University Daily Kansan
Thursday, Nov. 18, 1948
Lawrence. Kansas
STUDENT NEWS PAPER
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Kappa Sigma Quartet Sings Best Of All
The men's quartet of the Kappa Sigma fraternity placed first in the second annual barbershop quartet contest Wednesday night in Fraser theater. The contest was sponsored by the Y.W.C.A.
Members of the winning quartet were Eddie Green, Bob Swain, Bill Sapp, and Woody Keller. They sang "Evaline," and a medley. Upon receiving first prize, an engraved beer mug, they sang "May I Print."
Quartets from Battenfeld hall and the Beta Theta Pi fraternity received honorable mention. The quartet from Battenfeld sang "Dear Old Girl," and "Fishing." Members were Fred Doornosb, Wallace Abbey Carrell Brown, and Douglas Kent
The quartet from Beta Theta Pi was dressed in white bar coat with black bow ties, and carried beer mugs. The men gave a stiff bow at the end of each number. They sang "Behold the Bridegroom Cometh," and "Never Throw a Lighted Lamp at Mother." Members were Wayne Atwood, Bob Dare, Byron Bohl and Ralph Simmons.
Straw hats, white shoes and dark blue suits were worn by the quartet from Phil Delta Theta. The men sang "Honey," dedicated to Miss Margaret Habein, dean of women, and "Sleep, Kentucky Babe."
The Sigma Chi quartet dedicated its last number, "The Lost Chord," to the Kansas "sweet dry law. A cloud of smoke rose, behind the men from offstage during the number. The quartet also sang "I Can't Give You Anything but Love." The men were dressed in tan sweaters and brown trousers.
The quartet representing the Lutheran Student association sang "Lie Low" and "Mood Indigo." The Four Bobs quartet also sang "Mood Indigo", and "Coney Island Baby."
The Delta Tau Delta quartet sang "Strolling through the Park" and "I Want a Girl."
During the intermission Virginia Daughterty and Jeanne Peterson sang "Temptation" as Jo Stafford is supposed to sing it.
The Pi Kappa Alpha quartet swayed in unison to "Honey Moon," and "Coney Island Babe." Each man wore a dark brown coat, light trousers, and a dark red tie.
is supported. Six other women, three dressed as sailors and three as muscle men, gave their version of "By the Sea." The women were Barbara Coats Pat Foncannon, Marianne Gear Betty Armstrong, Joyce Newcomer and Janet Maloney.
Straw hats and bow ties will be brought back to the campus, the Business School Association decided Wednesday.
BSA To Don Straw Hats
The decision to revive the traditional "hick" garb came after council members reported hearty response to the suggestion made Nov. 10 by Richard Yaple, association president, that the emblems could develop school morale.
Pointing to the law school with canes, stove-pipe hats, and strong school morale, Yaple said. "Our straw hats and bow ties could do much in uniting business students into a more closely knit group."
Council members said students had been trying to place orders with them. Meribah Barrett, association secretary, said she had been asked by many students where the straw hats could be bought.
You Better Wear Longies At Game
Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 18—(UP)
The first snow storm of the season whipped into western Kansas today on a northwest gale. By tomorrow it was expected to encompass the rest of Kansas and all of Missouri, the weather bureau said.
Ey mid-morning the snow area had moved as far east as Hill City. Goodland and Garden City reported snow at 9:30 a.m., swept up by 45-mile-an-hour winds from the northwest.
Moderate to heavy snow with strong northerly winds and gales and much colder temperatures were forecast for all of Kansas tonight.
Holiday Service To Be Nov.22
A special committee of the Student Religious council is planning two 30-minute Thanksgiving services to be held in Danforth chapel on Monday, Nov. 22. They will begin at 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Maxine Albury, committee chairman, said the programs will be patterned after church worship services, opening with organ music and scripture reading. The organists will be Georgia Ginther, fine arts sophomore, in the morning and Marilyn Barr, fine arts freshman, in the afternoon. Ira Gissen, president of the Jewish Student Union, will read the scripture.
will speak briefly at both services.
Calvin Glover, fine arts senior, and a mixed quartet from the Methodist church will sing at the morning service. Special music in the afternoon will be by Thelma Mims, fine arts junior, and the mixed quartet of the First Christian church.
