University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, May 24, 1949
SCIUDENT NEWS PAPER
Lawrence, Kansas
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
West Orders Soviets From Berlin Railroads
Berlin, May 24 - (U.P) - The Western powers today ordered West German police to expel Soviet railway police from strike-bound elevated railway stations in the three western sectors of Berlin.
Howley said West German police would maintain order in all railway stations in the American sector.
"The Communist police can guide the trains through the stations," he said. "But we won't allow them to post guards inside the buildings."
The railway police have done most of the shooting in the four-day-old strike of railway workers from the western sectors of Berlin. The strikers are demanding that the Soviet-controlled railway administration pay them in Western marks, which are worth four times as much as the Eastern marks.
The attack occurred at Zoo station. British authorities ordered Communist railway guards out and sent in their own German police.
Charlottenburg in the British sector was seized two days ago and two more, Zoo and West Kreuz stations, were seized last night after Communists fired into an attacking force of strikers and killed two.
By FRANKIE WAITS
'Scheherazade' Exceptional At Orchestra Concert
Music to please every taste was featured by the University symphony orchestra Monday at its annual spring concert in Hoch auditorium. Russell L. Wiley, associate professor of band, conducted.
The evening clothes of the musicians, together with the rhythmic movement of the violin and cello bows, created an impressive atmosphere.
Robert Petitt, College junior and a member of Lambda Chi Alpha, will be president of the Inter-Fraternity council next year.
Other officers chosen Monday were: Dale Helmers, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, vice-president; Thomas Alexander, Phi Kappa Sigma, secretary; and Kenneth Dieker, Phi Kappa, treasurer. The executive council will include Douglas Paddock, Sigma Phi Epsilon; John Stiles, Beta Theta Pi; James Childers, Alpha Tau Omega; and Richard Harris, Kappa Sigma.
Petitt Elected Head Of IFC
Scholarship reports will go to Dale Helmers.
Houses staying open this summer must notify L. C. Woodruff, dean of men.
The council decided not to use treasury money for the World War II memorial fund.
Forrestal Suicide Attributed To Psychoneurotic Condition
Washington, May. 24.-[U.P.]—Capt. George N. Raines, top Navy psychiatrist, took full responsibility today for the circumstances that made possible James Forrestal's suicide.
However, Captain Raines said, at no time during his stay at the hospital did Ferrestal make "a suicide gesture or a suicidal attempt."
Captain Raines said he ordered the hospital watch over Forrestal relaxed because he felt such treatment was necessary if the former Defense secretary was to be cured of the psychoneurotic depressive condition he was suffering.
The psychiatrist acknowledged that the treatment he prescribed involved "a calculated risk" of suicide. He attributed Forrestal's death leap Sunday from the 16th floor of the Bethesda Naval hospital to a "sudden fit of despondency" which he said is "extremely common" in that type of mental depression.
"His feelings of hopelessness and possible suicide had been a matter of frank discussion between the two of us throughout the course of the therapy," Captain Raines said. Last Wednesday, the psychiatrist
In his report, he said Dr. William C. Menninger had advised him that Forrestal's case history included an alleged suicide attempt at Hobe Sound, Fla., on March 31. Dr. Menninger was part of a Psychoanalytic association, examined Forrestal in Florida and recommended that he enter Bethesda.
Raines was one of the principal witnesses called to testify before a special board of Naval medical officers investigating Forrestal's suicide. Other witnesses scheduled to appear today, were Comdr. R. R. Deen and hospital corpsman R. W Harrison, Jr.
Harrison was on duty when the suicide occurred. Commander Deen, a physician, was sleeping in an adjoining room.
The national military establishment made public: Captain Raines report on Forrestal as arrangements were being completed for burial with full military honors in Arlington national cemetery tomorrow.
Raines is chief of neuropsychiatry at Bethesda hospital.
said, Forrestal was so much improved that it appeared he might be able to leave the hospital within 30 days. He said he relaxed the surveillance even though he was fully aware that the ensuing month "would constitute the most dangerous period of the illness as far as suicide was concerned."
"Suicide is the mortality rate of therapeutic psychiatry," he said. "The Navy has not and does not subscribe to the view that psychiatric patients should be thrown in a situation where they are subjected risks of therapy must be accepted for the practice of modern psychiatry.
