Wednesday, Oct. 9, 1946
University DAILY KANSAN
STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Wednesday, Oct. 9, 1946
44th Year No. 11
Lawrence, Kansas
K. U. Asks More Money From Vets' Allowance
$60 Compensatory Fee Will Be Changed To $6.61 An Hour If V.A.Approves
Veterans may soon have $6.61 per semester hour deducted from their allowed $500 per year if the request of the University is approved by the veterans' administration, the Daily Kansan learned today.
The "compensatory fee," which has been $60 per semester, must be increased to meet costs of increased enrollment, and its consequent problems, Raymond Nichols, executive secretary, said.
The legislature made provision for only 4000 to 4500 students, Mr. Nichols said. The University would have had to turn away several thousand students had the $60 fee not been approved.
The fee system has been authorized by the veterans' administration to aid colleges and universities in handling the increased student enrollment, most of which is made up of veterans attending school under the G.I. Bill of Rights.
The increased fee is based on a detailed study of teaching costs and on a formula laid down by the veterans' administration. Most larger schools followed the system last year, he added. Kansas State's fee was $6.60 per semester hour, and that of Emporia State Teachers college was $8.89.
Obvious additional expenses are necessary to take care of the veteran students: clerical help, bookkeeping staffs, printing bills for the various forms required, housing, and the hidden expenses of enlarged classes, teaching staffs, and schedules.
The deduction will make no difference to most students, Mr. Nichols explained. Only the expenses of students in a few schools (chiefly medicine and dentistry) exceed the amount allowed by the V.A. In such cases the veteran may pay cash for the extra amount, or he may instruct the V.A. to deduct time from his eligibility at the rate of $2.10 a day.
For out-of-state students the University is allowed only as much as might have been obtained from a resident student with the addition of the compensatory fee.
Student Suspended For Trying To Paint 'Jimmy Green' Statue
Uncle Jimmy Green is "hot."
When four University pranksters tried to give him an unscheduled coat of paint Wednesday night, Albert Girard, campus night watchman, nabbed the culprits.
"On October 3 about 12 o'clock, Mr. Girard apprehended a student and three companions who arrived at the statue with three buckets of paint and brushes.
The affair resulted in suspension for one of the men. Henry Werner, dean of student affairs, refused to divulge any names but issued the following statement in part:
"The fourth man was caught trying to take a flash picture of the painting. Information from Mr. Gerard and lack of evidence to show that the student was not connected with the painting have resulted in suspension from the University.
The repeated painting of the Ucle Jimmy Green statue has been the cause of a considerable cost to the University for the cleaning and renovating of the statue, and it has now come to the point where all the University officials concerned believe that distinct and emphatic steps should be taken to prevent a repetition of this type of defacing of state property."
Moral: "It all right to paint the town but 'lay off' Uncle Jimmy.
Little Man On Campus
By Bibler
"I thought they weren't taking 'out of state' students this year."
Deadline for entries in the first Homecoming float parade since 1942 is next Wednesday, William Kollender, parade committee chairman, said today.
Favored Position In Float Parade To Early Entries
Any organized house or group of independent students is eligible to enter the float parade. Prizes, nature and amount not determined, will be awarded to the best entries.
Although the deadline for entries is a week away, Mr. Kolllender emphasized that favored positions and available trucks will be assigned to the early entries. Entries are to be made at the Lawrence chamber of commerce office in the WREN building at Eighth and Massachusetts streets.
The chamber of commerce will try to obtain trucks or vehicles for groups unable to obtain their own. However, groups should try to find vehicles as the chamber of commerce cannot guarantee the type or size vehicle desired.
The homecoming parade will start from South park at 7 p.m. The parade will proceed north on Massachusetts to Sixth, then go west one block and turn south on Vermont, ending on Eighth between the WREN and Standard Life buildings, where a pop rally will be held at 7:30 p.m.
The pep rally will be transcribed and broadcast over station WREN at 9 p.m.
House decorations in all four classes—fraternities, sororites, independent men and independent women—will be judged Friday night. Oct. 18, and Saturday morning, Oct. 19.
Richard Danneberg, chairman of the house decorations committee, announced yesterday that no money prizes would be given to the winners but plaques or trophies would be awarded. "Independent men are urged to compete," said Danneberg. "If the men at Sunflower wish to enter, we'll secure a plot of land for them to erect a display on the campus."
Miss Maude Ellsworth, associate professor of education, Arvid Jacobson, associate professor of design, and Miss Margaret Habein, dean of women, have been named judges for the house decorations contest.
Local Firemen Rush To False Alarm
Two fire trucks and the fire chief's ear rushed to 1425 Tennessee, the Beta Theta Pi fraternity house, about 5 p.m. Tuesday, but it was a false alarm.
"It is a very dangerous thing for anyone to turn in deliberate false alarms," Ingels said. "We would have been severely handicapped if a fire had been reported while we were on this call."
No one at the address could explain the call, which came from a pay telephone, Paul Ingels, fire chief said today.
