Daily Hansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
54th Year, No. 56
Tuesday, Dec. 4, 1956
Wilt Hits 52 For New Record
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Over $1,000 Collected For Hungarian Aid
Over $1.000 was collected for relief funds to support Hungarian refugee students during the half-time of the KU-Northwestern basketball game Monday night.
"We are very pleased with the response at the game," Ralph Varnum, Kansas City, Mo., junior and Campus Chest Chairman said, "and we hope student contributions will continue through Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Telfel Asks Aid
"I really feel tribute should be paid to Prof. Telfel for his fine talk," he added.
Emil L. Telfel, associate professor of journalism and a native of Hungary, made an appeal for support at half-time while members of the Junoir Panhellenic Council made the collections.
In his appeal, Mr. Telfel reviewed briefly the revolution in Hungary.
"It was a story of "five days of freedom in which the students are the heroes" he said.
The students were not to be denied. Even though they suffered heavy casualties, they fought on until they made the Russians give in to their demands.
The more than $1,000 collected more than doubles the goal of $500 set for the emergency drive for the refugee Hungarian students.
Many Died
When the collection is completed, the money will be sent to the World University Service in New York and from there it will be dispatched to the Geneva Switzerland headquarters for distribution among Hungarian refugee students in Austria.
He said, "I can think of no better way in which you can help the refugee students than through your contributions."
"However, Russian promises were made to be broken," he added, and in five days the Russians were back with a quarter of a million troops and 4.500 tanks to crush the city I was born in, and put down the revolt."
Harold Bakker, a graduate of the University of Minnesota and president of the National Student Assn. of which KU is a member, also gave a short talk on behalf of the fund drive.
Of the students who led this revolt, some now are dead, some are in exile, some have been captured, and others have taken refuge in neighboring countries such as Austria, he said.
"What these students did will live as long as people treasure freedom," the Hungarian-born professor emphasized.
Funds To WUS
Weather
Kansas—Partly cloudy this afternoon through Wednesday. Chance of scattered showers extreme southeast portion tonight. Turning cooler extreme northwest late tonight and north Wednesday. Otherwise continued mild through Wednesday. Low tonight 20-25 northwest to 45-50 southeast. High Wednesday 50 north to 60 south.
Bill Mayer, managing editor of the Lawrence Daily Journal World, Jeremiah Tax, writer for Sports Illustrated, and an unidentified photographer.
AFTER THE VICTORY - KU's all-time high scorer, Wilt Chamberlain, is the object of attention of reporters and photographers from all over the nation. Here he is shown talking to
'Make A Million Points'
"Chamberlain will make a million points in this conference."
That was the prediction of Jeremiah Tax, staff writer for Sports Illustrated Magazine, who covered the KU-Northwestern game Monday.
"I don't think he was really working out there," Mr. Tax said. "I think he was pacing himself. Chamberlain was slow in the first half. He hardly ever went up in the air on the defensive boards, although he did on the offensive. I think he was taking it easy so that he could play all this first game."
Mr. Tax was covering the game as part of a weekly roundup of all games in the conferences that Sports Illustrated will carry. He will go to one game every week and his
story will be the lead in the round-up. KU was picked for the first week lead.
"Most of the writers opposing coaches and Coach Harp are here to see what Chamberlain will do when a little pressure is put on him, while I would like to see who gets the ball in to him." Mr. Tax said.
When asked how good he thought Chamberlain was, Mr. Tax said, "He's very good, but I don't agree with Phog Allen when he said that Chamberlain, two Phi Beta Kappas and two co-eds could beat any team they might play."
Mr. Tax said he thought that someone would use tactics against Chamberlain designed to foul him out.
Annual Football Banquet Will Honor 1956 Squad
The annual football banquet, honoring the members of the 1956 football squad, will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Student Union Ballroom. The public is invited to attend.
The banquet is sponsored by the Lawrence Quarterback Club and the Sports Committee of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, Dolph Simons Jr., a Quarterback Club member and former KU player, asked today that students wishing to attend call the Chamber of Commerce for reservations. Tickets are $2.50.
The banquet will honor all varsity members, reserves, freshmen members, coaches and other persons instrumental in KU's football program.
Students who do not wish to attend the banquet but who wish to attend the program following the dinner will be admitted free. The program will start about 8:30 p.m.
