University Daily Kansan
46th Year No. 40
Thursday, Nov. 11, 1948
Lawrence, Kansas
STUDENT NEWSAPER
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Chinese Riots To Be Quelled By Martial Law
By UNITED PRESS
Shanghai, Nanking and the entire Yangtze valley of China went under drastic martial law today as the Nationalist government sought to quell spreading hunger riots and throw back advancing Communist armies.
Both the Nationalists and the Communists claimed military successes in the battle for Suchow, northern gateway to Nanking and 200 miles from the capital.
A Nationalist government spokesman said four Communist columns had been defeated on the approaches to Suchow and the situation stabilized there after a battle involving million men—the largest in the history of China. He said 15,000 casualties were inflicted on the Communists.
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's government announced its martial law decree for the Chinese heartland last night. It suspended all civil rights and authorized censorship of the mail and all publications, search and arrest without warrant and a ban on strikes, demonstrations and public meetings.
But the Communist radio reported Red forces had captured Haichow and Hsinpu, east of Suchow, and two towns west of the city. Another Communist column was said to have crossed the Grand canal and pushed within 25 miles of Suchow.
Paris—Secretary of State George C. Marshall, Defense Secretary James Forrestal and other U.S. officials began strategy talks on the proposed North Atlantic defense pact and other moves in the East-West cold war.
AP Editor Boosts Guild
A proposal to be brought before the American Newspaper guild at next national convention may
new graduates of accredited journalism schools to have one year's professional experience on their records for academic work, Miss Joy Miller, wire editor for the Kansas City bureau of Associated Press, told University journalism students Wednesday.
In explaining the guild, Miss Miller said its primary purpose was to get a living wage for workers in the editorial branch of newspaper production. She pointed out that for the first time on record, the editorial workers are receiving wages comparable to printers and pressmen. "But newspapermen still do not receive pay comparable to some of the other skilled labor groups," she added.
Miss Miller asserted the accusation that the guild is communistic was unfounded, and pointed to the record to prove her point. It has promoted freedom of speech and the press in all of the European countries. Harry Martin, president of the Guild, has worked extensively in Europe the past two years, aiding the press to get started again after the war, she said.
K-State Alumni Board Intertain KU Group
The University Alumni board will be the guests of the alumni board of Kansas State college at a lunchcon in Manhattan, Saturday noon.
Pep Rally At 10:50 Tomorrow
A pep rally will be held at 10:50 a.m. tomorrow in front of Robinson gymnasium. Come and give the team a good send-off.
Armistice Day Recalls The Men Who Died For A New Era Of Peace
Bv GERALD FETTEROLF
Thirty years ago today at 5 a.m. the armistice which stopped the fighting which had cost the lives of 236,117 men of the United States, was signed in a railroad car in a little wood a short distance from Compiegne, France.
Marshal Ferdinand Foch, commander-in-chief of the Allied forces in France, with Marshal Douglas Haig of Great Britain and Gen. John J. Rockefeller of the United States.
Marshal Ferdinand Foch, commar France, with Marshal Douglas Haig Pershing of the United States accepted the surrender of the German army by General von Gundell. The cease fire order was to be carried out by the armies at 11 a.m.
A short time before the 11 o'clock deadline, a troop of King Edward's horse, a cavalry unit, charged a German gun emplacement. This group is reported to have fired the last shots of the war. Most of the front line units kept firing most of the time until 11 o'clock.
the terms, laid down in President Wilson's 14 points. The terms required the German army to retire to a point beyond the Rhine river, and the payment of reparations to the invaded countries.
The German army had accepted
The Treaty of Versailles, which officially ended the war, was not signed for almost a year after the cease fire. President Wilson had struggled to have the covenant of the League of Nations incorporated into the Versailles treaty, but congress
refused to ratify it. The United States was never in the League of Nations, and did not sign a peace treaty with Germany until 1921.
