1943
University Dailu Kansan 46th Year No.128
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Lawrence, Kansas
Class Of '49 Will Give KU Two Gifts
The senior class voted today with a small number of dissenting votes, on the 1949 class gift.
At the senior meeting at 10 a.m. in Fraser auditorium, Aaron Wilson, chairman of the senior class gift committee, introduced the motion to donate two gifts for the University; we board and
1. A four-way score board and clock for the new field house.
2. Money for a "K.U. Hall of Fame" to be built in the lobby of the new field house, to house all the trophies won in all sports, and to pay tribute to outstanding coaches and sportsmen.
Wilson said that the committee received many suggestions from Chancellor Deane W. Malotl and faculty members, as well as students.
"The committee tried to choose a memento for the class, that at the same time would be a tribute to the University. Something the University wouldn't buy for itself, and also, something useful." Wilson commented.
Since the 1949 class will be the largest ever to be graduated from K.U., there will be only a $3.00 charge to cover the cost of the gift.
Conducted by the president,
vin Small, the class heard committee reports from various members with the session activities coming up in the future.
Small announced the time for the donkey baseball game to be 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 10. Professors as well as students will be in the game.
Following the donkey baseball game, there will be a barbeque at Potter lake. At that time the juniors and seniors will have a rope pull across the lake.
Then a dance on the sundeck of the Union is scheduled for 8 p.m. The uniform for all of these activities Tuesday is strictly western, Small said. "It's all informal," he added.
Tickets for the barbeque and dance will be sold separately so that no one will be charged for something he did not see. In that way the management can know how many to expect.
to expect.
The class luncheon will be held in Hoch auditorium, at 12:30, Monday, June 6. There will be a charge of 45 cents for students and 75 cents for guests. All the parents are invited to the luncheon and the reception to follow at 3:30 p.m.
Seniors will be expected to wear their caps and gowns to the luncheon. Tickets may be secured Tuesday, May 30 through Sunday, June 5. All seniors who wish to go should fill out the coupon in the Senior Reminders booklets and send to Mr. Ellsworth in the alumni office, Small announced.
Fifty cents will be charged for handling of the cap and gowns. Senior dues may be paid starting Monday, April 26 at 1 p.m. at the business office. Harold Swartz, accountant of the business office will be in charge.
For commencement, students will be allowed two tickets each for their parents. If the weather is good, the exercises will be held in the stadium; if not, they will be in Hoch auditorium.
be in charge.
Cap and gowns may be checked out Saturday, June 4 and Sunday. June 5.
WEATHER
Kansas—Partly cloudy today, tonight and tomorrow with showers and scattered thunderstorms today and East tonight. Cooler extreme West today and over most of state tonight. High today 65 to 70, low tonight in 40's.
Greeks Sweep Election
Woodruff Warns Against Thefts
Students living in organized houses are asked to be especially careful over the weekend and not leave any valuables lying around, L. C. Woodruff, dean of men, announced today.
Due to the relays and the Engineering Exposition many persons will be on the campus and extra precautions should be taken to prevent a recurrence of the robberies of the past, he added.
Chinese Reds Near Nanking
China's Nationalist government decided today to flee Nanking by air to escape encircling Communist armies that already have forged the Yangtze river 50 miles southwest of the capital.
U. P. Foreign Roundup
Up to $1 \frac{1}{2}$ million Red troops were poised along a 400-mile stretch of the north bank of the Yangtze river on both sides of Nanking and Shanghai under orders to seize all Nationalist China.
Caught in the middle of the Communist offensive, two more British warships in the Yangtze were battered by Communist shells and forced to abandon their efforts to rescue the damaged sloop Amethyst. The British Admiralty ordered two more warships, including the heavily-armed 10,000-ton cruiser Belfast, to the scene from Hong Kong.
British casualty estimates in the two-day battle between Communist short batteries and British warships rose to at least 42 dead and 83 wounded after the Reds engaged the 10,000-ton cruiser London and the 1,470-ton sloop Black Swan.
The Amethyst, which the London and Black Swan were trying to bring back to Shanghai, finally was reflated after being grounded on Rose Island some 65 miles east of Nanking for nearly 24 hours. The Amethyst moved three miles upriver under its own power, but its escape downriver to Shanghai was cut off by the Communist shore batteries.
