University Daily Kansan
47th Year No.118
Tuesday, March 28, 1950
Tuesday, March 28, 1950
Lawrence, Kansas
STUDENT NEWSAPER
Author Chosen To Give Tribute At Convocation
William Vogt, author of "Road to Survival," will be the speaker at the 27th annual honors convocation Wednesday. April 26.
The convocation will be the University's tribute to students with outstanding scholarship records. The names of the students in the upper 10 per cent of the senior class in each school will be listed in the convocation program. The names of the student or students leading the junior, sophomore, and freshman classes also will be read.
Most of the honor societies will make the first public announcement of their new members at the convocation.
If an honor man or woman is chosen, he or she will be named during the ceremonies. The secret committee made no selection the past year because it felt that no single individual in so large a student body could be generally outstanding, and that numerous individuals had shown superior leadership and service in local areas of activities.
Mr. Vogt, in "Road to Survival," discusses the difficulty of feeding the world's growing population when erosion and over-cropping is reducing the fertility of arable land.
Since 1943 Mr. Vogt has been chief of the conservation section of the Pan-America union and has been a consulting ornithologist in Lima, Peru. During the 1930's he was curator of the Jones Beach state bird sanctuary in New York and later editor of the Bird Lore magazine. He was also field naturalist and lecturer for the National Association of Audubon Societies.
Court Rules On Jurors
Washington—(U.P.)-The supreme court ruled Monday that a federal employee can be a fair juror in the trial of a Communist.
It did so in affirming, five to two, the 1947 contempt of congress conviction of Eugene Dennis, secretary general of the Communist party, for defying a subpoena to appear before the house unAmerican activities committee.
Dennis was convicted by a jury containing seven government employees. He was sentenced to a year in jail and fined $1,000. The District of Columbia court of appeals affirmed the conviction. Today's supreme court action sustained it finally.
The tribunal said the fact that a government worker has to be cleared under President Truman's loyalty program does not of itself make him biased in the trial of a Communist. In so holding, the court held to a decision made last year respecting government workers on juries. The loyalty issue was not involved in that case, however.
Justice Sherman Minton read the majority opinion which said, in part:
ASCE Will Hear Talk On Cement
A representative from the Portland Cement association will speak at the regular meeting of the American Society of Civil Engineers, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, 101 Snow hall.
The representative, Carlos D. Bullock, regional structural engineer for the association, will give an illustrated talk on "Prestressed Concrete."
ISA Will Elect New Officers
Independent Student association members will vote for executive officers Wednesday in the lobby of the Union and in the I. S. A. office, 228 Strong hall.
Candidates nominated for office are as follows:
Allyne Browne and Richard Krimminger, College juniors, president; Robert Dunwell, education junior, and James Logan, College sophomore, All Student Council representative; Marese Ball, College freshman, and Louse Hamilton, education junior, secretary; Donna Hobein and Ellen Osborn, College freshmen, social chairman; Marian Mussatto, College freshman, and Jeanne Prichard, College sophomore, social welfare chairman; and Robert Heins, College sophomore, and Robert Longstaff, College freshman, public relations chairman.
Voters must present their I. S. A membership cards at the polls.
Press Club To Give $100
A $100 scholarship provided by the Kansas City Press club will be awarded to some junior in the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information this spring. The Press club is a professional chapter of Sigma Delta Chi journalistic fraternity.
To be eligible for the scholarship, the student's grade average must be in the upper half of the class and he must be in need of aid or outside work in order to continue in school, Burton W. Marvin, dean of the school, said.
For the past four years, Gayhart has studied organ under Laurel E. Anderson, professor of organ and theory. Gayhart is a former student of Mrs. Frank G. Denning, Topeka He is president of the Topeka Organ club and a member of the American Guild of Organists.
All those interested should submit a letter stating need of assistance, affiliations with churches and clubs, and other campus activities to the journalism office by noon Friday. Examples of news writing should also be included, Dean Marvin added.
Richard M. Gayhart, fine arts senior, will give an organ recital at 8:15 p.m. today in Hoch auditorium.
Gayhart is now organist at the First Presbyterian church in Topeka. He had previously been organist at the United Presbyterian church, Topeka and for the First Methodist church in Lawrence.
Gayhart Will Give OrganRecitalToday
WEATHER
KANSAS: Fair tonight and Wednesday, continued cold tonight, lows 25 to 30 degrees west and north, 32 degrees southeast. Warmer Wednesday, highs 50 degrees northeast, 55 degrees west and south.
Rush Committee Will Consider Four Systems
Inter-dorm Council and sororites included in Pan-helenic Council will make recommendations today to the Pan-helenic rush committee on four possible rushing systems for freshman women in 1951. Beginning that year all freshman women will live in freshman dormitories.
Explainations of the four system were given to Inter-dorm and sorority members Monday for discussion and voting on preferences. The results will be given to the rush committee today so that it may compile them and present recommendations to Pan-hellenic Council Wednesday.
The systems are as follows: immediate rushing, by which freshman women will be rushed during the summer and at the beginning of the fall semester; deferred rushing until the beginning of the spring semester; deferred rushing until the middle of the second semester, when an informal rush week would be held the first weekend after mid-semester grades are due; and deferred rushing until the beginning of the fall semester of the sophomore year. Regardless of the system chosen, in 1951 women will live in freshman dormitories.
International Club Honors Masaryk
Members of the rush committee considering the systems today are Patricia Glover, College sophomore, chairman; Patricia Patten, College junior; Marie Schumacher, education junior; Arlene Johnson, journalism junior; and Virginia Carter and Ila Pabodie, College sophomores.
