University DAILY KANSAN
Friday, January 17, 1947
44th Year No. 71
Lawrence. Kansas
STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
little Man On Campus
By Bibler
"Are we that near finals?"
Paul Snyder, K.U. Cowboy Pianist loves Farms, Thinks Jazz Inventive
From Beethoven to botany, from Mozart to milking, from Schubert to flowers. This is the "happiness" formula of Paul Snyder, associate professor of the piano, who will present a piano concert Sunday afternoon in Fraser auditorium.
Living by this code, affable Mr. Snyder is far removed from the familiar characterizations of the concert pianist. For, despite his manifold diversions from the world of theatre,
has returned his mastery of the
Sharing a fondness for music in his heart is his farm in Michigan, on which he domed overalls for six years until 1842. While he was thus engaged, he neglected the piano, but added that three months after he assumed practicing he was "back in name."
While describing his Yorkshire sow and soil conservation, Mr. Snyder is difficult to visualize as a capabilist pianist who has studied seven years in Europe and has played a three-year concert tour in such cities as Milan, Oslo, Stockholm, London, and Copenhagen.
While on this tour, Mr. Snyder was described as having progressed "Cowboy to Concert Pianist", because he had told the Scandanavian dress that he had been fond of riding horses as a youth in Oklahoma. Modern jazz receives no invective from Mr. Snyder who describes it as being "extremely inventive". Like any type of music, he believes that it requires a well-trained musician to present it properly.
"When it is well-presented, I like it." he summarizes.
Dearest to his experienced ear, however, is the music of Beethoven, who, along with Schubert and Mozart, have expressed the universe better than any other composer, Mr. Snyder believes. Such music he accredits with being "transcendental," as none other.
whether Beethoven or boogie, he carefully asserts, "a good pianist must be able to play any type of music well."
Mr. Snyder joined the faculty at the University in the fall of 1945. He had previously taught piano at the Horner institute in Kansas City.
Council Drafts Bills For 10 Proposals
The 1945-46 Kansas legislative council studied and acted upon 33 proposals during the past two years, according to a bulletin soon to be released by the K.U. bureau of government research.
Results of the council's deliberations were that bills were drafted for 10 proposals which will be submitted to standing committees of the legislature next week.
The bills deal with control of oil field brines and well plugging, milk control, school transportation, veterans' affairs, judicial redistricting, agricultural market inspection, administrative rules and regulations, testing dairy herds for disease, municipal employees' retirement and waiting periods for marriage licenses.
Other officers elected were William Hall, vice president; Donald Jarrett, corresponding secretary; Joseph Sciandrone, treasurer; Eldon Frye, recording secretary.
Luther Runyon, engineering senior, was elected president of the American Society of Civil Engineers at a meeting Thursday.
Runyon To Head Civil Engineers
ISA Candidate Party
Following the election, Charles T. Black, engineering so spoke on "Cross Connections ing Systems." Films wer ... to illustrate his lecture.
There will be a "coke party" for all I.S.A. candidates at 4 p.m. Monday in Miller hall.
U.S. Army, Navy Merger Will Not Cut Costs Now
Washington. (UP)—High military officials said today the new compromise plan for unification of the armed services will not result in any immediate reduction in the cost of the armed services and may even increase costs for a while.
The navy keeps its land-based aviation and the marine corps remains intact. The army won its battle for one official directing all the armed forces, but the forces would not be merged into a single department and they would not have a single commander.
Some believed it eventually would save the government billions of dollars through a common system of supply.
The compromise must be approved by congress. Most congressmen said the plan was a big step forward.
Here Is What The New Plan Provides
Washington. (UP)—Here's a summary of what the new army-navy unification plan would provide:
ONE. A council of national defense, a national security resources board, and a central intelligence agency. The intelligence agency already is operating under a previous agreement.
TWO. Organization of the armed forces under a secretary of national defense. Under him, there would be three separate departments, each headed by a secretary representing the army, the navy, (including the marine corps and naval aviation), and the air force. Each department would be administered as a unit, but the secretary of national defense would have overall direction.
THREE. Creation of a war council to handle bread policy issues. It would be headed by the secretary of national defense, who would have power to make all decisions. The secretaries of the three separate departments and the military chiefs of the three services would serve as council members.
FOUR. Continuation of the joint chiefs of staff to handle strategic defense problems, war plans, military requirements and the like. They would be under direction of the secretary of national defense.
FIVE. Establishment of a full-time joint staff consisting at the start of not more than 100 officers drawn equally from the three services. This staff, operating under a director, would carry out policies and directives of the joint chiefs of staff.
Requisition Books To Be Turned In By Jan. 31
Veterans requisition books must be turned in to the office of the Veterans administration on or before Jan. 31, Dr. E. R. Elbel said today.
