Daily Hansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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The University of Kansas will have a student body of 8,800. possibly the largest since the fall of 1948 when the all-time high was set, James K. Hitt, registar and director of admissions, said today.
During the regular registration period, ending Wednesday, 8,561 persons enrolled, which is 773 or 10 per cent more than at the same time in 1955. From 250 to 300 persons usually enroll late.
Attendance on the Lawrence campus is 7,801,700 more than a year ago at this time, and there are 760 for an increase of 73 at the K.U. Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas.
New students number 2,713 among them 1,822 men and 891 women. This is up 301 over the 1955 figure. Former students on the Lawrence campus number 5,088, an increase of 399.
On the Lawrence campus men outnumber women 5,619 to 2,182, a ratio of 2.53 to 1.
The K.U. student body has grown by 1,400 in the past two years, in which time there has been no significant change in the size of the Kansas high school senior class.
KSC, Washburn Enrollments Up
By United Press
Enrollments at Kansas State College and Washburn University show an increase over last year's figures.
James McCain, Kansas State President, announced preliminary totals of 6.373, with enrollment expected to increase to more than 6.600.
6,000. A large freshman class at Washburn's law school raised enrollment to 10 per cent over that of last year, with total student figures not fully completed for the entire university, President Bryan S. Stoffer said.
The U. S. Bureau of Indian Affairs has renewed its $7,500 contract for research services with the University of Kansas School of Education, Dean Kenneth E. Anderson said today.
KU Gets Indian Research Contract
The K. U. School of Education will furnish consultant services in the planning, execution and interpretation of measurement and research programs. Dean Anderson and Dr. E. Gordon Colliser, director of the Guidance Bureau, have been the project consultants since the contract was placed here in 1950.
The work has involved establishing testing programs in the several geographic areas having Indian schools. College entrance test batteries have been administered to Indian children seeking admission to colleges and universities.
Cecil Williams will be the graduate assistant on the program during the coming year.
Weather
Partly cloudy and cooler this afternoon. Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday. Few light showers northern border this afternoon or tonight. Cooler southeast tonight, warmer northwest and north-central Saturday. Low tonight 50s north to 60s south. High Saturday low 80s northeast to mid-90s southwest.
Freshman Gets Lawson Grant
Ivan Eastwood, Summerfield freshman, will hold the 1956-57 Paul B. Lawson scholarship.
The scholarship honors the late Dr. Lawson, who for 21 years was dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and for 38 years was a member of the entomology faculty. The award, which is maintained by Mrs. Lawson, consists of payment of all fees for the freshman year. The selection criteria are scholarship, leadership potential and need
Eastwood is in the College following a pre-medical course. He holds a residence scholarship in Pearson Hall.
Gas Firm Announces Scholarship Winner
The Union Gas System of Independence, Kan., has awarded its annual four-year scholarship to John Stephen Callahan, Independence freshman. Callahan is also winner of a 1956 Summerfield scholarship to KU.
The gas firm's award is made each year to a son and a daughter of the company's employees. No girl qualified this year. The award is worth $1,200.
Wichita Company Sets Up Scholarship
The Wichita White Truck Sales, nc., has established a new scholarship. The $250 award is for a freshman from the Wichita area.
Ronald Keith Jantz, a 1956 graduate of Wichita High School East, is the first recipient. He is a freshman in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and is planning to major in physics.
Field House Area To Be Improved
Students Promise Loyalty To University's Traditions
Landscaping construction and parking facilities for Allen Field House will begin within the next two weeks.
The parking lot, to be surfaced with asphaltic concrete, will be located north of the field house, duplicating the completed permanent parking facilities adjacent to Naismith drive.
—(Dally Kansan photo)
TORCH RELAY—Richard Goldsby, Kansas City, Mo., senior, brings the traditional torch down the hill on the first lap of the annual race to light the altar fire in the stadium. Standing by to receive the light is Victor Viola. Abilene senior, who will carry it down the next lap.
