====PAGE-LEVEL METADATA==== University Daily Kansan Page 0523_1 from reel: L 2342 (1947-11-14 to 1948-10-28) https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/152116 Title: A Cappella Choir Members Chosen for 1948-49 Summary: The 1948 A Cappella choir members have been announced by D.M. Swarthout, dean of the School of Fine Arts, including students from all schools of the University with performances scheduled in nearby cities and at the University in March. Category: campus news Subjects: student organizations; music; university activities Named Entities: Swarthout, D. M. [dean of Fine Arts]; Jeanne Aldridge [First Soprano]; Betty Lou Byram [First Alto] Confidence: 0.85 Title: Tau Sigma Tryouts to Be Held Tonight Summary: Tryouts for membership in Tau Sigma, honorary modern dance club for men and women, will start at 7 p.m. today in Robinson gym with A to M inclusive trying out tonight and N to Z tomorrow. Category: campus news Subjects: student organizations; membership; university activities Confidence: 0.8 Title: Union Officers Are Announced Summary: Evans J. Francis has been appointed president of Union Activities for the coming year, with other officers including Mari Lyn L. Sweeter as executive vice-president and Craig W. Hampton as public relations vice-president. Category: campus news Subjects: student government; university activities; leadership Named Entities: Evans J. Francis [College junior]; Mari Lyn L. Sweeter [executive vice-president]; Craig W. Hampton [public relations vice-president]; Kathleen H. Brode [social vice-president]; Doris T. Then [secretary] Confidence: 0.8 Title: Aliotti Elected ASC Member by Independents Summary: Aldo Aliotti, graduate student, was elected by unanimous ballot to fill the vacated post of A.S.C. member-at-large at the first meeting of the Independent Men's party Monday night, with Donald Giffen and James H. Storer also elected as new officers. Category: campus news Subjects: student government; elections; university activities Named Entities: Aldo Aliotti [graduate student]; Donald Giffen [freshman]; James H. Storer [fine arts freshman] Confidence: 0.85 Title: Directory Ready Nov. 1 Summary: The student directory will go to press tomorrow and be ready for distribution Nov. 1, according to Marian Rippeteau, editor, with the 1948-49 edition being distributed more than a month earlier than the 1947-48 directory. Category: campus news Subjects: university publications; student directory; academic resources Confidence: 0.8 Title: K-Club to Meet Tonight in Gym Summary: President 'Red' Hogan said today the first meeting of the K-club will be at 7:30 tonight in 202 Robinson, with the election of officers to constitute the main business of the meeting. Category: campus news Subjects: student organizations; university activities; meetings Confidence: 0.8 Title: Alpha Delta Sigma Will Meet Summary: Alpha Delta Sigma, advertising fraternity, will hold its first meeting of the semester at 7:30 tonight in 107 Journalism, with officers to be elected. Category: campus news Subjects: student organizations; university activities; meetings Confidence: 0.8 Title: Dead Rattlesnake Bites Teacher Summary: Paul Colburn, a high school biology teacher, was recovering today from the bite of a dead rattlesnake he brought to class as an exhibit, with the teacher slashed the finger with a razor blade and visited a hospital for a shot of serum. Category: local news Subjects: animal bites; health; local incidents Named Entities: Colburn, Paul [high school biology teacher] Confidence: 0.8 Title: Chest X-Rays for Employees Summary: Chest x-rays of all employees of organized University residence houses are being taken in Watkins Memorial hospital, Dr. Ralph I. Canuteson, director of the University Health service, said Monday, with the service primarily for the protection of the students. Category: local news Subjects: health services; employee benefits; medical examinations Named Entities: Canuteson, Dr. Ralph I. [director of University Health service] Confidence: 0.8 Title: Thirty Bands to Play for KU-CU Game Summary: Thirty high school and college bands will be here Saturday in the annual observance of Band day, with performances downtown at 10:30 a.m. and at the Colorado-Kansas football game that afternoon, with invitations to the groups to observe Band day here issued by the athletic department. Category: local news Subjects: music; sports events; community participation Confidence: 0.8 Title: KU Cops Give Red Tickets Summary: Parking problems on the campus are left to the University parking office and its officers, Clarence Biesner, Lawrence chief of police, said Monday, with the University police force cooperating with the city organization with their duties concerned only with University area. Category: local news Subjects: campus safety; traffic enforcement; university police Named Entities: Biesner, Lawrence [chief of police] Confidence: 0.8 Title: Rocket Plane Passes Sound Summary: An American rocket plane has been speeds ranging from 850 miles an hour to 'more than 1,000' miles an hour, the Cleveland Press said it was learned that day, with the fact that such a speed had been attained was first hinted at Saturday in a New York speech by Air Secretary W. S. Symington. Category: local news Subjects: aviation; technology; speed records Named Entities: Cleveland Press [newspaper] Confidence: 0.8 Title: Entomology Club Elects Burton Hodgden President Summary: Burton Hodgden, graduate student, was elected president of the Entomology club when members met Monday in Snow hall, with other officers including Betty Pol as vice-president and Jane Topping as secretary-treasurer. Category: local news Subjects: student organizations; elections; university activities Named Entities: Burton Hodgden [graduate student]; Betty Pol [vice-president]; Jane Topping [secretary-treasurer] Confidence: 0.8 Title: Foreign Language Students to Have Fraser Study Hall Summary: Students taking German, Russian, or Swedish will have a study hall and library on the third floor of Fraser hall in about two days, J.A. Fraser, professor of German, said. Category: local news Subjects: education; language studies; university facilities Named Entities: Fraser, J. A. [professor of German] Confidence: 0.8 Title: Draft Dodging Is Not a New Art; Greeks Had a Word for It-Ulysses Summary: Selective service headquarters reached back into antiquity today to prove that the first draft registration for military service was divinely ordered in the days of Moses, with Colonel Hart, press officer, noting that Ulysses, who gained some measure of fame as a post-Trojan war wanderer, was the first known draft dodger some 3,000 years ago. Category: national news Subjects: military history; draft evasion; ancient history Named Entities: Hart, Colonel [press officer] Confidence: 0.8 Title: [advertisements] Advertisers include: Chet's Drive-In; Jerome Piano Co.; Wolfson's; Lawrence Optical Co; WE FIT GLASSES and DUPLICATE BROKEN LENSES Category: advertisements Confidence: 0.9 Note: Descriptive metadata for this item has been generated in part using AI (artificial intelligence) technologies and may be incomplete, misleading, or inaccurate. 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