SENIOR INVITATIONS EVERYWHERE—Senior class publicity committee spent last night addressing 1,850 invitations to the seniors to attend the senior coffee next Wednesday. On the right are Bob Griffith, Pratt; Carol Caully, Kansas City, Mo.; Nancy Stutzman, Kansas City, Kan.; and Phil Heinschel, Smith Center, committee chairman. On the left are Joy Benjes, Kansas City, Mo.; Pat Walters, Dallas, Tex.; and Jerrianne Thornburgh, Syracuse.
Dramatized Poem Set By Experimental Theatre
A dramatized poem, "Under Milk Wood," by Dylan Thomas, will be presented by the Experimental Theatre in Swarthout Recital Hall at 8 p.m. tomorrow.
It will also be given Friday and Saturday nights.
It is the story of a 1-day visit to a Welch fishing village.
"Under Milk Wood" was completed by Thomas just a month before his death, at the age of 39, on Nov. 9, 1953. He had worked on the play intermittently for several years.
The success of a short talk he gave on the British Broadcasting Corporation, which described a Welsh seaside town, suggested to Thomas a more extended work from the same background.
From this, the idea for "Under Milk Wood" took form. The first broadcast of the play was in England Jan. 25, 1954.
Lack of scenery makes the poem adaptable for presentation in the recital hall. Actors will use the auditorium as well as the stage in the reading.
Tickets are on sale at the Kansas Union and University Theatre box offices. Students with I.D. cards will be admitted at half price.
Latecomers will not be seated. The performance will play for 1 hour and 25 minutes without intermission. Gordon Beck is the director.
K-State Student Groups Hassle Over Homecoming
A squabble between a student council group and the Greek organizations at Kansas State College may result in the absence of homecoming decorations this year for the Kansas State - Missouri football game Oct. 18.
The Student Council Games and Rallies Committee wants to announce the homecoming decoration winners preceding the game this year due to a tight halftime schedule.
Traffic Statistics
To date 1958 Same time 1957
Accident total ... 6 10
Fatalities ... 0 0
Accidents with personal injury ... 1 1
Parking violations:
Campus ... 1,538 1,606
City ... 152 204
Moving traffic violations ... 49 3
Speed check locations last week:
Sunnyside at Robinson Gymnasium Annex.
The Inter-Fraternity Council and Panhellenic League threatened last night to discontinue homecoming decorations unless the winners are announced at the halftime as done in the past.
City Rezones Land For Greek Housing
The Lawrence City Commission voted 4 to 1 yesterday to rezone two tracts on West 15th St. near the University. This action clears the way for the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and the Pi Beta Phi sorority to build new houses on the three-acre tract northwest of Allen Field House.
The vote to rezone the tracts from a residential classification to multiple dwelling brought to an end a year-long controversy between property owners in the west campus area and Odd Williams and Ben Barteldes, owners of the tracts.
The City Commission chamber was filled for the regular session and the final reading of the ordinance. The session lasted two hours.
The opposition included most of the property owners in the west campus area and was led by Eldon J. Fields, associate professor of political science; James W. Drury, associate professor of political science; Thomas R. Smith, professor of geography, and George Kreye, associate professor of German.
Mayor John Weatherwax voted for the rezoning along with Dr. Ted Kennedy, Jack Harris and John Crown. The single negative vote was cast by Russell Mosser.
The property owners contended that rezoning these tracts would set a precedent for further rezoning and additional University housing in their residential area.
Mayor Weatherwax summed up the key aspects of the issue when he asked:
Is this rezoning logical and natural? Does it set a bad precedent? Will anyone suffer monetarily?
Then he answered his own questions:
"I think this rezoning is natural and logical. The tracts abutt the University property and they are close and accessible to University facilities.
"I don't think the Commission would set a bad precedent in rezoning the land because rezoning west of the campus is inevitable. It is the only logical direction for fraternity and sorority houses to go."
The mayor said he consulted real estate men and it was his opinion that the property south of the three-acre tract on West 15th St. would not depreciate if Greek houses were built there.
Those against rezoning contended it was spot zoning, that it would depreciate their property and they would become encircled by University property.
