University Dailu Kansan
Lawrence, Kansas
STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
London Police Guard Court After Red Riot
J1 P. Foreign News Roundup
U. P. Foreign News roundup Police reinforcements were called out to guard North London Police court today to prevent disorders at the arraignment of 23 Communist demonstrators arrested Sunday night for attacking police at a Fassi parade.
Spectators lined up three deep an hour before the demonstrators were scheduled to plead to charges of assault and obstruction.
The demonstrators were arrested after eight policemen were injured when police sought to prevent Communists from breaking up a parade of followers of British Fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley in London's east end Sunday night.
The Communists attacked with fists, broken bottles, steel ball bearings and chunks of concrete in the worst rioting in London since before the war. Mounted and foot police finally drove off the 2,000 Communist attackers.
Berlin—The value of the Soviet mark dived to a new low of 10 to 1 in the western sectors of Berlin only a few hours after the three western powers declared the western mark the only legal currency in their sectors of the city.
Other Foreign News:
Hifa* Authoritative sources reported that the Israel-Lebanon armistice agreement reached Sunday sets demarcation lines in northern Palestine and calls for an exchange of prisoners this week.
Paris—Gen, Charles De Gaulle's French people's rally emerged from French departmental elections as the nation's strongest single party, but the government coalition of four middle-of-the road parties combined won the largest bloc of votes. Government parties won 334 seats, the De Gaullists 171 and the Communists 16.
London—Buckingham palace bulletin said King George's condition has improved since his leg operation nine days ago. It said tests have confirmed the "substantial improvement in the blood flow to the right foot."
Expect150 At Meeting
One hundred and fifty students from Kansas colleges and universities will attend the ninth annual conference of the Kansas Methodist Student Movement in Lawrence this weekend. H. D. Bollinger, secretary of student work of the board of education of the Methodist church, Nashville, Tenn., will be the featured speaker.
"God's Plan for Discipleship: Use Me" is the theme for the conference and will be carried out in the meetings Friday night and Saturday.
The program includes a communion service, informal discussions groups, business meetings, and several talks by Mr. Bollinger. Seminar discussions on discipleship in various vocations will be led by educational and religious leaders of the state.
All meetings will be held at the First Methodist church and meals will be served by members of the University of Kansas Wesley foundation.
WEATHER
Kansas—Cloudy today with showes East and turning colder East and Central. Colder extreme West. air West, shows ending, followed clearing East early tonight
By Bibler
Little Man On Campus
"Say, prof, how many cuts are we allowed in this course?"
Communist Converts See Potemkin Wall, Nagy Says
Potential communist converts are shown only a "Potemkin wall"—the real theory and practice of communism is demonstrated in the misery and human suffering behind the iron curtain.
This is the view held by Ivan G. Nagy, former first secretary of the Hungarian legation to the U.S. He leaves today on a lecture tour throughout Kansas and whismun objects,
the university bureau of lectures
and conventions.
"The Nazis stressed military occupation; they were a nationalistic party and had no fifth column. Communism has infiltrated into every country. The danger is demonstrated by certain open statements by certain French, Italians, English and Americans that in the event of war, they would support the Russian army."
He likened the technique of showing only the best of communism to outsiders to that of Potemkin, prime minister of the Empress Catherine in the 19th century, who set up false village fronts along the Volga river when the empress floated past.
"The real principles of communism are demonstrated in their practice of ignoring human rights. However, these tactics are meeting a sort of passive resistance," Mr. Nagy said. "For instance, at night, large "E's" are painted on walls in the Russian occupied countries. This is the recognized symbol of a free European federation. Also, every day at noon everyone stops whatever he is doing for a few moments. This custom has no material significance, but it has great psychological value," he explained.
The communists realize that while they can send a political figure to a concentration camp, they can't send millions of people to Siberia just because they stop a minute to blow their nose or light a cigarette—even though it is always at noon, he continued.
Communism offers a much more dangerous potential threat to humanity than nazism, Mr. Nagy believes.
"Christianity is democratic, and the American democracy is founded on Christian ideals," he declared.
100th Vespers Given Sunday
The 100th All-Musical vespers was presented March 20.
In contrast with the small group which presented the first performance, Sunday's group consisted of more than 100 members of the A Cappella choir, 50 girls in the Women's Glee club, and the symphonic orchestra under the direction of Russell Wiley, associate professor of band.
Three performers who were in the first vespers in 1923 also were in the 100th. They were Dean D. M. Swarthout, who organized the vespers; Waldemar Geltch, professor of violin; and G. C. Simpson, assistant professor of organ and theory.
Music Trio To Give Concert Tonight
The Pasquier trio, an ensemble of violin, viola and cello, will present a recital at 8 p.m. today in Frank Strong auditorium.
Jean, violinist; Pierre, violist; and Etienne, cellist, are interpreters of chamber music. They are said to be the first ensemble devoted to the propagation of string trios.
The trio has appeared in Switzerland, Holland, Belgium, Austria, Italy, Spain, Oriental countries, and America. Recently the group appeared on the Library of Congress chamber music series in Washington, D.C.
