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Edgar Wolfe Wins Prize For Novelette
Edgar Wolfe, instructor in English, today was named first prize winner of $150 in the 1949 William Allen White creative writing contest.
The contest is sponsored annually by the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information in cooperation with G. P. Putnam's Sons, publishers. Announcement was made by Burton W. Marvin, dean of the School of Journalism.
Members of the 1949 selection committee were Dean Marvin; Pearl Buck, noted author, and Kenneth L. Rawson, vice-president of G. P. Putnam's Sons and head of the company's editorial department.
Mr. Wolfe joined the English department in 1947. He was graduated from the University in 1928. He is working towards his master of arts degrees.
Charles W. Schuler, graduate student, won the $100 second prize, and William Hutton, former graduate student who now resides at Winfield, won the $50 third prize.
Mr. Wolfe's winning work was a novelette, "Td Shelter Thee." It is described by Dean Marvin as being "a story of the struggle between man and his environment in the setting of a small snowbound town in the Middle West."
"The Little Men and Other Stories" is the title of Schuler's second prize work. Schuler is a graduate student in the English department. He received his bachelor of science in business administration in February, 1948, and is now writing a novel.
Hutton received the third place award for two novelties and a short story. He earned his bachelor of arts degree at Southwestern college at Winfield, Kan., in 1948 and was awarded his master of arts degree at the University the past October.
Under rules of the contest the winner can be awarded as much as $2,500. Alternative provisions account for the fact that a lesser sum was awarded the 1949 winner.
Two cars were slightly damaged Thursday in front of Watson library on Jayhawk drive.
Those provisions state that if no manuscript is judged of sufficient merit to receive the $2,500 award, Putnam's will give prizes of $150, $100, and $50 for the three best manuscripts submitted.
A 1941 Nash convertible driven by Paul Henry Krebs, College sophomore, and the 1942 Chevrolet driven by A. G. Hunt, zoology technician, were involved. Both cars were headed west.
When the full award of $2,500 is made, $1,000 is an outright cash prize. The remaining $1,500 is an advance against royalties on the winning work when it has been published. The award may be divided if two contestants submit work deemed of equal merit.
Members of the preliminary selection committee which selected the manuscripts to be forwarded to the senior selection committee were Mrs. Natalie Calderwood, who in English; professor of Grinstead, in English; professor of journalism and Clyde K. Hyder, professor of English.
Putnam's has first right to negotiate for publication of any manuscript submitted in the contest.
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Information regarding the 1950 contest will be issued within a few days, Dean Marvin said.
Two Cars Collide On Jayhawk Drive
Jan. 1 Is Deadline For Applications
Applications for the University School of Medicine class of 1950 must be turned in by Jan. 1. They may be obtained at the University Medical center in Kansas City, Kan., or in 104 Haworth.
The medical college admission test application must be received by the Association of American Medical colleges at Princeton, N.J., before Jan. 1. The test will be given at the University, Jan. 16, and may also be obtained in 104 Haworth.
Careful advance planning for an event is necessary to get good news publicity, Burton W. Marvin, dean of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information, told the final session of the Theta Sigma Phi publicity clinic Thursday.
Publicity Needs Careful Planning
Paul Husted, city editor of the Lawrence Daily Journal-World, also spoke at the 3-day clinics sponsored by the honorary and professional fraternity for women in journalism.
Dean Marvin said that publicity chairmen are actually reporters and should put both the facts and feature angles in the stories they give a paper. Contacts that are not used as often as possible, he said, are the Lawrence correspondents for the wire services, such as the Associated Press, United Press, and International News Service, and correspondents for Kansas City and Topeka papers.
The Journal-World, Mr. Husted said, likes to concentrate on local news and is written not for any members of its staff but for its subscribers.
Contest Deadline Changed
Wesley Jarecke, president of the student branch of the American Pharmaceutical association, announced yesterday that the deadline for entries in the contest sponsored by the American Association changed from 4 p.m. Friday, as previously announced, to 1 p.m. Monday, Dec. 19.
