University Daily Kansan Friday, March 24, 1950
Lawrence, Kansas
STUDENT NEWSPAPER.
WORLD NEWS at Press Time
Belgian Students Riot
Brussels, Belgium—(U.P.)—Rioting mobs of students wrecked 200 street cars in Brussels today as part of a 24-hour general strike by 500,000 Socialist workers against the pro-
seal return to the school. Shouting and Leoopel slogans, six students out of 200 students each roamed the downtown streets and attacked any street car that attempted to operate in defiance of the Socialist-called strike.
Loans 20 Million To Spain
The King won 57 per cent of the vote but his return on that basis has been opposed by all Belgian political parties except the Catholic Social Christian party.
New York—(U.P.) The national city bank of New York announced today that it has made a 20 million dollar loan to Spain with gold as security. The Spanish gold will be deposited either with a federal reserve bank in this country or in London. It has been rumored that Spain would use the money to buy wheat in the United States.
CCC Gets Two Billion
Washington—(U.P.) The house has approved plans of the Commodity Credit corporation to spend 2 billion dollars more on farm price supports. It approved legislation which would increase the corporation's borrowing authority for price support purposes from four and three-fourths billion to six and three-fourths billion dollars. The measure now goes to the senate, which has a similar bill under consideration.
Traditional Easter Service
Fort Riley, Kan.,—(U.P.)—Fort Riley again will sponsor the traditional Easter sunrise service on Ogden hill at 6:30 a.m. April, 9. Lt. Col. John F. Gaertner, post chaplain, announced today.
It will be the 16th consecutive Easter service for the people of Fort Riley and persons from nearby communities. The sunrise service attracted a crowd of 4,500 last year. In the event of bad weather the service will be held in Fort Riley's fieldhouse.
Income Tax Revenue Falls
Topeka—(U.P.)A marked decrease in Kansas income tax revenues was reported today by the state commission of revenue and taxation.
Fred Horn, commission chairman,
said the state, as of March 18,
collected $1,319,494.8 less than it did a
year ago. At the same time, more
persons filed returns this year.
Dust Hampers Air Travel
Oklahoma City—(U.P.)—Clouds of cocoa colored dust blown three miles high by near-hurricane winds threatened today to force airline pilots to pull their straining planes to peak altitudes.
The clouds, formed when fierce March winds ripped up the soil of the Texas panhandle, were particularly bad on the Denver to Oklahoma City run.
Tax Calendar Clarifies Laws
Ira O. Scott, former economics instructor, has completed a tax calendar which attempts to simplify many Kansas tax laws for the businessman.
A total of 1,500 copies have been inted.
The publication has been completed by the bureau of government rege- nment under the sponsorship of the Industrial Development commis-sion.
Rock Chalk Revue Tickets On Sale
Tickets for the Rock Chalk revenue are on sale now in the Union building, Watson library, Strong hall, and in all organized houses. Tickets for the show are 50 cents.
The revue will be given in Hoch auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. It is open to all.
Coeds To Model Spring Clothes
A fashion show entitled "Easter Parade." sponsored by Student Union activities, will be held at 8:15 p. m. Thursday, March 30, in the Palm room of the Union.
Suits, spring cottonts, sportswear, bathing suits, afternoon dresses, and evening gowns will be modeled by University women students. The clothes are being furnished by Campus West and Weaver's Department store.
Win Koerper, College sophomore, wil serve as master of ceremonies. During the intermission Judson Greer, fine arts junior, will pantomime a girl dressing.
At the fashion show the new platform purchased for the Union ballroom will be used for the first time. Emily Stewart, journalism junior, is chairman of the show. ___
KU Pair To Meet Scottish Debaters
Two University debaters will meet a team from Scotland in an exhibition debate at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, March 28, in Fraser theater.
William Conboy, instructor in speech, and Evan K. Wilson, second year law, will represent the University. David D. T. Reed and Maleolm Webster-Low University of Edinburgh, will comprise the international debate team.
