Index
'King and I' review ... p 2
Picasso feature ... p. 3
KU-NU game ... p. 5
Mrs. Covington interview ... p. 8
Daily hansan
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Weather
Fair and warmer this afternoon. Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with scattered brief showers southeast portion Tuesday. Low tonight 40s.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Monday, Nov. 10, 1958
56th Year, No. 49
WINDSWEPT WINNERS—Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy beams windward at Susie Kastner,
Salina junior, 1958 Homecoming Queen. At left is Mrs.Dick Amerine, 1938 Homecoming Queen.
Football Victory Climaxed Gala Weekend for Alumni
The song may be ended but the melody lingers on after the 1958 Homecoming weekend.
House decorations following a TV program theme featured everything from adult westerns to old time movies. Four first places were given for the decorations. Corbin-North College and Battenfeld Hall won first place in the independent men's and women's divisions. Sigma Kappa and Phi Delta Theta took first in the sorority and fraternity divisions.
Before KU's 29-7 victory over Nebraska. the freshman football team defeated the Missouri University freshmen 12-0.
At the freshman-varsity basketball game Friday night, the varsity beat the freshmen 83-49.
Saturday morning brought thousands of alumni into the Kansas Union for registration, receptions.
A special performance of "The King and I" was given after the basketball game for KU alumni and guests. The performance replaced the Homecoming Follies, presented in past years as post game entertainment.
and old home week with college friends.
Alumni and guests took bus tours around the campus to see new buildings and the house decorations.
Luncheons were given in honor of the alumni in the Kansas Union. Organized houses were overflowing with parents and alumni.
The KU and Nebraska marching bands provided colorful entertainment before the game and during the half time. With the pep club card sections they honored the Queen and her attendants.
Homecoming Queen Susie Kastner, Salina junior, was crowned during half time ceremonies by Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy. Assisting in the ceremony was Mrs. Richard (Denny Lemoine) Amerine, 1938 Homecoming Queen. Attendants to the Queen were Marcia Hall, Coffeyville senior, and Carol Duncan, Kansas City, Mo., sophomore.
Several thousand visitors and KU students attended the finale dance in the Union. Tommy Dorsey's orchestra, now under the direction of Warren Covington, played.
Full-Year Health Plan May Be Offered Soon
KU students may soon have the opportunity to receive health insurance with additional benefits through the University for 12 months instead of 9 as now offered under the student health program
The All Student Health Committee has several commercial health insurance programs under consideration, and a questionnaire will be distributed to students next week to find out how many would be interested in receiving the additional coverage
John Black, Pratt junior and chairman of the committee, said the additional coverage would be optional. Each student would decide at enrollment whether he desires the commercial coverage as well as that offered by the University's student health program.
The cost for each student, Black said, probably would run from $18 to $20 a year in addition to the $12 a semester charged for the student health program.
Black said that students would receive benefits under a commercial program not offered as a part of
"The commercial insurance could be used in any hospital which accepts the company's policies, and it wouldn't matter if the student were in school or not." Black said.
The student health program would cover most of the areas not included in the benefits of the commercial program. Black said, because many services cannot economically be included in a commercial insurance program. He mentioned inoculations, out-patient service and physical examinations as examples of this.
the student health program at the University. The additional benefits would include payment of surgical, X-ray and pharmaceutical costs.
"Also, the commercial insurance would give international coverage, except in those few countries which prohibit health insurance."
Black said the questionnaire will tell the health committee how many students already are covered by commercial health insurance, and whether married students would want maternity benefits included in the new plan.
First places for Homecoming house decorations went to Corbin-North College Hall, Battenfeld Hall, Phi Delta Theta, and Sigma Kappa. This year's theme was television programs.
Homecoming Awards Given
Phi Delta Theta presented a prizefight on "The Cavalcade of Sports," while Sigma Kappa gave their impression of "Gunsmoke."
Corbin-North College pictured "Club Oasis" and Battenfeld used "You Are There."
Other winners. 2nd place in sorority and fraternity divisions: Delta Gamma, "The Buccaneers," and Phi Kappa Psi, "Sherlock Holmes." Second place in independent houses: Grace Pearson, "Toast of the Town," and Oread Hall, "Wagon Train."