Now, three years after another world war, peace treaties are still to be made. This war was more destructive of life and property than the bigger. Bigger and better engines of war are being constructed. Nov. 11, thirty years after, is and should be dedicated to a fervent wish for peace.
Today there are many more fields where the crosses stand row and row, on this anniversary of Armistice day. In memory of the dead, and with the failure of the past before them, Americans today are looking and hoping for a new era of peace.
Research Men Talk About Jobs
Two representatives from the Office of Naval Research, Dr. R. M. Hogan and Dr. N. W. Matthews, will talk to juniors and seniors in engineering, physics, and mathematics at 5 p.m. today in Lindley auditorium. The men will explain opportunities for college graduates in the Office of Naval Research, and qualifications necessary.
After the talk those students interested will sign up for interviews to be held tomorrow.
Dean T. DeWitt Carr of the engineering school said that seniors selected by the interviewers will be appointed to positions in the Naval Research office without examination. Juniors who qualify will get summer jobs and a certificate when they finish. This certificate will entitle the junior to a position in the Office of Naval Rsearch at a higher rating than he would get as a beginner, Dean Carr said.
After Election, No One Gives Odds
London—(UP)—A spokesman for Lloyd's of London said when asked what the odds were on whether Princess Elizabeth's child will be a boy or a girl:
He added further that the probability of the arrival of a boy or girl was uninsurable.
Band To Play At Manhattan
they will play with the K-State band for the flag-raising ceremony before the game. The first six minutes of the half-time break will be taken by the Kansas band to salute both schools with a K S and a revolving K.
"We do not quote odds. We sell insurance, but we do not, run a gambling establishment."
The University marching band will go to Manhattan Saturday to participate in pre-game and half-time ceremonies at the K-State-Kansas game.
New Directories Directed To Students By Indirect Route-Too Many Directions
Your student directory has been to Texas, Illinois, Missouri, and of course Kansas in its course of being completed.
The directory, or component parts thereof, has been in Dallas, Chicago, Kansas City, Topeka, and now Lawrence. Dick Menuet, business manager, said the main reason for shipping the materials to so many cities was to time. Last year the directories®
did not reach the students until mid-December. Distribution of the 1948-49 edition began today, more than a month sooner than last year.
From Kansas City they went to Dallas, the nearest point where there was an International Business machine of the kind needed. Through the use of electronic devices the IBM printed the names quickly into one long roll. The different type this year is the result of the use of the IBM. Last year the registrar's office typed the list which required more time.
Part of this time was saved by using a new technique in preparing the list of names. During registration students filled out a card for the student directory. These cards were arranged in alphabetical order and sent to an agent in Kansas City.
Back to Kansas City went the roll to be cut and made-up into pages. Advertising was inserted along with the list of the faculty and members of the School of Medicine. These names were set in the usual type. The work was done on oversized pages.
Work began immediately on binding the books and Monday the first 500 copies were ready. Wednesday 2,000 more copies will arrive with more coming after that until the entire 9,000 are here.
"There will be a directory for everyone who wants one." Menuei said.
Chicago was the next stop. Photographs of the pages were made, reduced, and used as a basis for rubber mats. The book was printed and blue covers were made. Still unb und the parts were packed into one huge box and shipped to Topeka. The shipment weighed 3,000 pounds. "They're used to doing things in a big way in Chicago," Menucet pointed out in regard to the one and one-half ton box.
Europe's Youth Looks To US
Asked about the cost of shipping to so many cities, Menuet replied he believed money had been saved by having the work done as it was, and that the directories were out two weeks earlier by following that policy.
The young people of Europe look to the young people of America for leadership. This was the essence of the speeches given Wednesday before members of the W.Y.W.C.A. and Y.M.C.A. by Paul Sims and Miss Helener Currier.
Paul Sims attended the Oslo conference of the World Youth in the summer of 1947. Miss Currier is the associate director of the Wesley foundation of the University. She spent last summer with a youth caravan in Europe.
