RIDAY, OCTOBER 22.1948
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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School of Medicine
New Dean Welcomes Grads
The University of Kansas School of Medicine has been growing for most half a century.
The school was organized in 1899 and first offered two years of medical instruction. Now the school includes a branch at the University, and a medical center in Kansas City, Kan.
In 1905 the medical course was increased to four years. This was done through a merger of the Kansas City Medical college, the College of Physicians and Surgeons, and the Mediciochirurgical college. The merging was made possible by Dr. Simeon B. Bell who gave land to the University in memory of his wife, Elizabeth Taylor Bell.
Dr. Bell also donated new buildings which were erected on the land near Kansas City, Kan., and occupied by the School of Medicine in 1907. The medical center was moved in 1920 to its present site, one mile from the old location.
In 1924 the first unit of the hospital and the medical plant was completed and occupied. The nurses' home was completed in 1928, and a ward building, constructed in 1928, was opened in 1929.
Seven new buildings have been added since 1934. These are: A warehouse, Hixon laboratory for medical research, a children's pavilion, a
a series of dispensary buildings, a c-
ing corridor with new x-ray
quarers, and a 50-bed Negro hos-
ital unit.
Dr. Franklin D. Murphy took over is dean of the school in Sept. He succeeds Dr. H.R. Wahl, who has reired but is still connected with the Medical center. Dr. Murphy was a member of the School of Medicine faculty prior to becoming dean. He took his undergraduate work at the University of Kansas, but received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Murphy said, "The medical school welcomes its alumni back on the occasion of Homecoming. We of that school are proud of our graduates who, both in Kansas and over the country, are vigorously contributing to the health and well-being of the people. We are looking with enthusiasm into the future, realizing that the contribution of the Medical school must continue to grow if we are to do our share in maintaining the health of the people of Kansas."
Weddings And Engagements
Robinson-Cox Engagement
The engagement of Florence Rob-
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Gennan L. Robinson of St. Joseph,
Mo. to William L. Cox, son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. W. Cox of Pratt,
was announced recently at the Delta Upsi-
son house.
Miss Robinson, who was graduated from the University in February, 1948, is an instructor at the School of Nursing at the University hospital in Kansas City, Mo. Mr. Cox, a College senior, is a member of Delta Upson.
Miss Robinson and her attendant, Miss Jo Mullins of Kansas City, 10, wore orchid corsages and Mrs. J. A. Hooke, Delta Upsilon house-mother, wore gardenias.
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Davis-Burnside Pinning
Chi Omega announces the pinning of Miss Nancy Davis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee A. Davis of Great Bend, to Mr. Clyde Burnside, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Burnside of Oklahoma City.
Miss Davis wore an orchid corsage. She was attended by Misses Maryanne Harwood and Ann Cowger.
Miss Davis is a College sophomore. Mr. Burnside is a College junior and a member of Phi Deltatheta social fraternity.
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Work vitriss Engagement
Wolfr. Brass Engl.
Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Wolf of Lawrenc announce the pinning of their daughter, Doris, to Edward E. Brass,
son of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Brass, also of Lawrence.
Miss Wolf is an education junior and Mr. Brass is a business junior. He is a member of Phi Gamma Del-
Tri Chi Hayrack Ride
Phi Kappas Entertain
Phi Kappa recently entertained the members of the Alpha Omicron Pi sorority with a tea dance.
Tri Chi fraternity had a hayrack ride, Oct. 15. Chaperones were the Rev. and Mrs. Lyle A. Young, Alvin Tuhinoh, Miss Jean Chenoweth, Peter Sjogren, and Joan McCamish.
Guests were Ruth Courtright, Jane Koozer, Faye Wilkinson, Alla Bebee, Helen Manka, Payne Payne, Diane Howell, Marian Cox, Roselle Yakle, Jo White, Frances Barnhardt, Alma Vickers, Mildred Gulnik, Marilyn Wisdom, and Esther Brodie.
Chi Omega Entertain
The pledge class of Chi Omega entertained the pledges of Phi Kappa Psi with an hour dance Oct. 15 at the chapter house.
