University Dailu Kansan
Tuesday, April 4, 1950
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Lawrence, Kansas
STUDENT NEWS PAPER
Two Students Candidates For Council Seats
Two University students, Thomas J. Alexander, second year law, and Lester L. Henry, third year law, are candidates for seats in the city council in the city election today. Henry is running for re-election from the sixth ward.
Issues in the election are: election of six members of the city council, a proposal to adopt the city manager-commission form of government and a decision on a $75,000 Sixth street cutoff.
The city manager-commission proposal has been one of the most hotly argued throughout pre-election campaigns. At present the city is being governed by a partisan council system. Handbills have been distributed, both for and against the proposal, and party workers will furnish transportation to the polls and baby-sitting service for mothers.
According to local political observers, the outcome of the election hinges on the size of the vote. A large vote should increase the chances of a favorable vote on the city manager-commission issue.
The polls in each ward opened at 6 a.m. today and will remain open until 7 p.m.
Zeigler Will SubmitPaper
John E. Zeigler, Jr., engineering junior, will present "Clapp Oscillators" at the second annual Costelow student paper competition to be held in Kansas City, Mo, Tuesday, April 11.
Zeigler, who will represent the University chapter of the Institute of Radio Engineers, was recently one of the winners of a student paper competition here at the University. Winning this contest entitled him to compete in the Kansas City contest.
Several colleges and universities from this area will be represented. Twenty students and three staff members of the School of Engineering plan to attend the contest and make a tour of Southwestern Bell Telephone company, Midwest Research institute, and Trans-World airline flying field.
ISA Officers Installed Monday
Richard Krimminger, College junior, took the oath for the presidency of the Independent Students association at a candlelight installation service in his home Monday night
Union Activities Election To Be Held After Easter
Selection of officers for the Student Union activities scheduled for Wednesday has been postponed until after Easter vacation.
Other executive officers installed were Robert Dunwell. All Student Council representative, and Louise Horton, secretary, education juniors; Carol Jeannine Pritchard, College sophomore, social welfare chairman; and Robert Longstaff, College freshman, public relations chairman. Allyn Browne, College junior, vice-president, and Donna Hobein, College freshman, social chairman, were unable to attend the installation, but will take oaths later.
A meeting of the operating board Student Union activities will be and April 20.
Western Civ Gives Preliminary Exams
The preliminary Western Civilization examination will be held at 7:30 p. m. today. Students whose last names begin with letters A through M will take the test in 305 Bailey Chemical laboratory. Those whose last names begin with letters N through Z will take the test in 101 Snow hall.
The test will cover units 6 through 10. Anyone who misses the test tonight may take it Thursday, April 20, during the test over units one through five.
Court To Hear Phone Rate Case
Topека, Kan., April 4—(U.P.) Two vital telephone rate cases, due for argument Thursday, highlighted the agenda today as the Kansas supreme court moved into its second session of the April term.
The state's highest tribunal will decide whether Southwestern Bell Telephone company will be granted permanent higher rates. The court faces other important matters, including appeals from three phases of the Kansas Liquor Control act.
One of the latter cases involves alleged violation of state regulations through secret rebates by a wholesaler to retailers. A second concerns possible loss of license by a dealer who failed to affix state liquor stamps within a prescribed period. The third involves prohibition of a distributor paying all or part of transportation costs of liquor sold to a retailer.
Decision day on cases heard the past month will be Saturday, April 8. It is possible that the justices will hand down a ruling in the George Neff murder case. Neff is appealing a life sentence for murder in the shooting of his brother-in-law, Kenpeth Wynn.
WEATHER
KANSAS—Clear and cold tonight.
Wednesday sunny and warmer. Low
tonight 20-25; high Wednesday in
middle 50's.
KU Graduate May Have Begun 'Saucers' Story
A University of Kansas graduate may have started the current wave of hysteria about flying saucers and the little pilots only 23 inches high.
One of the outstanding designs in the history of aviation, the "flying wing" which Zimmerman invented has not been flown since 1947, the navy said. At that time, the wing was regarded as potentially the tastest propeller-driven aircraft in the world. The navy classified it as an experimental fighter, and it was the only such aircraft to offer both extreme high and low speeds in one machine.
