University Dailu Kansan
Wednesday, Dec. 8, 1948 Lawrence, Kansas
STUDENT NEWS PAPER
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
ISA Delegates From Kansas To Meet Saturday
Between 75 and 100 Independent Student association delegates from Kansas colleges and universities are expected to attend an I.S.A. state conference at K.U. Saturday, Betty Van der Smissen, I.S.A. president, said today. Among the schools represented will be Baker, Emporia, Pittsburgh, Kansas State, Washburn, and Wichita.
Henry P. Smith, associate professor of education, will sneak.
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The conference will be split up into four panel discussion groups. James D. Peterson, College senior, will be chairman of the first panel which will deal with the organization of I.S.A. Kansas State will be charge of the second panel on the relationship of Kansas schools with I.S.A. Baker university will head a panel on social projects, and the University of Wichita will be in charge of the fourth panel on I.S.A. newspapers and inter-mural programs.
There will be an assembly at 2:30 p.m. when the conclusions of the four panels will be presented.
Dr. Laurence C. Woodruff, dean of men, will speak on "The Relation of the Independent Movement to the Campus," at a dinner Saturday night.
German Film To Be Today
"Murderers Among Us," a popular German language movie will be shown today as the first of a series of German and Swedish pictures, Dr. J. A. Burzle, chairman of the German department said today.
There will be two showings of the picture in order that more students may attend. The first will be at 4 p.m. in Fraser theater and the second at 7:30 p.m. in 426 Lindley.
The picture has enjoyed great success in Germany and is the only film that has been shown in all four occupation zones, Dr. Burzle said. Hildegarde Knef, a star of the picture, has been brought to Hollywood as a result of her success in the movie.
Reviews Nurse Bill Before RN Club
On Dec. 20, two short Swedish films, "Seenic Sweden," a pictorial tour of the country, and "The Wind From The West," a picture about Lapland, will be shown, "Razzia," another post-war German production, and "Die Fledermaus," (The Bat), will be presented on Jan. 5. In the middle of February "M marriage In The Shadows" will be shown and on Feb. 23 "Schrammeln," a musical from old Vienna, has been scheduled.
Miss Julia Thompson, R.N. chairman of the legislative committee for the Kansas State Nurses' association, Monday reviewed the proposed bill concerning nurse practice in Kansas. She spoke to the registered Nurses' club Monday might.
Miss Thompson said that because the present statutes governing nurse practice in this state were passed in 1913 and have undergone only minor changes, there is a vital need for new legislation. The bill will come before the legislature in January.
Little Man On Campus
"Back from your first date an already ya think it's the REAL thing, huh? Well, Eddie and Bix can tell ya about HER! Bix comes from her home town and Eddie met her at a summer camp in Colorado, or someplace—Fried knows her or we can call Sam over at Dee Urp house to give you the real dope on her."
"Hello, zis the Darnda Phi Nu house? Well this is Smitty. Say, is Fred there? You know—the guy that met THAT girl in the city 'bout a month ago? Well, then send over Rod or Gin, they were with 'em . . . Yeah! . . . Over to Sigma Phi Nothing house. . . Gotta keep our brothers posted!"
English Universities Will Expand Summer Schools For Foreign Students
British universities are expanding their program of summer schools for foreign students in 1949.
Nine universities are arranging schools for 1949 from July 10 through Aug. 20. They are Bristol, Liverpool, Birmingham, Edinburgh, London, Nottingham, Oxford, Southampton, and a combined course between Man-
Won't Pledge This Semester
All inquiries about the summer schools should be made to the Institute of International Education at 2 West 45th street, New York, N.Y. All applications must be received by the Institute by March 1, 1949, and candidates will be informed of the result of their application by April 1, 1949.
Alpha Chi Sigma, professional chemical fraternity, decided Tuesday not to pledge new members this semester. The next initiation exercises will be held in the spring, said Quentin Wheatley, president.
covers English social life, English literature, democratic government in Britain, British industrial development, town planning, modern European civilization and ancient Greece.
They are intended primarily for graduates and teachers who have made some previous study in the subjects offered. In some cases undergraduates in their junior or senior years with good academic records will be able to attend.
Arrangements are being made to accommodate 780 students from the United States in seminars. Students will live either in residence halls as at Oxford, or in university hostels as at London.
A few scholarships will be available to highly qualified applicants. The schools will be recognized by the Veterans administration and credit is transferable.
The cost of the courses, including tuition and maintenance for the six weeks will be from $216 to $264. The cost of travel is not included.
Fire Fizzles; No Damage
A small tar fire on the roof of Frank Strong hall caused lots of excitement this morning, but no damage.
The fire was started by a cigaret thrown in the vent for sewer gas. The tar around it blazed for about five minutes. An alarm was turned in immediately, and trucks from both fire stations were sent to the fire.
R. H. Wagstaff, assistant superintendent of building and grounds, said there was no damage done. Workmen were putting on a new roof and some of the new tar burned.
Kansas—Cloudy with snow beginning west this afternoon and spreading over state tonight. Clearing Thursday, Strong, shifting winds today becoming strong northerly tonight and Thursday. Warmer east today. Much colder with near cold wave conditions west tonight. Much colder Thursday. High today 45 to 30 east and 35 to 40 west. Low tonight near 10 west to 30 east.
