UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 13, 1948
Negro Student Begins At OU; Is Segregated
Norman, Okla., Oct. 13—(UP) G. W. McLaurin, retired Oklahoma City professor, began enrolling today as the first Negro student in the University of Oklahoma's 58-year history.
McLaurin appeared on the campus late this morning with his wife, Roscoe Dunjee, Oklahoma City Negro editor, and Amos T. Hall, Tulsa Negro attorney. All four went into the office of Laurence Snyder, dean of the Graduate school.
The 54-year-old McLaurin decided Tuesday night to accept the O.U. regents' invitation to enroll on a segregated basis. Hall and Dunjee advised him to go through with his enrollment to "see how they're going to work this out."
The University must "work out" a schedule of classes in the graduate school that will keep McLaurin separated from White students and yet give him an education equal to theirs.
This was the order issued by the regents Monday as they bowed to pressure from federal courts that had held Oklahoma's no- Negro policy unconstitutional.
McLaurin was not expected to begin actual classwork today, but only to arrange his course and go through the formal mechanics of enrolling. Dr. George L. Cross, O. U. president, is out of the state and will not return to Norman until late today. He is the man who must set up McLaurin's segregated classes. Whether the Negro student will be set off in the classrooms by himself or merely separated from white students in the same rooms will be determined by Cross.
McLaurin formerly taught at the state's Langston university for Negroes. He also has been a separate school principal in several Oklahoma communities. He plans to study school administration.
Dean Marvin Tells Journalism Plans
Objectives of the new William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information were outlined Tuesday by Dean Burton W. Marvin to 40 members of Alpha Delta Sigma, professional advertising fraternity.
The new journalism building, if approved, will contain a lecture hall, opera seats, a projection room, an advertising laboratory, extensive photographic facilities, and a radio studio, Dean Marvin said. A news writing laboratory will relieve the crowded newsroom of the University Daily Kansan.
However, he added, it might be two years before the school can be transferred to Fowler shops.
Haven't We Met? No, But We Will
At 10 p.m. Tuesday T. DeWitt Carr, dean of the School of Engineering, left Marvin hall to go home. As he left he met two new engineering students who were leaving the building. He offered them a ride.
On the way down the street one of the students asked Dean Carr,
"Do you teach something up there?"
"Well, I'm the dean of the school." he said.
"That so? You're the first dean I've met up here. When I get through this engineering school, I'll come over and see you and we'll have a heart to heart talk," the young man said.
India Unhappy Dr. Chowla Says
Dr. S. Chowla, mathematician from India, told the University Daily Kansan that the political situation in India was too "sad and unhappy to discuss although he thought the future promising.
Dr. Chowla visited the University Tuesday as a guest of the mathematics department.
"We are anxious to industrialize India." Dr. Chowla said. "Many Indian students are now studying engineering in the United States. All who once went to England now come here."
He was particularly impressed with the beauty of the campus. "I have seen Berkeley, U.C.L.A., and Stanford. The K.U. campus certainly compares favorably with all of them," he said.
Dr.Chowla is interested in the history of Indian science and scientists. He said that Ramanujan was probably the first Indian of note in the scientific world, and that such men as Raman, physicist and Nobel prize winner; Bhabha and Bose, physicists; Pillai, mathematician; and Chandrasekhar, astrophysicist, ranked with the foremost scientists of other nations.
Dr. Chowla was educated in India, and received his doctorate at Trinity college, Cambridge, England. His special branch of mathematics is number theories. He has also done research in pure mathematics. He and his wife and daughter have been in the United States since January. He has been working at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, N. J.
Resigns For His Convictions
Chicope Falls, Mass.—(UP)— Convicted of drunken driving, Marvin Bray resigned as head of the Chicope safety council.
Enqineer Council To Meet
The engineering council will meet at 5 p.m. tomorrow in 201 Marvin hall. W.R. Gibbs is president of the council.
Berlin, Oct. 13-(UP)-Berlin's city council followed the city assembly out of the Soviet sector today, completing the East-West split of the municipal government.
Berlin Council Quits Red Zone For Other Sector
The council decided to move from its customary meeting place in the Soviet sector after a Communist councillor, ousted by the city assembly last week, attempted to resume his seat.
The council's 11 non-Communist members voted to continue their weekly meetings in the British sector. However, the three Communist members said they would not take part in any sessions there.
