University DAILY KANSAN
STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Tuesday, March 25, 1947
44th Year No. 108
Lawrence, Kansas
Political Parties To Offer Rule Change To A.S.C
At a joint meeting of the P.S.G.L. and Independent Women's parties Monday night, the assembly proposed an amendment to the All Student council constitution, to be placed before the council tonight.
Proponents believe the amendment will abolish the four district setup in the election and will make the single member district the main geographical division. This type of representation would cover more of the student population and political parties would play a smaller part in the running of the council.
Chief purpose of the amendment is to do away with much of the friction and red tape at ASC, caused by distinct member partisanship.
The squabble among arties and not the merit of the bill has decided the voting in the past. George Caldwell, P.S.G.L. president, said.
Both parties will pool their election funds of $100 each for the soring election, since they are affiliated, and will support the same candidates.
Revisions and additions to the party platform were made, the most outstanding of which were as follows:
One. To push immediate problems like a co-operative laundry, motion picture auditorium, and commissary for the benefit of the self-supporting students.
Two. To allow Negro participation Big Six athletics.
Three. To have the A.S.C. publish a newsletter of its meetings, to give the average student a better idea of procedure and happenings at the weekly meetings.
Four. To push the increase in faculty salaries.
Five. To investigate the lighting in Watson library and Fraser hall to see what can be done about it.
I.S.A. To Sponsor Hey-Day Friday Night
Dancing, roller skating, and movie will be free to all I.S.A. members Friday night as part of the I.S.A. sponsored Hey-Day. Roller skating at the Rollerdrome, or a movie at the Varsity theater from 7 until 9 p.m. will be followed by an all-University dance at the Community building from 9 until 12 p. m.
Membership cards will admit all ISA. members, Shirley Wellborn, ISA. president said today. Nonmembers will pay full admission at the Rollerdrome and the Varsity theater, and 25 cents at the dance. Music for the dance will be furnished by records.
Dress for Hey-Day will be informal with sweaters and skirts for girls and slacks and sports shirts for men.
KU Women To Attend Home Ec Convention
Jane Farrell and Judith Tihen. KU delegates to the annual state home economics convention held in Wichita Saturday, said, "the meeting was very interesting."
Two separate meetings were going on all the time at the convention. One was attended by home economics faculty members from high schools and colleges over the state, and the other was attended by delegates from college clubs.
Guest speakers included national nutrition experts, who told the convention of food acceptance, developed by coffee and tea companies, which is becoming a "s-ience" of research into the ordinary diet of the average American.
Ask Not For Whom The Bell Tolls- Fieldhouse Is Dead
A bill which would have appropriated $650,000 toward building a $1,100,000 field house for the University was killed today by the house ways and means committee.
Representative Paul Page of Topeka, sponsor of the measure, said the bill was the victim of "last minute economics by the ways and means group."
Representative Page said the intent of the bill had been to provide adequate facilities "for one of America's best university basketball teams."
The bill had its first hearing before the committee on March 20 when it received an "unenthusiastic" reception. Following the hearing, members of the committee let it be known that the outlook for the appropriation bill was dim.
A group of men from the University went to Topeka March 20 to argue for the passage of the appropriation. E.C. C. Quigley, director of athletics, told the ways and means
committee that the school needed the field house. "In order to have winning teams and physically fit men, we must have a place to train," he said.
Supporting Mr. Quigley in his arguments were Raymond Nichols, executive secretary, and Karl Klooz, bursar.
bussar.
Tom Cauthers, chairman of the hairdry committee, countered the arguments by asking, "What do you consider of the greatest importance: dormitories, classrooms or a field house? You can't have them all."
YWCA Elects Officers Britton Is President
Emalouise Britton, College junior, was elected president of the Y.W.- C.A. Monday night.
His question went unanswered.
Other officers elected were Patricia Graham, vice-president; Dorothy Hoover, secretary; Lorna Green, treasurer; Betsey Sheidley, representative on All Student Council; Sheila Wilder and Melba Whiting, representatives on the student religious council; and Betty van der Smissen, district representative.
Installation service for the officers will be held at 4 p. m. Friday in Danforth chapel, followed by a joint meeting of the old and new cabinets at Henley house.
Members of the elections committee are Meredith Heinsohn, chairman; Mrs. Christine Alford, Y.W.-C.A.; secretary; Miss Martha Peterson, chairman of the advisory board; Mary Breed, retiring president; and Octavia Walker, retiring vice-president.
Seniors To Meet At 9 a.m. Monday
All seniors will have a meeting in Fraser theater at 9 am. Monday to decide on the graduation dues, Ray Evans, senior class president said today.
The amount to be paid for the senior breakfast and cap and gown will be voted on, and the senior class gift will be selected then, Evans said. Senior officers and their committees will be introduced.
"All seniors will be excused from their 9 am. classes Monday, but they will not be excused from their work," he said.
The graduation dues include assessments for payment of any bills incurred by the class, gift, diplomas, breakfast, and cap and gown which will be collected through the business office before graduation. It will not include the senior ring.
Little Man On Campus
By Bibler
"He got this way learning how to tie a Windsor knot."
