University Daily Kansan STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Lawrence, Kansas
Student Council Refers Absences To Committee
Sixteen of the 30 members of the All Student Council took time from other business Tuesday night to discuss the lack of interest of the 14 absent members.
The possibility of publishing the names of absent members and their party was considered and the matter referred to a committee for further investigation.
By a unanimous vote, $30 was appropriated to pay on a debt incurred by the "Get-Acquainted" dance Feb. 4. The balance of the debt will be paid by the Union Activities committee. A debt of $328 left by last year's council from the varsity dance fund has been paid from the current appropriation. Appoint Committee
The 16 members present voted to increase the appropriation for the student directory from $1,000 to $1,164, which would make free distribution of the directory to all students possible.
A motion by Theodore Utschen, inter-dorm council representative, resulted in the appointment of a committee to investigate the possibility of constructing a concrete walk from Oread hall to Mississippi street.
A motion to arraign the Kansan board, governing body of the University Daily Kansan, before the student court on charges of violating the A.S.C. constitutional rule on publications was defeated by 14 to 2. The motion said that the Kansan board had violated the rule by publishing the Bibler book without permission of the council. Beth Eynailis Bibler Book
Beth Explains Bibler Book
Prof. Elmer F. Beth, acting director of the William Allen White School of Journalism, told the council that "the Bibler book was not looked upon as a separate publication, but as an attempt to recoup investment in the special engraving necessary for the printing of cartoons in the University Daily Kansan. It was also a promotional scheme in the interest of national advertising."
An amendment to the bill on publications which would prohibit any council member from holding a paid position on a University publication was defeated when the president, James Waugh, cast the deciding vote to break a tie. Miss van der Smissen Resigns
Betty van der Smissen submitted her resignation. She is now vice-president of the Independent Student's association. She will be succeeded by James Peterson, College junior.
Other business included the reading of a letter from William Jewell college, Liberty, Mo., concerning the expression of opinion on the European recovery plan. Copies of the letter had been sent to 900 schools and colleges and the 531 members of congress. The letter was referred to the forum committee.
Violations of the smoking regulations in Frank Strong hall were referred to another committee.
An amendment to the parking regulations, passed at a previous council meeting, and allowing unrestricted parking after 3 p.m., was disapproved by Chancellor Deane W. Malott.
Members Present
Members present were Waugh George Robb, Nancy Welker, Helen Heath, Elizabeth Sue Webster, Lynn Leigh, Duane Postlethwaite, Robert K. Thayer, Robert W. Campbell, Richard Gunn, Arnold England, Edwin Kelley, Miss van der Smissen, George McCarthy, Philip C. Hill, and Utschen.
Union Committees Will Meet Today
The first meeting of the 13 committees of Union Activities for this semester will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Union ballroom. Duties of each committee will be discussed by Clarence Hill, president, and plans for the semester will be announced.
New committee members as well as those from last semester should attend the meeting. Committees for which applications have been made are: announcements, social, publicity, public lionship, coffees and forums, service, intramurals, decorations, library, posters, secretarial, clubs and organizations, and entertainment.
String Quartet Concert Tonight
The Roth string quartet will appear as the third attraction on the newly organized chamber music concert series at 8 p.m., today and tomorrow.
The quartet brings slightly changed personnel this year. However, it is still headed by Feri Roth, its founder and first violin. Other members are Jozser Smilovits, violin; Sandor Salgo, viola, and Janos Scholz, violinello.
The program follows:
String Quartet in D Major.
Op. 76, No. 5 ... Haydn
Allegretto-Allegro
Menuetto
Menuetto
1180 String Quartet in F...Ravel
ing Quartet in F. Allegro Moderato
Assez vif et bien rhythme
Tres lent
Vif et agite
String Quartet in A minor,
Op. 51 No. 2 ... Brahms
Allegro non troppo
Allegro non troppo
Andante Moderato
Quasi Minuetto, Moderato Finale, Allegro non assai.
Classical Club To Meet
Miss Mary Grant, associate professor of Latin and Greek, will speak on her recent trib to Europe at the meeting of the Classical club at 7:30 tomorrow in room 212 Fraser. Everyone who is interested is invited.
