SUMMER SESSION KANSAN
47th Year, No.1
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Tuesday, June 9, 1959
Commencement Rites Honor Seniors, Alumni
Citations for distinguished service were conferred upon four KU alumni June 1 during the 87th annual Commencement exercises in Memorial Stadium June 1.
The citations, a joint award of the Alumni Association and the University, were voted by a secret committee earlier this spring and were conferred by Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy before an audience of more than 10,000 persons and a June graduating class of 1,311.
The cities were Mrs. Evelyn Hitchcock Alden, president of the National Home Demonstration Council, Wellsville; Stanley Learned, chairman of the executive committee of the Philips Petroleum Co. Bartlesville, Okla.; Dr. Alexander Marble, president of the American Diabetes Association, Boston, Mass., and Clifford W. Seibel, assistant director of the Bureau of Mines in charge of helium, Amarillo, Tex.
In a farewell to the seniors during the exercises, Chancellor Murphy said the nation's present peril is unequalled since the founding of the Republic, but its greatest danger is that the peril is viewed with complicacy.
"May the people of this country increasingly perceive that in these perilous times nothing is more important than the character, quality, and vision of our system of education—the only force which can enable man to think his way out of the enormous and complex problems of today," he said.
Dr. Murphy termed the nations' present peril as the product of interplay between the great scientific advances in destruction and the worldwide struggle over whether man shall be free or not free.
While the Commencement exercises went off as planned, the Baccalaureate was forced into Allen Field House by rain. This was the first time in ten years that the services were held inside and the first time Allen Field House has been used for this function since its construction in 1955.
"Knowledge in numerous fields is basic to human progress and the steady advancement of civilization. But knowledge is not enough. We need knowledge plus," he said.
During the Sunday night service approximately 7,000 persons heard Rev. Samuel S. Maverberg, Rabbi to the congregation of B'Nai Jehudah, Kansas City, Mo., deliver the Baccaeureate sermon. His topic was "Knowledge Plus."
Rev. Mayerberg explained that we needed to add two Old Testament words to our concept of knowledge, or Daath.
"We need to add Beenah to Daath—understanding and perception, the interpretation of knowledge." he said
Three KU students have received United States Educational Exchange awards to do graduate work in Europe next year.
The second word, Chachmah, or wisdom, contains the implications of discretion and judgement, with the fundamental principal of awe or reverence for God, he explained.
3 Receive Awards For Europe Study
Eugene H. Denton, Lawrence graduate student, will study political science at the University of Cologne in Germany, Joseph F. Hannall, Dighton graduating senior, will study mathematics at Christian Albrechts University at Kiel, Germany Mary Helen Clark, Leawood graduating senior, will study French language and literature at the University of Aix-Marseille in France.
Summer Total Hits 2,432; Enrollment Up 10 Per Cent
Court to Convene Despite the Heat
There'll be no vacation this summer for the Student Court at KU.
Pete Whalen, Wichita third-year law student, chief justice of the court, reports that court will convene once a week. It will be held at 7:30 p.m., each Monday in the courtroom of the basement in Green Hall.
Miss Kansas To Attend KU
The University of Kansas is fast becoming a mecca for the flowers of Kansas womanhood. Latest beauty to announce that she would grace the ivy covered towers of Mt. Oread is Sharon (36-25-37) O'Neal, winner of the Miss Kansas beauty and talent title.
Miss O'Neal, who hails from Kansas City, announced that her $1.000 scholarship would be used at KU, where she will enroll in speech and drama.
She was crowned winner of the contest Friday night at Pratt before a crowd of more than 1,600 persons by Gov. George Docking, Miss Barbara Mabry, Lawrence sophomore and winner of the Miss Lawrence title, finished in the top five.
Miss O'Neal, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ted O'Neal, will be 18 on July 29, and is a 1959 graduate of Washington High School. In the competition, the new Miss Kansas gave a dramatic interpretation from the play "The Rainmaker."
She will represent Kansas in the Miss America contest at Atlantic City in September.
This is the second year in a row that the Miss Kansas winner has announced that her scholarship would be used at KU. Last year's winner, Sharon Whitacre of Mission, immediately enrolled at KU after winning the title.
Miss O'Neal's comment on the whole affair?
"Mentally I am 10 feet in the air Physically my feet hurt."
Also appointed by the board was Herbert F. L, Laing, Topeka, vice president, who succeeded Ned Cushing, Downs, Retiring directors are Edwin R. Phelps, Pittsburg, and Otto O. Schnellbacher, Topeka.
Fred Ellsworth, association secretary, announced that the paid membership reached an all-time high of 12.661
Alumni Board Elects Three
The Alumni Association has announced the election of three members to a five-year term to the board of directors. The new members are Mrs. Margaret Butler Lillard, Salina; Wade Stinson, Chicago, and Ned T. Embry, Wichita.
