Daily hansan
LAWRENCE. KANSAS
60th Year, No. 128, SECTION A
Friday, April 17, 1959
RUSHED ROYALTY—Carol Earls, left, and Nancy O'Brien, co-queens of the 1959 Kansas
Relays, pause on a stairway during their busy schedule of Relays events.
No Rest for Royalty
Two hurried queens got together last night, compared notes, and decided that the role of royalty left no room for rest and leisure.
Carol Earls, a University of Missouri sophomore from Ironton, Mo., and Nancy O'Brien, Great Lakes, Ill., junior at the University of Kansas, were beginning the busy schedule involved in their dual reign over the Kansas Relays.
The two had just arrived at the Pi Beta Phi sorority house from Kansas City, Mo., where Miss O'Brien had met Miss Earl's plane at 8 p.m.
They paused only long enough to freshen up before rushing off to Topeka to appear on a television program shortly after 10 p.m.
While smoothing wind-blown hair and touching up with light makeup, both girls expressed excitement over the coming events.
"I was thrilled when I learned I was to come here for the Relays." Miss Earls said. "This is my first visit to KU, and I've looked forward to seeing the campus."
"This is one of the most exciting times of my life," said Miss O'Brien. "I'm so proud to share this honor with such a beautiful girl as Carol."
The women paused to adjust white orchids given to them at the airport by officials of the Relays.
A full schedule is planned for the queens for today and tomorrow. The visiting queen attended classes with the KU representative this morning. Then both hurried to the opening ceremonies of the Relays.
Tonight they will dance to the music of Les Brown and tomorrow they will parade to the music of marching bands. And when the last race is run, their reigns will be ended.
Soggy Weather Greets Visitors
A bad spell of weather, featuring chilling rain from a cloudy sky, created a soggy beginning for the 1959 Kansas Relays.
A sparse, and enthusiastic crow gathered earlier this morning with raineouts and umbrellas to watch the preliminary and decathlon events which opened the 34th annual track circus.
Many of the spectators were contestants who were waiting in multi-colored warmup suits for later events. But several students and visitors were also scattered through the huge Memorial Stadium.
The track, already muddy after rains during the night, became even more muddy and caused serious difficulty for runners attempting sprints and exercises.
The forecast is for continued howers today, thunderstorms tonight, and cloudy skies tomorrow. Temperatures are not expected to climb into more than the lower 10s this afternoon.
The weatherman, evidently unconcerned over whether the track is fast or slow, predicted things could only get worse.
For students who do not care to risk being soaked at the stadium,
campus radio station KUOK will broadcast events between 1:15 and 5 p.m. tomorrow. The station will fill in between race reports with recorded musical intervals.
The Schedule
Today
Noon—Engineering Exposition opens.
1:25 p.m.—Opening Relays ceremonies.
1:30 p.m.—Relays events start.
3:15 p.m.—Baseball, Kansas vs. Mississippi.
9:00 p.m. Exposition exhibits close.
9:00 p.m. Kansas Relsvance Dance.
3:00 a.m.-Relays events start.
4:00 a.m.-Exposition exhibits open.
10:00 a.m.-Downtown Parade starts,
Noon-Engineering Exposition clos-
Tomorrow
1:90 p.m.—Baseball, Kansas vs. Missouri.
1:25 p.m.—Opening Relays ceremonies
Snip of Scissors Opens Exposition
1.30 p.m—Relays events start,
1.30
2:20 p.m. Presentation of Relays Queens.
4:50 p.m. Last Relays event
With a smile and a snap of the scissors, Mrs. John McNown, wife of the dean of the School of Engineering, officially opened the 35th Annual Engineering Exposition at noon today.
The KU School of Engineering was the scene of roaring jets, sawing, hammering, and generally feverish activity last night as engineers began assembling and testing their displays in preparation for today's opening of the exposition.
"These guys will have to Indian wrestle me to get out of here," he said. The cause of his ice was a missing 64 square feet of plywood which was an essential part of his department's display.
Last minute hitches began plaguing the department chairmen as they attempted to organize their work forces.
Jack Ling, Lawrence senior and chairman of the civil engineering exhibit, was threatening the use of physical violence last night in order to keep his men working.
