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Alumni Win World-Wide Recognition
Deane W. Malott, class of '21, was the first of the University's own sons to become its chancellor. Now president of Cornell University, Dr. Malott served as KU's chancellor from 1939 until 1951. During that time he was successful in gaining state support for general improvement of the University.
For their outstanding services in the fields of government and education University alumni have won recognition for themselves both in the United States and abroad.
For her influence as a peacemaker in a troubled world, the Japanese government bestowed on her the Fourth Order of the Sacred Treasure, the highest tribute paid to a foreigner. She was awarded the decoration by the Emperor.
A retired teacher of English and dean of Miyagi High School and College in Sendai, Japan, Lydia Lindsey received her master's degree from the University in 1913.
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Before entering the field of education Dr. Malott was vice president of the Dole Pineapple Co. in Hawaii.
Assistant Secretary of State Julius C. Holmes, a former assistant secretary of state, entered the foreign service after graduation from
As a brigadier general on President Eisenhower's staff during World War II, Mr. Holmes made a secret, pre-invasion trip to the cost of Africa with Gen. Mark Clark.
After serving as assistant secretary of state, Mr. Holmes left government service for a few years and entered business. He was vice president of TWA, president of General Mills' South American subsidiary, and president of Tacai Airways.
In 1955 President Eisenhower appointed him ambassador to Iran, but because of illness he was recalled.
Church Leader
the University in 1923, and has served on diplomatic posts in France, Turkey, Albania, and Romania.
Another alumnus, the late Bishop John A. Gregg, who died in 1953, was one of the foremost Negro church leaders in the United States.
A native of Eureka and a 1902 University graduate, Bishop Gregg was a member of the Federal Council of Churches and was president of Wilberforce University in Xenia, Ohio; Howard University in Washington, D.C., and Edward Waters College in Florida.
During World War H Bishop Gregg traveled around the world as an emissary of the United States government. His success as a morale builder among troops won him the Award of Merit.
A 1908 graduate of the School of Law, Alfred Landon, was elected governor of Kansas in 1932 and served two terms.
Mr. Landon in 1936 was nominated for president on the Republican ticket. Although he waged a vigorous campaign, he lost by an overwhelming majority to Franklin D. Roosevelt, carrying only two states, Maine and Vermont.
The late Solon E. Summerfield, graduate of the School of Law in 1901, is the alumnus to whom many KU men owe their education.
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Gave Scholarships
After practicing law in Denver and New York City, Mr. Summerfield became president of Gotham Silk Hosiery Manufacturing Co.
In 1921 he gave the Endowment Assn. of the University a $20,000 annual fund for perpetual support of a series of scholarships. These scholarships are held throughout the student's four years of college.
Dean To Visit 4 Universities
Dean George R. Waggoner of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will leave Sunday to visit four universities carrying on experiments with superior students. He will return Dec. 15.
The trip will complete a project for the Carnegie Corp. of New York begun last fall when Dean Waggoner spent a month visiting various campuses across the nation. He also toured colleges and universities from Oct. 15 to Nov. 17 this year.
On this trip he will visit the University of Colorado, Stanford University, the University of California, and the University of Texas.
A group of students, organized by the social responsibility commission of the KU-Y, will visit and entertain patients at the hospital for two hours every Sunday afternoon. Students interested in taking part in this project should contact the KU-Y office.
Washington, D. C., leads the world in number of telephones per capita-64 telephones for every 100 persons.
KU-Y Volunteers' Orientation Sunday
An orientation program for KU-Y members who are taking part in the volunteer recreational program will be held Sunday at the State Mental Hospital in Topeka.
Sixteen students in an accounting systems course will make an all-day field trip to Topeka Tuesday. They will observe the systems and accounting machines used in the Goodyear Tire and Rubber plant, the State Commission of Revenue and Taxation, Fleming's and Pelletier's.
Poetry Hour Hears Poems Set To Music
Students To Go To Topeka
Poetry, put to music in the form of ballads and folk songs sung and played by Roger Brown, Topeka junior, was the Poetry Hour program at the Student Union Thursday.
Selections ranged from old Irish ballads to the calypso music popularized by Harry Belafonte. Songs included were "The Foggy, Foggy Dew," "Henry Martin." "I Know Where I'm Going," "Peter Grey," and "Low Lands."
To conclude, Brown performed requests made by the group.
As coffee was served, the group joined him in singing "The Twelve Days of Christmas."
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Charles Oldfather Jr., associate professor of law, performed Monday at a square dance for patients at the Topeka State Hospital.
Scholarship Bids Deadline Saturday
Applications for spring scholarships must be turned in to the office of aids and awards, 222 Strong, by Saturday, Spencer E. Martin, director of aids and awards, said today.
"Only a few scholarships are available," he said, "but the actual number will depend on the amounts needed by individual students."
Students Entertain At Vets Hospital
Members of Alpha Chi Omega sorority presented a variety show for 250 patients at Winter Veterans Hospital in Topeka Monday. Alpha Delta Pi sorority gave a program and ward show there Tuesday.
The programs were sponsored by the Douglas County Red Cross chapter.
30 Students To Travel In Mexico
Nearly 30 students from the United States, Norway, Sweden, Ethiopia, Brazil, Japan and other countries will leave Dec. 19 for a visit to Mexico. The trip, which will last through most of Christmas vacation, is sponsored by the International Club. Chaperones will be Arnold Weiss, assistant professor of Romance languages, and Fred Bucholtz, engineer at the repair shop, and Mrs. Buchholtz.
At a meeting of the club Wednesday, foreign students were told they have one week to go to the Mexican Consulate in Kansas City, Mo., to get visas. It is not necessary for American students to do so.
Philip L. Henderson, assistant professor of design, will speak about Mexico at a meeting of the club soon.
The first mother to give birth under chloroform (she was a physician's wife) celebrated the event by naming her daughter Anesthesia.
Puerto Rico is the only area permanently under the American flag that doesn't charge a license fee to get married.
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