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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN. LAWRENCE. KANSAS
JANUARY 28.1947
Little Man On Campus
By Bibler
"Don't wait, fellas—too much depends on these finals."
English Announces Honors Revision
The English department has completed a general revision in honors requirements, Prof. Luli Gardiner, chairman of the English honors committee, has announced.
The committee's revision brings English honors procedure in line with new College rules passed last June by the College faculty.
Under the present plan, students may take honors in two or more departments, the committee pointed out. Now, "any department may award honors in its own field to any graduating senior (whether one of its majors or not)." provided the student has high enough grades, superior intellectual abilities, and has put the abilities to use.
Other committee members are Profs, Sara Laird and M.D. Clubb, and James Scholes.
H.S. Seniors To Take Scholarship Tests
Two University High school seniors, Lois Beth and John Hessler, have been chosen by their classmates to represent the high school in a nation wide college scholarship test sponsored by a soft-drink company.
The students are both children of University professors. Lois Beth is the daughter of Elmer Beth, professor of journalism, and John Hessler is a son of V. P. Hessler professor of electrical engineering. The test will be given at the high school and winners will be announced sometime in the spring.
Washington. (UP)- Congress was told today that the 1946 safety record of scheduled U.S. airlines was the best in the nation's history and by far the best in the world.
U.S. Airline Record Is Best In World
Theodore P. Wright, civil aerospace administrator, told the house interstate commerce committee that scheduled airlines suffered only one passenger fatality per 80,613,000 passenger miles last year. The committee is investigating the cause of recent plane crashes.
Mr. Wright said bad weather was an important factor in a "very large proportion" of last year's fatal accidents.
He testified that "the real solution to this problem lies in the improvement of air navigation facilities."
Construction Begun On Bailey Quonset
Construction has begun on the Quonset but chemical laboratory to be erected behind Bailey hall, Raymond Nichols, executive secretary, announced today.
During construction the roadway back of Bailey hall will be closed To aid in relieving traffic, the drive east of Frank Strong has been opened.
The new building will be 40 by 80 feet, and will provide emergency classroom and laboratory space.
Nine Men Decided To Use Atom Bomb
New York. (UP)—Nine men made the decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan, former Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson revealed today.
They saw "this deliberate, pre-mediated destruction" as "our least abhorrent choice". Mr. Stimson said in an article in Harper's Magazine.
The men who made the decision to use the atomic bomb were President Truman, Mr. Stimson, James F. Byrnes, George L. Harrison, Ralph A. Bard, William L. Clayton, Dr. Vannevar Bush, Dr. Karl T. Compton, and Dr. James B. Conant
And the decision, the former secretary said ended the Japanese war and "made it wholly clear that we must never have another war."
Mr. Stimson revealed that the ones dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki "were the only ones we had read, and our rate of production at the time was very small." There could be no final proof, he sadi, that any given bomb would explode, so no warning was given. A warning followed by a dud bomb would have damaged attempts to get an early surrender. Mr. Stimson said.
Six graduating seniors were honored by a demit ceremony of Alpha Kappa Psi, professional business education, Monday, in the Memorial Union.
Business Fraternity Honors Six Seniors
The six who participated in the ceremony which changed their membership from active to alumni status are Norman Cochran, John Davis, Gene Glutzbach, Harold Dufek, Robert Schoben, and John Welski. Dufek and Glutzbach will remain at K.U. after graduation as faculty members of the School of Business.
Closing Hours Set For Final Week
Closing hours for women during final week and the period between semesters have been announced by the dean of women.
The hours will be 11 p.m.
On Wednesday, Thursday, and
Friday; 12:30 a.m. Saturday; and
11:45 a.m. Monday, Tuesday,
and Feb. 5.
During the period between semesters Feb. 6 through Feb. 12, closing hours will be 12 p.m.
K.U. Will Enter Bridge Tourney
An intercollegiate bridge tournament with an all-expense paid trip to Chicago as the prize will be run by the Union intramurals committee. Feb. 13, 14, and 15, Donald Ong, chairman, announced today.
One-hundred forty colleges and universities, including four of the Big Six, are competing in the contest sponsored by the Inter-collegiate Bridge Tournament committee of New York City. The colleges are divided into regions; two winning pairs from each region will go to the national finals.
K. U. will be competing against 10 other colleges in the central region. The two winning pairs from this region will receive the Chicago trip prize and will compete for the national title April 18 and 19.
Students wishing to compete in the tournament must register at the Union activities office on or before Feb. 12. There will be no entry fee. Elimination rounds will be run off Feb. 13 and, if more than 48 pairs register, Feb. 14. The eight top pairs from these rounds will compete in the campus finals.