Present requisition books will not be used next semester, and new books will be issued at that time.
March Of Dimes Dance Jan. 25
Plans for the "March of Dimes dance to be held Jan. 25, in the Community building, were the main topic of discussion at a meeting of Alpha Phi Omega Thursday evening.
"We hope to make this year's campaign bigger than ever before, Dale Judy, publicity chairman, said. "The 'March of Dimes' was started by the late President Roosevelt and is the principal means of raising funds for fight against infantile paralysis. Chapters of A.P.O. throughout the nation are getting behind the campaign this year."
The dance will be informal and music will be supplied by the Bob Douglas band. Entertainment at intermission will be supplied by members of Lambda chapter.
Transferring Veterans Need Certificate
veterans planning to transfer to other universities at the end of the present semester will be required to file an application for a supplementary certificate of entitlement. E. R. Elbel, director of the veterans bureau, announced today.
Two training officers from the regional office of the veterans administration in Kansas City, R. L. Pease, and W. L. Lockridge, will be on the campus Jan. 22 and 23 to assist veterans in filling out the required forms.
Scholars Will Meet In Union Tonight
The monthly dinner-meeting o. The Summerfield scholar group will be held at 6:30 tonight in the Kansas room of the Union building.
A group of 55 Summerfield scholars, graduated Summerfield scholars and a faculty committee, are expected to attend the dinner.
Warren L. Kump, freshman in the School of Medicine, and John S. May, freshman in the School of Law, will lead the group in after-dinner discussions.
Vacancies Still Open
A limited number of vacancies are still open in Miller and Watkins residence halls for women, according to Miss Margaret Habein, dean of women.
Carrier Strike Stops Editions Of K.C. Star, Times
Kansas City. (UP)—The Kansas City Star worked against time this afternoon in an effort to get out on an eight-nage adless paper.
BULLETIN
Copy was being processed on typewriters for engravings. The Star still was hoping, however, that typographical workers would return to their jobs in time to set type for a late run. Supervisory help could turn the presses.
Kansas City, Mo. (UP)—The Kansas City Star, only newspaper serving the greater Kansas City metropolitan area, was struck today by its contract carriers, seeking to force recognition of a pressman's local union as their bargaining agent, and it appeared the paper would miss its first edition in the memory of veteran employees.
Earl McCollium, president of the Star. issued the following statement:
Accordant presides on Star, issued the following statement: "Mechanical departments of the Star were tied up because of a picket line placed around the Star building by a small group of workers who are indebted instructors and not employees. Pressmen and composing room employees not involved in any dispute with the Star declined to go through the picket line until they had gotten instructions from their international officers. No notice of the picket line was given to the Star or to other unions.
"For several months efforts have been made to organize the contract carriers of the Star, and there is now pending before the local regional labor board a petition for certification which represents a small number of the contract carriers.
"No hearing has ever been requested on the petition. The Star is ready to try out the matter before the labor board without delay and has so advised the petitioning carriers but they have expressed an unwillingness to so proceed before the board."
Veteran Star employees said that they could not remember when the Star missed an edition. Some had rolled late but in at least 20 years the paper never missed one.
Charles D. Bond of St. Louis, international special representative for the union, said refusal of the management to recognize the carriers as employees had precipitated the strike action.
Bond said he did not know how many persons were involved in the strike action.
WEATHER
Kansas--Fair today, tonight, and Saturday. Continued mild. Low tonight near 15 west border to 25-30 cast border.
No Time For Herman, Goodman
KFKU's Programs Must 'Educate'
If it's Herman, Goodman, or Dorey you want, don't turn your dial to KFKU is the advice of Miss Mildred Seaman, station program director.
"Our job is a big one," she said, "and it doesn't include the programming of swing."
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Miss Seaman, who has no personal objection to popular music, scinted out the hard reasons why she is on KKKU is impossible, at the present.
In the first place, she explained, the University station, like all broadcasting stations, is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission. It is classified not as a commercial station, but as an educational
station.
"This means." Miss Seanan explained, "that 95 percent of our programs must be educational, informational, or cultural in their makeup."
With five hours of air time a week, and 95 percent of that already committed to education, only 15 minutes a week should remain for the "cats" in any case.
Furthermore, the programs are not designed primarily for campus consumption, she said. The station itself is under the supervision of the extension division, that office of the University which handles all "off-campus" activities.
"Now we are airing one series of programs designed entirely for rural schools and schools in third class towns; and have sent out, upon request, over 4000 teachers' manuals covering these programs. We present another series directed toward the elementary schools; and still another made up for the club study groups throughout the state."
The genial program director said she wasn't taking sides in any dispute.
"However," she added with a twinkle in her eyes, "our evening musical programs do have listening audiences. We know that."
The emphasis was on "know."