Wilt & Co. Seek First Victory Tonight
Northwestern Appears Strong; KU Rates First
By DARYL HALL
(Assistant Managing Editor of The Daily Kansan)
Kansas, rated the nation's No. 1 college basketball power in pre-season polls, and Wilt Chamberlain, KU's 7-foot pre-season all-American center, make their debut tonight in Allen Field House against a strong Northwestern team as the Jayhawkers open their quest for the Big Seven cage championship and national crown.
An opening game crowd of well over 10,000 is expected for the opening tinoff.scheduled for 7:35 p.m.
The Northwestern game opens one of the toughest collegiate basketball schedules in the nation, with the Jayhawkers facing such powers as Marquette, Wisconsin, Washington, California and Oklahoma A&M along with the regular Big Seven teams.
Toughest League?
The entire starting five of last year's team, supplemented by a promising group of sophomores including Chamberlain, forward Ron Loneski and guard Bob Billings, reported for drills last month to give coach Dick Harp, in his first year as head coach, one of the greatest cage squads ever assembled at KU.
The Big Seven conference is expected to be the toughest league in the nation this winter, with Kansas State and Iowa State both listed among the country's top 20 teams. K-State is rated 12th and I-State 20th in most pre-season polls.
Coach Harp has named the following starting lineup for tonight's game: Chamberlain at center, Lew Johnson (6-6½) and Gene Elstun (6-3) at forwards, and Johnny Parker (5-10) and Maurice King (6-2) at guards.
Strong Reserves
An experienced bench will also be on hand to give Harp additional strength at every position. The reserves include Eddie Dater (6-2), Billings (5-10), John Cleland (6-2) and Blaine (5-10) at guards; Lee Green (6-5), Ron Johnston (6-2), Loneski $(6-4\frac{1}{2})$, Lynn Kindred (6-3) and Gary Thompson (6-3) at forwards, and Monte Johnson, (6-4) at center.
Chamberlain, the much publicized Philadelphia sophomore, is the main reason why conference coaches view Kansas with despair and expect the Jayhawkers to dominate the league in basketball during the next three years.
As a high school player, Wilt scored 2,252 points and in his first official appearance at KU, scored 42 points to lead the frosh to an 81-71 victory over the varsity in 1955. The victory was the first for the freshmen in the history of the series dating back to 1923.
Hampered by Surgery
When asked if Wilt had fully recovered, Coach Harp said that if the center's performance in practice was any indication, he was fully recovered.
Chamberlain was hampered during the early weeks of drills by surgery on his throat which caused him to miss the first two weeks of practice.
Chamberlain is agile, a good passer, and is expected to show marked improvement in his one weakness-defense-as the season progresses. He is being heralded by many experts as the best prospect in the game's history.
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Weather
Fair and mild this afternoon and tonight. Increasing cloudiness Tuesday, colder northeast, not so warm elsewhere. Low tonight mid 20s north to 30 to 35 south. High Tuesday 50s north to lower 60s south.
Advent Meditation To Be Held Thursday
WILT CHAMBERLAIN
"Be Still and Know I Am God" is the theme for the first weekly meditation from 5 to 5:15 p. m. Thursday in Danforth Chapel. It is sponsored by the Christian heritage commission of the KU-Y.
The meditations during the Advent season will include organ music and reading of scriptures and poems.
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Relief Funds To Be Collected At Game
54th Year, No. 55
An appeal for support for refugee Hungarian students will be made by Emil L. Telfel, associate professor of journalism and native of Hungary, during half-time at the KU-Northwestern basketball game tonight.
Prof. Telfel will describe the recent Hungaran uprising in an appeal for relief funds for the students who fled into Austria during the revolt. Funds will be collected by Campus Chest officials.
Eta Kappa Nu Initiates 15
(See related editorial and feature story on page 2.)
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
The initiation was held in the electrical engineering laboratory, and a banquet was served afterwards.
Eta Kappa Nu, professional electrical engineering fraternity, Friday initiated one faculty member and 14 students.
Monday, Dec. 3, 1956
Those initiated were Dale Rummer, instructor in electrical engineering; James O. Hardy and Bruce Nielson, Lawrence seniors; Loney Duncan, Coffeyville senior; Harold DeMoss, Tulsa, Okla., senior; Fred Riley, senior, and Raymond H. Dean, junior, of Kansas City, Mo.; Cletus Isbell and Richard Hinderliter, juniors and Russell E. Hayes, senior, of Wichita; Robert J. Justice, McPherson senior; John R. Lembke, Prairie Village junior; Warren D. Chinn and Richard W. Fergus, Lawrence juniors, and Billy Demmont, Topeka senior.
Films On Medieval Life To Be Shown
Medieval society and culture will be shown in film at 4 p.m. Wednesday in 3 Bailey Hall.
"Medieval Manor shows several different manors combined to create one household representative of its time.
