University Daily Kansan
Friday, May 14, 1948
Lawrence, Kansas
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
STUDENT NEWS PAPER
Speech Honors Taken By AOPi And Phi Kappa
Edith R. Williamson representing Alpha Omicron Pi and Richard J. Bulger of Phi Kappa took first place in the men's and women's intramural contest in after dinner speaking Thursday. In winning, they acquired the final Sweepstakes cup for their organized houses. The cup is given the men's and women's houses winning the largest number of points. Individual gold losing cups were
Individual gold loving-cups were given to the winners.
Bugler, engineering sophomore, warned the audience against dishonest politicians and gave humorous examples of what people can expect in 1948 campaign speeches. He also won first place in the informative speech contest.
Second place in the women's division went to Doreen J. Wallace of Delta Delta Delta, and Alla E. Beece of Alpha Omicron Pi won third. In the men's division, Arthur H. Fitch, Phi Kappa, took second and Charles Oswald of Beta Theta Pi won third place.
Miss Williamson, College freshman, who also placed second in the informative contest, defended the rights of the Wyandotte Indians as she told how the white men drove the red men from their hunting and burial grounds.
Placing as second in the final Sweepstakes contest were Beta Theta Pi for fraternities, and Delta Delta Delta for sororities.
Other contestants were Alla E. Beebe, Alpha Omicron Pt, Betty Hits, Delta Delta Delta, and Paul J. Uhlig, Battenfeld, Edward L. Stollenwerck presented the awards for the Forensic league who sponsored the contest. Aldo Aliotti introduced the speakers.
Seven Frats Open Contest
Seven fraternities will take part in the inter-fraternity singing contest to be held at 3:30 p.m. Sunday in Hoch auditorium.
They are Sigma Chi, Delta Upsilon, Phi Delta Theta, Lambda Chi Alpha, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Kappa Sigma, and Tau Omega.
The contest is sponsored by Phi Mu Alpha, men's music fraternity. It is an annual event on the campus and is designed to encourage group singing. The fraternity groups will be judged on interpretation, pitch, and enunciation by Paul DeCora instructor, Robert Briggs, and Marcus Hahn, assistant instructors, in the School of Fine Arts.
The groups may sing three songs, a fraternity chapter song, any school song, and one song of their choice. Those taking part will meet at 2:30 p.m. in Hoch. A trophy cup will be awarded to the winning fraternity. The songs will be recorded.
James Strub, College freshman will play popular music on the organ before the singing.
The annual speech and drama department banquet will begin at 6 p.m. today in the Kansas room of the Union. Awards will be made to outstanding students.
Speech Department To Hold Banquet
Miss Margaret Anderson, associate professor of speech, will give a talk on "Activities in the Field of Speech Correction." Robert Calderow, associate professor of speech, will pre-ide.
Dance Manager Applications Due
Today, is the deadline for student dance manager applications. Applications are to be turned in to Sue Webster, 1625 Edgillh Road. Applicants should state their qualifications in a letter. The All Student Council will choose the manager from the letters received.
Engineers Initiate Nineteen Men
Nineteen new members were initiated into Pi Tau Sigma, national honorary mechanical engineering fraternity, at an annual banquet Thursday.
They are Thurston Cowill, Arthur R. Puffinbarger, and Charles R. Svoboda, seniors; Dick' Dickey, Chester J. Frazier, Chester D. Hall, Brownell W. Landes, Hugh S. McClland, James V. Meredith, Norman W. Neaderhiser, Bruce R. Pennington, Lee G. Selden, Robert E. Sterrett, Jack P. Stovall, and Arthur R. Thompson, junior; David J. Foley, John R. Harris, James E. Oram, and Clayton W. Williams, sophomores.
John M. Suptic, engineering junior welcomed the new members
Max Dresden, assistant professor of physics and guest speaker, said that many engineering students do not have a definite goal in mind when they come to the University.
"No one seems to know where he is going," Professor Dresden said, when telling of students who come to his office for advice about the best course of study to follow. He said that many of them seem to think a sudden 'shudder' will solve their problems. A young person should plan a definite goal for himself, then work for its attainment, he said.
Professor Dresden also said that an engineer should broaden his knowledge in the fields, and thereby equip himself for better living in this modern world.
James R. Kaneh, president of the fraternity, introduced the speaker. Each new member gave a short introductory speech.
Keeler Names Chairmen For Commencement
Guy V. Keeler, head of the commencement planning committee, announced committee chairmen today
They are Dean D. M. Swarthout and Russell L. Wiley, music; Fred Ellsworth, class reunions and alumni meetings; Florence Black, assisted by George Beal, Charles Stricky, and Louise Cochran, decorations; Mildred Seaman, radio; Eda N.A. Hill, registration; Martha Peterson, mortar board reunion; F. C. Allen and Paul Endacott, reunion of the 1923 basketball team; Robert K. Ready, class breakfast; Mary Larson, all-University lunchroom; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Shenk and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Twente, receptions; Ray Brewster, marshal; L. D. Woodruff, tickets for luncheon and commencement services.
Program for the 1948 commencement:
Friday, June 4
8 p.m. Fine Arts commencement
recital, Hoch auditorium.
Saturday. June 5
5:30 p.m. Mortar Board reunion,
Memorial union
6 p.m. Reunion dinner of the 1923 basketball team, Memorial union
Sunday, June 6
12:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. Class reunions. Union building
3:30 p.m. Band concert, Fowler grove
7:30 p.m. Baccalaureate services Memorial stadium
Monday. June 7
7:30 a.m. Class of 1948 breakfast, Union building
10:15 a.m. Annual Alumni association meeting, Fraser
12:30 p.m. Commencement
luncheon. Hoch auditorium
Little Man On Campus
4 p.m. Reception for seniors alumni and families, Union building
7:30 p.m. Commencement exercises. Memorial stadium
By Bibler
Truman To Speak On Radio Tonight
AAUW Has Tea For 300 Seniors
Washington, May 14—(UP) —President Truman will deliver a nationally broadcast speech tonight. before the national young Democratic dinner here. His address, scheduled for 8:30 p.m., will be carried by the Mutual Broadcasting system.
