Monday, Nov. 16, 1959 University Daily Kansan
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Dates Sit, Freeze, Sneeze on Hayrack
By Thomas Hough
A hay rack ride and barn dance Saturday night was a fight against cold drafts, a dilemma between sitting and freezing or dancing and sneezing, and a scene of chaperones scurrying after light bulbs.
Heavily bundled in thick clothing, the women and their dates awkwardly burrowed into the straw-heaped feed wagons.
"I think we should sing," someone suggested.
A couple of efforts were made, but the presence of chaperones tended to quiet the more creative spirits.
Resting Heads Tried
A few people made the mistake of resting their heads on the sideboards when the tractor-tugged wagons trudled over a bump in the pavement.
"Warn me if we hit another bump," remarked a grimacing male
as he massaged his head with a mittened hand.
"Does anyone have a spare patch of blanket?"
"Good grief, it's cold. Do you think anyone would mind if we built a fire?"
The tractors snorted up beside a white barn, and the passengers stiffly clambered over the sides, pawing straw off clothes.
"Ugh. I'm numb," moaned one heavily wrapped creature, who looked like Humpty-Dumpty. "Somebody grab my arm and turn me toward the door.
Band Thaws Instruments
Inside the dance band plucked, thumped, and wheezed as they readied their instruments. The piano player settled himself on a bale of hay, and the rest of the band gave their gloves a last tug.
After stomping across the cement floor a couple of times, the dancers paused and squinted their eyes against the fine dust they had kicked
up. The band leader spoke into the microphone, his breath coating it with fog.
"We're going to take our gloves off now and try something more difficult. If any of you think our playing is a little off, just remember it's damn cold."
The arrival of hot, sweet cider shifted the dancers to one side of the dance floor. It was difficult to tell whether the cider in cardboard cups was greeted more for its taste or as a handwarmer.
Case of the Missing Lights
Then the light in the hailey blinked out. A couple of chaperones diligently trotted up the wooden stairway and found the bulb was missing from its socket. They began probing the corners of the left.
"Who has the light bulb?" "Do you have the light bulb?"
"What happened to the light oulb?"
Fifteen minutes after getting a new bulb, the loft was dark again.
and wrapped himself and his date in its great luxuriance. They lightly waltzed among the supporting pillars with all the contentment of two butterflies in a cocoon.
Wagons Exchanged for Cars
The band began to play slow waltzes. The dancers didn't know whether to freeze while-sitting or circling. One very short man borrowed a topcoat from a huge friend
The feed wagons were neglected on the trip home. Many of the dancers wormed rides from friends who had driven artificial atmospheres to the barn dance. Those left afoot scrambled into the bed of a great. red cab-over truck.
"You guys changed vehicles too?" "Sure. A truck is faster than a wagon."
"Will there be more wind? It might be colder this wav."
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"Maybe, but we won't have to suffer so long."
As the truck bucked back to the dormitory, the dancers snugged under blankets as the wind scooped wisps of straw out of the truck bed.
"Ouch. Somebody stuck a foot in my back."
"Ugh. Let me move my arm. I think it's dead."
"I lost my shoe. Who stole it?"
"I wish I'd thought to snitch a doughnut before I left."
And, as the truck clawed its way up the last hill, one girl abruptly sat up.
"I think I forgot my purse."
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Around the Campus Student Orators to Compete In Campus Speaking Contest
The Patrick Henry's of KU may use their speaking talents to compete for a loving cup trophy.
Their opportunity will be at the 35th annual Campus Problems Speaking Contest Wednesday and Thursday.
Students planning to try out should register in 116 Strong Hall with E. C. Buehler, professor of speech. All registrations must be made before noon Wednesday.
The final competition will take place at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Fraser Theater.
Those registered will present five minute prepared speeches in tryouts held at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in Strong Auditorium. Three faculty members in the department of speech will pick eight speakers who will compete in the finals.
Students may choose their own
Information Team Here Wednesday
The Agency operates the Voice of America radio and maintains libraries in 200 cities.
A U.S. Information Agency team will meet with undergraduate students interested in the work of the agency at 4 p.m. Wednesday in 305 A-B in the Union.
