Excitement Marks Frenzied Weekend
By Mary Dunlap
Bright, sunny weather made a perfect setting for KU's 40th Annual Relays Weekend—an exciting, fun-filled two days of track events, expositions, music, and dancing.
Flags waved from street corners and little boys leaned out of windows to catch a glimpse of Governor William Avery as he led the annual Relays Parade in downtown Lawrence at 10 a.m.
Joseph R. Pearson Hall teamed with Sigma Kappa sorority to win first place in the float contest. On the large float, two Keystone Kops leaned out of a Model-T as a large Jayhawk, complete with director's checkered cap, directed the filming of "Million Dollar Legs." Girls in short Charleston dresses danced, a track team kept paces, and the wheels of the Kops' car turned crazily as a photographer took pictures.
Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity and Alpha Delta Pi sorority won second place with their float, depicting a giant Jayhawk and a 170-proof still, titled, "Building Relays Spirits."
THE TWO WINNERS and two runners-up—Delta Upsilon and Delta Gamma's "Spirit of St. Louis," a memorial tribute to Don Pierce, late KU Sports Publicity Director, and Phi Delta Theta and Gamma Phi Beta's "Birth of the Relays,"—were awarded trophies during the opening ceremonies at Memorial Stadium in the afternoon.
Campus visitors, students, and small children walked and marveled through the New Engineering Building, scene of the 45th annual Engineering Exposition, held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
"Moon Olympics," sponsored by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Sigma Gamma Tau, illustrated how weightlessness allows a person to maneuver at one-sixth of his normal body weight.
Suspended in the air by ropes connected to pulleys, the "astronaut" was able to push away from a vertical board, flipping in nearly complete freedom.
EXHIBITS JUDGED the best in the Exposition were, first, "Moon Olympics"; second, the exhibit of the American Society of Civil Engineers; and third, Eta Kappa Nu's exhibit.
At 1 p.m., it was Relays time once more, and thousands of track and field fans moved to Memorial Stadium to watch the finals in 30 events.
The track and field was a mosaic of bright orange, pink, blue red and yellow as the top high school, college, and university trackmen filled the field and faced the final day of competition.
Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe introduced the 1965 Relays Queen, Danielle Goering, Wichita senior, and her two attendants, Sibyl Brewster, Hutchinson sophomore, and Kay Willard, St. Louis, Mo., freshman, to the crowd. The three awarded trophies to various winners throughout the afternoon.
ON THE HILL above the stadium, athletes lounged on the grass in front of two bright blue tents, watching the action below.
The appearance of Randy Matson, in the dark maroon of the Texas Aggies, thrilled the crowd as he tossed the shot-put 65 feet, 9 and three-fourths inches.
The tempo of the day did not stop at evening, as visitors and students were given the choice of attending the International Festival, the SUA Street Dance, or the opera. "The Marriage of Fiction."
The Comancheros, a band that got its start in Lawrence, sent wild sounds into the calm night at the SUA "Forty Years Ago" street dance.
Students and campus guests "jerked," "monkeyed," and sang to the Comancheros' beat until 11:30 p.m. The dancers were joined by two large dogs, who added their barking to the music.
ONE OF THE highlights of the evening was the presentation of the 1965 Relays Queen and her attendants during an intermission.
Seniors Appointed To Phi Beta Kappa
Thirty-seven KU seniors have been elected to Phi Beta Kappa, national honor society in the liberal arts.
They and the eight members of the 1965 class honored as juniors bring the total to 45, nearly six per cent of the liberal arts seniors. Other seniors probably will be chosen on the basis of their spring semester grades.
The University of Kansas chapter, which is in its 75th anniversary year, will have an initiation dinner May 10. The speaker will be Prof. Clifford P. Osborne of the philosophy department.
ALL SENIORS chosen are enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, unless otherwise noted. Those elected are:
Patricia Barnes, Osage City, School of Education, French; Karl E. Becker Jr., Wichita, chemistry and economics; George S. Benson, El Dorado, chemistry; Robert A. Beyerlein, Phillipsburg, chemistry;
Dennis L. Bicknell, Pittsburg, economics; Pamela J. Botts, Blue Springs, Mo., psychology and sociology; Richard S. Bowman, Merriam, international relations; Margaret Caswell, Kansas City, Mo., political science;
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Another example of the performances was a miniature Chinese opera with ancient lion and robin dances. The plot concerned a shepherd boy who, attracted by the beauty of a young lass, abandons his sheep in order to serenade her.
INDIA started the program and won the skit competition with a lively dance celebrating the success of crop harvest. As it was for most groups, there was no elaborate scenery for the skit. It relied upon a lively dance and song to paint the picture.
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The shepherd proposes to the girl and she accepts. With their
American students from KU sang folk songs and Luis Cendejas, special student from Mexico, played two piano numbers.
International Fest Takes Audience Around World
Exhibit Wins Big Crowds
They went around the world in just 3 hours, not 80 days.
With 110 foreign and American students serving as guides, some 1.000 people, attending the International Festival in Hoch Auditorium Saturday night, used their imagination as a vehicle as they traveled from culture to culture.
Between the various performances, there were lighter moments of humor and song. Two British graduate students, Hugh Taylor, master of ceremonies, and Trevor Waters sugared the program with jokes and humorous skits.
The program exposed the audience to a diversity of cultural arts. The mood ranged from the tenderness of a Chinese love song to the flamboyancy of an Indian harvest dance.
