University Daily Kansan
Thursday, Jan. 6, 1949
Lawrence, Kansas
STUDENT NEWS PAPER
Storms Inflict Heavy Damage Throughout US
A crowd of 350 travelers resumed their journeys today after rescue crews broke through to a tavern at Rockport, Colo., where they were marooned by the worst blizzard ever to hit the West.
The travelers were only a little of the thousands of people likely he
of the thousands of persons slowly being freed from the storm's clutches as snow plows and rescue teams fought through the mountainous snowdrifts.
Meanwhile, serious floods rose in the Ohio river valley and in the gulf states. Thousands were forced from their homes.
The most disastrous freeze in Southern California history began tapering off but temperatures were still low enough to damage crops.
An unseasonable "heat wave" hit New York with temperatures fore- cold.
The people marooned in the Rockport Tavern were mostly passengers from buses that bogged down in the snow. They were taken to Nunn, Colo., on a school bus and to Greeley, via train.
The weather bureau reported today that "the storm has now blown itself out." Warmer weather swept down from Canada but was not expected to melt the snow which was piled 30 feet deep in places.
Resident of the middle Ohio valley and the gulf states hoped that clearing skies today would slow the use of floods."
More than 3,000 persons were evacuated from their homes in Mississippi. Tennessee and Alabama. About 2,500 of the refugees were from Columbus. Miss., where the Luxapaila and Tombigbee rivers were out of their banks.
Almost nine inches of rain has fallen in the Columbus area since Saturday. One Columbus water pumping station was flooded but auxiliary pumps were set up behind sandbags.
In Southern California, fruit ranchers and vegetable growers fought for the third successive night to save crops which already were badly damaged by sub-freezing temperatures.
Residents at Ardmore, S.D., suffered a double blow because of the storm. Fire raged unchecked through all but one building of a business block yesterday. Fire departments from Igloo and Edgmont, S.D., which usually protect the town, were unable to get through snow-drifted roads.
Athletic Heads Meet With Alumni
A series of alumni meetings are being held on the West coast this week for the athletic officials of the University. The officials are attending national meetings of athletic organizations in San Francisco.
E. C. Quigley, athletic director, attended an alumni luncheon Dec. 31 in Los Angeles. T.S. Burnett,'28 is president of the Los Angeles organization. Mr. Quigley attended the Rose bowl game and another alumni meeting in San Diego where Edwin C. Jefferies.'34 is president.
Mr. Quigley, J. V. Sikes, head football coach, and Dean T. DeWitt Carr, Big Seven conference faculty representative, will attend a luncheon meeting Saturday of the San Francisco alumni at the Athens club in Oakland. Arthur D. Hemphill, '23 is president. John R. Baldwin, '41, secretary of the San Francisco alumni will be in the charge of the meeting.
'Bury The Dead Needs More Men
More men are needed for parts in the University Player's next production, "Bury the Dead," Herk Harvey, director, said today. The play has 21 male roles.
Tryouts will be at 7 p.m. today in the Little theater of Green hall.
The play will be presented Tuesday, Feb. 22.
KU Gets Gift Of Texas Land
Acceptance of a gift of land, a decision to purchase a small acreage, and support of a research program were approved by the executive committee of the University Endowment association Wednesday.
Prof. Preston Slosson of Ann Arbor, Mich., has given several tracts of Texas real estate as additional endowment of the Edwin Emery Slosson scholarship in science. Most of the land is in or near Houston, Irvin Youngberg, secretary of the association, said. Values of the properties have not yet been determined.
About a year ago Professor Slosson contributed $2,000 to the scholarship fund.
Dr. E. E. Slosson, father of the donor, was a chemist and writer who died in 1929. He was graduated from K.U. in 1890 and received a B.S. degree in 1892. He was director of the Science Service, and pioneered the reporting of science news for laymen.
The executive committee voted to purchase approximately nine acres of land west of Lindley hall. Its north border is along the West Crescent road. The southern boundary is the east-west jog of Michigan street. The land will be held for future development of the University.
The committee decided to give financial support to a case study program for the School of Business. The school is now using the case history method for teaching human relations in business. Further extension of the program at K.U. will require additional case materials.