The question will be: "Resolved, that this house deplores the use of propaganda, political and commercial."
Scottish debaters are touring the United States to debate with teams at many of the larger colleges and universities.
Men May Enroll In Marine Corps Platoon Class
Enlistments are now being accepted for the 1950 Marine Corps Platoon Leaders class, Capt. W.R.Terrell, professor of naval science announced.
Any students with two summer vacation periods remaining before graduation may apply for the P.L.C. program which leads to a reserve commission as a second lieutenant in the marine corps upon completion of the course, and graduation from the University.
The course of instruction, which does not require any academic study during the school year, is composed of two six weeks sessions at the Marine Corps schools, Quantico, Va. One of the sessions is between the sophomore and junior year and the other between the junior and senior year.
Veterans who wish to join the P.L.C. program may with the permission of the commandant of the marine corps, waive the junior course if they have only one vacation period remaining prior to graduation, and complete only the senior course to qualify for a commission.
This year the classes start July 2 and July 23 for the junior course, and June 18 and July 9 for the senior course.
While on training duty, members of the P.L.C. hold the rank of corporal in the junior course and sergeant in the senior course, receiving pay and allowances for the respective rank.
Transportation, clothing and medical attention are furnished by the marine corps.
Any student who is interested should see LT. Lewis Bolts, instructor in naval science, Captain Terrell said.
A chili supper will be given by the Newman club, Catholic student group, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday in the basement of St. John's church. The supper was previously reported for Friday night.
Newman Chili Supper Sunday
Activities Dance Will Be Tonight
The "Five Scamps" dance will be held from 8 p.m. to midnight today in the Lawrence Community building. The dance is sponsored by the Student Union activities.
Tickets are $1.50 a couple. They may be purchased at the dance.
British Movie To Be Tonight
The British film "I Know Where I'm Going," will be shown at 7:30 p. m. today in Hoch auditorium.
Admission will be free to students and faculty. It will be the fourth in a series of foreign movies shown this semester in Hoch auditorium and sponsored by the University.
Released through Universal-International, the film stars Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesly, and Pamela Brown.
The movie tells the story of a girl who believes that money is the yard-stick by which her future happiness will be measured. She leaves her home to marry the wealthy tenant of a tiny Hebridean island. The woman, Joan Webster, has deep affection and sincere respect for her fiancee, but not love.
While on the island Joan makes new acquaintances and is happy in her environment. She has all that she has ever wanted, except money.
Tetelfl Will Go To Meeting Of AP Telegraph Editors
She meets a man, Torquil, Macneil, with whom she falls in love. Joan is upset because she always believed that she knew where she was going. Money, not love, was to have her future. Until the last moment she struggles against her love for Torquil and then makes the decision which she believes will make her happy.
Emil L. Telfel, assistant professor of journalism, will attend the meeting of the Kansas Associated Press telegraph editors Sunday in Hutchinson. He will be the official representative of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information.
Students, Faculty Discuss Education
Bv HARRISON MADDEN
A program of general education cannot be a formula instituted by a university administration. It is an individual thing, a frame of mind which each student attempts to integrate the major fields of study for himself.
This was the general conclusion of a student-faculty discussion held Thursday. Both the discussion and the dinner that preceded it were sponsored by Upstream, campus liberal magazine. More than 100 persons attended the meeting.
Clifford Ball, business senior, said the purposes of a general education are to get the student to think effectively—along more than purely academic lines; to develop the student's ability to communicate with others; to help the student to make relevant judgments on many things; and to develop the student's sense of discrimination of values. They are to help the students become citizens who are better integrated in their social, political, and economic lives.
Chancellor Deane W. Malott, who moderated a panel on "General Education at K.U." said the dinner was epoch-making in a way since it was the first time he recalled that students and faculty at the University had met to discuss a program of general education.
The chief value of the discussion was pointed out by Chancellor Malott.
