7. 1949
University Daily Kansan
Friday, March 18, 1949
Lawrence. Kansas
STUDENT NEWS PAPER
West Announces Guest Leaders For Conference
Eight guest leaders for the twoweek Kansas Writers conference June 8 to 21 at the University were announced today by Ray B. West, associate professor of English and conference director.
Miss Caroline Gordon will conduct sessions on the short story and the novel. Allen Tate will teach poetry periods. Miss Gordon, who has had six novels and a volume of short stories published, teaches writing courses at Columbia university. Mr. Tate has twice held Guggenheim fellowships and was the first to occupy the chair poetry at the Library of Congress. During the past year two volumes of his collected works have been issued.
Horschell Brickell, editor of the annual O. Henry Prize short stories, will conduct periods on the short story. As an editor he has published the work of three of the conference leaders, Miss Gordon, Professor West, and J. P. Powers. Mr. Powers established a reputation in the literary world with a single volume of short stories. "The Prince of Darkness."
Alan Swallow, who teaches creative writing at the University of Denver, will be another leader. He has operated his own publishing house for many years. He is also a poet and has had two volumes of verse published. Brewster Ghiseil, director of the Utah Writers' conference and creative writing teacher at the University of Utah, will analyze verse and short stories.
Malcolm Cowley, a poet, critic, and editor, will also conduct periods on poetry and speak from the editor's point of view. He formerly was literary editor of the New Republic and recently edited three volumes on Hemingway, Faulkner, and Hawthorne.
Professor West and Robert W. Stallman, assistant professor of English, will be conference leaders. A leader for the field of juvenile writing remains to be selected.
Besides conducting periods of instruction, leaders will analyze manuscripts submitted by conference members and hold personal consultations.
Topeka, March 18—(U.P.)A proposal to let the voters decide whether Kansas veterans should get a state bonus seemed headed for a legislative fight today.
Vet Bonus Is Considered
No bonus would exceed $425 under the plan. Credit of $10 a month for domestic service, and $15 a month overseas would be granted.
A nine-man committee of legislators and ex-servicemen recommended Thursday that a statewide bonus ballot be included in the 1950 general election. After a month's study, the committee reported there has been "enough demand to justify turning this matter over to decision of the people." It was estimated to cost about 80 million dollars.
Legislative opposition was voiced immediately after Sen. Irving M. Platt, (R., Junction City), submitted reports to the senate and house. A majority vote of both chambers would require the issue to go before the voters.
Marilyn Lind In Hospital
Marilyn Lind, fine arts freshman,
underdent an emergency appende-
dectomy Wednesday night. Her
condition is reported to be good.
Crafton Cancels 'Great Catherine'
Shaw's "Great Catherine" scheduled for Monday, March 28 will not be presented because of so many plays and other events in Fraser, Allen Crafton, professor of speech, said today.
Margaret Webster's Shakespearean company will appear April 5 for one performance of "Macbeth" On April 8 and 9, the state dramatic tournament will be held here. The dramatics department of the University of Kansas City will present Goethe's "Faust" in Fraser theater April 25. On April 29, the University players will present "Hamlet" in Fraser.
"The Strength of Ten," a new play, described by the authors, Jessica and Allen Crafton, as "a gentle comedy of Kansas repeal." will open May 10 for four nights. The play will be presented by the Kansas players, a faculty and student group.
Frances Feist, instructor of speech, who played in the New York production of "Harvey" the past summer, will play the leading role.
NU Chancellor To Speak Here
The convocation in Hoch auditorium will honor the upper 10 per cent of the senior class in each of K.U.'s 10 schools and the most outstanding students in the three lower classes. The honor societies will announce their new members during the program. A third feature will be the announcement of the "honor man."
Dr. R. G. Gustavson, chancellor of the University of Nebraska, will be the speaker at the 26th annual Honors convocation of the University April 19. Chancellor Deane W. Malotl announced today.
Last year the selection committee named Ray Evans, K.U.'s great football and basketball player from Kansas City, as honor man and broke all precedent by naming an "honor woman." She was Shirley Wellborn of Lyndon, now Mrs. Verlyn Norris. Whether the committee will make two selections this year will not be revealed until convocation.