In celebration of the centenary of Thomas Garrinek Masaryk, first president of Czechoslovakia, the International club recently presented a talk on his life and Czechoslovakian folk songs and dances.
Several Czechoslovakian f o l k songs were sung by Dagmar Hasalova, fine arts senior who is also from Czechoslovakia. Joan E. Harris, education junior; Mary Lou Auchard, College junior; Miss Stransky and Miss Hasalova presented a set of Czechoslovakian folk dances. Mary Lackey, College junior, was mistress of ceremonies.
The political and philosophical significance of President Masaryk's life was discussed by Miloslav Fuegner, graduate student. Blanka Stransky, graduate student from Czechoslovakia, read selections from President Masaryk's biography by Karel Canek.
Rock Chalk Revue Tickets On Sale
Tickets are 50 cents and may also be obtained from ticket representatives in the organized houses.
Tickets for the Rock Chalk Revue are now on sale in Strong hall, Watson library, and the Union building. The Rock Chalk Revue will be held in Hoch auditorium 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
Scotland, KU Debate Today
Whether propaganda, both political and commercial, should be used in the home will be debated by a University and a Scotch debating team at 8:15 p.m. today in Fraser theater.
Students presenting identification cards will be admitted free to the exhibition round. Tickets for others are 75 cents each.
A number of high school debaters
Appearing on the affirmative side will be the team from Scotland composed of David D. T. Reed, University of Glasgow, and Malcolm Webster-Low, University of Edinburgh, William Conboy, instructor of speech, and Evan K. Wilson, second year law, will represent K.U. on the negative.
The Scotch team is touring the United States this spring and debating at some 30 American colleges and universities.
A number of high school debaters will be guests of the University.
Following the debate the Scotch team, members of the K.U. squad, and faculty members of the speech department will be guests at the home of E.C. Buehler, professor of speech.
State Checks Building Plans
Plans and specifications for remodeling Fowler shops into a modern building for the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information are now being given a final check by the state architect.
Two sessions of the Kansas legislature have appropriated a total o. $300,000 for the project. If the final check reveals no new problems, it is hoped that bids can be received and contracts awarded by early May. The plans were prepared by the University department of architecture.
Until final awarding of the contracts it cannot be known when the building will be ready for occupancy by the School of Journalism.
VA Says Dividend Checks Sure To Arrive By June
Some K.U. veterans have made inquiry as to why those with higher serial numbers (the last three digits) have received the special National Service Life insurance dividend while veterans with lower numbers have received no checks.
The Veterans administration in Kansas City explained that the rule of the last three figures of the serial number cannot be used in all cases. it is true, the office said, that the rule applies to a majority of the cases, but there are many exceptions.
The V.A. said that applications received so far have been,processed for payment in several groups depending upon the day of the receipt of the application. Therefore, if the application of the veteran is in the second group processed, he will not receive his check until all dividend payments in the first group are mailed.
Advisory Group Will Select City Managers
The V.A. said it is running well ahead of schedule in the processing of the first group of dividend payments. K.U. veterans may secure assistance through the V.A. regional office in Kansas City, Mo.
If the veteran has not received his check but has received an acknowledgment card, he may expect his check before the end of June. However, if the veteran applied more than a month ago and has not yet received acknowledgment, he should send in another application with "duplicate" plainly marked across the front, the V.A. said.
Daniel Dienst, Coffeyville junior college sophomore, hit the jackpot while attending the recent art conference at the University.
Nearly 35 college and university students from all over the country will attend the three-day session, said Dr. Ethan P. Allen, director of the government research bureau.
A meeting of the advisory committee on city management training will be held in the government research bureau, Strong annex F, Wednesday, and Thursday. The purpose of the meeting is to interview applicants for admission to the city management program.
Members of the advisory committee are L. P. Cookingham, city manager of Kansas City, Mo.; E. J. Allison, city manager of Salina; J. O. Jones, professor of applied mechanics; E. G. Nelson, professor of accounting; E. O. Stene, secretary of the committee; and Dr. Allen, chairman of the advisory committee.
Committee members will interview each applicant and make selections for admission into the city management program. They will also select recipients for fellowships by the Andrew Carnegie foundation.
The fellowships of $1,000 each will be paid out over a nine month period during which the student will practice his internship.
On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday eight men who have been practicing their internship will return to the University to attend a monthly seminar. They will review their experiences and compare the practical experience with their educational background.
Attending the seminar will be James Bibb, department of research and budget, Kansas City, Mo.; H. Holt, finance department, Kansas City, Mo.; William Case, managers office, Kansas City, Mo.; Robert Boos, assistant to Wichita city manager; Harold Horn, assistant to El Dorado city manager; Robert Rush, assistant to Winfield city manager; Donald Bailey, assistant to Hutchinson city manager; and Harley E. Lucas, city engineer of Norton.
All are former K. U. students and are working on individual projects for their thesis for a masters in public administration.
Visiting Student Hits The Jackpot
He had an emergency appendectomy in Watkins Memorial hospital Monday, and was covered by the health fee required for persons attending University conferences.
"I was worried about hospital bills when I came into the hospital." Danny said. "Then they told me it was all free."
He said he had never been troubled with appendicitis before and thought he was just "sick at the stomach."
Danny said, "I was really worried,
I thought I had food poisoning.
"I've been treated swell," Danny remarked. "The nurses are nice, and the food is good. With all the good treatment I've been getting, I probably want to school here when I graduate from Coffeyville junior college."
Final Staff Members Named For Kansan
Daily Kansan staff members omitted in the Monday paper are Robert Sigman, telegraph editor; William Graves, Lloyd Holbeck and Richard Tatum, assistant telegraph editors; and Steve Ferro, assistant city editor.