University Daily Kansan STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Police Control Red Strikers In Rome Riots
Rome, March 22—(U.P.)—P o l i e c e fired into the air today to drive off a Communist mob advancing on the Italian Foreign Office during a 12-hour Communist nation-wide general strike. The demonstration, most serious among a flurry of other incidents throughout the nation, occurred in downtown Rome at noon.
The government met the 12-hour Communist challenge to its authority by sending 144,000 armed police and carabinieri into the big cities to preserve order. Quick-moving police broke up attempted Communist rallies and there was no serious violence. At noon police announced 1,000 persons had been arrested. Most were released.
In Rome and elsewhere Communities strikes stoned street cars running in defiance of the strike, overturned Jeeps carrying police, and fought with their fists against office workers and shop clerks going to their jobs.
The general strike, threatened for days, was called by the Communist-led General Confederation of Labor (C.G.I.L) at 6 p.m. protesting a peasant-police clash in a small village on the Adriatic in which two men were killed.
The strike itself shut down big industrial plants in the north and cut off electricity and gas for several hours in some cities. However, thousands went to work as usual. Officials estimated the walkout was about 40 per cent effective and one government spokesman predicted it would be "another Communist flasco."
Square Dancers To Reorganize Club
The Square Dance club held a meeting Wednesday for the election of new officers and to change its plan of operation for the remainder of the year.
New officers are Robert Heins president; Marilyn Wisdom, secretary-treasurer; T. K. Foster, public director; and Leon Lee, program director.
The club will hold several closed meetings to perfect square dancing maneuvers and reorganize. After this period new members will be invited to join. Plans for the future include another all-school square dance.
Senior Pictures Due April Fourth
Three dollars covers the cost of the photography, engraving, and printing.
The deadline for senior pictures is April 4. All graduating seniors should make arrangements with the O'Bryon studios to have their pictures taken by that date.
Any senior who has his own 3 by 4 inch picture should turn it in to the Jayhawker office in the Union.
Washington. March 22—(U.P).The U. S. court of appeals today upheld the constitutionality of President Truman's loyalty program. In a 2 to 1 decision, the court upheld the right of the government to fire employees for loyalty reasons.
Guatemalans Read About KU In Articles By Arturo Lemus
The court's decision was made in the case of Dorothy Bailey, former employee in the federal security agency who was fired from her job on grounds of having Communist associations.
Court Upholds Loyalty Program
The decision was written by Judge E. Barrett Prettyman. Judge James M. Proctor concurred. Judge Henry W. Edgerton wrote a stinging dissent in which he said to oust an employee as disloyal "on rumor and without trial" is to pay too much for protection against the harm such an employee might do.
"She was not given a trial in any sense of the word and she does not know who informed upon her," the major opinion said. "Thus viewed, her situation appealed powerfully to our sense of the fair and just. But the case must be placed in context and in perspective."
The court said that the President, if there is no specific law against it, may remove from government service any person who he is not completely convinced."
He may do so, the majority opinion said, without assigning any reason. If he should, as a matter of policy, wish to inform the employee of some of the information against him and hear what the employee has to say, "he does not thereby strip himself of any portion of his constitutional power to choose and to remove."
If you live in Guatemala City you can keep up on the latest developments at the University of Kansas. Appearing regularly in issues of El Impacial, the daily newspaper in Guatemala City, are features about professors, customs, and the various schools at the University.
Student Has Appendectomy
Hene Bodge, fine arts sophomore, was operated on for appendicitis Tuesday in Watkins Memorial hospital. Her condition was reported as fair by hospital authorities today.
"I am particularly interested in comparing the difference between educational institutions here and at home," he said. "I came to the United States to study because here
The 28-year-old Central American is studying school administration and supervision. Before coming here Lemus had attended the School of Humanities at the University of San Carlos and had served as the principal of a secondary school in Guatemala City.
These have been sold to the newspaper by Arturo Luis Lemus, special student. During his six months here he has sold several articles for the editorial page of El Imperial. Clippings of the stories, which are written in Spanish, are kept neatly in a scrap book by the author.
