Daily Hansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
54th Year, No. 99
Wednesday, March 8. 1957
Wiley Gives Up Post As Director Of Orchestra
Negotiations are under way with several candidates to choose a successor for Russell L. Wiley, professor of band and orchestra, as head of the orchestra section of the department of music. The announcement was made Tuesday by Thomas Gorton, dean of the School of Fine Arts.
The change in Prof. Wiley's schedule was attributed to the large growth of the fine arts school and the opening next fall of the new fine arts building.
"Certainly there is no unhappiness with Wiley's conduct in directing the band or the orchestra," the dean said.
Prof. Wiley came to KU in 1934 as associate professor and director of the band. He has been orchestral music director for 10 years.
RUSSELL L. WILEY
Prof. Wiley will continue as director of the KU band and will conduct the Mid-Western Music Camp each summer. His duties will be increased in the operatic production type of work, Dean Gorton said.
Members of the KU Symphony Orchestra will honor Prof. Wiley at a dinner following a concert by the orchestra March 24.
Anatomist Will Lecture
The twenty-first annual Noble P. Sherwood Lecture on the function of the cerebellum will be delivered at 8 p. m. Tuesday in Bailey Auditorium by Dr. Sam L. Clark, chairman of the department of anatomy at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.
The lecture was established in 1937 in honor of Noble P. Sherwood, chairman of the department of bacteriology at KU from 1917 to 1949. It is presented by the Alpha Iota chapter of Phi Beta Pi, professional medical fraternity.
Dr. Clark is professor of anatomy at Vanderbilt and specializes in neuro-physiology and histology of the nervous system. Electro-encephalology, a study of the functions of the brain by electrical measuring devices, is his chief interest at present, especially the cerebellar functions.
Dr. Clark is also assistant dean of the School of Medicine at Vanderbilt and an associate editor of the American Journal of Anatomy.
—(Dally Kansan photo)
Greek Groups To Sing Tonight
KU fraternities and sororities will sing at 7:30 p.m. tonight in the 1957 Greek Week Sing in the Student Union Ballroom.
Twelve fraternities and ten sororites will appear in the chorus competition and one sorority and five fraternities in the small ensemble bracket.
Fraternities in the chorus competition are Lambda Chi Alpha, Beta Theta Pi, Acacia, Alpha Kappa Lambda, Pi Kappa Alpha, Phi Gamma Delta, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Nu, Sigma Chi, Theta Chi, and Delta Upsilon.
Sororities in the chorus competition are Kappa Alpha Theta, Alpha Delta Pi, Chi Omega, Alpha Phi, Sigma Kappa, Alpha Omicron Pi, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Delta Gamma, Gamma Phi Beta, and Delta Delta Delta.
"We are set up for 400 seats, and we don't anticipate any serious effect from the KU-K-State game over the radio," said Ed Dittemore.
In the small ensemble bracket are Acacia, Alpha Kappa Lambda, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Delta Delta Delta, Sigma Nu, and Phi Gamma Delta.
Robinson junior, chairman, said. The sing is one of the week's activities open to the public.
Other Greek activities include a scholarship dinner Thursday night, chariot race Saturday afternoon and a dance Saturday night.
Judges of the competition are Miss Elin K. Jorgensen, professor of music education; Austin Ledwith, assistant professor of music theory, and Mrs. Floyd Strong, Topeka.
Winners of the last year's sing were Beta Theta Pi in the fraternity chorus division and Chi Omega in the sorority division.
Bryce Cook,-Overland Park senior, will be master of ceremonies.
In the picture is the Delta Delta Delta group that will sing. From left: Meta W. Sharp, Kansas City, Mo. junior; Marsha Becker, Topeka sophomore; Nancy Shaver, Independence, Mary Lauterbach, Colby, Judith Ballard, Newton, Bonnie Dinsmore, Oklahoma City, Okla., all juniors. Miss Dinsmore is song leader.
(Related story, "Greek Week Resulted from
Rebellion Against Hell Week," Page 6. )
"Prof. Rhode's maps are much more useful than most." Prof. Backus said. "Most maps show definite boundaries even when the exact lines of demarcation are unknown, but those of Pro. Rhode show areas where there is some question and variations are easily noted."
Frontier Woes To Be A Theme
The role of a frontier in forming cultural differences and the fate of persons living on the frontier will be the theme of three lectures Thursday and Friday, March 14 and 15.
