University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, March 21, 1950
Lawrence. Kansas
STUDENT NEWS PAPER
O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F K A N S A S
MARGARET WEBSTER
'Julius Caesar To Be Tonight
"Julius Caesar" will be presented in modern dress by the Margaret Webster Shakespeare company, 8:15 p.m. today, Fraser theater. Miss Webster is director of the troupe.
Tickets for the production may be purchased at the ticket office Green hall until 4 p.m. today and 7 p.m. at Fraser theater. Tickets are $2.
Starring in tonight's production are David Lewis as Brutus, Frederick Rolf as Julius Caesar, and Kendall Clark as Mark Anthony.
Miss Webster chose to present the play in modern dress because she believes "Julius Caesar" like all Shakespeare's plays, can be interpreted in many ways with equal validity, for its strong and long coming lines and not of classical Rome nor that of Elizabethan England. They belong to us also.
The Margaret Webster Shakespeare company is covering more than 30,000 miles in its coast-to-coast tour of American colleges, universities, and other cultural centers. Monday the company presented "The Taming of the Shrew" at the University.
Read Recital Wednesday
Bernadine Read, fine arts senior in voice from the studio of Reinhold Schmidt, associate professor of voice, will be heard in a recital at 8 p. m. Wednesday in Strong auditorium.
Miss Read, whose home is at Baxter Springs is a member of Mortar Board, president of Sigma Alpha Iota, and sings with the University A Cappella choir. She was a principal soloist in the presentation of the "Mikado" in 1948, and directed the S. A. I. spring musicae the past year.
Advertising Group Pledges 12 Men
Alpha Delta Sigma, professional advertising fraternity, announces the pledging of the following men: Robert Carl, Lee Dgcr, and John Weideman, journalism seniors; Gerald Moseley and Richard Nash, journalism juniors; James Brunson and Richard Hale, journalists; Robert Jornyavaz. College sophomores.
Charles Reiner, journalism senior; Forrest Bellus, journalism junior; Nash, and Jornayvaz have been elected delegates to attend the Midwest district convention of the fraternity Friday, April 14, to Sunday, April 16. The University of Illinois chapter will be host to the convention, which will be held at Allerton Park, near Monticello, Ill.
World Federalist Fears Policy Of Arms Race
Following our present policy of an arms race or joining with other nations in a plan of world federation are the alternatives of internationalism from which the United States has to choose today.
Cord Meyer, Jr., lecturer from Harvard university, Cambridge, Mass., expressed these views at an all-student convolution today in Hoch auditorium.
Mr. Meyer, past president of United World Federalists, said that if America follows the race armament plan to insure world peace, it will eventually result in a world war in which all countries will be losers.
"A basic assumption behind existing American foreign policy is the belief that by preserving a wide margin of military superiority we can preserve peace. However, the fact of Russian atomic development will now force us to pay a much higher price for military superiority than we have in the past.
"To admit today that we must continue to prepare for war does not mean that we can prevent war by preparing for it. Neither does it imply that our efforts to end the arms race and establish international security must be abandoned in favor of an exclusive preoccupation with military 'preparedness,' he said.
Mr. Meyer pointed out that the failure of the United Nations to halt the power struggle between its two largest members has obscured many of its real achievements. He believes that the weakness of the U.N. has made it necessary for the U.S. and other nations to depend on competitive armaments for their security rather than upon the international organization.
"The answer to the present weakness of the U.N. is not to abandon the organization and accept the inevitability of war. Rather I think that our best hope is to seek revision of the U.N. charter to transform the U.N. into a world federal government." Mr. Meyer stated.
If the U.N. were to assume the position of a world government, agreements between nations might more effectively aid in creating a world where a nation would not have to fear her neighbor, Mr. Meyer insisted. Such an organization would have to have "laws with teeth" to make the nations co-operate, however, he said.
"We must convince Russia that we aren't going to appease her or disarm, and that we are not going to have another depression. We must continue the Marshall plan aid to Western Europe to show them we mean business in protecting them from Russia.
10,500 Watch Jayhawkers Bow To Powerful Bradley
IN SOME FAST SECOND-HALF ACTION which looks more like football than basketball, Bill Hougland, Jayhawker sophomore, tucks the ball under his arm, ducks his head and says, "Let's get out of here." Paul Unruh (left), Bradley forward, tries to get the ball. Clyde Lovellette and Bradley's Elmer Behnke look on.
Red Cross Tops Quota
The quota for the drive was $1,080 and an amount of $1,085.50 has now been contributed. Mr. Shenk said.
The Red Cross quota set for faculty members and employees of the University was passed Monday, Henry A. Shenk, chairman, reported.
"We'd like to close the drive this week, and will accept any further contributions which come in by the end of this time." Mr. Shenk explained. In every Red Cross drive which has taken place at the University, the quota has been surpassed, he added.
"I'd like to thank all the people who have contributed to the drive so generously," Mr. Shenk said. Contributions have ranged from $1 to $25. One check for $2.50 was sent in insigned.
