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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN. LAWRENCE. KANSAS
MONDAY. JANUARY 3. 1949
KU Plays Host To 1500 Christian Youth Delegates
About 1,500 persons attended two church-group conferences here during the Christmas holidays.
The United Student Christian conference, Dec. 27 to Jan. 1, drew more than 1,200 students. One hundred and fifteen ministers attended the annual ministers' conference which began Dec. 28.
Represented in the larger group were 15 denominations and nearly 200 foreign students acting as fraternal delegations from the World Student Christian federation.
Small "working groups" of from 20 to 50 students took up most of the delegates' time. Less than two hours of each day's program was spent in general session.
Prof. Arnold Nash, of the University of North Carolina, told the ministers' group that the world had entered into a new historical period. The era left behind, now known as "modern history," will soon be given another name because of the great changes, he said.
He believes that free enterprise is now conceived will disappear and scientific knowledge will be put under lock and key. "Heretofore science and learning have been disseminated among more and more people," Dr. Nash added, "because those things increased the general welfare. Now scientific secrets are being hidden because science may not always be used for the public good."
Dr. John A. Mackay, president of Princeton's Theological seminary told the students that personal faith is the foundation upon which a Christian should build his life.
"If one might interpret the most authentic and agonizing note of our generation, it would be, 'I want a faith. I want something to live by and something to live for,'" Dr. Mackay said.
William Stringfellow, a student at Eates college, opened the conference as chairman of the U.S.C.C.
A central steering committee guided the program from day to day. Fifteen student presidents of the church student movements and the Y.M. and Y.W.C.A.'s made up the committee.
Test Six Counties For Ground Water
Test drilling to determine water-bearing capacities of glacial deposits in six northeastern Kansas counties has been completed, said V. C. Fishel, in charge of the ground water division of the State and Federal Geological Surveys.
The counties include Brown, Donohan, Atchison, Jefferson, Nemaha, and Douglas. Dr. John C. Frye, executive director of the State Geological Survey, and Kenneth Walters, of the state survey, began the investigation. Besides determining the availability of ground water for industry in the area, the commercial uses of the sands, gravel, and silts were studied.
Business Faculty Surveys Market Problems Of Blind
A survey of marketing problems pertaining to products made by Kansas blind persons is being made by four faculty members of the School of Business.
The study was requested by the services for the blind division of the Kansas department of social welfare. The research will examine the possibilities of new products and new channels of distribution.
The four who will make the study ave Roy Ashmen; associate professor; Jack A. Wichert, assistant professor; and John T. Cannon and Grant C. Moon, instructors.
Retired K-State Teacher
R. R. Price, Dies in Denver
R. R. Price, 76, retired head of the Kansas State college history department, died Dec. 30 while visiting in Denver.
By Bibler
Little Man On Campus
"Hey, Worthal! It's Professor Snarf, who flunked you in physics last semester!"
KFKU Will Have The 'New Look' In Its Modern, Functional Studio
From ground floor to gable, station KFKU will soon have the "new look." Within two weeks broadcasting facilities are scheduled to be moved from the electrical engineering laboratory to the new quarters in the Research building.
For several months workers hav the building. Most of the construc tion has been completed and the interior has achieved a functional glamour, despite the jumble of office furniture.
For several months workers have been modifying the east wing of
"Striking" is the description of the new studio, where bulging wall panels and sloping windows bewilder casual visitors until reasons for the unusual construction are explained. The curved wall panels assure a balanced reflection of sound without the annoying echoes associated with hard- flat surfaces, said Miss Mildred Seaman, KFKU program director. The sloping, triple-plate glass windows serve a similar purpose, closing out unwanted sound and preventing the walls from talking back to the performers.
Painters have decorated the walls and ceiling with soothing pastel shades calculated to relax the most mike-frightened guest. In the studio, the pastel scheme will be completed with light grey carpeting Floors in the control room and offices are being covered with a motled grey-black asbestos tile.
