University Daily Kansan
Friday, April 8, 1949 Lawrence, Kansas
STUDENT NEWSAPER
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Speech Festival Starts Today In Fraser Hall
More than 250 students from 46 Kansas schools are expected at the University today and tomorrow to take part in the first state-wide speech and drama festival ever held in Kansas.
The festival is in addition to the four district contest held throughout the state. This year, district contest winners are competing here for state honors.
Seventeen 20-minute one act plays will be presented in Fraser theater today, and in Fraser theater and Haskell auditorium tomorrow morning.
Events and participants are extempore speechs, 9 a.m. tomorrow,
210 Fraser hall, 10 contestants; original orations, 9 a.m. tomorrow, 207 Fraser hall, 11 contestants; standard orations, 9 a.m. tomorrow, 210 Fraser hall, 12 contestants; dramatic readings, 2 p.m. today, room B.
Myers hall, and 9 a.m. tomorrow, 213 Fraser hall, a total of 25 contestants.
Humorous readings will be given from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to noon tomorrow.
Visiting students are being housed at organized and independent houses on the campus.
Judges for the contests will be faculty members of the speech and drama department. They are Allen Crafton, E. C. Buehler, professors of speech; Miss Margaret Anderson, associate professor of speech; Kim Giffen and Don Dixon, assistant professors of speech; and Miss Frances Feist, instructor in speech.
The festival i co-sponsored by the University extension, the Kansas State High School Activities association, and the speech and drama department.
Sour Owl Sponsors Cartoon Contest
A new cartoon contest for the May issue of the Sour Owl, campus humor magazine, is now open for entries. Bill von Mource, editor, said today.
There will be a $10 award for the best cartoon submitted and a $5 second prize. Any subject may be chosen for the cartoon.
Entries should be addressed to the Sour Owl, room 5. Journalism building. Deadline for the cartoon is Saturday, April 30. The prize winning cartoons will be published in the May edition of the magazine.
Easter Vacation Begins Tomorrow
Students will be dismissed toorrow noon for the longest spring vacation in the records of the University. Classes will resume at 8 a.m. Monday, April 18.
The University Daily Kansan wishes everyone an enjoyable and safe vacation. Drive carefully.
Ask Moderation In Peace Talks
Li Tsung-Jen, acting president of nationalist China, in a deserate, dramatic plea for peace, offered today to surrender himself to the Chinese Communists for punishment as a "war criminal."
United Press World News
He appealed by cable to communist leader Mao Tze-Tung to withdraw the Red ultimatum for unconditional surrender of the nationalist government by Tuesday, April 12. He asked Mao to show moderation and reasonableness to save the nationalist-communist peace talks at Peining.
Li sought to purge other Nationalists of the communist charge of "war crimes" by assuming responsibility himself. His desire for peace, he said, "is as clear as white water."
Some change of heart in the communist high command appeared necessary to save the peace talks. The latest communist demands for outright surrender were totally unacceptable to nationalist leaders.
With peace hopes faded by the aour, some communist troops were already on the offensive. Red units marched into Yicheng, a Yangtze river port only 25 miles east of Nanking.
AWS Group Meet In NM
Betty van der Smissen, first year law and president of the Associated Women Students, Margaret Granger, and Wilma Shore, College sophomores, will represent the Kansas A.W.S. at the national convention in albuquerque, N. M., Wednesday, April 13 through Saturday April 17.
Kiss-O-Meter To Be Featured At Engineering Exposition
The two-fold purpose of the convention is legislation and an exchange of methods and ideas on orientation, service, counseling, and organization. The national constitution will be completely revised at the convention and the regions will be redistributed.
The national officers of A.W.S. are the local president, secretary, and treasurer of the host school. The Kansas delegation will ask for the convention to be held here in 1951.
Kiss-o-meters to measure the intensity of a kiss, a three million volt atom smasher, and German jet aircraft are only a few of the exhibits to be displayed during the annual School of Engineering and Architecture Exposition Friday, April 22 and Saturday, April 23.
The shop practice department will operate a complete assembly line in the new Fowler shop building showing the production of a small hand tool from the blue print stage through to the finished product. Also included in the department's program will be a conducted tour through the new building.
A large welcome sign will cover the door of Marvin hall, starting point for the tour.
An Army air force helicopter, sponsored by the University R.O.T.C. will be on display during the exposition. The N.R.O.T.C. will show a radar set in operation.
The Kiss-o-meter and an electric eye to count the visitors attending the exposition will be sponsored by the electrical engineering department.
No admission will be charged and everyone is invited.
Kansans Have More Radios Than Tubs, Survey Shows
Kansans have more radios than any other household article including telephones, toothbrushes, and bathtubs, Kim Giffin, assistant professor of speech, reported in the Kansas radio-audience survey.
speech, reported in the Kansas Dr. Forrest L. Wahn, Wichita university, has been conducting the survey for 12 consecutive years. Mr. Giffin is collaborating with him this year.
"The object of the study is to learn more about Kansas listeners, their likes and dislikes, habits, and attitudes toward various types of radio programs." Mr. Giffin said.
The state is divided into 24 sections in which University students will get interviews during Easter vacation. Thirty-four men will call at about 7,000 homes for interviews. "We obtain three times as many interviews in a state as Gallop does in the whole nation," Mr. Giffin pointed out.
Studies have been made in Oklahoma, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Nebraska, Minnesota, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. "Long range continuing studies are made annually in Kansas and Iowa, the two states in which the work originally began.
Copies of each study are sent on request each year to libraries, schools, government agencies, and radio stations. The studies, supported by radio-station donations, are purely educational and non-commercial he said.
