UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1950
Engineers To Honor Retiring Professors
William C. McNown, professor of civil engineering, and Frank A. Russell, professor of engineering drawing, will be honored by civil engineering alumni, staff members, and seniors of the School of Engineering and Architecture at a dinner at 6:30 p.m. Friday in the Union ballroom.
A total of 65 years of service at the University will end when Professors McNown and Russell retire from their teaching positions in June.
Scheduled to speak are Ellis B. Stouffe, dean of the University; T. DeWitt Carr, dean of the School of Engineering and Architecture; Fred Ellsworth, University alumni secretary; N. T. Veatch, consultant engineer, Kansas City, Mo.; J. O. Jones, professor of hydraulics; Paul Endacott, vice-president of Phillips Petroleum company, Bartlesville, Okla.; Joe Sciandrone, engineer, Kansas City, Mo.; C. K. Mathews, consultant engineer, Kansas City, Mo.; and George W. Bradshaw, civil engineering department chairman.
More than 100 civil engineering alumni are expected to return to the University to attend the dinner and spend the evening with their former engineering professors.
Six of the nine speakers are K.U. alumni. C.R. Van Orman will act as master of ceremonies.
Professor McNown, chairman emeritus of the civil engineering department, is retiring after 37 years service at the University. He came to Kansas in 1913 as an assistant professor of civil engineering. He became a full professor and chairman of the civil engineering department in 1934. In 1898 he served with General Miles' expedition and the third Wisconsin Volunteer infantry in Puerto Rico. After he was graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1903, he served with the Erie railroad.
Following two years as a civil engineering instructor at Cornell university, Professor McNown spent two years as a professor of civil engineering at Earlham college and four years in private practice in Walla Walla, Wash., before coming to the University.
Professor Russell, chairman emeritus of the department of engineering drawing, will complete his 28th year of service at the University in June. He was graduated from the University with a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering in 1908 and received his professional degree in civil engineering in 1918.
Professor Russell joined the staff of the civil engineering department in 1922 to take charge of courses in railway engineering after having several years of experience on a railroad. He served on the staff until 1936 when he became acting dean of the engineering school. In 1937 he was appointed professor and chairman of the engineering drawing department.
Professors McNown and Russell are members of numerous professional and honorary societies. Both are members of Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Theta Tau, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Society of Engineering Education, the Kansas Engineering Society, and are licensed engineers in Kansas.
Professor McNown is a former president of both the Kansas Engineering society and the Kansas section of A.S.C.E.
Professor Russell is also a member of the American Railway Engineering association, the American Water Works association, and has served as president of the Kansas section of A.S.C.E.
Students Hear Visiting Professor
Dr. W. W. Rosinski, this year a visiting professor of mathematics at Oklahoma A. and M. college, lectured Marilyn, and Tuesday at the University on "The Theory of Subordination."
Dr. Rogosinski has been on the faculty of Kings college of the University of Durham, England, for about 15 years. Prior to becoming a political refugee, heaught at the University of Koenigsburg, East Prussia, now a part of Russia.
Guthrie Wins Pulitzer Prize
New York—(U,P)—The novel, "The Way West," by A. B. Guthrie, Jr., a former newspaper man, won the Pulitzer prize for fiction and two Broadway hit shows, "South Pacific," and "The Consult." won prizes for drama and music.
The St. Louis Post Dispatch and the Chicago Daily News won journalism awards for "the most disinterested and meritorious public service" for their articles exposing the presence of Illinois newspaper men on the state payroll.
The prizes were announced by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, president of Columbia university. Each carried a cash award of $500 except the journalism public service prize, which is a $500 gold medal.
"South Pacific." starring Mary Martin and Ezio Pinza, was adapted from James A. Michener's Pulitzer prize-winning novel, "Tales of the South Pacific," by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.
It was only the second time in the 33-year history of the Pulitzer prizes that the award for the best original American play went to a musical. The first was in 1928 when "Of Thee I Sing" was honored.
"The Consul," an opera, was written by the Italian-born composer, Gian-Carlo Meniotti. 38. He had two English language operas produced at the metropolitan opera before writing his first broadway hit, "The Medium."
George Thiem, 52, of the Chicago Daily News, and Roy J. Harris, 49 of the St. Louis Post Dispatch, collaborated on the series of articles which won the journalism public service award.
The first Negro woman ever to capture a Pulitzer award, Miss Brooks has held two Guggenheim fellowships and has been working as a part time secretary to augment her husband's income from an auto repair shop.
The poetry prize went to Gwen-
dolyn Brooks of Chicago, a 32-year-old
housewife, for "Annie Allen"
a ballard of Negro life in the city
"John Quincy Adams and the Foundations of American Foreign Policy" won a second Pulitzer prize for American biography for its author, Samuel F. Bemis. The 49-year-old Yale university professor won his first prize in 1927 for "Pickney's Treaty."
