45th Year No.102
Lawrence Kansas
University Daily Kansan
Thursday, March 4, 1948
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Bacteriology, Geology Heads Are Announced
Chancellor Deane W. Malott today announced the appointments of new chairmen for the departments of bacteriology and geology.
bacteria. Dr. Lawrence W. Slanetz, head of the department of bacteriology at the University of New Hampshire, has been appointed professor of bacteriology and chairman of the department.
Dr. Robert A. Dreyer, associate professor of geology, will become chairman of the geology department. He will assume the chairmanship immediately, succeeding Prof. L. R. Laudon, who has announced his resignation to go to the University of Wisconsin after the spring semester.
teach.
Dr. Slanetz has headed the department of bacteriology at the University of New Hampshire, Durham, N. H., since 1932. At the same time he served as state bacteriologist.
Will Take Over
Dr. Slametz will succeed Dr. Noble P. Sherwood July 1. Dr. Sherwood P. has been with the University's department of bacteriology for 30 years, and has passed the age for mandatory retirement from administrative duties. He will continue to teach
Will Take Over July 1
He received national recognition in the medical profession a year ago for his experiments on chemotherapy in the treatment of tuberculosis. His discovery since has proved the most effective agent known for treatment of a skin-lesion type of tuberculosis.
Has Ph. D. From Yale
Ph. D. From Yale
Dr. Slanetz received a bachelor of science degree from Connecticut Agricultural college in 1929, and a doctor of philosophy degree from Yale university in 1932.
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Dr. Dreyer came to the University as an instructor in 1939, after receiving a doctor of philosophy degree from the California Institute of Technology. For the past two years he has been working on the origins of mineral-bearing ores under grants from the Geological Society of America.
Plan Vodka May Be Hoax
New York, March 4- (UP)—A fantastic "Plan Vodka" to blow up the city's subway, railroad and ferry systems with 147 high explosive bombs was under investigation by police today to determine if it was a hoax.
The plan, contained in five pages of crudely drawn diagrams and lettered instructions, was discovered Tuesday in a plain, unaddressed and unstamped envelope in a midtown post office substation. According to the plan, the blasts were to take place between 5 and 5:15 p.m. Wednesday, the height of the evening rush hour.
Police kept discovery of the papers from the public to avoid panic. More than 200 detectives, federal agents, railroad men and postal officials kept watch for seven hours at the key spots marked for destruction, but they made no arrests and found no explosives.
Police Commissioner Arthur Wallander's office announced today that detectives were being kept on the case because of the detailed descriptions contained in the plans.
The plain envelope contained five sheets of 8 by 10-inch paper, apparently from a loose-leaf notebook. Each sheet of paper was labelled "Plan Vodka." Postal authorities were inclined to view the plot as the work of a crank.
Speech Contest Ends Tonight
The finals of the intramural informative speech contest are to be held at 7:30 p.m. today in the Little Theater of Green hall. Ten of the original 32 candidates remain in the final contest.
Five faculty judges will pick two winners, one from the men's division, and the other from the women's division. Gold cups will be given to the winners. At the end of the contest, the organized house having the most points will receive a contest championship cup.
Symphony Plays To Full House
The Cincinnati Symphony orchestra, under the direction of youthfu Thor Johnson, gave a commendable performance to a capacity crowd in Hoch auditorium Wednesday evening.
The program was well-chosen and the ensemble responded to Mr. Johnson's conductorial talent with rhythmic sensitivity and tonal brilliance
Beethoven's "Leonore" Overture showed the finesse with which the symphony could play. In "Don Juan" the harp was added and Strauss's delightful melodies were played back and forth between the different orchestral sections.
The snare drums, tamorine, muted trumpet and oboe were used in Milmaud's "Suite Provençale" to interpret the popular folk songs of southern France during the Eighteenth Century. The orchestra played the dance-tunes and lively marches with spirit.
Mr. Johnson clinaxed the program with Tschaikowsky's Fifth Symphony.
The orchestra responded to long applause by playing two light numbers "Ranch House Party" and the popular "Sabre Dance," as encores.
Police Check Chi O Parking
Parking in the vicinity of the Chi Omega house will be strictly regulated, Robert Corwin, traffic officer, said today following a property owner's complaint.
