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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MAY 28,1946
Potter Picnic Grounds Tennis Courts to Be Finished This Week
The concrete dance pavilion west of Potter lake, and the new tennis courts south of the stadium will be ready for use this week. Prof. Leonard Axe, director of the University services, said today.
Because of the labor shortage and a lack of supplies, work on the dance slab has been delayed for several months, Professor Axe said. A stone mason was obtained last week, and the work will be finished soon, he said.
The rock wall, a stone retaining wall, and two of the three ovens are completed and work was started on the third oven today. Sod has been filled in around all of the bare spots and the brick fire-places are finished with the exception of the iron grills, which are being finished by the department of Buildings and Grounds.
The tennis courts, are completed except for grading and putting up backstops.
K.U. Band Presents Annual Spring Concert
Climaxing nine months of 7:30 am. rehearsals and a three-hour dress rehearsal Sunday, the University band, directed by Russell L. Wiley. presented its annual spring concert Monday night in Hoch auditorium.
One highlight of the concert was the exhibition of baton twirling by Bill Sears, who returned to the University this semester after being discharged from the army.
The program included two excerpts from "Pathetique Symphony" (Tschaikowsky); a novelty number, "March" from "The Love of the Three Oranges"; a modern number, "Repartee" (Bennett), featuring Marshall Butler, piano soloist; and "The Bride of the Waves" (Clark), which featured Leo Horacek as cornet soloist.
Horr, MacGregor Take Plant Collecting Trip
Dr. W. H. Horr and R. L. MacCregor, of the botany department, went to Pidgeon lake, southeast of Osawatomie, Thursday on an all-day plant collecting excursion. Dr. R. H. Beamer accompanied them to collect insects for the Snow Entopological museum.
About 1200 plants were collected.
Dr. Horr has been collecting plants all over the state and this is the group's fifth trip this spring.
An unusual plant was found in the lake, was the Utricularia: Bladderwort plant, which has special types of leaf formations called bladders. These have small trap doors to trap small water animals.
Instructor Named For Summer Session
Dr. Cloy S. Hobson, director of curriculum and guidance of the Plainview public schools, near Wichita, will be a visiting instructor during the University summer session it was announced today.
Dr. Hobson will teach curriculum and supervision courses in the School of Education. He is a member of the state curriculum committee, an advisory group in the department of education.
Senator Glass Dies
Washington, (UP)—Death brought a 24-hour armistice today in the senate fight over President Truman's request for emergency powers to deal with strikes against the government.
The senate laid aside its debate on the house-approved strike control legislation to eulogize the late Sen Carter Glass, (D.-Va.), its oldest member, who died early today.
Railroads Puff Back to Normal
The strike was rough while it lasted, but U.S. railroads are now huffing and puffing back to normal. All lines reported schedules were "on time" again today,
10 Initiated Into Geology Fraternity
The six old active members now on the campus are Philip Kaiser, Arthur Bowsher, Russell Jeffords, Kenneth Redman, Hugh Crain, and benedict Bagrowski. Dr. Raymond Moore, Dr. J. C. Frye, and Dr. R. M. Dryer, all of the geology department, are the old associate members.
Eight new active members and two new associate members were initiated into Sigma Gamma Epsilon honorary geology fraternity, Monday, in Lindley hall.
The new active members are Robert Knox, Richard Markley Paul Adams, Edwin Galbreath, Albert Glockzin, John Leonard, Jerry Ewers, and Louis Willbert.
Dr. M. L. Thomspon, associate professor of geology, and Dr. Albert Spaulding, sociology instructor and assistant curator of anthropology, became new associate members.
Sigma Gamma Epsilon, inactive during the war years, will become active next fall, Bowsher said today. He stated that officers will be elected soon.
Bitter Bird Changes To Variety Magazine
London. (UP)—The Soviet Monitor quoted a radio Moscow broadcast today charging American occupation authorities in Japan with "strange tolerance toward thinly-veiled Japanese military formations and allied associations."
The '46-'47 Bitter Bird will be a variety magazine and not strictly a humor magazine, Terry Herriott, editor-in-chief, announced at a staff meeting Monday night.
Soviet Fears Probable Jap Underground
despite last week's disruption of service. The scene here shows trains pulling out of the Pennsylvania rail yards. (NEA Telephoto)
The broadcast described a "co-operative farm" in the village of Thimakidzu, near Thiba, and claimed the farm staff included three Japanese generals, 29 colonels and lieutenant colonels, 39 majors and hundreds of lower ranking military personnel.
Plans were made to publish six issues and to increase the editorial staff to 19, the business staff to 12, and the publicity staff to 9, plus contributors, cartoonists, artists, copy checkers, rewriters, idea men, and photographers for next year.
New staff members will be announced soon, Herriott said. There are still openings on the staff and those wishing to work for the Bitter Bird may leave applications at the Bird office in the Union on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m., he announced.
Senior Cakewalk To Be Held Saturday
The senior "Cakewalk" will be held Saturday night at the Military Science building, with Roy Johnson's orchestra from Kansas City playing for the informal dance from 9 to 12.
The dance is open to all students. Though it is no longer associated with any type of pastry, the original Cakewalk was a lottery with tickets being sold for the privilege of walking around a cake to musical accompaniment. When the music stopped, the person who stood in front of the cake won it.
Douglas Wins Engineer Award
William H. Douglas, '45, received the Kansas section award of junior membership in the American Society of Civil Engineers, Friday night in Topeka, as the outstanding senior engineering student, W. C. McNown, professor of civil engineering said today.