Gotthold Rhode, professor of East European history at Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany, has been invited here for the history department by O. P. Backus, associate professor of history.
The U. S. State Department invites German professors to come to the United States to acquaint them with the U. S. culture.
In addition to being a well-known historian, Prof. Rhode is an historical cartographer. He makes maps depicting boundaries of countries.
Prof. Rhode was born in the area between Poland and Germany, an area that has changed hands three times during his life.
115 At KU Get At Least $750 Monthly, Gov. Docking Says
One hundred fifteen staff members of the University are drawing $750 or more per month, Gov. George Docking said Tuesday. Most of these are faculty members getting paid on a 9-month basis with administrative officials figured on a 12-month basis.
Receiving the highest salary .. Dr. Franklin D. Murphy, chancellor of the University who draws $1,500 a month plus housing. Dr. W. Clarke Wescoe, dean of the School of Medicine, gets $1,166.66 monthly
These figures were released by Gov. Docking in connection with the Board of Regents' request for an additional five per cent raise in Kansas college and university salaries.
The Board has told the Legislature Kansas is losing faculty members in great numbers because of comparatively low salaries.
In the six Kansas State colleges, staff members drawing $750 or more include one at Ft. Hays State College, 95 at Kansas State College, 10 at Emporia State College, three at Pittsburg State College, and 15 at the KU Medical Center.
Dr. James A. McCain, president of Kansas State, receives the same salary as Dr. Murphy. Presidents of the smaller colleges—Dr. M. C. Cunningham of Ft. Hays, Dr. John E. King of Emporia, and Rees H. Hughes of Pittsburg each get $1,000 monthly, plus housing.
Liquor Sale Issue SettledFor2 Years
The question on the sale of package liquor in Lawrence was settled for two more years Tuesday when the Lawrence City Commission ruled invalid a petition for a special vote on the issue. The question was to have appeared on the ballot for the city election April 2 and another city election will not be held until 1959.
The action was taken by the commission after Eugene Riling, attorney for the local liquor dealers, challenged the validity of about 250 signatures on the original petition. Last week City Clerk Harold Fisher had approved 3,211 signatures of the original 3,800 presented. That was 129 more than were needed for a new vote.
The petition was filed with City Clerk by the Douglas County Christian Temperance Council.
Louis Armstrong To Perform Here March 23
Louis Armstrong will perform at a jazz concert in Hoch Auditorium from 7-9 p.m. March 23. Tickets are on sale at the Student Union ticket office.
"The ambassador of jazz," Louis Armstrong, and his concert group will play many of the great numbers in jazz. Such favorites as "High Society," "Big Butter and Egg Man," "Strutttin With Some Barbecue," "St. Louis Blues," "Don't Fence Me In" and many others will be included in the program.
The concert is sponsored by Student Union Activities. Members of the committee in charge are Ronald D. Ott, Kansas City, Kan. junior, chairman; Carolyn Bailey, Scranton junior, publicity; Joseph Bennett, St. Louis, Mo. sophomore, ticket sales; Robert G. Price, Columbus junior, decorations, and James Pusateri, Kansas City, Mo. freshman, Hoch arrangements.
LOUIE ARMSTRONG
Like jazz itself, Louis Armstrong was born in a back-of-town part of New Orleans on July 4, 1800.
On New Year's Eve, 1913. Armstrong was arrested for celebrating the holiday by shooting off an old "38". He was taken to the Waifs' Home for a year's discipline.
While at the home Armstrong learned to blow the bugle. When he had mastered the bugle, he was given a cornet and by the end of the year he was the leader of the Home's brass band, which was well known in New Orleans. This was the beginning of his great career.
Recently Armstrong has appeared in the movies "The Glenn Miller Story," "Doctor Rhythm" and "High Society."
Weather
Snow overspreading state this afternoon preceded by mixed rain and snow southeast. Snow depths one to four inches west and central Kansas by evening. Snow ending much of central and northeast this evening and southeast tonight but occasional light snow continuing extreme west tonight and Thursday.
Chorale To Appear On TV
The Kansas University Chorale will appear on a television show at 4:30 p.m. March 23. A Topeka station, WIBW, will broadcast the show. Clayton Krehbiel, assistant professor of music education, will direct the half-hour program.