Kansans spend more time listening to the radio than at any thing else except sleeping. The average womans listens to the radio more than four hours a day, while men average three hours a day. Half of the women listen to soap operas regularly.
"Approximately 97 per cent of the Kansas families have their own radios. One-half of that number have more than one. The 1948 survey showed that 40 per cent of the families had purchased a new radio since the end of the war," Mr. Giffin said.
WAA Selects Delegates
W. A.A. will hold election of officers for next year Thursday, April 21. The nominations board has submitted the following nominations: Miss Baker and Mildred A. Hill, education sophomore, for president; Patricia Lander, College sophomore, and Miss Perper, secretary.
Peggy Baker, engineering junior, and Beverly Pepper, education sophomore will represent the Women's Athletic association at the National Athletic Federation of College Women convention at Madison, Wisc. Wednesday, April 27 through Friday. April 29.
Nancy Moore, College sophomore,
Dorothy Wood, education junior,
treasurer; Nancy Smart, fine arts
sophomore, and Marilyn Smith, education sophomore, point system manager; and Betty Armstrong and Lorraine Ross, College sophomores,
business manager.
Those nominated for sports chairs are Suzanne Neff, education freshman, and Patricia Watson, College sophomore, volleyball; Geneva Fleishman, education sophomore, and Naucee Bell, College sophomore, basketball; Frances Pence, education sophomore , and Donnie Jones, education junior, hockey.
Doris Tihen, College junior, and Elsie Randell, education sophomore, swimming; Kathleen McKelve and Virginia Loveless, College juniors, softball; Ritail Carl, education freshman, and Lois Lacy, education sophomore, minor sports.
WEATHER
Kansas: Fair today. Increasing cloudiness tomorrow. Continued warm.
2 Men Escape County Jail
Police were searching today in Kansas City, Mo., and Topeka for Jonie Barrett, 48, and Harry Toniini, 34, who escaped from the Douglas county jail about 10:15 Tuesday night.
Officers in the four-state area of Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska have been alerted but search centered around Topeka where Barrett's wife is known to live. However, a taxi, stolen in Lawrence by the pair, was seen in Kansas City, Mo., early this morning.
Sheriff Will Johns, Jr., said the two men overpowered Nolan Johnson, 49, the jailer, as they were being taken into the dormitory cell for the night. Barrett and Toniini bound Mr. Johnson and walked out.
A Lawrence, cab driver, Alfred Leeman, 833 Connecticut street, walked into the Topeka police station early today and reported the fugitives forced him to drive them to the state capital. He said they shoved him from his cab and drove off after beating and robbing him. They had cruised around the city for some time, he added.
Kansas City, Mo. police said the stolen car driven by the pair had been reported seen in town. The police said one of the escaped prisoners lived in Kansas City, Mo
Sherif Johns said Tonini had been confined in the jail since March 26, when he was brought here on a detainer from the Federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, on a forgery charge. Barrett was arrested at Olathe, March 13, on charges of burglary and grand larceny.
Jobs Require Four Traits
Character, loyalty, perseverance and the ability to get along with people are invaluable traits an executive seeks in a college graduate. Oscar Stauffer, president of Stauffer publications, said Thursday at the Union.
Mr. Stauffer's talk was the last of a series sponsored by the All-Student Council on job prospects.
"I would rather have an average person on my staff than a brilliant genius who couldn't get along with people," Mr. Stauffer explained.
"We are constantly on the look-out for the type of person who will leave the world a little better for having lived," he said.
He advised the student to become a part of his surroundings and continually strive to better his relations with people around him and everyone should be meticulous in his money affairs, he maintained.
"Somehow, loose dealing in money seems to affect a person's character. If you owe somebody money, be sure he is repaid, no matter how small the amount may seem."
Mr. Stauffer admitted that he had often been wrong in snap character judgment. He quoted Mark Twain's statement, "You can't tell by the looks of a frog just how far he can jump."
Stryker Chosen Candidate For Relays Queen
Diane Stryker, College senior, today was selected the University candidate for queen of the 24th Annual Kansas Relays April 22 and 23.
Three other University women, one from each class, were chosen to
She will compete against candidates from other schools represented in the meet.
MISS DIANE STRYKER
act as hostesses in the queen's court. They were Joan Bushey, College junior; Margaret Granger, College sophomore, and Alice Ann Sellers, education freshman.
Each organized house entered four women, one from each class. They were judged "on beauty of face and figure, intelligence based on class performance and conversation, personality as personified by the individual, and participation in general school activities."
The most outstanding woman, in the opinion of the judges, was selected from each class, and the queen candidates selected from these four.
The judges were Duke D'Ambra, Lawrence photographed; Mrs. Kath- arine Stevens, society editor of the Journal-World; and Tom Glasgow, president of the Douglas County Bankers' association.
Jewish Feast Next Week
Passover, the week-long Jewish holiday commemorating the exodus of the Jews from ancient Egypt, will be celebrated this year beginning Wednesday, April 13.
During the first two nights a special dinner called the Sedar is held, and the Book of Exodus containing the story of the children of Israel's departure from Egypt is read. Any Jewish student who will not be at home for the Passover and would like to attend a Sedar in Kansas City, Mo., can by calling William Isaacs, Jewish Student union president. at 2409J.
Symbols of the hardships suffered by the Jews are expressed in Sedar food. Bitter herbs portraying their misery and deprivations, onion and salt water representing tears, and four cups of wine illustrating the blood shed by the Jews will be served. An untouched cup of wine is placed in the middle of the table for Elijah, the prophet. The door is kept partially open, so that he may enter the room.