The meeting was presided over by Claude E. Chalfant, the retiring president, who automatically becomes a member of the board. He is succeeded by Arthur H. "Red" Cromb, Mission Hills, who was named to that post by the board of directors.
The new members were chosen from among six nominees by paid members of the association in a mail ballot. Their election to the board was announced at the association's annual meeting.
THEY GET YOUNGER EVERY YEAR—Mark Ritter, 3, son of the Daily Kansan photographer, isn't enrolling, but he watches as Perry Walters, Tonganoxie junior, has his enrollment checked by Deanna Grantham, Lawrence junior.
Sunflower Girls State Activities in Progress
Delegates to the 17th annual Sunflower Girls State arrived at the University Sunday to organize and operate their own government for a week.
The event is sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary to better acquaint the 372 high school girls with the workings of city, county, state, and national government.
The girls, who will be seniors in high school next fall, will campaign for various state, county, and city offices, attend classes on many phases of government and listen to guest lecturers.
Mrs. Mills Hollis of Great Bend, who directed the program last year, will hold that position again this year. E. A. McFarland, manager of the KU Bureau of Institutes, will be conference coordinator.
Governor George Docking is scheduled to give the address at the Girls State governor's inauguration Thursday.
Members of the KU political science department help plan the week's program and assist the Auxiliary staff of 29 women.
The girls are housed in Joseph R Pearson dormitory and all meetings will be in Fraser Hall.
Linda Lou Lyman of Hutchinson, the 1958 Girls State governor, will preside at the meetings until the new governor takes office.
The delegates have held their first party caucuses, have received instruction in precinct organization and forms of city government, and have elected city officials.
The Sunflower Girls State Legislature will be in joint session Friday afternoon for the Governor's message. The formal banquet with the theme, "A Night at the Ballet" will be held Friday evening.
Petitions for nominations for national offices were due last night. The girls were instructed yesterday in political parties and county government, and held county and city meetings.
The primary election for state officials will be held today and the general election tomorrow. The bar examination for Girls State lawyers will be given today. Those who pass will take the oath of office tomorrow.
Sharon Whitacre, Mission freshman and 1658 Miss Kansas, will address the delegates on "Your Fight Against Polio.
The inaugural ceremony will be held Thursday evening with the Governor's Reception in the Kansas Union.
Summer session enrollment is up 10 per cent as classwork began today on the KU campus, James K. Hitt, registrar and director of admissions, reported.
Registration on the Mount Oread campus was 2,432, up 211 over the figure at the close of regular registration in 1958, and 350 at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City, for a total of 2,782.
Hitt expects more than 200 late enrollees for the eight-week summer session, pushing the total to about 3,000.
The number of new students is 388,up 87 per cent over the 1958 figure and 120 greater than two years ago.
The report does not include the approximately 600 high school students who will be here for the various divisions of the Midwestern Music and Art Camp, the Science and Mathematics Camp and the demonstration classes of the National Science Foundation Mathematics Institute.
Several thousand other persons will attend institutes and short courses during the summer for non-university credit.
Various recreational activities for students in the summer session have been planned. The University pool will be open for recreational swimming.
An intramural program including softball, tennis, horseshoes, gold handball, and badminton has been planned. Awards will be made to winning teams and individual winners.
Four trips to the Kansas City Starlight Theatre are scheduled for Thursday nights during the summer session. The trips will be made by bus and will leave from and return to Robinson Gymnasium.
Six hour dances will be held on Wednesday evenings in the Kansas Union. Dress will be informal and a dance band will provide the music. Three square dances will be held during the summer.
Each Friday evening, an outdoor movie will be shown east of Robinson Gymnasium. These movies feature a variety of topics such as travel, sports, and history.
The Theatre division of the Midwestern Music and Art Camp will present four summer theatre productions in the University Theatre.
Along further entertainment lines, the School of Fine Arts, in conjunction with the Music Camp, will present several concerts and recitals during the summer session.
KUWorkshop In Education
An Elementary Education Workshop will be held here through June 13 to provide practical study for elementary teachers, supervisors, and administrators and present an overall view of current trends in elementary education.
Topics will be discussed at daily assemblies and special courses will be offered.
Speakers will be Dr. Herbert Spitzer, professor of education and director of the State University of Iowa Elementary School; Dr. Edward Mattil, associate professor of art education at Pennsylvania State University; Dr. Oscar Haugh, professor of education here, and Dr. Margaret Byrne, director of the speech and hearing clinic here.
Two hours' credit may be earned for the workshop, or it may be audited. University Extension is in charge of arrangements.