4 Coeds Named to Magazine Board
Four KU coeds have been named to Mademoiselle magazine's national college board for 1959 and are vying with nearly 100 other students for the honor of being appointed guest editors in May.
The KU board members are Pat Swanson, Newton senior; Judith Callahan, Independence, Mo.; senior; Joan Jewett, Lawrence junior; and Elinor Hadley, Kansas City, Mo. junior.
They are among the 784 students who competed with applicants from colleges all over the country to win places on the board.
As college board members, they will represent KU and report to Mademoiselle on college life and the college scene. Each girl will complete two assignments that will help her explore her interests and abilities in writing, editing, fashion, advertising or art, in competition for the twenty guest editorships to be awarded by the magazine.
In addition to their work on the magazine, guest editors will interview outstanding men and women in their chosen fields to help clarify their career aims, will visit fashion showrooms, publishing houses and advertising agencies and will be Mademoiselle's guests in a round of party and theater-going.
The guest editors will be brought to New York for four weeks in June to help write, edit and illustrate Mademoiselle's 1959 August College issue. Their transportation will be paid to and from New York and they will receive a regular salary for their work.
KUOK Auditions Disk Jockey Hopefuls Tomorrow in Hoch
Disk jockey auditions tor campus radio station KUOK will be heard from 7-10 p.m. tomorrow in the radio-TV studios in Hoch Auditorium.
The auditions are open to any KU student, regardless of major, who has an interest in the performance or technical aspects of a modern radio station.
The basis of selection will rest upon the individual's voice, air personality, the degree of ease with which the audition flows, and the type of program planned by the student.
Bill Schmidt, Independence junior and KUOK station manager, said:
"There are many positions available, and we sincerely hope to have a large turnout for the auditions. We encourage all those who have the slightest interest in this field to audition for KUOK.
And Some Failures Have Lighter Side
One sorority woman blames flunking the English proficiency examination on another course. Not being the best speller in the world, she made sure she took the latest edition of Webster's Collegiate Dictionary to the test.
Confident of her sure success, she opened the book during the exam, only to find the words therein belonging to her history text, and not her dictionary.
"The current plans of expansion include increasing the entertainment afforded the listener, as well as placing further emphasis upon the informative and educational services of modern broadcasting."
Protest Letter Not Answered
Tuesday, Feb. 3, 1959
Southwestern Greyhound has not answered the letter sent by the International Club protesting seg-egation in a Dallas bus station.
Dennis Kennedy, Ireland graduate student, said a receipt for the registered letter, sent the second week in January, has been received but with no answer.
Kennedy said the letter was signed by ten members of the club after a Christmas trip to Mexico by the group where a Nicaraguan member refused to enter a bus depot because of a segregation rule.
"He was disgusted by the segregation and refused to enter the restaurant, but he was not refused service." Kennedy said.
The letter was sent to E. F. Freeman, president of Southwestern Grevhound.
Daily Hansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
56th Year, No. 79
Certain privileges are granted to these students. They may enroll for more than the normal course load if they wish and are eligible for many of the restricted honors courses designed for superior students.
Freshmen and sophomores earning places on the Dean's list may enroll for as many as 20 semester credit hours, while juniors and seniors may take 21. The normal load is 15.
For a complete list of the honor student, see pages 6 and 8 of today's Daily Kansan. Also included on page 8 is the School of Journalism honor roll.
Pritchard Criticizes Budget Resolution
A KU economics professor sharply criticized a resolution passed yesterday by the Kansas Senate urging Congress to cut down on federal spending. The professor said that a proper fiscal policy, as suggested by the senate, would probably injure our economy.
The current number of honor students in the College is somewhat below that of last spring. The preceding semester, the honor roll carried more than 400 students, a staff member said.
A total of 399 students are listed on the Dean's Honor Roll for the fall semester in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Honor roll scholars must have a superior grade-point average in all courses during the semester and must not have received lower than a B grade in any course.
The much-debated resolution was
399 Named on Dean's Honor Roll in College
The list of names of those who passed the Western Civilization test is on page 8.
Rain expected in eastern Kansas tonight, ending by morning. Mostly cloudy tomorrow and warmer. Highs tomorrow predicted in the upper 30s.
Weather
passed in amended form by a 34-2 vote. It asked that Congress adopt a national fiscal policy of not spending more than the revenue collected except in extreme emergencies, and applying the surplus to reduce the national debt.
The resolution asked that the debt be reduced at least five per cent of the yearly revenue. The original measure asked that Congress hold spending to 90 per cent of income and use the remaining 10 per cent to cut the national debt.
Leland J. Pritchard, professor of economics and business administration, criticized the resolution in a telephone conversation with The Daily Kansan.
