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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY, APRIL 1. 1949
52 High Schools Enter Festival
About 2,600 students from 52 Kansas high schools will compete in the annual district music festival at the University today and tomorrow.
Performances by the music students will include 20 large instrumental groups, 60 vocal groups, 42 instrumental ensembles, 71 vocal ensembles, and 150 vocal solos. These groups will be presented in Hoch auditorium, Liberty Memorial High school auditorium, Fraser theater, Frank Strong auditorium, and Lindley hall.
Ratings will be given to individual students and groups on the basis of the type of music and the classification of the school. The K.U. music faculty will act as judges. Winners will not be chosen in any of the contests. Each person or group will receive a rating. Those who receive top ratings will be eligible to enter the state festival at Emporia, April 30.
Ruth Clayton and Charles L. O-
Connor, journalism seniors, winners of the "Week in St. Louis" award will leave for St. Louis, Sunday.
The festival is sponsored by the Kansas State High School Activities association. Neal M. Wherry, principal of the Liberty Memorial High school, is local manager.
Ad Students To St. Louis
The award is given annually by the Advertising club of St. Louis to one outstanding man and woman advertising student at the University. The selection is made by the faculty of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information on the basis of outstanding scholastic record and the quantity and quality of work done on the University Daily Kansan.
Elmer F. Beth, professor of journalism, will accompany the students during the first half of the week. Lee Cole, instructor in advertising, will take Professor Beth's place for the remainder of the week.
the venera. Awarded winners from the Universi-
da of Missouri, Illinois, and Iowa, plus those from St. Louis university and Washington university in St. Louis are to be present for the program.
The students will be the guests of St. Louis businessmen and will visit advertising companies, newspaper plants, radio and television stations during their visit.
Stetzler To Present Graduate Recital
Maxine Stetzler, pianist, will present her graduate recital at 4 p.m. Sunday in Frank Strong auditorium.
Miss Stetzel received her bachelor of music degree from Simpson college, Indianola, Iowa. At the University of Kansas she was a student of the late Carl A. Preyer, and is now studying under Jan Chiapso, professor of piano.
She is a member of the Kansas City alumni chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon, women's honorary music sorority, the Momente Musical Piano club, and the Kansas City Music club.
Her program will include numbers by Bach, Brahms, Chopin, Franck, and Ravel.
Men Receive Big Surprise While Passing Foster Hall
Men passing Foster hail this morning were pleasantly surprised to see the women lounging about the yard in nighttowns and pajamas.
The hall had a fire drill shortly after 7 a.m. Because April Fool jokers had kept alarm clocks buzzing through the night, most of the women were still in bed.
Professors To Hear Report
The American Association of University professors will hear committee recommendations for the improvement of teaching at their meeting Monday, April 4. Dinner will be served at 6 p.m. in the Kansas room of the Union.
Below is the University of Kansas operating budget which was approved by the house of representatives today at Topeka:
Operating Budget Passed By Legislature
Appropriations for for Totals
1949-50 1950-51-
Salaries and wages $2,898,000 $3,884,000 $6,782,000
Maintenance and repairs 718,000 700,000 1,418,000
Geological Survey 192,000 198,000 390,000
Firemen's short course 500 500 1,000
Laboratory apparatus 50,000 50,000 100,000
Fellowship for industrial research 25,000 25,000 50,000
Library books 15,000 15,000 30,000
$2,998,500 $4,872,500 $8,881,000
Totals
Consideration by the state legislature on the University's building requests is scheduled for this afternoon. The requests for new buildings that were approved by the senate ways and means committee earlier today follow:
Building or improvement
Library stacks, elevator and
electrical equipment $ 90,000 $ $ 90,000
Fine Arts building 400,000 422,000 822,000
Science building 1,000,000 972,000 1,972,000
Field House unit 700,000 750,000
Remodel Fowler shops 150,000 150,000
TOTALS $2,340,000 $1,394,000 $3,784,000
TOTALS
Mortar Board Conference Here
Nominations for each position were made at the past meeting.
Newman club officers will be elected at the monthly meeting Sunday following the 10 a.m. Mass.
An exchange of ideas and promotion of fellowship will be the purposes of the first area Mortar Board conference held here tomorrow. Betty van der Smissen, president said.
finances and any other needs. Eleanor Knoll, sectional director, will speak at the luncheon to be served at 12:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Castle tea room. This will be followed by the afternoon program which will include a discussion of service projects, organizational procedure, and relations with the National Mortar Board.
Approximately 25 representatives are expected to gather here representing the Universities of Missouri, Nebraska, Washington, St. Louis; Colorado, Denver Kansas, and South Dakota State college.
A tea at the home of Miss Margaret Habein, dean of women, and a tour of the campus will conclude the conference. ___
During their inspection of the vaults the group handled a $100,000 certificate and a one million dollar government bond.
Business Students Tour Federal Bank
The tour of the bank included the vaults and the gun turret where several types of arms are kept for the protection of the bank and its currency.
Seventeen men, members of Alpha Kappa Psi, professional business fraternity, made a tour of the Federal Reserve bank of Kansas City, Mo. Thursday.
A coffee hour to greet the representatives will be held tonight in the English room of the Union. The Saturday morning program will be led by Hilda James, College senior, and will include registration in the English room of the Union from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. and a discussion of finances and elections.
government They also observed the delicate balance of a 35 ton door which guards the vaults.
Newman Club Will Elect
D. C. Johns, vice-president of the Kansas City bank described the federal reserve system to them. He explained the organization of the bank, its function and methods of control of the monetary system. Commenting on the new re-discount rate announced by the Federal Reserve board he said that he believed it would have little effect on the economy of our nation at least at the present time.
Jorgensen To Talk In Iowa
Miss Elin Jorgensen, associate professor of music education, will speak to teachers of intermediate grades in Des Moines, Iowa, tomorrow. She will also give a talk and demonstration on fifth grade children to the Iowa State Teachers association.
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