O F THE U N I V E R S I T Y O F K A N S A S
Wednesday, Oct. 20, 1948
lawrence Kansas
STUDENT NEWS PAPER
Wilkins' Sing in Recital Today In Hoch
Marie Wilkins, soprano, and Joseph Wilkins, tenor, will present the second in the series of faculty recitals at 8 tonight in Hoch auditorium.
Mrs. Wilkins is a guest artist instructor in the School of Fine Arts And Mr. Wilkins is chairman of the department of voice and director of the University Men's Glee club.
Both have made concert tours of the United States and Canada. Mrs. Wilkins was a member of the Metropolitan Opera company for a year, and Mr. Wilkins appeared in opera and oratorio with the Schubert Opera company.
The program will include operative duets and both classic and modern solos. Duets will include the "finale" of Act 1 of "Madame Butterfly" by Pucini, and numbers by Mozart, Schubert, and Schumann. Mrs. Wilkins will sing three numbers by Villa-Lobos, an aria by Donizetti, and an excerpt from the one-act opera "The Telephone" which was first performed in New York in 1947.
Mr. Wilkins will sing an aria by Cilea, and a group of modern works by Vaughan Williams, Samuel Barber and Messager. He will also sing "Evening Song" by Mrs. Wilkins The song is an adaptation of the poem by Sidney Lanier.
The recital will be free.
Everyone Can Exhibit Art
Hobbyists, artisans, and craftsmen are invited to display their works in one of the show cases, third floor Frank Strong hall.
The proposed displays are sponsored by Delta Phi Delta in conjunction with their annual spring outdoor exhibit. Barbara Rivard, president, said that the facilities make outdoor show do not permit exhibition of wood carvings, leather, clay or metal works.
In granting permission for use of the case, Meriorie Whitney, head of the department of design said. "We are reserving a show case for Delta Phi Delta, but would like to have other persons on the campus contribute, too."
"We feel, there are many persons attending the University with artistic ability, who are not enrolled in the School of Fine Arts. We want to give them an opportunity to show what they can do. We hope to obtain enough pieces to change the display weekly."
If you have works with artistic merit or a collection of art objects suitable for exhibition, contact either Miss Whitney, Miss Desea Bush, assistant professor of design or Sheldon Carey, assistant professor of ceramics.
Miss Edith Snow of New York and Mrs. Martha Crown of Los Angeles, daughters of the late Caroline Francis H. Snow, visitor to the University this morning. They had not been on the campus for 20 years.
Snow's Daugkters Visit Campus
Chancellor Snow, who for many years was professor of natural science and for whom Snow hall is named, headed the University from 1890 to 1901.
ROTC Applicants May Be Deferred
Men who are on record as having applied for the advanced Reserve Officers Training corps and were refused because they had not attained junior standing are still deferred from military service until they finish college.
Col. John Alfrey, commanding officer of the University R.O.T.C. unit said that he had received notice that these men should be ineligible for draft if they had applied for advanced training. "These men should contact me soon so that the record will be straight," he said.
Russian Flyers Flee Ukraine
Vienna, Oct. 20—(UP)—Two Russian air force officers who fled by plane from the Soviet Ukraine have been given sanctuary, over Russian protest, by the American occupation forces here.
The officers, whose names were not disclosed, crash-landed a twin-engined Russian bomber at an American airfield at Hoersching, in Western Austria, on Oct. 9. Neither they nor a Russian sergeant, who was not involved in the escape plot, were injured. The sergeant was returned to Russian authorities at his own request.
But the two officers, although deeply concerned about the possibility of retribution against the families they left behind in Soviet territory, refused in nine hours of interviews with Russian liaison officers to return to Soviet soil.
Lt. Gen. Geoffrey Keyes, U. S. commander in Austria, approved their pleas for political asylum, and informed the Russian officers they would not be handed over. His action appeared to make official a two-year unwritten American policy of giving sanctuary to refugees from behind the Iron Curtain.
The Russians had plotted their flight for a year, they said, from a Russian base in the Ukraine where they were undergoing Red air force training. Just 11 days ago a lucky combination of circumstances made possible the execution of their plans.
Five days after they landed in American-occupied Austria, Col Gen. Vladimir Kourasov, Russian high commissioner here, officially demanded their return as deserters He also demanded return of the Soviet bomber, a "type J" plane which had been damaged in landing.