Miss Alburty said the purpose of having two services is to allow more students to attend.
Phi Kappa Tau To Get Charter
The local group will be the Beta Theta chapter. Phi Kappa Tau has more than 60 chapters and colonies on college compuses. The fraternity colonized here the past spring and began operating a chapter house this fall. There are 35 members and pledges, all living in the house at 1408 Tennessee.
The University of Kansas Colony of Phi Kappa Tau, national social fraternity, will achieve chapter status tonight when Roland Maxwell, national president from Pasadena, Calif. will present the charter at an installation banquet.
Ray W. Wilson, administrative assistant to the city manager of Kansas City, Mo., will be toastmaster at the banquet. L.C. Wooddruff, dean of men, will welcome the new chapter to the campus.
Chapters at the Universities of Nebraska and Oklahoma will send representatives. Other guests will be alumni, representatives from organized houses on the campus, parents of members, and several university administrators.
Alan J. Pickering, business senior from Joplin, Mo., is president of the colony.
Dr. John Ise, professor of economics, will speak in the Sunflower grade school auditorium tonight, instead of Wednesday night as appeared in Wednesday's Daily Kansan.
There are now 22 national social fraternities at the University.
Correction
Student Seats For OU Game Are Assured
In cheeking the rumor that students' seats for the O.U. game were being sold to the general public, the University Daily Kansan found the rumor to be unfounded, although a near record breaking crowd is expected.
Chancellor Malott assured the Daily Kansan that there would be enough seating space for the students. "The press of outside requests is so great that we must utilize all the available space, but there will be adequate space for the students." he said.
E. L. Falkenstien athletic business manager, guaranteed that no student would be turned away for lacking of seating space. Sections A and B on the student side have been sold but they will be roped off to cut any migration to the better student seats, Falkenstien said.
The capacity of the stadium for the game will be 36,978 seats. Fifteen hundred to 1,800 standing room tickets will be sold. There are 34-558 seats in the stadium. Two thousand more have been added by placing bleachers at the south end four-hundred twenty box seats said he sold.
Approximately 9,156 seats have been reserved for students.
Psychiatrist Talks On Dating Period
The transition from romantic love to a mature marital relation is a big problem for the young people of the United States, Dr. Robert C. Murphy, Jr., said at the second lecture on love and marriage Wednesday.
Dr. Murphy, University health service psychiatrist, told the students that "culture pressure places an overemphasis on sex in the dating period.
"This can be overcome largely by better education of children on sex matters. There should not be a Victorian hush-hush nor a flood of material on the subject, but direct, casual answers as are given on other subjects."
"Dating in the United States is characterized by romantic love," Dr. Murphy said. "It's theme is 'they lived happily everafter.' This is peculiar to Anglo-Saxon culture and is not a problem in others parts of the world, such as in France where some marriages are arranged by parents."
A question and answer period followed the lecture. No general rules could be given couples reaching the marriagable age and who are unable to get married because of economic reasons. Dr. Murphy said each case would need to be studied individually.
Commenting on his speech title, "Mental Hygiene and Pre-Marital Relations," Dr. Murphy said he was afraid students would think it meant pre-marital sexual relations.
"And judging from the eager expression on many faces, I am afraid I was right. It is not to be a premarital sexual relation lecture."
Kansas—Cloudy, with light snow west, light rain east, strong northerly winds and colder today. High today mid 30's west to mid 50's east. Partly cloudy, with rain east, clearing west, windy and colder tonight. Low tonight near 20 west, 25 to 30 east. Friday fair, Warmer west.
WEATHER
Rally Tomorrow In Fowler Grove
A 15-minute rally for the Oklahoma football game will be held at 9:45 a.m. tomorrow in Fowler grove. Dorothy Scroggy, head cheerleader, said today.
A whistle will sound at 9:45 to begin the rally and at 10:05 another whistle blast will end the rally, Chancellor Deane W. Malott announced.
Jay Janes and Ku Ku's will lead the cheering. A pep band will play.
Bill D. Barger, journalism senior, Wednesday was elected editor of the Sour Owl, official campus humor magazine, at a meeting of Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalism fraternity which publishes the magazine.