The people of Europe do not understand about Christianity, democracy, and brotherhood. They know that the Nazis failed, but they know nothing else except that they are hungry and that they want bread. Sims said.
He said that if people choose Russia as their leader, they feel that they would have freedom from the fear of aggression by the United States; but if they choose the United States, they feel that they would still have to fear Russian aggression. Miss Currier said there is a larger number of Methodists in Czechoslovakia and Poland than there was before the war. More toleration there has brought about a greater degree of freedom for the
The Methodist ministers, who before the war could not conduct weddings and funerals, may do so now, she said.
Alpha Delta Sigma Pledges 22 Men
Alpha Delta Sigma, professional advertising fraternity, informally pledged 22 journalism majors, Tuesday in the East room of the Union.
Students pledged were Robert Wormington and William Wormington, graduates; William Degen, Edward Voegele, Ira Gissen, Arlyn Smith, Thomas Sanders, Richard Reed, John Armel, Donald Marx, Richard Engle, Mathew Weigand, Paul Perucca, Paul Sokoloff, and William Neff, seniors; Robert Day, Thomas Jones, Charles Foster, Ray Irwin, Robert Bolitho, and Richard Hunter, juniors.
Classical Club Will Meet
The Classical club will meet at 7:30 tonight at the home of Dr. James E. Seaver, 1629 Alabama street, to hear records of the opera "Orpheus" and to discuss the mythology of the opera.
Officers will be elected. The club is open to all interested in the classical languages or history.
Three-Quarter Million Dollars To KU Research
Nearly three-quarters of a million dollars in research grants to the University of Kansas Research foundation over a five-year period, most of it in the last biennium were reported to the board of directors by Dr. J. O. Maloney, executive director, in his annual report.
J. Earl Schaefer, vice president of the Boeing Airplane company and general manager of the Wichita division, was elected chairman of the board at the recent meeting. He succeeds E. B. Black of Black and Veatch, consulting engineers, Kansas City, Mo.
Dr. Maloney reported that during the year just ended, the number of active sponsored projects grew from 43 to 54 with $437,017 available. K.U. departments participating increased from 16 to 22. Personnel engaged on sponsored research went from 92 to 137.
Research funds for the past fiscal year were 65 per cent more than the $264,000 for the preceding year. Five years ago sponsored projects had a dollar value of only $57,000.
For the current year, $318,642 is available. New allotments already total $155,000 and renewals are expected on several large projects.
Mr. Saher outlined three programs for expanding the scope and service of the K.U. Research foundation. First, he pointed to the critical need for more laboratories, work shops, and storage rooms. He said that the board would survey all possible means of obtaining a building to be devoted entirely to research.
He also said that the foundation should function as an area rather than local research agency.
Second, he said that research opportunities should be created, not merely taken when offered.
Directors present were: Mr. Schaeafer, Dr. Cross, Dr. Maloney, George Oberfell, vice president, Phillips Petroleum Co., Bartlesville, Okla.; Oscar Stauffer, president, Stauffer publications, Topeka; Dean F. J. Moreau, of the School of Law, Cancellor Deane W. Malott, Dean DeWitt Carr, of the School of Engineering, and Karl Klooz, Bursar,
Psychiatric Help Offered
The services of Dr. Robert Cushman Murphy, Jr., psychiatrist, are now being offered in connection with the University Health service. Dr. Murphy will work with the organizations of the University and with any individual student who wishes to talk over his problems.
Besides being a member of the health service staff, Dr. Murphy is teaching a graduate course in social work and will participate in the love and marriage lecture series at the University.
He received his doctor of medicine degree from Cornell university Medical college in 1942, and intermed at St. Lukes hospital in New York. From April 1946 until Nov. 1, 1948, he took a residency at the Meninger Foundation School of Psychiatry at Topeka.
WEATHER
Kansas—Fair to occasionally partly cloudy today, tonight and tomorrow.
No important change in temperature. High today 45-55, North, 55-60 south.
Low tonight in the 30's.