Chancellor Gustavson, an eminent scientist who was connected with the atomic energy project at the University of Chicago, is gaining fame as a speaker far beyond the borders of Nebraska.
Dr. Paul Schafer To Be Chairman Of KU Surgery
Dr. Paul W. Schafer, now associate professor of surgery and oncology at the University School of Medicine, will become chairman of the department of surgery on July 1, Chancellor Deane W. Malott announced today.
Dr. Schafer will succeed Dr. Thomas G. Orr, Sr., who has headed the department since 1924 and been a member of the K.U. faculty since 1915. Dr. Orr, although giving up administrative duties, will continue his teaching and research.
A native of Caldwell, Ohio, Dr. Schafer attended Ohio State university and received an A.B. degree in 1936. While earning an M.D. degree during the next three years, he was also an instructor in anatomy at Ohio State. His internship was taken at the University of Chicago clinics and from 1940 to 1944 he held a residency in surgery there. During the two years preceding his move to K.U. Dr. Schafer was an instructor in surgery at the University of Chicago.
Dr. Schafer joined the KU, faculty in 1946 as assistant professor of surgery. A specialist in thoracic surgery, he also served as consultant for the Veterans' administration hospitals at Wadsworth, Kan, and Excelsior Springs, Mo. He was one of the first surgeons in this area to perform chest operations. In June he was promoted to associate professor.
The appointment of the 34-year-old Dr. Schafer continues the accent on youth in the expansion of the medical school. Dean Franklin D Murphy was 32 last year, the nation's youngest medical dean.
In research Dr. Schafer has been conducting a study of the autonomic nervous system in relation to shock, bone marrow activity and gastric secretion.
Dr. Schafer is the author of a textbook, "Pathology in General Surgery," which is now being published by the University of Chicago Press. The American Board of General Surgical certified him in 1947.
Topeka Trip Successful General Opinion Indicates
Dr. Schafer is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Eta Sigma and Alpha Omega Alpha, honor societies in liberal arts and medicine Nu SigmaNu is his professional medical fraternity.
WEATHER
Kansas—Fair and a little warmer today and tonight. Saturday fair and warmer except becoming partly cloudy West. High today 50-55 West, near 40 East. Low tonight 25-35.
The general opinion of all of the University's delegates to the senate's ways and means committee hearing on the proposed field house appropriation can well be summed up in the words of Fred Ellsworth, secretary of the Alumni association, who said, "They were all wonderful. The entire group from Mr. Quigley on down$\textcircled{8}$ were swell in pleading the Univer- | legislature deserved.
Football Coach J. V. Sikes said that he believed that the committee was impressed by the fact that so many students would benefit from a field house through the intramural program which could be greatly expanded if there were more facilities.
E. C. Quigley, director of athletics, would make no comment as to whether or not the group accomplished much by their visit.
legislature doesn't know where the money for the appropriation will come from."
Senior Photos Due By April 1
The delegation met the 11 members of the senate committee in the small ways and means committee room just off the senate chambers. The room was crowded throughout the 40 minutes of the meeting. Many members of the house of representatives came into the room to listen to the hearing.
group "mr." ,vulley off, down
swell in pleading the University's
case.
Seniors should have pictures taken for the Jayhawker before the deadline April 1, Dean M. Miller, business manager, said today.
Seniors wanting their picture in the annual should pay the fee of $3.25 at the Jayhawker office in the Union. They will be given a receipt which they may present at the Graham studio, 211 W. Eighth St. If seniors wish to furnish their own pictures they may do so. The photo must be 3x4" and have a glossy finish. The charge will be $2.25 in this case.
F. C. "Phog" Allen, commenting today on the meeting, said, "All in all I think that we were well received. The main thing is that the
Expect 120 For AFL Conference
More than 120 Kansas labor leaders are expected to attend the second annual institute of the American Federation of Labor to be held at the University tomorrow and Sunday.
The institute, jointly sponsored by the Kansas A. F. of L. and the University Extension, will be divided into seven phases. They are, new labor legislation, union administration, industrial trends in Kansas, the union and the community, job evaluation, merit rating, and guaranteed wages.