Appearing in the Lawrence police court yesterday were John P. Ellis, Robert E. Sterrett, Duke C. Burt, Walter O. Quiring, Lorraine A. Rumsey, Robert M. Stevenson, Robert R. Gunn, Morris E. Borene, Joseph D. Lysaught, John B. Ashby, Don A. Kuebler, Jr., Thomas D. Harrison, and Joanne Beamer.
Cars blocking driveways, parking across sidewalks, or in orange zones in that area will receive tickets. Four students were given tickets Wednesday for parking on the sidewalk in that area.
Orange zones, particularly those near fireplugs, are restricted through out the day and night and will be rigidly enforced, Mr. Corwin said.
Craig W. Hampton, fine arts sophomore, was appointed chairman of the decorations committee for the junior class dance Wednesday. Hampton is also chairman of the decorations committee of the Student Union activities. He has decorated the ballroom for most of the dances given there.
Union Activities Appoints Hampton
The junior class dance will be held from 9 p.m. to midnight April 10. Harlan Livingood's orchestra will play.
ASV Members Break To Form New Party Line
Campus politics came to a boil Wednesday when one faction of the organizers withdrew from the Alliance of Student Voters at the first meeting.
When Robert E. Morris, chairman,
stated that "the party would not
solicit the active support of the
Greeks" it touched off an argument,
with about two-thirds of those present
stalking out of the meeting. The
question did not come to a vote and
no further business was conducted
after the withdrawal.
"The men who withdrew apparently want a third party designed to split the Independent vote," Morris said. "By forming a strong Independent organization, the A. S. V. intends to win two seats on the A. S.C. for each seat filled by Pachacamac and N. O. W.," he added.
In its first press release, the A. S. V. announced it would be "a party designed to fill the widening gap in Independent ranks caused by the recent dissolution of the Progressive party."
Morris, in the discussion, pointed out the failure of the Progressives to reach a working agreement between the Independents and the social fraternities.
Fail to Agree
social trust. The members of the party met in the lobby of the Union, and, following the A. S. V. meeting, announced to a University Daily Kansas reporter that they had organized a reform party.
"We have withdrawn because the A. S. V. intends to serve the men's Independent party just as the Progressive party served Pachacamac," said Terryry Francis, chairman of the new group.
They set forth their aims as follows: Real responsibility in student government, abolition of factionalism, true proportionate representation in student government, and to make a clean sweep of school elections and thereby bring clean politics to the campus.
"The reform group has broken from the A. S. V. because we oppose the idea of co-operation between political parties when they have announced to the public they are opposing each other," said Gary J. Kersten, public relations officer.
Reason for Break
Delbert E. Miller, head of the petition committee, said that petitions would be circulated on the campus.
Robert M. Clave, who was secretary of the Progressive party at the time it dissolved, was appointed temporary secretary of the reform party
The Jayhawkers-for-Wallace club was recognized Wednesday by the dean of men as a new student organization. A list of aims and purposes of the club will be filed with the dean later.
Dean Recognizes Wallace Group
"Anything to stimulate the student interest in public affairs is worthwhile," Dean L. C. Woodruff said.
Faculty advisers have not yet been chosen.
Jayhawkers - for - Wallace will meet at 7:30 p.m. today in 206 Frank Strong hall.
Business to be discussed includes transportation to the conference of Wallace-for-President clubs March 5 and 6 at Topeka. Possible affiliation with national Wallace organizations will also be discussed.
Daily Kansan Gives War Memorial Bell
Will Honor Former Staff Members Who Were Killed In World WarII
The World War II University Memorial fund was enriched today by a gift of a $1,000 bell from the University Daily Kansan to be dedicated to the memory of seven former staff members who died in the war.
The memorial is to be a 175-foot campanile housing a 52-bell carillon in the bell chamber directly over the observation tower.
Two Midshipmen To See Academy
Midshipman Paul J, Uhlig, College sophomore, and Theodore W. Tober, pharmacy sophomore, have been chosen to visit the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis from April 22 to 25.
These men were picked from a group on the basis of outstanding academic achievement. They will live with the Annapolis middies in their quarters, but will wear N. R. O. T. C. uniforms while at the academy.
They will attend lectures, classes,
and drills. A formal dance and various
athletic events will be included.
