University Daily Kansan
40th Year No.115
Thursday, March 31, 1949
Lawrence, Kansas
STUDENT NEWSAPER
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Educator Asks Improvements In Teachers
Teachers should continually strive to improve the standards of their profession, Miss Mae Pever, president of the Kansas State Teachers association, told nearly 100 educators and prospective teachers Wednesday.
She spoke at the joint installation banquet of Pi Lambda Theta, honorary education sorority, and Phi Delta Kappa, honorary education fraternity.
If the Kansas legislature passes a proposed 13-million dollar appropriation for education, the elementary school system in the state has prospects of improving. Miss Pever said. The bill has passed the house of representatives. Elementary education has always ranked low in Kansas. Miss Pever maintained.
"There are three things which I would like to ask that you do. First always work for better legislation second, keep raising your professional standards; and third, strengthen your local teachers association."
"The appropriation will provide for a more equalized system of education whereby children in smaller schools will enjoy privileges of education equal to those in larger schools," she said.
Miss Pever said that while the situation for teachers in Kansas has greatly improved, there is much yet to be done. There should be more state support of high schools, better beginning wages, and a more reasonable retirement fund for teachers.
Miss Pever asked the prospective teachers to "be proud of your profession. You are the disseminators of opinion to the leaders of tomorrow's civilization. It is up to us to protect the child from indifferent teaching."
Don V. Plantz, instructor in economics, will be an advisor to the Bitter Bird, not Orville Roberts, instructor in speech, as reported in the Daily Kansas Wednesday.
Mr. Roberts and William E. McEwen, assistant professor of chemistry, had been approved by the All Student Council Tuesday as new faculty representatives to the supervisory staff of the publication.
Plantz To Be 'Bird' Advisor
Submission of Mr. Roberts' name to the A.S.C. was a "mistake-a misunderstanding between him and the Bitter Bird staff," Tom Milligan, editor of the humor magazine, said today.
Mr. Roberts had learned of his new job by reading the Daily Kansas Wednesday.
Pat Thiessen, president of A.S.C., said "nothing probably will be done" about the change in advisors until the next meeting of the Council Tuesday, April 5.
The two advisors and Mary J. Breidenbach, business senior, have been added to the supervisory staff and the editorial board in accordance with provisions for repeal of a ban by the A.S.C.
WEATHER
Kansas: Fair West, clearing East today. Strong northwestherly winds 30 miles an hour this morning. Diminishing in afternoon. Colder extreme East and South-central today. Warmer extreme Northwest. Fair tonight. Warmer Northwest. Friday increasing cloudiness and warmer with scattered showers in the afternoon. High today upper 40's, middle 60's. Low tonight 25-30 Northwest, middle 30's rest of state.
Seniors Can Get Class Programs
Senior class announcements must be ordered from the business office by Wednesday, April 20. Harold Swartz, auditor, announced today.
The announcement will contain the program and date of commencement, the senior class committees and officers, and a complete list of graduates. The cost of the announcements is 60 cents if they are bound in white or blue leather and 40 cents if bound in cardboard. White folders containing the commencement date only are 15 cents.
Engraved name cards cost $2 in 100 card lots and printed cards are $1.50.
Orders will be taken at the student organizations window at the business office.
Science Has Limits, Ise Says
Scientific theories capable of winning wars cannot solve the problem of how to find peace, Dr. John Ise, professor of economics, told 140 students and faculty members Wednesday.
Dr. Ise said, "We must recognize the limits of the scientific method. We seem to believe that science will save us, but a too-narrow scientific spirit is destroying us by creating powers which we cannot understand."
He pointed out that science is only about 200 years old. Since its development, however, there is a tendency to approach every problem from the scientific viewpoint. He illustrated by saying that some have even gone so far as to attempt a scientific analysis of literature.
"We should be conscious that things exist which cannot be solved by drawing graphs," Dr. Ise said. "We are trying to put aside actual conditions and draw graphs to show what we would have if we had conditions which could be graphed.
"The world and the United States seem to be perishing from lack of liberal thought," he said. "Science cannot produce liberal thinkers because it trains men to expect preciseness. These men do not have the compromising spirit which is required to deal with our problems."
KU Museum Plan Unique Chilean Professor Says
The unique coordination of museum and University is the reason given by Dr. Guillermo Mann, professor of zoology at the National University of Chile, for his visiting the University, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Webster Troupe Will Bring Broadway Play To KU
Cappy is lost. He can't be found.
The police have been notified.
Every organized house at the University has been asked to keep an eye out for him. Advertise-ments have been put in the papers.
But Cappy is still lost.
Dr. Mann's visit to the Smithsonian institute and other museums in this country was arranged under the travel grant program of the department of state and the Smithsonian institute. This is his first visit to the United States.
When asked to compare the National University of Chile with K.U. Dr. Mann stated that the Chilean university had no campus, but was spread all over the city of Santiago. He said there was a plan to build a centralized institution such as K.U. but emphasized that it was only a plan as yet.
Who is Cappy? The Great Pyrenees dog of the ATO's. And the ATO's are worried. Cappy was well-treated and well-fed. He was held in high esteem around 1537 Tennessee. He may be spoiled. Or, maybe he just went away to see the world.
Dr. Mann, who has gone on zoological field trips to the antarctic and the Amazon lowlands for the University of Chile, has been in this country since January 17. He is working with educational officials to effect a plan for an exchange of students and professors between Chile and the United States.
Dr. Mann plans to visit St. Louis university, St. Louis, Mo., next and then go back to Washington. He will return to Chile about April 17.
