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STUDENT NEWSAPER
Lawrence, Kansas
Britain Grants Full Recognition To Chinese Reds
London, Jan. 7—(U.P.)Great Britain today granted full diplomatic recognition to the Chinese Communist regime and broke relations with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's Nationalist government.
The note was addressed to Chou En-Lai, foreign minister of the Chinese Communist government headed by Mao Tse-Tung. Mao now is in Moscow to negotiate revision of the 1945 Sino-Soviet treaty of friendship.
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin sent a note to Peiping saying the decision to recognize the Communist regime was taken because the Communists were "now in effective control of by far the greatest part of the territory of China."
This marked the first major break in Anglo-American accord on foreign policy in a quarter of a century. U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson said only yesterday in Washington that it was "premature" to consider recognition of the Chinese Communists at all.
Five non-Communist nations now have recognized the Chinese Communists. Burma, India and Pakistan granted recognition previously. The Dominion of Ceylon followed Britain's action in announcing recognition today.
Bevin's note to Chou En-Lai said that Britain was "ready to establish diplomatic relations (with the Peiping regime) on a basis of equality, mutual benefit and mutual respect for territory and sovereignty." The foreign office announced simultaneously that recognition was being withdrawn from the Chinese Nationalist government which has been driven from the mainland of China to the island of Formosa.
The statement said the Chinese ambassador in London, Dr. Cheng Tien-His, was informed of this decision when he met Minister of State Hector McNeil at the foreign office for an hour last night.
Employment interviewers from several large concerns will be on the campus to interview prospective employees among the graduating seniors next week.
Cheng said today that Nationalist China was receiving her knockout blow "not from her foes but from her friends and former allies." He said "history will show" that the decision to recognize the Communists was "against the real and higher interests of Britain."
Interviewers Will Be Here
The General Electric company will send interviewers here Tuesday, Jan. 10, and Wednesday, Jan. 11. The company is interested only in electrical and mechanical students who will be graduated in February.
The Proctor and Gamble company will interview graduating engineering seniors here Wednesday. Jan. 11, and Thursday, Jan. 12.
The municipal service of Kansas City, Mo., has an opening for the position of administrative assistant to the city engineer at a salary of $310 to $375 a month. A minimum requirement of five years business experience is necessary. The position is limited to persons who have lived in Kansas City, Mo., for more than one year. Date of application. This requirement is waived for veterans if they are now living a that city.
Information concerning these job opportunities may be obtained at the Engineering office, 111 Marvin.
Kansan Now Has New Comic Strip
"Little Man on the Campus," the brainchild of cartoonist Richard Bibler, fine arts senior, has blossomed into a full-fledged comic strip today in the University Daily Kansan.
Scheduled as a weekly feature of the Daily Kansan, the comic strip will appear each Friday in forthcoming issues. Comments for feedback and faculty members regarding the new feature are welcomed.
The new comic strip will not interfere with publication of standard Bibler cartoons which have appeared in the Daily Kansan in the past. The feature appears today on page 12.
Concert Band To Play Jan.11
The University Concert band will present its winter concert Wednesday, Jan. 11 at 8 p.m. The 130 member organization is under the direction of Russell L. Wiley, professor of band and orchestra.
The concert will feature three soloists, Jeanne Peke, fine arts senior, and Lois Bradfield and Philip McCarty, fine arts sophomores.
"My Hero" and "Marche Militaire" from "The Chocolate Soldier" (Richard Strauss); Suite from the opera "The Battered Bride" (Smetana); "Concert Etude" (Alexander Goedicke); Jeanne Peck, cornet solo; "Colonial Song" (Percy Grainger); "Valse Caprice-Beautiful Colorado" (Joseph D-Luca), Philip McCarty, saxophone solo; "Kentucky Mountain Running Set" (Ray Green); "Pictures at an Exhibition" (Modeste Moussorgsky); "Concerto in A Minor" (Edvard Grieg), Lois Braddfield, piano solo; "Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music" from the opera "Die Walkie" (Richard Wagner).
