University Daily Kansan
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
STUDENT NEWSPAPER
Lawrence, Kansas
Plans State New Dormitory To House 252
Plans are being prepared for a dormitory which will house 252 University men, Chancellor Deane W. Malott announced today.
George M. Beal professor of architecture and head of the department, has been appointed director of the University building program He will work in consultation with Charles L. Marshall, state architect
Professor Beal is preparing detailed plans subject to Mr. Marshall's approval. It is hoped that plans for bids can be advertised by late summer.
There is no state appropriation for the dormitory. Present plans are to issue bonds to be amortized by revenue from K. U. housing projects. Cost of the project is yet unknown but permanent housing now being constructed at state schools is costing about $3,000 per person.
The hall will have four floors 350 feet by 40 feet, Professor Beal said. Most of the rooms will be for two men.
Site of the building will be west of the Potter lake picnic grounds Provision will be made for extensions northward toward the Delta tunnel was built last summer extending 1,200 feet from Snow hall Tau Delta house. A new steam to the site.
The dormitory will have no basement, Professor Beal said. The bottom floor will be slightly below the surface and will have normal window space. The roof of the level of West Campus road to the west and will not mar the scenic view from that location.
The food service and recreational sections of the hall will be at the center of the first floor. At the west side will be the kitchen and above it a recreation room. To the east will be the dining room and above it a large living room, which will include a mezzanine study.
The dining room and living room will be extended eastward to provide a view of Potter lake, Memorial stadium, and the northeast ridge of Mt. Oread. An open terrace to the east is also planned. Present plans are for cafeteria-style serving in the dining room.
K. U. has never had a state appropriation for men's housing. The University has used various sources to finance the five halls for men it now operates, but three of them are scholarship halls and McCook and Oread halls, which accommodate 220 men, do not have food service.
496 Died In 1949 In Kansas Traffic
Topcka, Kan., —(U,P)—A total of 496 persons died in Kansas motor vehicle traffic accidents during 1949, 11 more than in the preceding year, the state highway commission has reported.
The commission's safety department disclosed there was a larger increase in traffic injuries, 6,023 compared with 5,472 a year earlier.
There were 1,500 more accidents reported to the state agency than in 1948. The total of 12,498 is one accident every 42 minutes.
WEATHER
KANSAS—Partly cloudy west, mostly cloudy and quite windy with intermittent light snow east this afternoon and tonight. Wednesday partly cloudy except most cloudy with few flurries or snow in extreme east portion forenoon. No important changes in temperature. Lows tonight 5-12 degrees north, 10-15 south, highs Wednesday 25-30 west, 29-25 east.
Class Schedule For Convocation
Meeting times of Wednesday morning classes have been changed to conform with the all-student convocation to be held at 9:20 a.m. in Hoch auditorium.
Dr. T. V. Smith, Syracuse university professor, will address the convocation.
Class schedules for Wednesday will be:
8:00 classes meet at 8:00-8:30.
9:00 classes meet at 8:40-9:10.
Convocation at 9:20-10:30.
10:00 classes at 10:40-11:10.
11:00 classes meet at 11:20-11:50.
12:00 classes meet at 12:00-12:50.
Student Forum Planned Feb. 22
The first in a series of Student-
Faculty Town Hall meetings will be held at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, Feb.
28. in Strong auditorium.
Sachem, senior men's honorary society, will sponsor the forum. L Edward Stollenwerck, College senior, has been appointed as moderator of the series of open panel discussions which will be held throughout the spring semester.
The purpose of the meetings is to bring about an organized discussion of student, faculty and campus problems, more efficient and satisfactory student-faculty relationships. Problems such as why have departmental examinations, and why not switch to the quarter system, will be presented to the panel for discussion.
Students with a genuine interest in particular campus problems will be selected through the semester to present their arguments before the panel. By way of discussion many problems will be explained. Members of the various departments will present their stand on why the department holds to such policies as departmental exams and pre-requisites for graduation.
Questionnaires have been sent to every student organization at the University requesting that they devote a portion of their next meeting to presenting research. Controversial subjects will serve as the basis of the programs to follow.