"People who pass resolutions like this have no understanding of the commitments of the federal government or the dynamics of fiscal policy," he said.
"At the present time when private debt is not expanding, it is necessary that government debt expand if we are to have a reasonable level of employment.
"Actually, if the federal government in the present circumstances endeavored to operate with a surplus either by cutting expenditures or by raising taxes, the effect on the economy would probably be such that we would end up with more unemployment, lower levels of business activity, decreased revenues and a larger deficit than we would have, had we adopted a proper fiscal policy in the first place."
Migration Set For Feb.11
The final all-student migration of the school year will take place Wednesday, Feb. 11, the evening of the KU-K-State basketball game in Manhattan.
Two buses will be chartered by the combined pep clubs in order to transport students to and from the game. The buses will leave at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 11 from the Kansas Union, and will return that night about 11:30.
Combination bus and game tickets costing $4 will be on sale at the Information Booth Friday through Tuesday from 2-5 p.m., with the exception of Saturday, when the hours will be 8-11 a.m.
Closing hours for all women students attending the game will be extended until shortly after the buses return.
KU students who purchase the combination tickets will sit in a special cheering section.
The resolution criticized by Prof. Pritchard was used by Sen. Paul E. Wunsch (R-Kingman), president pro-tem of the state senate, as a means to criticize Gov. George Docking's 1960 budget. He said Docking's budget called for "deficit spending."
The senator said that for the fiscal year 1960, Kansas would have a debt of $4,799,755 if Docking's recommendations were followed. Docking called for a budget of $113,094,761, while only $108,295,065 would be collected by tax revenue.
In further business yesterday, the state Senate took the first step toward passage of a bill to restore prior salary levels to civil service maintenance workers at KU and K-State.
In the body's longest meeting of the current session, the legislators for two hours argued the salary issue, passed seven other bills, and heard the introduction of 12 new measures.
The maintenance employees formerly were paid the prevailing wage scales in their respective cities. This averaged close to 70 per cent of the union pay, according to United Press International service. The wages were cut as of Jan. 1 when Atty Gen, John Anderson said the Legislature could not legally approve the wages since they were above the usual civil service rates.
In Topeka, Gov. Docking charged his long-time political foe, Sen. Wunsch was trying to, create a "smokescreen" to hide legislative maneuvers.
Docking claimed Wunsch was merely diverting attention so he could prevent combination of the sales and general funds into one, as the governor called for in his budget message.
"But the main thing," Docking said, "in the back of his (Wunsch) mind is to keep control of that sales tax fund. That's the way he keeps and wields his power.
"Without it he's just a small loan man from Kingman who serves in the state senate," the Democratic Governor said.
Ground Hog's Debut Impresses Citizens, Photog
By Saundra Sue Hayn
Spring is about to arrive at the University of Kansas. Yesterday our own special ground hog sometimes known as a woodchuck, made his appearance at about 2 p.m. Since it was a typical Kansas day, cloudy, cold, and windy, he didn't see his shadow.
According to ancient and unquestionable legend, the ground hog can correctly predict the weather for the coming six weeks. If the animal doesn't see his shadow it means that spring is just around the snow drift.
This amazing creature with supersensitive powers is only about 14" long and has enough thick fur to faintly resemble a tiny bear. The little rodent of the Marmot family, nests and hibernates during the winter until the second of February when he displays his phenomenally prophetic powers.
Legends seem to be slipping however because yesterday only a few people noticed the amazing ground hog. Of course, most KU students were too busy writing their first term themes.
Across the nation, people were busy for other
reasons. All weight-watchers were celebrating National Weight-Watchers Week, with yogurt and skim milk and got so carried away in their celebrations that they missed our little friend.
The nation's mothers were busy driving at least two of their children to dentists' offices. The mothers naturally were doing this superhuman feat to promote National Children's Dental Health Week.
The nation's scholars were, as usual, buried in the archives of musty tombs. They too were celebrating: National Rare Book Week. True enough, they missed the prophetic ground hog. How can one see a shadow in a musty tomb?
Last came our neighbors in the state of Mississippi. In the land of cotton, all lovely southern belles were lauding that state since it is the beginning of Mississippi Recognition month. Old times there are not forgotten but pity the poor ground hog who was.
Was our prophetic friend ignored? Hardly. Your Daily Kansan staff was alert to the situation and has conscientiously submitted the photograph (right) of the little fellow as he was leaving his underground compartment.
DARN!—Well, the photographer didn't quite catch that sneaky old ground hog, but, anyway, here's a picture of the hole. Maybe, if the reader watches closely, he will be able to see his own shadow.