University DAILY KANSAN
STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Friday, Dec. 13, 1946
44th Year No.56
Lawrence, Kansas
Sunday Vespers Will Feature Four Tableaux
The perennial Christmas favorite,
"O Come All Ye Faithful," sung by
the University A Cappella choir,
carillon organ music by Prof. L. E.
Anderson, and candle lighting by
John Pritchard and John Sommerville will herald the School of Fine Arts Christmas Vespers in Hoch auditorium at 4 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
The first of four tableaux under the direction of the departments of design and of drawing and painting will be "Carol Singers" portrayed by Margaret Gansle, Barbara Byrd, Gerald Correa, Donald Humphrey, Jean Campbell, Charles Schwegler, and Jean Wheeler.
"Peace on Earth" will be by Norma Jean Guthie, Shirley Otter, and Mary A. Ettier; "The Prophecy of Isiah" by Paul Benson. Bernard Wardlow, Gayler Alexander, Frank McCoy, Robert Nagel, Jeanne Gorbutt, and Evelyn Scamell; and "The Nativity" by Virginia Winter, Debolene Thornhill, Bernard Wardlow, Frank McCoy, Gayler Alexander, Pauline Hammer, and Delores Lacens.
"Ave Maria" (Bach-Gounod) will be played by an ensemble including Waldemar Geltch, professor of violin, Raymond Stuhl, assistant professor of violin, Professor and Mrs. L. E. Anderson, and Martha Lee Baxter. Other ensembles will be: "The Sleep of the Infant Jesus" (Busser) by Thomas Marrocco, associate professor of violin, and Professor and Mrs. Anderson; and "The Shepherds and the Magi" (Rousseau) by Professor Geltch, Professor Stuhl, Professor and Mrs. Anderson, and W. W. Lancaster.
E. M. Brack, James Gettys, and Loraine Mai will sing solo parts in "The Shepherd's Story" (C. Dickinson) to be sung by the choir under the direction of Dean D. M. Swarthout. Imogen Billings will be featured in the solo part in "A Christmas Story" (P. Cornelius); Kathryn Walter, Mary Jane Zollinger, Paul Friesen, Curtis Glover, and Leo Horacek in "Sunrise on Christmas Morn" (W. B. Olds). The choir will also sing "Now Let Men No More Be Sad" (arranged by John Reymes-King), and the recessional, "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing" (Mendelsohn).
The University Symphony orchestra, directed by Russell L. Wiley, will play "Bethlehem" (Tuthil).
A brass quartet composed of James Sellards, Robert Tawney, J. B. Webster, and Neill Hunfeld, and a vocal quartet composed of Miss Meribah Moore and Miss Irene Peabody, associate professors of voice, Merton Anderson, and Frank Alderson will be heard in carols from the balcony.
"The Birthday of a King" (Neidlinger) will be sung by Curtis Glover, accompanied on the organ by G. Criss Simpson, assistant professor of organ.
The audience will sing "Silent Night" (Gruber) and "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" (Willis).
By Bibler
The program will be broadcast over KFKU from 4 to 5 p.m.
Author Tours Hospital, Will Speak Tonight
Dr. Gordon Seagrave, author of "Burma Surgeon" and "Burma Surgeon Returns," toured the health service of Watkins Memorial hospital today during his visit to Lawrence.
Dr. Seagrave is to be the guest speaker tonight at the Knife and Fork dinner club of Lawrence. His topic may include recently developed medical techniques, including wartime finding of allied army doctors.
Little Man On Campus
"Why didn't you tell me you were taking Western Civilization?"
Western Civ Students Will Check Progress In Preliminary Exam Tomorrow Afternoon
First semester students in Western Civilization scheduled to take a preliminary examination tomorrow afternoon will be able to check their progress in the course without worrying about the inevitable "grade."
The purpose of Western Civilization, as proposed by a faculty committee and approved in December, 1944, is to promote an understanding of American democracy, particularly in its relations to its European background, and its present and future role in world peace.
Mrs. Louise Cochran, head proctor of the Western Civilization department, announced that the preliminary examination would be given
tomorrow at 1:30 p.m., for the benefit of all students who are enrolled in the course for the first time. The test score will have no bearing on the student's grade, but the results will be classified in five groups to aid the student in determining his progress.
The final examination in the course will be given three times this semester and will come in advance of regular examinations to avoid any conflict. The number of preliminary examinations to be given during this semester will depend upon future decisions by the department.
Like all branches of the University, the Western Civilization department has suffered acute growing pains. Enrollment in the course has jumped from 250 in the spring of '46 to 830 this fall. Eighteen student proctors, seniors or graduate students, aid and supervise those enrolled in the course.
An innovation in educational methods, Western Civilization is a course without classrooms, textbooks, or teachers. Necessary reading material for the course is made available to students in reading rooms in Fowler shops.
Western Civilization is classified as a social science by the College and is headed by W. E. Sandelius, professor of political science. Those enrolled in the course are given six hours credit in that field. Juniors and seniors can take the course for four hours credit, or for five, if they enroll for freshman-sophomore elective credit.
Only 600 student directories have not been called for, the registrar's office announced this morning. Between Monday afternoon and Friday morning 6,400 copies had been distributed.
Students Slow To Obtain Remaining 600 Directories
"We were submerged with requests the first few days, but now students are coming in slowly, usually between classes," a registrar office worker reported.