Indict CIO Head For Violating Taft-Hartley Act
The indictment charged the C.I.O. and Murray with illegally participating in the campaign of Rep. Edward A. Garmatz, (D. Md.) in a special congressional election in Maryland last summer.
Washington, Feb. 11 — (UF) — A federal grand jury today indicted the C.I.O. and C.I.O. President Philip Murray for violation of the Taft-Hartley labor act ban on political activity by labor unions.
University Medical School Offers Refresher Course
Under the Taft-Hartley act, a labor union is forbidden to make any expenditure, directly or indirectly on behalf of any candidate for a federal office.
The indictment said that the publication of an endorsement of Garmatz by Murray in the C.I.O. News on July 14, 1947—the day before Garmatz election—constituted a direct violation of the law.
The Kansas state board for the examination and registration of nurses and the National Council on Nursing Education face a problem of raising the standards of schools to encourage young women to enter nurses' training, Mrs. Hartley said.
Special clinics in medicine, dermatology, neurology and psychiatry conducted by the University faculty have been added to the program. Drs.Ralph H.Major, Joseph E.Welker and P.T.Bohan will conduct the medical clinics.Drs.Charles C.Cenneil and Richard L.Sutton Jr., will present the clinical work in dermatology.Dr.A.T.Steegmann will present neurology and Dr.William F.Roth.Jr., will handle the nevchiatry clinic.
By improving nursing education,
Mrs. Hartley declared young women
would consider the nursing field to
be a value and more worth
while to enter.
It was the justice department's first action against the Taft-Hartley act's no-politics ban and will lead to a court test of the constitutionality of those provisions.
More nurses are needed, Mrs. Dorothy Hartley Jackson, R.N., examiner and educational director for the Kansas schools of nursing, said at a meeting of the Nurses' club at Watkins nurses' home Monday.
A refresher course in internal medicine will be presented by the University School of Medicine Feb. 16 to 19. The course will be given at the University medical center in Kansas City. The Kansas Medical society and the Kansas state board of health are cooperating with the school in offering the course.
Special Clinics Offered
Among the seven nationally-known guest instructors will be Osmond H. Clark, orthopedic surgeon at the London hospital and recently chief consulting surgeon to the Royal air force.
State Needs More RN's'
Mrs. Hartley said that the University has one of the highest standards for nurses' training of the 33 schools of nursing in Kansas.
H. G. Ingham, director of post graduate medical education for University Extension, estimated attendance would exceed 50 physicians from Kansas and nearby states.
Others present will be Dr. George T, Harrell, professor of medicine, Wake Forest college, Winston-Salem, N.C.; Dr. Drew Luten, professor of clinical medicine, Washington university, St. Louis; Dr. Joseph F. Sadusk, Jr., associate medical director, Prudential Life Insurance Co., and teacher at New York university; Dr. John H. Talbott, professor of medicine, University of Buffalo, N.Y.; Dr. John P. Berger, Wichita; and Dr. Edward J. Ryan, Emporia.
50 Doctors To Attend
Other K. U. physicians on the faculty will be Drs. M. S. Allen, M. G. Berry, James H. Danglade, Lee H. Leger, Franklin D. Murphy, and Don Carlos Peete.
WEATHER
Kansas—Cold wave today and east tonight. Temperatures falling to 10 below zero northwest to zero to five above southeast by Thursday morning. Light and drifting snow and strong northerly winds today and tonight. Thursday clearing skies, continued cold, diminishing wind.
Student Killed As Car, Truck Collide
Edward R. Weatherill Dead, Harvey Levy Injured In Highway Crash
One University student was killed and another critically injured at about 9 a.m. today when their Dodge and a light panel truck crashed head-on about 3 miles east of Lawrence on highway 10.
The dead student was identified as Edward Ray Weatherill, 21, College junior
Student Court Upholds Fines
The student court Tuesday reversed five parking fines and upheld two after hearing appeals.
The case of Martha Dawes was not called. ___
Edward Balda, with six violations,
had five affirmed for a $7 fine; Paul
Benson, three violations, three affirmed
for a $3 fine; Robert Cater,
four violations, three affirmed, $3;
Elmo Pegelt, three violations, one
affirmed, no fine; Keith Germane,
three violations, three affirmed, $3.
calef.
