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University Daily Kansan Thursday, Feb. 12, 1948 OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Thursday, Feb. 12, 1948
Lawrence, Kansas
Nina Green Adds Crown As Union Queen
Nina L. Green, Kappa Kappa Gamma, added another crown Wednesday night when she was selected Miss Student Union for 1948 at a contest held in the Union.
Miss Green will represent the University at the Sweetheart Swing Saturday night, competing with nine other college women for the title of "Sweetheart of America."
The judges were Joseph Wilson, president of the Chamber of Commerce; John R. Chaney, president of the junior Chamber of Commerce; Oscar B. Rumsey, president of the Lions club; C. W. Pollen, president of the Kiwanis club, and Ogden S. Jones, president of the Rotary club.
was Homecoming Queen
Miss Green, a 20-year old College senior, was Homecoming Queen in 1946. She is majoring in psychology, is a member of the social committee of the Union and the Y. W. C. A., and was chairman of the Union carnival held last fall.
Four faculty women also chose the escorts for the queens.
The escorts are William T. Cavaugh, Phi Kappa Psi; Joseph E. Daly, Phi Kappa; Ada G. Glass, Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Joe L. Levy, Alpha Tau Omega; John C. Neeb, Delta Chi; Walter O. Quinig, Delta Theta; Walter T. House, Phamma Delta; Paul D. Williams, Phma Triangle; Roland D. Williams, Kappa Sigma; and Jack Warley, Lamda
Will Escort Queens
Each man will escort a queen for the day, and one man, to be known as the "Most Datable Male," will be selected to escort the "Sweetheart of America" after she has been chosen.
The judges who selected the men were Miss Irene Cebula, romance language department; Mrs. Margaret Y. McKay, political science department; Miss Martha Peterson, assistant dean of women; and Mrs. Dorothy Simons, English department.
YWCA To Organize Frosh Committees
Y. W.C.A. Committee chairmen will be introduced at a special freshman Y.W.C.A. meeting to be held at 4 p.m., February 16, in the Kansas Room of the Union. This meeting is the first step in the reorganization of the freshman program, according to Joy Godbehere, College senior, and director of freshmen activities.
Emmalou Britton, Y.W.C.A. president, will present the chairmen of the committees, who will in turn explain the functions and activities of their respective groups. Following the meeting, both old and new freshmen will be able to join the committees of their choice. During the first semester, freshmen members attended only the commission meetings.
Committees that will be open to membership are political effectiveness, social, community service, ways and means, publicity, music and art appreciation, worship, membership, world relatedness, and campus problems.
Refreshments will be served, and all freshmen women are urged to attend, whether or not they belonged to the Y.W.C.A. previously or were enrolled in a commission group.
WEATHER
For Kansas—Mostly cloudy today. Diminishing light snow west. Continued cold. Clearing east, partly cloudy west tonight.
200 Tickets Go On Sale
About 200 tickets for a Friday afternoon performance of the "Mikado" will go on sale tomorrow morning.
The performance will be given for Lawrence high school and junior high school pupils. A few seats will be available for KU students, Arnold England, business manager, said today.
Tickets will be sold in the rotunda of Frank Strong hall and in the Union. All tickets for the Friday night performance have been sold.
Kerensky Here February 23
Alexander Kerensky, former prime minister of the Russian government after the fall of the Czarist regime, will speak in Fraser hall at 4 p.m. on Feb. 23.
Mr. Kerensky's talk was initiated by Mrs. Rachael Soloveitchik, instructor in Russian. Mrs. Soloveitchik and her husband, Dr. Samson Soloveitchik, associate professor of history at the University of Kansas City, have been politically and socially allied with Mr. Kerensky for many years.
Mr Kerensky is a visiting professor at the University of Kansas City this month.
As commander-in-chief of the Russian armies (comparable to the office held by President Truman in the United States), Kerensky visited the front in 1917 in an attempt to persuade the Russian forces to support the effort of the Allies. Lenin, however, also visited the Russian troops and persuaded their ultimate desertion from World War I.
Mr. Kerensky was a member of the Imperial Russian duma (parliament) from 1912 to 1917 and was leader of the democratic labor group. The Czar had set up some liberal reforms after the first revolution in 1805.
Congress Sees 'Death Blow' To Rationing
Washington, Feb. 12—(UP)—The slump in commodity prices was viewed in congress today as the death blow for rationing and price control proposals. But there were conflicting opinions on its effects on other legislation.
It was conceded that the price trend, if it becomes serious, may force a re-appraisal of legislative plans. However, there was no indication that Republican leaders considered it serious enough yet to revise their thinking on such things as tax reduction and rent control.
Soap and meat prices dropped in groceries and butcher shops across the nation today as a result of the worst commodity market slump in history.
They never have been friendly toward President Truman's requests for price, rationing and allocation controls. The downturn in prices merely strengthened their resistance. Soap, Meat Prices Drop
Charles Luckman, president of Lever Brothers, the world's largest manufacturer of soap, slashed prices of all soap products five per cent "in view of declining raw material prices." Lever Brothers previously cut the price of their shortening 2 cents a pound.