Set hands for the tournament will be mailed out from New York. The results will be marked here and the winners will be judged by the New York committee.
YM-YW To Hold Series Of Forums
A series of forums is being planned by the YWCA - YMCA religious seminar for next semester. They will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. every Monday in the Union building.
Mary Breed, YWCA president, will begin the series. The second will be given by Dr. Gonzalo Baez-Camargo of Mexico. Members of the faculty and community will lead the remaining discussions.
Other speakers will be Dean F. J. Moreau, School of Law; Prof. W. E Sandelius, department of political science; Miss Esther Twente, professor of sociology; Prof. N. W. Storer, department of astronomy, Miss Margaret Habein, dean of women, Mrs Calvin VanderWerf, and the Rev Fosberg Hughes, pastor of the Plymouth cengregational church in Lawrence.
Newman Club Mixer Feb. 12
The Newman club mixer will be held from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. Feb. 12 in the Kansas room of the Union.
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Talmadge Forces File Suit To Release State Funds
News of the World
Atlanta. (U.P.) — Georgia's two governor feud was further enmeshed in litigation today as rival claimants for the governorship groped for funds to keep in business. Gov. Herman Talmadge forces filed new suits in superior court to release almost five million dollars in tax collections to eliminate a threatened bottleneck in vital state functions.
One suit involved Charles Red-wine, Talmadge's state revenue commission who sought control of $4,749,886.77 in tax collections.
The other suit seeks to force state attorney general Eugene Cook to recognize Mr. Redwine and accept the latter's $70,000 bond.
Washington. (UP)—Legislation for an immediate 15 per cent boost in rent ceilings was referred to the senate banking committee today amid indications of strong committee support. The measure also would eliminate rent ceilings on new housing and end all rent controls April 30, 1948.
Rent Legislation To Senate
Chattanooga. (UP)—Grace Moore, opera star killed in a Copenhagen plane crash, will be buried in her native state of Tennessee, according to her brother James who made funeral arrangements in a trans-Atlantic telephone talk with Valentin Parerea, the singer's husband.
Curfew Lifted To Aid Hunt
Jerusalem. (UP)—Mavor Israel Rokah of Tel Aviv appealed to the underground today to release two kidnapped Britons, and the curfew on the all-Jewish city was lifted to enable the abductors to respond to the appeal.
Blizzard Delays Byrd
Little America. (UP)—An Antarctic blizzard swept Little America today, forcing a further delay in the arrival of Rear Adm. Richard E. Byrd. The admiral, aboard the carrier Philippine Sea, had been scheduled to arrive 'Monday with a flight of six transport planes.
U.S. Parts Used In V-2
White Sands, N. M. (UP)—A German V-2 rocket, partly controlled by American-made devices, "functioned perfectly" in the 19th firing of captured weapons from the White Sands Proving ground, army officials said today.
Two Convicts Escape From Leavenworth
Leavenworth (UP)—Warden Walter A. Hunter said today that two prisoners who escaped from the Leavenworth federal prison Friday night probably had made good their escape.
Davis was serving a 15-year bank robbery sentence from Shreveport, La., and Windhoven a 25-year mail robbery charge from San Francisco.
Farmers and prison guards searched a wooded 10-acre tract near the southwest corner of the city Monday afternoon but found no trace of the men, Dando Davis and Willard A. Windhoven, both 37.
The men pushed out an iron grillwork in a second floor building, climbed to the roof and then swung to the wall on electric wire suspended 25 feet above the ground.
Resubmission, Prohibition
Vie In State House, Senate
At the same time, a bill to make display of a federal liquor stamp prima facie evidence of maintaining a common nuisance will be passed by the house today and sent to the senate.
Topeka (UP)—State prohibition today was one step nearer resubmission to a vote of the electorate, with a favorable report by the senate judiciary committee on the house-approved resolution.
The bill would permit closing of places having the federal liquor revenue receipt, even though raiding officers might never find liquor.
Tokyo. (UP)—A Japanese carpenter was seized by Gen. Douglas MacArthur Sunday when he rushed up to the general and tried to hand him a package containing a wooden sword and a letter stating his desire to die from an American bullet to protest the "miserable condition" of the Japanese.
'I Wanta Be Shot'
General MacArthur ordered the military police to lecture the man on good manners and release him.
Washington. (UP)—Congressional leaders menaced a "rush" label today on legislation to invalidate union claims for nearly five billion dollars in back portal-to-portal pay. The senate also was asked to investigate charges that the justice department had failed to protect the treasury's interests in the pending cases.
To 'Rush' Portal Pay Bill
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