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NEITHER RAIN, NOR SLEET, NOR SNOW—can keep the campus police from their "beat" E. W. Fenstemaker, bundled against this morning's snow and cold, starts the department's three-wheeler. The temperature was almost too much for it—
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'Higher Education Important Factor In Kansas' Future'
The capacity of higher education to produce adequate numbers of technically trained people will largely determine whether Kansas is to achieve its destiny as an industrial-agricultural empire in the last half of the 20th century, Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy told the Kansas Farm Bureau Wednesday.
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Dr. Murphy spoke at the annual meeting of the bureau in Topeka.
Dr. Murphy said that institutions of higher learning will be instrumental in solving the probelms and uncertainties of what he called "one of the most revolutionary periods in human history." He said that expanded industrial development is "central to the future of our state" and dependent upon technically trained people.
"This is not to say, of course, that agriculture will not continue, as it always has been, to be a vital and crucial part of our state effort. The people of our state and the statesmen who represent them must understand that Kansas agriculture must be vigorously supported by research and development."
"If America has become an industrial-agricultural empire, so must Kansas if it is to be an up-to-date segment of our nation," Dr. Murphy said.
Minds Not Brawn
Dr. Murphy said that the future of our state "depends today upon the minds of men, not on their brawn."
"Our institutions of higher learning, so important to the future of our state and our nation, are literally at a crossroads, under stresses of unimaginable force and in danger of cracking at the seams," he said.
Keen Teaching Quality Up
"We must find the funds to keep in our classrooms and laboratories able and productive teachers and scientists rather than in institutions in other parts of the country or in industry itself.
One of the reasons for this, Dr. Murphy said, is that without realizing it, we have tended to make our teacher a second-class economic citizen.
"We must find the means to provide the class rooms and laboratories needed for training in field that are rapidly expanding and changing. We must do this without compromising the quality of our educational and research product."
Geology Prof Gets Award
PHILADELPHIA — (UP) — Dr. Raymond Cecil Moore, professor of geology at the University, today received the Hayden Memorial Geological award of the Academy of Natural Sciences during ceremonies in the academy's library here.
The presentation of the medal, given for the "best publication, exploration, discovery or research in the science of geology and paleontology . . . ," was made by academy vice president George R. Clark.
Dr. Moore left the campus Sunday to go to Washington and then to Philadelphia to receive the award. He will return to the campus late Friday.
Dr. Moore was announced as the recipient of this award last July 9.
Kappa Eta Kappa Convention Here
'Citizen Kane' Is Next Film
The 30th annual national convention of Kappa Eta Kappa, professional electrical engineering fraternity, will be held here Nov. 23 and 24 with the Gamma chapter of the University as host.
"Citizen Kane," the story of a tycoon obsessed with the desire for power, will be shown at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Hoch Auditorium. It stars Orsol Welles as Charles Kane.
Guest chapters attending will be Delta chapter of the University of Wisconsin and Beta chapter of the University of Minnesota.
Business at the convention will begin with the election of a new national executive council, which consists of nine alumni members, Duncan said. There will also be committee meetings on fraternity problems and business_reports.
About 35 persons are expected to attend the convention, Loney Duncan, Coffeyville senior and president of the University fraternity, said. They include 10 delegates from the Delta chapter, seven from the Beta chapter, alumni, and members of the host chapter.
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First Snow Falls Today; Colder Weather Coming
KU students stepped from their doors this morning to face a cold blast of wind and snow that swept down over the plains states early today.
The Buildings and Grounds power plant turned up the heat late Wednesday in anticipation of the second severe snowstorm that struck the Rockies and northern plains with snow ranging up to 24 inches in Spearfish Canyon, S. D.
LAWRENCE. KANSAS
The season's first snow began falling in Lawrence early today and stopped about mid-morning. The Lawrence temperature at 6 a.m. was 37 degrees and was still dropping at noon.
The local forecast is for occasional light snow, continuing through this evening with strong northerly winds and turning colder this afternoon with tonight's low near 20.
The cold snap extended from the Pacific coast to the northern Great Lakes and northwest Texas, and was expected to move eastward today into Missouri and Arkansas.
New Show Starts On KUOK Tonight
Chuckles in the news and whims of human nature will be broadcast on a new program having its premier at 6:30 tonight on KUOK.
The weekly 15-minute program is called "It Happens Every Day." Humor, unusual happenings and human interest stories will be related by John Schick, Kansas City, Kan., sophomore, newscaster and producer of the program.
Some stories will be dramatized by students. A few stories each week will cover humorous happenings on the campus.
Jane Heyle, who spent her junior year at the Sorbonne in Paris, lived and attended some classes in a duke's former hunting lodge. The classes were each two and one half hours long and informal. Students sat in overstuffed arm chairs and were permitted to smoke.
"Most Americans rush through all the countries in one trip. The first
Classes In Hunting Lodge
Mueller, who attended the University of Oslo in Norway last year, said it was an inexpensive way to study, travel and learn a language all at one time.
"All of the lectures at the University of Oslo were given in Norwegian and I couldn't speak the language." Kent Mueller said. "I always carried a dictionary and when I recognized a word in the lecture I'd look the word up and write it down."
Panhellenic Parties Set For Weekend
Panhellenic open houses at the sororites for freshmen women will be held Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Six 25-minute parties will be held from 1:30 until 4:50 each afternoon. The women will visit the 12 houses according to alphabetical groups.
