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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1950
Vogeler Given 15-Year Term By Hungarians
Bupadest, Feb. 21—(U.P.) —Robert A. Vogeler, 38, an American business executive, was sentenced to 15 years in prison today on charges of spying and committing sabotage against the Hungarian government.
Two of Vogeler's Hungarian associates were sentenced to death and three others received sentences ranging from 5 to 10 years. Edgar Sanders, British businessman, tried on similar charges as Mr. Vogeler, was sentenced to 13 years in prison
Sentences were pronounced by Judge Vilmos Olthy at conclusion of a lightning three-day trial at which all seven defendants, including Mr. Vogeler and Mr. Sanders, pleaded guilty to all charges
Mr. Vogeler, an assistant vice president and eastern European manager of the International Telephone and Telegraph company of New York, said at the trial that his job was "merely a cover for espionage activities." The two Hungarians sentenced to death were Imre Geiger, manager of I.T.A.T's Hungarian subsidy, the International Standard Electric company, and Zoltan Rado, former section chief in a government ministry.
Mr. Geiger pleaded guilty to sabotaging the operations of the standard electric company, thus injuring the Hungarian economy, and Mr. Rado pleaded guilty to supplying industrial information to a spy ring which Mr. Vogeler said he operated.
said the operant.
If the usual custom is followed in such cases the two men sentenced to death will be hanged within the next several weeks. They have the right to appeal, however.
Mr. Vogeler's Belgian-born wife and two children have been waiting at their home in Vienna, Austria, for the outcome of the trial.
The sentences were read slowly in Budapest's hushed criminal courts building by Judge Olthy, who has sentenced Josef Cardinal Mindszenty to life imprisonment and former Hungarian Foreign Minister Laszlo Rajk to death in previous trials. Both Mr. Vogeler and Mr. Sanders could have been sentenced to death under Hungarian law.
Religion School Has Record Enrollment
A record number of 743 students have enrolled in courses in the School of Religion this year. There are 465 students taking religion courses this semester. The enrollment for the fall semester was 278
In contrast, Harold G. Barr, dean of the School of Religion, said the largest pre-war enrollment for one year was 426 and the largest for one semester was 264.
Dr. ARTHUR HOLLY COMPTON
Atom Researcher To Speak Here
One of the speakers of Religious Emphasis Week will be Dr. Arthur Holly Compton, chancellor of Washington university, St. Louis. Dr. Compton received the Nobel peace prize in 1927 for his work on X-rays. He has also done special work on electrical composition of cosmic rays. He directed the first atomic chain reaction and was organizer of the first quantity production of plutonium.
before becoming chancellor, Dr. Compton was chairman of the physics department and dean of the physical science division of the University of Chicago.
A seminar on religious problems will be held by Dr. Compton in Fraser theater, 4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27. He will speak informally and answer questions following the brief talk.
Seminars will be held at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday Feb. 28, March 1, and 2.
Senior Class To Choose Gift
The senior class will meet at 10 a. m. Wednesday in Fraser theater to decide upon the traditional class gift. All seniors will be excused from their classes that hour, Chancellor Deane W. Malott said.
The financial report of the class will also be presented at the meeting and class dues determined.
Buehler To Talk On Orations
& 7.30 Tonight In Green Hal
AP 7.50 Tongju in Green Hall
E. C. Buehler, professor of public speaking, will speak on "How to Build an Oration" at 7:30 p.m. today in the Little theater in Green hall. The talk is preparatory to the oratorical contest scheduled for Tuesday, April 4.
day, April 4.
'Ten Little Indians' To Be Given In Fraser Feb.28
Agatha Christie's three act mystery, entitled "Ten Little Indians" will be presented in Fraser theater Tuesday. Feb. 28 through Friday, March 3.
Reserve seats for the production will go on sale Thursday morning in Green hall. Activity cards may be punched for reserve seats.
Haroid Harvey, director of the play, urges students to secure tickets for the early performances. In the past, the tendency has been for students to wait and plan to attend the last performance. This leads to a small crowd opening night and a large late crowd which cannot be handled.
The play takes place in a weird country home located on an island off the coast of England. Guests are invited by an unknown host to spend the week-end on the island, plot offers many tense situations.