Communists in the city assembly took a similar stand early in September when it moved to the British sector after Communist demonstrators thrived its chamber.
The American-licensed German newspaper, Tagesspiegel, said Russia has started to supply a newly-organized people's militia in former Nazi military installations, which were supposed to have been destroyed or put to other use.
Tells AIME Of Revision
The proposed changes in the American Institute of Mining and Metalurgical engineers were explained to the student branch by E. A. Stephenson, professor of petroleum engineering, Tuesday.
Under the recommended changes the national organization will be divided into three main branches. They will be mining, metallurgy, and petroleum, each with several subdivisions. Each of the three branches will publish its own journal and have its own organization.
A member of A.I.M.E. since 1916, Dr. Stephenson told the members that "it is up to the active interest of the young men to make the Institute a success in the future."
Charles F. Weinaug, chairman of the petroleum engineering department, reported on the petroleum division meeting in Dallas.
Law Wives' Party Will Be Tomorrow
'KU Will Have Deficit This Year'
By JAMES S. MORRIS
The Law Wives will have a reception for the wives of new students at 8 p.m. tomorrow in the Laundry hall of Green hall.
Club officers and other members will be introduced to the wives of first year law students at the informal reception, said Mrs. Clyde Daniel, president.
The University budget for the current fiscal year is almost five million dollars, Raymond Nichols, executive secretary and assistant to the chancellor, said Tuesday.
"Iincome is obtained in four ways. State appropriations contribute 49.4 per cent, the Veterans administration compensatory fee adds 32.5 per cent, students fees make up 15.9 per cent, and the remaining 2.2 per cent comes from interest on University endowments, extension classes and correspondence fees, and other miscellaneous sources."
"If we had one fire, the reserve fund would be gone just like that," he said snapping his fingers.
Mr. Nichols explained that the deficit is the result of a decrease in veteran enrollment. To balance the budget a heavy dip into the $300,000 reserve maintained by the University may be necessary.
The Veterans administration compensatory fee is used for veterans exactly as state appropriations are used for non-veterans, Mr. Nichols explained.
"An educational plant the size of the University requires an enormous expenditure each year to keep it going," he said. "This year, income will probably fall $100,000 short of our$4,887,000 budget."
Faculty, administration officers, building and grounds employees, and student help will get $3,524,000 of the budget. Operational expenses, utilities, new equipment, laboratory
He added that the V.A. owes the University $1,500,000 in anticipated and back payments. Some payments have not been made in the past year and a half.
"Recognizing that increased operational costs would be caused by the surge in enrollment of veterans, the government agreed to pay the additional costs of educating the veteran that the state pays for educating the non-veteran," he said.
supplies, library books, and miscellaneous items account for $1,363.000.
Not included in the budget estimate are Corbin hall, geological survey, water laboratory, industrial research, health service, commencement, and the Student Union. They are maintained through independent sources with a combined income of $626,000.
Commenting on the fact that the Student Union is financed by a direct assessment on the student, Mr. Nichols said, "The state legislature decided in 1941 that the student should be asked to pay some of the costs since they use the building, and benefit most. It is only fair to expect students to help pay for what they use.
"However, the money obtained from students is used only for capital additions to the Union building. The Union is non-profit and therefore expected to be self-supporting," he said.
The-Union fee for each student is $5 a semester and $2 for the summer session.
Postwar Home Designers Cause Social Problems'
Blanks Available For KSTA
Membership blanks for the Kansas State Teachers association are now available at the School of Education office for those instructors who wish to join.
Membership blanks for practice teachers in the School of Education will be available soon.
Watch Manners, SAM Is Told
He said there are more good jobs available in the field of production than in any other field. "You must be patient and learn, then I don't see how you can fail to get ahead," he said.
The failure to understand the importance of work is one reason people don't succeed, Charles S. Stevenson told members of the Society for the Advancement of Management Tuesday. Mr. Stevenson is vice-president in charge of production for Hall Brothers company, Kansas City, Mo.
He told members that the thrill of responsibility, willingness to work, and the desire to succeed are necessary for success. "If you've got them, it's going to be hard to keep you down," he said.
Mr. Stevenson said managers watch a young person for his associates, telephone manners, chivalry, speech and grammar, friendliness withotherpeople, and gratitude. Most managers are apalled by the lack of simple "Thank you's," he said.