He pointed out that in Central America studies are almost purely theoretical, while in the United States students are given the opportunity to put theories into practice while they are still in school. Lemus particularly emphasises this difference in education in his feature articles.
they make education realistic."
Recently Lemus received a letter from J. A. Barrett, Public Affairs officer at the American Embassy in Guatemala City, commending him on his writings. In the letter Mr. Barrett said, "I have been reading with interest your good articles in El Imperial, and for some time have wanted to write you to commend you for your excellent effort."
ASC To Pay Debts Of Three Publications
The All Student Council voted Tuesday to pay the oustanding debts of the K-Book, the Student Directory, and the 1948-49 Jayhawk-er magazine.
The debts for the Jayhawker magazine were $3,403.38; for the Student Directory, $1,565.80; and for the K-Book, $192.42.
All profit collected by the staffs of these publications have previously been turned over to the A.S.C. A reserve fund of $4,000 was on hand for the paying of the Jayhawker magazine debt. The fund consisted of profits from the magazine and money from the A.S.C. treasury. The Council voted to replenish the fund from its treasury.
An amendment to A.S.C. bill No. 3 introduced at the last meeting by Donald Giffin, Independent representative, was passed with minor changes. If signed by Chancellor Deane W. Malott, the bill would effect several changes in the Council's handling of the cheerleader situation.
The bill provides that the council buy sweaters for the 10 active cheerleaders. After the end of one season the sweater would become the property of cheerleader.
Another change is that cheerleader selections will be made by the pep committee composed of the head coaches of basketball and football, the director of athletics, the dean and assistant dean of men, the dean and assistant dean of women, the alumni and assistant alumni secretary, the traditions committee chairman of the A.S.C., and two students to be selected by the A.S.C. president.
Under a bill passed by the council the Student court will be able to fine witnesses who perjure themselves and students held in contempt of court a minimum of $2 and a maximum of $5. The bill must be signed by the chancellor.
Provisions were also made whereby the court can keep records of its proceedings for future justices to refer to in determining the validity of appeals.
A bill was passed to determine that not fewer than two and not more than four members who have served at least one semester on the Union operating committee be kept on the committee at all times.
A bill, up for first reading, would restrict senior dances to one each spring. It also would provide that at least $500 in fees but that they not exceed $500.
Defeated by the Council was a bill which would have provided for a two day election in April and for 10 polling places on the campus.
An informal discussion of American newspapers was led by Dr. John Ise, professor of economics, at the first "Off The Record" meeting sponsored by Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalism fraternity, Tuesday evening.
John Ise Leads Talk In Informal Meeting
Members of the fraternity, Theta Sigma Phi, professional women's journalism fraternity, and faculty members of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information asked Dr. Ise several questions. The meeting was held in the English room of the Union.
THE WEATHER
KANSAS—Fair and warmer this afternoon. Increasing cloudiness to night followed by scattered showers and mild Thursday and Thursday night, but becoming cooler north-west half of state Thursday night. Lows tonight 30-35; highs Thursday 55-65.
Seniors May Order Announcements
Orders for senior announcements will be taken in the business office until Saturday, April 15.
Prices for announcements are from 15 cents to 60 cents each. The deadline for paying diploma dues will be Saturday, May 29.
Diploma fees will be $12 and class dues $3.40. Alumni dues which are optional are set at $2.
Walker To Give Sigma Xi Talk
Practical application of radioactive isotopes in the biological sciences will be discussed Thursday evening by Dr. Leonard A. Walker, assistant professor of biophysics and oncology at the University School of Medicine in Kansas City.
The lecture, sixth in the Sigma Xi "Atomic Energy and Man" series, will be given at 7:30 in Strong auditorium. The public is welcome.
Dr. Walker's principal duties are that of biophysicist for the extensive cancer research program at the K.U. Medical center. He obtained his Ph.D. degrees from the University of California division of medical physics.
