University Dailu Kansan
46th Year No. 150
Monday, May 23, 1949
Lawrence Kansas
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Lawrence, Kansas
East-West Meet To Decide Germany's Fate
United Press World News
The Foreign ministers of Britain, France, the United States and Russia will sit down in Paris today in an attempt to decide the fate of Germany.
Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky is expected to demand the withdrawal of occupation troops, a Soviet control of the Ruhr, and the unification of Germany.
The West was prepared to accept only the unification of Germany—and accept that only if Moscow agreed to formation of a truly democratic state.
Coineident with the Paris conference, the West Germany assembly at Bonn prepared to proclaim its 146-article constitution. It will formally establish a German federal republic.
In four-power Berlin, the Western allied commanders disagreed on whether they should seize control of the West Berlin elevated railway system from the Soviets.
The American commandant, Brig. Gen. Frank Howley, wanted to intervene; the British and French commanders did not.
In weekend rioting one person was killed and 1,200 were wounded or injured when Communist guards fired on and fought with 15,000 West Berlin railroadmen who struck to demand payment in Western instead of Soviet marks.
At noon the strikers held the main elevated sections in the British and american sectors, virtually paralyzz traffic.
Eisenstein, Germany—Two American soldiers who were sentenced to long prison terms in Czechoslovakia on espionage charges and then pardoned by Czech President Kelement Gottwald charged the Czech intelligence agents had beaten them severely trying to extract information. Recruits Clarence R. Hill, of Jackson, Miss., and George R. Jones, of Owensboro, Ky., were arrested immediately by American authorities for having gone absent without leave, the wandering that led to their arrest in Czechoslovakia last December.
Groups Will Help Graduating Class
Various committees have been appointed to help seniors with their problems and to clarify the mechanics of graduating.
The committees and chairmen are
allows:
Reception for Monday, June 6
Elizabeth Sifers; registration, Miss Edna Hill; caps and gowns, Harold Swartz; music, D. M. Swarthout; tickets, commencement, and luncheon, Charles G. Pearson; marshalls, Henry Shenk; alumni dinner, Miss Yoe Yoe; decorations, Janet L. Cockran; buildings and grounds, traffic, Robinson gymnasium, stage, and wiring, R H. Wagstaft; radio, Miss Mildred Seamun; reuniens, Fred Ellsworth.
Checking wraps, Reginald Strait; ministers for baccalaurate and commencement, Ruth Kelley; tours, Justice Lawton; Majorship, 1949 class. Dorothy Scroggy, prophesy; Ellen Spurney, history.
Kansas — Increasing cloudiness with showers beginning West and North in afternoon and spreading over remainder of state by evening. Tomorrow partly cloudy; cooler Northwest and extreme North today and over East and South to now. Highs today 60 to 65 Northwest to lower 80's Southeast.
WEATHER
Orchestra Will Give Concert Today
The University Symphony or chestra will present its annual spring concert at 8 p.m. today in Hoch auditorium, Russell L. Wiley, professor of band, will conduct the 60-student orchestra.
John Ehrlich, graduate student,
and cellist will play Concerto in
D Major for cello and orchestra
(Haydn).
Vincent Bleecker, graduate student in violin, will conduct the third movement of "Scheherazade."
The ballet, "Swan Lake" (Tschaikowsky), will be presented in three movements and will conclude the concert.
News Group To Meet June 1
Sixteen men prominent in middle west journalism have been invited to attend a formal organizational meeting of the William Allen White foundation to be held Wednesday, June 1, in Wichita. The meeting will be in the office of Henry J. Allen, former governor and former publisher of the Wichita Beacon.
The foundation was set up to work in co-operation with the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information. The foundation discuss objectives for the foundation and means of achieving them.
Burton W. Marvin, dean of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information, is director of the foundation and will present proposals for foundation activities.
Men to whom invitations have been sent are Deane W. Malott; chancellor of the University; John P. Harris, editor of the Hutchinson News-Herald; C. M. Harger, editor of the Abilene Reflector-Chronicle; Martin Fruhmen, Dallas, Texas, businessman; Oscar Stauffer, publisher of the Topeka State Journal; Roy Bailey, former publisher of the Salina Journal; W. C. Simons, president of the Lawrence Journal-World; John Redmond, editor and publisher of the Burlington Daily Republician; R. A. Clymer, editor and manager of the EL Dorado Times; W. T. Beck, editor and publisher of the Holton Recorder; Fay N. Seaton, editor and general manager of the Manhattan Mercury-Chronicle; Roy Roberts, president of the Kansas City Star; Henry Haskell,
By Bibler
Little Man On Campus
"Boy, I wish I was just graduated."
Smith To Speak At William Jewell
George B. Smith, dean of the School of Education, will represent the University of Minnesota at the centennial commencement of William Jewell college, Liberty Mo., today and tomorrow,
Dean Smith will appear on a panel today to discuss "Liberal Arts in American Education."
He received his bachelor of arts degree from the University of Minnesota in 1929 and his master of arts degree from there in 1930.
editor of the Star; Arthur Capper publisher of the Topeka Daily Capital; Milton Tabor, managing editor of the Topeka Daily Capital; Lacy Haynes, chief of the Kansas City, Kan., bureau of the Kansas City Star; and Alvin McCoy, Kansas correspondent for the Kansas City Star.
Ferguson Heads Men's Glee Club
Dale W. Ferguson, journalism jun-
ior, was elected president of the
University Men's Glee club May 17
for 1949-50.