Attendance at the services will be limited to a group of top government officials headed by President Truman, members of the Forrestal family and a few close personal friends.
"In Mr. Forrestal's case, this belief made the extension of his activities imperative. I had personally encouraged him to leave his room and to visit about the floor. This increased socialization was considered essential to his recovery."
"I felt that the assumption of responsibility must rest on my shoulders and not be shared with the family or with other naval authorities." Raines said.
The body will be brought in a hearse from the Naval hospital to the cemetery gate. It will be transferred there to a caisson.
The only flowers on the casket will be a floral blanket from Mr. Truman and the cabinet. Cabinet members will be honorary pall-bearers.
At Mrs. Forrestal's request, Pentagon officials were making the funeral and burial as simple as possible but photographers will be barred.
- "Scheherazade" (Rimsky-Korsak-
played in four plays, was the exe-
ceptorial selection of the evening.
Each movement enlisted all talents
of the 60 musicians. The first violi-
inist' solos were outstanding.
The first two movements, "The Sea and Sinbad's Ship," and "The Story of the Kalander Prince," incorporated a recurrent second theme building up to the main theme in the third movement "The Young Prince and the Young Princess." The remaining fourth movement included "Festival at Bagdad," "The Sea," "The船 Goes to Pieces on a Rock Surmounted by a Bronze Warrior." The orchestra, All Warriors, ducted and played with spontaneity and grace. Each section of the orchestra was developed to the fullest, bringing out the beauty of Rimsky-Korsakoff's music.
Vincent Bleecker, a member of the orchestra for five years and an outstanding student in composition, was introduced by Professor Wiley to conduct his own composition, "Symphony No. 1."
The haunting tempo and beautiful melody grew out of undertones with the melody alternating in a modern arrangement between the trombone and violin sections. Full orchestra was used for a forceful ending. The drummer's high note technique had most imaginative and popular with the audience.
Because of difficulty with one of the harps, the entire suite from the ballet "Swan Lake" (Tschaikowsky) could not be played. Only the light, refreshing second movement, "Dance of the Swans," was given.
Although "Concerto in D Major" (Haydn) did not bring out the maximum beauty of his ability, John Ehrlich proved himself to be a cello artist in this difficult solo. His skill was much more exceptional. All three movements, "Alegro Moderato," "Adagio," and "Rondo." were given
Overture to the "Magic Flute" (Mozart), the first selection played by the orchestra, was forceful and full of spirit. The many separate parts were skillfully interwoven.
Have A Coke— On The Book Store
Thousands of ice-cold cokes will be distributed free Monday, May 30, through Wednesday, June 2, by the Student Union Book Store.
"We are 'setting them up' during the period of great mental strain." L. E. Wooley, manager of the store, said.
"We are going to have tubs of ice-cold cokes free for all students, faculty members, and personnel of the University," Mr. Wooley said.
"The cokes will be given out on the south patio of the Union.
Charlotte Shidler, College freshman, has been awarded the first prize of $50 for her poem, "On the Eve of April," entered in the annual William Herbert Carruth Poetry contest.
Jayne Berland, special student, received a $25 second prize for "Prodigy." The third prize of $15 was awarded to Mary Jane Battaglia, graduate student, for her entry, "To My Husband." Honorable mention was given Leone E. Kirk, Jr. College freshman, for "Spring Philo-opher."
Shidler Wins Poetry Contest
Preliminary judges for the 47 entrants were: Clyde K. Hyder, professor of English; William D. Paden, associate professor of English; and L. R. Lind, associate professor of Latin.
Final judges were: John Frederick Nims, former editor of "Poetry" magazine and professor of English literature at University of Notre Dame; Miss Mary Grant, associate professor of Latin; and Mrs. Dorothy Van Ghent, assistant professor of English.
The William Herbert Carruth Memorial Poetry Prizes fund was established in 1927 in memory of his service as a teacher, poet, and leader of the University.
Mr. Carruth was a student at the University and a Harvard graduate. He was professor of German at the University and vice-chancellor for several years.