In answer to a question, Mr. Stevenson told the students to look for honesty in an employer. He said to ask the people who work for the company to find out. He said to look at their sales record to see if they are a progressive firm, and to find out the personal reputation of the managers.
A member asked him if grades counted very much in applying for a job. He answered: "Most managers can tell in a few moments whether they want to hire a man or not, and grades are not too important. If you say that you graduated from the University of Kansas, that's enough for us."
A seminar on interviewee behavior will be held by the club at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 20, in the Pine room of the Union. Frank Pinet, director of the business placement bureau, will lead the discussion.
Endowment Fund Gets 8 New Trusts
The executive committee of the Endowment association accepted eight new trusts Tuesday, making a total of 140 trust funds to be used for the school, students, and faculty.
The total assets of the organization as reported by Irvin E. Youngberg, executive secretary, are $1,477,000.
The meeting was held in the office of C. C. Stewart, president of the association and was attended by Mr. Youngberg, Riley Burcham and Dr. Franklin Murphy, dean of the School of Medicine, all of whom were elected to the committee in May. Chancellor Deane W. Malott, Mrs. A. J. Boynton, Dolph Simons and Irving Hill also attended.
The Flower fund, and $8,000 trust to provide small loans to students has been one of the most used during the past year. The fund is used most by married veterans awaiting government checks and is made up of small gifts sent to the association on the death of a friend.
Registrars Meet Here
An informal meeting of the registrars of the Universities of Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Kansas State was held in the Pine room of the Union today. James K. Hitt, registrar, attended from the University.
New York, Oct. 13—(UP) Designers of the postwar home in America are interfering with young courtships, a social planner said today.
Dr. Bryn J. Hovde, president of the new school for social research, believes that the millions of new homes needed in the country should be built with a scientific approach.
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The housing units are being built too small; too snug; too crowded; they are driving people to "escape".
For instance, Dr. Hovde said that "too little closet and storage space may actually impose upon the occupants of an apartment an unsatisfactory way of living."
Where to put the baby carriage, the tricycle, or the bicycle has not been taken into consideration, he believes.
Nowadays, designers leave only enough room for cooking in the kitchen.
And, what's happened to the oldfashioned kitchen? Time was when lower-income families spent a large part of their time and "conducted family activities in the kitchen."
Furthermore, the designers are interfering with young trustships.
"The dwindling size of city apartments compels young people to conduct their courtships on the streets, in commercial places of business, in public parks, or in automobiles, rather than in one another's homes."
The problem should be tackled by the social sciences who should decide just how much room a family needs.
Dr. Hovde says that studies show bad neighborhoods have more than their share of persons who enter mental institutions.
There is no problem when a family has the money to buy or build a tailor-made home.
It is structures made for the purpose of renting to middle or low class families that are the problem, he contends.
Those men who will attend the preliminary meeting Oct. 23 are Dwight Brantley, special agent, F.B.I.; B尔斯 Crampton, secretary-treasurer, Kansas Peace Officers' association; Hugh F. Edwards, superintendent, Kansas Highway patrol, Ira Frantz, president, Kansas Peace Officers' association; Hobart Hanson, director of instruction and conferences, University extension; Claude McMamment, safety engineer, highway department; Lou P.Richter, director, Kansas Bureau of Investigation; George W. Shepherd, chief of police, Wichita, and Mr. Smith.
The bureau of governmental research co-operates with the F.B.I. the State Highway patrol, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, the Peace Officers' association, and Kansas chiefs of police to arrange lectures and demonstrations for peace officers within the state. Traffic problems, fingerprints, ballistics, and plaster casts are some of the items usually taken up, Mr. Smith said.
Medical Center Plans Physiology Class
Subjects for discussion at the third annual Peace Officers' school will be chosen Saturday, Oct. 23, Rhoten A. Smith, research associate of the bureau of governmental research, said Tuesday. Seven law enforcement officials from Kansas will meet with Mr. Smith in Frank Strong, annex F, to plan the school. It will be held for six days about Jan. 1 at the University.
A six week course in clinical physiology, beginning Friday, Oct. 22, will be given by K. E. Joehm, professor of physiology, for residents of the University of Kansas Medical center at Kansas City
The course will consist mainly of discussion on abnormal physiology in heart and respiratory diseases, Dr. Jochim said.
Plan School For Officers
The study is part of a basic science course required of all residents. It will be taught from 7 to 9 p.m. every Friday.