Index
Election forecast ... p. 2
Sports ... pp. 4, 5
Election blues ... p. 8
Daily hansan
Weather
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Fair this afternoon, tonight and Tuesday. Low tonight 20s northwest to 40 southeast. High Tuesday 60 to 70.
Monday, Nov. 3, 1958
56th Year, No.37
KU Student Running For State Office
One KU student will have a personal interest in tomorrow's election.
Susie Kastner Named Queen For Homecoming Weekend
Tom Van Sickle, Fort Scott senior, is the Republican candidate for state representative from the 18th district.
Susie Kastner
"Campaigning for election and going to school full time is a big job when the school you attend is 115 miles from your home town," Van Sickle said. "I have driven 6,000 miles this fall between KU and Fort Scott."
He has made the trip to Fort Scott three times a week since the primary elections. His schedule has been: leave for Fort Scott Monday afternoon and return to KU Tuesday night, leave Thursday afternoon and return that night, and leave Friday afternoon for the weekend.
"At home I have spent my time handing out pamphlets urging people to register and speaking at different party functions," Van Sickle said. "For example, on Oct. 18 I was the keynote speaker at the second district Women's Republican Club meeting."
He also attends meetings of the Bourbon County Educational Survey Committee, of which he is a member. He said the purpose of the committee is to determine the local needs for education and to report the information to the state legislature.
Van Sickle said he is optimistic about winning a seat in the legislature. He hopes to make a career out of politics and someday become a state senator.
Win or lose, he will benefit from the campaigning he has done.
"I'm taking a course called Political Science Field Work. By working as my own campaign manager, I am filling the requirements for the course. However, the work won't end with the election, as I have to write up long reports of my campaign activities."
Pittsburg College Renamed
The Board of Regents passed a resolution at its meeting Friday asking the Legislature to change the name of the teachers college at Pittsburg to Pittsburgh Kansas State College.
The school is now called Kansas State Teachers College at Pittsburg,
Leonard Axe, president of the teachers college was instrumental in getting the regents to pass the resolution.
Pres. Axe is a graduate of the KU School of Law and was dean of the School of Business here before going to Pittsburgh in 1957.
Mitchell Lauds Wildcat Coach After Kansas Victory Over K-State
By Malcolm Applegate
Jubilant Jayhawkers hoisted Coach Jack Mitchell to their shoulders and carried him to the center of the field after Kansas had defeated the K-State Wildcats 21-12.
The well-wishers wedged their way into the midst of the players to extend a hand and a compliment to the high-riding coach.
"Congratulations, Jack," a back-slapper yelled. "Terrific game, coach," shouted another. "Nice going, Jack," said another who Mitchell recognized with a handshake.
Mitchell, already lapsed into his usual post-game calm, took the victory with the same dignity he had displayed for every other game this season. He took no credit—a characteristic which has gained him the respect of his team.
Instead, Mitchell turned on the friendly praise for the losing coach, Bus Mertes of Kansas State.
"I don't see how Bus and his staff get that much out of those boys," he began. "They have done as fine a job as any coaching staff in the country.
"We had more manpower and speed, but K-State was as aggressive and tough as any team we've
In the locker room, Mitchell moved into a discussion of his own team. He told the story of how the players were "flat" after the victory over Tulane.
played. Mertes has done a tremendous coaching job up here considering his limited material."
"There was nothing we could do to get them up after that game," he said. "But they wouldn't let themselves get down. That's what made me think it was our best game of the year."
Mertes, now holding a one-year contract, may need some friends when this season comes to an end. Some talk was floating around the K-State campus that there is dissatisfaction among members of the team.
Jack Mitchell
Mertes, who has a 10-19-1 wonlost-tied record for his three full seasons as head Wildcat coach, has won only 2 of the 7 games so far this year.
There is no way to know what the athletic board thinks of the coach, but it seemed obvious to the visitor that many students are unhappy with his record.
To add to Mettet's woes, his teams have dropped the last three games to arch-rival Kansas. His only victory over the Jayhawkers came during his first season as head coach.
The schedule for the rest of this year holds no promise that Mertes' successes will increase. K-State faces tough Oklahoma State and Michigan State away from home. The Wildcats also play Iowa State at Manhattan.
