Daily Hansan
Monday, Sept. 15, 1958
56th Year, No. 2
Sorority Rush Changed to Spring
The Panhellenic Council at the University of Kansas voted today to change the time for women's formal rush activities to the second semester of the freshman year.
For a number of years, this membership selection period has been held during the week preceding the opening of the fall semester for women of sophomore standing or above.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
No specific time during the second semester has been determined for rush activities. Freshman women will continue to live in University operated freshman halls throughout their first year at KU.
The change of time of formal rush results from the ditticultues encountered in anticipating housing needs for upperclass women, complicated by increasing enrollment of women students and increasing registration for rush.
A short rush period will be held for transfer students during the Orientation period next fall.
9,063 Students Begin Classes at KU Today
Classes began this morning with a total of 9,063 students enrolled. Of this total, 8,380 students are on the Lawrence campus and 683 students are at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan.
James K. Hitt, registrar, predicted that the usual number of late enrollees would put the final figure at about 9,300 as compared to 9,225 in 1957.
Mr. Hitt said he felt the new system of enrolling worked out "very well." Students were required to take afternoon and Saturday classes and some day and time assignments were made in the "Pen."
One hundred ten more students are on the Lawrence campus than at this time last year. Mr.Hitt said this figure would probably have been 200 or more except for the substantially stricter probation regulations used by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the School of Engineering and Architecture. The School of Law also raised its admission standards this fall.
The number of new students on the Lawrence campus is 14 fewer than a year ago, making a total of 2,738. The number of former students is 5,642 which is 124 more than last year.
There are 5,879 men on the Law-
rence campus and 2,501 women. The number of women is an all-time high, 106 more than last year.
At the KU Medical Center there are 77 fewer students than a year ago. School officials believe this is the result of a change in the nursing education program which eliminated overlapping classes this fall.
Debate Meeting To Be Thursday
The debate squad will hold its first orientation meeting Thursday at 7:15 p.m. in 134 Strong.
Next week the squad will hold tryouts on this year's national debate topic "Resolved: That the further development of nuclear weapons should be prohibited by international agreement."
Debate at KU is open to all undergraduates. Further information about the program may be obtained from Dr. Kim Giffin, associate professor of speech, or Mr. Phillip Tompkins, instructor of speech, 116 Strong Hall.
We Have More Students
Kansas State College enrolled 6,518 students—12 more than in 1957—during the regular registration period last week. Late enrollment is expected to bring the total to 6,750, compared to 6,737 in 1957.
Algerian Rebels Continue Attacks
PARIS — (UPI) Algerian rebels tried unsuccessfully to assassinate French Information Minister Jacques Soustelle with pistols and submachine guns in the heart of downtown Paris today. A few hours later, other rebels planted a bomb which exploded in police headquarters in Marseilles.
Soustelle escaped with nothing more serious than minor cuts from flying glass fragments from his bullet-shattered windshield. But several policemen were feared dead or injured in the explosion in the southern port city.
A later report from police said three persons were injured in Marseilles, one of them seriously. The blast caused heavy damage.
The attack on Soustelle and the Marseille explosion were only two of many incidents in that mushroomed across France in the worst day of Algerian-provoked violence since Aug. 25. The fact that gummen could stage an attack such as that on Soustelle in daylight and on one of the busiest streets in Paris raised grave disquiet in official quarters.
It was believed the rebels would continue their attacks until the national referendum scheduled for Sept. 28 on Premier Charles de Gaulle's new constitution.
3 Distinguished Professorships Given Faculty
The creation of three distinguished professorships at KU, two in the name of the late Solon E. Summerfield and one named for the late Elizabeth M. Watkins, was announced this morning by Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy in his address to the 93rd annual opening convocation in Hoch Auditorium.
Mr. Summerfield and Mrs. Watkins were among the University's greatest benefactors.
The addition of these three positions brings to five the number of distinguished professorships at KU. In June Roy A. Roberts, president of the Kansas City Star, created two $100,000 endowments.
"The executive committee of the Endowment Association was inspired by Mr. Roberts' vision and example to add these three distinguished professorships by dedicating annual income from the unrestricted bequests of Mr. Summerfield and Mrs. Watkins." Dr. Murphy said.
The Endowment Association will provide the equivalent of income from a $100,000 endowment to supplement the regular University salary of each of the Summerfield and Watkins Distinguished Professors.
It is believed that such a total salary will enable KU to keep and acquire gifted scholars and teachers in competition with any institution in the United States.
"Mr. Roberts' gifts ushered in a new epoch in the University's life, and at the time he expressed hope others would follow his example." Dr. Murphy said.
"Sooner than anyone could have believed, his vision is being fulfilled, and we are halfway to the goal of having as many as 10 distinguished professorships within five years."
The Summerfield and Watkins Distinguished Professorships differ from those established by Mr. Roberts in that they may be filled by persons already on the KU faculty.
Dr. Murphy will appoint a committee to serve anonymously in advising on the preparation of nominations for these chairs to be forwarded to the Board of Regents.
