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Kansas State Historical Society Topeka, Ks.
University Daily Kansan
STUDENT NEWS PAPER
Lawrence. Kansas
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
EE's Win Award As 22,000 See Exposition
A record breaking crowd of more than 22,000 persons attended the 1950 annual Engineering Exposition.
The department of electrical engineering was awarded the Sigma Tau trophy April 22 for its exhibits in the exhibition. The judging committee consisted of members of Sigma Tau, national honorary engineering fraternity. There were more than 125 displays. The civil engineers were awarded second place and the aeronautical engineers won third.
T. DeWitt Carr, dean of the School of Engineering and Architecture presented the trophy to Neil E. Welter, exhibit chairman for the electrical engineering department.
Following the Sigma Tau presentation, Dean Carr was honored by the Engineering council, engineering students' governing body. The council broke a tradition by awarding a council key to Dean Carr for his services as dean of the engineering school.
It is believed that this is the first honorary council membership ever to be presented and Dean Carr is the first person other than council members to receive the key. The presentation was made by Glenn W. Anschutz, council president.
Directly behind Marvin hall, an ear-splitting whine and the smell of fuel oil brought many of the spectators out of the halls to view the German jet fighter as its engine shot a blast of air toward Lindley hall. For many persons it was their first view of a jet plane and jet engine in operation.
The ground control approach radar set offered an interesting and unscheduled display to spectators who happened to be at the radar exhibit as a large airliner flew over the campus. The plane was picked up on the radar scope and followed for twenty miles.
In the electrical laboratory at the strength testing machine, a shot of air from the floor surprised many of the would-be testers.
Mennonites Discuss 'Isms
"Communism, Fascism, Capitalism, and Mennonites" was the topic of a roundtable discussion at a meeting of the K. U. Mennonite fellowship meeting Sunday. The discussion was led by Tal Hiebert, College senior.
The group will elect officers at their next meeting, Sunday, May 14.
Spring Jayhawker Is Now Available
The spring edition of the 1950 Jayhawker is now available at the Jayhawker office. Union building.
Covers for back issues are also available. Anyone desiring a subscription may obtain the cover and complete three issues immediately.
KU Graduate Dies In Crash
Lt. Col. Heinz Kuraner, a University graduate, his wife, and two children were among the 35 Americans killed when their plane crashed into a mountain southwest of Tokyo April 21. He was 43.
The United Press reported that a group of 11 Americans and 12 Japanese reached the scene of the crash late Sunday and reported that there were no survivors. They said the plane, a four-engine C-54 enroute from Clark Field in the Philippines, apparently burst into flames when it crashed.
Kuraner, a native of Leavenworth, received his A.B. in 1928 and an M.D. in 1931 from the University. During the war he was with the army in Europe and later with the adjutant-general's officeington in 1949, he was attached to headquarters of the Philippine command.
General MacArthur issued a statement expressing the shock and sympathy of his occupation command over "this terrible tragedy" to those who "were from our midst."
Kuraner is survived by his mother, Mrs. S. Kuraner, and sister, Miss Hilda Kuraner, of Leavenworth; another sister, Major Elsie Kuraner, K. U. '28, Warm Springs, Ga.; and three brothers, Alfred, K.U. '30, Irving, K. U. '40, both of Kansas City, Mo.; and Walter Kuraner, Heidelberg, Germany.
His wife is survived by her mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Barber, of Toledo; a brother, Merrill Barber; and a sister, Miss Edith Barber, Cleveland.
Jayhawker Needs Editor, Manager
Students interested in applying for business manager or editor of the 1950-51 Jayhawker magazine should submit their applications and three letters of recommendation to Karl Klooz, chairman of the Jayhawker advisory board, by 5 p.m., Wednesday.
Selections will be announced at 3 p.m. Thursday.
Music Week Fine Arts Day Will Be Soon
The Verdi "Requiem," with a festival chorus of 225 voices, the University Symphony orchestra, and four soloists will open the Annaul Music Week festivities on Sunday in Hoch auditorium.
MOVING SOUTH along Massachusetts street in the Relays float parade is Alpha Delta Pi's first place winner in the sorority division, "Victory's Our Pattern." Nancy Lawrence, fine arts freshman, stands behind the silver spoon.
Miss Maud Nosler, concert, oratorio, and radio artist from Chicago, will be the solo sopraniist on the Sunday program. Miss Irene Peabody, associate professor of voice, will sing the mezzo-soprano part. Clayton Krebhiel, who sang five years with the Robert Shaw chorale, of New York City and is now a graduate student at the University, will be the tenor soloist in the "Requiem." The baritone role will be sung by Reinhold Schmidt, associate professor of voice. Mr. Schmidt was a member of the Chicago and Philadelphia Opera companies for several years.
D. M. Swarthout, dean of the School of Fine Arts, will direct the "Requiem." There is no admission charge, and the public is invited.
Rudolph Ganz, Swiss-American pianist, will give a piano recital at 3 p.m. Monday, May 1, in Strong auditorium. Fine Arts day and the Fine Arts banquet in the Union will be held on that date also. Mr. Ganz and Karl Mattern, the latter formerly of the art department, will be guest speakers at the banquet. A novel and varied program is being arranged by a committee headed by Russell L. Wiley, professor of band and orchestra. The banquet will be limited to 200 plates.