Anthony Corins and Max Grossman will represent the agency here. Graduate students interested in employment by the agency may talk to these men Wednesday or Thursday by making an appointment in the Business Placement Office in Summerfield Hall.
KU Receives Grant For Math Institute
KU has been granted $252,300 from the National Science Foundation for support of a 1960-61 Institute for High School Teachers of Mathematics.
This will be the fifth year the Foundation has sponsored the program and the second year that KU will be a participant. KU's first academic year Institute began in September under the direction of Dr. Russell Bradt, associate professor of mathematics.
The institute, to be directed by Dr. Lee M. Sonneborn, assistant professor of mathematics, will be one of eight in the nation.
KU Grad Wrote Mr. Clean Jingles
Topics in past speaking contests have included campus parking, student government, professor-student relationships, student housing, the Western Civilization program and seating in the stadium.
topics as long as they concern campus problems.
A 1947 KU graduate in advertising, radio, and TV wrote the music and jingles for the Mr. Clean commercials on TV.
Thomas Scott Cadden composed the rhymes for the Tatham-Laird Advertising agency in Chicago.
Student to Discuss Soviet Union Visit
A KU student, who spent six-weeks in the Soviet Union this summer, will explain how he lost 15 pounds in a Soviet sports camp, at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in parlors A. B, and C, of the Ballroom in the Kansas Union.
Robert A. Nebrig, Leavenworth senior, and 11 other American students spent three weeks in a camp with 400 Soviet exchange students as part of a YWCA-YMCA student exchange program.
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He will talk about Soviet students, their attitudes and chief concerns in religion, politics, and social life and about their organizations and general school life.
Radio Programs
4:00 Music in the Afternoon
6:00 News
6:05 Jayhawk Jump Time
7:00 News
7:05 Musical Pathways
7:30 Spotlight on Sports
7:40 Musical Pathways
8:00 News
8:05 Album Time
8:45 Melody Time
9:00 News
9:05 Music From Beyond the Heavens
10:00 Comment on the News
10:05 Dave Butcher Show
11:55 News
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4:30 Jazz Cocktail
5:00 Twilight Concert: "String Quartet in B-Flat Major" by Haydn
7:00 Ballet Music: Undertow by William Schuman
7:30 Keyboard Concert: "Goldberg Variations Nos. 17-30" by Bach
7:55 News
8:00 University of the Air: "It's Your Problem"
8:30 University of the Air: "Russian Profiles"
8:45 University of the Air: "Impetus"
9:00 Starlight Symphony
10:00 News
10:05 A Little Night Music: "Violin Sonata No. 4 in A Minor" by Beethoven
11:00 Sign Off
A Campus-to-Career Case History
Engineering of microwave relay and carrier systems keeps Bryan Clinton's job interesting and challenging.
"I got the engineering career I wanted ...and right in my own home state"
In 1955, William Bryan Clinton, Jr., got his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at Clemson College. Now Bryan's with Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company at Columbia, South Carolina. He's doing specific planning of long distance communications projects involving cable carrier facilities and microwave radio relay systems.
Bryan chose a career with Southern Bell over several other offers. "There were three things that were most important to me," he says. "First, I wanted to go with an established, growing company where I could grow, too. Second, I wanted thorough basic training to get started off right, plus participation in development programs to keep me moving ahead. And, third, I wanted to stay in the South."
After 15 months of on-the-job training in various phases of company operations, Bryan was assigned to the Engineering Department at Columbia, S. C. His work with carrier systems and microwave radio projects has involved him directly in the growth of the company. And he's broadened his experience through development courses in management, general engineering, engineering economy, and microwave relay systems.
"I know I'm with a fast-growing company and I feel I'm really participating in its growth," Bryan says. "What's more, I'm getting the training I need to keep me abreast of new communications developments and take better advantage of advancement opportunities when they come along."
Bryan Clinton earned a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering. He's one of many young college men pursuing rewarding careers with the Bell Telephone Companies. Find out about opportunities for you, Talk with the Bell interviewer when he visits your campus—and read the Bell Telephone booklet on file in your Placement Office,
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