"We have not arrived at any answers to the questions concerning general education which have been bothering both students and faculty for many years," the chancellor said. "But we have stimulated ourselves to thinking more about the problem of general education and have come to realize that it is up to each one individually to get this education."
Other opinions expressed during the discussion ranged from giving complete freedom to the student, as in European universities, to the setting up of a four-year 24 credit course much like Western Civilization, but which would include all fields of knowledge.
Dale Judy, graduate student, said although a general education program should not be so rigid that it results in involuntary servitude, it must require some, perhaps involuntary, study outside a specific field of interest. Sumley Kelley, graduate student, objected to a statement that the end of all persons going to college was primarily to earn more money. He said the
Ball said there is a need of instructors who can integrate more of the fields of knowledge for the town. This is difficult today, he said, because the professors are specialists in one field and present their subject matter in that light. Charles Hoffhaus, College senior, said that any discussion of the students not being interested in general education was doing them an injustice. He said there was a genuine interest in such courses as Western Civilization, and that the idea of such courses should be extended more to other fields.
reason there hasn't been more discussion on general education was that those who want it haven't hollered enough about it. Instead, too many of them have dropped out of school to find what they want.
Edward Robinson, associate professor of philosophy, recommended that all those present start talking with others about general education. He felt it important just to think about what was being done at the University. A student at K.U has more material available than he will use while he is in college, he added. There would be educational lags and students would complain about them even if a strong general education program was instituted.
Disease Control May Be Had With Tracers
Radioactive isotopes injected into animals by means of the tracer technique may lead research scientists into new fields of disease control. Dr. Leonard A. Walker said Thursday.
He spoke at the Sigma Xi lecture series.
Dr. Walker, assistant professor of biophysics at the University School of Medicine, described the tracer technique. If a person wants to find out what happens to atomic particles in an animal he would inject enough radioactive material of some element into the animal to show up on the Geiger counter, yet not enough to harm the animal.
For example, a person suffering with a thyroid cancer would have injected radioactive isotopes of iodine (an element used by the thyroid gland). The charged isotopes would find their way into the thyroid and may under certain conditions start a bombardment of the malignant cells. Such practices are still in the experimental stage, he said.
"One-hundred-and-two isotopes have been used in biological medical studies as tracers or for radiation. They belong to 60 of the 96 elements. Tracer techniques depend upon two things:
Important in using radioisotopes in biology is the use of substances which localize to a high degree in certain organs. More notably, which localizes to a marked degree in the thyroid, Dr. Walker said.
(1) that the atoms give off radiations and thus can be detected by Geiger counters; (2) that the radioactive atoms do not differ in their chemical or biological properties from the non-radioactive isotopes."
Specific examples of the use of the charged isotopes include the first clinical reports in 1939 on chronic leukemia. The new methods are better than x-rays because of the lack of radiation sickness. As yet in acute leukemia cases there is no hope.
Hopes for tolycytemia cases are now equivalent to that for diabetic persons taking insulin. Tolycytemia is a disease in which the red blood cells increase at a rapid rate. The blood then becomes too viscous to move through the blood system.
Jay Janes To Name Two Honor Initiates
The annual Jay Jane initiation dinner will be at 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 29, in the Kansas room of the Union. The primary feature of the banquet will be the announcement of two Jay Jane honor initiates, and the initiation of pledges.
Miss Florence Black, associate professor of mathematics, and Miss Maude Elliott, assistant professor of Romance languages, will be the guests of honor at the banquet.
Paden And Stene Are In Cleveland
W. D. Paden, associate professor of English, and E. O. Stene, professor of political science, are in Cleveland, Ohio, today and Saturday, for a meeting of the American Association of University Professors.
Professor Paden, who is the K.U. delegate, will return Monday, March 27, and Professor Stene, who is a member of the national council, will return Tuesday, March 28.
THE WEATHER
KANSAS--Fair today, but colder in the east. Tomorrow partly cloudy and warmer. Highs today 50 to 55 degrees east, 60 to 65 west.