Bernard E. Nordling presided as chief justice. Associate justices were Dorothy Scroggy and William Cowboy. The prosecutor was Donald Johnson.
Fines on nine students were affirmed because they failed to appear for the appeal. They are Charles Busy, four violations, $5 fine; James Goodell, two violations, $1; George Haessler, five violations, $7; Franklin Hiebert, 13 violations, $23; Kenneth Hilzer, three violations, $3 Ernest Izzard, eight violations, $13 John Kapnistos, two violations, $1 Billy Keck, 11 violations, $19; E. A Little, four violations, $5.
Forum Hears Racial Talks
Two religious leaders appearing on the campus in connection with Brotherhood week discussed phases of the racial question before an informal gathering at a coffee forum in the Union Tuesday.
The Rev. L. T. Thornton, Y.M.C.A. secretary at the University of Missouri, said that people are inclined to classify races into economic, religious, and cultural classes
Rabbi Joseph Levenson, regional director for the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, said that the all racial groups will have to live together in harmony to insure a lasting peace. He stressed equality of the biological and physical traits of races.
"Too much emphasis is put on education, occupation, and the monetary gains of the racial groups," he added.
Mountain Club Sees Grand Canyon Pictures
The Rev. Mr. Thornton, who speaks here during the current Work Brotherhood week, told an assembly of University High school students recently that "we should help the various groups and races in our society become a part of our culture."
Color slides of the Grand Canyon were shown by M. D. Clubb, professor of English, to the Mountain club. Tuesday in Green hall.
Professor Clubb's tours have given him a knowledge of Indian lore and rock formations throughout the Grand Canyon. He has also taken many pictures of his trips in the Grand Canyon area.
A retreat for Catholic students, sponsored by the Newman club in connection with the University Religious week, will be held Feb. 12 to 15. The Rev. Alfred C. Langley, Leavenworth, will be the retreat master.
The driver of the truck was not seriously injured. He was taken to Lawrence Memorial hospital for treatment of minor injuries. He is Duane Duguil, 23, of Topeka. He was driving a truck belonging to the Palmer News company of Topeka.
23. the injured student, Harvey Levy, 23, engineering sophomore, was taken to Lawrence Memorial hospital where attendants described his condition as "critical." He received a number of fractures and is suffering from shock. He has a fracture of the right arm, left wrist, left kneebone, and skull. He was unconscious following the accident but soon regained consciousness, after reaching the hospital, attendants reported. Both students were married veterans living at Sunflower Village.
State Highway Patrolman Harvey Schmedmann said the crash was caused by a slick spot on the highway. The panel truck was traveling east and the car belonging to Levy was traveling west. Weatherill was thrown clear of the car and killed instantly.
Mr. Schmedemann said that he believed that Levy was driving the Dodge. Both vehicles were completely demolished. The panel truck turned over.
Weatherill first entered the University in the fall of 1945. His home town is listed in the registrar's office as Huron, S.D.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Alice M. Weatherill, and two children,
Bruce, 2 1-2, and Mary, 6 months old.
Catholics To Hold Retreat
The retreat will open at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday with a sermon and benediction by Father Langley. Mass will be held at 6:50 and 8 a.m. Friday and Saturday, to be followed by private conferences 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. and 3 to 4 p.m. At 4:30 p.m. the Stations of the Cross will be held, and each day's activities will close with a sermon and benediction at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday Mass will be at 8 and 10 a.m., with sermons by Father Langley. A breakfast for the club will follow the 10 o'clock service.
Meninger Doctor To Speak At University Seminar
Dr. Murray Glusman of the Menninger foundation in Topeka will speak on "Nutritional Diseases" and "Experiences in a Japanese Prison Camp" before a combined anatomy and physiology seminar at 4:45 p.m. tomorrow in 103 Haworth.
Dr. Glusman is doing research in nutrition on mental patients.
urination on mental patients.
The lecture is open to the public.
All Business Graduates:
Notice Change In Meeting
Date for meeting of all June graduates of the School of Business was incorrectly announced in Tuesday's official bulletin. Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 18 at 4 p.m. instead of today.