General Keyes approved immediate return of the plane, and it was dismantled and hauled away by Soviet troops. He informed the Russians that the two officers, both air force lieutenants, did not wish to return to Russia. He invited the Russians to send officers to interview them. The sergeant chose to return, and was handed over last night to Soviet authorities.
Capt. W, E. Hensel, instructor of military science in the University Reserve Officers Training corps, will go to Wichita university, Friday. Captain Hensel will be a member of an examining board for definguished military students who have applied for appointment to the regular army.
A membership drive, a constitution, and possible forums will be discussed by the Art club at 7 p.m. tomorrow. The meeting will be held in 315 Frank Strong hall.
KU Instructor is Member
Dr. Army Examining Board
Art Club Meets Tomorrow
Distinguished military students is the name given to men who have attained academic and military honors in R.O.T.C. work.
Denfeld Will Give Ratings To 35 NROTC'S
Admiral Louis E. Denfeld, chief of naval operations, will present the midshipman corps appointments of rank to 35 commissioned and noncommissioned students Friday afternoon. The students were selected by the University N.R.O.T.C. staff.
The admiral will also inspect the N.R.O.T.C. and the army and air force R.O.T.C. units at 2:30 p.m. Friday. He will be presented to the faculties of the two divisions and the 30 "5 term" student navy officers. After the presentation, the admiral will inspect the Military Science building and equipment.
Students who will receive commissions as battalion staff officers are: Ernest C. Freisen, Jr., commander; Evans J. Francis, subcommander; Theodore W. Tober, adjant; Jack E. Gove, lieutenant; and Herbert H. Weidensaul, chief petty officer.
Students appointed as color guard are: Jack E. Dausman, first petty officer; Paul L. Skolaut, second petty officer; Delbert L. Miller, third petty officer; and Harold J. Keeling, fourth petty officer.
Commissions for Company A are:
Richard A. Traskowsky, company
commander; Harold H. Hinchee,
commander; 1st platoon; Stanley D.
Penny, commander; 2nd platoon;
William G. LaCombe, company chief
petty officer; Thomas C. Buller and
Jack P. Steinle, platoon petty
officers; James J. Connell and Robert
Boyd, platoon guides; and Wayne I.
Burnett, Herman G. Speckman,
Billy B. Bryant, Harold C. Donley,
Edward K. Maxwell, and Carl G.
Nelson, squad leaders.
Company B commissions are: Paul J. Uhlig, company commander; Jack E. Gossage and Ruel E. Rains, platoon commanders; Harold R. Bailey, company chief petty officer; Charles H. Hayes and Emerson M. Harris, platoon petty officers; Willard L. Brooks and Lawrence Mische, platoon guides; and Donald C. Tinker, James R. Pratt, Robert M. Shearer, Ludwig J. Lenz, Russell L. Boggs, and John R. Elliot, squad leaders.
Senate Election Will Be Nov. 3
Election for freshmen representatives to the A.W.S. senate will be held Wednesday, Nov. 3. All freshmen women living in unorganized houses are invited to a meeting at the Gamma Phi Beta house at 4 p.m. today. Applications for nominations will be given out at that time. All applications must be turned in to the house of representatives by tomorrow.
All those turning in applications will be required to attend meetings on Tuesday, Oct. 26, and on Thursday, Oct. 28. The house of representatives, the senate, personnel, and a woman's place on the campus Will be explained.
The A.W.S. has collected $102.06 in the University Community Chest drive. Contributions from two organized houses have not been turned in.
Eighty members of the Kansas Flying Farmers club make a brief visit at the municipal airport Tuesday afternoon.
80 Flying Formers Visit University Campus Tuesday
Pref. W. H. Simpson, chairman of the aeronautical engineering department, showed the visitors a German Heinkel-162 jet fighter which is owned by the department.
Registration Ends Friday Night
Only three days are left to register for voting. Students who want to vote in Lawrence must register if they did not vote in the 1946 general election, or have moved since registering or voting, or have not previously voted in Lawrence.
The city clerk's office in the city hall at 11th and Massachusetts will be open until 10 p.m. every day until Friday.
Kansas residents who want to vote for candidates in their home counties can obtain absentee ballots in Hoch auditorium.
Ex-KU Student Hears Charges
Kansas City, Mo., Oct.20-(UP) John David Heidenreich, 19-year-old former college freshman, was arraigned today on first degree murder charges in the slaying of his wealthy father.
