University Dailu Hansan
Thursday, Feb. 9, 1950
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Lawrence, Kansas
Atomic Expert To Talk During Lecture Series
Atomic energy in its many aspects and its importance to humanity will be explored in 10 public lectures offered by the University chapter of Sigma Xi, honorary research society.
Dr. Kenneth S. Pitzer, director of research for the Atomic Energy commission, Washington, D. C., will be the only lecturer from outside the K.U. faculty. Dr. Pitzer will speak March 30 on "The Research Program of the Atomic Energy Commission."
Dr. Hilden Gibson, professor of political science, will open the series Thursday, Feb. 16. His subject will be "Atomic Energy—Progress or Disaster?" Dr. Gibson conducted a statewide series of conferences on atomic energy in 1946.
The lectures will be at 7:30 p.m. Thursday evenings in Lindley auditorium unless otherwise announced.
The series will be more than popular discussions yet will not be highly technical, Dr. N.W. Storer, program chairman, said. The purpose is to give the intelligent citizen some fundamental understanding of the basic facts of atomic energy and its physical, chemical, biological, and military applications.
Each lecturer is an authority in his field. Each was chosen because of his ability to present material in an understandable manner to a non-technical audience, Dr. Storer said.
Feb. 23—Dr. Max Dresden, professor of physics, "The Physical Basis of Atomic Energy."
The schedule is:
Feb. 16—Dr. Hilden Gibson, political science, "Atomic Energy—Progress or Disaster."
March 2-Dr. L. W. Seagondollar assistant professor of physics, "Nuclear Fission and Atomic Bombs."
March 9-Dr. W. J. Argersinger, associate professor of chemistry, "Chemical Aspects of Atomic Energy Development."
March 23—Dr. Leonard A. Walker, assistant instructor of shop practice, "Applications of Isotopes to Biology."
March 16- Dr. Frank Hoecker,
associate Professor of
Protoglom and Atomic Particles."
April 6—Dr. R. M. Dreyer, professor of geology, "Geological Occurrence of Fissionable Materials."
March 30—Dr. Kenneth Pitzer, research director, Atomic Energy Commission, "The Research Pro- mission of the Atomic Energy Compression."
April 20—Dr. J. O Maloney, professor of chemical engineering, Fissionable Materials and Radioactive Tracers in Engineering."
April 27—Dr. Carlyle S. Smith, assistant professor of sociology, "Man and Atomic Energy."
Researcher Talks On Superoxide
Dr. C. B. Jackson, research supervisor for the Mine Safety Appliances Company, Pittsburgh, Pa., spoke to a chemistry students Tuesday
Dr. Jackson, who is largely responsible for the development of the rebreather apparatus which is valuable for fighting fires aboard ship, supplying additional oxygen in mines and around blast furnaces, was decorated by the secretary of the navy for his work. The rebreather apparatus is a source of self-contained oxygen and is used for removing carbon dioxide from the air
He spoke on "Some Industrial Ass- ts of Superoxide Research."
Friday Last Day To Change Classes
"Students enrolled in the College must make all changes in schedules not later than Friday." Paul B. Lawson, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, announced.
Since it is very important for students to get a good start in their classes," said Dean Lawson. "They will not be allowed to enroll in new courses or change sections of courses after this date."
ASC Delegates To Conference
Two A.S.C. delegates will attend a Big Seven conference on student government Friday, March 3, and Monday, March 4, at the University of Nebraska.
Ernest Friesen, All Student Council president, announced that the A.S.C. will send a Greek and an Independent delegate to the meeting with expenses paid. The are two German students, and Rory Bennett, Independent, Friesen said that he too would attend the conference but at his own expense.
"Nebraska has been seeking a satisfactory form of student government for some time," said Friesen, "and they felt that by talking our problems with the other Universities valuable ideas might be gathered."
HooverHeads ASTE Chapter
Officers for the coming year were installed at a regular meeting of the University of Kansas student chapter of the American Society of Tool Engineers Wednesday in Fowler shops.