He pointed out that the average reporter would rather have a story phoned into him early in the morning than to have it brought into the office in written form at noon.
Atom Scientist To Speak At KU In February
Dr. Arthur Holly Compton, chancellor of Washington university at St. Louis and prominent atomic physicist, will urge "Power With Purpose" at a University convocation Monday, Feb. 27, to open Religious Emphasis week at the University.
The first atomic chain reaction was initiated and directed by Dr. Compton. First quantity production of plutonium was under his direction. He directed the U.S. government's plutonium research project and the metallurgical atomic project from 1942 to 1945.
At the University of Chicago he was chairman of the physics department and dean of the physical science division. He has been a regent of the Smithsonian Institution since 1938. He has also worked at Cambridge university, Oxford university, and Punjab university in India. The co-chairmanship of the National Conference of Christians and Jews was held by Dr. Compton.
For his work on x-rays, Dr. Compton received the Nobel prize in 1927. His work on the electrical composition of cosmic rays is well-known.
Outstanding for his belief that science has no quarrel with religion, Dr. Compton has published his views in "The Religion of a Scientist" and "The Freedom of Men." Other speakers to appear during Religious Emphasis week are being chosen by groups participating in the week's activities, Martha Dawes, chairman of Religious Emphasis week activities, announced.
3-Day Limit Given Western Civ Books
Western Civilization books may be checked out for only three-day periods during the Christmas holidays, deFafayette Reid, assistant director of the libraries, said today.
"The reason for only allowing the books to be checked out for three day periods is that if the books were allowed to be returned, many students would leave them on buses, planes, and trains and at home," Mr. Reid said.
Students May Get Vacation Rides
The Travel Bureau will be in operation to help students secure rides home over the Christmas vacation, announced Sally Garland, college sophomore.
People who want rides or those offering rides should sign up in the lobby of the Union. They should include when they are leaving, their destination and if students should expenses. Students offering cars also should include the number of riders they can take.
Many more cars are needed at the present time, Miss Garland said.
Koerper Wins Speech Contest
Win Koerper, College sophomore, won the 25th annual campus problems speaking contest Thursday night with his speech on "Respect for the Law." He was awarded an engraved bronze trophy.
Second place was won by Orval Swander, College sophomore, who stated that "taking quizzes at KU. is only playing a game of truth or consequences with the instructors. You answer the truth or pay the consequences."
consequence. Jerome Lysaught, College freshman, and Evan Wilson, second year law, tied for third place with speeches on "The Paradox of Liberalism" and University "Red Tape."
Contestants were judged on the content, treatment, delivery, and effectiveness of their talks.
Koerper told the audience that "by disobeying our smoking regulations, we are fostering disrespect for law in general. Students, professors, and even deans constantly ignore the rules which make our University safe from fire."
Director of the contest was William Conboy, instructor in speech Edward Stollenwerck, College senior, and 1948 winner, was chairman.
A Cappella Choir To Carol In Strong Hall Rotunda
The University A Cappella choir arols around the Christmas tree in Strong hall Monday, Dec. 19, at 4:15 p.m., D. M. Swarthout, dean of the School of Fine Arts, said today. The carolling is an annual event for the choir.
Historian Lists 10 Top News Events
Cambridge, Mass.—(U.P.)—Emergence of the United States as one of two dominant world powers was the most "world-shaking" event of the first half of the 20th century, a Harvard university historian told a United Press correspondent.
"This assumption of world responsibility is both dramatic and significant in that the U.S. was forced into this position against its own wishes—without experience or preparation," said Professor Arthur M. Schlesinger.
As the middle of the century approached, the U.P. asked the 61-year-old scholar and editor of a Pulitzer prize-winning book in 1900-1950 that had the greatest effect in shaping the history of the world.
1. **World War I.** "The greatest war mankind ever experienced up to that time," he said. "It remade the map of Europe and paved the way for Fascism and Communism with
Significantly, Professor Schlesinger skipped the automobile, airplane, radio, and movies. And he refused to list the other nine events in order of importance. "I've gone out on a limb enough already," he said.