Kansas Has A Heart Of Gold And It's Just As Hard To Reach
But hold on partner, don't start a second '49er rush. It is true that there's gold here but according to the State Geological survey, no profit can be made from mining it.
There's gold in Kansas!
Glowing accounts of gold being found in Ellis, Trego, and Russell
Glowing accounts of gold counties were spread around as they were years later, gold assays proved their deposits had been greatly over-rated.
When the price of gold soared from $20.67 to $35 an ounce in 1933, Kansans were bitten by the gold bug and many set out prospecting for the elusive metal. Geological surveys estimate gold to be worth not more than a few cents for each ton mined and the folks returned to their farms where they could grow gold in the form of wheat.
For a third time gold fever swept the state when a nearly pure gold nugget worth $68 was taken from an oil well formation core in McPhrison county. Kansan's temperatures went back to normal when they learned that the gold came from a depth of 3,400 feet, a little too deep for a pick and shovel or any other mining equipment.
This history of gold discoveries in the state has led the old prospectors to conclude that Kansas may have a heart of gold but it is just too far out of the miner's reach.
Luther Hall Heads Phi Lambda Upsilon
Luther Hall, graduate student, was recently elected president of Phi Lambo silon, honorary chem-
German club members held the semester farewell meeting May 19. Final plans were made for the club picnic and the favorite German songs were sung.
Other officers for the coming year are Ray Stanclift, Jr., graduate student, vice-president; Stanley M. Englund, engineering junior, secretary; Albert MacElroy, graduate student, alumni secretary; and James E. Barney, graduate student, treasurer.
German Club Members Sing
Thomas F. Morris, College senior,
presented a parody which he had
written in German on radio broad-
calls.
Opera Baritone Will Join KU Fine Arts Staff
Reinhold Schmidt, haritone, operatric solist, will join the faculty of the School of Fine Arts next September as associate professor and acting head of the voice department; Deane W. Malotl, chancellor, announced today.
Reinhold Schmidt was heard here during the Music week festival as baritone soloist in the Brahms "Re-
Prof. Joseph Wilkins, regular head of the voice department, will have his sabbatical year leave of absence in 1949-50. Professor Wilkins and Marie Wilkins, his wife, also of the voice faculty, will spend the year in Europe, principally in France and Italy.
His operatic career includes several seasons as principal base-baritone with the Chicago Opera company and the Philadelphia Civic Opera company and the Philadelphia Civic Opera company. His orchestral engagements include appearances with the Detroit symphony and the Kansas City philharmonic. Mrs. Schmidt has worked with many of the oratorio societies of the East and Middle East.
For the past several year Schmidt has been a member of the faculty of the Chicago Musical college.
The list of Schmidt's radio appearances is imposing. For many years he was a regular on the Carnation Contented Hour when it was producing in Chicago. Others are Hymns of All Churches, An Evening with Romberg and the Chicago Theater of the Air.
Mr. Schmidt is married and has a son of high school age and a daughter graduating this month from Wheaton college in Massachusetts. She will do graduate study at K.U. next year.
Professor and Mrs. Wilkins plan to sail for Europe next September. Their daughter May, now a fine arts sophomore, will remain in Lawrence but may join her parents for the summer of 1950.
Crafton Talks To Engineers
Parents do not know what to do with adolescents so they send them to college, Allen Crafton, professor of speech and drama, told 38 members of the University chapter of the American Society of Tool Engineers at a banquet recently.
The banquet was held in honor of the 16 chapter members who will be graduated in June.
The title of Professor Crafton's speech was "How Culture Came to Kansas" and he described the evolution of music, art, painting, education, and newspapers in the state
"A university is a place where students go and take copious notes." Professor Crafton said. "They save these notes and after a time receive their degree, then they take more copious notes and get another degree. When this is all finished the teacher will be the world to teach using his copious notes; he got from the copious notes of his teachers, and recites them to his students so that they might take copious notes," he continued.
Institutions of higher learning occupy and confuse the students during their critical years, Professor Crafton said, because they take notes and do not know what they mean.
WEATHER
Kansas—Partly cloudy and cooler today. High near 70. Low tonight 50 to 55. Fair and warmer tomorrow. High 75 to 80.
15