Transportation for the students will be provided by the Navy; also five dollars a day subsistence pay will be granted to each man.
According to Naval policy, these visits are on an exchange basis. Midshipmen from Annapolis will visit the University sometime in the future.
There is a possibility two more University midshipmen may be nominated for an Annapolis visit in May, Capt. J. V. Peterson said.
17 Jews Killed In Palestine
Jerusalem, March 4—(UP) Jewish officials reported that the Arabs cut off a 23-man Haganah patrol north of Jerusalem today, captured 17 of its men and killed them when British forces approached to intervene in a running battle.
Six survivors of the Haganah dawn patrol into Arab territory near Ataroth along the Nablus road reported that all of their comrades were slain by Arabs identified as Iraqi volunteers who surrounded and overwhelmed them.
Police sources in Jerusalem reported that about 500 Iraqi volunteers had infiltrated the Ramallah area in the past week, with orders to cut the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway, the Jewish lifeline.
For three days the Arabs have made repeated attacks along the highway. They already had rolled up a score of about a dozen Jews slain in ambushes of Jewish convoys.
In other attacks, a British officer and a Jew were shot to death by Arab snipers near the Armon theater in Haifa.
Reports from the north said a huge Arab convoy was gathering in the Syrian hills just across the border from Palestine.
WEATHER
Kansas—Cloudy with light snow west. Occasional snow flurries east today. Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow. Light intermittent snow southwest tonight. Continued cold. High today 20. Low tonight 10 to 15 north and 20 to 25 south.
Prominent among the names memorialized by the University Daily Kansan bell will be that of Raymond Clapper, famous war correspondent and former student, who was killed in a plane crash in the Pacific in 1944. Others Honored
The University Daily Kansan's donation will provide the 14th bell for the carillon, which will consist of bells weighing from 12 to between 15,000 and 20,000 pounds.
Others to be honored are Sgt. Curtius Andrew Burton, '40; Lt. Walter William Meininger, '40; Miss Jean A. Thomas, '39; Lt. Robert L. "Bob" Coleman, former student '44; Lt. John Elliot Penner, '31; and Capt. Philip Stratton, former student, '37.
Mr. Clapper was successively reporter, managing editor, and editor-in-chief of the University Daily Kansan in 1914-15.
He left the University in 1916, before he was graduated and worked on the Kansas City Star and later joined the Chicago staff of the United Press. In 1929 he was appointed bureau chief in Washington, D.C., but resigned three years later to work for the Washington Post
Became Columnist
Mr. Clapper became a columnist for the Scripps-Howard Newspaper alliance four years later.
He flew 100,000 miles as a war correspondent from 1940 to 1944, in the European and Mediterranean theaters of action. He was killed Feb. 3, 1944, in a plane crash.
In April, 1947, Mrs. Clapper received in the name of her husband the first posthumous award of merit for distinguished service from the alumni association.
Sergeant Burton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Burton of Topeka, died July 18, 1944, of infantile paralysis. He enlisted in the army May 1, 1943, and was assigned to the port of embarkation at New Orleans. Died In St. Louis County.
Diel In Sicilian Campaign
Lieutenant Meininger died of wounds received in action during the Silician campaign Aug. 12, 1943. He was managing editor of the University Daily Kansan in the fall of 1939. After graduation he worked on the news staff of station KMBC, Kansas City, Mo., and in the bureau of Transradio Press service.
Miss Thomas, an American Red Cross worker, was killed June 14, 1944, in a plane crash near the island of Sardinia. In 1944 she had volunteered for overseas service and was sent overseas as a staff secretary.
Miss Thomas was makeup editor and campus editor of the University Daily Kansan in 1938. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Philip R. Thomas, Waterville. Killed in Germany.
Killed In Germany
Lieutenant Coleman, a P-38 fighter pilot, was killed in action April 1, 1945, over Goettingen, Germany, on his 12th mission. He was associate editor of the University Daily Kansan in 1942.
Lieutenant Penner was killed in action in March, 1945 on the aircraft carrier Franklin. He worked for the Hutchinson News-Herald for 10 years before enlisting in the navy, and in 1933 he did graduate work in journalism at the University.
Captain Stratton, an Eighth air force pilot, was reported missing June 11, 1944. He was makeup editor of the University Daily Kansan in 1936.