Coach Chuck Mather will review the 1956 season and present efficiency awards to outstanding players on the squad. The captain for the 1957 season will also be announced. A. C. Lonberg, athletic director, will present K-banket awards.
Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy will present the Ormand Beach Trophy to the outstanding player on this year's team. The player is chosen for his outstanding offensive and defensive performance and his leadership on the field.
The Weaver Award for excellence in scholarship and performance on the gridiron will be presented to a senior letterman by Charles Leone, associate professor of zoology, and chairman of the faculty advisory committee on collegiate athletics.
Movies of the Kansas-Missouri game will be shown.
Wilt Impresses Foreign Women
Few women foreign students attended the Monday night's basketball game but all who did shared and enjoyed the excitement.
"I enjoyed the game very much, though I don't know any rules about the basketball," said Guldborg Serch-Hanssen. Bergen, Norway, graduate student.
Young Wha Kim, Seoul, Korea, junior, said, "Even though the KU team won the game, the other team was very skillful. I liked their long shots." She played basketball for her high school in Korea.
Yuksel Tckeli, Ankara, Turkey, graduate student, who was the captain of a basketball team at her school in Turkey, said, "If it weren't for Chamberlain, KU would have lost the game. The Northwestern team was playing much better."
"Chieer leaders make the game interesting and make you feel as though you, too, are participating in the game. But American students are noisy at the game. We wouldn't get excited so easily." Miss Tekeli said.
Impressive to women from other countries was the Allen Field House where the game was played. "I like these gadgets to keep the score and the time. These and the gymnasium are very impressive to me." Miss Kim said.
"Chamberlain looks like superman. I am enthusiastic about the way he shot. But the other team had four people who were good players." Miss Kim said.
MISS Serch-Hanssen said. "The role of the cheerleaders at the basketball game seemed more important than at the football game. I think I will try to attend the rest of the games during the season."
7-Foot Center All They Say He Is, And More
By BOB LYLE
(Of The Daily Kansan Staff)
University student housing officials went slightly out on a limb a few weeks before the opening of the fall semester in 1955 when they ordered a specially constructed $7 \frac{1}{2}$-foot bed for a prospective freshman from Philadelphia.
However, Monday night the 7-foot occupant of the bed, Wilt (The Stilt) Chamberlain proved that the investment was a wise one.
Although some contend his performance was somewhat ragged, Chamberlain really lived up to his advance notices last night in his college basketball coming out party. KU defeated Northwestern 87 to 69, but Chamberlain stole the show.
Using his famed dunk shot and high leaping antics, the elongated center slammed 52 points through the basket, an all-time scoring high for a Kansas player. The previous record was 44 points by Clyde Lovellette and B. H. Born in 1952 and 1953.
KU fans went wild. The chanting and stamping of feet became uninhibited when the Stilt scored KU's first 11 points, and continued all evening.
Gets Tremendous Ovation With a little more than 30 seconds left in the game, the tall center left the game for the first time amid a tremendous ovation.
Monday was a repeat performance of the first hectic months the big player experienced after he enrolled more than a year ago.
Since the morning of Sept. 4, 1955, when Mrs. Forrest C. (Phog) Allen, wife of the retired basketball coach answered a knock to admit the tall Chamberlain, he has been seven feet of walking national news.
From the time he shoved down a huge breakfast Monday morning until he stepped into the dressing room to do uniform no. 13 for the first time, Chamberlain's hour by habit habits were carefully scrutinized by magazine and newspaper writers and newsreel cameremen.
Wilt a Paradox
Wilt Chamberlain is a paradox. His teammates and close friends will tell you that the occasional bored air he assumes while answering incessant questions changes when he is not on display.
Bob Billings, a team mate, says that Wilt is a "friendly guy" who works harder than anyone else during basketball drills, is not averse to playing a good-natured prank on his friends, and takes his class work very seriously.
"That's the real Wilt." Billings said as the big center broke into a fit of laughter after bursting into song in the dressing room before the game.
Maurice King, KU's all-Big-Seven guard-forward and the other Negro on the squad, described Wilt as a young man who thinks he might do a lot to improve racial relationships through his athletic career.
Will Take Help
"Maybe by putting balls through the basket. Wilt can do a lot of good, but it will take some help too." King said. "He wants to, and I hope he can."
it was also a big night for Dick
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