The officers are John Hoover chairman; Charles Indweriensen; and Harold Buddenbohm, engineering seniors. Howard Rust, instructor in shop practice, introduced and welcomed the new officers.
The guest speaker at the meeting was L. J. Sadowski, metallurgist for Stoody Hardfacing Alloys company He presented a movie and discussed hardsurfacing methods and problems.
Plans were discussed to take a field trip to the Black, Sivalls, and Bryson company of Kansas City, Mo. in the near future.
The University of Kansas chapter of A.S.T.E. was the first student chapter of this national organization to be founded in the United States.
Illustrations and covers are being exhibited in the University Museum of Art during February.
Art Museum Showina Exhibit
Eagle Editor Refutes Brown, Charges Hit And Run Tactics
The attack upon the Eagle by Walter Brown, All Student Council representative, "was nothing more than a beautiful description of emotional responses and a very hazy, ill-formed case with scarcely more to refute than a lot of words," asserted Alan Kent Shearer, College junior and editor of the Eagle, campus political publication.
Shearer, who left town today for a debate tournament at Northwestern, said he regrets not being able to write a formal reply to the accusations Mr. Brown made at the meeting of the All Student Council Tuesday night.
Shearer said, that the Eagle staff was given no indication that its political policies or journalistic qualities were to be discussed at the Council meeting thereby preventing its members from presenting any defensive arguments.
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He also contended that the action taken by the council on the two motions proposed by Mr. Brown was wholly inconsistent and completely devoid of logical reasoning.
The motion that editors of the Eagle be instructed to improve their publication was defeated by a large majority. The reason given being that it is not within the power of the Council to dictate editorial policy to any campus publication, particularly one which expresses political beliefs.
Second Foreign Film Shows Life In Wartime Germany
"Could it be," said Shearer, "that Brown, by his proposal that the Eagle staff be instructed to improve its publication and be required to give a report is suggesting the overthrow of freedom of the press? Let us hope that this was not Brown's intention."
Committee To Find Honorary Members
Shearer said he felt that "this is just another attempt to remove conservative opinion from the campus. Since the publication of the first issue of the Eagle, we have been confronted with accusations of extreme individualism, extreme Facism, and of all things, financial chicanery. Opponents of the Eagle, such as Brown, have never to my knowledge attacked me or any member of the Eagle staff for an explanation of our stand. They have preferred to use hit and run tactics which are very effective politically and equally lamentable from an ethical point of view."
A committee to investigate the possibility of initiating various Kansas newspapermen into Sigma Delta Chi, professional men's journalism fraternity, was appointed by Russell Oleson, journalism junior, president, at a meeting of the group Tuesday.
"Marriage in the Shadows," the first important German post-war film to portray life under the Nazi's will be shown at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Hoch auditorium.
The committee consists of Keith Leslie, journalism senior, chairman; and William DeLay and John Hill journalism juniors.
It will be the second in a series of foreign films to be shown to University students and faculty members. The film series has been made part of the student activity program and there is no admission charge.
All the foreign films have English subtitles. Mr. Nichols pointed out that while last Friday's film, "Children of Paradise," was nearly three years long, "Marriage in the Shadow" is only a 90 minute production.
The film is based on the true story of Johann Gothschalk, a famous lawyer who helped himself, his Jewish wife, and son under pressure of the Nazis in 1941.
AWS Workshop To Hear Lawyer
Parliamentary procedure will be discussed at the Associated Womens Students workshop by Blake A. Williamson, Kansas City, Kan., attorney, at 7:30 p.m. today in the Union recreation room.
Raymond Nichols, assistant to the Chancellor, said that the movies are being shown following requests from students and organizations desiring them. And American classics which might not otherwise be shown in Lawrence.
Mr. Blake, a native Kansan, attended the University and graduated from the law school in 1923. He began practice in Kansas City, Kan.
He has served several terms in the Kansas legislature, acting as floor leader in 1947.
Serving on the Kiwanis club board of directors, president of the Wyandotte County Bar association, and a member of the State and American Bar associations are other of Mr. Blake's activities.