Two of the three tape recorders purchased by the University will be placed in the control room racks, supplementing the two RCA disc recorders. The third tape recorder is portable, which means that many programs in the past unobtainable for broadcast, will be made available.
Impressive cabinets and consoles are featured in the control room where the functional theme prevails. Behind a bewildering assortment of knobs and dials will be the engineer, watching dials and meters on the panel to his left, watching signals from the studio, and spinning turntables. It isn't the easiest job in the world, according to James Elliott, KFKU engineer, but like the rest of the staff, he is eager to move in and start using the new equipment.
An intercommunication system is being installed, linking the offices with the control room. The system will speed messages between offices, an essential function when time is vital. In addition, loudspeakers will carry programs into the offices
Fraser Stones Fall During Holidays
Three stones fell from a second story window-frame in Fraser hall during the Christmas holidays. The stones fell from the second window north of the east entrance to Fraser.
The area was roped off by the building and grounds department to prevent injuries to students in the area.
Officials of the buildings and grounds department could not be reached for a statement as to the cause.
Tel Aviv, Jan 3—(UP)--Official spokesman said today that Israel probably would ask the United Nations security council to consider whether Britain had acted as an "active ally of the Arabs" in the Palestine war.
The Israeli government probably will complain to the security council at its forthcoming meeting in Lake Success about the British policy regarding Palestine, a spokesman said.
Says Britain Helped Arabs
Great Britain led the campaign in the security council which led last week to the adoption of a resolution calling for a cease fire in the Negev and withdrawal of troops to the old truce lines. The resolution was directed in effect at the Jews, since they had advanced from the old lines into Arab-held territory.
The spokesman said "general action continues" in the Negev, but the military situation was unchanged. The fighting subsided last week after the Jews had scored major victories and claimed an overall victory in South Palestine.
Israeli authorities have accused the British by implication several times of siding with the Arabs, and particularly during the recent fighting in the Negev.
A Christmas gift scholarship, given by the Gamma Phi Beta social sorority, will be offered to a University woman again this year.
Gamma Phi Beta To Give Award
Dean J. H. Nelson of the Graduate school said that a woman with a good record, partially self-supporting but in need of financial help, will receive the award. It will probably cover her tuition and fees for a year. The selection will be made from applications which must be submitted to 227 Frank强修 hall.
Sigma Xi Elects New Members
Election of 15 students to full membership and 13 to associate membership in Sigma Xi, national honorary society for scientific research, was announced recently by Dr. J. O. Maloney, secretary of the University chapter.
Membership in the KU. chapter of Sigma Xi, the first to be founded in Mississippi river, is the highest group in the research field on this campus.
Those elected to full memberships:
Dr. C. Frederick Kittle, who holds a residency at the University Medical center, Kansas City; John A. Bacon, Olathe; Thomas D. Bryant, Kansas City, Mo.; Addie M. Egbert, Lawrence; William Calvin Foreman, Hannibal, Mo.; George Warren Griffing, Smith Center; William W. Hambleton, Lawrence; Francis E. Hammer, Lawrence; William G. Hoefer, Higginsville, Mo.; Cluck Hopla, Springfield, Utah; Allison L. Norbaker, Hutchinson; Robert M. Kloepper, Lawrence; Fred S. Truxl, Great Bend; Louis J. Wilbert, Jr., Plaquemine, La.; and Ralph Zingaro, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Selected for associate membership were: Harold Dean Brown, Gain Valley, S. Dak.; William H. Cadman, Tulsa, Okla.; Paul Christian, Wichita; Jean F. DeLord, Paris, France; Gene R. Feaster, Winfield; Robert C. Fisher, Lawrence; William Jeffrees Greer, Topeka; Edwin Grey Parsons; Donald Livingston, Lawrence; Donald Eugene Owen, Emporia; Robert William Partridge, Omaha, Neb.; Norris Requisit, Red Oak, Iowa; and James E. Simpson Lawrence.
Alumni Sell First Stories
Robert W. Taylor, '47, and Evan S. Connell, '47, have recently sold first stories to large circulation magazines.
