Photo by Steve William
GREEK CONSTRUCTION—The Phi Kappa Psi house is one of the latest Greek buildings on campus. The new house is located west of the Nuclear Reactor. See related story inside on page nine.
Belafonte Appearance Replaces Annual Dance
The traditional Homecoming Dance has been cancelled this year because of the Harry Belafonte appearance Nov. 7. The annual ritual is being replaced by a pre-Homecoming dance where the queen candidates will be introduced.
"The Astronauts," a nationallyknown recording group, will play at the dance, which will be Oct. 30 in the Ballroom of the Kansas Union.
Douglas Dedo, Birmingham, Mich., senior and SUA board member, said yesterday the purpose of the dance
Smoky Lamp Gives DG's Extra Time
"THE ASTRONAUTS" are scheduled to play from eight to 12 p.m. The dance is being sponsored by the SUA with the sanction of the Queens' Committee.
is to introduce the Homecoming Queen candidates.
Down the fire escapes went approximately 70 Delta Gamma's in hair curlers, robes, cutoffs and trenchcoats when some faulty wiring caused a general fire alarm to be sounded.
Shortly after the 11 p.m. closing hours last night, smoke began filtrating through the halls of the Delta Gamma house, 1001 Emery Road. The source of the smoke could not be determined, and fearing a fire in shorted wiring, the girls called the fire department and cleared the house.
By the time the fire truck had arrived, sirens blaring, the men of Kappa Sigma, Delta Upsilon, and Sigma Nu had rallied to the scene to see if they could be of assistance.
"I understand that the 'Astronauts' are breaking another engagement to return to KU." Dedo said. "They were impressed by the enthusiasm the students showed at the dance Sept. 19 and they are working up a special program for their return appearance."
Amid the cheers of the fraternity boys, the firemen ran into the DG house and put out the fire—a shorted, smoking desk lamp.
Tickets for the dance will be sold for $1.50 a couple and $1 single. The date tickets will go on sale will be announced later.
"COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN and members are needed for publicity, ticket sales, decorations, and arrangements." Dedo said. "Those interested may fill out an application in the SUA office. Interviews will be held tonight. The time will be posted in the SUA office."
Dedo said approximately 5500 students attended the "Astronauts" first KU performance at the Kansas Union Open House Sept.19.
Adjournment Near
WASHINGTON —(UPI) — Tired House members cheered, whooped and applauded a demand to adjourn.
A similar proposal had been made yesterday — and pulled back today — by Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield. However, Democratic Leader Carl Albert's support for the plan gave it new life and a fair chance of formal approval.
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LAWRENCE, KANSAS
62nd Year, No.10
Thursday, Oct. 1, 1964
Navy Finds Thresher. Takes Photos of Hull
WASHINGTON—(UPI)The Navy said today it has located the main wreckage of the nuclear powered submarine Thresher, which vanished off Cape Cod on April 10, 1963, with 129 men aboard.
A task group headed by the deep-diving bathyscaphe Trieste II took photographs which show the tail section, the stern planes, the topside rudder and the superstructure of the sub.
One section carries the shattered Thresher's number—593.
The big sub vanished in 8,500 feet of water approximately 200 miles east of Cape Cod, Mass., in the greatest submarine disaster in peacetime history.
THE NAVY PLACED blame for the sinking on a pipe failure that let tons of sea water flood the ship's engine room.
The Trieste II involved in the latest search is a 6 1/2 foot sphere lowered and raised with the aid
of weights and a 45,000 ton "gasoline balloon." It is an advanced version of the Trieste I which in 1960 went to a record depth of 35,800 feet in the Pacific.
The Trieste I looked for the Thresher last year. It found much debris and small parts from the sub, but not the main sections. Last September, the Navy announced that the search had been completed.
HOWEVER, this summer, the Trieste II undertook research operations in the area where the sub vanished. It spent 37 hours in five dives during a renewed three-month search.
The announcement of the discovery of the wreckage was held up pending evaluation of the results.
TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT said this summer's operations "resulted in a significant improvement of the Navy's capability to search out and inspect objects in depths approaching 10,000 feet."
Case of Empty Wallet Hits; Students Seek Scholarships
By Jane Larson
Once again fee payment has hit KU and some students are feeling the pang of the empty wallet or the deficient bank account.
Most of these students will turn to one of three things; a part-time job, a loan, or a scholarship.
Although not as popular as the scholarship or loan service approximately two out of five students hold part-time jobs.
THE HYPNOTIC HOLD of the dollar over the KU student will drive him to tolerate such things as the boredom of the conveyor belt, the intense heat of the blast furnace, or maybe even the warm California sun.
However, as school resumes the financially drained student must seek a job so that he may further his education.
According to Dana Stevens, assistant director of the Aids and Awards department, more men than women hold jobs while attending KU. Women are more likely to try for scholarships or loans.
variety, time and location. Employment may be found on the KU campus, in downtown Lawrence, or with the townspeople, ranging from the herpetology lab in Dyke to a Pizza hangout in town, to washing windows for one of the townsfolk.