Don H. Harling and Patricia Lynch, College seniors, have been
Others included in the cast are Wilson E. O'Connell, College junior; as Rogers; Bettie Jane Sage, College junior; as Mrs. Rogers; Frank K. LaBan, College freshman, as Freed Narroccott; Milton D. Commons, graduate student, as Anthony Marston; Loren E. Orr, College senior, as Blore; James W. Hawes, fine arts senior, as General Mackenzie; Dorothy Jeanne Hardy, graduate student, as Emily rent; Dan Palmquist instructor of Speech, as Sir Lawrence Wargrave, and Ernest A Coombs, special student, as Dr Armstrong.
chosen for the romantic roles of Vera Claythorne and Philip Lombard.
The production staff includes:
Louise Lambert, College senior and
John White, College sophomore;
properties; Raymond H. Beery,
College freshman, sound effects;
Beverly Dodds, College junior,
prompter, and Jay Eundy, College
publicity director.
Hankins Will Give Recital Of His Hobby-Folk Music
Listening to Negro spirituals when he was a boy started John E Hankins, professor of English, collecting, singing, and writing British and American folk tunes.
"I'm not another Burl Ives." Professor Hankins explains. "I just do it as a hobby. When I was a boy, I heard the farm hands singing their spirituals and I became interested in folk music of all types, especially the ballad."
Professor Hankins, a member of the K. U. faculty since 1930, has given several lecture-recitals before college audiences and club groups. He is planning to present such a recital at 4 p. m. Wednesday in Fraser theater. He lectures on the origin and development of the tune and then to illustrate his point, he sings the ballad, usually unaccompanied.
Professor Hankins is a Shakespearean scholar and has written several books, including "The Characters of Hamlet," plus stories and essays in numerous publications. A graduate of the University of South Carolina and Yale University, he first became interested in the English ballads while studying English poetry and literature.
"Tracing the source of the ballads is very interesting." Professor Hankins said. "Most of the historical English ballads, which were brought over by the first settlers, have survived in this country with few changes in melody."
A partial program for Wednesday includes three ballads of the Scottish border which have survived in America, two British farewell ballads with their American imitations, and several American folk tunes. He will also sing an original composition entitled "Tobacco Farmer's Song."
"Folk music has simplicity and emotional appeal that is often missing in more formal compositions," he explained. Most ballads deal with violent passions and strong emotions and they stir the audience in much the same manner as they probably stirred their unknown composers. Some of the themes with which most ballads deal are: violent action, battle, murder, accidental death, betrayal in love, and farewells.
Speaking slowly in a soft voice, the 44-year-old professor said that the unforgettable impression which those spirituals left on his mind slowly developed this rewarding type of relaxation.
"Folk music, especially the ballad, has formed the basis for many more complex types of art," he maintained. To prove his point, Professor Hankins gave examples in which ballads and folk music have formed the basis for more pretentious music.
The "New World Symphony" by Anton Dorak uses many American folk songs as a basis for its melodies. The play, "Green Pastures," by Marc Connelly uses Negro spirituals as its main musical theme. Thomas Hart Benton was inspired by the ballad, "Jealous Lover of Lone Green Valley," to paint the picture which bears the title.
The musical comedy, "Oklahoma",
can trace it origin to a ballad
entitled "Green Grow the Lilacs." Kurt
Weill, who wrote the music for
"Knickabocker Holiday," also based
a folk opera on a ballad called
"Down in the Valley."
Phi Lambda Upsilon, national honorary chemistry fraternity, will have Dr. Melvin S. Newman, professor of organic chemistry at Ohio State university, as the guest speaker for the spring initiation exercises.
Phi Lambda Upsilon Plans Initiation
Dr. Newman received his doctor's degree at Yale university and completed post-doctoral work at Harvard university. He did research work on a cancer-producing compound and is outstanding for his scientific contributions.
Members of Phi Lambda Upsilon also voted to co-operate with the School of Pharmacy and the chemistry, biochemistry, and chemical engineering departments in an attempt to establish a chapter of the American Chemical society at the University.
JOHN E. HANKINS
Engineering Jobs Open
Engineers interested in rural electrification, jobs can take civil service examinations soon, it was announced by the School of Engineering and Architecture. Also, engineering jobs are being offered with leading companies and the army.
The Great Western Manufacturing company, Leavenworth, has an immediate opening for a draftsman engineer.