He will include explanations of the use of radioactive iodine in the diagnosis and treatment of thyroid disorders and brain tumors and the use of radioactive phosphorus in polycytemia and leukemia.
KU Law Fraternity Initiates 14 Today
Phi Delta Phi, professional law fraternity, will hold its semi-annual initiation at 4:30 p.m. today in the courthouse of the Douglas county courthouse.
Frank Terrell, '20, Kansas City lawyer, is to be the principal speaker at a banquet in the Kansas room of the Union following the initiation. He will sr or law.
The 19 initiated are Jerald K. 5 lph R. Brock, Edward W. Coourn, Jack C. Emerson, John C. Gage, George R Gould, Jr, James L. Grimes, Jerome E. Jones, Phillip C. Hill, Val J. Kauffman, Robert M. King, Jack C. Maxwell, Hal Ross, Thomas L. Schwinn, Jack C. Stewart, and Odd Williams, 1st year law students; Grant E. Miller, 2nd year law student, and Dale R. Hanes, 3rd year law student.
Sixth Lecture In Humanities At 8 pm Today
Dr. Charles W. Morris, lecturer from the department of philosophy at the University of Chicago will give the sixth humanities lecture of the year at 8 p.m. today in Fraser theater.
He will speak on "Bringing Man Back Into the Humanities." Dr. Morris will also give three additional lectures. He will speak on "Life Ideals in the Orient and Occident" at 4 p.m. today in Fraser theater. "Signs, Paintings, and Judgments of Value" will be his subject at 4 p.m. Thursday in Spooner-Thayer museum. "Ways to Live and Individual Differences" will be the subject of his third talk, at 4 p.m. Friday in Fraser theater.
Included in his talk will be the results of a survey taken by students in philosophy, psychology, and foreign language classes under the direction of Edward Robinson, associate professor of philosophy.
The survey was drawn up by Dr. Morris, and is a poll of the type of life preferred by students.
"The survey is just an informal sample of student opinion," Professor- or Robinson said. "It must not be regarded as a complete or adequate survey. The principal value is to see the types preferred at the University." Students who attend American colleges and if they differ from those of other countries"
The study has been made by Dr. Morris at other American colleges and universities and also in China, Japan, and India.
On the survey sheets, 13 paths of life were given, with a brief description of each. Students rated them in order of preference, and according to how much they favored or disliked them.
The University of Kansas Medical Center was recently granted $5,250 by the American Heart association to be used for heart disease research.
KU Medical Center Is Granted $5,250
One of 46 such grants made by the association, the Medical Center's stipend is to be used specifically for continuing research into the influence of mineral deficiencies on the heart now being conducted by Dr. Mary Colglazier, '45. Dr. Colglazier began her work last year with a grant of $3,150.
400 Theater-Goers Thrill To Emotional 'Julius Caesar'
By PATRICIA JANSEN
An intense, action-packed version of "Julius Caesar" presented in modern dress thrilled some 400 University theater-goers Tuesday
Turning from the humorous "Taming of the Shrew" played Monday, players of the Margaret Webster Shakespeare company ably acted the more serious drama. Highly emotional characterization was given by each member of the cast.
Although the play opened with a striking group scene, parts of the first act dragged. The play picked up momentum just before Caesar's assassination. During the second act the fast-moving battle scenes clipped along at an exciting speed.
The high point of the production was Mark Anthony's funeral oration. The swaying bodies and skrinking voices that depicted the mob's reaction to Anthony's persuasion held the audience spellbound. Kendall Clark magnificently portrayed the role of
Anthony. With his charm and wholesome tone quality he aroused the anger of the mob. Mr. Clark ran the gamut of emotions in this scene.
David Lewis played the part of Brutus with understanding and simplicity. He portrayed his conflict of emotions between his love for Caesar and his love for Rome throughout the entire production. Frederick Rolf played a strong Caesar and John Straub, a fiery Cassius.
Effective lighting combined with colorful scenery added to the beauty of the production. The modern dress worn by the players pointed up the agelessness of the Shakespearean tragedy. The costumes brought the version closer to the minds of the audience.
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