SDX Elects
Sour Owl Editor
Don L. Tennant, journalism senior, was elected business manager, and William C. Von Maurer, journalism senior, was elected assistant editor. Charles G. Pearson, journalism instructor, was elected faculty adviser.
The first issue of the Sour Owl will go on sale the first week in January, Barger announced. He asked that students who want to submit cartoons and manuscripts of fiction and humor stories should do so immediately.
James L. Robinson, president of Sigma Delta Chi, gave a report on the activities at the national convention of the fraternity which was held in Milwaukee Nov. 10 to 13. Robinson attended as representative of the Kansas chapter.
A new pledge class for Sigma Delta Chi will be elected at the next meeting Wednesday, Dec. 1.
Truman To Face Grave Problems
Key West, Fla., Nov. 18—(UP) James Forrestal, secretary of defense, brought critical world problems to President Truman's vacation retreat today.
Nationalist China's desperate military plight was assured top billing at their luncheon conference. The White House confirmed yesterday that Mr. Truman had received a letter from Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, reportedly on appeal for a strong expression of U.S. support.
On the eve of his flight to Key West, Mr. Forrestal told newsmen in Washington that another major tonic of discussion would be U.S. military aid to the five-nation western European union.
Mr. Forrestal, who returned to this country Tuesday from a European inspection, said he also would discuss strengthening of the Berlin airlift, the need for better housing for U.S. troops and means of strengthening the unified defense structure.
Although Mr. Truman was supposed to be on vacation at this Florida naval base, the tense world situation was steadily encoaching on his pleasure time. Telephone wires between the temporary White House and Washington were being kept busy.
And political considerations, such as when Mr. Forrestal will leave the cabinet, faded into the background. Mr. Forrestal has decided he will not stay through another four years in Washington. But at the same time he is leaving up to Mr. Truman the date of his departure.
Malott Opens Labor Relations Meeting Today
The first annual Industrial Relations conference got under way today with a welcome by Chancellor Deane W. Malott. He told 40 representatives of management and labor that the most important problem facing the world today is human relations.
"We know more about Chevroletis and Fords than we do about human emotions," he said. "We have labor problems and trouble with Russia because we have not learned to work together.
"The fact that you are meeting here today is indicative that industry is eager to advance its understanding of the complex problems facing the world today," he said.
George E. Mordock, Jr., assistant manager of labor relations for International Harvester, Chicago, gave the keynote address.
"Good industrial relations do not come automatically from good union relations," he said. "Good relations come from the good attitudes of well-informed employers directing well informed employees. There must be employees and employer relations apart from union relations.
"The policy of industry must be air and equitable for employees, customers, and stockholders alike," he said. "The employees must be informed. That is why International Harvester has an employee information department. The employee is a well informed member of the team."
To Entertain Industrialists
A wide variety of entertainment, produced by University talent, will be offered to the 50 Kansas industrialists attending the Industrial Relations conference which begins today and ends Saturday.
A program, which will be presented for the group tonight in Hoch auditorium, includes Ruth E. Russell, graduate student, who will sing "Un bel di" from Madame Butterfly (Puccini) and "Miranda" (Hageman); and Andrew T. Klapis, College senior, who will sing "The Prologue" from "Il Pagliacei" (Leoncavallo), and "Without a Song" (Youmans).
The University orchestra, directed by Prof. Russell L. Wiley, will play the three movements of the "Chausson Symphony, No.1 in B flat major."
Tau Sigma, modern dance group,
will present a recital consisting of
Russian and Mexican dances, a Voodoo
rite, a character sketch of Liza
Jane dance, country style dances,
and a tap dance.
An added specialty of the recital will be an oriental dance by Betty Press, 6-year-old daughter of John M. Cress, graduate student.
A dinner for the assembly will be held at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Palm room. Following this, movies of the Nebraska and Kansas State football games will be shown by Henry Shenk, associate professor of physical education.
Kansan Board Plans Party For UDK Staff Members
Ruth Clayton, journalism senior, was appointed chairman of a committee to plan a Christmas party for the staff of the University Daily Kansan.
Other members of the committee are Anna Mary Murphy, College senior, Eleanor Bradford and Orin L. Strobel, journalism seniors.