45th Year No.33
University Daily Kansan
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Lawrence, Kansas
STUDENT NEWSPAPER
15,000 Reds Battle French Troops, Police
Paris—(UP)—Officials today regarded the battle between 15,000 Communists and several thousand police last night as the most ominous sign in France since the liberation.
It was feared that such fighting would increase and spread over the nation with the situation drifting straight toward a showdown between the Communists and anti-Communists. Neither side showed any sign of backing down.
Tuesday night's fighting started only a few hours after middle-of-the-road Premier Paul Ramadier, pleading for his government before the national assembly, had warned that if the country is split into two camps. "There will be civil war and it will be the ruin of France."
The Communists congregated on the Avenue Wagram, on Paris' west end, to break up a meeting "for people oppressed by the Soviets," which was called by Gustave Gauhorot, a prewar senator.
Ex-Senator Calls Meeting
Police beat them with clubs and rifle butts down the avenue into the Place De Ternes, where mounted Republican guards broke up the crowd. Fourteen truckloads of regular army troops stood by with machine guns to take a hand if the Communists refused to go.
At least 20 demonstrators were hurt and a few police were wounded by pieces of pavement that the Communists pulled up and threw. Several demonstrators were arrested as they beat at police with clubs wrenched from wooden barricades. Ramadier Denounced
anti-Soviet rabble.
“This is where the policy of betraying French interests has led. This is where servility to the king of the dollar has led,” L'Humanite said. ___
The Communist newspaper L'Humanite today called the fight a "bloody clubbing" and denounced Ramadier as "the protector of the anti-Soviet rabble."
Seven To Give Week's Recital
Seven fine arts students, including five voice majors, a piano major and a cello major, are on the program of the weekly student recital at 3 p.m. tomorrow in Frank Strong auditorium.
The program follows: "Die Nachtigal" (Brahms), and "The Sunbeam" (Clokey), by Betty Rae Thomas, voice; "Andante" (Bach-Casals) and "Adagio" (Bach-Casals), by Maurice Pollem, cello; "Und Willst Du Deinen Lieben Steren Sehen" (Hugo Wolf), and "Miranda" (Hageman), by Joan Vickers, voice; "Wasserfluth" (Schubert), by Jane Byers, voice; "Blackbird's Song" (Scott), and "A Birthday" (Woodman), by Kathryn Walter, voice; Rhapsody in F minor (Dohnanyi), by Frank White, piano; "Du Bist Wie eine Blume" (Schumann), and "Widmung" (Schumann), by Ruth Reisner, voice.
By Bibler
Tau Sigma is preparing a program to be presented in February for the Fine Arts Festival sponsored by the American Association of University Women.
Tau Sigma Begins Work For Fine Arts Festival
The theme of the selections will be the history of Kansas. All dancing will be done by members of Tau Sigma.
Little Man On Campus
Need Books For WSSF
Textbooks are needed by the war-
devastated universities of the world,
said Hilda James, co-chairman of the
World Student Service fund drive in
an interview today.
"A complete text on any subject, even though it is badly worn, can be used," she said, "the majority of the books which have not been totally destroyed in the foreign countries are at least 10 years old. The situation is critical."
Collection boxes are ready and will soon be placed in various University building.
"Most of the organized houses have books which have been left by previous students, so look around and find what you can," she remarked. "These will be shipped to New York and then overseas. Some will be translated and many will be used by English-speaking students there."
A freshman pep organization, sponsored by the Ku Ku club, has been organized under the direction of George Polk, engineering sophomore.
Ku Ku Frosh Plan For Missouri Game
The organization, which offers to freshmen the same opportunities that the Ku Ku club offers to upperclassmen, hopes to put on a stunt at the Homecoming game Nov. 22.
Freshman candidates for Associated Women students will be elected on the All Student Council ticket Nov. 6.
All freshmen have been invited to attend the next meeting which will be at 5 p.m. tomorrow in Memorial stadium.
AWS Candidates To Meet Tomorrow
A meeting of candidates will be held at 7 p.m. tomorrow in the Pine room of the Union.
Staff Named For Calendar
The A.W.S. Senate has divided the University into precincts to see all women students. Janice Roomer was elected chairman of the precinct committee. Marjorie McCullough will assist her.
Three staff members for the K. U. Calendar have been appointed.
They are Dale W. Fields, advertising manager; Ralph Collins, circulation manager; and George W. Evers, publicity manager.
Joan Joseph, editor, said that ten cuts of new pictures for the magazines are missing. New pictures have been selected, but unless the missing cuts are found, the Calendar will not be ready for sale until after Thanksgiving, she added.
Accident Casualty In Good Condition
The cuts are the property of the public relations office and of the alumni office. They are in a brown manila envelope and should be returned to Miss Joseph if found.
The condition of James A. Thornton, engineering junior from Sunflower, was reported as good today by Watkins hospital authorities.
Thornton was injured in the fivecar accident Tuesday morning east of Lawrence on Highway 10. He was admitted to the hospital after the accident for treatment of scab and facial cuts.
Thornton was riding in the fifth car involved in the accident.
