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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 28, 1950
Little Man On Campus
By Bibler
"Well, guess we may as well get ready—here's Professor Snarf with the Physics tests."
Official Bulletin
Tuesday, Feb. 28. 1950
All students have paid admissions to "Ten Little Indians." Present I.D. Card for reserved seat, Green hall ticket office, 9 to 4 p.m.
English proficiency examination, 2 to 5 p.m., Saturday. Juniors and Seniors in the College, in education, and in journalism who plan to take it must register in the offices of their deans today or Wednesday.
Alpha Phi Omega open meeting, 7 p.m. today, East room, Memorial Union. All prospective members welcome.
Bacteriology club, 7:30 p.m. today, 502 Snow hall. Colored slides shown by Louis Lopovsky, "The Biology of the Chigger."
The following are notified to appear before Student Court, 7:30 tonight, Green Hall Court Room: R. E. Gylleenoorg, Wallace Benjamin Foster, Floyd Temple, Warren A. Baker, Joseph W. Steel, John R. Mettner, Elden Keith Edwards, George E. Bischoff, James Hopkins, Jr, Norie E. Bferhart, Aaron Abuhill, Hollie H. Ellis, Alexander H. Lacobees, Jacob Roseman, Dean Robertson, Robert M. Atchley, James O. Smith, Virginia G. Griffing, Don Lowell, Bob Asbary, Richard A. Bladell.
Sigma Tau meeting, 7 p.m. today. 426 Lindley hall. Nominations of prospective members.
Pre-Nurses meeting, 4 p.m. today, dining room. Fraser hall.
Alpha Kappa Psi business meeting, 4 p.m. today, Pine room, Memorial Union, Important meeting.
Wilson County club, 7:30 p.m.
today, 110 strong hall. Important.
Froshawk meeting. 7:30 p.m. today.
106 Strong hall.
Fencing club, 7:30 p.m. today Robinson gymnasium.
Sunflower statesmen and Girls' state alumni, 8 p.m. Wednesday. Pine room, Memorial Union. Refreshments. All alumni invited.
K.U. Danes, 8 p.m. Wednesday,
417 Snow hall.
K. U. Disciple fellowship supper, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Myers hall. The Rev. Thomas O. Parish, Kansas City, speaker and discussion leader.
Square Dance club, 7:30 Wednesday,
Recreation room, Memorial Union. Anyone interested invited.
Jefferson County club, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, 210 Strong hall. Election of new chairman.
Spanish students interested in trying out for Spanish dances and play for Cervantes day program, meet 4 p.m. Thursday, 113 Strong hall. Those with 4 o'clock class meet at 5 p.m.
Applications for Kansas Engineer staff positions due 111 Marvin hall by 5 p.m. Wednesday.
University Women's club groups meeting Thursday.
Candidates for I.S.A. elective offices must register before Friday, March 10 with Dick Krimminger.
Inter-Dorm council picture, 5 p.m. today, Strong hall rotunda.
National Arts Institute Elects 12, Including Hammerstein, Ogden Nash
Mortar board, 9 p.m. today, Chi Omega house. Be prompt.
New York—(U.P.)-The National Institute of Arts and Letters has announced the election of 12 new members to the exclusive group of creative artists whose works are judged most likely to achieve a permanent place in American culture.
The election brings the membership limited to 250. The new members are:
In music, Percy Grainger, of White Plains, N.Y., pianist and composer known especially for his arrangements of English folk songs. A native of Australia, he has been an American citizen since 1918.
Oscar Hammerstein, 2nd, of New York City, librettist of such musical success as "The Desert Song," Show Boat, and "South Pacific." Joe Farris, of Green Farms, Conn., author of "Hiroshima," and "A Bell For Adagio."
criticism and his books on his war experiences.
Thomas Mann, German-born nov-
elist, of Pacific Palisades, Calif., author of "The Magic Mountain," "Joseph and His Brothers," among others.
In literature: John Mason Brown,
of Stonington, Conn., a native of
Louisville, Ky., noted for theatre
Chinese Reds To Alter Dialect
Hong Kong—(U.P.)-One of the more ambitious long-term projects to be attempted by the Communist government of China is to reform the Chinese language.
It is a project which has defeated more than one conqueror in China's history.
It is not an uncommon sight to see two Chinese from different parts of the country converse by writing down characters being unable to understand each other's dialects.
With an alphabet of more than 40,000 characters, several-hundred regional dialects and an 80 per cent illiteracy rate for an estimated 475 million population, the immensity of the task can be appreciated.
Nevertheless, more than 100 language scholars met in Peking the other day and formed the All-China Association for Reforming the Chinese Language, according to a Peking radio broadcast.
They will attack the problem on four fronts: Romanize the Chinese language and simplify the characters; find a unified dialect for all China based on the Northern dialect; help national minorities reform their languages, and publicize the need for language reform.
Although some scholars and intellectuals know 40,000 Chinese characters, only about 10,000 are necessary for ordinary day-to-day usage. Most vernacular newspapers confine themselves to the latter figure.
Contrary to popular belief, however, it is not the number of characters so much as the use of them in composition and the understanding they seem to exhibit that makes Chinese probably the most difficult language in the world.
The Japanese long ago discovered a method of translating their characters into Romanized phrases for easier intercourse with foreigners, but no such system has been followed in China.
One of the great deficiencies of the language is in the technological field.
Some of the newer drugs like streptomycin and penicillin have no equivalent in Chinese, and must be written in English. Every wall in China has a newspaper composing room has several fonts of English type on hand.
Many Chinese characters gain usage through everyday necessity,
Oronzo Maldarelli, New York City, a native of Italy, sculptor whose work is in the Post Office building at Washington and St. Patrick's cathedral, New York. Andrew Wyeth, Chadds Ford, Pa. painter and illustrator.
Ogden Nash, of Baltimore, Md., humorous versifier. Robert Penn Warren, of Minneapolis, a native of Guthrie, Ky., novelist, author of "All the King's Men," and others. William Carlos Williams, of Rutherford, N.J., physician and poet.
In art: Donal Hord, of San Diego, Calif., a native of Prentice, Mich., sculptor. William F. Lamb, New York City, architect, who designed the Empire State building among other works.
June Graduates
must be in by April 1.. Avoid the last minute rush by an early appointment.
Jayhawker Pictures
Phone 526 1024 Mass.
K-Union Features Campus Religion
The issue is largely devoted to Religious Emphasis week and the 1950 College Daze production. It also contains an interview with Miss Hermina Zipple, director of the Union, and a humorous feature on Washington, Lincoln, and Jefferson Davis.
The third issue of the K-Union official publication of Student Union activities, came out Monday.
Mary Louise Fischer, editor, said
and do not even appear in Chinese dictionaries. The word coffee, for example, is composed of three characters, one meaning "mouth," the second meaning "frame" and the third meaning "no." Mouth indicates that the subject is edible, but the other two are used simply because they are pronounced "ka" and "fe," or coffee.
Forensic League Will Meet
In Union Pine Room Today
Robert Kelley, president of the National Students' association, will tell of the functions of the association at a meeting of the Forensic league at 7:30 tonight in the Pine room of the Union.
The public is invited to attend, said Robert Bennett, president of the Forensic league.
that any students interested in working on the next issue of this publication should leave their names at the Student Union activities office.
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