"We urge every freshman woman to attend these open houses whether or not she plans to go through rush week next fall," Kathleen Eisenbise, Wichita senior and chairman of the event, said. "This will give each a chance to meet and know more University women."
The panel consisted of Jane Heyle, Kansas City, Mo., senior, Kent Mueller, Lawrence junior, Fabio Carniel, Trieste, Italy, and Elisabeth Neubacher, Wieselburg, Austria, graduate students, Gary O'Daffer, Lawrence freshman and Phyllis Carter, Lawrence senior.
Classes In A Hunting Lodge; That's Study European Style
'Last Tackle For 8 Seniors
The "Last Tackle" honoring senior members of the football team, will be held at 4:30 p. m. Nov. 29 on the practice field south of Allen Field House. Chuck Mather, head football coach will introduce the eight seniors who will come out and tackle a dummy.
Attending class in a French hunting lodge, traveling through Europe with a map and a sleeping bag, living with a Norwegian family. These are several ways that an American student can study or travel in Europe, according to a student panel at the joint International Club and KU-Y all-membership meeting Wednesday.
A pep rally will also be held in preparation for the KU-MU game Dec. 1.
Thursday, Nov. 15, 1956
The seniors are Don Martin,
Larned; Ted Rohde, Hubbard,
Neb.; Bill Bell, Raytown, Mo;
Galen Wahmeier, Jennings; Joe Held, Toppea; John Drake, Atic;
Frank Black, Lawrence, and Don Pfutzenreuter, Carlsbad,
N. M.
General co-chairmen of the event are Susie Poppe, Kansas City, Kan. and Dick Patterson, Kansas City, Mo., both sophomores. Howard Johnson, Topea sophomore, is general public chairman. Dave Hanna, Newton freshman, is in charge of on-campus publicity. Marcia Fink, Topea sophomore, heads off-campus publicity.
The Last Tackle is sponsored by the football team and the Student Union Activities committee.
time I did that all I came home with was a headache," Elisabeth Neubacher said.
She advised students who plan to travel in Europe to concentrate on a few countries instead of trying to see all of them at one time.
If you have two legs don't take an organized tour, but take an inexpensive Youth Hostel to see the sights of Europe, both Fabio Carniel and Gary O'Daffer suggested.
Travel By Bicycle
A hostel group travels by bicycle through the countries. Cities have designated places where a group may stay overnight for as little as 25 cents a day.
"Another way to see a foreign country is to walk." said Phyllis Carter, who lived last summer with a Norwegian family.
Miss Carter went to Norway on the Experiment in International Living plan. She was the KU representative for the program.
Quill Magazine On Sale Dec. 4-6
Quill magazine, to be sold Dec. 4, 5 and 6, will contain prize winning prose and poetry entries from the recent Quill Club contest, contributions from club members, and illustrations.
Allen Crafton, plawright and professor of speech, will speak on "How We Should of Written 'Em," Nov. 28 in the Pine Room of the Student Union at the next club meeting.
Lambda Chi Building Plans Blocked By City
Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity will meet with University officials 'sometime this month" to discuss a site for a new fraternity building, Gary F. Skinner, Chanute senior and president of the fraternity, said today.
It is adjacent to a site owned by the Pi Beta Phi sorority, which was rezoned by the commissioners last December.
Lawrence city commissioners Tuesday refused to rezone a proposed Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity house site. The proposed site is on the south side of University drive between Engel Road and Iowa Street, and residents in the area objected to the rezoning.
Skinner said he did not understand why the commission referred the problem to the University, since the University cannot rezone property.
"It was evident to me that the commission was trying to get rid of the problem," Skinner said. "We'll wait and see' what the University does and maybe submit the problem to the city commission again. If we can't get the site rezoned, we'll probably sell it."
Reason For Action Unknown
Asked if the objection of the city commission was because two organized houses would be side-by-side, or whether the objection was because a men's house and a women's house would be adjacent, Skinner said he didn't know.
Skinner expressed doubt that the University would allocate a building site for the fraternity.
Endowment Property Mentioned
A University official said today that in turning the problem over to the University, the commissioners may have been hinting that the fraternity should try to acquire a site on the property west and south-west of the campus, owned by the KU Endowment Assn.
The official said that the property is not owned by the state, but by the Endowment Assn., and that in the past, the association has been interested in helping fraternities and sororities.
However, he said that he thought the University would be "more interested in having three or four fraternities and sororities make it a joint development if it was to be done at all. He said that sewer, water, and gas installations would make the development too expensive for one organization to handle.
Lawrence city commissioners have already called a meeting with the University to discuss the possibility of developing some of the Endowment Assn. property for a "fraternity row." The University said the question now is whether KU will need the property for future expansion.
Jay Janes Elect 2 National Officers
Karen Moeckley, Britton, S. D., junior, was elected national president of Phi Sigma Chi, national pep organization, at the Jay Jane meeting Wednesday. Mollie Stamper, Hutchinson junior, was elected corresponding secretary.
Because the 1957 convention of Phi Sigma Chi will be held at the University, the Jay Janes are entitled to elect these two national officers from their group.
The Jay Janes and the three other pep clubs will charter buses to Columbia, Mo., for the final KU football game Dec. 1.