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University Daily Kansan Wednesday. Sept. 24. 1958
SOUVENIR OF WORLD'S FAIR—Gary Elting, Kansas City, Mo., sophomore, shows Francis W. Prosser, assistant professor of physics, a miniature atomium that he bought while at the Brussels World's Fair.
He Plays in Band At Brussels Fair
The Brussels World Fair was host this summer to a KU student who performed there with an entertainment group known as the "Kids From Home."
Gary Elting, Kansas City, Mo., junior, was in Europe in connection with a group consisting of top talent from colleges throughout the U.S. The program featured an orchestra, singers, dancers, a magician, comedian and pantomimist.
The purpose of the tour was to carry good-will and entertainment to U.S. military installations in Germany.
The Department of Defense sponsored the tour, which was in its seventh year.
Elting, who plays the alto saxophone and clarinet, applied for one of the five positions open in the 20-person group. Besides his application, he sent a record of his experience, two letters of recommendation and a tape recording of his saxophone playing. He later found that 2,000 students had applied for the five openings.
He discovered that music is the "international language" when he and the other musicians were allowed to sit in with German jazz bands even though they spoke different languages.
The show began rehearsals June 13 at Amherst and on July 1 left for Europe. The first show was given in Frankfurt, Germany.
After performing throughout Germany and taking side trips into Italy and France, the group assembled in front of the U.S. pavilion at the World's Fair August 30 for its last show.
Elting believed the group had professional aspects since Fred Waring's own producer also produced the "Kids From Home." Waring's arranger helped with the arrangement of the musical numbers.
"The experience I got from a unique group of this kind was a tremendous thrill for me. I would never have gotten it anyplace else," Elting said.
Elting is majoring in musical education. He intends to keep active in dance bands and wants to help young people form dance bands while he is teaching.
Houses Can Get Directory
Organized houses may now pick up a copy of the preliminary student directory in the registrar's office.
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Ex-KU Man Found Dead
George Ladner, mathematics research assistant at KU during 1956-57, was found shot to death in his room at the Kansas Hotel in Topeka, yesterday.
Shawnee county coroner Dr. Donald H. McCrae ruled the death a suicide.
Cash totaling $6,000 was on his body and a .38 caliber automatic pistol was in his hand. The victim was a native of Vienna, Austria, and returned two weeks ago from a five-month visit to his homeland.
To Hold English Style Debate
Young Democrats Picnic Scheduled
Newell George, democratic candidate for congress from the second district, will be a guest at the KU Young Democrats picnic at 5:30 p.m. tomorrow.
Ed Chapman, Leavenworth third-year law student and president of the Young Democrats, said the picnic will be held on the farm of Charles Oldfather, associate professor of law.
A car caravan will leave Green Hall at 5:15 p.m. on the day of the picnic to provide transportation for students who wish to attend.
the fourth annual English style debate, sponsored by the KU-Y, will be at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Kansas Union ballroom.
The issue will be Resolved: That college education today fails, generally, to affect the moral values of students.
An admission price of $.75 for students and $1 for Lawrence residents will be charged.
Debating the issue for the affirmative will be Peter Caws, visiting assistant professor of philosophy, and Jack Steele, associate professor of business administration, Francis Heller, associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and L. Worth Seagondollar, associate professor of physics, will debate on the negative side. E. C. Buehler, professor of speech, will moderate.
KODL ANSWER
The audience participates by taking seats on either the affirmative or negative side of the room and may change sides at any time. The winner of the debate is judged by the number of people on each side.
Fire Alarm Has New Anale
Switch from Hots to Snow Fresh KCDL
DETROIT — (UPI) — Firemen rushed to a Detroit apartment house last night, looked for a fire, found none, but did discover an illegal 250-gallon still.
Birds vary in size from 300-pound ostriches to tiny humming-birds that weigh less than one tenth of an ounce.
Mad Scramble Ends, Now Book Store Rests
The mad scramble for books is over for another semester. The noisy, confused crowds which packed the Kansas Union Book Store have receded.
From fifty to sixty clerks handled the mass movement of students. There were about four thousand students buying books for the first three days of enrollment while five hundred students an hour went through the turnstiles during the ten hour period on the first day of school.
One of the main problems connected with the operation of the campus book store, Jack Newcomb, the store's general manager, said, is guessing the enrollment in each class. For example, the Russian language class was three times its predicted enrollment. As a whole, however, Mr. Newcomb said the faculty did a fine job in the predictions.
Nearly all school supplies, ranging from typewriters to reference books, may be obtained at the store. It stocks an estimated seventy to one hundred thousand volumes at the beginning of each semester. Of each dollar income the book store pays 72.8 per cent to the suppliers, 16.7 per cent to the total operating expenses, 9.2 per cent is refunded to customers. This leaves a net income of only 1.3 per cent.
Mr. Newcomb said the average
operating expense of other university book stores around the country is 22 per cent. Ten per cent is actually refunded to cash purchases, but sales are discounted before being added to the grand total of sales. The 1.3 per cent profit means that the slightest miscalculation could throw the book store into the red, financially. This small profit is used for repairs and improvements to the store.
Kitzhaber to Take Leave of Absence
Albert R. Kitzhaber, associate professor of English, has been granted a leave of absence from the University to direct a curriculum survey in high schools in Portland, Ore.
His study will include the high school curriculum of potential college students and the preparation of high school teachers for teaching such a curriculum.
CLASS ASSIGNMENTS BOOKS BACK IN STOCK
KANSAS UNION BOOK STORE