Acting President Li Tsung-Jen's Nationalist government decided to flee Nanking by air to Canton after 30,000 Communist troops crossed the Yangtze river 50 miles southwest of the capital in the opening phase of what appeared to be a great pincers attack on the capital.
Berlin: Soviet zone Germans continued to drop hints that Russia might be willing to lift its blockade of Berlin. Heinrich Rau, economics chief of the Soviet zone, hinted in an interview with a Communist newspaper that Russia would lift the Berlin blockade if the Western powers would end their counterblockade of the Soviet zone of Germany.
The Communists virtually had cleared Nationalist defenders from the north bank of the Yangtze directly opposite Nanking. They captured Kiangpu, only seven miles northwest across the river from Nanking.
Havana: Cuba ordered its gunboat Siboney to the port of Caibaren to put down a reported armed mutiny aboard the strike-bound Canadian freighter Canadian Victor.
Dr. James E. Seaver, assistant professor of history, will speak to the Classical club at 8 p.m. today in the west end of the Union ballroom. Visitors are invited. His topic is "The Gladiators."
Other Foreign News:
Latin Club To Hear Seaver
By RUTH KELLER
"Friesen, Bennett, pass the free cigarettes, where are those 50 ballots, Caesar is gaining." It went on from 7 p.m. until midnight in a smoke-filled room in Frank Strong where 50 persons counted the votes from the Spring election. Cigar-puffing politicians struggled in and out, fighting for air and a glance at the vote totals.
Long-haired Sam McCammant, grand duke of Pachacamac, paced the room while rotund Ben Foster smilingly watched his party to a confident victory. But it was a morose Bennett that watched the Independents go down in the worst defeat they have suffered.
Someone passed out free cigarettes and the All Student Council provided cokes for parched throats. Sleepy-eyed counters marked votes for class officers and All Student Council members including one each for Caesar and Leroy the Pup.
It was well after 9 p.m. when the actual counting started and Rhoten Smith, assistant instructor in political science, and Francis Heller, assistant professor of political science, started figuring proportional representation. At one time there was a 100-vote discrepancy in the total count and the polling room was cleared while party leaders frowned and argued and speculated, and then Dale Judy, official tally checker, discovered an error in addition which cleared the momentary tension. From then on the counting went smoothly while hawk-eyed political leaders watched and questioned and conferred.
The hardest-working persons in the room were the two men figuring "PR". Rhoten Smith gave up early and shed his coat, but Mr. Heller remained a fashion plate to the bitter end, perspiring and muttering while his collar wilted.
Bennett conceded the All Student Council presidential race at 10:55 and told his fellow party members not to be disappointed by the apathy of the students toward the election.
The proposition, which no one seemed to understand, passed by a large majority carrying only one ballot marked "No Comment." One student in the sophomore class voted for a "write-in" candidate for all offices—the same person for each one. The only other write-in candidate was Mabel Condermann, business junior, who received two votes. One A.S.C. presidential ballot was marked with but one number—"3."
When the steady hum of confusion died down at about 10 minutes before midnight there was jubilation in the Pachacamac camp but little shouting as party workers slowly lifted bloodshot eyes and staggered home.
A recital of voice and piano will be presented by seven students at 3 p.m. today, in Frank Strong auditorium.
Seven Students To Give Recital
Piano: "Impromptu in A flat Major" (Schubert) by Doris Werts, fine arts freshman; "Ballade in G Minor" (Chopin) by Martha Heck, senior at Liberty Memorial High school.
The program will include:
Voice: "Home on the Range" (arranged by Guion) and "The Horn" (Flegier) by Wade Stinson, business junior; "Quando m'en vo solleta" from "La Boheme" (Puccini) Tilton, fine arts senior; "F More the Heat of the Sun" Ho-The Wind and the Ram (Shakespeare-Qulliter) by Robert MacKinnon, fine arts senior.
Vocal duet: "Le Soir" (Chausson) and "Che Soave Zefirettor" (Mozart) by Kathryn Walter and Bernardine Read, fine arts juniors, sopranos.
By LLOYD HOLBECK
In a display of power not seen since pre-war days, "Ernie" Friesen led a Pachacamac-N.O.W. coalition in virtually a clean sweep of the general elections Tuesday.
Taking advantage of what appeared to be voter apathy, the Greek parties waltzed away with 12 of the possible 16 All Student Council seats.