Daily Pre-Easter Services To Be In Danforth Chapel
Pre-Easter devotional services will be held daily in Danforth chapel from 12:35 until 12:50 p. m. John Eberhardt, assisted by Richard Traskowsky, Martha Weed, and Dorothy Berry, will conduct the services.
The services, sponsored by the YMCA and YWCa, will continue until April 1. They are in addition to the regular morning devotional services at 7:30 a.m., Dale Rummer, religious emphasis chairman of the YMCA said.
Dancina Contest To End Campaign
The first dancing contest at K. U. will be held at the Underworld party Saturday night in the Union, Ralph Kiene, party chairman of the War Memorial drive, said today.
Waltz, fox trot, rumba, and jitterbug contests will be held throughout the evening, and will be judged by instructors from the Arthur Murray studio in Kansas City.
Anyone may enter the contests, and prizes from the show case in front of the student drive headquarters in the rotunda of Frank Strong hall will be given the winners. Kiene said.
The slogan contest sponsored by the War Memorial committee has been extended until 5 p. m. Wednesday, Jack Moorhead, special events chairman, said today.
The slogan about either the Memorial or memorial campaign must be turned into the drive headquarters with the number of a receipt from a contribution, and the winner will be announced at the student-faculty basketball game Wednesday night. Slogans will be judged by the Student War Memorial committee. Other contests are announced at the drive headquarters.
The final event of the drive will be a "tag day" Thursday. Jay Janes will carry boxes to receive contributions and will give small tags to be worn by donors saying "I helped." Ku Ku members will assist them.
"Tag day is to get students behind the drive, and for that reason we don't want more than a dime from students for the tags," Roy Shoaf, co-chairman of "tag day," said.
Gwen Harger, College sophomore,
is assisting Shofa in the event.
Receipts for the drive today totaled $1,319 with very few solicitors reporting, drive headquarters announced today.
Self-Help Dorm To Open In Fall
A self-help dormitory, which will reduce expenses to $30 a month, will be opened on the campus next fall if the need is great enough. Miss Margaret Habein, dean of women said. Girls who are interested are asked to contact the office of Dean of Women immediately.
Students who live in the self-help dormitory will do their own work, thus cutting down on expenses. The girls will work in shifts of about one hour per day, said Miss Habein
German Club Will Meet
The German club will meet in 402 Fraser at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Robert H. Meyer, president, said today.
Anyone interested is invited to attend, he said.
WEATHER
Kansas- Generally fair today and tonight. Wednesday fair and warmer. Low tonight 28 to 33 northwest to 33 to 38 southeast.
Legislature Gets $5,375,600 Bill For K.U. Funds
An appropriation of $2,646,700 for the University in 1948 has been presented by the senate ways and means committee to the Kansas legislature. In the same bill $2,728,900 is appropriated for 1949. This does not include appropriation for the University hospitals in Kansas City, or for new buildings. This will be in a separate bill.
The appropriation includes $2,131,- 500 in 1948 to Kansas State.
The measure is not yet law, but it will probably not be greatly changed by the legislature, according to Raymond Nichols, executive secretary. The total amount is the same as that requested by the board of regents.
According to the bill, salaries and wages for 1947-47 will total $1,793,-700 and the same amount for 1948-49. Maintenance and repairs will cost $500,500 during the 1947-48 academic year.
The next largest item is for geological survey, which will cost $137,-000 for each term.
For power plant, boiler, and turbine, the appropriation is $100,000 next year and $202,200 for 1949.
Industrial research fellowships totalling $10,000 would be granted both years. Laboratory apparatus would run $30,000 in 1947-48 and $30,000 in 1948-49.
The proposed yearly cost of $1-
793,700 for salaries and wages next
year indicates the rapid growth of
the University. Only $977,218 was
paid for salaries and wages last year.
The amount for salaries has almost
doubled.
I.S.A. Will Choose Editor Of Kan-Do
Final decision on the applications for the editor's position of the KanDo, monthly publication of the Independent Student association, will be made at a meeting of the I.S.A. council Wednesday, Shirley Wellborn, I.S.A. president, said Monday night.
Interviews of applicants were conducted at a special council meeting Monday in Dean Werner's office. The new editor will assume his duties April 1, and will publish that month's issue April 15.
Present members of the Kan-Do staff includes Betty van der Smissen, editor; Caroline Upp, humor editor; Florence Reed and Jessie Estrada, society editors; Donald Baumkunn, Nancy Jack and Douglas Jennings, sports editors; Clarke Thomas, Bilouine Whiting, and John Pinney, feature editors; Marylee Masterson, Laura Templeton, Betty Brooker, Shirley Wellborn, Marjorie Vogel, Jessie Shiller, and Dorothy Oyer, special reporters.
With the exception of the editor's position, the staff will remain the same.
Daughter Is Born to Mr. and Mrs. Russell Handy
A daughter weighing 8 pounds and 12 ounces was born to Mr. and Mrs. Russell Handy, Jr., March 22. She has been named Janet Lynne.
Mrs. Handy was the former Margery Stubbs, daughter of Ansel Stubbs of Kansas City. She was advertising manager of the Daily Kanan in the fall of 1946 and finished degree requirements in journalism last semester.
Russell Handy is a senior in the College.