University Daily Kansan
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Lawrence. Kansas
Allen Honored By Helms Foundation
Dr. F. C. "Phog" Allen, veteran Kansas basketball coach, was named to the Helms Foundation College Basketball Hall of Fame today along with sixteen other nationally famous basketball coaches who were cited by the well-known athletic organization.
Announcement of initial selections to the Hall of Fame, which also included 12 players and three noteworthy contributors to the game was made at a luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles this soon.
Paul Endacott, captain of the 1923 K. U. mythical national champions, and the late Dr. James Naismith, inventor of the game and the Jay-hawkers' first cage coach, were honored in the latter two groups.
Mr. Allen, who has just completed his 39th year of coaching and 32nd at Kansas, was selected along with Lewis Andreas, Syracuse; Sam Barry, Southern California; Howard Camn, N.Y.U.; Dr. H. C. Carlson, Pittsburgh; Ozzie Cowles, Minnesota; Everette Dean, Stanford; C.S. "Tee" Edmundson, former Washington U. coach; Nat Holman, C.C.N.Y.; Hank Iba, Oklahoma Aggies; Lon Jourdet, Penn; the late Dr. George Keogan, Notre Dame; Ward Lambert, formerly of Purdue; Vadal Peterson, Utah; Nibs Price, California; Dr. Walter Meanwell, former Wisconsin head man; and Adolph Rupp, of Kentucky.
Dr. Allen's 1922 and 1923 lives were rated national champions by Helms when they swept to Missouri Valley conference championships by winning 33 of 36 games.
Accompanying Mr. Endacott, who was named "player of the Year" by the foundation in 1923, were George Glamack, formerly of North Carolina; Vic Hanson, Syracuse; Chuck Hyatt, Pittsburgh; Bob Kurland, Oklahoma Aggies; Hank Lussetti, Stanford; Ed McNichol, Penn; George Mikan, DePaul; Harlan Page, Chicago; John Schommer, Chicago; John Thompson, Montana State; John Wooden, Purdue.
Mr. Endacott now is vice-president of the Phillips Petroleum company at Bartlesville, Okla.
Ralph Morgan, founder of the collegiate basketball rules committee, later merged with the joint rules committee, and Oswald Tower, editor of the N.C.A.A. Basketball Guide for 35 years, were named with Mr. Naismith.
These selections bring to 79 the number of persons now elected to the Helms Hall. The organization named football and professional boxing selections last fall.
13 Nominated For YMCA Offices
Robert Davis, College junior, and Harrison Madden, journalism junior, are candidates for the presidency of the University Y.M.C.A. Wilbur Noble, chairman of the election committee, announced today.
Candidates for secretary are Harold Miller, College sophomore; and Kenneth Carroll, education freshman. Robert Chesky, John Eberhardt, and Dale Spiegel, College juniors, are candidates for A.S.C. representative. Candidates for Student Religious council representative are William Herwig, business junior; Athan Kaaz, engineering freshman; and Loren Simpson, College freshman. Candidates for regional representative are Robert Hanson, engineering freshman; Elton Noble, engineering sophomore; and Hardy Scheuerman, College junior.
Additional nominations may be made this week by petitions with signatures of two or more members of the Y.M.C.A., Ned D. Linegar, executive secretary.
KU Field House Hearing Tomorrow
A hearing before the State senate ways and means committee regarding a field house for the University of Kansas will be held at 10 am, tomorrow in Topeka. Arrangements for the hearing were made by Rep. Howard Immel, Iola, and Alfred Page, Topeka.
Athletic Director E. C. Quigley and other University coaches will attend the hearing. Several members of the Varsity basketball squad, Patrick Thiessen, A.S.C. president, and Ray Evans, member of the alumni board of directors have also been invited to the hearing.
Friesen Wins First Prize
Ernest Friesen, College junior, won the second Lorraine Buehler oratorial contest Tuesday night. Three hundred persons attended the contest held in Frank Strong auditorium.
