45th Year No. 41
University Daily Kansan Monday, Nov. 10, 1947
STUDENT NEWS PAPER
Lawrence, Kansas
Friendship Train To Pick Up KU Donations
Food for the people of Europe donated by University students will pour into the Friendship train when it arrives in Lawrence Nov. 21.
A four-day drive, started by the Sigma Kappa Phi fraternity and endorsed by Chancellor Deane W. Malott, will commence today on the campus to gather University gifts for the Friendship train.
Crew Pearson's Idea
The iden of a Friendship train was suggested by columnist Drew Pearson, and a spontaneous reaction on the part of national church and civic organizations greeted his suggestion. The Southwest Friendship train passing through Lawrence will start its run from Wichita with nearly $13,000 in cash contributions and over 29,900 bushels of wheat. While the Southwest Friendship train goes toward Chicago, a cross-country train will start from Glendale, Calif.
Four Pickup Points
To start the drive, Chancellor Deane W. Malott gave the following endorsement.
"The Friendship train is a spontaneous expression of generosity and good will to the starving people of the world on the part of the American people. It is a project of which all thoughtful and humanitarian citizens wish to be a part."
A Sigma Kappa Pi committee will establish booths to receive the gifts in Frank Strong hall, the Union, Fraser hall, and Marvin hall. Charles R. Roter, president of the Sigma Kappa Phi, has asked that all food be in the form of flour, evaporated milk, dehydrated foods, spaghetti and dried foods. Students who are unable to give food can give money to buy food. No clothing can be accepted.
All organized houses will have their own soliciting committees. Donations are asked for by 6 p.m. Thursday to allow the committee enough time to convert the money into food and prepare gifts.
into food and plant Organizations will be permitted to mark their parcels and indicate pre- pred destination for the food.
By Bibler
War Department Wants Engineers
The Engineer office of the War department has asked the Engineering school for graduates to work with the Corps of Engineers in the Kansas City district.
The request is for graduates in all fields of engineering. Applicants who are accepted will begin as junior engineers, P-1, at $2,644 a year. Interviews will be held in Marvin hall from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday.
A request from the ve-
ministration in Kelimard, Va. has been received for electrical, plumbing, mechanical, heat and ventilation, establishment equipment, civil, structural and safety engineers, and architects to work in that area at beginning salaries of $4,149.60 to $4,-902 a year.
Tau Beta Pi Pldges
Will Be Initiated Tonight
Pledges of Tau Beta Pi, honorary engineering fraternity, began their pledge training Friday night with a cavenger hunt and picnic at Potter lake. The pledges progressed through the stages of the scavenger hunt by solving a series of engineering problems.
Harry Johnson, president, said that initiation of the pledges will be tonight in Lindley auditorium. A banquet in the Kansan room of the Union will follow initiation ceremonies.
Little Man On Campus
"Of course, it's still in the experimental stages now, but we hope it will revive an interest in horticulture."
Long Victory Drought Over; KU Fans Calm But Happy
"We beat Nebraska . . . . We beat Nebraska!"
These are the words of unbelief which filled the Kansan after the 1910 Kansas victory, its last on the Nebraska home field. It had been four years since anyone had beaten Nebraska in those days, and although Kansas went into the game a favorite, the Kansas crowd went wild with victory.
The University band, still in motheaten blue, put on a question and answer routine. Russell L. Wiley, director, asked the questions over the public address system, and the band replied with formations and music.
Those were wilder, gayer times compared with this year's behavior. Only 200 Kansas rooters went to the 1916 game, but they were a hardy lot. According to the Kansan files, immediately after the touchdown which beat the Nebraskans 7 to 3, they tried to tear down the grand-stand.
The first question was "What does Nehraska think of KU?"
In answer, the band formed a heart and played "Let Me Call You Sweetheart."
Crowd Was Docile
Several thousand shivering Kansans saw Saturday's tradition-breaking victory, but destructive impulses were subdued and Nebraska R. O. T. C. students herded the docile crowd around the playing field and out the gates. Not even a goal post fell.
The second question from Professor Wiley was "What does K. U think of Nebraska?"
Cold Nebraska winds swept the field to make it uncomfortable for spectators and players. 1916 weather was "balmy" according to the Kansas. It was a reluctant crew of Jay James this year who shed warm coats at half-time to help the band put on a show for the crowd.
It was truly "red flannel weather" in Lincoln Saturday as predicted. The town was decorated with red and white crepe paper and balloons, but the crowd at the game was a picture of dark overcoats and blankets. Only the "Knot-hole gang" of Lincoln school children at the north end of the field provided the bright color of a football crowd. Reluctant Jay James
The band replied with "How Dry I Am."
For its share of the half-time program, the University of Nebraska band presented a marching exhibition and played a musical tribute to the Homecoming queen.
Nebraska Band Marches
A pep rally was held before the game at the Hotel Cornhusker. Several hundred students participated in the rally and marched in a group to the stadium.
Kansas—Partly cloudy in west and cloudy with occasional rain in east today. Cooler in southeast today. Partly cloudy with little change in temperature tonight and Tuesday. Low tonight 20 to 25 in west and 30 to 35 in east.
WEATHER
Peace Role Of Russia Is Topic Of Debate Tonight
Hallett Abend and Jerome Davis will begin the community lecture course at the University tonight at 8:20 in Hoch auditorium. They will debate on "Is Russia a Force for Peace?"