THE JOBS AVAILABLE to the KU student are limitless in both
Many Lawrence residents need students for only one or two days to help with household chores. This may include lawn care, fence building, or window washing. Many students are on call for exactly this type of work.
JOBS WHICH STUDENTS find most popular are those of clerk, salesman, waiter, dishwasher, library assistant, mechanic, cashier, usher, and janitor. Other jobs may range from a locker plant, where meat cutting experience is necessary, to a freight checker, to a male student wanted to model bath suits.
Miss Karlene Howell, director of women's employment and assistant to the Dean of Women, said that full-time women students usually work only 10-15 hours per week, earning the average campus wage of approximately $7.0-$8 per hour.
Most women work simply to augexpresses, she said. However borrowing is becoming increasingly popular among women students.
In the 1963-64 school year one out of every three KU students received a scholarship or loan aid from the University.
DURING THE LAST YEAR more than $2,000,000 was provided through both scholarships and loans.
If a student wishes a scholarship he may consider two types: that for which a student applies directly to the Office of Aids and Awards and that for which a student is considered by application only.
Three main factors help determine the scholarship winners: (1) a superior academic record, (2) financial need, and (3) responsible participation in school and community activities.
ANOTHER SOLUTION to financial hardship is the loan provided by the National Defense Education Act which enables a student to borrow a maximum of $1,000 per year.
Students may also take advantage of the short term students loans and the United Student Aid Fund loans.
KU Student, Chinese Ease Tensions on Island
Bv Judv Farrell
For two weeks this summer, Lacy Banks, Kansas City senior, participated in an international experiment to bring East and West together.
It was more than just a good will trin to the Far East. Isolated on an uninhabited island, Banks and other American students lived and worked beside Chinese students.
beside Chinese students.
“There were some tension-filled moments by the end of the two weeks.” Banks said, “but nothing serious enough to make us start a war out there.”
The experiment was the second phase of a Hong Kong project for Banks. He was one of eight college men from the central and western United States who participated in the International Workshop seminar June 25 to Aug. 25 in Japan, Hong Kong and the Philippines.
Banks was sponsored by the national Young Men's Christian Association and the West-Central Area YMCA.
Banks, co-president of the KU-Y,
earned $2,000 for trip expenses in two_folk-singing concerts last spring
"We had our own little civilization out there." Banks said.
National attitudes began to creep out after the first few days on the island, he said. The Chinese boys would pair off in front of the Americans and begin laughing and talking in Chinese. This aroused suspicion on the part of the Americans.
For their last night on the island, the men paired off into teams and presented short skits. The teams discovered each had chosen one of the "tension-filled moments" for parody.
"We laughed at our misunderstandings then." Banks said, "and they became funny. Our life on the island was a lesson in group dynamics. We tried to accomplish in two weeks what mankind has been trying to do for four centuries — to bring East and West together."
The Americans and their Chinese partners completed a tool shack and two piers for a future YMCA recreation camp on the island.
"I was much of an oddity," he said.
"One very seldom does a Negro in
that part of the world. Some of the children tried to rub the color off, but when they discovered it didn't rub off, we quickly became friends. They'd see me smile and they'd respond by smiling. That was our communication."
Building a recreation center in a parkland area at Omuta, a city on Kyushu, the southernmost island of Japan, was the first work for the men. They were teamed with eight students from Kyushu University for the two-week project.
Japanese women also worked on the project, taking the place of their
Weather
Skies will remain generally fair today, accompanied by warm temperatures and slightly higher humidity. According to the weather bureau there is a chance for thundershowers tonight and tomorrow. The temperature will drop to 60 degrees tonight, and temperatures will be cooler tomorrow.
husbands who were coal miners. The coal mines, Omuta's largest industry, sponsored the recreation center project.
Social work on the rooftops of resettlement houses in Hong Kong was the next project for the team. The resettlement blocks, huge living quarters, house mostly Red Chinese refugees.
Paired with a Chinese college student. Banks spent two weeks teaching songs and games to children.
Communication was a problem, Banks said, as the children were often shy. Ping pong, a favorite game among Chinese, served as one link.
"Hong Kong is the stabilizing force of eastern Asia." Banks said.
The Viet Nam threat was only five hundred miles away, yet the people of Hong Kong did not show any alarm, he said.
"People are Hong Kong's main asset and Hong Kong's main problem," he said. "Of the four million people living in Hong Kong, 95 per cent live in an area of less than 25 square miles."
Hong Kong faces shortages in ground space, housing and water, he said. Vertical building, using the theory of the skyscraper, is emphasized. Water was rationed this past summer.
Ten days were spent visiting schools and YMCA's in Baguio, Los Banos and Manila in the Philippines. The Americans presented a two-day forum in Manila called, "Moral Sickness in Nation Building."
"Every time we went to a university, I found the students were expecting me to sing." Banks said. "I discovered they had a prejudice of high estimation. The only Negroes they were acquainted with were Nat "King" Cole, Johnny Mathis and Harry Belafonte."
Because of these comparisons Banks said he sang nearly 100 songs in 10 days.
"I believe we established friendships and that in itself is useful," he said. "If there were such things as friendship armaments, there would not need to be military armaments."