Friesen was presented the Encyclopedia Americana as first place winner. He will be the University representative at the Missouri Valley Forensic league oratorical contest the last of March.
Richard Bugler, business senior,
placed second and was awarded $30.
Keith Wilson, first year law, took
third place and received $20.
The judges of the contest were F. J. Moreau, dean of the School of Law, R. M. Davis, professor of law, and D. S. Hults, Lawrence attorney,
The other contestants were Howard T. Payne, James Gurley and Orval Swander, College freshmen. William Conboy, College senior, was chairman.
Thor Johnson Will Conduct In Hoch Today
The Cincinnati Symphony orchestra will present a program of works by Vivaldi, Brahms, Alfven, and Strauss in a concert at 8:20 p.m. today in Hoch auditorium.
The speaker contrasted Dante, "who had his eye on heaven," with Machiavelli, whose ambition was po-
Dr. Bergin supplemented these analyses with specific examples and direct quotations from Dante's writings with particular attention to Dante's "Commedia."
season, will present two concerts, the evening performance and a special program for rural and Lawrence school children at 2:30 p.m. in Hoch auditorium.
Thor Johnson, conductor, has appeared at the University on two previous ocassions. He brought the Cincinnati Symphony orchestra here for a concert last spring and was a guest conductor at the Midwestern Music camp during the summer.
Numbers on the evening program will include: "Concerto Grosso in D Minor," by Vivaldi; "Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68." by Brahms; "Midsummer Vigil," by Hugo Alfven; "The Little Train of the Caipira," by Heiton; Villa-Lobés Suite from "Der Rosenkavallier," by Richard Strauss.
Yale Language Head Explains Dante's Writings
The symphony, now in its 54tn
THOR JOHNSON
By DORIS GREENBANK
The writings of Dante, medieval Italian poet, possess social purpose, reverence for tradition, and deep interest in words, Dr. Thomas G. Bergin, head of Yale University Italian and Spanish departments, explained Tuesday night.
"The De Monarchia is specifically a program for the political organization of mankind," he said. "De Vulgari Eloquentia is a practical discussion of the history and use of the language as spoken in Dante's time.
The language expert defined the exact nature of certain of Dante's works.
"The 'Convivio' is an attempt to bring philosophy within reach of the common man. La Divina Com-
merce, which was founded in teaching, exhorting, and warpage."
"The joy of language itself and thing," Dr. Bergin said. He spoke in Fraser theater in connection with the University humanities lecture series.
"The joy of language itself and what you can do with it is a stirring thing," Dr. Bergin said. He spoke®
Dr. F. J. Moreau, dean of the School of Law, will be the guest speaker at the meeting of Coffee and Forums, at 4 p.m. today in the Pine room of the Union. His subject will be, "Open your doors to Opportunity."
Dr. Moreau Speaks Today At Forums
"Dean Moreau is making this second appearance before the group so that more students will be able to hear his lecture." Richard Houseworth, vice-president of the organization, said. All students are invited to attend, and refreshments will be served.
literal power. Both were influential. Florentine writers.
The Yale professor explained the similarity of French and Spanish literature to the Italian trends which Dante's works represent.
ASC Suspends Bird For Pledge Breach
The All Student Council temporarily clipped the wings of the Bitter Bird Tuesday. The suspension of publication, however, is a provisional one and will last only until the following requirements are met:
1. Two additional faculty representatives be added to the supervisory
Pearl Buck Joins Writing Judges
Pearl Buck, distinguished author,
Nobel and Pulitzer prize winner,
has accepted an invitation to be
judge in the 1949 William Allen
White creative writing contest, it was announced today by Burton W. Marvin, dean of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information.
Miss Buck taught in Nanking, China, from 1921 to 1931 and is probably most noted for her novel "The Good Earth," which had China as its setting and won the author a Pulitzer prize in 1932. She received the Nobel prize in literature in 1938.
Dean Marvin also announced that the deadline for entries in the $2,500 contest will be Friday, July 1.
Competition for the William Allen White Award in creative writing is an annual event sponsored by the School of Journalism in cooperation with G. P. Putman's Sons, publishers, in New York City.
