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'Abilene' Show Will Be May 2 In Fraser Hall
"West of Abilene," the second all-student production of the year, will be held in Fraser theater Tuesday, May 2. through Friday, May 5.
Tickets for the show go on sale today in the Student Union office and at Obers clothing store for 75 cents. All seats are reserved.
The entire cast of 31 people has been rehearsing for six weeks. They began full cast rehearsals Monday in Fraser theater. "West of Abilene," which is built around an unscrupulous character called Snake McCoy, is a show combining many talents.
A musical farewell in three acts, "West of Abilene" was written by Craig Hampton, fine arts senior. Hampton also wrote the lyrics to the 19 songs composed by Willard Straight, fine arts junior.
Sponsored by the Student Union Activities, this third annual production of College Daze, entails cooperation from every student union committee. C. Curtis Coffey, business junior, is business manager and Marjorie Crane, College junior, is cast secretary.
Leads in the take-off on a western farce will be played by Louise Lambert, College senior, and James Hawes, fine arts senior. Both are veterans of the 1948 production, "Ghost of a Chance."
Others in the cast are Roy Hadley,
Donald Hyten, business seniors; Jack
Stewart, business junior; Jake Mundy,
Donna Harrison, Georgette
Spears, John Wesley, College juniors;
Pedro Antonioli, Heywood Davis,
Hugh Eberle, Wayne Helge-
son, Dick Hunter, Win Koerper,
Nancy Lindsey, Donald Little,
Norman Wenger, College sophomores.
Myron Don George, College freshman; Margaret Ann Cowboy, education junior; Dudley Wallace Benton John Neely, engineering seniors Charles William Stephens, engineering sophomore; Norma Jean Guthire, Bernadine Read, fine arts seniors; Judson Greer, fine arts junior Marilyn Barr, fine arts sophomore Erma Lutz, fine arts freshman, and Emily Stewart, journalism junior.
Assisting with the production staff are Don Yelton, stage director, Robert Geis, program director, Mary Witcher, production secretary, Patricia Brown, script secretary, Janet Coulter, assistant stage and Barbara Bolling, costume director.
Narcotics Law Lecture Given To Pharmacists
It is not only important, but essential that pharmacy students fully understand every angle of the Harrison Narcotic Act, TJ. Walker, district supervisor of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics said Monday night
Mr. Walker, from Kansas City, Mo., spoke at the student affiliate chapter of the American Pharmaceutical association. His lecture covered the laws concerning the use and sale of narcotics and many of the restrictive regulations by which pharmacists must abide.
History Professors Attend Topeka Meet
Two faculty members from the University history department will speak at the 24th annual meeting of the Kansas Association of Teachers of History and Related Fields to be held in Topeka Friday, April 28 and Saturday, April 29.
James E. Seaver, assistant professor of history, will talk about "Publius Ventidius, Forgotten Roman Military Hero." Charles B. Realy, professor of history, will speak on "A British Program for African Development."
Donald Giffin Not A Candidate
Posters listing Donald Giffin, College junior, as a candidate for president of the All Student Council, were erroneously circulated on the campus today.
Giffin reported that he knew nothing about his candidacy and although he feels deeply grateful to those who wanted him to run for the position, he feels that his efforts can be put to a better advantage by maintaining less conspicuous campus positions.
Seven Will Go To Convention
Seven University students will leave today for the National Independent Student association convention to be held Thursday through Saturday at Bloomington, Indiana.
Those who will attend are: Betty van der Smissen, second year law, Shirley Matson, College senior; Walter Brown and Richard Krimminger, College juniors; Robert Dunwell, education junior; Robert Longstaff, College freshman; and Luther-Buchele, executive secretary of the North American Student Co-operative league. Miss Marjorie Austin, Social director of dormitories, will accompany the group.
The convention will consist of I. S. A. chapters discussing and pooling their ideas on social functions, political action, money-making schemes, social welfare programs, and membership campaigns. Alex Campbell, former attorney general of the United States, will speak on "Which Way Democracy?"
