Daily Flu Shot Total Down
Fatigue Biggest Health Danger, Canuteson Says
Only about 100 flu shots have been given since Friday morning in contrast to an average of about 100 shots a day last week. Dr. Ralph I. Canuteson, director of the Student Health Service, said Tuesday.
The low number of shots boosted the total given to about 4,050 but is 2,850 short of the 7,000 goal. About 105 booster shots have been given since Friday.
"An interesting thing is that more booster shots are being given than first shots," Dr. Canuteson said, "which goes to show that students interested in protecting themselves are coming in."
Dr. Canuteson said if students would get two more hours sleep at night it would make a tremendous difference in their chances of not catching the flu.
"Fatigue is the basic thing involved in catching the flu, and what brings on the flu in the students is that they are completely tired out from outside activities and staying up late," he said.
Flu-caused absenteeism jumped alarmingly in Kansas last week and five deaths have been attributed to the illness and its complications. Dr. James Mott, state health officer, said today.
Dr. Mott said 24,000 persons were absent from jobs and classrooms last week in 37 counties. He said the flu was both of Asian and "other" strains. The figure, if extended to encompass the state's total number of counties, would indicate more than 70,-000 persons were absent from work and school last week.
The national flu death toll climbed to 568, with at least 41 new fatalities reported since Monday. New York leads the nation with 134 deaths. Nebraska has recorded 16, Colorado 10 and Oklahoma 5.
Prepare For Summer 'Get Your Polio Shots'
Now is the perfect time to start taking polio shots to be ready for the polio season next summer, Dr. Ralph Canuteson, director of the University Health Service, said Tuesday.
"If students start taking their polio shots now they will have a high degree of protection before the season starts around June," he said.
Hunt For New Coach Moves Quietly Along
The job of finding a successor for football coach Chuck Mather is quietly progressing.
"The committee welcomes any suggestions, and we will weigh each one carefully," said Laurence Woodruff, dean of students and chairman of the KU Athletic Board and the subcommittee in charge of finding Mr. Mather's replacement.
Dean Woodruff said the committee will make a list of all possible candidates for the job, consider each as a candidate until it is determined that he is either not interested in the job or is not the coach the University wants.
Mr. Mather resigned Wednesday, effective at the end of the season. Five of his assistants will leave with him.
"If a man appears to be a good prospect for the job, we will find out if he is interested, and when the list is narrowed to four or six, we will invite each of them in to meet with our committee," Dean Woodruff said.
Dean Woodruff said that Arthur C. (Dutch) Lonborg, director of athletics, will be mainly responsible for investigating and talking to candidates for the position.
The state Board of Regents will make the final decision on hiring a coach. The subcommittee of the Athletic Board is responsible to the Athletic Board, which is responsible to Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy, who is responsible to the Board of Regents
He said there isn't much chance to catch polio in the fall and winter season. Students who started taking their shots in the spring should have their last shot before January, he said.
Three shots are required, each costing $1.50. The first two shots are given three weeks apart and the final shot is given in six or eight months.
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At the end of August, 2,829 polio shots had been given. There were 610 first shots given, 1,760 second shots and 459 final shots.
Occasional rain or drizzle east portion tonight and Thursday. Partly cloudy west Thursday. Warmer east tonight and south portion Thursday. Low tonight 30s west to lower 40s east. High Thursday 45 to 55.
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55th Year, No. 39
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Wednesday, Nov. 6, 1957
—(Daily Kansan photo)
CAROUSEL PRODUCTION—Busy preparing decorations for their Student Union Activities Carnival booth, "Carnival Carousel," are members of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. They are, left to right, Beverly Sargent, Great Bend, Suzie Smith, Arkansas City, Marietta Meiggs, Mission, Jo Monsees, Brookline, Mass., sophomores. Seventeen booths will be opened and 15 skits presented at the SUA Carnival Saturday night.
Change K-State Name? Opinion Divided In Poll
The name of Kansas State College should be changed to Kansas State University, according to 6 of 12 students interviewed Tuesday by the University Daily Kansan.
The six students in favor of the change were split in their reasons. Five of the six said the name should be changed as long as the school met the requirements of a university; one said the change might bring more prestige to the state.
Four of the five against the change said it would be confusing to have two state universities in Kansas. The remaining one said "No" to the change because of school pride.
One student said the proposed change "should make no difference to us."