Charles H. Zimmerman, who graduated from the School of Engineering in 1929, designed the only machine in the United States that resembles "eye-witness" discriptions of the saucers, navy officials said today.
The part Zimmerman's aircraft plays in the current hysteria about flying saucers was brought out in an article which appeared in U.S. News and World Report, claiming they are being built by the navy.
The plane looks like a pancake, and is powered by three engines. It has a horizontal stabilizer on each side of the plane, as well as two vertical fins. The cockpit is on the leading edge of the plane, between the two engines. The original model weighed 3,000 pounds.
The navy has denied that it is working with any planes which may be considered saucer shaped, and says that Zimmerman's plane is the only one it ever built that resembles a flying saucer.
Two Statues, Four Paintings Added To Art Collection
The Albeneri trio, an internationally famous group, will present the final concerts in the University Chamber Music series at 8 p.m. today and Wednesday in Strong auditorium.
Albeneri Trio Will Play Today
The trio consists of Erich Kahn, pianist; Giorgio Ciompi, violinist; and Benar Heifetz, cellist.
A life-size clay statue of Diana, the Greek huntress, with her dog at her feet, is one of the new displays at the University Museum of Art.
A gilded bronze statue, "Virgin and Child" is another of the statues on exhibit. It was made in 1650 by the Roman sculptor Ercole Ferrata, who used three kinds of tool markings on it. The smooth surface of the Virgin's face and the Child's body were made by one kind of tool marking and the coarsely woven linen blouse and mantle by another.
The statue, made in 1740, was recently purchased by the museum. Diana has a bow in her hand and a quiver on her back. Her youthful face is surrounded by curls.
An oil painting, "Crucifixion",
which was hidden in a German salt
mine by Hitler during World War II,
is another of the new possessions
now being displayed. The picture
was painted by the Austrian baroque
painter, M.F. Kremser-Schmidt.
It was seized from a private
Viennese collection by Hitler
A third marking was used to stimulate the satin and the fur on her robe.
Four European paintings have also been purchased by the museum and are being displayed on the main floor.
Another recently acquired European oil painting is the "Arrest of Jesus," which was done in 1615 by the Roman baroque painter, Guercino. It formerly belonged to the 19th century American architect, William Morris Hunt. Two more paintings on display are the "Healing of Malchus's Ear" by the 16th century Venetian, Leandro Bassaro, and "Virgin and Saints," a painting by the Florentine painter, Cristofano Allori.
Senior Orders Due April 15
for his museum in Linz, but was recovered by the American army. The canvas still had traces of salt water drippings on the varnish when it was bought.
Sixi American paintings of the 1870-1920 period being displayed are: a scene of the Scottish border by J. M. Cropsey, the "Lady in Green" by Dewing, "Dominican Monk" by Elhu Vedder, two paintings by Dr. William Rimmer, and a view of the French harbor of Honfleur by Dennis M. Bunker.
The deadline for placing orders for Senior announcements is noon, Saturday, April 15, Harold Swartz, student activities accountant at the business office, said today.
"Crucifixion" is a painting of Jesus on the cross between the two thieves. Roman soldiers are sitting nearby casting dice for Jesus' garment. Mary Magdalene and the Virgin Mary are mourning and praying beneath the cross.
However, because that includes the spring vacation, the effective deadline for most students is noon, Saturday, April 8, he warned.
Summer Classes Begin June 12
The schedule of summer session classes was announced today by Dean George B. Smith, summer session director. The 10 schools of the University and 20 institutes and short courses sponsored by University Extension were included in the schedule.
The eight weeks of class work during the session will be from Monday, June 12, through Saturday, August 5, with registration and enrollment on Thursday and Friday, June 9 and 10. The maximum number of hours a student will be allowed to take during the session will be eight. The School of Law will offer two 5-week terms, from Monday, June 6, through Monday, August 14, with a maximum of 10 hours credit.