All tickets to the performance have been sold.
Miss Thompson To Speak In Hoch
Miss Dorothy Thompson, author and columnist, will address a convocation at 8:20 p.m. Wednesday in Hoch auditorium. Her topic will be "Our World Today."
Miss Thompson is being presented by the Community Lecture course, and is the only speaker the year who will make a night lecture.
Student activity books admit.
Hob Nail Queen Is Betty Seay
Betty Seay, wife of James O. Seay, engineering senior, reigned as "Queen of the Hob Nail Hop." March 18. The hop is the School of Engineering's annual St. Patrick ball.
The peace which was established between the law and engineering students in 1947 was further strengthened as F. J. Moreau, dean of the School of Law, acted as one of the judges in the selection of the queen. The other judges were J. O Jones, professor of applied mechanics and Professor Wilson.
Due to the abduction of the queen by the law students in 1946, secrecy was maintained in the results of the selection until the ball, when Donald Wilson, associate professor of electrical engineering, crowned Mrs. Seay queen.
Chaperones for the dance were Dr. and Mrs. J. O. Maloney; Prof and Mrs. Donald G. Wilson; and Mr and Mrs. Dale Dummer.
Mrs. Seay's attendant were Mrs. Esther Berthet, wife of Charles A. Berthet, engineering senior, and Mrs. Jeanne Bowman, a graduate student and wife of James L. Bowman, engineering senior.
Mrs. Seay was the aeronautical engineering department's candidate.
Buehler To Speak On Leadership
Dr. E. C. Buehler, professor of speech, will discuss "Parliamentary Procedure" at the Student Leadership conference, at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the recreation room of the Union.
Students planning to attend the conference should register in the Y.M.C.A. office in the Union as soon as possible.
Law School Will Honor Former Dean
Tomorrow will be "Burdick Day" for the students and faculty of the Law school in honor of the late William L. Burdick, former dean of the school. Since 1939 law students have set aside this date. Dr. Burdick's birthday, as a tribute to one of the University's most prominent men.
Edward A. Metcalf, president of the senior law class, announced that the program will begin with a mixer for the three law classes at Green Hall from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. in the Kansas room of the Union. Approximately 250 persons are expected to attend.
Guests at the dinner will include Mrs. William Burdick, law students and their wives, and faculty members.State supreme court officials have also been invited.
He is the author of ten books that are used in the study of law.
Outstanding senior girls from 50 Kansas high schools took part in High School Leadership day sponsored by the Associated Women Students March 19. Members of the Mortar board and the A.W.S. senate acted as hostesses.
AWS Theme Is Leadership
Chancellor Deane W. Malot welcome the girls to the University, Betty van der Smissen, A.W.S. president presided over a panel discussion by four members of the Mortar board, Hilda James, Dorothy Scroggy, Jeanne Cooper, and Margaret Meeks. Activities, publications, honoraries, and qualifications for membership were explained to the visiting students.
Miss Martha Peterson, assistant dean of women, spoke on "College Life" at the luncheon and Harriet Harlow, fine arts senior, and Dorothy Wood, education junior, presented a satirical skit on life at the University.
Miss Margaret Habein, dean of women, discussed "Ideals of Leadership."
Paleaerita vernata is not frozen stiff; he is just hiding, asserts Herbert B. Hungerford, professor of entomology.
Canker Worms Rest During Winter, Then Eat Heartily On Spring Leaves
Dr. Hungerford says that paleaerita vernata, who is really our old acquaintance, the canker worm, is not going to be bothered a whit by the present siege of cold weather, he will just catch a few more winks because of it.
Many of the moths grew out of their pupae stage and started climbing tree trunks during our two or three days of psuedo spring. Though you cannot see them now, they are still in the trees, declared Dr. Hungerford.
The moths are now beginning to lay eggs from which the destructive canker worm will hatch when the trees leaf out. Canker worms like fruit tree and hackberry leaves, and thrive on elm leaves, but they do not like our maples and they turn up their noses at slippery elms. Why? No one knows, Dr. Hungerford said.
Only the male moths have wings; so the females can be kept from climbing into the leafy regions to lay their thousands of eggs by a sticky band around the trunk of the tree. Dr. Hungerford warned that bands must be kept in shape, for the winged males that stick on the bands form bridges over which the females
may pass.
may pass. Emulished trees with emulsified D.D.T. is generally effective against the worms, but the worms pulled a fast one last year Dr. Hungerford said. They hatched before the leaf buds were open and ate the buds before they had opened enough to hold spray.
A new plan will be tried this year. The tree trunks were sprayed with a residual D.D.T., good for six weeks, in December and again in February. If that doesn't stop them, the worms are to get an arsenate of lead bath, or perhaps more D.D.T. sprayed all over the trees.
Dr. Hungerford said that the canker worms appear to come and go in cycles. The worms have been known to destroy entire apple orchards in populous years.
Now only time can tell who will be the winner of the next round in the battle between man and the insect.