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55th Year, No. 58
LAWRENCE. KANSAS
Monday, Dec. 9, 1957
TO THE QUEEN,THE SPOILS-Marcia Hall,(right) presents a favor to Peggy McCormack,1957 queen. (Daily Kansan photo)
Sophomore Crowned Military Ball Queen
Peggy McCormack, a raven-haired, 5-foot 2-inch Kansas City, Mo. sophomore, was crowned queen of the 35th annual Military Ball Saturday by George Smith, dean of the University.
Cormack represented Alpha Chi Omega sorority.
She was escorted to the bandstand for the crowning under an arch of sabers formed by members of Scabbard and Blade, ROTC honor society. Marcia Hall, Coffeyville junior and queen of the 1956 Military Ball, assisted Dean Smith in the crowding.
Landscaping On Schedule
Carillon To Play Christmas Carols
The landscaping construction at the Music and Dramatic Arts building is progressing on schedule and should be almost completed by midwinter, Keith Lawton, administrative assistant for operations, said today.
The service drive, to go from Hoch Auditorium behind the Music and Dramatic Arts Building to Nalsmith Drive, cannot be put in until after cold weather is past.
All the work involved in the project, with the exception of running an asphalt service drive, should be done within six to eight weeks, he said.
The project includes water lines, steam tunnels, contour grading, drainage pipes, service drive and sidewalks and is being done by the Kansas Construction Co. of Lawrence at a cost of $74,506.
Beginning Monday, Christmas carols will be played on the carillon in the campanile. They will be played every noon until Christmas vacation. They will also be played during the 45 minute concerts, 7 p.m. Wednesday evening and 3 p.m. Sunday.
The carols will include the traditional ones such as "Silent Night" "O Come All Ye Faithful" and "O Little Town of Bethlehem" and carols from other countries.
The queen's attendants were Margie Critten, Kansas City, Mo. freshman from Gertrude Sellars Pearson Hall, and Dana Haglund, Wichita junior from the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority.
About 1,000 ROTC cadets and their dates attended the ball, which was started in 1923, when two Army units were training on the campus.
Before the ball, the three finalists were guests at a Scabbard and Blade dinner in the Student Union Kansas Room. Dean Smith spoke at the dinner, which was attended by Scabbard and Blade members and their dates, ROTC staff advisers, and the ROTC staff commanders.
Tonight partly cloudy. Not so cold east and central portions.
Tuesday mostly cloudy strong shifting winds and turning colder.
Low tonight 30-40. High Tuesday 50s south to 40s north.
Weather
Low this morning 23. Low Sunday 29, high 40. Low Saturday 23,
high 46.
Examination Class Schedules To Be out Soon
The schedule for final examinations has been made up by registrar James K. Hitt and will be announced as soon as it is approved by the University Senate.
Mr. Hitt said this schedule should be out before Christmas vacation begins. Probably sometime next week copies of the schedule will be available in the registrar's office, 122 Strong.
Mr. Hitt has also been working on class schedules for the spring semester. He said the schedule booklets should be available soon after vacation.
If any student wants to plan his spring semester schedule early he can use the typed copy of the schedule on the counter in the registrar's office.
Vandals Hit Jimmy, AOPi
Jimmy Green got a new coat of paint, a sign of the mystery fraternity, TNE, was left at the Alpha Omicron Pi sorority, and a student had his coat stolen over the weekend, campus police reported today.
The Jimmy Green statue received a coat of buff and white paint at about 3:10 a.m. today, Charles Eberwain, night watchman in that area, told police he saw two boys walking toward the statue as he was going into the Student Union but they were not carrying anything. The prakksters left the paint cans and brushes at the statute.
Police found a cloth sign with black letters spelling TNE tacked on the sorority door at about 4:10 this morning.
William G. Daut, Arkansas City freshman, reported to police Saturday that his grey car coat had been stolen from the dressing room in Robinson Gymnasium.
A soft drink deliverman apparently became perturbed with students seeking free cokes from the machines. A note posted on one of them reads:
The Line Forms To Your Right
Keep slugs out of this machine and it will work. If you are too D-- - - - tight to put a nickel in it, don't ruin it for someone else. Come tell me and I'll give you a coke free.
