Daily Kansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 14.1945
NUMBER 174
42nd YEAR
Cornwell Names Student Union Activities Heads
New committee heads for Student Union activities next year have been appointed by Alberta Cornwell, president.
The social committee is headed by Joan Woodward, who is also vicepresident; intramurals, Michael Kuklenski, College freshman; coffees and forums, Elizabeth Bixby, College junior; clubs and organizations, Barbara Haffner, College sophomore.
"Last Resort", Jane Atwood, College sophomore; publicity, Joan Harris, College sophomore; public administration, Rosemary Harding, College sophomore; and business, Howard Joseph, College sophomore.
Elaine Wells, College sophomore is secretary-treasurer for next year
Board to Study Union Blueprints
Plans for additions to the Memorial Union building will be reviewed by the board of directors of the Kansas Memorial corporation at a meeting to be held at 3 p. m. Saturday, June 23 in the Pine room of the Union building.
Plans for the additions have been drawn up by the state architect.
Other business at the meeting of the board of directors will be electing new members to fill the vacancies left by persons who have gone away. The election of new officers for the coming year will also be held.
Present officers are:
Irving Hill, president; Henry Werner, vice-president; Fred Eldsworth, secretary; and Karl Klooz, treasurer.
Other board members include:
Other board members include:
F. C. Allen, Leonard Axe, W. J.
Baumgartner, Mary Jo Cox, Leonard
Brown, Porter Fones, Mrs. Fred
Harris, Alberta Cornwell, Walt
Keeler, Deane W. Mallott, Elizabeth
Meguir, Drew McLaughlin, Leslie
Waters, Richard B. Stevens, C. C.
Stewart, Walt G. Thiele and Esther
Twente.
Jayhawker Staff Has New Delivery System
To avoid last-minute confusion in the distribution of the commencement issue of the 1945 Jayhawker, on or about June 22, a new system of delivery has been formulated by the staff. Mary Morrill, editor, said today.
Each organized house is asked to send one member to the Jayhawk office sometime this week to check the subscription cards of his house. When the magazines arrive, this representative can call for his house's subscriptions at one time. In this way the Jayhawkers can be distributed by the representative at his house and each student will not have to call at the Jayhawk office for his copy.
The Jayhawker office will be opened a few hours daily, and this system will enable everyone to get an issue conveniently. Miss Morrill said.
Ralph Waldo May, recently named honor man of the 1944 graduating class, is now serving with the armed forces "somewhere in the South Pacific." His home is in Oskaloosa, Kansas.
Eighteen Initiated Into Phi Beta Kappa
Eighteen newly elected Phi Beta Kappa members were initiated last night at the annual dinner party at the Hearth with Prof. W. E. Sandelius, president, and Raymond Nichols, secretary, in charge of the ceremonies.
Those honored were:
Doris Bixby, Stella Bruchmiller,
James Carey, Bertra Cummins, Mrs.
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Delegates Plan Peace Meeting With New Name
All delegates, chosen by organized houses, will meet at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Kansas room of the Union building to be instructed as to what works they will do this summer and to decide upon the literature for the countries to be represented that should be ordered.
The University of Kansas Peace conference was chosen as the name for the two-day student world security assembly to be held next November, Patricia Graham, chairman of the Executive board committee, announced today.
The Executive board drew up a budget and chose Wilda Vermillion, College freshman, as treasurer of the organization. The board hopes to bring not only nationally but world famous leaders to the campus in the fall for convocations in connection with the conference.
A special news sheet will come out in four editions, to promote the ideas of the conference, it was decided by the committee. There is also a possibility that broadcasts may be made on the mock conference which will be held the last part of November.
The assembly is being sponsored by the University Americans United for World Organization group, in cooperation with the Student Religious Council, the Y.W.C.A., and with the approval of the administration.
Six Student Proctors Selected For Western Civilization Course
The course in Western Civilization will be required of all students entering the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences next fall. Under the plan, students will be given a reading list of books arranged by a College faculty committee.
The books will include classical selections, a history of Europe, and books on the nature of the present American society. Proctors are to assist students by acting as counselors when the students desire help. One proctor is assigned to 25 students.
Candidates were recommended by one or more of the social science departments. Factors considered by the committee were scholarship, breadth of training in the social sciences, and demonstrated capacities of student leadership.
Six student proctors and two alternates for the new University course in Western Civilization were announced today by Hilden Gibson, associate professor of political science, and chairman of the committee on selection.
Alternates are Rosalie Erwin and Frances James, College Juniors. Mrs. Louise Russel Cochran, College senior, will be retained as full-time supervisor for the other tutors.
Three Factors Considered
Selected from approximately twenty applicants the proctors are Mrs. Esther Dudgeon, junior in the School of Business; Clyde Jacobs, Elizabeth Bixby, Sarah Marks, Betty Ball, and Anna Marie Stevens juniors in the College.
Students Take an Examination
Students may take an examination at the end of the first year, and are required to take it by the end of the second year of residence covering material contained in the books. With a satisfactory grade on the examination, six hours of credit will be given.