Abend, who was chief far-eastern correspondent for the New York Times for 15 years, will take the negative side of the debate.
Davis, who will take the positive side, has taught at various Eastern universities, including Yale and Harvard, and is an author and world traveler.
Students Get Tax Notices
Since Nov. 1 students have been picking envelopes out of their mailboxes with County Treasurer printed in the upper left-hand corner.
These envelopes contain personal property tax bills, and native Kansas simply mumble something about death and taxes and hurry indoors. However, out-of-state students may be puzzled about this assessment which many states do not have.
Roy Flory, Douglas county treasurer, today explained that the personal property tax is based on the theory that it is a privilege to pay taxes. Therefore, if a student is living in Kansas, that means he is not being assessed in some other state and must pay the tax as required by Kansas law, Mr. Flory said.
According to Mr. Flory, if a student has paid a property tax in his home state, he must bring his tax receipt to the county treasurer's office to be exempted from the Kansas levy.
According to the law personal property is assessed where found in the state of Kansas on March 1. If the property is sold or removed from the state during the year, the full tax becomes due at once, otherwise the tax is due on Nov. 1. Tax-payers may pay half their bill by Dec. 20 and the other half by June 20 of the following year, Mr. Flory explained.
Mr. Flory said personal property includes anything from automobiles to jewelry, and that anyone possessing such property in Kansas is subject to the tax regardless of the age of the property holder. The tax is levied on money and taxable bonds at the rate of 50 cents per $100. Only government bonds and postal savings are exempt from the tax, he explained.
Most students are assessed for such items as luggage, jewelry, money, radios, furniture, and automobiles which are brought into the state by them. The assessor makes a personal call on the taxpayer every year about March 1, Mr. Flory said.
Life Magazine Shines National Spotlight On New Cars That Cover Mt. Oread
Shiny, new cars on the University campus received the attention of Life magazine in its Nov. 10 issue.
In an article which dealt with the high prices received for farm produce, the numerous convertibles were cited as the natural result of this year's unprecedented farm income.
Keneth Richardson, College freshman, and his new car are in two of the pictures. He bought two combines from his father's implement store in Lawrence. I harvested wheat from Oklahoma to Canada. He is pictured with one of those combines.
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The second picture was snapped as he left the drive of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. With him are: Charles Keilhack, Bryce Ehmke, Tom
Milligan, Jim Wilson, Joe Gubar, and Jack Holland. Bob Hucke is in the background.
Also pictured is a 1922 Ford model T convertable owned by Morton Hauserman, Jr., business senior. The purchase of this car, a native of Ohio, cannot be traced to the wheat boom. In it are: Jack Howard, Robt. Krueger, Howard 'Press' Wilson, Clinton Bull, J. B. Webster, and Reginald Robe
Shown as arrived at the Dine-A-Mite. Jack Starr, ent-
sering sof' and Ruth Walters, College senior, in. Ford. Her father, W. G. Walters of Kinsley,
owns farm land and also sells cars
"No matter what Life says, I'm really not a farmer's daughter," said Ruth.
University To Observe Armistice Day
Chancellor Deane W. Malott has given the green light for an all-University observance of World War I Armistice day at 11 a.m. tomorrow. The plain and solemn ceremony will be in honor of the memory of the University of Kansas alumni and students who died in World Wars I and II.
Whistle To Alert Students
Proposed and organized by the University Daily Kansan after it was learned that no formal ceremony was to be held tomorrow, Chancellor Malott has consented that a two minute period of silence be observed throughout the University.
At 10:40 a.m. the regular whistle sounding the end of class hour will give an extra long blast. This will alert all persons on the campus that at 11 a.m. buglers will play "taps" while an honor guard of 20 army and navy R.O.T.C. cadets "present arms" and lower the flag in front of Frank Strong hall. At the same time, an honor guard of two army and two navy cadets will lower the flag in front of the Union. The Union building is a memorial for University alumni and students who died in World War I.
Cons Will Blow Whistles
Cops Will Blow Whistles
Traffic patrolmen stationed at various places on the campus will blow their whistles at 11 a.m. just before the buglers "sound off". This will be a signal for all traffic to stop.
Every person is requested to stand at attention for two minutes in memory of the men and women who were once part of the University of Kansas family.
Reds Slipping Pole Asserts
Communistic influence is on the wane in Southern Europe, says Edmund Kostka, graduate student, who arrived in the United States from Italy less than two weeks ago.
Mr. Kostka entered the University recently as an All-Student Council foreign scholarship student. He had attended the University of Rome for the last two years, where he completed the full four-year course. He intends to study in the U. S. for about two years.
"A municipal election in Rome several weeks ago indicated any chance that Italy might become a Communist-dominated state has gone," he declared. "The Communist-controlled 'People's Block' gathered only 1,000 more votes than the Communists had to join forces with three other left-wing parties in order to achieve even this minor victory. Only one year ago they won by a margin of about 100,000."
Mr. Kostka was born and raised in the part of Poland that is now behind the Soviet "Iron Curtain." In 1940 the Russians deported him to Siberia. He said he could never find out why the Russians forced him to leave Poland unless it was because he had a brother in the Polish army at the time Garmany and Russia were allies. Kostka was later released, and then he joined the Polish army that was being organized in Russia, when Hitler began his Eastern offensive.
Malotts Have House Guests
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Johnson of Honolulu, Hawaii, were house guests of Chancellor and Mrs. Deane W. Malet over the week-end.