Cokeman
GO MEN—The Four Freshmen, Ken Albers playing trumpet, Ross Barbour drums, and Bob Flanigan bass, display their versatility. (Daily Kansan photo)
Four Freshmen Attract 2,000
Versatility and an easy, relaxed manner marked the performance of the Four Freshmen Sunday before about 2,000 persons in Hoch Auditorium.
Although they were 30 minutes late due to plane trouble in New York, N. Y., the four did not let their rushed trip, made with a police escort from the Kansas City, Mo. airport, bother them, and held the audience's attention with their music and light chatter.
Campus Chest Bestows Title
Tom Rinehart, Liberal senior; nominated by Delta Gamma, was crowned Mr. Campus Chest at intermission of the Four Freshmen concert Sunday night. Jerry Elliott, Hutchinson senior, nominated by Pi Beta Phi, and Elwood Armstrong, De Soto, senior nominated by Miller Hall, were runners-up.
The men were nominated for the contest by the women's houses where they work as waiters. The winner was chosen by the amount of money placed in a jar with his name on it in Strong Hall. A total of $352 was contributed to the Campus Chest drive through the contest.
The total amount of money collected for the drive was about $1800
the drive was about $1800.
About $450 has been turned in by
organized houses by Sunday night,
Most of this was in the form of
Student Union bookstore rebate
slips.
About $1000 had been made for the drive in advance ticket sales for the Four Freshman contest.
Don't Drive With Peephole
(Editor's note: This is the first in a series of three articles about winter driving conditions, traffic laws and care of an automobile in cold weather written by Douglas Parker, Daily Kansan reporter.)
Long lines of waiting cars, sliding tires and frustrated drivers will soon appear when snow and ice cover the campus. At this time the campus police adopt the motto, "Be Prepared."
Chief Joe Skillman suggests common sense laws and precautions will keep all drivers out of trouble.
"The real problem is the guy who tries to come up the hill with snow tires and a little peephole in his
window," he said, "and then gets tied up on the hill because he can't move his car on the ice and traffic becomes snarled.
"He not only slows himself down but causes other persons to get in a hurry and drive dangerously," Chief Skillman said.
A must for every winter driver are chains and snow tires, he said. A working defroster and a window scraper are important, too, he added.
3. Bad Months
December, January and February are the worst months for driving, he said, so drivers should start getting tools by October to be prepared for winter driving.
"Snow tires work fairly well and are good equipment to have in the
Chains Needed For Ice
winter months, but the snow tire has very little effect under icy conditions."
"This is a bad time of the year for accidents, but if a person observes all the rules in preparing for this kind of weather, he could lower the accident rate below that of any other month."
"Under icy conditions chains should always be used on the campus if a person expects to get around," he said.
Chief Skillman said there are no special winter campus laws for driving, but many civil laws are broken by people who do not break police laws.
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While the audience waited for the Four, Freshmen, Roger Brown, Topeka senior, sang ballads.
The Four Freshmen, Ross and Don Barbour, Ken Albers and Bob Flanigan, showed great versatility by playing a number of different instruments as well as singing. Members of the group even exchanged instruments during a song. Ross Barbour and Mr. Flanigan kept up a steady stream of humorous conversation between numbers.
KU was the last stop for the group on a 40-day tour which included 31 1-night engagements. The men live in Los Angeles and they will be there making records and a few special performances until they go on tour again in February.
"We play colleges mostly," he said. "It is our chosen field. In night clubs there are always a lot of people talking and many people go there just to drink. In concerts like this one the people who aren't interested don't come."
"We usually spend about 40 weeks a year on the road," Ross Barbour said "We usually tour for a month and then take a 9-day vacation."
The group originally started singing together "just for fun" while in school at Butler College in Indianapolis, Ind in 1948. They were all studying to be music teachers. In 1950 Stan Kenton saw them and gave them their inspiration to become professional singers. The group is the same except for Ken Albers who joined the group about a year ago.
Each To His Own Note
All their early arranging was done by car. "Everyone just chose his own note," Ross Barbour said. "Please Remember" was their first recording. Most of their arranging is now done by Pete Rugolo and Dick Renolds.
The group left immediately afterwards to get another plane out of Kansas City. The group said they hoped to make the trip to Kansas City a little slower.
Quartet To Perform Tonight
The Fine Arts Quartet will play in the chamber music series at 8 tonight in Swarthout Recital Hall. ID cards will not admit students.