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Summer Session Kansan
Friday, June 12, 1959
NCAA Meet at Nebraska Finds KU in Favored Spot
One record already has fallen as the University of Nebraska prepares to host the 38th annual National Collegiate Athletic Assn. track and field championships. A total of 434 athletes representing 103 colleges and universities have entered the underfest for an all-time high.
As KU prepares to leave for the event, which will be held today and tomorrow, it is in the favorite's role. Not only does it have a healthy number of record-breaking aces, it also has the largest entry list—20 men.
Leading the Jayhawk assault on the record books will be javelin ace Bill Alley. Despite five bone chips in his elbow that have forced him to stop practicing and to change his throwing style, Alley is No. I among
KU's three first place hopes at Lincoln.
Taking only three preliminary pegs in the Big Eight (May 15) he managed to set a record of 256-10—bone chips and all. Last week he launched his second longest throw of the year, 266-6, for a CCC record.
The Javhawks also hope to pick up gold medals from their two defending champions, Ernie Shelby in the broad jump, and Charlie Tidwell in the 220 low hurdles.
Hampered by a lame leg most of the year, Shelby unwound his second best leap of the spring Friday at Compton, 25-1, although finishing second.
Because Nebraska has no chute,
the lows have to be run around a
corner, an advantage which is right up Tidwell's alley. He already has tied his own one-turn American record of :22.7, originally established in last year's NCAA.
Tidwell's : 09.4 in the 100-yard dash in the Big Eight also places him high in that reckoning.
This trio, plus Clif Cushman, newly elected indoor-outdoor track captain for 1960, and Billy Mills, who figure for high finishes in the 400 hurdles and three-mile, are KU's anchor men in its bid to bring the Big Eight its first NCAA cinder crown.
The teams to beat are Oregon, Penn State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and San Jose.
Intramural Program To Start Wednesday
An extensive summer session intramural program will get underway in the middle of next week, Walter Mikols, intramural sponsor, announces.
No fee will be charged,but participants must provide all of their own equipment except for softball.
"However, we will offer doubles if there are enough people interested in the program," Mr. Mikols said.
The activities will include softball, horseshoes, golf, handball, and badminton. The only team sport to be offered is softball.
"We will furnish the catchers' mask, balls, and the officials," Mr. Mikols said.
Appropriate awards will be made to the winning teams of the softball tournament and to winners in individual events.
Any student who would like to participate in intramurals should obtain and fill out entry blanks which are available in 107 Robinson. Deadline for applying is Monday.
None thrives for long upon the happiest dream—Coventry Patmore.
RobinsonReceives Research Grant
W. Stitt Robinson, professor of history, has received a $4,000 research grant from the Social Science Research Council to help finance his studies during the coming year.
Dr. Robinson will be on sabbatical leave from KU to gather material and write a book on the Indian policies of the southern colonies. Most of his research will be done in the Library of Congress and the National Archives in Washington, D.C.
Phi Beta Kapa Elects Fourteen
He previously had been given a grant by the American Philosophical Society for this project. However, he returned it in favor of the assistance from the Social Science Research Council.
Eleven graduating seniors and three persons receiving degrees from the Graduate School have been elected to Phi Beta Kappa, national honorary liberal arts fraternity.
The three graduates chosen were William L. Kuhlike, Denver, who received the master of arts degree in speech and drama; Ruth Y. Nettleton, York, Neb., who received the master of arts degree in political science, and DeWayne Stanley Nymann, Cedar Falls, Iowa, who received the master of arts degree in mathematics.
A liar is always lavish of oaths. Pierre Corneille
The 11 seniors were;
Kenneth Munson Allum, Gravette, Ark; Barbara Jane Booker, Augusta Barbara Bradford Daly, Lawrence Joyce Elliott, I Hawthorne Place, Independence, Mo; John P. Feighner Wellsville.
and Cambodia. While on leave in 1957-58 he did the first field work in those Southeast Asian lands preparatory to writing the book.
Donna Jeanne Fink, Freonia;
Marcia Bierlein Green, Pittsburg;
Judith Anne Heller, Pittsburg;
Judith Ann Hulse, Topeka; Lois Barbara Kuchenbecker, Leawood, and William Murray Witt, Garden City.
Taylor to Go To Thailand
Rochester Awards Gorton Citation
Dr. Thomas Gorton, dean of the School of Fine Arts, received an alumni citation from the University of Rochester at the New York school's 109th Commencement exercises Sunday.
The citation reads: "In a career of 27 years, Thomas Gorton has distinguished himself in the teaching, performance and composition of music. To a nation-wide experience in this three-fold endeavor, he has joined a splendid administrative record as dean of the School of Fine Arts in the University of Kansas. The University of Rochester now acknowledges the distinction which his professional versatility and excellence have added to its name."
Dean Gorton earned B.M., M.M. and Ph.D. degrees from the Eastman School of Music.
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Dr. Edward H. Taylor, professor emeritus of zoology, has been appointed a Fulbright research fellow at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand.
Dr. Taylor, who this month ended an active connection with KU that began during his student days 50 years ago, will use the U.S. educational exchange grant to complete the field collecting necessary for the first authoritative zoological publication on the reptiles and amphibians of Thailand. The book when published is expected to be about 1,000 pages long.
The grant is one of approximately 400 made by the State Department for lecturing and research abroad during the 1950-60 academic year.
Dr Taylor also will do field work in the neighboring nations of Laos
Easton to Malaya For Track Clinics
Kansas Track Coach Bill Easton departs Monday for Malaya, where he will conduct track and field clinics for the State Department for nine weeks. Henry Shenk, head of KU's physical education department, already has departed for the same country. Also under State Department auspices, he will teach in four teachers' colleges for a three-month period.
Teachers' Workshop Has 100 Enrollment
A two-week workshop for elementary teachers, supervisors and administrators opened last week with an enrollment of approximately 100.
The workshop is planned to provide a practical study for the teachers and an over-all view of current trends in elementary education.
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