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President Eisenhower will speak In Memorial Coliseum at 8:30 p.m. ever, "because of the high political office he holds
we thought It
was our obligation to make the Coliseum available to Mr. Elsenhower "
The President's Islington visit l calculated to strengthen the
Dickey added that should Adlal Stevenson. Democratic presidential
campaign of GOP senatorial nominee John Sherman Cooper and nominee, request the same privilege. It would be extended to him.
Thrusfon It. Morton, and of Wallace Jones, former I'K
Traveling with the President will be I)r. Howard Snyder, his
now a candidate for Congress from the 6th district.
personal physician; James Hagerty, White Home secretary; and.
The speech, to be televised roast to coast by CBS. marks the second Thomas E. Stephens, campaign advisor to Eisenhower.
time within nine days the University has been featured on a nationRobert Montgomery, nationally known motion picture and tele
wide telecast the other being the opening football game with Georgia vision star, will arrive sometime before the President's group. Mont
Tech Sept. 22.
gomery will supervlsr the technical aspects of the television appearThe speech will be open to the public with no admission charge. ance.
Students do not need ID cards.
Arrangements have been made to set up a public addrevs system
Plans for the Eisenhower visit were first announced Sept. 1!) by should the crowd overflow the 1.V0O0 seat Coliseum.
Republican state campaign chairman Louis It. Nunn. Nunn said the
The University of Kentucky band will play for the Coliseum proarrangements for the speech would be handled largely by Fayette gram.
County Republican campaign committee, headed by John Kerr.
Special parking arrangements have been made at the airport t
According to Republican spokesmen, one of the decisive factors in accommodate 1.000 cars.
the choice of Lexington as the site for a major campaign speech was
Eisenhower's tentative schedule calls for him to leave the airport
the recent Kentucky law according
the voting privilege.
at 3:15. ten minutes after arrival. He and his party will arrive at the
Resides the Coliseum address, the "Elsenhower Day" activities will Phoenix Hotel at 3:45. A parade Is also scheduled at this time between
include a short address at Rluegrass Airport, where the president will the airport and the hotel.
arrive at 3:03 p.m. and another brief talk at the Phoenix Hotel followThe President will leave the hotel at 7:45. following the dinner
ing a 7:15 dinner there for county campaign chairmen.
for the county chairmen. The main addrevs will conclude sometime
By speaking here, Elsenhower becomes the first United States around 9 and Elsenhower will return
president to make two public appearances in Lexington while in office. uled to leave for Washington at 9:30. to the airport where he is schedHis first public address in Lexington was made April 23, 1954 at
The President and his party will fly in the presidential plane, th
the opening of Transylvania College's Development Program.
Columbine.
UK President Frank O. Dickey said an exception in University
Kerr said a display of flags, bunting, and pictures of Elsenhower
policy had to be made in order that Eisenhower might speak.
Dickey said the University's rule in the past has been not to permit is planned at key locations for the President's visit.
the use of any of its buildings for political purposes. He added, how
Title of the Eisenhower speech was not announced.
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Dr. Donovan Makes
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Terming it the "best of its kind in the land." president emeritus Herman I,. Donovan Sunday dedicated UK's new Coopers-towhousing project for married students.

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The project, to cost a net $3,160.-00- 0
($2,980,000 to be borne by a
bond issue plus $180,000 ol
University money), Is located on
the site of the original Coopers-towbuilt in 1945 and named in
honor of the late Deal! Thomas P.
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Expected Record Enrollment
Produces H ousing Problem
A new record in enrollment will be set this year for UK, Dr.
Robert L. Mills, registrar, has said.
According to figures released and Sciences has an enrollment of
Wednesday afternoon, there are 1,799 and the Engineering College
7,879 students enrolled in the Unihas 1.640. The Arts and Sciences
versity. Dr. Mills said that the enrollment, however, has increased
enrollment is expected to reach the only 38 students, while the Engi8,000 mark before registration is neering College shot up 265 over
last year.
closed Saturday.
Of the new freshmen, over 500,
The registrar pointed out that,
of the group,
while this year will bring about nearly one-thithe largest total enrollment at the signed up for Engineering.
University, it will not break the
The College of Commerce is the
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campus enrollment record. third largest college with an enDuring the 1947-4- 8 school year the rollment of 1,084, an increase of 128
enrollment on the Lexington cam- over last year. There are 715 stupus was over 7,800.
dents enrolled in the College of
The present enrollment figure Agriculture, 610 in the College of
includes the College of Pharmacy Education, 168 in the Pharmacy
at Louisville and the Northern College, and 124 in the College of
Center at Covington, which are not Law. Only the Graduate School
considered part of the main cam- has failed to go over its last year's
pus.
enrollment. So far only 651 stuDr. Mills said that there Is littls dents have enrolled, but the regisdoubt that the campus enrollment trar expects the enrollment to
record will be broken next year.
show an increase when registration
Over 2,000 new freshmen and closes tomorrow. There are also
transfer students went through 325 students enrolled in the ColOrientation Week, 1,572 'freshmen lege of Adult and Extension Eduand 511 transfers. According to cation taking night classes for
latest IBM tabulations. : there are credit.
2,160 students classified fas freshThe recording breaking enrollmen. This figure includes both ment has brought at least one
new freshmen and second semester major problem to the University,
freshmen.
that of living quarters for the stuThe IBM figures indicated that dents. With the exception of
the College of Arts and Sciences Bowman Hall, temporary beds have
Is the most popular, veith Engineer- been placed in every men's dormiing running a close second. Arts tory. Jewell Hall has 38 girls over
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Want To Debate?
Anyone Interested in becoming
a member of the debate team
should see Dr. G if ford Blyton,
room 137, Fine Arts Building.