Ten students from Kansas State college and one from the Municipal University of Wichita also will attend the conference.
The University's I. S. A. members hope to secure the next year's national convention site here.
WEATHER
KANSAS—Generally fair today,
colder southeast. Tomorrow, fair
and warmer. High today 50 to 55
degrees, low tonight 35 to 40 degrees.
ASC Decides To Enforce Smoking Rules
The All Student Council voted Tuesday to enforce smoking regulations in the east and west wings in the basement of Strong hall. At a previous meeting the Council had decided that the Student court would have no jurisdiction in this matter.
"I am sorry that another engagement prevented me from attending the last Council meeting," Dean Woodruff said. "We have had difficulty with smoking, particularly in the east wing of the basement of Strong hall. Roger Barker, chairman of the psychology department, in response to a suggestion that smoking be prevented in classrooms, sent a letter to chancellor Malott explaining the situation and Mr. Malott sent the letter to me.
Arthur Ford and Mary Louise Fischer, members of the smoking committee, attended the meeting, Dean Woodruff explained. They discussed the smoking problem and "felt that it was reasonable to make these areas no-smoking areas since there is nearly a quarter of a mile of smoking area nearby.
"He (Mr. Barker) said that it was hard to enforce the no-smoking in class rooms' since people smoked right outside the door. It sounded reasonable to me and I called the smoking committee together."
They realize that their war torn country can offer the world little commercially, but they feel that the heritage left them by composers such as Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert still leaves them cultural gifts which they may share with other peoples.
"Some feel that smoking restrictions impinge upon personal liberties. Cancellor Malott feels that we must make some restrictions of smoking in the buildings."
"Arthur said he would put a notice in the University Daily Kansan, and I said I would see to it about getting appropriate signs put up. We thought we were operating on the authority of the smoking committee," he said.
L. C. Woodruff, dean of men, spoke to the Council outlining the events leading up to the Council's refusal to enforce the new smoking regulation.
Austrians Will Entertain In Musical Show Tonight
The Council appropriated $200 to the Ku Ku's, men's pep organization, for a card section at football games and other expenses.
The musical director of their show,
"A Night in Old Vienna," is Felix
The members of the cast represent practically every field of study in the Austrian universities and every sectional and economic group in their small country, which is about the size of the state of Maine. Many of the men and women are students of foreign languages and music and practically all of them are fond of sports—skiing in particular.
The customary starched shirt atmosphere of a concert will be absent from the performance to be given tonight at Hoch auditorium Thirty-two young Austrian teachers and university students will be performing their native folk songs and folkdances in authentic peasant costumes lent them by the provincial museums of Austria.
The performances of these young people are not for profit but to pay their expenses in a sight-seeing tour of the United States. While they are here, they hope to be able to teach Americans something about the people of Austria and their cultural background and to learn the same things about this country and its people.
This Goodwill tour of Austrian students is being sponsored by the Amt fur Studentenwanderungen, Office of Student Wandering, of Vienna, which was founded in 1924 by Dr. Oskar F. Bock lecturer at Vienna University. The Amt sponsored a similar tour to Great Britain in 1935 and another to South Africa in 1937. North America was the goal of the Amt in 1939, but the annexation of Austria and the second world war destroyed their plans.
Molser. Mr. Molzer is a Viennese who has been directing since he was 14. He visited the United States in 1949 as director of the Vienna Boys Choir.
Since 1939, these students have learned the meaning of war and of political terrorism. Dr. Bock describes them as now being "disillusioned, distrustful, cynical, and self-fish." The purpose of this tour then, he says, is to re-educate these young people so that they will be needed for help with the rebuilding of Europe.
700 Vote By 11 a.m. In Quiet Election
Approximately 700 students had cast their ballots by 11 a.m. today in the University general election which was marked by extreme quiet compared with other years. Voting was exceptionally heavy at the polling places in Green, west Strong, and in Lindley, according to members of the A.S.C. elections committee. No signs of blocking the lines or other disturbances were noted by Daily Kansan reporters.