Stollenwerck, who will supervise the forum commented, "Any open discussion which honestly expresses student opinion and raises real questions certainly should motivate policy making action on the part of the administration. As we have seen in the past, student-faculty conferences have definitely brought about changes in student policy."
Four new chairmen have been appointed to head Student Union Activities committees, Craig Hampton president, said today.
Union Activities Chairmen Named
The new chairmen are: Allyn Browne, College junior, social; Virginia Thomson, College sophomore, public Liaison; Emily Stewart, journalism junior, coffees and forums; and Marcia Horn, College freshman, decorations.
Architect Library Receives Three Illustrated Volumes
The books were obtained from John V. Van Pelt, architect in New York City, N.Y., who in 1900 was made a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
The architectural library recently received three volumes containing Arabian architecture, mosaics, and fabrics. Many of the illustrations are in full color. These books are on reserve in the architectural library, 309 Marvin hall.
Harvard Head To Address KU Faculty
Dr. James Bryant Conant, president of Harvard university, will speak to the University faculty on "General Education" at 4:15 p.m. Friday. Feb. 17, in Strong auditorium.
Dr. Conant has been president of Harvard since 1933. He has pioneered a movement directed toward a new general education movement
One of his books, "Education in a Divided World," outlines generally his concepts on education and the role it must play in the divided world today. In his book Dr. Conant says that we are living in a world divided between two conflicting conceptions of government and society, education being a part of society and of man himself.
He explains that we find on one side the totalitarian conceptions of absolute government by a self chosen few in which man is the servant not of God but of the State. This, states Dr. Conant is the kind found in communism as it exists in Russia and her satellites.
In contrast to this concept is the idea of the State existing for the citizens in which the individual is dependent on individual capacity and effort for his rewards. This idea is found in the essentially Christian cultures such as the British Commonwealth and the Western Hemisphere.
Dividing the world today, suggests Conant, are these two systems. It is in the light of this conflict that we must do our thinking about education. He believes in military preparedness for all democratic countries but insists that the schools are our first line of defense against community. He maintains, too, that if the schools fail nothing can save us.
Dr. Conant is a chemist as well as an educator. During the war he was chairman of the National Defense Research commission of such war weapons as radar, the atomic bomb, and proximity fuses.
Dr. Conant's first visit to K.U. was in 1939 when he delivered the Commencement address.
K-State Play Enjoyed Here
Enthusiastic characterization and clever actions combined to make the Kansas State Players' production of Moliere's "The Miser" a success Monday.
By Patricia Jansen
From the moment that Harpagon, the miser, jumped through the red and white striped curtains and "blew out" the theater lights, the fardical tone of the 17th century play was played by a woman play, to satarize human foibles, was carried out by the exaggerated style of acting.
The responsive audience showed its enthusiasm not only by loud applaus at the end of the play, but also by several spontaneous outbursts of applause during the performance.
The entire show was dominated by the brilliant performance of Marvin Altman in the role of Harpagon. With each greedy wringing of his hands and his every chuckle, he maintained the miserly character.
The basic principles of general semantics will be discussed by John Rynerson, Graduate student, at a meeting of the General Semantics club Wednesday, at 7:45 p.m. in room 111 Frank Strong hall.
General Semantics Lecture To Be Heard Wednesday
Cheering Attack To Be Investigated
Charges made by Dr. F. C. "Phog" Allen that University cheerleaders are falling down on the job will be investigated by the traditions committee of the A.S.C., Donald Giffin, chairman, said today after asserting that he believed Dr. Allen's statements were "another periodic blast for publicity purposes."
Smith To Speak At Convocation
Dr. T. V, Smith, Syracuse university professor, will speak at an all-student convocation at 9:20 p.m., Wednesday in Hoch auditorium on 'Abraham Lincoln and the Spiritual Life.'
This will be Dr. Smith's fourth appearance at K.U. in four years. He will come here directly from St Louis where he is lecturing presently and will fly back to Syracuse immediately following his talk here
Among the books written by Dr Smith have been "Lincoln: Living Legend," and "Atomic Power and Moral Faith."