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The promotion in academic rank of 13 faculty members on the Lawrence campus and 12 in the School of Medicine in Kansas City, after approval by the Board of Regents was announced by Chancellor Deane W. Malott today.
The seniors are to wear their caps and gowns to the senior breakfast. Baccalaureate, the commencement supper, the commencement exercises as their admission tickets.
No Ticket Limit To Senior Class
Because a small crowd is expected for commencement exercises due to travel restrictions, there will be no limit, as last year, to the number of tickets issued to seniors for parents and relatives, and the reserve section will be done away with, Gilbert Ulmer, assistant dean of the College, announced today.
The All-University commencement dinner, 4:45 p. m. Sunday at the Union ballroom will be complementary to all seniors and additional tickets may be had for relatives and friends from 3 p. m. to 5 p. m. Saturday or after the senior breakfast.
Board Approves 25 Promotions Of K.U. Faculty
Seniors may receive their caps and gowns by presenting a receipt for the senior dues and may get them from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. Saturday or 3 p. m. Sunday at Robinson gymnasium, Robert Witt, chairman of the cap and gown committee, said.
A list of rooms for parents are now at the alumni office and seniors are urged to arrange for them as there are no other rooms available in town.
Member of University's Debate Team Tells Of Growth of Forensics in Past 20 Years
The promotions will become effective July 1. G. W. Bradshaw, at present associate professor of civil engineering, is promoted to professor.
Eleven assistant professors are promoted to associate profes-sorships. These include L. L. Barrett, assistant professor of Spanish, T. T. Gastonguay, assistant professor of chemical engineering, John Frye, assistant professor of geology, Paul Haney, assistant professor of sanitary engineering, and Hilden Gibson, assistant professor of political science.
The primary function of this program was debate but it was supplemented by oratory, extemporaneous speaking, discussions, and, more recently, victory speaking.
bate division was expanded it didn't sacrifice quality". Mr. Moor added.
With money raised by Professor Buehler and $1,000 donated by Will Rogers, Fred Anderson was sent to the British Isles on a college debate trip in 1933. Competition was limited to first class schools, Mr. Moore said, and until 1942 one or two annual debates were held with inter-
Dellegate Sent to Britain
Heads Missouri Valley League
A. B. Leonard, assistant professor of zoology, L. R. Lind, assistant professor of Latin, W. D. Paden, assistant professor of English, L. J. Pritchard, assistant professor of economics, H. H. Sisler, assistant professor of chemistry, and Calvin VanderWerf.
The University heads the list of Missouri Valley universities by winning five firsts in debate and oratory and four firsts in extem- borous speaking.
A recent development made by Professor Buchler has been the public relations program broadcast by three radio stations. The first national president west of the Mississippi of Delta Sigma Rho honorary debate fraternity, he has organized and set up five new courses in the past 20 years, Mr. Moore related. Buchler Predicts Debate Revival
Starting with only six to eight debates a year, the debate division of the speech department has grown within the past 20 years to place the University in the position of one of the key schools of the Missouri Valley, Jean Moore, member of the University's debate team, said this morning in relating the history and growth of the division.
"Prof. E. C. Buehler, of the speech department," came to the University 20 years ago, determined to put K.U. on the map in debate events." Mr. Moore said. "Soon the University was giving 100 performances a year with at least 50 students participating."
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J. Sheldon Carey, present instructor in ceramics, is promoted to assistant professor.
Walker Is Clinical Professor
At the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Kansas City J. E. Walker, associate clinical professor of medicine, is promoted to clinical professor.
Elliott, Billingslev Assistants
Four assistant professors are promoted to associate professors. These include D.C.Peete, Graham Asher and Orval Withers, assistant professors of medicine, and A.T. Steegman, assistant professor of psychiatry.
B. L. Elliott, associate in psychiatry, and J. L. Billingesley, instructor in ophthalmology, are promoted to assistant professors.
J. Harvey Jennett and H. L. Douglas, instructors in medicine, and W. H. Gordon, R. C. Fredeen, and George Herrman, instructors in pediatrics, are promoted to associates.
(International News Service)
The Japanese forces on southern Okinawa fought a losing battle today, as American troops beat down frantic counter-attacks and advanced steadily on both flanks of the Yaeju-Dake encampment.
Jap Counterattacks Beat Down by Yanks On Bloody Okinawa
International! News Service' wait Correspondent George McWilliams at the front with the 19th army, salsa that the infantry men of the 7th division drove nearly a half mile down sloping ground toward the southwest corner of Okinawa.
In at least one sector, the Yanks began the downhill phase of their fight, having driven the Nipa from the rim of the escarpment.
Before beginning this downhill drive, the doughbys stood fast in the face of two furious counter-tacks. In one of these counter-
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Independence Plans Truman Celebration
Wash.—(INS)—President Trumman will receive the plaudits of his home town of Independence, Mo. at a tremendous celebration on June 27. The following day the president will be accorded an ovation by Kansas City. The White House disclosed today that the chief executive expects to fly to and from the celebration. It will be his first trip to his Missouri home since he became president.