ERNEST C. FRIESEN
Bibler Heads Senior Class
Richard Bibler, fine arts, was elected president of the senior class; Clinton L. Bull, College, was elected president of the junior class; and Sally J. Garland, College, elected president of the sophomore class. Other officers are:
Representatives for A.S.C: next year are:
District I (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences); Melvin H. Clingan, J. Steve Mills, Douglas H. Paddock, Donna Munn, and Rita C. Weigand, Greek; Donald W. Giffen and Wilma L. Shore, independent.
District II (School of Engineering): Granville E. Canady, Arthur B. Francis, and Richard A. Menuet, Greek; Charles N. Penny, Independent.
District III (Schools of Business, Fine Arts, Education, Pharmacy, Graduate, and Journalism): Mary H. Baker, Edward P. Dunne, and Evans J. Frances, Greek; Barbara E. Glover, Independent.
District IV (Schools of Law and Medicine): Marvin J. Martin, Greek
District:
(Schools of Law and Medicine): Marvin J. Martin, Greek.
Class officers who won by a 2-1 majority are members of the Pachacamac-N.O.W. coalition. They are:
Senior class: Alice L. Lambert,
College, vice - president; Claude
Houchin, business, secretary; and
Bette J. Jones, College, treasurer.
Junior class: Margaret Dickinson,
College, vice - president; Arlene
Johnson, College, secretary; and
George L. Gear, engineering, treasurer.
Sophomore class: Graydon D. Luthey, College, vice-president; Jean L. Bush, fine arts, secretary; and David E. Sailer, College, treasurer.
Frances Heller, assistant professor of political science, and Rhoten A. Smith, assistant instructor in political science, served as faculty advisors during the counting of the ballots.
Omitted From Honors List
Richard D. Fletcher, Kermit Phelps, and William Rinner were omitted in the list of honorary societies Tuesday. They were elected to Phi Delta Kappa, national honorary society for men in education.
the presidency of the A.S.C., and a complete slate of class officers.
An undetermined number of ballots were "tossed out" because the identifying numbers in the upper right corner had not been removed. A proposal to count the ballots after the numbers had been clipped was opposed by the Independent leaders. The constitution provides for discard of all ballots which bear any word, mark, or other sign which might identify the voter.
The Independent party was able to garner the four remaining A.S.C. seats and the representative-at-large, giving them a total of five seats on the Council.
Friesen, a College junior, smilingly told his party workers and other persons in the counting room, "It is obvious at this point that the success or failure of the next Council will be directly attributable to Pachacama." He also paid tribute to Robert Bennett, Independent presidential candidate, by adding that the Council will be fortunate to have Bennett as representative-at-large." (The defeated candidate for A.S.C. president is automatically elected representative-at-large.)
At 10:55 p.m., Bennett conceded defeat after three hours of counting. His statement included: "I deem it a pleasure to concede to a very good friend and one whom I believe is more qualified for the position of All Student Council president."
He appealed to the Independent party members to "turn their support to the new president of the Council." However, Bennett did not admit the defeat of the Independent party at that time.
Approximately 500 scouts from Kansas and Kansas City, Mo. will attend the annual Senior Boy Scout Visitation day to be held at the University Saturday.
The A.S.C. constitution amendment establishing a disciplinary committee to act as a court of appeals was approved 1.987 to 380.
The end result of the counting never seemed to be in doubt although early counts showed a few rather strong Independent areas. However, the avalanche of Pachacamac votes seemed to stun even some of the Greek leaders. When they realize that they had won every seat possible under the proportional representation system, they stood around looking dazed but happy.
The vote counting was completed by 11:30 p.m., a probable speed record. Because election results were so definite, workers were not required to recheck the count. Due to a mixup in the exact location of ballot boxes during the election and of election lists at the start of the counting a difference of more than 150 votes was declared. Dale Judy, graduate student, and Richard Lance, College freshman, discovered a mistake in the figures proving an actual difference of two votes in the number cast and the number listed on poll books.
500 Boy Scouts To Tour University Saturday
The program includes a tour of the Engineering exposition, Dyche museum and the Snow hall entomology collection, and the Kansas Relays.
The Scout Visitation day is being co-sponsored by the University Extension; Alpha Phi Omega, national service fraternity; and the University Athletic association.
Scouts will register at 8:30 a.m. Saturday in the rotunda of Frank Strong hall and will eat in the Union cafeteria.
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