"We ordered the plywood from a lumber company. We checked at 5 p.m. and they told us it was on the way. It has never showed up yet."
Ling said the missing lumber would cause some delay, but he expected to have the display finished in time for today's opening.
The display consists of a model water treatment plant, complete with a water tower, reservoirs, run-
Johnson Proposes Learning Centers
WASHINGTON — (UPI) — Senate Democratic leader Lyndon B. Johnson has proposed that the United States help establish international centers of learning to foster mutual understanding in the world.
The Texas Democrat said the "world's best and most mature minds" could meet at such centers and exchange ideas. One center, he said, could be an international university in Hawaii.
Johnson made his suggestion in a speech last night at a banquet given by the Women's National Press Club for the American Society of Newspaper Editors.
His address highlighted the first day of activities connected with the ASNE annual meeting, attended by 400 leading editors from throughout the United States.
Earlier, the editors questioned the national chairmen and senators of the two major political parties at an afternoon session billed as a "smoke-filled room" meeting.
Couples Told to Cut Apron Strings
The wife of a Presbyterian student adviser says newlymarried couples often make mistakes by attempting to pattern a home after the one they lived in before marriage.
Mrs. Celeste Patton, moderator of a series of marriage seminars at the United Presbyterian Center this week and wife of John H. Patton, professor of religion, made these observations on marriage:
"Marriage is a commitment,
Mulkey Takes Lead
Memphis Olympic Club's Phil Mulkey, winner of the decathlon in the last two Relays, took a commanding lead this morning and headed for a third victory.
a blending together of two different families and cultures. Therefore, marriage cannot possibly be like either of the families of the individuals before marriage.
Students agreed the two ingredients included in a successful Christian marriage are understanding and sensitivity of mate.
"Now too many forget that it is not what a person gets out of marriage but what he brings to marriage," she said.
Mrs. Patton said;
"If a couple is not more in love five years after marriage than they were at the time of the wedding, that marriage would be unsuccessful."
"Not everyone realizes it, but going into marriages means entering something new with a calculated risk. Study reports say in normal marriages one partner demands about as much as the other.
Students agreed individuals should decide before the wedding on an attitude to be taken toward their respective parents. Some parents remain too close to the couple and smother their children's marriage, they commented.
Today's Kansan
Three sections are included in today's special 40-page Relays edition of the Daily Kansan. Section A is devoted to news events. Section B contains features and society news. Section C is the sports section.
ning water, and a water purification demonstrator which shows different purification steps.
One of the exhibits in the Exposition is furnished by the Society of Military Engineers and the aero-automated engineering department.
The Nike Ajax guided missile on display is furnished by the fourth anti-aircraft region located at Richard-Gebauer Air Force Base.
The missile was set up by military science cadets early this morning under the supervision of a sergeant from the air force base.
Also, the aeronautical engineering department is exhibiting a miniature pulse jet similar to the type used by Germans during WW II in buzz bombs.
"We are demonstrating basic physical principles underlying all engineering. We are showing some interesting effects of electricity and magnetism, including a continuously operating cloud chamber that shows traces made by atomic particles."
They also have a flight simulator set up which demonstrates problems a pilot might encounter while in flight, a smoke tunnel which shows the aerodynamic principles of a wing in flight, and a tunnel that creates a shock wave which can be photographed as it passes over the object under test.
Another example of the engineering exhibits is the engineering physics department's display of a model of an atomic reactor which is to be built here this fall. Ernest R. Carlson, Ellinwood senior and display chairman, said:
This year there will be three awards presented for the best displays, instead of only one as last year.
Myron Bernitz, Eudora senior and publicity chairman of the Exposition, said:
"Two trophies will be presented by the Engineering Council—one for the best original display, and one for the best academic display. Theta Tau (engineering fraternity) will present a trophy for the best overall display."
Last year's winner of the Theta Tau trophy was the petroleum engineering department.
The awards will be announced and presented at an engineering banquet next Wednesday. Donald E. Wall, Kansas City senior and chairman of the banquet, said this is the first time this has been done.
Dr. Roderick D. Clark, analyst in the missile engineering department of McDonnell Aircraft Corp., will be the guest speaker.
Honors and awards will also be presented at the banquet.