Page 6 Summer Session Kansan
Friday. June 14. 1957
Oerter, McNeal To Pace Kansas At NCAA Meet
Minus the balance of the past two years, KU does not figure to mount a serious challenge for the NCAA team championship this week end when the 36th track extravaganza begins in Austin Texas.
Still, the Jayhawkers figure to battle the host Longharms, Occidental, and Stanford for a high spot in the top five behind favored Villanova. The 'll send up two potential individual champions in discusthrower Al Oerter and two-miler Jerry McNeal, and have hopes of other points from Capt. Lowell Janzen in the 880 yard run; Hal Long and Tom Skutka in the mile run; Dave Tams, pole vault; and Blaine Hollinger, broad jump.
This would total approximately 20 or 25 points. Villanova is expected to gain 45 points and Texas, hurt by late-season injuries to its sprint corps, around 30 points. A triumph by Villanova would complete a strange setting. No eastern school has won since Navy won the wartime crown of 1945. Furthermore, defending champion UCLA, and Southern California, quite likely the two best collegiate track clubs in the land, are barred from competition because both are on probation. Finally, this will be the first time in history that this meet has been held below the Mason-Dixon line.
Back to the Jayhawkers and their chances. A finish anywhere among the top five must be considered good for a team that lost three important members during the year. Two of these, spinner-hurdler Charlie Tidwell, and high-jumper Buber Cannon, became scholastically ineligible at mid-semester. Javelin-thrower Jim Londerholm, who threw over 213 feet three times as a sophomore last year, developed a sore elbow which kept him out all spring. All three would have been likely point-winners at Austin.
Kansas already owns the Big Eight high water-mark for this meet with its near miss of last June. Cash Bill Easton's team finished just 6.7 points behind UCLA, while reaching a record conference high of 51.7 points. The 1955 team was third with 30 points.
Oerter is Potential Point Winner
Oerter is KU's top gold-medal candidate. He'll enter the meet with five of the six best throws on the collegiate scene for 1957. The nation's other 180-foot collegian, USC's Rink Babka, is not eligible. Oerter's peak is $184-1\frac{1}{2}$. He also owns a 180-9 for the year. Babka has thrown 181-1.
However, the 232 pound Olympic champion has not been beyond 177-0 since springing a charlie-horse in his right (spin) leg. Since incurring
Citizenship Course Has Festive Air
The fifteenth annual Sunflower Girls State, sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary, will adjourn following the Sunday luncheon, but before that time many memorable events will have occurred.
By JANET JUNEAU
During this week, 351 high school girls from the entire state of Kansas have participated in the course in leadership and citizenship.
At the beginning of the week the girls were organized into cities and counties and were assigned to a political party, either Federalist or Nationalist, corresponding to the two major American parties.
The primary purpose of the course is to acquaint the girls with the functioning of city, county, and state governments, and to learn the requirements of a good citizen.
Wide Experience
A variety of experiences have impressed the girls. The consensus of the group is that the most important experience is that of meeting new girls and making lasting, state-wide friendships.
When asked to relate her impressions of Girls State and of KU, Linda Miller of Blue Rapids said that the most outstanding thing at Girls State was "what was learned about government and its role in life."
The same query, put to Sue Cross of Topeka, brought this reply: "There sure is a lot of walking" but she added that the "new contacts" she had made were worth the extra effort.
Bar Exam Given
One of the hurdles to be passed during the week was the Bar Examination. It was given to discover those qualified to practice law at Girls State. A passing score was sixty-eight correct out of ninety-three questions.
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this injury he slipped to 176-71⁻² for fourth at Compton and 171-0 for fifth at, the Coliseum Relays. He dipped to his low of the year, 166-91⁻², although winning the CCC in his most recent start June 1.
Faces Difficult Field
Even with Babka absent, Oerter must beat four 170-footers which include Ken Bamtum, the defending shot put champion and record holder from Manhattan; Fred Peters, Stanford; Jay Silvester, Utah State; and Dale Yonkey, Minnesota. He beat Yonkey in the Kansas Relays and CCC.
By winning, Oerter could become the league's fourth discus king, and KU's tenth all-event NCAA champion. The old Big Six crowned three consecutive Discus rulers in 1943, 1944 and 1945 with Nebraska's Howard Debus bagging the first at $144-4\%. and Bill Bangert of Missouri scoring twice with 149-5 and 151-9\%.
The role of Jayhawk champions includes Glenn Cunningham, mile run, 1932; 1933; Wes Santee, mile run, 1953; 5000 meters, 1952; Bob DeVinney, 400-meter hurdles, 1952; Tom Poor, high jump, 1923; Elwyn Dees, shot put, 1935; Bill Nieder, shot put, 1955; and Les Bitner, javelin, 1955.
elected officials was made at Strong Hall auditorium Wednesday afternoon.
After the general election results, the meeting was turned over to Judy Gorton, 1956 Girls State Governor. After a game which involved hunting for the "lost" key which would unlock the chest holding the secret, Miss Gorton revealed the name of the 1957 Governor.
Ida Eisenhower Family Life Told
The University of Kansas Press has published "Earning the Right to Do Fancywork: An Informal Biography of Mrs. Ida Eisenhower, the President's Mother," by Kunigunde Duncan. The book grew out of the author's acquaintance with Mrs. Eisenhower and attempts to give a picture of her personality.
"Kunigunde Duncan" is the pen name used by Mrs. Bliss Isley, who lives with her husband on a farm near El Dorado. She has written several other books, including a biography of Lincoln's schoolmaster, and many magazine articles.
Amid a standing, screaming ovation Linda Seifers of Pittsburg was carried on the shoulders of friends to the platform where she accepted the cap of office.
Miss Scifers, called "Sci" by the Staters, is a petite brunette with brown eyes and a friendly smile. When asked of her plans for the future, "Sci" said she is counseling at Camp Wood, near Elmdale, during the rest of the summer, and after her senior year in Pittsburg, she hopes to attend KU and perhaps major in psychology.
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Mrs. Iona Cohoon, Parsons, director of Sunflower Girls State, complimented Judy Gorton, a June graduate of Lawrence High School, on her charm and poise shown in presiding over the meetings until Thursday when the new governor was inaugurated. She was pleased with the smooth functioning of this year's course and praised the volunteer counselors for their help.
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