The fire was over the vent in the west wing of Frank Strong. The workman who turned in the alarm said there was a minor explosion and the fire blazed about two feet high for a few seconds.
WEATHER
Bedroom Units Open At Village
Students living in no-bedroom units can move into one-bedroom units, John A. LaMonica, Sunflower housing manager, said today.
"A limited number of vacancies in one-bedroom apartments are now open in the "new village" to people living in units without bedrooms," he said. "I can't say how long we will be able to keep this offer open, so first come, first served."
Mr. LaMonica added that a student whose sole income is his subsistence allowance would not have to pay more rent for the larger apartment.
700 Delegates Need Rooms
Housing is still needed for about 700 delegates to the Ecumenical Student conference of the United Student Christian council, the Rev. John H. Patton, professor of religion, said today.
The conference will be held here Dec. 27 to Jan. 1, 1949.
Twenty-five organized houses have promised to house about 1,500 of the 2,200 delegates, the Rev. Mr. Patton said, but more housing is needed.
"We would appreciate co-operation in this matter from more of the houses on the campus," the Rev. Mr. Patton added. "We can furnish housemothers."
The organized women's houses which have promised to co-operate in housing are Alpha Delta Pi, Carruth, Foster, Gamma Pi Beta, Hopkins, Harmon Co-op, Jolliffe, Locksley, Milton, Pi Beta Phi, Sterling, Templin, Theta Phi Alpha, and Watkins.
The organized men's houses are Alpha KappaLambda, Delta Upsilon, Jayhawk Co-op, Kappa Eta Kappa, Lambda Chi Alpha, Oread, Phi Chi, Phi Kappa Tau, Rock Chalk Co-op, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and the Triangle house.
Delegates at the conference will be members of the Lutheran Student Association of America, Northern Baptist, Southern Baptist, Protestant Episcopal, Disciples of Christ, Presbyterian U.S., Congregational Christian, Evangelical and Reformed, Methodist, Evangelical United Brethren, and Presbyterian U.S.A.
Early registration indicates that many foreign students as well as students from many of the small colleges and universities will attend, the Rev. Mr. Patton said.
Miss Betty Charles, '43, was identified Tuesday as one of the three persons killed in a plane crash Monday ten miles west of Columbus, Ohio.
Alumna Is Killed In Airplane Crash
Miss Charles was the sister of Helen Charles, College freshman. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Warren M. Charles of Larned.
Miss Charles was on a business trip to Dayton, Ohio from James-town, N.Y. She, her employer, W. J. Blanchard, a General Motors corp executive, and Miss Vivian Johnson, another General Motors employee, were also killed in the crash.
C. A.A. officials said the accident apparently was caused by a fog which had drifted in from the Great Lakes.
Chambers-Hiss Espionage Case May End Today
New York. Dec. 8—(UP)—Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss may wind up their testimony before the federal grand jury investigating Communism and espionage today.
The committee's sensational in-
quiry also produced these developments.
U. S. Attorney John McGhey, who is in charge of the inquiry said the government was getting "hands on some real evidence" and that the case was close to a "final solution."
1. Rep. Karl E. Mundt (R.-S.D.) of the investigating committee said it was "not inconceivable" that the theft of secret state department papers had enabled not only the Russians but the Germans and Japanese to break the department's diplomatic codes in the critical pre-war days.
2. The committee revealed it was dropping, for the present at least, its plans to summon Robert A. Lovett, undersecretary of state, to the witness stand and to subpoena Francis B. Sayre, former assistant secretary of state. Mundt explained the information wanted from Lovett had been obtained from other state department officials and that Sayre, one-time state department superior of Hiss, was now in Paris.
House investigators trying to track down the persons who stole government secrets for ex-Red Whittaker Chambers today questioned two memory witnesses in closed session. Chambers, admitted former Communist spy counterpart, disclosed after testifying yesterday that the now famous pumpkin papers were out of his possession for 10 years, but refused to say if they had possibly passed to Russian agents during that period.
The senior editor of Time magazine told reporters that he hid the secret government documents in the pumpkin on his Maryland farm because he feared they might again fall into the hands of Hiss, the former state department official, he has accused of originally stealing them
Chambers said he placed the micro-filmed documents in their unusual hiding place because investigators, he "presumed" were hired by Hiss, had been seen in the neighborhood of his farm.
He said the films came into his possession in 1937 or 1938 and that in the latter year he entrusted them to someone "friendly" to him. He said he always knew where he could lay his hands on the documents if he wanted them.
Geltch Recital Is Tonight
Waldemar Geltch, professor of violin, will present a recital at 8 p.m. today in Frank Strong auditorium. Mrs. Janet Turk, instructor in piano, will be accompanist and assisting artist.
The program will include numbers of both classic and modern form:
"Sonatina for Violin and Piano," by J. D. Robb; "Sonata for Violin and Piano," by Beethoven; "Concerto for Violin," by Mozart; "Ao pe da Fogueira," by Valle-Heifetz; "From San Domingo," by Benjamin; "Perpetual Motion," by Strauss; Persinger; and "Scherzo Tarantelle," by Wieniawski.
Professor Geltch came to the University in 1922 and has been head of the violin department at the University of Wisconsin.
He has made solo appearances in over 125 colleges and universities and has appeared in all 48 states. He has studied under Leopold Auer, Musin Sauret, and Listeman.