One of the students saying "No" to the change said the name "should be changed, but to Kansas University of Agriculture."
Sandy Vedder, Kansas City, Mo. sophomore—"No. Such a change would be confusing, with Kansas University already here."
Barbara Day. Kansas City, Mo.
sophomore — "Yes. The change
would be all right if the school
meets the requirements of a university."
Lloyd Wood, Enterprise freshman — "No. That would be terrible. There should be only one Kansas University."
Ron Harkness, Hays freshman— "No, because of the confusion the change would cause."
John Leatherman, Chapman junior—"Yes. If the school is set up as a university, it should be called one."
Humanities Talk Tuesday
A leading anthropologist who refuses to believe that man is the "last word" in the evolutionary process will present a Humanities Series lecture in Fraser Theater, at 8 p.m. Tuesday.
He is Dr. Loren C. Eiseley, chairman of the department of anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania and former KU faculty member. His topic will be "Modern Man: The Crisis in His Evolution."
During the three days he will spend on the KU campus, Dr. Eisley will speak to 10 different classes and other faculty and student groups. He will be house guest of Dr. and Mrs. Carroll D. Clark, 643 Indiana St.
He will take part in an "open conversation" at 4 p.m. Monday in the Student Union Browsing Room under the auspices of Student Union Activities. The topic will be "New Interpretations of Early Man." Dr.
DR. LOREN C. EISELEY
Dr. Eiseley will speak to History Club members and guests on the subject, "The Antecedents of Darwinian Thought," at 7 p.m. Wednesday. The meeting will be in the Student Union Pine Room.
Rupert Murrill, assistant professor of sociology, and Carroll Clark, professor of sociology, will join in the discussion.
In his latest book, "The Immense Journey," Dr. Eiseley expounds in 13 essays his basic conviction that it is by no means impossible that some organism as lowly as man's remotest ancestors may some day achieve as spectacular a success along a very different line.
Reviewing the new book in the New York Herald Tribune, Joseph Wood Krutch wrote, "The often told story (the adventures of living organisms) is here told with unusual eloquence and imagination as well as from a fresh point of view."
ASC Achieves Three Goals, Pushes Others
Three goals of an 8-goal program set up by the All Student Council at the beginning of the semester have been crossed.
Action so far has included:
Dick Patterson, Kansas City junior and chairman of the ASC, said the Council is pushing for action on the other points.
A referendum voted down Oct. 30 to lower from 75 to 1 the minimum votes required to elect a voting representation to the Council.
Voting down identification cards for student wives
Setting up a Curriculum Evaluation Committee.
To Be Acted On
Left to be acted upon are the football seating and campus parking problems, and an evaluation of class officer positions.
The council will also;
Take up a program for increased awareness of foreign affairs.
Work on a continued study of racial equality.
Discuss the merits of belonging to the National Student Assn.
"We are compiling information on what football seating plans other schools have used and if any appear more workable than ours we will try to adopt them." Patterson said.
Patterson said traffic legislation has been taken out of the Council's hand and will be handled by a joint student and faculty Parking and Traffic Committee.
"Our course of action would be to assist the parking committee by pointing out student opinion on what the students think would alleviate the traffic problem," he said.
Class Officer Responsibilities
Class Officer Respon- Patterson said class officers are now elected only for the honor, and the ASC will try to give them some responsibilities by placing them on different committees.
The evaluation committee is being organized in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and will present student opinion on changes desired in the curriculum.
An American World War I film issued four times and viewed by 100 million persons. "All Quiet on the Western Front," will be shown at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Hoch Auditorium.
War Movie To Be Shown
A critic for the New Yorker magazine said the battle scenes in the film are among the best ever made. The film was issued first in 1930.
The film stars Lew Ayrres, Louis Wolheim and Slim Summerville. Dialogue is by Maxwell Anderson and George Abbott. The book from year's Film Series. No admission will be charged.
This is the third movie of this and reissued in 1934, 1939, and 1950 which the film story was taken was written by Erich M. Remarque, a German.
Short Classes On Thursday
Classes will be shortened Thursday morning to allow for the all-University convocation, with Sen. John Kennedy as the speaker.
The class schedule:
8 o'clock classes, 8-8:30 a.m.
9 o'clock classes, 8:40-9:10 a.m.
Convocation, 9:20-10:30 a.m.
10 o'clock classes, 10:40-11:10 a.m.
11 o'clock classes, 11:20-11:50 a.m.