Other winners of the 14 awards included. Edmund Stevens of the Christian Science Monitor for international reporting on Russia. Edwin O. Guthman, 30, of the Seattle Times for national reporting on the basis of articles clearing a university professor charged with Communism. Bill Crouch, 34, photographer of the Oakland, Calif., Tribune for his picture of a near-collusion between a B-29 and a stunt plane.
Oliver Waterman Larkin, 53-year-old Smith college professor, won the American history award for his book "Art and Life in America."
Hunt For Abigail Will End Friday
The treasure hunt for "Abigail," a mysterious something somewhere on the campus, ends Friday. The hunt is sponsored by the by the Inter-ward council of Wards T and P-Z. There are prizes for those who identify "Abigail." This is the fifth clue:
I've something in common with Christmas and Easter
And even Thanksgiving—
The latter not living.
The relation between the speed of chemical reaction and the size and shape of molecules undergoing the reaction was discussed by Dr. Melvin S. Newman Tuesday in a lecture before members of Phi Lambda Upsilon, honorary chemical society.
Dr. Newman is a professor of chemistry at Ohio State university His talk "Some Aspects of Steric Hindrance" was given in Bailey chemical laboratories prior to a banquet in the Kansas room of the Union and initiation ceremonies of 22 men into the honorary society.
Following the initiation ceremonies, J. O. Maloney, professor of chemical engineering, told members how some scientists have become Communists and how people can alert themselves so as not to be "dragged into the net" of a communist organization.
Chemistry Club Hears Newman At Initiation
Susceptibility to the communist doctrine, explained Dr. Maloney, may lead to various types of treason, such as espionage or sedition. Under such conditions the individual commits one of these forms of treason when he thinks he is doing it for the "good of mankind."
new members initiated were Earl Abrahamson, Jack Beal, Dan Buie, Thomas Fritzlen, Robert D. Gibson, Robert Glazier, Fred Hhrskorn, Wallace Holderman, Edwin Hornake, Harold Hubbard, Grannis Johnson, Mark Jones, John Lund, William Nobles, Gene Petersen, Frank Reynolds, Vincent Valeryer, Carl von Waaden, Russell Waters, Duane Wenzel, Robert West, and Paul Wilhelm.
Dr. Newman explained how steric hindrance is a valuable method of predicting reactions in laboratory and research work. Steric hindrance is a geometrical approach to the study of chemical reactions and rates.
Advertising Defeats News
At Journalism Picnic
The advertising majors defeated the news majors 9 to 4 in a softball game Tuesday afternoon at Lone Star lake which renewed the traditional rivalry.
The game was a feature of the annual picnic sponsored by the
Harold Shigley reminds students that they should call at the office in the Union for lost articles. In recent months, many articles have been turned in which have not been called for.
Alpha Phi Omega originated this contest three years ago. The fraternity has also given assistance with other Boy Scout projects since it has been on the hill.
Another Alpha Phi Omega service is the lost and found.
The kites will be judged according to size, originality in design, and flying ability. This year, a new phase has been added to the contest. Scouts will be furnished with the materials needed to build their kites. Each boy will build a kite and then try to fly it. The first scout to get his kite into the air will win.
William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information. More than 100 persons attended. Singing was led by Elmer F. Beth, professor of journalism.
Prizes for the contest are being furnished by Lawrence business men. Refreshments will be served at the field for the scouts.
Faculty Art Display In Museum During May
Settlement With Russia Needed, Scientist Declares
Without exception, physical and biological scientists attending the atomic energy conference in New York City, April 26 and 27, believed that it is impossible to solve the problem of atomic energy control except within the framework of a general settlement with Russia
Kites of every type design, color and size will be flown Sunday. A six foot war kite flown with light rope will be the largest model, while a Chinese dragon kite will probably be the most novel. These two kites will not be entered in competition however.
Members of Alpha Phi Omega completed plans Tuesday for the annual Boy Scout kite-flying contest which is to be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at the west intramural field. Election plans for next week were also discussed.
APO Sponsors Scout Contest
"Sands of Time," a fantastic egg tempera painting of suggestive symbols of the past, present, and future, is one of the many pieces of faculty art being displayed during May in the University Museum of Art.