Activities Meeting Set For Tuesday
A meeting of all students interested in participating in Student Union Activities has been scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the ballroom of the Student Union.
—(Daily Kansan photo)
THE ROUND-UP—Campus police held this truant Shetland pony for positive identification when they found it by The Pioneer statute about 7 a. m. today. Officers Earl Powers and Fred Musselman reported that the pony, owned by Allyn J. Underwood, 200 W. 15th, did not resist arrest.
Leo LeSage, Concordia senior and SUA vice president, said that the SUA board was chiefly concerned with selecting students who actually are interested in doing the work, rather than those students who sign up for organizations merely to gain "activity points."
Interested students will be given the opportunity to fill out cards stating their preferences as to committee and types of jobs. Also, Dean Graves, Kansas City, Kan., senior and president of SUA, will explain the opportunities offered by the organization.
"This year we've started the policy of interviewing all the students who apply for jobs as committee chairmen," LeSage pointed out. "This is the first time we've ever done anything like that, but we think it will be a lot fairer."
"Even though we're being more selective in choosing committee heads, we intend to give every person who actually wants to work a job doing something for us," LeSage continued. "There's always more to be done than we have time for."
The SUA committee actually plays a very important part in the life of the University, Le-Sage added.
Such events, as Homecoming and Relays dances, the Student Union Carnival, the Jayhawk Nibble, Jazz at the Philharmonic, and the Presidents-Breakfast are sponsored by SUA.
Other activites sponsored by the organization include the Quarterback Club, the Relays Queen Contest, billiards, table tennis, bridge and chess tournaments, the crafts shop, and dance lessons.
"The University is dedicated to the eternal verities of truth, enlightenment, and usefulness," Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy told those attending annual induction ceremonies for new students yesterday at Memorial Stadium.
The chancellor then led new students in a pledge patterned after an Athenian oath. In it they promised to "never bring disgrace to our University, cherish the ideals and traditions of the University, to revere and obey the University's laws, and use our influence to incite a like attitude in those about us."
For the Scripture Dr. Murphy read a section of Exodus which was the background for the University seal. The seal portrays Moses and the burning bush. The Latin motto on the seal means "I will see this great sight, why the bush was not burnt," explained Laurence C. Woodruff, dean of students. He said the light symbolized by that fire must never be extinguished and that each generation must light the way for the next.
Chancellor Murphy told students that "tonight we commemorate the first fire that burned for higher education in Kansas," preceding the traditional torch race and the lighting of the altar fire on the platform.
A convocation to explain the traditions of the University to the new students was held in Hoch Auditorium preceding the induction service.
In a humorous skit students were told how Kansafs and particularly University students got the name of Jayhawks, how crimson and blue became the school colors, and how the Alma Mater and the Rock Chalk yell came into being.
The skit was directed by Lou Ann Pendergast, Wichita senior, Sharon Sue Stout, Wichita sophomore, and Ronald Frederick, Mission junior, of the All Student Council, traditions committee.
Beckmann In Tokyo On Tour of Asia
In Tokyo, Prof. Beckmann will spend part of the time doing research work, and then will tour Japan, Prof. Anderson said, and will work his way south to observe contemporary developments in southeast Asia.
George M. Beckmann, associate professor of history, is in Tokyo, Japan, on the first leg of a study tour of southeast Asia, Dr. George L. Anderson, professor of history and department chairman, said today. Prof. Beckmann is on leave of absence made possible by a grant from the Ford Foundation. He will return in January.
Sound Labs To Be In Blake Annexes
New sound laboratories are being constructed in annexes A and B of Blake Hall. When the construction is completed the sound laboratories in Strong Annex and the one in the tower of Fraser Hall will be discontinued. The work is scheduled to be completed some time near the middle of the fall semester, according to R. Keith Lawton, administrative assistant for operations.
During the summer the Romance Language department was moved to Fraser Hall. The Germanic Language department has always been located there. The new sound laboratory will be easily accessible to both departments. The remodeling is being done by Building and Grounds.