Other officers are: James R. Vining, College sophomore, vice-president; Edward E. Frizell, College sophomore,ry-treasurer; William E. Haggard, College junior, social chairman; and Priscilliano Quijas, education junior, and Norman E. Wenger, College freshman, librarians
Gerald M. Carney, assistant professor of music education, will replace J. F. Wilkins, professor of voice, as director of the Glee club.
Professor Wilkins has been granted a leave of absence for one year. He plans to travel in Europe.
Five Alumni To Get Service Awards
Five alumni of the University have been chosen to receive the K. U. Alumni association's award for distinguished service.
The awards will be made at the University's annual Commencement dinner Sunday, June 5, George E. Nettels, Pittsburg, president of the Alumni association, said today. Those present to receive their awards will participate in a short discussion on "the place of the university in the future" at the annual alumni meeting the same day.
Those chosen by a secret committee for the 1949 awards are:
Maurice L. Breidenthal, president of the Security National bank of Kansas City, Kansas; former secretary and president of the Kansas State Chamber of Commerce; one year president and longtime chairman of the Kansas Bankers association's commission on bank management; past vice-president of the K.U. Alumni association, of the K.U. World War I Memorial corporation; former member of the K.U. Athletic association and of the state board of regents.
books and man* treatises on surgery; past president of the Society of University Surgeons.
Algo D. Henderson, who received a law degree in 1921, formerly president of Antioch college, Yellow Springs, Ohio, and now chairman for the commission of the state of New York to develop a statewide system of colleges and professional schools; ex-officio in charge of ex-engineering school or state schools (citing work of 298 $00 and of the state museum, library, science services, professional boards and educational monuments for New York
Dr. Warren Henry Cole, 18, professor of surgery and head of the department of surgery at the University of Illinois college of medicine in Chicago; for the past year-senior scientist and attach to the United States mission to Britain for science and technology; author of three text
nila architecture, landscaping, city planning and construction; assigned to the post-war planning office for rebuilding the city of Manila.
Dr. Fred L. Soper, who was graduated in 1914, and received a master's degree from K.U. in 1916, director of the Pan American Sanitary bureau, which was created and is maintained by 21 American republics; member of the staff of the international health division. Rocke-feller foundation; director of hookworm campaigns in Brazil since 1941; active in yellow fever study and control, study of malaria, and developer of preventions for typhus fever.
Juan F. Nakpil, an engineer with the class of 1922, architect in Manila, Philippine Islands; responsible for building codes and architecture laws in the Philippines; organizer and first president of the Philippine Institute of Architects; consultant to the president of the Commonwealth; organizer of a school design; promoter and organizer of Ma-
Since the custom of awarding citations to outstanding alumni of the University of Kansas was begun in 1941, 81 persons have been honored for distinguished service.
Edmund F. Learned, a member of the class of 1922, who received a master's degree from KU. in 1925, will be present at the citation ceremonies to receive the award voted him in 1948. He is professor of business administration at the graduate school of business administration, Harvard university.
KU Psychologist Dies On West Coast
Dr. Beulah M. Morrison, professor of psychology and a member of the faculty since 1924, died May 21 in Riverdale, Calif., at the home of a brother, Ward Morrison. Cancer caused the death of Miss Morrison, who was 52 years old.
Failing health had forced Miss Morrison to give up teaching at the end of the fall semester.
"The University keenly feels the loss of Miss Morrison," Chancellor Deane W. Malott said today. "It will not be easy to replace the experience and understanding she acquired in a quarter century of teaching. Whether Miss Morrison was teaching an elementary course in psychology or advanced work for graduate students, as she had increasingly done of late, she kept the interests of her students paramount in her daily life."
Miss Morrison received A.B. M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in psychology from the University of California during the period 1919-23. After one year of high school teaching she joined the K.U. faculty as instructor in psychology. She became a full professor in 1934.
Miss Morrison was a member of Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Xi, honorary scientific research society; Phi Siema, honorary biology society; Phi Lambda Theta, honorary education fraternity for women; Delta Gamma social sorority: Mortar Board, honorary society for senior women; and many professional societies.
She is survived by her mother, Mrs. Carrie Morrison, and two brothers, Ward and Leslie, all of Riverdale, Calif. Funeral services will be in Fresno.
Topeka. May 23 —(U.P).—Rivers rose in Kansas Sunday as weeklong rains continued in scattered portions of the state but the danger of serious overflows had diminished today.
New scattered showers were forecast today in the southern portion of the state but they are not expected to increase the flood danger.
State Flood Threats Over
The Little Blue, the Republican,
the Solomon, Smoky Hill. Kaw and
Marais Des Cynes rivers are all close to bankful, S. D. Flora, Kansas weatherman, reported.
Slight overflows were recorded at Hanover and Beloit but there was little damage.
Skies over most of the state were clear today but unsettled weather conditions were predicted for tonight as cooler air moved in from the Northwest.
Northerly winds in the northwest part of the state will bring temperatures down to between 45 and 55 tonight, Flora said.
Today a temperature range of between 75 and 82 is expected. Tuesday will be only slightly cooler with readings between 70 and 75.
Leland Johnson Speaks To Architecture Faculty
Leland R. Johnson, instructor in architecture, explained "Working Drawings as Related to Architectural Design Curriculum," at the monthly meeting of the architecture department faculty May 19.
Twenty faculty members attended the meeting which was held in the English room of the Union.