For 20 years Dr. Smith was professor of philosophy at the University of Chicago. During that time he served in the Illinois state senate. He also was U.S. congressman at large from Ill. for one term.
The K.U. band will play preceding the talk by Dr. Smith.
AWS To Hear Mrs. Woodring
Mrs. Harry Woodring, wife of the former Kansas governor, will discuss the role of women at the Associated Women Students workshop at 7:30 tonight in the Kansas room of the Union.
It will be the final meeting of the A.W.S. workshop series. Other speakers of the workshop have been Mrs. Stanley Ginn, national president of Morta Board, and Bake A. Williamson, Kansas City, Kan., attorney.
Mrs. Woodring is president of the board of directors of the Mulvane Art center in Topeka and connected with the public relations division of the Institute of Logopedics in Wichita. The institute is concerned with the study and treatment of speech defects.
Born and reared in Fitchburg, Mass., Mrs. Woodring attended school in Providence, R.I. She has attended the School of Fine Arts and Crafts in Boston and studied painting in New York where she opened a studio. Later she moved her studio to Washington when her father was chosen senator from Massachusetts. She has just recently returned from a three-month trip to Europe.
Visiting Architect To Speak Today
Alden B. Dow, nationallyknown architect, arrived at the University Monday to address architectural engineering students Monday and today.
He will lecture on "The Basic Spirit of Architecture" at 3 p.m. today in Strong auditorium. A color movie will be shown during the lecture, which is open to the public.
Drawings, plans and photographs of some of Mr. Dow's completed works are now on exhibit in the architectural library, 309 Marvin hall, and at the Museum of Art.
- "Though I have been chairman of the traditions committee for only a short time, it seems to me that 'Phog' Allen is guilty of having committed a masterpiece of overstatement in his charges against the cheerleading staff." Giffin declared. "He seems to have forgotten the number of times that our cheerleaders have attended out-of-town games.
"It will be noted that they, unlike athletes, were required to pay their own traveling expenses. At the one out-of-town game I attended this year the cheerleaders seemed to do better than any similar group I have seen for some time."
Giffin said that a meeting between the members of the traditions committee and the cheerleaders has been schedule for today as a result of Dr. Allen's statements.
"If the traditions committee finds it necessary, we shall not hesitate to ask for resignations. However, at present I see no need for such drastic action," he stated.
Patricia Perkins, head cheerleader, said that she felt Dr. Allen's charges were a "terrific letdown." Explaining why the cheerleaders had delayed organized cheering at the games until after or near the start of the game, Miss Perkins said, "we've found that crowds burn out like players, so we've started later in order to get the best effect when it was needed.
"We have nothing else in mind but to do what is best for the team. We pay for our meals and traveling expenses. All but four of us buy our furniture and appliances onenses. Many of us have worked on outside projects."
Patsy Landis, cheerleader, denied that there was or ever had been a political angle in the selection of cheerleaders. She declared, "our aims are the same as those of Dr. Allen. We want K. U. to win as badly as he does, but his attack was unfair."
Thomas Payne, cheerleader, summed up his attitude by saying, "I would be only too glad to give up my jeopardy to someone who is so sincere and coach is sincere and I think he is qualified to know if we are a success or a failure."
Beverly Jennings, cheerleader, while denying the Allen allegations on most points, said, "Dr. Allen has as much right to criticize us as any other person."
Fellowship Given To Calvin Lakin
A fellowship in the city manager training program at the University has been awarded to Calvin Lakin, graduate student.
After completing a year's on-campus study, Lakin and four other fellows previously named will intern in the offices of city managers. During the internship they will receive $110 a month. Those successfully completing the two-year course will receive the degree of master of public administration. A $50,000 grant from the Carnegie corporation is financing the fellowship program for five years.
Instructor Granted Leave To Complete PhD. Research
William Howie, instructor in English, left the University recently on leave of absence to complete his doctorate degree at Harvard. Mr. Howie plans to complete a research project concerning the Elizabethan period while at Harvard. He will return to the University next fall.