Henry C. Beckman, regional engineer of the United State Geological survey, was guest speaker. He talked on geological survey functions and development of the Missouri River basin.
Douglas, now in the navy, was not present to receive the award, but it will be mailed to him. Forrest Kenney won the award last year. year.
Siam Invaded
Five hundred French troops, supported by airplanes and artillery, have invaded Siam from Indo-China across the Mekhon river (1), and are fighting police and civilians, reports say. Government quarters at Bangkok (2), have not made any explanatory statement yet. (NEA Telephoto)
Coyan Defeats Ewers In IM Golf Final
By virtue of some great clutch putting, Bob Coyden, Delt, defeated Jerry Ewers, Sig Alph, in the intramural championship match played over the Lawrence Country club course yesterday. Coydon had to withstand Ewers' strong comeback on the last nine to win 2-1.
Coyan got off to a fast start and was three up at the turn. He won the first, second, fourth, and eighth holes while Ewers was winning the ninth. On the last nine, Ewens hit his stride and took the first and third holes to leave Coyan holding a one-margin.
Both golfers parred the 13th, Coyan took the 14th, and the 15th hole was halved to give Coyan a two-up lead going into the last three holes. On the 16th hole Coyan sank a 10-foot putt to halve the hole, and repeated this performance on the next hole to win the match.
Ewers shot a 39, 37-76 while the winner was wired a 36, 37-73 total. Coyan's shots to the green were the deciding factor. Coyan had defeated Libby, Ph Gam, and Ewers had downed McClure, Phil Delt, to reach the finals.
Scholarship Award To Be Given Tonight At Business Smoker
The Alpha Kappa Psi scholarship medal, an annual award given to the highest ranking man in the junior class of the School of Business, will be presented at their smoker tonight.
The smoker, the last of the year to be sponsored by Alpha Kappa Psi, national commerce fraternity, will be held in the men's lounge of the Union at 8 p.m.
Dr. Clarence McGregor, industrial analyst with the Federal Reserve bank of Kansas City, Mo., will be the speaker. Dr. McGregor was an instructor at the University from 1929-1932.
Five Students Pass Private Pilot Tests
Five university students passed the C.A.A. tests yesterday at the Lawrence airport and received their private licenses. They are Crayton D. Benton, engineering sophomore; Anderson W. Chandler, College sophomore; Wayne R. Gallentine, fine arts senior; Archills Wheat, College freshman; and Robert B. York, engineering freshman.
David Detamore, of the C.A.A. district office in Kansas City, gave the flight tests, and L. L. Ware of the airport issued the licenses.
Jarrell Elected To Hall of Fame
The late J. Frank Jarrell, a pioneer Kansas newspaperman whose three sons are all active newspapermen-today, has been elected to the Kansas Newspaper Hall of Fame at the University, Elmer F. Beth, professor of journalism announced today.
A photograph of Mr. Jarrell will be added to the collection of 28 portraits of Kansas editors previously elected to the Hall of Fame, which are hanging in the news room of the Journalism building.
Mr. Jarrell died Oct. 21, 1941, at the age of 75, after having been active in Kansas journalism for more than 60 years. He was born Sep. 19, 1866, in Atchison county. In the late 1880's he became Topeka correspondent for the Kansas City Times. In 1895, he married Myra Williams, who was a writer and syndicated a column to Kansas papers.
He worked for a short time on the Topeka Herald and then became city editor of the Topeka Daily Capital. In 1906 he bought the Holton Signal, selling it in 1911. In 1910, he was hired by the Santa Fe railroad to do a publicity job, and remained with the railroad until shortly before his death in 1941. In the past few years, he was manager of agricultural development, director of public relations, and editor of The Earth, a magazine published by the Santa Fe.
The plaque on which the honored student's name is engraved each year after receiving the award, hangs in the front entrance of Bailey hall. The plaque bears the inscription "Scholarship - Personality - Integrity." Erected by Kappa of Alpha Chi Sigma, the first award was made in 1930. In 1940 Donald Deford now instructor in chemistry here received the award.
Jane Ellen Johnson, College junior, will present a gypsy tambourine dance. Another gypsy dance will be portrayed by Mittimaude Hunter and Alice Ackerman. College juniors. Gloria M. Smith, instructor of physical education and sponsor of Tau Sigma, will portray the horrors of war in a solo number.
Herbert Hoover, chemical engineering senior, Ottawa, has won the Alpha Chi Sigma honor award as the outstanding student in chemistry and chemical engineering at the University, Arthur W. Davidson, professor of chemistry announced today.
Interpretative modern dances, from a cake walk to a religious chant, will be portrayed by the members of Tau Sigma, dance sorority, in an invitational program at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday in Fraser theater.
Tau Sigma to Present Modern Dances
Group numbers will include the "Golliwog Cake Walk," Cowboy medley, Baba-yaga witch dance, a Shostakovitch waltz, "Sentimental Journey," "Secret," a primitive ritual dance with a drum background, and "Credo," a religious chant sung by Imogen Billings, Fine Arts sophomore.
Hoover was selected by the chem istic engineering and chemistry professi on.
Hoover Wins Chemistry Award
AT THE HOSPITAL
William F. Young, 1035 Tennessee
Bettie Jean Myers, 1045 West Hill
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Willie Maude Robinson, 1101 Missi
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Dismissed Monday
Morton Hauserman, 1541 Tennessee.
Manuel Maldonado, 909 Illinois Dorothy Lorraine Stephenson, 18 Louisiana.
Ray Ann Robinson, Foster hall.
Joan Woodward, 1246 Mississippi
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