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OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
47th Year No. 37
Monday, Nov. 7, 1949
Lawrence, Kansas
STUDENT NEWS PAPER
Lawrence, Kansas
Registration Starts Today For English Test
Registration for the English proficiency examination begins today, and will continue through Wednesday. The examination will be given at 2 p.m. Saturday, said Mrs. Natalie Calderwood, chairman of the examination committee. All students enrolled in the schools of journalism, education, and in the College are required to pass the examination before graduating.
Students will register for the proficiency examination in the offices of their respective schools, Mrs. Calderwood said. At the time of registration students will be assigned the rooms in which they will take the examination.
Mrs. Calderwood said the examination is not a requirement of only the English department, as many students think, but that it is a requirement of the College and the schools of journalism and education.
The examination will consist of writing two compositions. The subjects for them are chosen by the student from a list of topics any junior or senior should know something about, Mrs. Calderwood said. It is a test of the student's ability to write clearly and coherently. One of the two compositions is to be in a formal style and more objective, while the other is to be more informal and subjective.
At the time of registration, each student will be given a pamphlet and a supplement explaining the purpose and trading system of the examination. Mrs. Calderwood said that mistakes in grammar are considered the most serious. No English rules or theory will be included in the examination.
Students may pick up a copy of the Student Directory before Wednesday in the Union book store, Richard Hamilton, editor, said today.
Student Directory Still Available
After Wednesday, copies will be available at the registrar's office. Activity cards must be presented to get the directory.
They are; Vernon French, '36, who will study French literature in France; John Ise, Jr., '40, France; John Michener, '48, political science in England; Frederick F. Simmons, '49, will study the effect of planned economy on the individual in New Zealand; and Virginia Joseph, '49, political science in France.
Howard Perlmutter, instructor in psychology, received a grant but declined. Warren D. Johnson, graduate student, and W. Thomas Marocco, former associate professor of violin, have received grants but it is not known if they will accept.
Five Graduates Study Abroad
Five University graduates have been granted fellowships for study in foreign countries under the Fulbright act.
The Fulbright act authorizes the State department to finance exchange of students with foreign countries. They are financed by money and credits obtained through sale of surplus property abroad. Only 500 grants were made out of 500 applications.
Storekeeper Has Patience
Russell — (U.P.) Storekeeping in a small town just takes patience. After being in a stock since 1914, a set of four-horse eveners was sold to a Russell farmer. There hadn't been a previous call in 35 years for the device, which enable four horses to pull a farm implement.
Rally Participants Take No Chances They Cheer All Approaching Trains
Freight, express, and passenger trains were cheered by over 1,000 patient, but highly anxious students at a welcoming pep rally for the returning K. U. football players at the Union-Pacific train station Saturday night.
Medill received facial lacerations and several broken teeth. Hethorn driver of the car was treated for cuts and bruises. The other car is owned by Hampton Whitp, 816 Mississippi street.
special train from Lincoln.
Students Injured In Auto Accident
George T. Medill, College junior,
and Earl A. Hathorn, College freshman,
were treated and released Saturday from Watkins Memorial hospital after their car struck a parked car.
The special train from Lincoln, which was scheduled to arrive at 11:30 p.m., did not appear until 12:15 a.m. During this period, every approaching train brought crowd and music from the enthusiastic crowd and by a portion of the University band and had just arrived from Lincoln. The cheerleaders received an energetic response from the students following K.U.'s 27 to 13 victory over the Cornhuskers Saturday afternoon.
As the players emerged from the train, the crowd sang the Alma Mater.
Officers quoted Hethorn as saying he fell asleep while driving and his car swerved to the other side of the street. The fronts of both cars were badly damaged, officers said.
—Photo by Bob Blank
Victorious Jayhawkers disembark in Lawrence early Sunday morning. Wally Rouse (with football) and Bob Talkington (foreground) show a victory smile to welcoming University fans.
Truman Power To Get Major Test Tuesday
Washington, Nov. 7—(U.P.)—President Truman's high tax "welfare state" program gets its first major test Tuesday, since his party swept to a surprise triumph in November, 1948.
A scattering of off-year congressional and city elections is scheduled for Tuesday from coast to coast. But the big show is in New York. Sen. John Foster Dulles, Republican foreign affairs expert, seeks to hold his seat against the attack of former Gov. Herbert H. Lehman, Liberal-Democratic candidate, in a campaign in which the "welfare state" is top issue.
Dulles' slam-bang campaign has attacked the Truman administration's domestic program as "statism" which will lead the people to super-regulation and ultimately to financial disaster. Lehman has gone all-out in support of Mr. Truman's domestic plans. The president made a broadcast appeal over the weekend to New York voters to send Lehman to the senate.
The odds favor Lehman partly because the contested seat is the one long held by Robert F. Wagner, Democrat, whose resignation because of ill health enabled Gov. Thomas E. Dewey to appoint Dulles to the senate this year.
Dulles has the advantage of age. He is 61 against Lehmans' 71, a time of life when voters seldom if ever send a man to congress for a first term. Dewey won New York last November and the state elected a Republican senator in 1946.
Neither party can afford to lose this one because it is recognized as a tip off on the 1950 congressional elections. A Republican victory would enormously stimulate a party which is shot with dispute, conflicting leadership and confusion. A Lehman victory would be further substantial evidence that Mr. Truman's "welfare state" program has political sex appeal in the great industrial areas. If Leham is licked, the democratic party would be jarred to its heels and the rebellion within the party against Mr. Truman's leadership would burgeon.
Dewey's personal prestige is riding on the result. He lost his political glamor when he dropped a presidential election which his party believes he should have won. The governor has been masterminding Dulles' strategy and campaigning as though he were a candidate himself.