"Medieval Gilds" shows a medieval community which can be studied from its beginning to final development.
Next week "The Little Angel" will be shown. It is the story of the littel cherub whose gift is chosen to be given to the Christ Child. The film story is adapted from Charles Tazewell's book.
Requests For ASC Funds Due Friday
Clubs and organizations qualified to receive All Student Council appropriation funds should file a request with Larry Gutsch, Salina senior, before Friday.
Planning Group To Meet Here
Walter Blucher, consultant to the American Society of Planning Offials, Chicago, will give the opening address Dec. 12 at the third Kansas Conference on Planning to be held at KU.
Mr. Blucher, whose subject will be "Ideals of Community Planning" has been associated with the Detroit City Planning Commission, the National Resources Board and the Bureau of Reclamation. He is a former executive director of the Assn. of State Planning and Development Agencies and the American Society of Planning Officials.
A panel of representatives from government agencies will discuss planning problems at the state level, and Melvin R. Levin of the Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, Mo., will explain steps in community planning.
E. Gordon Ericksen, associate professor of sociology, will give a luncheon address, "Population and People."
Presiding over the day's sessions will be Dwight A. Nesmith of the engineering experiment station and Roman Verhaalen, acting director of General Extension, both of Kansas State; George Beal, professor of architecture, and E. O. Stene, professor of political science, of KU.
Newman Club Group In Weekend Retreat
Members of the Newman Club Catholic student organization, spent the weekend in retreat at Conception Abbey, Conception, Mo.
The group left Lawrence Friday Saturday they attended the vigil service for Advent, a privilege not ordinarily given the lay visitor During their stay they also attended lectures and meditated.
Leavenworth Commandant To Crown Military Ball Queen
Highlighting the Military Ball Saturday night will be the crowning of the 1956 ball queen by Maj.-Gen. Lionel C. McGarrick, commandant of the Command and General Staff College at Ft. Leavenworth.
A 1928 graduate of the Military Academy at West Point, Gen. McGarr has been decorated many times, including the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism in action; the Distinguished Service Medal; the Silver Star and oak leaf cluster; the Bronze Star with five oak leaf clusters, plus the Legion of Merit award with two oak leaf clusters; the Aid Medal and Combat Infantry Badge for service in World War II.
His foreign decorations include the Italian Military Valor Cross and the French Legion of Honor; the Croix de guerre with sliver star; bronze
star and palm for WW II, and the French Croix de Guerre with palm in Korea.
Gen. McGarr will address members of Scabbard and Blade, honorary military organization, at a dinner preceding the ball.
He will be assisted in crowning the queen by Judy Howard, Salina senior and 1955 Military Ball queen.
The Military Ball, held annually for the cadets and midshipmen of the Army, Navy and Air Force ROTC units, will feature the music of Judy Conrad's "Beguine Rhythms" orchestra. The ball starts at 8 o'clock Saturday night in the Student Union Ballroom.
Final selection of the queen and two attendants will be made at a formal reception Wedensday night. The three finalists will be announced in Friday's University Daily Kansan.
The ASC constitution entitles social, service and administrative organizations to receive money from the Council. This year's budget allows $2,110 for appropriations.
Social clubs include the classes, Quill Club or the International Club. Service clubs are cheerleaders and traditions, Forensic League or Student Directory, and administrative organizations include the Associated Women Students or the Engineering Council.
So far, only four organizations have applied for appropriations. They are the Mortar Board, International Club, University Veterans Organization and Alpha Phi Omega.
To Give New Sports Award
The award, which was presented by A. B. Weaver of Weaver's Department Store, former KU basketball star, will be given four times each year to the senior letterman with the highest grade average. The four categories of the award are football, basketball, track, and baseball-swimming-golf-tennis.
The Weaver Award for excellence in scholarship and athletics, will be presented for the first time at the annual football banquet Wednesday night in the Student Union.
In case of tie in grade averages duplicate awards will be given.
Mr. Weaver said the award is not limited only to scholarship, but emphasizes both scholarship and athletic achievement.
Tombstone Thieves Sought By Police
Campus police today were looking for vandals who placed a tombstone on the base of the Jimmy Green statue in front of Green Hall early this morning.
The tombstone, about a foot high and dated 1878, was found by an officer about 2 a.m. The only names visible on the stone are "W. H. and K. G. Abel."
Joe G. Skillman, campus police chief, said he was not sure where the stone came from, but that police were checking on it today. He said he thought it may have been taken from the Pioneer Cemetery on Iowa Street.
Register Now For Proficiency Exam
Registration for the English proficiency examination on Saturday will be held today, Tuesday, and Wednesday in the dean's offices of the various schools. Additional information concerning the examination will be available in the dean's offices during registration.
Juniors and seniors in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the schools of Education, Journalism, Fine Arts, and Medicine are required to pass the examination to graduate.