Any student, graduate or undergraduate, enrolled for residence work at the University is eligible to compete. Junior members of the faculty (assistants, assistant instructors and instructors) who are also graduate students are eligible. To be eligible to enter the 1949 contest the student must either be enrolled at the deadline time, Friday, July 1, or have been enrolled in residence at the University in the spring semester, Dean Marvin said.
To qualify for consideration, a manuscript must be either a novel, a volume of short stories, a full-length play or volume of short plays, a book of essays, a biography, a collection of poems, or a cultural or interpretative study of contemporary society.
If an entry is adjudged worthy of the full $2,500 award the writer will receive $2,500, of which $1,000 is an outright gift and $1,500 is an advance against royalties on the work when it is published. If no manuscript is selected for the award, G. P. Putnam's Sons will give three prizes of $150, $100 and $50 for the three best manuscripts Putnam's has the first right to negotiate for the publication of any manuscript submitted.
Winners of prizes in the 1948 competition were announced the past week. They were Rhoten Smith, instructor in political science, $150; Miss Barbara Duree, assistant instructor in English, $100; and R. W. Taylor, graduate student, $50. The $2,500 award was not made.
Serving with Pearl Buck on the committee of judges this year will be Dean Marvin and Kenneth L. Rawson, vice-president of G. P. Putnam's Sons.
John Ott Elected Phi Sigma Head
John L. Ott, graduate student, was elected president of Phi Sigma, honorary biology fraternity Monday.
Other officers elected were also graduate students. They are Lewis E. Goyette, vice-president; Dorothy L. Taft, recording secretary; Keith L. Jensen, corresponding secretary; Roy R. Peterson, treasurer; and Paul J. Christian, editor.
staff.
2. One competent feminine member be added to the editorial board.
If these stipulations are met the publication of the magazine will be approved at some future meeting of the A.S.C.
The publications committee of the Council met Tuesday before the regular meeting of the group. A report was made to the body on a poll taken in 10 organized houses, five men and five women.
Two said the recent issue of the magazine "reflected unfavorably upon the students and the University" one house was split, one refused comment, and six said it did not "reflect unfavorably upon anyone."
At the conclusion of the meeting the committee drew up the proposal for provisional suspension of publication.
The decision of the Council does not apply to the moral content of the magazine, Robert Bennett, treasurer of A.S.C. and chairman of the finance committee, said. Our decision deals with the promise the staff members of the Bitter Bird gave which said "the magazine would be clean and of high type."
The International Relations club has begun preparations for the fourth annual student United Nations model conference, which will be held Saturday, April 30 in Fraser theater.
This promise refers to a statement by the Bitter Bird to the A.S.C. when official recognition was requested. The magazine staff told the Council the publication would be the type of magazine students could take home to their parents.
In the opinion of the A.S.C. that promise has been violated, and suspension of publication will continue until the Council is assured repetition of the past controversial content of the Bird will not occur again.
Begin Preparations For UN Conference
Four areas were recommended by the smoking committee as suitable for smoking. They are the Union, front entrance of Lindley hall, basement of Frank Strong hall, and the lobby of Snow hall. Wilma Shore, chairman of the committee, asked for suggestions for methods of enforcing regulations. Chancellor Deane W. Malott said public sentiment must be used because the faculty does not wish to enforce non-smoking regulations and the students would not be able to do so. The solution is to set aside rooms for smoking (Continued to Page 2, Column 3)
Discussion centered around selection of delegates to the conference and consideration of suitable topics for the agenda. As in the past delegates will be chosen from the student body by members of the International Relations club.
Plans were also made to invite high school students and civic classes from Lawrence and nearby communities to attend the conference.
WEATHER
Kansas—Partly cloudy to cloudy with light snow extreme northwest today, spreading over state tonight. Ending Thursday fornoon. Warmer East and South and becoming colder extreme Northwest today. Colder Northwest tonight and over state Thursday. High today 45-55. Low tonight 22 Northwest, 32 Southeast.