Four hundred forty-three courses, and 45 teaching departments will be offered in about 500 classes. The institutes and short courses include both credit and non-credit offerings for teachers and other types of professional workers.
The summer session lecture series, outdoor movies, street dances, and the popular evening playground recreation program will be continued, Dean Smith said. Weekly band and orchestra concerts will be given by the Midwestern Music camp units and the School of Fine Arts will provide a concert and recital series.
An appreciable drop in enrollment is expected. Summer enrollment during the past two summers has been 3,550. Large enrollments are expected in the Graduate school, and the Schools of Education and Medicine, the decline in veterans attendance, lessening the duplication of "college generations" and the desire for accelerated programs, will probably be noticed in the other schools.
Aldridge Recital Pleasantly Sung
By Dale S. Romig
It took Jeanne Aldridge quite a while to get warmed up to her music Monday night in Strong auditorium, but when she did, the audience heard a pleasant senior recital.
Miss Aldridge opened her program with the familiar "Nel, corpus well enough done, but betrayed a little uncertainty in her voice.
Four German songs made up the second set; of them, the last two by Wilhelm Schreiber. The music was outstanding in every language Miss Aldridge sang.
"Ave Maria" from "Othello" is a sensitive aria, and Miss Rldridge's interpretation of it indicated her regard for the prayer scene from which it is taken.
Several French numbers and five
last digits up the remainder of the
program.
Chicago, April 4 —(U.P.)— Wheat futures, which declined sharply yesterday, showed a steady to firm undertone at the opening of the board of trade today. Other grain futures were steady.
Miss Aldridge's accompanist was Jacqueline Stoops, fine arts junior.
Wheat Futures Steady
Yale Physicist To Give Talk On Humanities
Dr. Henry Marginau, professor of physics and natural philosophy at Yale university, will give the seventh Humanities lecture of the third annual series at 4 p.m. Wednesday in Fraser theater. He will speak on "Physics, Determinism, and Freedom."
Dr. Margenau received his bachelor of arts degree from Midland college, Fremont, Neb., in 1924, and his master of science degree from Nebraska university in 1926. He served as an instructor in physics at Nebraska in 1926-27. In 1929, he received his doctor of philosophy degree from Yale university.
Dr. Margenau, who is now on a speaking tour, is recognized as an authority in the field of physics. He has studied intermolecular and nuclear forces, high frequency discharges, and the philosophical foundations of physics. He has also worked with the atomic energy commission and the bureau of naval research.
The past year he served as a moderator at a nationwide colloquium for physicists at Columbia university. The colloquium concerned the ethical challenge of modern physics.
The lecture is sponsored jointly by the Humanities committee and the department of physics.
Award Open For Architects
A $25 scholarship will be awarded in June to the beginning architectural student showing the most progress in his work for the year. The scholarship will be given for the next three years.
The award is made possible through a $100 cash gift to the architecture department from Lorentz and Goldman Sachs, added to WVCH and Peddie architectural firm, Wichita.
George M. Beal, head of the architectural department, said beginning architectural students, especially those in Architectural Design I and II, are eligible for the scholarship.
Mr. Schmidt is regional director of the American Institute of Architects. In the past, he has awarded savings bonds to beginning students.
Thirty-one senior boys from 20 Kansas high schools are taking the final examinations in the Summer field scholarship competition today.
The candidates took examinations on Monday and were guests that attended for University Summerfield scholars in the Kansas room of the Union.
31 Senior Boys Take Finals Today
The finalists, chosen from the 245 students who took the preliminary examinations in February, are today being interviewed by members of the Summerfield committee. Committee members are: James K. Hitt, chairman; Leonard H. Axe; Dr. Domenico Gagliardo; Dr. Paul W. Gilles; Irving Hill, treasurer of the endowment association; Dr. Cecil G. Lalicker; Dr. C. F. Weinaug; and Dr. L. C. Woodruff. Donald K. Alderson is executive secretary of the committee.
Approximately 10 of the 31 students will be named Summerfield scholars. They will receive financial assistance at the University, and in return must maintain a high grade average.