Alvin N. Thurn, College junior,
pleased guilty at county court
Tuesday to a charge of "following
too closely". Judge Frank Gray
fined Thurn $15.00 and $3.25
costs.
Bitter Bird Ready Nov.5
The first issue of the Bitter Bird magazine will appear Nov. 5, Byron Shutz, editor, said today. The magazine will feature college social life, fashions, and sports, including a picture story of George Sauer, varsity football coach. The price will be 25 cents.
The managing board consists of Karl' Klooz, bursar; Prof. Henry Werner, Prof. Ray West, and Betsey Sheidley, chairman of the A.S.C. publications committee. On this year's staff are Byron Shutz, president; Leland Norris, business manager, and Ruth Clayton, advertising.
A new policy of sending subscription blanks to students' parents, giving them opportunity to buy the magazine, has proved successful, Shutz said.
The Bitter Bird office is a temporary desk on the top floor of the Union.
Stop Vaccinations At Memorial Union
The temporary influenza vaccine station at the Union was closed because of the lack of demand for the shots.
A total of 2,800 shots have been given this year at Watkins hospital and at the temporary stations set up in Marvin hall, Frank Strong hall, and the Union building. More than 8,600 shots were given both semesters last year.
Pact With Aggies Protects 'Uncle Jimmy' and K-S Cows
Paint slinging, head shaving, cattle-shearing, and other minor atrocities marked the rivalry between Kansas State college and the University before the peace treaty of 1931.
Then, as now, the rivalry reached its greatest intensity just before the two teams clashed on the football gridiron. During one foray in 1929 a daring band of Jayhawker raiders $ \textcircled{*} $
hit Aggiweville with the scissors firing and sheared K-State's prize livestock. Replying in kind, Aggie students charged the University campus on a tonsorial raid, snipping the hair of students instead of livestock. Dipping freely in the old paint can, they smeared everything in sight.
The student councils of both schools intervened as the rivalry grew more intense, and in 1831 drew up the first peace pact between the two schools. The pact provided that violations of the provisions to prevent personal injuries and damage to property would result in "serious punishment" meted out by the student council of the school responsible. The pact was revised in 1836, 1940, and most recently in 1947. The new revisions agreed upon.
at a joint council meeting in Manhattan several weeks ago, provide that "minimum punishment shall be restoration of damages and maximum punishment shall be suspension from school for one semester and restoration of damages."
The new revisions, agreed upon
The revised pact also provides for a joint meeting each year at least 10 days before any athletic competition takes place between the two schools. At this meeting the peace pact will be reconsidered and agreed upon and will be duly published in the official newspaper of each school.
A joint committee of eight members, three from each of the student councils and one administration official from each school is to decide on the punishment.
ASC Announces Instructions For Ballotting
The all Student Council has announced voting instructions for the all-student and freshman election Nov. 6.
Ballotting will be held in Marvin Fraser, and Frank Strong halls. There will be five ballots for which the voter may be qualified to mark. All students will vote on the constitutional amendment to recognize the Associated Women students in place of the Women's Executive board.
All freshmen will vote for president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer of the freshman class Freshman women and men will vote for the freshman representatives to the A. S. C. All women will vote for the freshman representative to the A. W. S.
Nominations for the above offices must be submitted in writing to Sue Webster, A. S. C. secretary, at 1625 Edgehill road by midnight tomorrow. The list of candidates must be signed by the president and secretary of the political party submitting the names, and each name must be accompanied by $1.
Names of candidates without political affiliations may be submitted, if accompanied by a petition signed by 100 students.
Cinderella Gets KU Glass Slipper
Cinderella will find her glass slapper at the Union activities Pumpkin Prom, 9 p.m. Saturday in the Union ballroom.
the cinderella candidates, Patty Harger, Judy Peek, Jo Ann Strom, Joan Dykeman, and Shirley Bynum, are from Kansas State.
Their escorts will be the prince charming candidates from the University. They are John Stites, David Riche, James Paden, Robert Mercer, and Howard Wilson.
The prince charmings will escort the cinderellas to the Kansas-Kansas State football game and the Pumpkin Prom.
Glass slippers, made by chemistry students, will be exact shoe sizes of each cinderella candidate. Each girl will be given one glass slipper while an escort retains the mate.
But when Cinderella steps out of her pumpkin chariot, the prince will fit the slipper to her foot.
As the girls are escorted on the stage, prince charmings will unsuccessfully attempt to fit the slipper in his possession to their respective feet.
Each girl will be awarded a bouquet of flowers and a surprise gift from Lawrence merchants.
Engineer Injured In Lab Accident
Charles Haverty, engineering freshman from Lawrence, was badly cut Tuesday afternoon when a glass test tube broke in a chemistry laboratory session.
Haverty was rushed to Watkins hospital where several stitches were taken to close the cut on his hand.
The test tube broke when Haverty was putting it into a stopper during the laboratory period.
WEATHER
Kansas—Fair today, tonight and Thursday. Slightly warmer today and in east half tonight and Thursday. Low tonight 40 to 50.