W. W. JJames of the Radio Corporation Of America will meet at 9 a.m. Friday in 205 Marvin hall with engineers interested in job placement with his corporation. Interviews will be held in 111 Marvin hall following this meeting. Interview schedules will also be signed in this room.
The department of the army has an opening for an instructor in construction engineering for placement in Japan. Any engineer interested may contact G. W. Bradshaw, professor of civil engineering, 209 Marvin hall.
Engineers interested in rural electrification jobs may get detailed information from 111 Marvin hall.
W. A. White Read His Bible Often
William Allen White wore out three concordances in writing editorials.
He once told Dr. Harold G. Barr, dean of the School of Religion, that he took all his editorial ideas from the Bible. However, he very seldom quoted the Scriptures in his edithials.
Estlack, Park Top Students In Pharmacy
A senior and a freshman head the fall semester honor roll of the School of Pharmacy at the University. Both made all "A" grades for a 3.0 average. They are Jamie L. Eastlack, senior, and Albert Park, Jr., freshman.
The names of 7 per cent of the school students appear on the roll, Dean J. Allen Reese said. A grade point average of 2.1 is required for freshmen, advancing by class to 2.4 for seniors.
Sophomores; Lowell R. Macy, 2.8;
James R. Sellers, 2.8; Darrel Rhudy,
2.2
Juniors: Roy H. Muntzert, 2; Donald L. Hatfield, 25; J. Haroon Smith, 24; Eugene W. Brockmeyer, 23; R. Merlin Hill, 23; Paul L. Nelson, 23.
Others on the honor roll are:
Seniors: Homer Scarborough, 2.6;
Everett G. Baker 2.6.
2.2.
Freshman: Robert Nicholson, 2.6;
Terry Jaquith, 2.5; and Mary Ann
Dilts, 2.4.
Chancellor Malott To Speak In Kansas City And Chicago
Chancellor Deane W. Malott will speak to the Kansas City, Mo., Junior Chamber of Commerce on "The Matrix of America" Thursday at the Hotel President.
Friday, Chancellor Malott will address the Contemporary club in Chicago on "America the Profligate."
Tickets are on sale in the basement of Strong hall. Admission will be $1.25 a couple, with an additional charge of 25 cents for a reserved table. Proceeds of the dance will be used to finance the Business school picnic this spring.
Only 40 reservations remain for the Executive Ball, Donald Hyten, president of the Business School association, announced today.
The dance, to be held in the Union ballroom Saturday, March 4, will feature the music of Jim Sellards, Danny Orten and their orchestra. Tables will be lighted by candles, and colored spotlights will play across the dance floor and the orchestra.
"If the United Nations' armament control program offered the only hopes of preventing World War III, we feel pretty blue," said Dr. Conant.
"However, I do believe that the chances for war being avoided are better than ever for two reasons: 1. Neither side wants to use war as an instrument of national policy. The Russians wouldn't use war unless certain that they could gain their ends by a minor engagement. Those in Krenov think that it is given them the capitalistic countries will collapse through internal disturbances stirred up by Russian agents.
"Both sides know this and both sides are constantly planning for possibilities of new arms races. Even now Russia and the U.S. are trying
2. "The highly technical nature of war (jet planes, atomic bombs, guided missiles, an radar) have made the fighting of airwaves vastly complicated than ever before."
40 Tables Left For School Dance
"Reservations have not been tried before at dances held in the Union," Hyten commented. "We thought everybody's enjoyment would be increased if they had their own tables instead of being forced to stand, or hunt a place to sit," he said.
As long as neither Russia nor the United States believe they can win a war, there will be no war, predicted Dr. James Bryan Conant, president of Harvard in an interview Saturday. Feb 19
Harvard President Says War Is Not Inevitable
to figure how to fight a war offensively and defensively with weapons that are still in the scientists' laboratories."
Dr. Conant pointed out that in no country today could the military men say to their leaders with certainty, "If you want a war, give us the signal and we will win it." History tells us that wars are started with victory as the aim.
All persons, including university students, have a part to play in preventing war. Dr. Conant emphasized that they must avoid panic and keep away from people who talk about "starting a war quickly while we can still win it"
"Let's not go down the drain thinking that another war is here for sure. If we do we are lost," he insisted. "People should not keep their minds in their own backyards, but should put their minds to thinking on a world-wide basis."