Susie Kastner, Salina junior, was named KU's 1958 Homecoming Queen at a rally in front of Strong Hall this afternoon.
Dick Jones, McPherson senior and head cheerleader, announced the winner before a crowd of about 400 students.
Carol Duncan, Kansas City, Mo., sophomore, and Marcia Hall, Coffeyville senior, were chosen as Miss Kastner's attendants.
Miss Kastner is a member of Gamma Phi Beta sorority. Sne is majoring in education.
The queen and her attendants were chosen from among 20 nominees by a panel of local businessmen and faculty members after two series of interviews. They will reign over Homecoming Week celebrations, which will be climaxed by the KU-Nebraska game Saturday afternoon and the Homecoming dance that evening.
Tickets for the Homecoming dance went on sale today at the Kansas Union and at the Information Booth. The Tommy Dorsey Band, directed by Warren Covington, will play from 8 p.m. until midnight Saturday in the Union Ballroom. Music will be broadcast to the cafeteria and to second and third floor rooms.
The theme for this year's dance is "Vertigo."
House decorations, based on a television theme, will be judged Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. Winners will be announced at the KU-Nebraska game Saturday afternoon.
Friday at 3 p.m. the freshman football squad will play Missouri's freshman team, and at 7 p.m. the freshman and varsity basketball squads will play their traditional game at Allen Field House.
Regents Approve Crash Program
The Board of Regents put final approval on a $16 million crash building program for state schools at its meeting at Topeka Friday.
Of the $16 million approximately $5 million will come from the Educational Benefit Fund during the next two years. This money is accumulated from an annual 3/4 mill ad valorem tax levy.
New construction planned for the University includes:
Of the $5 million that will come from the Educational Benefit fund $1,755,750 will be used for new construction at KU. Legislative approval of the regents plans is necessary before this construction can start.
The board will ask the next Legislature for an additional $10 million to complete the $16 million needed for new construction at state schools
1. The first unit of a new Engineering building costing $350,- 000.
2. $750,000 for an addition to Snow Hall.
3. An addition to the University heating plant costing $550,750.
4. $100,000 as a starting appropriation for an addition to the Watson Library.
"By a crash program," said McDill Boyd, president of the Board of Regents, "we mean we are trying to get quick money to go ahead and get buildings started at the state schools that are urgently needed. Buildings that will accommodate the anticipated jump in enrollment at all schools during the 1960s."
The Board of Regents also passed a resolution asking the Legislature to approve a retirement plan for faculty and administrative officials at state schools.
If the Legislature approves the crash building program it will include funds for the completion of the Engineering building and for remodeling Blake Hall which is now vacant.
Freshman medical courses will be moved from the University to the K. U. Medical Center in Kansas City, Kans. if the Legislature approves the appropriation of $350,000 for a new medical science building at the medical center.
Pres. Boyd said the board has included in its budget for next year funds to give 10 to 13 per cent salary increases to faculty members on a merit basis.
Ball Field Named for Quigley
The new baseball field under construction south of Allen Field House will be named E. C. Quigley Field after 'Quig,' who served the University as athletic director from 1943 to 1950.
The action by the Board of Regents meets the approval of almost everyone interested in University athletics, for it was Quigley who put the University in a position to compete in big time athletics.
When he came to the University
the debt on Memorial Stadium was
$105,000. During the 1930s all the
University was able to do was pay
the interest on this debt.
Mr. Quigley, noted as a money raiser, got alumni and friends of the University to sign over $100 war bonds toward retiring the debt. By 1947 the University was able to pay off the $105,000 stadium debt.
Mr. Quigley not only put athletics
on a sound financial basis at the University, he hired winning coaches.
He was responsible for hiring both George Sauer and Jules Sikes, who both coached winning football teams at KU. He also talked Bill Easton into coming here as track coach. In 1949, shortly before he retired, Mr. Quigley hired Dick Harp, present basketball coach, as an assistant to Dr. Forrest C. Allen.
Mr. Quigley attended the University and lettered in track and football. Before coming to the University as athletic director he was a professional official. He was a National League baseball umpire from 1916 to 1939 and during that time he also refereed collegiate and professional football games.
He retired as athletic director in 1950 and now makes his home in Lawrence.