will include navy armament and electronic displays, and air force displays.
A file of past examinations set up in each department and available to all students was proposed today by Paul B. Lawson, dean of the College, as a solution to the present testing system at the University.
The parade, which will be held on field five of the intramural grounds south of Robinson annex, is expected to be viewed by Gov. Frank Carlson and the Board of Regents.
Kelly Appointed Chairman Of NSA Membership Group
Charles Kelly, engineering junior, was appointed chairman of the membership committee of the Negro Student association recently.
The N.S.A. is planning a membership drive for the 1950-51 school year. Chairmen of other committees are: Jesse Milan, social committee, and Earl Burton, program committee.
Original Costumes Made For Musical
For the 1950 "College Daze" more than 150 yards of theatrical fabrics was purchased for the women's costumes alone. The dance hall dresses were made from many different materials including satin, marquisette, jewel cloth, net, and velvet, as well as trimmings of artificial flowers, sequins, feathers, and pompons.
Designing and making 25 costumes for "West of Abilene," the all student musical, was exciting work, said Barbara Boling, costume director.
This is how Miss Boling went to work on the costuming. Seated with a large catalog of theatrical materials before her, she figured out how to purchase the best fabrics for the least money. Costuming for the
show ran somewhat over $150, she said.
Miss Boling carefully planned what each dance hall girl would wear only to find that when the materials arrived they often didn't look well with a girl's hair or complexion.
"A big disaster came when I ordered a beautiful turquoise blue marquisette and got the most insipid green I have ever seen," she exclaimed.
The costume director had many a headache before she finally found
A simple basic pattern consisting of a strapless balerina length formal with a full skirt was used for all the dance hall dresses. Emauol Watkins, fine arts sophomore, designed the dance hall dresses to give each a distinctive appearance. James Hawes, the male lead, designed all his own costumes.
Each night at rehearsal the women in the cast were seen sewing seams or tacking flowers on their costumes. When opening night arrived for "West of Abilene" May 2, 25 different costumes added color to the musical.
attractive trimming to make the strange shade blend well with the other costumes.
Under the present system, students living in organized houses have at their disposal files on past examinations given in different departments and schools of the University. Independent students do not have access to such files and the students living in organized houses have a definite advantage where tests are concerned.
Recently at a joint meeting of the faculty and student-councils at Kansas State college a committee was organized to study methods of setting up a file on past examinations. This file will be for the use of any student who wishes to review for exams.
Some students and faculty believe such a system would prevent instructors from using the same tests year after year and would be fairer to students who do not already have access to such files.
Commenting on a similar situation at K.U., Dean Lawson said "It's easy to say something ought to be done, but to be faced with the task of doing it is something entirely different." The problem has been placed before meetings of the faculty many times but no definite action has been taken.
Concerning the matters of instructors using the same tests repeatedly, Dean Lawson said many complaints have been registered about such incidents but no definite proof has been offered. "You can't fix trouble in general," he said. "You have to fix trouble where trouble is. Unless we know exactly where these incidents occur, we cannot do anything to remedy the situation."
Dean Lawson believes a central file is not the answer, but, instead, a file kept in the faculty office of each department where any student who wished to do so could review the exams. If a central file was set up it would be necessary to hire a librarian to check the exams out to students, otherwise the file would soon disappear.
The dean firmly believes it is a mark of laziness on the part of the instructor not to make up a new test each time, and such things lower the prestige of the University. "I hear many rumors that such things are being done." Dean Lawson said, "but I have no proof and I've never known a professor who would admit using the same test over again."
Some departments of the College say they have such files but report the number of students who use them are relatively few and the majority of them want to use the file during the two or three weeks prior to the final examination.
THE WEATHER
KANSAS—Cloudy, thundershowers with severe local windstorms this afternoon and tonight except in extreme northwest.
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