Atomic Energy Useful To Research, Pearson Says
Dr. Pearson discussed the relationship of atomic energy to research and education in a talk Monday. Dr. Pearson is chief of the biological branch, division of biology and medicine, of the atomic energy commission. He described the function of the national atomic energy laboratories at Oak Ridge, Tenn.; Argonne laboratories, Chicago; and Hanford laboratories, Hanford, Wash.
The general public is less aware of the useful purposes of radioactive materials than they are of the destructive uses of atomic energy, said Dr. Paul B. Pearson, atomic expert.
Earlier in the day Dr. Pearson inspected research projects at the University which use radioactive
materials. He also held conferences wit. members of the administration wh. lan to work with the substance.
Kansan Editors Elected Monday
Dr. Pearson inspected a project in the zoology department concerned with the effect of radioactive phosphorous on the blood-forming organs of the cottonrat, a native rodent. He also conferred with Frank E. Hoecker, associate professor of physics, and Paul Roofe, professor of anatomy, about a radium chloride project.
James Morris, journalism senior was elected editor-in-chief of the University Daily Kansan for the next eight weeks at a Kansan board meeting Monday. Doris Greenbank, journalism senior, was chosen managing editor and James Shriver, journalism senior, will be business manager.
Morris has been in the past semesters an assistant managing editor and assistant city editor of the Kansan. Miss Greenbank has served as assistant city editor and was an assistant managing editor the past eight weeks. Shriver was circulation manager of the Daily Kansan and for the past eight weeks has been advertising manager.
Norma Hunsinger, Kay O'Connor and Ralph Hemenway, journalism seniors, and John Hill, journalism junior, were named as assistant managing editors.
New staff members will assume their positions Monday, March 27. The managing editor and business manager will appoint the remainder of their staffs.
Keith Leslie, journalism senior,
Francis J. Kelley, journalism junior,
and Morris were appointed as a promotion committee for the Kansas board dinner to be held Friday, May 12. Ben Hibbs, editor of The Saturday Evening Post, will speak at the dinner.
KANSAS—Partly cloudy and a little warmer this afternoon, except diminishing light, wet snow or rain northeast. Wednesday partly cloudy, somewhat warmer east and south. Lows tonight near 20 northwest to 30-35 southeast; highs Wednesday in the 40's.
THE WEATHER
By BOB LEONARD
They just couldn't do it. It wasn't that they played badly, it was that they just couldn't do it.
Ten-thousand five-hundred persons watched Bradley, the nation's number one team, beat Kansas 59 to 71 in the Kansas City arena Monday night. But Kansas wasn't beaten, not really. They weren't outplayed either. It was just one of those things. Someone had to lose. We did.
Dr. Allen's group of sophomores conducted themselves with poise. They played the best game this writer has seen them play all season. Few Jayhawker flaws were evident anywhere.
But we lost, didn't we? Bradley will represent district five in the Western play-off. The K.U. basketball season is over. We don't play anymore basketball this season. We lost by two points.
We've had a great season . . . a truly great season. Dr. Allen and his group of sophomores have acquitted themselves nobly during the entire season. At the beginning, the Jay-hawkers weren't given a chance . . . not a chance. They came through the season with an 8-4 record to tie for the Big Seven crown and were chosen to meet the Big Braves for the play-off.
The auditorium was jammed at 7:30 p.m. Monday. After a great rally at the Hotel Muehlebach at which K.U. rooters were doused with water from the rooms above, the Kansas aggregation traversed en masse to the auditorium arena.
umbachula arena.
Unsuccessfully, company performed well after their plane trip from New York. K. U. effectively stopped the Braves' fast break. Bradley got only six points using that method of play. After trailing three points at the half, Dr. Allen installed the fast break type of play himself to even the score. With two minutes gone in the final period the Jayhawkers caught up. But it just wasn't enough. Well, it's all over with. We lost. There's no more till next season. There will be no wailing or gnashing of teeth at Lawrence on the Kaw. We will try again next year. If Bradley will not be our final foe, it will be some team equally as good. And we will go again to Kansas City as the Big Seven representative, and, once more, the valiant Jayhawkers of Dr. Allen will give the opposition a good, clean game on the arena floor. Win or lose, we will continue to give out with the "old college try" as was evidenced in the Bradley game.
The use of phosphoric acids in making plastics and synthetic fabrics was discussed by Dr. Arthur Toy of the Victor Chemical works, Chicago, Ill., March 16.
Chemist Tells About Acids
Dr. Troy lectured to students and staff members of the chemistry department on the various uses of the organic compounds of phosphorus. He told also how the salts of phosphoric acids are valuable in the production of soap powders and other detergents.
Panel Discussion Tickets On Sale
A banquet and panel discussion on education programs, led by Chancellor Deane W. Malott, will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday in the Lawrence Community building.
The panel is sponsored by Upstream, campus liberal magazine. Tickets are on sale at the Y.M.C.A. office in the Union and at Henley house, 1236 Oread.