Honor Society To Be Installed At KU Jan.15
Students to be installed are: La-Verla Harris, graduate; Ellen Patterson, College senior; Betty Pinkney and Rosalie Bishop, education seniors; and Billie Ann Carter, Russell Chamberlain, and Ardylece Wilson, College juniors.
Beta Phi chapter of Sigma Delta Pi, national honorary fraternity for students of Spanish, will be installed at the University Saturday, Jan. 15.
Those to be installed in the new chapter are: Dr. William Shoemaker, head of the Romance language department; Prof. May Gardner, professor emeritus of Spanish; Jose Osma, professor of Romance languages; Domingo Ricart, assistant professor; J. Chalmers Herman and Mary Lewis, instructors; Kenneth Johnson and W. David Somerville assistant instructors, and Mrs. Alice Koger, secretary of the Spanish department.
Sigma Delta Pi was established Nov. 14, 1919, on the Berkeley campus of the University of California. Purposes of the organization are to instil a wider knowledge of, and a greater respect for the Hispanic contributions to modern culture; to provide a nucleus for students activities and regional meetings; and to reward those who show special attainments and interests.
The requirements for the organization are a 2.5 grade average, and at least two courses in Spanish literature at the University.
Western Civ Test To Be Saturday
Registration for the Western Civilization comprehensive examination will end today with a total of nearly 300 students to take the quiz. Registration will end at 5 p.m. at the registrar's office.
Registration cards are required for admittance to the place of examination. The three-hour quiz will be given in Fraser theater at 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
Newsmen Vary In Opinion To President's Address
Kansas City Times: By necessity this means an immense volume of proposed legislation. It might be termed a program for the next two years or even the next four rather than-a program for a single session of congress. It demands thorough study and analysis which it
By UNITED PRESS
Newspapers throughout America responded to President Truman's "State of the Union" address yesterday, in which he called for a four-billion dollar tax increase. Below are some of the editorial comments, which were both pro and con, reflecting both doubt and assurance that President Truman's requests will be fulfilled by the 81st congress.
New York Times: It can be said at once that the president lost no time in setting about payment of his campaign pledges. But, two points excepted, we find ourselves in agreement with the purposes at which Mr. Truman is aiming in this part of his domestic program."
Topeka Daily Capital: The pattern set in President Truman's message to congress is a continuation of "the trend toward socialization started by his predecessor."
Dallas News: The president has made no distinction between the party platform and the Truman platform, as to which there is a distinctive difference. . . . Whatever Harry Trump said he would try to enact into legislation, the little man has now asked of congress. It remains to be seen whether those that ask receive.
doubtless will receive.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat: Mr. Truman would out-spend, out-tax, out-socialize any peace time schedule his predecessor attempted . . . the president's speech was largely in obeisance to wishes of the special groups he considers responsible for his election. Perhaps he felt this a moral obligation. There is also a moral obligation to govern for those who did not support the Truman banner.
Daily Oklahomaan: In his message to congress Mr. Truman asked for an additional 4 billion dollars in taxes and requested that the increase come principally from corporations. Which means that the principal part of the $4 billions incarce will come from the 4.9 percent of the national income that now goes to owners (dividend receivers) of the country. All of which is somewhat reminiscent of the old campaign slogan of the Socialist party, taxation is the weapon with which we intend to strangle the property holder.
Changing Schools Better Apply Now
Dean Leonard H. Axe of the School of Business urged students planning on transferring to the school from the College to make application now.
Students can save themselves and the University time and nerve strain by arranging to have their transfers ready when they come through the line during enrollment." Dr. Axe said. "If done now, the student can get the transfer completed without wasting time. If he waits until the enrollment period for the spring semester he will be held up several hours."
Band Will Play Concert Jan.10
The University concert band, directed by Russell L. Wiley, will present its annual winter concert at 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 10 in Hoch auditorium.
James Sellards, cornetist, will be the soloist for the program. He will play "Scherzo" by Goldman. Other soloists will be trombonists who will play "The Lost Chord" by Sullivan with band accompaniment. They are J. B. Webster, Mary Van Houen, Neil Humfeld, Gene Orcutt, James Sommerville, and Jerry Abercrombie.