Taylor, formerly of Great Bend and now of Houston, Texas, sold a story "I Ain't Been Well," to Made- moisele magazine. This story was written at the University last year when he was taking graduate work.
"I'll Take You to Tennessee," a story by Connell will appear in the February issue of Tomorrow magazine. Connell is now a student at Columbia university.
Both men were members of the Writers' workshop at K.U. Taylor won the Quill club's short story contest in the spring term.
Prof. Ray B. West, director of the creative writing program, said the editors of Mademoiseille have requested copies of "New Writers," the anthology published by the K.U. Writers' workshop, to determine if there are other writers in whom they could be interested.
'Hayseed Hop' Tickets On Sale In Strong
Tickets for the "Hayseed Hop" are on sale in the lobby of Frank Strong hall today and the rest of the week.
The dance will be from 9 p.m. to midnight Saturday in the Union ballroom. John Moorhead and his all-student orchestra will provide dance music. Admission will be $1.25 a couple.
Medical Center Gets Three Big Cash Donations
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Gifts totaling $6,711.20 were received by the University over the holidays. The three donations were made to assist work on the University School of Medicine.
Largest of the gifts was $5,000 from Mrs. Logan Clendening to endow an annual lectureship at the school. This gift, which matches one made a month ago, will honor her late husband, Dr. Clendening, a nationally known Kansas City physician, who died in 1945. Dr. Clendening, '07, had taught in the School of Medicine for many years.
The Cancer Research fund received $711.20 in honor of the late John A. Brody, manager of the Kansas City regional office of the Veterans' Administration for 24 years. The gift consisted of contributions by employees of the regional office.
Those who attended the conventions were Dean D. M. Swarthout, Dr. E. Thayer Gaston, chairman of the music education department; Dr. James Nickerson, assistant professor of music education; Lauren Anderson, professor of organ; Janette Cass, associate professor of music theory; Leo Horacek, assistant instructor of music education; and Marian Jersild, instructor in piano.
Seven faculty members of the School of Fine Arts took part in the conventions of the National Association of Schools of Music and Music Teachers National association in Chicago Dec. 23.
Dr. and Mrs. L. B. Spake presented the school with $1,000 to assist the Medical Center's program for children with defective hearing. The money will be used in a fund which supports a pre-school children so deaf that special methods of instruction must be used. The children will also receive technical help for their hearing difficulties.
Professor Anderson and Miss Cass conducted a panel on music theory for the N.A.S.M. program. Dr.Nickerson presented a talk and demonstration of "Audio-Visual Aids in the Teaching of Music" to a joint session of the two organizations.
Dean Swarthout, who is completing his fourth term as national president of the N.A.S.M., presided over the general sessions. Dr. Gaston, chairman of the committee on psychology of music for the M.T.-N.A., conducted two program periods.
Miss Jersild and Mr. Horacek played a trumpet concerto at a special recital.
Attend Music Convention
Miss Irene Peabody, soprano, will present a faculty recital at 8 p.m. today in Frank Strong auditorium. Miss Peabody is an associate professor of voice and director of the University Women's Glee club
She will be accompanied by Winifred Hill Gallup.
The program will include "Divinities du Styx" from "Alcecest" by Gluck, "Les Anges Pleurent" by Bemberg, "Arioso" by Bemberg, "Rutten hari nuzu" by Laparra, "Synnove's Song" by Kjerulf, "The Tryst" by Sibelius, "Little Margaret" and "I Love Thee" by Grieg "All Mein Gedanken, mein Herz un mein Sin" and "Zueig nung" by Richard Strauss, "French Lilacs" by Harriet Ware, "Serenade" by J. A. Carpenter, "September Day" by Gustav Klemm, and "My True Love" by Henry Hadley.
Miss Peabody Will Sing Tonight
Miss Peabody was graduated from the University and continued advanced study in voice in Chicago and New York City. She has been a member of the School of Fine Arts faculty since 1924.