Yale Professor To Be Speaker For Humanities
Existentialism, that tongue-twister and brain-wracker of French literature, will be discussed Tuesday, Jan. 10 at the fourth humanities lecture series.
Henri M. Peyre, professor of French at Yale university, will speak on "Existentialism and Contemporary French Literature." The lecture will start at 8 p.m. in Fraser theater. The public is welcome.
Professor Peyre will be on the campus Monday, Jan. 9 through Wednesday, Jan. 11. During that time he will deliver other lectures and meet with individual students and groups. At 4 p.m. Monday in Spooner hall he will speak on "French and English Romantic Poetry." "Methods of Scholarly Investigation in Literature" will be his subject at 3 p.m. Tuesday in Strong auditorium.
KANSAS — Clear skies and higher temperatures today. Lows tonight will be around 10 above, highs tomorrow near 40 degrees.
His final K.U. appearance will be a lecture in French, "La Politique française contemporaine," scheduled for 4 p.m. Wednesday Jan. 11 in Fraser theater.
Author of several books, Professor Peyre has distinguished himself as an interpreter of French classicism and of contemporary French literature. He holds doctor's degrees from the Universities of Paris and Cambridge in England. He came to the United States in 1925 and has since taught at Bryn Mawr, Yale university, University of Cairo and the University of Lyons. He returned to Yale university in 1938 and a year later became chairman of the French department.
WEATHER
'To Run Or Ruin,' Opinion Differs
Most teachers dislike having their writing changed, but Emil L. Telfel, assistant professor of journalism, was an exception Thursday.
In his Editing II class Professor Telfel gave Dale W. Fields, journalism junior, a list of names to write on the blackboard. The list contained pairings of journalism students who will act as managing editors of the University Daily Kansan for the rest of the semester.
Fields promptly wrote "Schedule for Ruining Kansan."
"It's running—not ruining." Professor Telelf told him. Then he added, "That's not what I wrote, but its probably right."
Western Civ Exams Saturday
Two hundred thirty-seven students have registered to take the twelfth final examination in Western Civilization Saturday, Mrs. Louise Cochran, Western Civilization instructor, said today.
"The student must bring his registration card to the examination. The room in which the test is to be taken is indicated on the card. Besides the registration card the student need bring only pen and ink or pencil. The examination will be held from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday."
"If students wish to know their grades on the examination they should leave a self-addressed postal card at the examination." Mrs. Cochran said. "These cards, with the student's grade on them, will be mailed as soon as the tests are graded.
Faculty Views Truman's Message
That President Truman's state of the union message reflected the coming election year was the opinion of six faculty members questioned Thursday.
The majority felt that few of the president's proposals would be adopted until after the election.
Opinions varied on the Brannan plan, but most persons anticipated a good deal of controversy over the program.
R. A. Schwegler, former dean of the School of Education, described the president's state of the union message as having been "evasive on important national affairs," and having "emphasized some things which were fixed ideas in the president's mind but not necessarily in anyone elses, such as high taxes, common man government, and housing aid."
He felt the president's program encouraged the "gradual creeping advance of government controls as contrasted with an emphasis on individual initiative."
The administration housing program was described as "thoroughly unsound" by Mr. Schwegler. He thought such measures should be left in the hands of private business.
"Bunk" was the word Mr. Schwegler used to describe the Branran farm plan. He said that after we paid for the administrative costs involved in farm subsidies, we would have spent more than if the price of farm products had simply been raised.
Mr. Schweegler opposed the majority of Mr. Truman's program on the ground that it ignored individual initiative "which has given us more blessings at a cheap price than government ever did."
Since we are facing an election year, Mr. Heller thought congress would have to offer something to the farmer, although he did not believe it would be the Brannan plan. "Returning congressmen seem to be more opposed to the plan than they were before," he said.
Francis Heller, assistant professor of political science, said "the state of
the union message showed, that the president seemed to be continuing to stick to the program on which he was elected," but he felt that the conciliatory tone of the message indicated that the president was not too optimistic about the acceptance of his program.
