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University Daily Kansan
Page 0408_2 from reel: L 725 (1956-09-10 to 1957-08-02)
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/196067

Title: Jay Watchers Get $900 for TV Cost
Summary: The Jay Watchers student organization collected $900.43 to help finance television costs for the K-State basketball game, with plans to assist with NCAA tournament telecasts if Kansas advances.
Category: campus news
Subjects: student organizations; fundraising; athletics
Named Entities: Reck, Robert W. [student]; Cooke, A.C. [lawyer]; Schneilbacher, Otto [Topeka]; Morgan, Gene [president]; Borgen, Lawrence [student]; Cooke, John B. [Overland Park]; Hurst, Augusta [senior]; J. [secretary-treasurer]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: 'Asia' Talk Set for 8 Tonight
Summary: George Beckmann, associate professor of history, will speak on 'Southeast Asia Today' at 8 p.m. in Parlor A of the Student Union, following his recent six-month tour of Southeast Asia and Japan.
Category: campus news
Subjects: lectures; international relations; academic events
Named Entities: Beckmann, George [associate professor of history]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: 'Gas Light' Era Play Tonight
Summary: University Players present 'Pity Poor Pearl,' a musical melodrama adapted from Augustin Daly's 'Under the Gas Lights,' featuring special lighting effects and eight original songs.
Category: campus news
Subjects: theater; student activities; performing arts
Named Entities: Teichgraebel, William [junior and director]; Weaver, Lawrence [senior]; Timmons, William S. [senior]; Riley, senior; hustlers [performers]; Fanolio, W. [Kansas City, Mo., senior]; Baker, Kenneth [stage manager]; Helmetta, N.J. [freshman]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Actors to Try for USO Job
Summary: The 1957 Jayhawk Jamboree will hold auditions for singers, dancers, and instrumentalists to perform in USO Camp Shows in Europe and Asia, with appointments required.
Category: campus news
Subjects: student activities; auditions; military relations
Confidence: 0.75

Title: Four Boys Admit Thefts
Summary: Four local boys admitted to police that they committed two armed robberies on the KU campus, using a pellet gun and wearing parka hoods.
Category: campus news
Subjects: crime; law enforcement; student safety
Named Entities: Johnson, Dickie L. [16, of 1237 N.J. St.]; Hamlin, Larry E. [17, 1826 Tenn. St.]; Charles W. Russell [16, of 813 N.J. St.]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Senior Football Lettermen
Summary: Seven senior football lettermen were presented blankets with their names during halftime of the KU-Oklahoma game.
Category: sports
Subjects: athletics; football; awards
Named Entities: Lonborg, Arthur C. [director of athletics]
Confidence: 0.75

Title: A&M Basketball Game
Summary: Photo of KU basketball players from the A&M game, with players identified in the caption.
Category: sports
Subjects: athletics; basketball; sports coverage
Named Entities: Drake, John [player]; Wahlmeier, Galen [player]; Rohde, Ted [player]; Held, Joe [player]; Black, Frank [player]; Bell, Bill [player]; Putzenreuter, Don [player]; Martin, Don [absent player]
Confidence: 0.7

Title: Oratorical Contest Will Be March 26
Summary: The tenth annual oratorical contest sponsored by Delta Sigma Rho forensic fraternity will be held March 26 in Strong Auditorium, with preliminary tryouts to be announced.
Category: campus news
Subjects: academic competitions; student activities; forensics
Named Entities: Barnes, Ted [assistant instructor of speech and drama]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Wichita Sophomore to Be K-Book Editor
Summary: Norma L. Cornett, a Wichita sophomore, has been named editor of the 1957-58 K-Book, with other staff members listed.
Category: campus news
Subjects: student publications; editorial positions; academic life
Named Entities: Cornett, Norma L. [Wichita sophomore]; Crow, Jane [Topeka freshman, asst. editor]; Dunlap, Larry [Salina sophomore]; Halderman, Jerry [Wichita junior, ast. business manager]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Dean Barr to Attend Meeting
Summary: Dean Harold G. Barr will leave Thursday for Evanston, Illinois, to attend a meeting of the National Association of Biblical Instructors.
Category: announcement
Subjects: academic administration; religious organizations; meetings
Named Entities: Barr, Harold G. [Dean of the School of Religion]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Weather
Summary: Generally fair this afternoon, tonight and Thursday. Warmer this afternoon and Thursday. Low tonight in 30s. High Thursday in 60s.
Category: informational content
Subjects: weather forecasts; local conditions
Confidence: 0.9

Title: [advertisements]
Advertisers include: Delta Sigma Rho; University Players
Category: advertisements
Confidence: 0.9

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