Pi Beta Phi Dance
1n. Beta Phi held a dance Oct. 16 in the Kansas room of the Union, Mrs. Deen Alt, Mrs. A. G. McKay, Mrs. Arthur Little, Mrs. B. A. Weber, Mrs. J. H Kreamer, Mrs. W. S. Shaw, Mrs. Christine Allord, and Miss Veta Lear were chaperons, Caroquette Laird Lowdow, Walter Ray Simpson, Ned Smull, Richard Wagstaff, Charles Winslow, Harry McClure, George Gear, Kenneth Madearis, William Conboy, Marvin Arth, Thomas Payne, Gene Alford, Bud Watkins, Bud Wharton, Dale Engle, Charles Hall, James Lowther, Howard Nearing, Charles Oswald, Joe Dunnie, Don Mellrath, Robert Shyne, Paul Gordon, James Nelson, Bud Francis, Edward Denning, John Neely, James Endocott, Richard Shannon, Dan Gillespie, Howard Joseph, Byron Shutz, Richard Menuet, Harold Warwick, John Shafter, Robert Elliott, Robert Teel, and Thomas Hanna.
Guests were Laird Bowman, Walter Ray Simpson, Ned Smull, Richard Wagstaff, Charles Winslow, Harry McClure, George Gear, Kenneth Madearis, William Conboy, Marvin Arth, Thomas Payne, Gene Alford, Bud Watkins, Bud Wharton, Dale Engle, Charles Hall, James Lowther, Howard Nearing, Charles Oswald, Joe Dunnie, Don Mellrath, Robert Shyne, Paul Gordon, James Nelson, Bud Francis, Edward Denning, John Neely, James Endocott, Richard Shannon, Dan Gillespie, Howard Joseph, Byron Shutz, Richard Menuet, Harold Warwick, John Shafter, Robert Elliott, Robert Teel, and Thomas Hanna.
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Theta Tau Zeta Founder's Day
Those initiated were Richard H. Harris, Richard G. Rumpf, Robert P. Wahlstedt, Francis J. Reid, and George R. McNeish.
Theta Tau Zeta, professional engineering fraternity, recently entertained with a buffet supper and initiation for Founder's Day.
Guests were Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Wahlstedt and Betty, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Harris, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Bowdish, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bear, Lt. Col. Kenneth Rosebush, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Duncan,Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Jacobs, Mr. and Mrs. R. Buler, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Bury.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Bruyr, Mr.
and Mrs. W. E. Bergman, Mr. and
Mrs. F. J. Reid, Mr. and Mrs. R. W.
Eliot, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Harris,
Mr. T. W. Oliver, Mr. Robert Cunkle,
Mr. M. E. Boren, and Prof.
G. W. Bradshaw.
Delta Sigma Pi Pledges
Delta Sigma Pi, professional international business fraternity, announces the pledging of the following faculty and students, faculty: Thomas Cannon, Terrel Clarke, Joseph Schoggen, Lloyd Wampler, Jack Wiebert, James L. Postma, Lawrence Van Mier. Students: Wilbur Bruhn, Wallace Grundeman, LeRoy Stienke, Dean Richardson, Henry J. Wilson, Albert Swagli, Kenneth Caldwell, William Worford, Keith Jermane, Robert Heady.
The College
Emphasis Is On Humanities
"The emphasis in the College this year is upon the humanities," Faul B. Lawson, dean, said. "A lecture course with some of the most prominent leaders in the humanities field was established last year and continued this year. It is open to the public."
"Along with the lectures, a major in humanities has been established.
Courses of a sort never before offered in the College are open in the field," Dean Lawson said. There are two courses in interrelation of arts, where literature, music, and the graphic arts are studied. There are two other courses which study the masterpieces in world literature that have been translated into English.
There are approximately 4,000 students enrolled in the College this semester. This figure is slightly under the enrollment figure a year ago. Dean Lawson said that there are over 6,000 upperclassmen and graduate students in the University.
"Never before have there been so many upperclassmen," he said. The percentage of out-of-state students is higher this year, he added.
The staff of the College has been added to and "very definitely strengthened." Dean Lawson pointed out. "There is hardly a department that hasn't been increased or strengthened in staff the past year. We have been very fortunate in adding outstanding young men with good background to the staff."
Also for the first time, a general course in the principals of physical sciences is being taught, Dean Lawson said.
Glass Company Interviews Engineering Seniors
Dean Lawson emphasized that the College has been very fortunate in keeping the size of classes down to pre-war levels where written, blackboard, or recitation work is important. "The average size of freshman English classes last year was 19 students. The average of the speech classes was 22 and mathematics, 25," he said. Laboratories have been kept down in spite of the large enrollment.
Representatives of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass company in Barberton, Ohio, are interviewing engineering students today. They are interested in chemical engineering students graduating in February or in June, 1949. They will also interview a few mechanical and electrical engineering students.