Prof. Drury spoke twenty minutes against the rezoning. He said that Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy's letters to the Commission did not indicate that the University was interested in the rezoning at this time.
Thomas R. Smith, professor of geography, with the aid of several maps, showed the Commission that if they rezoned these two tracts it would lead to further rezoning the west campus area. Many of the property owners are against this.
Daily hansan
56th Year, No.19
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Wednesday, Oct. 8, 1958
Director Says No Basis For Sunnyside Complaints
J. J. Wilson, director of dormitories, said last night that he did not believe five complaints concerning Sunnyside fire extinguisher maintenance and apartment rent were a reliable representation of the 138 apartment holders.
Wilson appeared at a meeting of the All Student Council housing committee to answer complaints from five residents that fire protection was inadequate and rent was too high.
Checked Each Fall
Fire extinguishers are checked thoroughly each fall because of the increased fire hazard due to winter heating. Wilson said. He said a check is also made each spring, but is not systematic because the fire hazard is not so great then.
The high rent complaint charged that rent at Kansas State College for facilities similar to Sunnyside is $25 a month plus $1 a month for each major appliance. Sunnyside rent is $55 a month plus $1 a month for each major appliance.
Gilbert Cuthbertson, Leavenworth senior and secretary of the committee, asked Wilson if a Kansas statute did not forbid rent in Sunnyside in excess of maintenance charges.
Only Paying Costs "The rent received from Sunnyside is simply paying the costs of its operation," Wilson said. "The term maintenance costs is a little misleading. Included in this are utility costs and the wages of the Sunnyside maintenance crew. The law set down by the legislature states that no state money is to be used for projects like Sunnyside. These projects must be self-supporting."
The housing committee was not able to obtain financial records of Sunnyside maintenance costs, Cuthberston said. He asked Wilson if the records are available.
"No financial statements from the housing office are available to any student group," Wilson said. "They
never have been in the past. I am not in a position to say what the chancellor or the Board of Regents might determine on this matter in the future."
Cuthbertson asked about a statement made by Wilson in the Oct. 3 issue of The Daily Kansan that the housing office tries to keep its rental rates competitive with Lawrence landlords.
Encourage Lawrence Landlords
"The housing office firmly believes that the University should encourage Lawrence landlords to build new rental properties and remodel and improve existing ones." Wilson said. "Competition by the University accomplishes this."
Wilson was asked by a committee member how the Sunnyside rent could cover only operating costs and yet be at a competitive level with the rates of Lawrence landlords. Cuthbertson said that the landlords are making money from this competitive rate or they would not remain in business.
Seminar Challenges Top Students On Contemporary Intellectual Issues
One of the more unusual courses on Mount Oread meets from 3 to 5:15 p.m. Wednesday in Watson Library.
Its 17 members are College of Liberal Arts and Sciences seniors who are enrolled by invitation only.
This senior honors seminar is "Contemporary Intellectual Issues." It is part of the gifted student program directed by Francis Heller, associate dean of the College.
Class meetings are supervised by Frank C. Nelick, associate professor of English. Other faculty members attend the meetings as guest experts.
What happens when the group meets? Members discuss and write about topics which challenge the modern intellect. Discussions are on issues advanced by the world's leading thinkers.
They do not restrain ideas, as they might do if they were with students of average interests and ability.
The sessions are give and take.
Professor Nelick said the discussions
are often spirited and exciting.
"This course gives the students a sense of what their capacities are," he said.
"They are given a chance to be themselves without worrying about being misunderstood."
Dean Heller emphasized that the seminar does not take the place of the departmental honor seminars.
The faculty members who are invited are selected because of their specialized knowledge. If the discussion is in the area of politics, a members of the political science staff is invited. He acts as a member of the group rather than as a lecturer.
Classes will be shortened tomorrow morning to allow time for Statewide Activities all - student meetings.
Statewide Activities To Meet Tomorrow
Students will meet according to home town regions in specified buildings and rooms around the campus.
Tomorrow's schedule of classes will be:
8 a.m. classes, 8-8:30; 9 a.m.
classes, 8:40-9:10; 10 a.d. student meet-
ings, 9:30-10:30; 10 a.m. classes,
10:40-11:10; 11 a.m. classes, 11:20-
11:50.
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