Detroit Steak Prices Down
At Detroit, the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea company announced new price cuts on round steak bringing it down to 69 cents a pound, a 16-cent drop in 10 days. Ham dropped as much as 22 cents a pound in South Dakota and bacon was down as much as 14 cents. Flour was cut 95 cents for 100 pounds as Walsenburg, Colo.
Little Man On Campus
The market were closed today in observance of Lincoln's birthday after crashing grain prices broke all records for a single month's drop in the 100-year-old history of the Chicago board of trade.
"Here we allow the foreign students to wear the costume of their choice—however, in your case, Miss Boom Boom, we feel—"
New Bitter Bird On Sale March 3
The Bitter Bird is being refeathered.
The campus humor publication, which became so noted for satire in it's first issues, will apparently come back into character in its next issue.
Based on a parody of the University Daily Kansan, complete with cartoons and advertisements, the Bird will be on sale March 3.
Otto Of Austria To Speak Here
His Imperial Highness, Otto of Austria, will present the first of the community lecture series for the second semester at 8 p. m. Feb. 16, in Hoch auditorium. He will lecture on "World Danger Zones" based on information gathered in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
His Highness traveled in the stricken areas and returned to the United States in January from his most recent tour of world spots.
During the early stages of the Hitler conquests, Otto issued a proclamation from France to the Austrian people, inviting them to oppose Hitler by underground methods.
After the Germans issued an order for his arrest, he escaped to the United States and took up residence here in 1940. He visited the University in 1942. Otto returned to Europe in the fall of 1944 to help liberate Austria.
Bill Sears Is Back
Having ended a 16-week tour throughout Kansas and five neighboring states, Bill Sears, the authority on baton twirling and drum majoring, is once again at the University.
Sears, a graduate student, began his tour last September and since that time has made nearly 200 public appearances exhibiting baton twirling, gun spinning, and flag swinging. He performed before elementary, high school, and college groups.
A married veteran, Sears graduated from the University last spring with a major in education. After completing his education he plans to continue baton twirling as a hobby and as an extra part of music instruction. "I really don't care too much for the show part," he said.
"Baton twirling is a lot of fun there are always new angles, and it is an unlimited field," he commented. "No one will ever know all about it."
The tour was arranged by the department of lectures and concert artists at the University.
Five University art students and a former student have been represented in exhibits in various parts of the country recently.
5 Art Students Exhibit Pictures
Evangeline Pratt, Fine Arts senior; exhibited a silk screen design at the annual Missouri Art show in St. Louis during December. De Arlene Thornhill, Fine Arts sophomore, Billie Rotermund, Fine Arts senior, and Charles Schafer, Fine Arts sophomore, each entered a screen in the National Print show at Webita during January.
Dora Ann Brown, Fine Arts senior, and Geraldine Nelson, 47, were picture exhibitors in the National College Art show at the University of Alabama January 27. Both of the latter pictures were water colors.
Funeral Plans Incomplete For Crash Victim
BULLETIN
Funeral arrangements for Edward R. Weatherill, 21, College junior, who was killed in an auto-truck crash three miles east of Lawrence Wednesday, had not been completed early today. His body is at Funk's mortuary.
Harvey Levy, 23-year old engineer sophomore, from New York, died today in Lawrence Memorial hospital. He was the driver of the car in which Mr. Weatherill was a passenger. He is survived by his wife Mrs. Ruth Levy, also of New York. He lived at 108 Lane N, Sunflower.
Color designs of stage settings and costumes for the Russian ballet, created by Leon Nicolayevich Bakst, are on display on the third floor of Fraser hall.
Early this morning it was reported by hospital attendants that Mr. Levy had spent a "poor night" and was "in very critical condition."
Weatherill is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alice M. Weatherill, pianist for the Sunflower Community church, two children, Bruce, $2\frac{1}{2}$; Mary, 6 months, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Weatherill, route 2, Huron, S.D.
He came to the University in the fall of 1945 and completed the 12-week naval R.O.T.C. course before leaving to attend Northwest Missouri State Teachers college. He returned to the University in the spring of 1947. He lived at Sunflower Village for little more than a year.
Armanav Won't Talk
Vincent S. Di Carlo, new Armanav president, today declined to comment on what Armanav's reaction would be to the proposed bus fare changes between Sunflower and Lawrence.
He said, however, that the matter will be brought up at the first meeting of the semester Tuesday.
Both Armanav and the American Veteran's committee have expressed disapproval of the fare hike. One of the main purposes of both groups is to help the veteran live within subsistence allowances.
Russian Ballet Costumes Shown
The designs are from the W. B. Thayer library and have been arranged with notes by Mrs. Rachel Soloveitchik, instructor of Russian.
"Bakst has been a great influence on modern designing, both in the theatre and otherwise," commented Mrs. Soloveitchik. "His designs are characterized by extraordinary richness and brilliance of color and by a fertile imagination," she added.
One of the costumes was designed for Nijinsky in the role of the Faun from the ballet, 'L'Apres Midi D'I Faun'. Others include Beotien from "Narcisse", the Young Rajah from "Scheherazade", Bacchanale from "Cleopatre" and the Fiancee from "Le Dieu Bleu."
Jones' Condition Improved
Jacob O. Jones, professor of applied mechanics, who received a fracture of the back in a fall from a ladder in his home Jan. 30, is improving satisfactorily. He is in Watkins Memorial hospital.