Strayed Or Stolen
ATO Dog Is Gone
Miss Webster is the daughter of the late Dame May Whitty and Ben Webster of the British stage. She
The company travels in a bus especially built to carry the costumes and scenery for the production. The set is designed so that it can be unloaded and put up in less than an hour.
"Margaret Webster is, by general consent, one of the outstanding directors of plays in America," said Allen Crafton, professor of speech and drama. "The company is gaining national reputation and has received favorable comment in the Reader's Digest and New York Times."
He said, "I regret very much that I am allowed to spend only two days at your great university. I have learned a great deal here."
"I am greatly impressed by the marvelous co-ordination between your museum of natural history and your university." Dr. Mann said. Such a collaboration is unique to the University of Kansas, he added.
Students will have a chance to compare a professional portrayal of Shakespeare with a student production soon. Tuesday, April 5, a professional troupe of New York players directed by Miss Margaret Webster will appear in "Macbeth." Later in the month, the University Players will present "Hamlet."
Miss Webster believes this to be the first cross-country tour of college campuses by Broadway performers. The troupe includes 22 actors chosen after more than 300 auditions.
Still the ATO's are wondering and still Cappy. is lost.
Measles Serum At Sunflower
Measles serum will be given to children at Sunflower health center from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. tomorrow, hospital authorities announced today.
began her work as producer by staging Shakespeare's "Richard II" for Maurice Evans. She also produced "Otello" with Paul Robeson and "The Tempest" for Vera Zorina. Critics term these and her other Broadway productions as "brilliantly done."
Tickets for "Macbeth" are on sale today in the ticket office in the basement of Green hall. All seats are reserved at $2 each.
She is the author of "Shakespeare Without Tears", a book on the theory and practice of the production of Shakespearean plays.
Pass Tax Bill For Building Fund
The Kansas house of representatives passed a bill Tuesday which triples the statewide one-quarter mill property tax for the school building fund. The tax is designed to provide funds to institutions that are under the jurisdiction of the state board of regents.
The bill is based upon an amendment to the state constitution passed in 1918 which gave the legislature the power to levy a maximum tax of one mill on the assessed valuation of the state.
The schools which are under the jurisdiction of the board of regents and which would benefit by the measure are University of Kansas, Lawrence; Kansas State college, Manhattan; Kansas State Teachers college at Emporia; Fort Hays Teachers college at Hays; Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City; Kansas State Teachers college at Pittsburg; School for Blind, Kansas City, School for the Deaf, Olathe; and the Kansas Vocational sc Topeka.
In 1941 a bill was enacted under this amendment which provided a one-quarter mill levy. This levy has provided about $750,000 a year for the fund. The new bill which has passed both houses increases the levy to three-quarters mill will prouce about $2,850,000.
ADS To Hear Donald Davis
Donald Davis, national president of Alpha Delta Sigma, professional advertising fraternity, will speak to the University chapter at 8 p.m. today following a buffet-dinner at the Eldridge hotel.
Mr. Davis is a professor in advertising at Pennsylvania State college and faculty advisor of the Alpha Delta Sigma chapter there. He is a past president of the Advertising club of Springfield, Mass., and served as advertising manager of the Springfield Republican News and Union for 12 years.
Mr. Davis was elected Eastern president of Alpha Delta Sigma in 1940, and national president at the national convention at Chicago in 1947.
Richard "Dick" Bibler, University Daily Kansan cartoonist, will also be present at the dinner to draw caricatures.
Palm Room Free Tomorrow Night
Students will be admitted free to the Palm room tomorrow night so that members of Student Union activities can determine if the cover charge keeps students away.
"There will be a program at intermission time," Win S. Koerper, College freshman, said. "We are just doing away with the cover charge."
Koerper was chosen as chairman of the entertainment committee to replace Jeanne Peterson, College junior, who resigned last week.
KU Engineers To Hear Ziegler At Banquet
Fred Gartung, engineering senior, the toastmaster for the banquet, will introduce the speaker.
Dr. George E. Ziegler, director of the Midwest Research institute, Kansas City, Mo., will discuss "Progress in Engineering" at the engineering banquet at 6:30 p.m. today in the Kansas room of the Union.
The program after the banquet will include group singing led by Frank L. Brown, professor of applied mechanics. Warren Shaw, engineer-
DR. GEORGE E. ZIEGLER
senior, will accompany the singing.
Also included will be a taest to the faculty by Bill Gibbs, engineering senior, a taest to the students by J. O. Jones, professor of hydraulics, and recognition of outstanding students of the senior class by T. DeWitt Carr, dean of the School of Engineering and Architecture.
Dr. Ziegler has done research in electricity, electronics, and x-ray. He received his bachelor, master of science, and doctor of philosophy degrees from the University of Chicago. During the war he supervised the development of the magnetic sound recorder.
The players laboratory will present three one-act plays at 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 6, in the little theater in Green hall. The admission will be 25 cents.
One-Act Plays In Green April 6
"The Ping-Pong Players" by William Saroyan will be directed by Milton Commons, education senior. The cast includes Patricia L. Young, College senior, Mary Lou Lane, College sophomore, and Don Harling, College junior.
"Pshaw, Shaw," written and directed by Gene Courtney, College junior, will be given. Members of the cast are Mary K. Booth, Dan Palmquist, graduate students; Harry Warden, Bill Ogg, College seniors; Betty Whaley, Lorene Rumsey, education juniors; Suzon Lapat, fine arts freshman; and Milton Commons.
Althea Thurston's "The Exchange" will be directed by Miss Whaley. The cast includes Phyllie Mowery and James Townsend, College seniors; Wilson O'Connell, College sophomore; L. Ann Carinder, fine arts senior; and Milton Commens.