University Daily Kansan STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS 46th Year No.142 May 11,1949
Blockade Melts As Soviets Let Trains Move
Berlin, May 11—(U.P.)The Berlin blockade crumbled away today as the Russians permitted a carload of German railroad officials to cross into Western Germany, 15 hours before the deadline for ending the Soviets' supreme and futile maneuver in the cold war.
A one-car combination passenger coach and Diesel locomotive rumbled across the East-West frontier at Helmstedt, carrying 20 German officials into the British zone, as allied trains, trucks, automobiles and carts lined up for the midnight dash to Berlin.
The first train traveling from West to East, arrived a few minutes later at Helmstedt. Loaded with newsmen and photographers from nine nations, it was shunted to a siding to await a crossing at 2 a.m. tomorrow, two hours after the blockade is lifted formally.
Hundreds of bicycles—automobiles, trunks, bicycles, horsecarts, wheelbarrows—massed along the highways and surged toward the zonal border. Berlin itself prepared for a historic celebration to mark its liberation from the 11 months of Soviet traffic shackles.
The Russians blasted 60 traffic barriers along the Soviet sector border inside Berlin—iron and concrete monuments to the all-out effort short of war to oust the Western powers from the former capital
Soviet sector police said Russian and German guards at the checkpoints between the East and West sectors of Berlin would be removed at the zero hour.
The Soviets showed every sign of living up entirely to the letter and spirit of the agreement for the blockade removal. Their official organ here, the Taegliche Rundschau, went even further. It said editorially:
"It is now clear that peace can be secured in Europe."
Bermiliers did not wait for the barriers to lift to start their "victory" celebration. Schools and stores closed, the city was decked with flags and bars threw open their doors.
The Russians, apparently ready to live up to the spirit as well as the letter of their agreement, painted the dove of peace on the first locomotives scheduled to steam Westward and sent road crews to weed-grown tracks for a final safety check.
Other Foreign News Included:
Bonn: The new West German government selected ancient Bonn, a Rhineland university city of 100,-000 as its capital. The vote was 33 for Bonn to 29 for Frankfurt with two communists abstentions. In a second vote, the Bonn assembly barred former Nazis from the presidency and seats in parliament in the new state.
Shanghai: Reports on fighting in some sectors were suppressed but the government admitted a new communist drive to the Southwest. There was only the briefest mention of developments at Kunshan, 30 miles West of Shanghai, where three communist armies started an assault Tuesday.
Tokyo: Emperor Hirohito told the United Press that he admired the humanitarian aspects of Christianity and hoped his son, Crown Prince Akihito, could complete his education in America or Europe. The emperor showed extreme interest in the Westernization of Japan, the China war, and the welfare of his people. It appeared that the three were closely linked in his mind.
23 Will Give Recitals Tonight
Twenty-three advanced students in music will give a recital this evening at 7:30 in Frank Strong auditorium.
These recitals will not include fine arts seniors. The purpose is to present those students who are outstanding in instrumental and vocal study.
Numbers for piano, voice, cello, and various types of ensembles will be included on the program.
The second advanced recital will be Wednesday, May 25.
Fifty-six R.O.T.C. students will receive army commissions at the end of the current school year, it was announced today by Lt. Col. John Afrey, commanding officer of the University unit.
To Commission 56 In ROTC
Air force cadets to receive commissions: Julian F. Been, Raymond M. Bolsenga, Harold K. Bradley, Ralph R. Brock, Phil G. Clark, Edward C. Klewer, Robert S. Clark, Robert A. Coldsnow, Bobby D. Collins, Richard L. Dyer, Eugene P. Forrey, Milton C. Gallaway, Donald H. Gordon, Paul R. Goddard, Winfield W. Hannon, Harry R. Haury, Jr., Charles K. Hinshaw, Francis E. Jones, Keith Walter Kappelmann, Edward C. Klewer.
Homer B. Lowther, William J. Miller, Gordon E. Offenbacker, Robert A. Parrish, William F. Perkins, Gerald L. Peters, Richard C. Peters, Virgil C. Pickert, Jack B. Pringle, Richard B. Pryce, John W. Pumphrey, Lester J. Schulte, Edward T. Shine, Jr., Wendell Wshowalter, August F. Stratmeier, Jr., William L. Stringer, Kenneth B. Tyson, William J. Vestal, Merle J. Wuest, Howard E. Wyrick, Robert B. York.