K.U. To Meet Razorbacks In Second Test Tonight
'Phenomenal' Scoring Spurt, 'Fine' Defense Bring 55-36 Victory Over Iowa State
It's Friday The Thirteenth, So Watch Out For Black Cats, Stepladders
The condition of Robert Esker, College freshman living at Sunflower, who was injured Wednesday night in an automobile collision which was fatal to two persons, was described as "poor" today at Bethany hospital in Kansas City, Kan.
Esker's Condition Remains Serious
J. A. Abney, Lubbock, Texas, also seriously injured, is in the Veterans hospital at Wadworth, Kan.
Mrs. Yelton had been manager of the Sunflower cafeteria since July, remaining at her post when the University took over the eating place at the beginning of the fall semester. She commited each day between her Kansas City home and Sunflower, according to Miss Lola Wilson, assistant director of the cafeteria.
The Chevrolet car in which Mrs. Yelton and Esker were driving toward Kansas City collided head-on with a Packard coach driven by Mr. Abney, two miles west of Muncie on highway 32.
Esker, 19, of Chapman, suffered a broken left hip, chest injuries, and deep cuts of the face and neck. Mrs. Clara Yelton, manager of the Sunflower cafeteria, was killed instantly. Maurice Shannon Chandley, Kansas City, Kan., police clerk, died yesterday of injuries received in the crash.
What to do about it?
At any rate, it has persisted, and somewhere along the line, Friday was thrown in, probably because people couldn't think of anything else to do with it, and now we have two jinxes to cope with—Friday and 13.
Heschmeyer, Bell Win From Park College Debaters
The University, represented by a debate team composed of Dorothy Heschmeyer and Beth Bell, was given an audience "change of opinion" decision Wednesday over the Park college debate team. The teams debated the labor question before an audience of students and faculty of Park college. Kenneth Johnson, instructor, accompanied the team.
How 13 got to be such an unlucky number is a long story. At least, it goes back a long way. At the Last Supper there were 13 present—of those 13, Judas was thirteenth. Superstition of the number 13 may have stemmed from that.
The Kansas Jayhawkers are still in the running for the championship in the Big Six tourney after knocking off Iowa State Thursday night, 55 to 36, at Kansas City.
Today is Friday.
For some students, it will be an ordinary, run-of-the-mill Friday. For others it will be the day on which they thank God that another week is over. For some it will mean fish on the boarding-house fare.
The Jayhawkers piled up a phenomenal lead in the first 15 minutes of play, and coated in to a victory without any trouble.
It's Fridav. the THIRTEENTH.
But, for many, it is a special Friday. which, before it is over, will make them wish they'd stayed in bed.
Well, to paraphrase Isaac Newton,
"for every jinx there is an equal and
opposite jinx"—that is, you can put
the jinx on bad luck, the same as
on good luck.
Filling your pockets with horse- shoes and four-leaf clovers is supposed to help, but watch out for black cats, stepladders, three on a match, and broken mirrors.
If your good luck charms don't work, then maybe you should go home, crawl in bed and pull the covers over you. But watch out, don't throw your hat on the bed. That's right, it's bad luck.
Silly superstition, isn't it? But if you have a rabbit's foot handy, better reach for it. There are 13 letters in the opening sentence of this story and the number of paragraphs totals: 13.
The 13th ordinarily falls on Friday about twice a year. On any other day it seems to lose most of its potency. Nobody worries about Tuesday the 13th or Thursday the you-know-what.
Arkansas will be the next opponents; the Razorbacks will be met at 9:30 tonight.
Leading, 5 to 3, with two minutes gone in the first period, the Jayhawkers went to work and poured in 19 consecutive points to hold a 24-3 lead with five minutes left in the half.
Coach F. C. Allen settled on his starting five from last year, and it was that quintet which started the ball rolling.
Fine defensive play by Kansas limited Iowa State to long or offbalance shots, and the Cyclones dumped in only two field goals in 34 tries during the first stanza.
Otto Schnellbacher, returning to his regular forward position, paced the Jayhawkers with 14 points. Charley Black was runner-up with 11, and Owen Peck and Wendell Clark each netted seven.
Coach Allen substituted liberally during the last half, using each of his 19 men. Iowa State managed to break even with the reserves, but still finished with a 19-point deficit. Kansas started slowly, but pulled into a five point lead on long set shots by Schnellbacher and Clark and a free by Peek.
High man for the Cyclones was Jim Myers, speedy forward, who sank two goals and two frees for a six-point total.
Iowa State countered with a free throw by Roy Wehde, his only point off veteran guard Ray Evans, and followed with a goal by Jim Myers, the only Cyclone points in the first 16 minutes.
Charley Black came into the game, replacing Harold England who started, and the K.U. quintet really came to life. With Owen Peck's shrill voice calling signals, the Jay-hawkers began to work the ball in for set plays, dumping in six goals and seven free throws while holding the Cyclones scoreless.
Peck, Schnellbacher, and Black led the attack with five points each during that time.
Iowa State returned to the scoring column with a goal by Ron Norman
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I.S.A. Will Discuss Candidates Monday
Candidates for the Independent Student association's January election of officers and representatives will be discussed Monday, when the ISA elections committee meets at 4 p.m. in 228. Frank Strong hall.
The committee will nominate candidates for three executive board officers and eight class representatives, including a man and woman from each class.
An individual's name may be placed upon the election slate by presenting to the elections chairman, Lois Thompson, a petition signed by 50 independent students, together with the candidate's qualifications, within a week after the announcement of the election date.
WEATHER
Kansas—Generally fair today and tonight. Continued rather cold today. High today middle 30's to low 40'. Not quite so cold tonight west portion. Low tonight in 20'. Tomorrow partly cloudy and warmer.