By Larry Ketchum
A huge slide rule and a gigantic ruler formed an arch in front of the entrance to the new engineering building. Thousands of persons—students, faculty, alumni, and visitors—passed under this arch Friday and Saturday to view the many exhibits of the 45th annual Engineering Exposition at KU.
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John S. McNown, dean of the engineering school, opened the exposition at noon Friday with an address in front of the engineering building. The exposition closed at 4 p.m. Saturday.
AT THE ENGINEERING awards dinner Saturday night, awards were presented to the three outstanding exhibits. First place went to an exhibit entitled "Moon Olympics," presented by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Sigma Gamma Tau.
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In the "Moon Olympics" exhibit, student engineers performed acrobatic stunts with ease, as if they were weightless. A system of belts and cables supported the land-bound "astronaut" parallel, to a vertical wall. The feet of the "astronaut" rested on the side of the wall. The system simulated conditions on the moon, according to Larry Sukut, Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., junior and president of the AIAA. Weight was reduced to one-sixth and the "astronauts" participating in the exhibit performed acrobatic flips and jumped over barrels easily.
The predicted temperature tonight will be in the mid to upper 40's with southeasterly winds from 5 to 15 miles per hour. Skies will be clear to partly cloudy through Tuesday.
parents' permission, the two are married on Chinese New Year's Eve.
The African Club, winner of last year's skit competition, presented the coronation of a tribal chief. Songs, dances and drums provided the background as villagers celebrated the selection of the chief, chosen with the help of the witch doctor. The chief gave an inauguration speech and afterwards the villagers sang.
COMPARING this program to last year's, Pragash Negori, Indian sophomore and publicity chairman of the festival, said, "There were many other activities being held this year that didn't compete with us last year, but we still drew a good crowd and pleased the people."
David Vargas, Costa Rican sophomore, who doubled as performer and program committee chairman, said:
"The audience was very kind and did much to encourage the students who were participating. The show was a little longer than we expected, but people were still
reluctant to go home even when the show had ended. They stayed around talking about the show and congratulating the performers."
After accepting the first-place award for the Indian group, Prem Gupta, graduate student and president of the Indian Club, said he was very surprised at their winning because he thought there were better skits.
Gupta said he would present the trophy to the Indian Club at its meeting.
Although it's too soon for the committee to start planning for next year, some of the audience of this year's performance have already started considering next year's return.
Mardi Graham, Kansas City sophomore, said, "I thought this Festival was very colorful and I can't wait until next year's. I plan to return."
Melania Lopez, special student from Panama, said, "I liked every skit. I agree with the judges; it was hard to decide a winner since they all won."
Law Honors to Future Jurists
By Ernie Ballweg
The awards were presented by James K. Logan, dean of the law school, at a banquet Saturday night.
Awards, honors and a speech by Robert Londerholm, Kansas attorney general, highlighted the celebration of Law Day Saturday for more than 200 KU law students, faculty and guests.
JOHN H. JOHNTZ JR., Wichita third year law student, was chosen for the C. C. Stewart award which goes to the most outstanding graduating senior. Dean Logan said that the award included $100. It is given annually by the KU law school endowment association and is named after a local attorney who served with the endowment group.
Johntz, Edward M. Boyle, Kansas City third year law student, and James L. Crabtree, Ransom third year law student, were selected to the Order of the Coif.
This organization is the law school's equivalent to Phi Beta Kappa. To be eligible for membership, the student must rank in the
upper 10 per cent of his class and possess other leadership qualities.
JOHNTZ AND BOYLE also received awards from the Lawyer's Title Company of Richmond, Va., for having 3.0 grade averages in all property courses.
ERNEST Z. ADELMAN, Kansas City third year law student, and Thomas J. Pitner, Glasco second year law student, both received awards of $250 for being chosen by the faculty as being the most outstanding members of Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity. The award is presented annually by an anonymous alumnus.
Johntz and Boyle also ranked first and second in writing the best comment article for the KU Law Review, Receiving the awards for the best case note articles were Frederick L. Haag, Wichita third law student, and David R. Hededersted, Salina second year law student. These awards consisted of various law books.
Richard L. Zinn, Wichita second year law student, received the William L. Burdick scholarship of
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Law School Selects Moot Court Winners
Maurice E. Vorhies, Augusta second year law student, has been chosen the top contestant of the 1965 KU law school's James Barclay Smith Moot Court Competition.
William A. McAdoo, Larned second year law student, was selected as second place contestant. David M. Linihan, Leaword second year law student, and Richard F. Haitrink, Salina second year law student, placed next in the competition.
The KU edition of the moot court competition, named after Professor James Barclay Smith of the law school, is part of a national contest involving accredited law schools. The two top finalists will represent KU's law school in the regional moot competition next fall in St. Louis.
Judges for the event were Arthur J. Stanley Jr., Chief Judge of the United States District Court; John Fontron, Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court and Harry G. Miller Jr., judge of the Wyandotte County District Court.
The four finalists in the competition for second year law students were selected through a series of preliminary trials.
James K. Logan, dean of the KU law school, said, "All four finalists performed brilliantly. There was very little difference among the abilities of all four finalists."
The announcement of the winners by Dean Logan was made at the Law Day banquet Saturday. Logan presented the first two men with checks for $50, while the third and fourth place finishers received $25.