A former associate justice of the Student Court who was distributing leaflets in behalf of one of the A.S.C. presidential candidates said that he hoped his candidate would win because "political division harms the solidarity of the student body." He stated that his candidate stood for "breaking down the lines between Greek and Independent."
Office equipment belonging to Mr. Harris and a few books heretofore designated as part of a family library are to be set aside and go to Mrs. Irene Ellis under provision of the statutory law, Judge Gray ruled. An itemized list of the articles exempt from the library left to KU will be drawn immediately.
The University of Kansas may finally call the major portion of the Ellis Natural History library its own as a result of a decision given Tuesday by Judge Frank Gray of the Douglas county probate court.
The collection of about 60,000 volumes valued from $200,000 to $400,-000 has been stored in the basement of Strong hall awaiting the end of the long legal dispute that was heard in three courts, including the Kansas supreme court.
Beth Will Address Forum, Congress
The state supreme court ruled the past fall that full ownership of the collection of books on ornithology rested with the University, but the court did not specify which part of the collection should be considered as personal property of Mrs. Ellis, who had disputed the University's claim to her husband's library.
Ellis Library To Be Divided
In Marvin, voting was light. Poll workers amused themselves by playing word games while waiting for voters.
Since January, 1948, he has been secretary-treasurer of both the American Association of Teachers of Journalism and the Association of Accredited Schools and Departments of Journalism.
Newcomers Club To Meet Thursday
One of the main speakers at the Southwestern Journalism Congress in Baton Rouge, La., this weekend will be Elmer F. Beth, professor of journalism. More than 250 students and faculty members from 13 universities and colleges will attend the conference Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at Louisiana State university
Officers for next year will be elected at a business meeting of the Newcomers club, 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday at the Lawrence Woman's club, 1941 Massachusetts street. The group will also vote on a revised constitution.
Professor Beth will speak on "Publicizing Social Agencies", and he will also lead a journalism faculty forum on better teaching methods. He will visit the journalism departments at Tulane and Loyola universities in New Orleans.
Feelings varied as to the importance and outcome of the election. The apathy of some of the students was expressed by Lee Turner, first year law, who said, "I don't want to vote in a predetermined election. Pachacamac has it—their machine is invincible under present political alignment on this campus."
Another who did not plan to vote was Wayne H. Smith, engineering senior, who said that he did not know who was running or whether it was worthwhile voting or not.
Stating an opposite opinion was Mal Copeland, College senior, who described the election as a "wonderful example of power politics."
Also varied, were the opinions of two students on the political aspects of the election. Jim Gurley, College sophomore, thought it was "a very fair election and that everyone has a good chance to vote."
A touch of color was added to the more serious aspects of the election with a red hammer and sickle being painted on the side of a voting booth in the basement of Green.
Hal Edmondson, chairman of the A. S. C. elections committee said, "No evidence so far of any obstructing or causing any difficulty at the polls has been noted. The efforts of this council to run an honest election have been quite successful."
None of the poll workers or election officials would give any prediction as to the outcome of the election. Polls will close at 6 p.m.
Several original paintings of art work used in the Saturday Evening Post have been presented to the Museum of Art by Ben Hibbs, '24, editor of the magazine.
Polls will close at 6 p.m.
Hibbs Gives Illustrations
The paintings include cover illustrations by Norman Rockwell and Constantine Alajalov and work by Steve Dohanos and Gilbert Bundy, a former Kansan. The Rockwell picture is a double cover in oil of a cowboy and his girl getting ready for a party. The Alajalov cover shows a woman shaking her wrapped Christmas present while her husband sleeps.
Dr. John Maxon, museum director,
said the paintings will be used for
instructing students in illustration,
painting and commercial art.
The paintings will be ready for public display in May.
Dean To Speak On General Education
General education will be the topic of a speech to be given by Dr. Sidney J. French, dean of the faculty at Colgate university, at a faculty assembly 4 p.m. Thursday in Strong auditorium.
Dr. French, who was graduated from the University of Chicago in 1922, has been a professor of chemistry and is the author of several books on scientific subjects.