Infantry cadets to receive commissions: Kenneth E. Carder, Russell N. Barrett, Donald J. McKeon Guy R. Parkhurst, Homer M. Pinkard, Tillman O. Peters, John H. Stauffer, Dannie E. Stipe, Edmond M. Struyker, Evan K. Wilson.
Artillery cadets to receive commissions: Addison D. Carr, James J. Ekstrom, Robert A. Franklin, Tom P. Gallagher, Jr., Harlan L. Gilbert, Grant H. Vonderschmidt;
Charles Hoffhaus, and Phillip Carlson, College juniors, were the speakers at the International Relations banquet held May 10.
Students Speak At Banquet
ASC Appoints Group To Study Campus Theater
The All Student Council appointed a committee to investigate the establishment of a student movie theater on the campus, and made arrangements for the selection of cheerleaders before adjourning for the spring semester Tuesday. The Council also approved appropriations for the Independent Students association and the Allen press for election ballots, and elected a treasurer.
Ernest Friesen, Council president, appointed Robert Bennett chairman of a committee to investigate the possibilities, of a student theater on the campus.
J. Steve Mills, College sophomore, was elected treasurer to replace Edward Dunne, pharmacy junior, who resigned because of other duties.
The Council approved an appropriation of $50 to the L.S.A. to finance a summer program of dances, a movie in a Lawrence theater, and other functions. Friesen asked that an itemized report of L.S.A. expenses be presented at the first fall meeting of the Council.
Richard A. Menuet, chairman of the traditions committee, announced that selections for next year's cheerleaders would be made 7 p.m. Tuesday. May 17. The selections will be made by the traditions committee, presidents of the Jay James and Ku Kus, and probably the basketball and football coaches. Twenty-one applicants are attending classes for cheerleaders now in session, he said.
An appropriation of $75 to send Friesen to a national student congress was approved. The congress will be held at the University of Illinois August 24 through Sept. 3. About 1,000 student representatives from colleges in the country are expected to attend.
The Council approved an appropriation of $190 to liquidate a deficit in the student directory fund. The council also passed a motion to have the student directory printed by the University press in the future.
Lt. Col. Kenneth E. Rosehush, associate professor of military science, is making the annual inspection of the air force unit at the Michigan college of Mining and Technology, Houghton, Mich.
Colonel Inspects Air Unit
With an eye towards future expansion and development a tract of land approximately 180 acres in size, has recently been acquired by the Endowment association for use by the University, Irvin Youngberg, secretary of the Endowment association, said today.
University Closes 180 Acre Purchase
The land is located southwest of the present campus. It is bounded
Smith Award To Be Given
The Byron Caldwell Smith award, presented to the author of a distinguished scholarly or literary book published during the past seven years, will be given this spring. J. H. Nelson, dean of the graduate school announced today.
The award is one of several bequests established by the late Miss Kate Stephens, alumna of K.U. The presentation will be a year's income of $30,000.
The graduate school and the Watson library will make the award this year. In a seven-year cycle the income is used twice by each of the schools of law, medicine, and the College.
The award committee will be Dean Nelson, F. J. Moreau, dean of the School of Law, Paul B. Lawson, dean of the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and C. M. Baker, director of libraries.
Mr. Smith taught Greek at the University during the 1873-74 school year. He died shortly after starting a promising career as a scholar.
During the past two years the School of Law has used the Stephens bequeat it for the Judge N. T. Stephens lectureship, Associate Justice Wiley B. Rutledge of the United States supreme court filled the lectureship two years ago. In 1948 the award was given to A. A. Berle, New York attorney and former state department official.
Miss Stephens, who taught the classics at KU, for several years before gaining literary fame in the East, specified that the Smith award be given to some resident of Kansas or of the Mississippi valley for a work of literature showing scholarly and creative ability.
WEATHER
Kansas: Fair and warmer except partly cloudy West. Today and tomorrow few scattered light showers extreme West. A little warmer tomorrow. Highs today near 75 East to near 80 West.
Feist Is A Hit In 'Strength Of Ten'
By NINA JEAN JONES
"The Strength of Ten," a comedy directed and written by Jessica and Allen Crafton, received many laughs and six curtain calls from an enthusiastic audience at the play's opening performance Tuesday in Fraser theater.