That was the report, given by Dr. Hilden Gibson, professor of political science, who attended the conference with Dr. W. J. Argersinger, associate professor of chemistry. Dr. Gibson and Dr. Argersinger returned Tuesday. The meeting was sponsored by the National Associates organization and was devoted to a discussion of the atomic and hydrogen bombs and other weapons of mass destruction
In the opinion of Dr. Harrison Brown, author of "Must Destruction be Our Destiny?" Russia will never accept the Baruch plan and there is some validity in her refusal to do so. Dr. Gibson continued his interpretation of Dr. Brown's contention by saying: "Beyond the difficulties of obtaining specific agreement on atomic energy, almost all scientists reminded us that by now nuclear fission is only one very effective way of killing people.
This is the second such conference explained Dr. Gibson, and "like the first one held in 1945 when the United States was beginning to wrestle with the problem of the atomic bomb, it was held with the obvious motive of influencing public and foreign policy in regard to atomic energy."
"A number of scientists present believed quite seriously that we are on the threshold of an age of weapons which can accomplish the total annihilation, not only of cities,
but of entire regions of the earth's surface,regions as large as half a continent."
"The most outstanding feature of the conference," said Dr. Gibson, "was the unanimity of attitude of European representatives present." A distinguished French resistance leader, a former president of the Belgian senate, and a Nobel prize winner proclaimed the West European desire for neutrality.
"Reduced to simple terms," said Dr. Gibson, "the European notables wanted to get out of our cold war. As Claude Bourdet, the French resistance leader put it, "For us there is only one question and it is a purely academic one. If war does come will we be atom bombed from the front or from the rear? We will most certainly be overrun and in all likelihood the remainder of our population deported and our scattered remains will rest in a large number of 'well-kept cemetery.'"
"Despite the general atmosphere of gloom at the conference, both Dr. Argersinger and myself felt there were some elements which afford ground for hope. For instance, if one feels with Toynbee that the best hope for the preservation of peace is the emergence of a 'third force' than there are visible evidences that such a third force is emerging."
The names of remote civilizations and calendars of past years are inscribed on a snake's skin which is coiled around a rose bush. Together they symbolize things that have grown out of the past. A blue color scheme creates a dreamy atmosphere, which was the intention of the painter, Robert Green, assistant professor of drawing and painting. Mr. Green, did not paint the picture with a specific idea in mind. He wants everyone who looks at it to read his own meaning into the symbols painted.
Examples of textile designs by William Imel, assistant instructor of design, are on display. One design consists of green, gray, and brown leaves on a white background.
"Still Life," which portrays a table display of a green pepper, beets, a piece of melon, and a pitcher, was painted in water color by Laurence Mailloux, instructor of design.
A picture of a dancer in a cowboy outfit hangs in the north gallery. It is the work of Ray Ottinger, instructor of design.
Dark blue, gray, black, and brown shades were used in Herbert Fink's painting, "Front Beach," which shows the broken ties of a pier that has rotted away with age. Chunks of rock lie scattered on the ground, and a man is walking through the ruins, Mr. Fink is an instructor of drawing and painting.
A portrait of a sun tanned girl, Polly, with blond hair and blue eyes was painted by Gerald Davis, assistant professor of architecture. The girl is dressed in a peasant blouse and a bright blue skirt. The red trimming on the ruffle of the blouse adds color and gaiety to the picture.
Space angles on a dark background were painted by Donald Kane, instructor of design.
"Sea Cliffs" by Robert Sudlow, instructor of drawing and painting, is an oil painting of a huge cliff, marred by a cave in its side. Sea waves are seen rolling in over the rocks.
A portrait of a woman, Lillian, with a lock of hair hanging in her face was painted by Dwight Burnham, instructor of drawing and painting. The woman is clothed in a light blue smock with bright red buttons.
"Seated Figure," the work of Raymond Eastwood, professor of drawing and painting, is a painting of a woman nude to the waist seated on a deep, red cloth. The lower part of her body is covered with a deep, solid green cloth.
"Route 40, West," a water color painting by Clayton Fowler, assistant professor of drawing and painting, is of a highway scene familiar to Lawrence people.
A large, light gray vase with dark irregular designs is being exhibited with other pieces of ceramic by Shelldon Carey, associate professor of design.
A silver pitcher, bowl, rings and earrings are being featured by faculty members in jewelry and silversmithing.
Simons To Speak At SDX Banquet
Dolph Simons, publisher of the Lawrence Journal-World, will be the featured speaker at the initiation banquet of Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalistic fraternity, 7 p.m. Thursday at the Hotel Eldridge. Joe Murray, managing editor of the Lawrence newspaper, will also speak. An honored guest will be L. C. Flint, professor emeritus of journalism.
The following men will be initiated into the fraternity; Arlo Bailey, journalism, senior, John Bannianum, Harold Bailey, John Corporon, Arthur McIntire, Emilin North, Demyne Orlesbee, Edward Rodgers, Dolph Simons, Richard Tatum journalism juniors.