The annual Young American Artist program, started several years ago by Dean Swarthout, will present the young American violinist, Miss Frances Magnes. Miss Magnes will perform in Strong auditorium. Leonard Warren, baritone of the Metropolitan Opera company, will entertain Wednesday night, May 3, in Hoch auditorium.
As part of the world-wide observance of Johann Sebastian Bach's death, E. Power Biggs, organist of Harvard university, will play an all-Bach program at 8:20 p.m. Thursday, May 4, in Hoch auditorium. The Kansas chapter of the American Guild of Organists will hold its meeting in Lawrence on that day so as to be present for the concert.
Mr. Warren, known for his many appearances on the radio, will give his first concert in Lawrence.
Vocal and instrumental music work being done in public schools will be displayed in a concert at 8 p.m. Friday, May 5, in Hoch auditorium. Recognition of Fine Arts week will also be made by the churches, civic clubs, and music club of the city.
The K.U. Music Week festival was first given when Dean Swarthout came to the University in 1923 and has been continued each year. With his coming retirement as dean, Mr. Swarthout has arranged a group of nationally known artists to appear at the University.
Special art exhibitions will be displayed at the University Museum of Art and in the exhibition halls of the art department on the third floor of Strong hall.
Chapin Elected President Of Sigma Delta Chi
Edward J. Chapin, journalism junior, was elected president of Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalistic fraternity, at a meeting of the group. April 20.
Other officers are Robert Sigman vice-president; Ray Soldan, secretary, and John Hill, treasurer. Francis Kelley was elected editor of the Sour Owl, campus humor magazine, which is published by the fraternity.
Eight Records Broken One Tied In Relays
By RICHARD DILSAVER, Sports Editor
With the silver anniversary Kansas Relays and the 46th annual Kansas Interscholastic meet recorded as history, you could tell today the extent of a student's enthusiasm for track and field sports by looking him in the face.
Parade Includes Unusual Floats
Pasadena may have its Rose Bowl parade, but University boosters went all out with elaborately decorated floats in the 25th Relays parade Saturday.
Various colored crepe papers formed the background of most of the floats which played up the theme, "Silver Relays." Tiered birthday cake, silver track shoes, and black phonograph records were on many floats. Visitors from Mars appeared in a red and silver flying saucer. The Martians with their brightly red painted bodies danced through the streets frightening small boys and delighting the crowd.
Winners in the men's division were Delta Chi, first; Tau Kappa Epsilon, second; and Acacia, third. Winners in the women's division were: Alpha Delta Pi first; Alpha Omicron Pi, second; and Alpha Phi, third.
The Delta Chi float consisted of a white ship tossing on a light blue sea. It was made of fluffy looking crepe paper.
Men with silvered bodies in the struggling position of Olympic athletes were featured on the T.K.E. float. Behind the silvered athletes was a blue and white Jayhawk pole vaulting.
Placing third was the float with a silver champagne glass, about 15 feet high, with a model in a white formal on top. Seated on the floor of the float were four women with hands raised.
The A.D. Pi float played up the theme, "Victory's Our Pattern." It was made of purple and white crepe paper with a large silver spoon on it.
A white victory barge rowed by "lady sailors" with pink oars won second place for A.O.P. The Alpha Phi's float was on an Oriental theme. Faces of the women on the float were painted white. Oriental costumes and fans added color. Above the huge fan forming the background was painted, "We're K.U.'s Fans."
Should he be barn red, he's a track fan to the quick. If he's only bordering on the crimson side, he enjoys seeing a meet. But if he's just a blushing blue, he went to the Relays only to say he'd been there.
The barn reds were on hand for the full two days of the gala carnival which thrived under a boiling sun that produced temperatures reaching into the upper 80's, warmest of the season. The Relays proper Saturday did suffer from a brisk 20-nile an hour wind. Yet it didn't keep the star-packed field of approximately 900 athletes from breaking eight records and equaling a ninth.
Bill Carroll, soaring Sooner from the University of Oklahoma, earned one of the new marks by sky-climbing 14 feet 5 inches in the pole vault. For his efforts he was honored by the vote of sportswriters as outstanding performer of the meet.
Kansas fans perked up most when the Jayhawker four-mile relay squad shaved the former meet record by 3.5 seconds with its time of 17:34.3
The blushing pinks probably arrived late for the meet and left after Kansas on the four-mile. And they issued off on many of the meet's greatest thrills.
They didn't see Wisconsin's heralded DeGhramm, earlier winner of the Glenn Cunningham mile in 4:16.4, get a sound thrashing from nifty sophomore Don McEwen of Michigan in the university distance medley relay. They didn't witness Carroll flying to his new pole vault record. Nor did they see the meet ended in fit and proper manner by university one-mile relay teams who staged one of the best races of the day.
The entire meet was run with precision, finishing up just five minutes behind time. And once the proceedings had to slow up because they were ahead of schedule.
Comely Joyce Lawrence of Wichita university, queen of the Relays, and her court of six drew their share of attention. Her majesty had to put up with the wind like everyone else, but the royal reviewing stand was shaded by three large beach umbrellas.
Testimony to the quality of the meet other than its production of new records was the fact that in only five events were performances not better or equal to those in the 1949 Relavs.
Those were the 1950 silver anniversary Kansas Relays.
DELTA CHI SAILED away with first prize in the fraternity division of the float parade with their white crepe paper ship, Barbara Nesch, education sophomore, left, and Patricia Edson, College sophomore, right, pose on the fo'c'stle of the ship.