The gay comedy will be presented tonight, tomorrow, and Friday. Friet, instructor in
Mrs. Frances Feist, instructs speech, ably portrayed the role of Virginia Mounsey, a kind, civic-minded woman, in her efforts to reform the alcohol "addicts." Mrs. Feist's naiveness lightened the discussion of the alcohol disease with her roomers.
The moods and hallucinations of an "old soak" were convincingly played by Allen Crafton, professor of Speech and drama. Professor Crafton won personal applause from the audience as he staggered on the stage.
Bea Brady, education junior, was gay and amusing as Harriet, the happy-go-lucky maid. Tom Rea, College junior, in his role of Leslie Cobb, humorously acted the college boy faking to be an "addict" for the
The three-act play did not lag.
but moved along easily. The comedy is full of humor and wit.
The members of the Total Temperature league: Emery Zimmerman, Dan Palmquist, instructor in speech; Clyta Jane, Jeanne Hardy, graduate student; and Grace Owens, Darlene Van Bibber, graduate students, presented accurate portrayals of narrow-minded citizens.
sake of a room. Clifford Yeger, a bootlegger on the run, was cleverly portrayed by Herk Harvey, instructor in speech.
It takes place in a Kansas college town in the fall of 1949. The setting is in the "Tipler's retreat," the residence of Virginia Mounsey, in Delphi, Kan.
Patricia Lynch, College junior, played Maxine Owens, the daughter of Mrs. Owens and sweetheart of Leslie Cobb. Don Dixon, assistant professor of speech, and Loren Orr, College junior, acted the roles of two tough men from Oklahoma.
Because of repeal in Kansas, Miss Mounsey decides she must protect and help the weak by renting rooms to "addicts." The roomers include an "old soak" who has no intention of reforming, a college student who feels the housing shortage, and a Kansas bootlegger seeking a hide-out.
Miss Mounsey, innocent of what is actually happening in her home, tries to reform her roomers. In doing so, she opens the eyes of the people to a new attitude toward the "addict" and his "disease."
Activity book tickets may be exchanged for reserve seats at the ticket office in the basement of Green hall.
on the north by 15th street, on the west by Pioneer cemetery road, on the south by 19th street, and on the east by Michigan street.
The endowment association has been in the process of acquiring the land for the past two or three years, Mr. Youngberg said, but only now has it completed transactions which filled out the bloc and made it possible to announce the project.
There are still a few private residences located on the tract which the Endowment association has not acquired, Mr. Youngberg said. They are of relatively minor importance because of the small area that they take up. The total area that these lots subtract from the tract is approximately 10 acres.
With the location of the fieldhouse and the new science building yet to be determined the announcement that the land is now available has caused intensive speculation.
When contacted concerning the immediate plans for the tract, Alton Thomas, University landscape architect, said, "We are hoping to get topographic surveys made of the area from which proposed development plans will be drawn."
Parts of this area have already been put to use. In the late summer of 1948 a large fuel tank was constructed in the south-east corner of the tract. An underground pipeline was laid running diagonally from the tank to the power plant. All of the fuel used to head the buildings of the University comes from this tank.
Nurseries, covering approximately 15 acres, are located north of the fuel tank. All of the plantings of evergreens used in landscaping the campus come from this nursery
West of the nurseries is an area of bluegrass sod, from which comes the new sod needed on the campus. A storage barn is located near the western boundary of the area, and intramural fields are located north of the nurseries.
Robert L. Davis, College junior, has been nominated for president of the Y.M.C.A. to replace Harrison E. Madden, journalism senior, who resigned Tuesday.
YMCA Jobs To Be Filled
John L. Eberhardt, College junior, and Robert A. Hanson, engineer-ing freshman, have been nominated for the position of vice-president left vacant by Davis.
Other nominations orf the two positions may be made by a petition of 25 Y.M.C.A. members before the election next week said Davis, acting president. The election will be by postal card.
Two executive cabinet members appointed for next year are administrative vice-president, Jack H. Howard, College sophomore, and treasurer, Jerry T. Abercrawie, engineering freshman.
Committee chairmen appointed are: freshmen activities, Robert E. Carver, engineering freshman; race relations, Ernest H. Rieger, College sophomore; world community, Dale A. Spiegel, College junior; office, Norman E. Wenger, College freshman; finance, Sterling S. Waggener, College sophomore; publications, Harold A. Heath, College freshman; and public relations, Warren D. Andreas, College freshman.