The Freshman Frolic has been postponed until Oct. 18, Larry McSpadden, varsity dance manager, rebeated today. The date was changed from Oct. 12, because a band was not available then. Ted Weems has been engaged f. the dance.
Frosh Frolic Postponed
No Dance Tonight
The Mid-Week dance scheduled for tonight in the Union will be postponed until next Wednesday, because of a breakdown in equipment, Keith Wilson, social chairman, has announced.
Election Date Is Unfair Independent Men Protest
Group Signs Petition To Force Special Session of A.S.C. Tonight
The All-Student Council will meet in special session at 7:15 tonight in the Union as a result of a petition filed by five independent representatives who charge the Oct. 22 freshman election date approved at Tuesday night's meeting is unfair to non-Greek candidates.
The election date, only 13 days away, was approved by a 12 to 10 vote after a report by John Irwin, chairman of the elections committee.
Independent Women Make Election Plans
Preliminary plans for the freshman election, at present scheduled for Oct. 22, were made at the organizational meeting of the independent women's political party last night in the East room of the Union.
Departing from last year's plan of having one large independent organization, the women are reinstating their party as a separate unit.
Petitions for the women's primary election of freshman class officers will be due on Oct. 12 and will be turned in at Carruth hall. They should carry the name of the nominee, the office, and names of 15 signers. Ruth Marsh heads the petition committee.
The primary election will be on Oct. 14 with two polling sets set up on campus. Their exact location will be announced later. Co-chairman in charge are Alberta Moe and Mary Lee Masterson. Assistants will be Eloise West and Sherwil Holland.
Marge Voegel will handle election publicity with Ruth Marsh, Jane Peterson, Kay McClanahan and Maxine Bell assisting.
The organization, as yet without an official name, is made up of representatives from organized independent houses and 10 representatives at large. They will meet again at 9 p.m. Thursday in the East room of the Union.
Kansas-Partly cloudy today, tonight, and Thursday. Cooler extreme southeast, warmer central and west today. Somewhat warmer west tonight. Low tonight near 50 along west border to middle 50's east border. A little warmer east Thursday.
WEATHER
$ ^{ \textcircled{1} } $He stated the committee never had met, but he suggested the election to be held early to allow freshman representatives to join the council as soon as possible.
George Caldwell, P.S.G.L., protesting against the early date, insisted that the elections should be held shortly after the mid-semester examinations (in the middle of November.)
(The student constitution requires freshman elections to be held "not later than the second month of the fall semester on a date to be set by the A.S.C." The decision hinged upon the interpretation of month as calendar as 30 days.)
The petition requesting a special meeting was signed by George Caldwell; Leonard Dietrich, P.S.G.L.; Carroll McCue, Co-op; Elaine Thalman, Independent; and Clyde Lunger, Independent hall.
"The Greeks have always attempted before to put the elections as early as possible," but they have never succeeded." Clifford Reynolds, member of P.S.G.L.'s senate said today. "The Greek houses can muster their pleges and march them to the polls within an hour. The independents must have time to organize.
"We don't want any repetition of what happened last spring," he added, "when you had to battle your way through party workers to the polls and found there a Pachacamac inspecting the ballots of the Greek oledres."
Other council business Tuesday included: The investigation of the 50 cent increase in the price of parking permits (from $1 to $1.50) was renewed and referred again to the parking committee with a request for further information. University as to the money expended necessitating such an increase.
Smoking will be permitted in the Quonset study hall behind Frank
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If You Can't Read Well Enough Dr. Nash's Lab Can Help You
(If it takes you more than 52 seconds to read the following story, you should read the last paragraph carefully.)
Still in that grade school reading habit slump? If you read—like this, slowly; or entirelytoofastlike this, without comprehending you might be helped by a reading habits diagnosis.
College students are coaching on the comfortable reading habits learned in the elementary grades and many have about the same vocabulary they had then, Prof. Bert A. Nash, director of the K.U. reading laboratory, commented today.
College students have the facility to read 4-500 words a minute, without taking notes, he said. After the section is finished significant parts will be recognized and then notes can be iotted down.
The reading laboratory, to improve the speed and effectiveness of reading, is modifying its program this semester to serve more students.
But the average student reads about 325 words a minute for ordinary, non-analytical material.
In the new program a diagnosis of reading difficulties is made, searching for visual, hearing, and understanding difficulties.
Motion pictures of the eyes are taken while reading, numerous reading tests, and oral reading ability tests are given. When results are determined and a remedial program is outlined for the student.
The diagosis takes about three and a half hours, and the student receives recommendations for practice and training to develop better reading habits.
Average rate of improvement is more than 100 words a minute, Dr. Nash said. Since 1938 800 to 1,000 persons have been tested and a great majority were aided.
"You should react to ideas when you read, rather than words," he explained.
The highest speed of reading with comprehension on record is 2,300 words a minute, he remembered.
Students interested in receiving a diagnosis of their reading difficulties and counselling with respect to improvement may make appointments in 16 Fraser hall from 2 to 5 p.m. daily.