What About Hiram Walker?
Wichita, Kan.,—(U.R.)-The first legal load of liquor to enter Kansas' largest city under the long-dry state's 1949 alcoholic beverage act, was shipped from the Glennmore Distilleries at Owensboro, Ky. The distillery representative on hand to help a Wichita liquor wholesaler receive it was named Glen Moore.
Lehman has been denouncing the Communists. But the red comrades put no candidate in the New York senate race and their campaign tactics suggest they and the fellow travelers will vote for Lehman if they vote for any senatorial candidate. It isn't that they are fond of Lehman but that they detest Dulles even more.
Runner-up for political significance is New York's mayoral contest in which Mayor William O'Dwyer, Democrat, is opposed by Newbold, Morris, Republican-Libral-Fusion, and Vito Marcantonio, American Labor. The American Labor party is a devoted follower of the Communist party line and is expected to cast over 300,000 votes.
Low Grades Due In College Office
Mid-semester grades for all students in the College doing unsatisfactory work are due in the College office not later than 5 p.m. Tuesday, Gilbert Ulmer, assistant dean of the College, announced today.
KU Sponsors Music Clinic
The fifth annual Midwest Music clinic, sponsored by the School of Fine Arts and the School of Education will be held Thursday Dec. 8 through Saturday, Dec. 10.
E. Thayer Gaston, professor of music education, and Russell L. Wiley, professor of band and orchestra, will be co-directors of the clinic.
The university A Cappella choir, Symphony orchestra, and Concert band will be used for clinical work and will present a combined concert Friday, Dec. 9.
Clifford Curzon, English pianist,
will present a recital at 8:20 p.m.
Clinics will be held for both
elementary and secondary school music
educators. Sections will also be
for women, business people,
voice, ensembles, teaching
techniques, and care and repair of
instruments.
The clinic has been scheduled a month earlier than in previous years so that music directors coming long distances will have better weather for driving.
W.A. White Group Elects
The William Allen White foundation elected officers at a meeting today. They are: Jack Harris, publisher of the Hutchinson News-Herald, president; A. S. McCoy, reporter for the Kansas City Star, vice-president; Karl Klooz, bursar of the University, treasurer-treasurer and Burton W. Marvin, dean of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information, director.
Members of the executive committee are: Mr. Harris,Mr. McCoy, Dean Marvin, Chancellor Mallot, Oscar Stauffer, editor and publisher of the Topeka State Journal, Clyde Reed, Jr., editor of the Parsons Sun, and Martin Fruhman,Dallas, Texas businessman.
Memphis, —(U.R.)—Three pinchers filed suits totaling $12,000 damages, claiming that a tree fell across their table during a windstorm at Rainbow lake.
Tree Falls On Picnic Table
Campus Chest Drive For Funds Begins Today
The Campus Chest drive, the only solicitation by health and charitable organizations to be made on the campus this year, starts today.
Six national and local organizations will receive the donations made by students in the next two weeks. Solicitors will call at all or organized independent students to ask for contributions.
The organizations taking part in the drive are World Student Service fund, Lawrence Community Chest, National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, American Foundation for Overseas Blind, Inc., committee on friendly relations among foreign students, and C.A.R.E.
Every student will have a chance to say to which organization he wants his money to go. If he has no choice, it will be placed in a blanket donation fund and will be distributed among those six organizations.
"Because this is the first Campus Chest drive at the University we have set no goal," said Douglas Paddock, chairman of the drive. "What we do set as a goal in years to come depends on YOUR contributions NOW."
"It is a means whereby students who cannot afford to give a large lump sum will be able to give more.
There are three ways contributions may be made to the Campus Chest, Paddock explained. A full contribution may be paid during the drive, or part of it may be paid out on a paycheck if it the end of the semester, or full payment may be made at the end of the semester.
If a student uses either of the latter two methods, he will sign a pledge and pay the amount at the end of the spring semester registration line.
"We hope that each person will give the same amount and just a little more than he would have given had the individual organizations conducted separate drives."
Weather
"This system is not a second solicitation." said Paddock.
Helping solicit are six campus groups. Alpha Phi Omega, national service organization; Associated Women students; Inter-Co-operative council; Interfraternity council; Panhellenic council; and Women's Interdormitory council.
Kansas--Mild fall weather will continue for a few more days. Fair skies today, tonight and Tuesday. Slightly warmer east today, becoming cooler northeast Tuesday afternoon. High today 70 to 75. Low tonight 35 to 45.
Former Geology Professor Admits His Textbook On Minerals Difficult
At least one author is frank enough to admit his textbook is a tough one to follow. Austin Clinton Rogers, '99, is working on a fourth edition to his book, "Introduction to the Study of Minerals."
A professor emeritus of geology, Mr. Rogers visited the University Nov. 4, because he likes to "get back to Kansas during the autumn season." His home is in California where he taught at Stanford university 37 years until his retirement in 1942.
An authority on jade, the geology professor has extensive collections which include both the jadeite and nephrite types. Some of his specimens came from such faraway places as Burma and Africa.
"Contrary to popular belief, the common color of jade is white," Mr. Rogers said. "There are, however, many other colors including
the well-known green types."
Mr. Rogers has lectured on his pet stones 38 times in various parts of the country. One of his speeches was given in Bailey chemical laboratories several years ago.
As a boy, Mr. Rogers lived in Kansas City, Mo. It was there that he began collecting minerals and fossils from quarries in the vicinity. After taking graduate work here, he studied under a fellowship at Columbia university, New York.
"K.U. now has an outstanding geology department." Mr. Rogers said after his visit here;