The 140 piece band will present two overtures; the "Oberon" by Weber will open the program, and "Russian Easter Festival" by Rimskov Korsakov will close it.
Other numbers will include a suite of English melodies, "Lincolnshire Posey" by Grainger, and "Finale" from "Symphony No. 4 in F minor" by Tschaikowsky.
General admission is 50 cents. Student activity tickets will admit students.
Jews To Observe Dedication Feast
The Jewish Student Union, the Y.M.C.A., and the Y.W.C.A. will observe the Feast of Dedication at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Episcopal Parish house. This is the celebration of Maccabeus' recapture of Jerusalem 2.143 years ago.
In 194 B.C., Maccabeus, a leader of the Hebrews, and a group of warriors marched into Jerusalem and recaptured the city and the temple which had been ruled by pagan people who worshipped idols. The group of warriors removed the idols and restored the cleanliness of the temple.
Only one vial of holy oil for the candelabra could be found. Usually this was enough to last one day, but by some miracle the candelabra burned for eight days.
In commemoration of the miracle, Jewish people light one candle every night during the 8-day celebration which started Dec. 26. This is the symbol of the season to them as the Christmas tree is to the Gentiles.
Members of the Jewish Student Union will conduct a service tomorrow night for the celebration. The prayers will be given in Hebrew and translated into English. The service will be followed by a social hour.
In keeping with the season potato kugel, a similar food served to the warriors in 194 B.C., will be served as part of the refreshments.
Anyone wishing to attend the party must make reservations with any of the three organizations today.
WEATHER
Kansas—Fair today, tonight and tomorrow. Warmer East. Rather windy northeast today with high of 35-40 west and in 40's east. Low tonight 25 west to low 30's east.
KU Receives $60,300 For Polio Research
A $60,300 grant to the University of Kansas School of Medicine by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis for polio research during 1949 was announced today by Cancellor Deane W. Malott.
Dr. Herbert A. Wenner, assistant professor of pediatrics and bacteriology at the K.U. Medical center in Kansas City, was named director of the project by terms of the grant.
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis also has agreed to underwrite the project for 1950 and 1951. The amount of support will be determined by progress of this year's research.
The grant is one of four for a cooperative project that has as its goal the development of a vaccine against poliomyelitis. Other schools in the large project are the Universities of Pittsburgh, Utah, and Southern California.
Dr. Wenner said much of the K.U. research will be done with rhesus monkeys obtained in India. About a thousand animals will be used and the first shipment of 150 is expected to arrive about Feb. 1. Several rooms for the project are now being constructed in the Hixon laboratories on the ansar City campus.
There are two prototype viruses of poliomyelitis with which the K.J. research will be concerned, Dr Wenner said. One is the Brunnhlidtype, a human strain. The other, the Lansing type, is a strain developed in mice. The two types will be in-noculated into monkeys in increasing doses in an attempt to develop immunity in them. The resulting vaccine will be tested against the many types of viruses known to cause polio.
Another aspect of the research will be to determine the number of different immunogenic types of the immune system capable of inducing human disease.
Dr. Wenner joined the K.U.
faculty in June of 1946. A young
man, he has specialized in polio
research since 1942 when he was
an instructor at the Yale university
school of medicine.
The first issue of Trend, the Quill club magazine, will go on sale next week, Carolyn Campbell, Quill club president told members Wednesday.
He has just completed a two-year research project on polio. Last June he completed a project on "Encephalitis in Kansas" which the United States Public Health services supported with $4,000.
Trend Goes On Sale Next Week
The prize-winning stories of the Quill club October contest will appear in this issue, as well as many other stories by club members. The foreword is by Chancellor Deane W. Malott.
The magazine will go on sale in Fraser, Frank Strong, and the Union. The price will be 35 cents.
William A. Conboy, College senior, spoke on plagiarism. Parchment, the national Quill club magazine, was distributed to members.
The next meeting will be Wednesday, Feb. 2. Keith Wilson will speak on "The American Poet, Its Cause and Cure."
Janet Malott Has Operation
Janet Malott, Fine Arts junior, underwent an emergency appendectomy at Watkins Memorial hospital Tuesday. Miss Malott, the daughter of Chancellor and Mrs. Deane W. Malott, was taken to the hospital by her parents.