Other winners are;
Third place winners were Alpha Chi Omega, "The Shirley Temple Storybook," Phi Kappa, "Alfred Hitchock Presents," Douthart Hall, "What's My Line," and Templin Hall, "Dragnet."
Trophies were presented to the winning houses at the Homecoming dance.
'May Not Use KU in Politics'
"Faculty members can publicly ascribe to any campaign issue or cause as long as they do so without involving the use of the name of the University."
McDill Boyd, president of the Kansas Board of Regents, told this to The Daily Kansan in reference to the 25 faculty members who signed their names, title and the name of the University on an advertisement opposing the right to work amendment.
The faculty members were a part of the Voluntary Committee of Kansas Clergy and Educators opposed to Amendment No. 3.
Mr. Boyd said faculty members should not go beyond the point of acting as individuals and involve the University because KU is supported by taxpayers of all political beliefs.
The Board of Regents has always encouraged faculty members to be active in public affairs because it is a sign of good citizenship, said Mr. Boyd.
He said:
"We think when a faculty member becomes a precinct committeeman, library board member, or city commission member, or has any other non-paying political job it is good. But the board draws the line when it comes to paid political jobs and where the institution is involved.
Mr. Boyd said the board does not have any written rule of policy on such matters but it has always been the unwritten rule that faculty members do not use the name of the University in furthering their political beliefs.
Dog No Longer Man's Best Friend
A dog is no longer man's best best friend in the eyes of one KU sorority girl.
A large, frisky bulldog sneaked into her house a few minutes recently to investigate the contents of her room. In an effort to get him out, she shooed him with her new leather jacket.
Seeing a chance to play, the dog grabbed the sleeve in his mouth and began to munch while the owner and her sisters shouted for him to get out.
Minutes and a few rips and tears later, a house boy, more experienced in the handling of playful bulldogs, separated the dog and jacket.
The moral of this story: shooed bulldogs chew.
Murphy Wanted Only Facts in Talk With Faculty
Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy explained today why he called 25 faculty members to his office after they signed a political advertisement opposing the right to work amendment.
"The only basic question that arose was the propriety of using the University name in the advertisements." Chancellor Murphy said.
"I called the faculty members who signed Right to Work political advertisements to my office to get the facts and not to censure them," he said. The chancellor and faculty met Oct. 31.
"I was meeting with the Board of Regents that same day and I wanted to ascertain the facts because I knew the regents would want to know what it was all about," the chancellor said.
"There was never any question as to the right of faculty members to take a stand on political issues. The faculty has the same rights and privileges as any other free American to express a personal point of view on matters of public policy."
The Chancellor made the following statement at Hutchinson Wednesday while attending alumni functions there:
"The testing of scientific, social and political matters has always been and will always be one of the major functions of any institution that is worthy of being called a university.
"Because putting the status quo to test always causes ferment there will always be controversy or at least differences of opinion in, about and related to any great university."
Charles H. Oldfather, professor of law, was chairman of the steering committee which opposed the amendment. He said the Kansas Federation of Labor gave the organization $10,000 with no strings attached. Most of the money was used for political advertising.
Chancellor Murphy said if they had merely signed their names, occupation and Lawrence address, without naming the University, the question would probably have never come up for regent action.
TNE Hits Again: Dean Suspends 3
Three students charged with painting the Theta Nu-Epsilon skull and crossbones on University property and around Lawrence will be arraigned at 8:30 a.m. Thursday in the Lawrence police court.
John Madden, 27, first-year law student, and Robert Elliott, 23, second-year law student, both of Wichita, and Milford Johnson, 20, Iola junior, were arrested by KU police at 4:30 a.m. Saturday. Paint cans and the skull and crossbones stencil were found in their car.
The three have been suspended indefinitely from the University.
TNE signs were painted on Strong Hall, on Memorial Stadium and the
stadium parking lot, on Watson Library, the Kansas Turnpike, highway entrances to Lawrence and on a liquor store window.
The students were also charged with painting the Chi Omega fountain. TNE stickers were also plastered on the upper stories of the Chi Omega sorority house.
During the KU-NU game Saturday an airplane spelled TNE with smoke over the stadium.
Theta Nu Epsilon is a nationwide secret drinking fraternity. It was banned by the Kansas Board of Regents in 1910 but its vandalism has continued. Most of its activity has occurred during homecoming weekends.