Heidenreich, who shot his father John P. Heidenreich, 48, to death at his home Sept. 19, waived preliminary hearing before magistrate Avres Blocher.
The elder Heidenreich was slain during an argument climaxing a "ten year reign of terror" over his family, the accused youth told police.
The youth was arraigned before circuit judge John R. James at Independence, where a plea of not guilty was entered. His attorney gave surety bond.
Since the fatal shooting, young Heidenreich has become an heir to his father's estate by terms of a will which stipulated that if Mrs. Mary Ruth Heidenreich failed to survive 90 days after her husband's death, the estate should go to John David and a daughter, Mrs. Barbara Ridah Logan, Kansas City.
Mrs. Heidenereich, in a hospital at the time of the slaying, died Oct. 7. John David has been free under $10,000 bond.
6 Honored By ROTC
Six Reserve Officer Training corps students have been designated as "Distinguished Military Students" in the corps.
R. O.T.C. students who received the honor are Evan K. Wilson, College senior; Robert A. Franklin, business senior, and David M. Andrews, engineering senior. Those in the air corps R.O.T.C. are Clemeth A. Abercrombie, and Walter J. Michaelis, business seniors, and Harold D. Nelson, journalism senior.
To attain the title of distinguished military students, the men must have grades in the upper third of their R.O.T.C. class, must be recommended by the dean of their school, and must have demonstrated exceptional qualities of leadership in their R.O.T.C. duties. If they maintain their record, after being graduated they are eligible for direct appointment to a commission in the regular army or air force, as "distinguished military graduates."
German Club Picnic Set For Nov. 29
The German club has selected Monday. Nov. 29, as the date of their fall picnic.
Shirley Gordon, College junior, has been appointed chairman of the picnic committee. John Nesshelof, senior, will be permanent food preparation chairman and Robert Simonton, junior, is publicity chairman.
Financial Data Not A Secret Jones Reports
Appropriations to University organizations also were voted by the council during the $3 \frac{1}{2}$ hour meeting which adjourned with some scheduled work still undone.
A Student Union financial report was presented to the All Student Council Tuesday by Ogden Jones, chairman of the Union operating board. The report will be published in the University Daily Kansan.
In his report to the council, Mr. Jones said that the Union operating board had no hesitancy in submitting a financial statement, but didn't want it "bandied around like a political football."
Mr. Jones also said the Union operating board was glad to hear complaints of students, but asked that they be put in writing and submitted to the secretary.
When asked by a council member why so much was spent for the Palm room, Mr. Jones said the addition had to be built so it could be expanded into a four-story structure in the future.
Appeals were heard from representatives of four organizations whose requests for appropriations either had been denied or reduced. Controversy arose when Donald F. Powell, director of intramurals, said the $200 requested by his office would be used to purchase gifts for student managers.
Mr. Powell said the managers took the places of secretaries whose salaries would total considerably more than the amount requested for the gifts. Several council members objected to the request on the grounds that it would set a precedent and that the managers had undertaken the jobs voluntarily with no thought of pay. 'The request was tabled until the next meeting.
Representatives of three other organizations who appealed were Betty van der Smissen, Mortar board; Calvin E. Cooley, Federal union; and H. Bruce Wilder. U.N.E.S.C.O.
Y. M.C.A. requested $500 and was granted $300; Alpha Phi Omega requested $410, granted $200; Y.W.C.A. requested $250, granted $250; Quill club requested $300, granted $200; Mortar Board requested $225, granted $150; U.N.E.S.C.O. requested $200, granted $150; Forensics league requested $200, granted $150; International club requested $250, granted $175; K.U. Amateur Radio club requested $150, granted $150.
Ku Ku club requested $108,
granted $110; Sunflower Statesmen
requested $150 granted $10; General
Semantics club requested $50,
granted nothing; United World
Federalists requested $125, granted
nothing; Federal union requested
$40, granted nothing.
James L. Robinson, president of Sigma Delta Chi, journalism fraternity, appeared before the council to oppose reactivation of The Sour Owl, campus humor magazine, by any group other than the fraternity. Sigma Delta Chi published the magazine before the war. No action was taken.
George A. Lowe, district IV representative, submitted his resignation to the council.
A. S.C. will hold a special meeting Tuesday, Oct. 28.
WEATHER
Kansas—Partly cloudy today, tonight and Thursday. With no important temperature changes. High today in 70's. Low tonight 35 to 40 except 25 to 30 extreme northwest.