====PAGE-LEVEL METADATA==== University Daily Kansan Page 0701_2 from reel: L 725 (1956-09-10 to 1957-08-02) https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/195485 Title: Honor Day Slated for ROTC Units Summary: Over 800 cadets and midshipmen from ROTC units will participate in Honor Day ceremonies at Memorial Stadium, with medals and awards presentations. Category: campus news Subjects: military education; ROTC; university events; student military training Named Entities: Murphy, Franklin D. [chancellor]; Shankel, Richard [chancellor]; Goff, Lewin [professor] Confidence: 0.9 Title: Billings Fills 35 ASC Jobs Summary: Thirty-five students have been named to student body committee positions by Bob Billings, Russell sophomore, and student body president. Category: campus news Subjects: student government; campus employment; student leadership Named Entities: Billings, Bob [student body president]; Johnson, Maria [student body president] Confidence: 0.85 Title: Jobs Open on Campus Chest Committees Summary: Positions are now open on the Campus Chest drive Steering Committee, with applications being accepted for various subcommittees. Category: campus news Subjects: student organizations; campus employment; student leadership Named Entities: Davies, Jim [chairman] Confidence: 0.8 Title: Lead Parts Chosen for 'Little Sheba' Summary: The four lead parts of the summer theatre presentation 'Come Back, Little Sheba' have been cast by Lewin Goff, associate professor of drama. Category: campus news Subjects: theater; student drama; campus events Named Entities: Inge, William [playwright]; Goff, Lewin [professor] Confidence: 0.85 Title: Characters Good in Workshop Summary: A variety of good character acting was predominant in the final Actors' Workshop presentation of the season, with students performing in multiple plays. Category: features/profiles Subjects: theater; student drama; campus arts Named Entities: Blan-ken-shep, Sandy [director]; Harrison, Betty [director]; Brown, Kay [junior]; Stough, Vera [junior]; Rich, Dee [senior] Confidence: 0.8 Title: Four to Attend Student Conference Summary: Four members of the All Student Council will attend the Student Body President conference at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Category: campus news Subjects: student leadership; campus events; university governance Named Entities: Billings, Bob [student body president]; Carter, Creta [vice president]; Patter-son, Richard P. [ASC chairman]; Stout, Sue [ASC vice chairman] Confidence: 0.85 Title: Roger Sommer Rites Today Summary: The funeral of Roger M. Sommer, St. Joseph, Mo. senior who was killed Monday when his car struck a bridge abutment on the Kansas Turnpike, will be held at 2 p.m. today at the Wyatt Park Baptist Church in St. Joseph. Category: campus news Subjects: campus events; student life; memorial services Named Entities: Sommer, Roger M. [student] Confidence: 0.9 Title: Benson Hits Soil Bank Kill Summary: Agriculture Secretary Ezra T. Benson today denounced the House move to kill the multi-million-dollar soil bank program next year as 'false economy' without justification. Category: local news Subjects: agriculture policy; soil conservation; government programs Named Entities: Benson, Ezra T. [Agriculture Secretary] Confidence: 0.85 Title: Area Rains to Continue Summary: Rain continued to drench Lawrence and the weatherman said it should continue until Friday. Rainfall at noon amounted to .87 inch. Category: local news Subjects: weather; local climate; precipitation Confidence: 0.8 Title: Tornado Rips Texas Town Summary: A tornado that looked like a berserk cloud of red sand smashed into Silverton late last night, killing 20 persons and injuring at least 80 in the Texas Panhandle. Category: national news Subjects: natural disasters; weather events; tornado damage Named Entities: Black-well, J. W. [highway patrol captain]; Puckett, E. E. [resident] Confidence: 0.85 Title: Spoke With Brogue Summary: The scene changed to a Dublin tenement during the Irish Revolution for Sean O'Casey's 'The Plough and the Stars'. Directed by Kay Brown, the play had an enunciation problem because all the actors had to speak with an Irish brogue. Category: features/profiles Subjects: theater; student drama; campus arts Confidence: 0.75 Title: Purdue Professor to Lecture Today Summary: Dr. A. E. Bell, professor of poultry science at Purdue University, will lecture on the evaluation of selection methods in quantitative genetics at 4 p.m. in 206 Snow. Category: features/profiles Subjects: academia; scientific research; campus events Named Entities: Bell, A. E. [professor of poultry science] Confidence: 0.8 Title: [classifieds] Category: classifieds Confidence: 0.9 Title: [advertisements] Category: advertisements Confidence: 0.9 Note: Descriptive metadata for this item has been generated in part using AI (artificial intelligence) technologies and may be incomplete, misleading, or inaccurate. Please contact the Kenneth Spencer Research Library with specific questions or concerns.