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University Daily Kansan Monday, Sept. 21, 1959
Men's Dormitories May Form New Residence Association
KU male dormitory dwellers are on the verge of becoming organized. A Men's Residence Assn. (MRA) for the approximately 1,300 men in Carruth, Joseph R. Pearson, Templin, and Oread Halls is being formed.
"Dormitories should be more than just hotels for men," MRA organizing committee chairman Donald B. Mason, Prairie Village junior, said in an interview Sunday.
"At KU. I think the attitude over the years has been that a fellow who lives in a dormitory does so only as a last resort," Mason said. He continued;
"MRA plans to do away with this attitude by making KU dormitories a desirable place to live, emphasizing and developing the points that will best satisfy the students' needs."
Most of the men in KU dormitory living groups are there because they don't want to live either in a fraternity or in an apartment, Mason said.
"Each dormitory has its own activities and will continue to do so, but with a common council, the four dormitories can do much more."
The MRA council will mainly provide for organized political representation, inter-dormitory activities, public committees, and judiciary committees for solving problems the dormitories have in common.
"We want to be able to bring out the good things a dormitory can offer to a student," Mason said.
Eleven Receive Watkins Awards
Eleven KU women have been awarded Elizabeth M. Watkins scholarships for the 1959-60 school year.
Named are Karlene Howell, Kansas City, Kan.; Judith Johnson, Caldwell; Barbara Rhodes, Little River and Janet Wright, Paola, freshmen. Susan Aldrich, Great Bend; Judy Gorton, Lawrence; Angie Magnussen, Western Springs, Ill., and Judith Raasch, Wichita, and Sherrill Hahn, Phillipsburg, sophomores; Nancy Craven, Hillsdale and Kathryn Johnson, Luray, juniors.
More awards were made possible this year because of a larger 1959 graduating class and because of increased financial support from the Endowment Assn.
The Watkins scholarship is the highest honor the University can bestow upon an undergraduate woman. It is awarded for superior scholarship, character, demonstrated leadership and promise of future usefulness to society.
33 KU Cadets Attend 5 Camps
Thirty-three Air Force ROTC senior cadets attended camps this summer.
The camps were at Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, Nev.; Greenville AFB, Miss.; Webb AFB, Tex.; Fairchild AFB, Wash.; and Luke AFB, Ariz. The Las Vegas camp was attended by 13 KU students.
Dr. George B. Smith, dean of the university, and Maj. Elery W. Watson, assistant professor of air science, visited Nellis AFB Aug. 20, 21.
Official Bulletin
TOMORROW
Alpha Phi Omega actives meeting. 7:20 p.m., Reed Room, Kansas Union.
Episcopal Morning Prayer, 6:45 a.m. and Holy Communion, 7 a.m., with breakfast following. Canterbury House Evening Prayer, ninthorf Church PRAYER, SATURDAY
Ph.D. Reading Examination in Germany
9 a.m. 314 Fraser. Prepared material
must be turned in to 306 Fraser no later
than noon Wednesday.
Pelham Street in Newport, R.I. was the first thoroughfare in America ever to be illuminated by gas light. It was installed in 1896.
Mason emphasized that MRA membership would not involve as many obligations as membership in the Inter-Fraternity Council.
"Fraternities are smaller and can offer many things." Mason said, "but they also cause many obligations which are not desirable for every individual."
Mason said the MRA would be similar to the IFC.
"However, I want to make it clear this is not a rival organization of the IFC," Mason explained. "We are patterning the MRA after dormitory councils on other campuses."
The four dormitories for men will vote on the acceptance of the MRA council on Oct. 15.
Several KU professors and students earned prizes in art displays in the Mid America Fair in Topeka this week.
Robert N. Sudlow, assistant professor of drawing and painting, won fourth place in the professional oils
Student, Faculty Art Places
Bee Named Head of Teaching Committee
Dr. Lawrence S. Bee has been elected chairman of the committee on teaching in colleges and universities. He was also elected a member of the board of directors of the National Council on Family Relations.
division. Robert Green, associate professor of drawing and painting won third place in professional water colors and J. Sheldon Carey, professor of design, won first and third place in ceramics.
Robert W. Ebendorf, Topeka junior, won third place in metals, and Lois A. Van Liew, Lawrence senior, won first in amateur oils.
KU won the sweepstakes trophy for most points in Kansas colleges and universities division.
The output of bituminous coal in the U.S. has increased from 872 net tons per man annually in 1927 to 2,243 net tons in 1957.
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