Dr. Frank T. Stockton, dean of University Extension, will serve as presiding officer. K.U. faculty members who will assist as instructors are Domenico Gagliardo, professor of economics, Marston McCluggage, associate professor of sociology, Paul MCollum, instructor of economics, Raymond F. Wallace, associate professor of economics, and Jack Chernick, assistant professor of economics.
The visiting labor leaders will be housed in various labor fran- tages and residential houses.
The discussions will be in Lindley hall.
Palm Room Open Tonight
Group singing will be featured at the Palm room tonight, Jeanne Peterson, chairman of the night club committee, said today. Dancing will be from 9 p.m. to midnight.
"The music will be furnished by a new nickeldee," Miss Peterson said. "We have rearranged the tables so that there is now more dancing space and couples will be able to get their refreshments more easily."
William Stephens, engineering freshman, will be the host for the dance. The Palm room will not be open tomorrow night because of an all-school dance. It will be open Friday, March 25 and Saturday, March 26.
KU Scientist Gets $15,300 For Study
Another award of $7,000 was granted to Dr. Paul W. Schafer, a member of the staff of the Kansas Medical center, for his subject, the influence of the autonomic nervous system on gastric secretion and motility.
Dr. William C. Young, professor of anatomy, has been awarded $15,300 to continue his study of factors associated with the reproductive failure in mammals.
The Federal Security agency granted the money which will become available during Friday, July 1, and Friday, June 30, 1950.
Dr. Schafer said he has been working on his project for two years. He is attempting to determine how the nerves of the stomach affect the flow of digestive secretions.
Three Veterans Of First Vespers Return Sunday
No one will be surprised if three University teachers suffer severe attacks of nostalgia about 4 p.m. Sunday.
The three, who will be taking part in the 100th All-Musical Vespers in Hoch auditorium, are the remaining veterans of the K.U. fine arts faculty who took part in the first vespers November 25, 1923. Heading the list is Dean Donald M. Swarthout, now in his 26th year as fine arts dean at K.U. and originator of the four-furves-a-year idea. The other two are Waldemar Geltch, professor of violin, and G. Criss Simpson, assistant professor of organ and theory.
Professors Geltch and Simpson will duplicate their performances given nearly 26 years ago in the small Fraser theater before an even smaller audience. Professor Simpson then played Frank's "Chorale in A Minor" for the organ prelude and will repeat the performance Sunday. Another number from the first program that will be repeated is the "Ardante" from Mendelssohn's "Trio in D Minor." Professor Geltch will again be the violinist but Dean Swarthout who played a cello in the first vespers will confine himself to directing the 105-voice a cappella choir.
Throughout the 26 years the vespers have stressed ensemble music, with soloists being used rarely and then only with an ensemble accompaniment. The vespers have steadily gained in popularity and the Christmas vespers are given twice to audiences totaling about 7,500. The first small ensembles—small because there weren't many music students—have become impressive groups of 100 or more such as the band, orchestra and a capella choir.
Dean Swarthout said only four vespers had been dropped during the 26-year-period. The large Christmas vespers became a casualty when an influenza epidemic caused school to be dismissed a week early for the holidays. In 1927 another performance was skipped because the large organ was being moved from Fraser hall to the newly completed Hoch auditorium. A third cancellation resulted when a national music teachers convention took too many of the faculty from the campus. Neither Dean Swarthout nor any of the old timers remember the cause of the fourth cancellation.
Acting on the assumption that there are plenty of good compositions, Dean Swarthout went 15 years without repeating a number on the Vespers program. There have been few repetitions since. Sunday's two anniversary duplications will be remembered by only a few persons.
The K.U. symphony orchestra and women's glee club will also present numbers Sunday.
Movie To Feature Three Dimensions
The dimension of depth will be the feature of a film, "Highway, U.S.A," to be shown at 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 22, in Lindley ball.
By use of two projectors and special glasses worn by the spectators, the movie will be like normal vision with depth as well as height and width. The film will show famous highways of the country.
It is sponsored by the campus American Society of Civil Engineers. There will be no admission charge.