Approximately 300 senior women attended a tea Thursday given by the American Association of University Women in Templin hall.
Mrs. F. T. Stockton, president, explained the ideals and aims of the A.A.I.W
Some of the community benefits sponsored by the A.A.U.W. here in Lawrence are the children's theater, which was discontinued during the war, but is being revived next year; recreation programs; arts and crafts festivals, and teachers welfare legislation.
Mrs. F. B. O'Brien, past state president of the organization, said in her talk that the University of Kansas has been included in the association since the original charter was issued in 1880.
The Madrigal singers of the Lawrence Music club sang "It Can Not Be a Strange Country," "Good Night," a Bavaria folk song, "Little Brown Baby" by Mrs. Louise Cooke Don Carlos of Lawrence, and a "May Day Carol." Members of the group directed by Mrs. H. W. Craig, are Mrs. Robert Price, Mrs. George Lowman, Mrs. Harold Steeper, Mrs Arthur R. Colburn, Mrs. Robert Lc-Nair Davis, and Mrs. Walter Keeler accompanied by Mrs. Maurice Clarkson.
Mrs. Davis played a violin solo, "Romanza," from the second concerto of Wieniawski. Incidental music during the afternoon was provided by Marie Bartwell, College junior; Shirley Ousley, fine arts junior, and Wilma Jean Anderson, fine arts freshman.
In the receiving line were Mrs. Stockton, Mrs. J. W. Murray, vicepresident, Mrs. George Anderson, president-elect, Mrs. Virginia Wilder, vice-president-elect, and Mrs. F. J. McDonald, Templin house mother.
Drama Groups Plan 3 Plays
Three plays will be presented by members of the drama department next week. There will be no admission charge.
A three-act play, "Private Lives," by Noel Coward will be produced at 8 p.m. May 18 in the Little theater of Green hall.
Mary K. Booth, graduate student is, directing the play, which will be read from script.
Members of the cast are Elizabeth Brady, Herk Harvey, Sarah J. Heil, and Tom P. Rea.
Two one-act plays, "The Hungerers" and "Comin' Through the Rye," both by William Saroyan, will be presented by the University players at 8 p.m. May 19 in Fraser theater. They will be directed by Rea and Dan Palmquist, education senior.
Members of the cast of "The Hungerers" are Milton Commons, Gwendolyne Jones, Loren Orr, Miss Booth and Palmquist.
WEATHER
Kansas—Fair, warmer and windy today. Scattered thundershowers tonight and tomorrow. Warm in south tonight. Somewhat cooler northwest
"Comin' Through the Rye" will be enacted by Tom Shay, Harry Patterson, a student at Oread High school Miss Booth, Commons, and Rea.
Pickets Invade Packing House Wreck Plant
BULLETIN
St. Paul, Minn., May 14—(UP)—Gov. Luther W. Youngdahl said today he will order out the national guard to halt violence in the meat packing strike.
Gov. Luther W. Youngdahl reportedly was considering calling out the National Guard to halt the violence which had flared in this meat packing vicinity for the third day in a row.
South St. Paul, Minn., May 14—(UP) About 200 men armed with clubs, knives, and hammers broke into the Cudahy meat plant at nearby Newport, Minn., early today, smashed thousands of dollars worth of machinery and abducted 30 non-striking workers.
On the picket lines at Swift and Armour plants here, strikers continued to ignore court injunctions limiting their numbers.
Hours after the attack, seven of the abducted workers still were missing. The others had been released along country roads. Some of them were badly beaten.
The Cudahy invaders, many of them identified by company officials as striking employees of the firm, moved into the plant in a well-organized attack that caught the 65 non-strikers inside unawares.
Storming the plant from front and rear, the attackers smashed machinery, beat and kicked the men on the job, threw power switches and yanked telephones from their connections.
They ransacked the building, breaking into all rooms but the main office in search of non-strikers. They broke into livestock pens and freed more than 100 hogs. Then, the plant interior shambles, they left in cars they had parked near the plant, forcing 30 workers to accompany them. Most of the non-strikers were driven a short distance and then put out of the cars along the road.
About 200 pickets massed before the plant gates later in the morning and refused to permit the 35 workers still inside to leave. However, Sheriff's deputies escorted some workers inside at their regular reporting hour.
R. J. Swenson, plant manager, said six men inside the plant were injured in the fierce fighting. Two required hospitalization.
Several of them massed before the main Swift plant early today. Non-strikers made no attempts to cross the lines. Sheriff Norman Dieter and 20 deputies and city policemen tried to pierce the lines yesterday and were repulsed.
The University Men's and Women's Glee clubs will present a joint concert at 8 p.m. May 17 in Hoch auditorium. Irene Peabody and Joseph Wilkins will direct.
Glee Clubs Will Sing
The clubs will join to sing three numbers from the Fred Waring glee club series. A group from the Men's club will sing two Negro spirituals, "Ezekiel Saw The Wheel" and "Dry Bones."
Solos will be sung by Gregory Simms, DuMont Reed, John Mowers, a trio composed of Terry Colton, Carol Prochaska, and Carol Buhler; a woman's quartet composed of Noggin Dogs, Logan Helen Ward, and Jean Young; Lewis Bales, Doris Gilman, and Clarence Hooper.
Twila Wagner and Roger Butts will be accompanists.