The late Solon E. Summerfield, an alumnus and a New York manufacturer, created in 1929 the statewide scholarship program for high school senior boys. His will made the University his principal beneficiary of income of the Summerfield Foundation.
Except for the suport of the scholarship program, the KU Endowment Association is unrestricted in use of the income for the benefit of the University.
'Curb Lazy Minds,' Murphy Declares
At Least 15 Killed in Train Plunge
"We are becoming increasingly intolerant of lazy minds," Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy told over 2,000 students and faculty at the 93rd annual Opening Convocation this morning in Hoch Auditorium.
BAYONNE, N. J. - (UPI) - A speeding Jersey Central commuter train ran through two safety checking devices and plunged off an open drawbridge 50 feet into Newark Bay this morning. Two locomotives and two passenger cars of the train fell into the bay, at least 35 feet deep at that spot.
Railroad officials said the train usually carried 90 or 100 passengers at that hour, but there was no accurate estimate as to the number of dead. Reports from the scene said there might have been as many as 200 people on the train. The Coast Guard estimated at least 15 persons drowned, but there were indications that this number might be surpassed.
The accident occurred at 10:13 a.m. EDT, some time after the usual morning commuter rush. The train originated at Bay Head, N.J., about 60 miles south of New York. It was en route to Jersey City and was only about 10 miles from its destination. The scene of the accident was just across the Hudson River from New York City.
Small boats from throughout the busy New York harbor rushed to the scene along with two New York City fireboats and three police department launches. Every available ambulance in Bayonne and Jersey City was summoned.
A railroad spokesman said the tracks are fitted with a precautionary device which is supposed to automatically halt trains when the drawbridge is open. Further up the track is a signal that tells the engineer when the bridge is up. Evidently neither of these devices was working.
Saturday Classes Disliked
The two cars which fell into the bay were not visible from the surface. About two hours after the accident a third car, which had been hanging over the upraised portion of the bridge, dropped into the water. All occupants of the third car had been removed before it fell into the water.
"Having a Saturday morning class
Most of the students interviewed about enrollment and class schedules go along with the Legislature, the Board of Regents and Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy who say present classrooms should be utilized more before additional ones are constructed but the students' idea is to utilize them more during a five-day work week and not on Saturday.
"Afternoon classes are not so bad but Saturday classes are for the birds." That is the consensus of students who started their fall class schedules this morning.
invites cutting," said Steve Reed, Mission freshman, "you can't attend out-of-town football games, it is hard to get home on weekends and it means getting up early for class after a late Friday night closing."
John Ellis, Coffeyville, is another bitter freshman. "I have a 10 o'clock, a 12 o'clock, a 3 o'clock and a 4 o'clock and these late afternoon classes were arranged to get out of a Saturday morning class.
"The thing I didn't like about enrollment was the 'either or' ultimatum I got from the English department. It was either a Saturday or a 4 o'clock English class and I know the earlier sections were not
closed because I enrolled at 1 p.m Thursday."
Most of the upper classmen, mellowed after battling many enrollment lines, were agreed the entire enrollment procedure went more smoothly than it ever had in the past.
Marilyn Moyer, Leawood senior, who enrolled on Friday, said, "I think classes stayed open better under the new enrollment and everything seemed to run more smoothly at enrollment."
Polly Smith. Belton junior, went through enrollment in 30 minutes. "That is the quickest I have ever
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He challenged faculty and students to curb the wastage of brain power by establishing high standards of achievement and by responding to the increasing rigor of the teaching program.
"We will sweep out those who have not captured these notions," he said, telling of higher probationary standards now in effect in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and School of Engineering and Architecture.
FRANKLIN D. MURPHY
Americans Must Awaken
"If the American people do not understand that we must provide the educational opportunities needed and not merely those we think we can afford, we can lose the battle for the 20th century." he said.
Dr. Murphy said that after 40,000 miles of summer travels in Europe, Russia and Latin America, he was convinced that all American people must awaken to the fact that the ultimate decision between the Soviet and American ways of life will be decided by what goes on in the classrooms and research laboratories.
He called for the faculty to be dedicated, stimulating and challenging in forcing the students to think.
"Throughout the world people are placing their faith in education. Education and research are assuming the highest priority in nation after nation. Indeed, in the USSR, it has assumed the stature of a latter day religion." Dr. Murphy said.
Education Necessary
"Higher education is not just desirable, but a prime necessity like the clothes we wear and the food we eat; more so than the tobacco we smoke and the luxury accommodations where we like to spend our vacations."
Discussing campus growth, Dr. Murphy pointed to construction under way on dormitories for 1,300 students, 120 apartments for married students, a School of Business building, a Mammalian Genetics Center and addition to radiological facilities at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City.
Weather
Partly cloudy northwest, elsewhere partly cloudy to cloudy through Tuesday. Occasional light rain southeast and extreme east portions this afternoon and tonight. Occasional rain and scattered thunderstorms east and south Tuesday. Cooler southeast this afternoon, otherwise no important change in temperatures. Low tonight 45 northwest to 69s southeast. High Tuesday 75 to 82.