In chronological order, here are Professor Schlesinger's other nominations for the half-century historical hall of fame:
2. The League of Nations. Professor Schlesinger called this "magnificent failure—one of the iions of man shaped under pressure—with the first constructive action to solve the problem of war-prevention.
its unsettling effects and depletion of world resources and manpower."
to the future fears and hopes of mankind," he said. "It already has changed the character of international politics. Quite apart from its use as a military weapon, I am assured of its rapid conversion to civilian uses. This force that nature has been withholding from us all these centuries is the biggest thing that ever happened in the field of applied science."
7. The abandonment of colonial imperialism. "The U.S. in the Philippines, Great Britain in India, Burma, and Ceylon; the Dutch in Indonesia—all have reacted to one aspect of the rising up of Asia," Professor Schlesinger said.
3. The political emancipation of women-"The greatest global political phenomenon of modern times," according to Professor Schlesinger.
8. The United Nations. "Perhaps the greatest importance of the U.N. is that mankind came back for more after one failure with the League of Nations," he explained. "Only this time the nations tried to do the job more effectively. One symptom of the U.N.'s power is that Russia never has drawn.
4. The depression. "This was the greatest challenge to the capitalistic system ever—and also the biggest blow to human self-confidence," said the amiable gray-haired professor.
9. The emergence of Russia as the second dominant world power.
"Chief significance of this is that Russia stands for a different system of social organization from us and is an aggressor power." Professor Schlesinger said.
5. World War II "In prospective this was the greatest challenge democracy ever faced." Professor Schlesinger continued, "and it left its mark on everything happening since then. It flattened out Western Europe economically and spiritually.
6 The practicability of atomic energy. "This is of supreme importance
Sachem Offers Students Chance To Air Gripes
A series of student-faculty "town hall" meetings during the next semester will replace the student-faculty conferences held in past years at the University.
Meetings will be sponsored by Sachem, honorary society for senior men, which helped sponsor the conferences in the past. The decision to hold several town hall meetings instead of the single-day conference as in the past was made Wednesday by a steering committee of Sachem members and the University faculty and administration.
The town hall meetings will feature audience participation in discussion introduced by platform leaders.
"We feel that the town hall type of meeting will bring in a wider range of student criticisms and suggestions than would the numerically restrictive conference," said Harrison Madden, Sachem member who heads the steering committee. "Besides, the town hall meeting hasn't been used for this purpose for several years."
The first meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 15, 1950. It will be open to all students, faculty, and administration members of the University. Before the meeting is open to general discussion, there will be a short forum in which frequently asked questions will be answered or discussed by a student-faculty forum. Questions for this forum will be taken from suggestions sent in by University groups.
"We hope these groups will help as much as possible in getting the students' opinions expressed," Madden said. "Here is a chance for students to air their grips and criticisms about life at the University and have someone around who can do something about them."
Members of the steering committee for Sachem are Dean Collins, Charles Hoffhaus, and L. Edward Stollenwerck, College, North Carolina; Richard Madden journalism; and Ralph Brock, law. All are seniors.
Letters were sent out Monday to 170 campus organizations asking them to discuss various campus problems within their own groups and send back topics for the forum.
Raymond Nichols, executive secretary; L.C. Woodruff, dean of men; Miss Margaret Habein, dean of women; and Miss Martha Peterson, assistant dean of women will represent the administration on the committee.
Faculty members on the committee are J. A. Burzle, associate professor of German; Mrs. Natalie Calderwood, instructor of English, Miss Maude Elliott, assistant professor of Romance languages; Francis Heller, assistant professor of Finance; Frank Pinet, instructor in economics; and Robert Royer, assistant in applied mechanics.
Architecture Faculty To Meet On Fridays
Faculty members of the architecture department have scheduled a regular meeting each Friday from 4 to 5 p.m. in order to correlate the work of the department.
J. M. Kellogg, professor of architecture, will discuss problems in Design I today.
Instructors in the department will alternate at leading the discussion on various subjects. The discussion leader will put up a display in the architectural library consisting of a few illustrative drawings or models on which to base the discussions.