KU Chorus Meets Today
The festival chorus will meet at 4 p.m. today for its second rehearsal in Strong auditorium. Singers wishing to have a part in the University May festival have until Thursday, Feb. 16 to enroll in this group, D. M. Swarthout, dean of the School of Fine Arts, said today.
Rehearsals will be held weekly at 4 p.m. Thursday under Dean Swarthout's direction in Strong auditorium.
The nucleus of the chorus comes from the University A Cappella choir and the Men and Women's Glee clubs, but membership is open to all others possessing a good singing skill. The student must be an independent vocal line, Dean Swarthout explained. No tryouts are needed for admission.
With the full Symphony orchestra and four soloists, the chorus will present the dramatic and melodious Verdi "Manzoni" Requiem in Hoch auditorium at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 30 as the opening feature of the annual Music Week festival.
Sellards Featured In KU Band Tour
James Sellards, solo cornetist of the University band, will be featured at a concert given by the band Tuesday, Feb. 21 in Osage City, his hometown.
The band, under the direction of Russell L. Wiley, will also give concerts at Topeka High school and Wamego High school the same day. The 115 members will travel in three charter buses.
K. U. Studies Dorm Plan
They will study the financing of the project.
J. J. Wilson, University business manager, and Keith Lawton, dormitory director] will inspect Oklahoma A and M College's 10 million dollar dormitory program this weekend.
A joint concert by the band and orchestra has been scheduled for March at the Music hall in Kansas City, Mo.
Pulitzer Winner Talks Friday In Fraser Theater
Changes that have occurred in the functions of the federal government and the resulting greater responsibility placed on the reporter of today will be discussed by James B. "Scotty" Reston, Pulitzer prize winner and diplomatic correspondent of the New York Times, at 2 p.m. Friday in Fraser theater.
"Mr. Reston has prepared an address of much interest, both to students of journalism, and those interested in government, history, and the other social sciences," Burton W. Marvin, dean of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information, said today.
"His remarks will refer to matters as recent as the H-bomb developments."
Mr. Reston's lecture, "Reporters and Officials—Allies or Enemies?", which is the first of many lectures to be sponsored by the William Allen White Foundation, will be open to the public.
"All students in the School of Journalism are expected to attend the lecture," Dean Marvin said "Because of the importance of this address, both in content and as an event in the history of the School of Journalism, we are asking that students registered at the academy take 2 o'clock classes so that they may hear Mr. Reston. The University administration has approved this arrangement."
Arriving in Lawrence early Friday morning, Mr. Reston will speak to the 9 a.m. editorial writing class on news interpretation.
Described by Time magazine as a "topnotch interpretative reporter." Reston won the Pulitzer prize in 1944 for news dispatches and interpretative articles on the Dumbarton Oaks security conference.
Mr. Reston's speech will be feature of the first annual meeting of the William Allen White Foundation, which will meet Friday, the anniversary of William Allen White's birthdate. The speaker and Joan Hutchinson president will Hutchinson News-Herald will be guests at a journalism faculty dinner at 5:45 p. m. in the East room of the Union.
Barbershop Sing Contest March 9
Men who enjoy warbling "Sweet Adeline," "Coney Island Babe," and other barbershop harmony favorites will now have the opportunity to compete for a gold trophy. It will be held on Thursday in shop quartet contest to be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 9, in Strong auditorium.
The Y.W.C.A. will sponsor the contest. Contest entries should be made at the Y.W.C.A. office, phone 1518, before February 15.
Participating groups will be graded on the basis of originality and talent by a panel of faculty judges to be announced later. Each quartet may offer two selections. Costumes are optional.
Announcements of the contest have been sent to all men's organized houses. Each house may enter one quartet. Entries from independents-at-large, in addition to those from campus clubs and organizations, will be accepted.
WEATHER
K A N S A S—No important changes in the weather is forecast for Kansas. The weatherman said fair today, tonight and Friday in Kansas. A little warmer today and in southeast Kansas Friday. High today 50 to 55. Low tonight 25 to 30.