Daily hansan
56th Year. No. 142
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Thursday, May 7. 1959
PICNIC PLANNERS—Rain or shine, these three seniors plan to attend the senior picnic beginning at 2 p.m. tomorrow afternoon at Bismark Grove. In case of rain the picnic events will be held inside a barn in the area. From left are Kay
Winegarner, Arkansas City, Craig Haselwood, Wichita, and Kent Granger, Ottawa. Inset is a map of the route to the grove from Lawrence. Tickets may be purchased until 5 p.m. today at the information booth in front of Flint Hall
"In general, fewer of our people are interested in out-of-state jobs. Fewer students this year signed up for interviews with recruiters from out-of-state schools than last year."
Education Grads Stay in Kansas
The salary trend is upward. For example, the differential between Kansas and Colorado is not so great as it used to be," Mr. Regier said. "Of the students who did not stay in Kansas last year, Missouri re-
Mr. Regier said the number of graduates leaving Kansas in the past few years has diminished because the pay situation in the state has improved. A check of 128 graduates of the Education School last year shows that 106 stayed in Kansas.
KU's Teacher Placement Bureau director said today that fewer KU education majors are taking out-of-state jobs than before, despite Kansas' low national ranking for teacher's pay.
The State Teachers Assn. reported yesterday that Kansas ranks 34th in the nation in pay at $4,268. This figure is $667 below the national average of $4,935.
A check of the construction area behind Snow Hall disclosed marks where a drum had been rolled on its edge. Another drum in the vicinity of the marks was found that contained a paraffin base oil.
On April 24 unknown persons rolled a partly filled gasoline drum downhill into Potter Lake and set fire to the gas. No damage was reported in that incident.
Herold G. Regier, director of the teacher placement bureau, said:
Dr. Robert E. Beer, acting chairman of the en-
Vandals Oil Potter Lake; Water Animals May Die
Dr. Cross said the dyes often placed in campus fountains by vandals contain toxic substances which drain into the lake. Oil and gasoline both contain toxic substances and have the ability to cut off the supply of oxygen to the fish. There is a possibility that these poisons will kill the fish in the lake, he said.
While they were unsuccessful in "destroying" the lake, the vandals' actions could kill aquatic life, robbing the life science departments of a valuable natural laboratory.
Campus police, while making a routine patrol along Poplar Lane last night, noticed that someone had poured something on the lake and set fire to it. When they arrived at the lake they smelled something "like burning wax or diesel fuel."
For the second time in the last month vandals have attempted to "destroy" Potter Lake through ordeal by fire.
Late Closing Set For Finals Week
"The real problem appears to be that there is going to be a shortage of teachers in some parts of Kansas." Mr. Regier said.
"If a significant difference in salary, especially in long range possibilities, is available, it makes a difference as to whether the graduates will stay here or go to other states," he said.
The States Teachers Association also said that 45 other states pay more to keep up their schools than Kansas does. The Assn said that Kansas school costs fall more heavily on local property taxpayers than in other states. Kansas property owners pay 756 per cent of school costs. The national average is 46.2.
Mr. Regier said that Kansas' average salary for beginning teachers is $4,000. He said most states pay from $4,175 to $4,500 for starting teachers.
"We stocked Potter Lake with fish (channel catfish and large mouth bass) in hopes it would be useful in determining what a pond like Potter can produce. We are expecting to stock another species of fish (bluegill), assuming that the water is not contaminated."
ontology department, said that even a trace of oil on the surface of the water will kill most forms of aquatic insect life. The entomology department uses Potter Lake extensively to collect these insects in their native habitat for laboratory study.
Dr. Frank Cross, assistant professor of zoology and assistant curator of natural history, is also concerned about the vandalism.
The average teacher salaries of Missouri, Colorado and Oklahoma are higher than Kansas, as reported by the Teachers Assn.
Colin Kelly to Academy
The University will adopt the "open door" policy during final week. KU women students and Watson Library will have extended closing hours during the week to allow students more time to hit the books.
received the most. Colorado and California were second and received about the same number," he said.
after Pearl Harbor when his B-17 was shot down in the Philippines.
KU will be host to the 1959 Kansas Court Reporters Seminar June 15-19.
Court Reporters to Meet Here in June
CHESTER HEIGHTS, Pa.—(UPI) —President Eisenhower congratulated Colin P. Kelly III today for winning an appointment to West Point through competitive examinations without taking advantage of the invitation extended to him in 1941 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
President Roosevelt then addressed a letter to the "President of the U.S. in 1956" in which he asked that young Kelly, known to his friends as "Corky," be considered for appointment to the Academy. Eisenhower indicated he would carry out the late president's wish.
Seminar leaders will include Edward H. Oldis, of Metcalf and Oldis, Chicago; Ned Calvin King, federal court reporter, Wichita; and Edward B. Sett, Midwest Stenotype Institute Kansas City, Mo.
This conference is a project of the Kansas Court Reporters Assn. and University of Kansas Extension.
Kelly's father, Capt. Colin P, Kelley Jr.,m a hero's death three days
Watson Library has extended closing hours one hour for four nights. The schedule is as follows:
Bar Abandoned; Fun on Docket Of Lawyers' Day
Free food and beautiful women will brighten the day for KU law students tomorrow when the students hold their annual Law Fun Day.
Twelve KU women, representing organized houses, will compete at 10:40 a.m. in Hoch Auditorium for the title of Miss Res Ipsa Loquitur, a law term meaning "the thing speaks for itself." Beauty is the prime consideration in the judging.
Three finalists will be selected during the morning competition and the queen will be announced at a dance at 9 p.m. in the Crystal Room of the Eldridge Hotel.
Judges in the contest will be James K. Loan, assistant professor of law, Charles H. Oldfather, professor of law, and Dan Hopson, assistant dean of the law school.
The queen contest will follow campaion speeches at 10:30 a.m. by candidates for president of the Student Bar Association.
Skits featuring satires on law school professors will be presented at 11 a.m. by senior law students.
An all-afternoon picnic at the farm of Prof. Oldfather, located south of Lawrence, will be held in the afternoon.
7:45 a.m. to 11 p.m.-Thursday,
May 21; Friday, May 22;
Saturday, May 23, and Sunday, May 24.
The remaining closing hours for
final week will be the following:
7:45 a.m. to 10 p.m.-Monday,
May 25; Tuesday, May 26;
Wednesday, May 27.
7:45 a.m. to 5 p.m.-Thursday,
May 28.
The Associated Women Students Senate has extended women's closing hours to midnight Thursday, May 21; Sunday, May 24; Monday, May 25; Tuesday, May 26; Wednesday, May 27, and Thursday, May 28. Friday and Saturday, May 22 and 23 will have the regular 1 a.m. closing hours.
Janet (Jann) Cameron, Topeka junior and chairman of the AWS Standards Committee, said women's closing hours were extended after the library staff had decided on late closing.
"The purpose of the extension is to allow all women to have full advantage of the additional library hours." Miss Cameron said.
Robert Quinsey, chief of the library reader service, said the library is still considering the possibility of having generally later closing hours for every night next year. "This is still a matter for consideration, however. There are many problems to be worked out before this can be done," he said.
Weather
Partly cloudy east, considerable cloudiness west with showers extreme west tonight. Tomorrow increasing cloudiness east, mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms west portion. Little change in temperatures to-