Mr. Heller said that there was a dislike of the compulsory health insurance plan even among Mr. Truman's closest followers. He does not believe the measure will be passed by congress.
W. E. Sandelius, professor of political science, said, "It is stimulating to see political democracy at work in this country and reassuring to find significant differences between the two political parties.
With the Democrats having definitely been put on record by Mr. Truman as favoring certain liberal proposals and the Republicans taking a definite stand in opposition, Mr. Sandelius felt that no one any longer could describe the two parties as "identical bottles with different labels."
Mr. Sandelius felt that civil rights legislation, the repeal of the Taft-
Hartley labor law, and compulsory health insurance would not be passed by congress. He anticipated a good deal of controversy over the Branman plan and an extension of social security in keeping with the world trend.
That the president had not been very clear on tax increases, where savings could be made in the national government, and our attitude toward communist China was Mr. Sandelius' only criticism of the state of the union message.
Lloyd Fass, assistant professor of business, questioned some of the figures used in the address. He noted a not-too-counting of the gains produced in our economy. "How much of it took place in the first 30 years and how much occurred in the last 20?" he inquired.
"I wish the president had emphasized the necessity of the passing of an amendment to the Clayton act," he said. "There is a very ridiculous procedure occurring in the courts at present. During a trial the defense for a holding company says the defendant has been convicted of the subsidiary, therefore, there is no longer reason to continue the trial."
Aubrey Bradley, instructor in political science, said, "Most students in my classes seem to think the message straddled the fence.
Commenting on the the $12,000 a year income, Mr. Bradley said that the president actually stated that in the future the income of the average American family might be trebled. The newspapers then converted this to dollars and arrived at the figure $12,000.
New Dormitory Will Honor KU's First Building
The new $625,000 women's dormitory now being built at the University will be named North College hall. Chancellor Deane W. Malott announced today.
The School of Education has had a record number of 63 students take and pass the English proficiency examination, Dean George B. Smith, said today.
Planned to house 185 women students, the new building's name comes from the location of the dormitory on the same tract of ground as the University's first building. That old building, which was razed in 1919, was known as North College.
The new North College hall is at the north tip of Mount Oread and is connected to Corbin hall, the only other women's dormitory at the University built with state appropriated funds. Completion of the new building is expected during the 1950-51 school year.
Old North College was a two-story structure with a basement. Its foundations were laid in 1859 when the Presbyterian church planned a college in Lawrence. Upon authorization of the University by the legislature, the city of Lawrence contributed the land and $20,000 mostly from Quantum Tide aid relief funds no longer required. Work was started in 1865 and the building was ready for occupancy in September, 1868, when the University opened its doors to 26 women and 29 men students.
North College was little used after Fraser hall was built in 1872. The state used it as a home for feeble-minded persons for a while, but those patients were later moved to Winfield, Kan. In 1890, the School of Law and fine arts department moved into the building. It was the home of the School of Fine Arts from 1898 through 1917.
The building was condemned and torn down in 1919. The tract remained vacant until Corbin hall was constructed there in 1922.
100 Per Cent Pass Test
This is the first time in history that such a large group from any one school or department of the University has had a 100 per cent record in the examination. This was confirmed by Mrs. Natalie Calderwood, instructor in English and the head of the examination program.
In the summer session of 1949,19 students of the School of Education took the examination and all passed.
The William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information holds a 100 per cent record too. In the summer session of 1949, one student took the examination and passed.
Former Students Direct Campaign
Two former University students are directing the 1950 March of Dimes campaign in Lawrence. Ben Barteldes, '36, manager of the T.N.T. Popcorn division of the Barteldes Seed company, Lawrence, is chairman of the campaign, and Alan F. Asher, '38, Lawrence lawyer, is publicity director of the drive.
Officially starting the 1950 polio campaign in Lawrence, W. J. B. Turner, mayor of Lawrence, has issued a proclamation calling upon all residents of the city to join the 1950 March of Dimes, to be held from Monday, Jan. 16, through Tuesday, Jan. 31.