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guests will be admitted to "Red
Shoes." "Pickwick Papers." "Carmen Jones." and "Henry V." Afternoon movies will not be shown
this year since there will be more
accommodation for night movies
in Memorial Hall.
Tickets may be purchased from
the Department of Audio-VisuServices in the basement of the
Agriculture Building either by
sending a check or coming to the
lobby of the Student Union Building, or they may be purchased
from any member of the Selection
Committee. Season tickets are $3,
regular individual tickets 35 cents
and the four special movies 50
cents. These movies will be shown
in Memorial Hall at 7:30 p.m. on
Thursdays.
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Students will be admitted by ID
card. Those who do not have identification cards will be admitted by
showing their registration receipt.
Tickets for student wives may be
obtained at the office of Dr. Leo
M. Chamberlain, UK vice president. The tickets will cost $5.00.
Tucker has earned the. reputation as "the greatest tenor singing
in the world today." He is in constant demand for leading roles at
the Metropolitan Opera, as soloist
with major symphony orchestras,
and for television, oratorio, recordings and radio engagements.
He- - has starred In such productions of the Metropolitan Opera as
"Carmen," "La Boheme," "Illgolet-to,- "
"Don Carlo," "Tale of Hoffman," an dmany other. He haa
recorded many complete opera
and collections of arias on the
Columbia Masterwork label and
for Angel Record.
During the concert Tucker will
sing selections from Mendelssohn's
"Elejah," Handel's "Judas Macca-baeus- ,"
Mozart's "Don Giovanni,"
and Bizet's "Carmen."

tional buildings . . . laboratories In
which you can learn about home
life, community living, and democratic processes In society."
Donovan termed the building,
which will house 330 student families, "memorials to those who pro
duccd Kentucky's greatest literature.
He charged the residents to bo
good citizens, nddtng each should.
irnut'tiir wtuti 10 wir run song,
God Bless Our Home."
The units are named for the
following Kentucky literary figures, all deceased:
Theodore O'Hara, Madison J.
Caweln. Alice llegan Rice and Tale
Young Rice, Irvln 8. Cobb. Grant
C. Knight. J. T. C. Noe, James
Lane Allen. Elizabeth Maddox
Roberts, Annie Fellows Johnston,
and John Fox, Jr.
Only 10 of the 13 units have
been named (The Rice House U
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Cooperstown Dedication
Herman L. Donovan delivers dedication add res
last Sunday at the new Cooperstown housing project. Pictured on the
speaking platform with Dr. Donovan are from left to right the Rev.
It. C. Spaine and President Dickey.
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Coliseum.

Fifteen movies are scheduled to be shown through the Camit is announced by Mrs. Ruby
pus Cinema program of 1956-57- ,
Service.
Hart, head of the Department of Audio-VisuCampus Cinema, sponsored by
cf Adult and Extension
Education, University of Kentucky,
brings films to the campus which
are no longer available at the commercial theaters. All suggestions
sent in response to the questionnaire last spring have been seriously considered, and. many of
these put into operation.
The schedule for this year Includes "There's No Business Like
Bhow Business," "Red Shoes,"
"Pickwick Papers," "Carmen
Jones," "The Promoter," and
"Henry V,"
Last year's policy of allowing
the season ticket holders to bring
one guest and have his ticket
punched an additional time will
also be followed this year with the
exception cf four movies. No

Donovan, who retired Sept. 1 a
president after serving more than
15 years, dedicated the
project to 11 of Kentucky'
great writers of the past and to
"the young people, present and
its normal capacity of 100. Boyd future, who will reside in the
Hall generally houses 134 freshmen apartments."
girls, but now has 140. Patterson
The former president told of the
Hall, another freshman dorm with history of Cooperstown. saying it
a normal capacity of 134, contains came into being after World War
150 women. Keeneland Hall only-- II when UK purchased prefabrihas more than the 300 girls it cated structures for $1 each to
house 334 married veterans and
would normally house.
According to a Board of Trustees their families.
ruling, both freshmen and sophoDonovan said the new apart
mores are required to live in resi- ments were more than merely
dence halls when rooms are avail- places to reside, but are "educa- -'
given prefable, but freshmen-arerence.
Dean of Men Leslie L. Martin
has said that if UK built "another
dormitory the size of Donovan Hall,
every year for the next three years,
they could fill the dorms and still
have people out in town." Donovan
Hall normally houses 350 men.

Richard Tucker, leading tenor of
the Metropolitan Opera Company,
will open the Central Kentucky
Concert and Lecture Series at 8:15
p.m. Monday, Oct. 4, in Memorial

Schedule Announced
For Campus Cinema
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Oct. 5 Is Deadline
To Register Autos
Final day for registration o f students motor vehiilcs lut
been set for October 5 according to Dave Ravencraft, Chairman
of the Judiciary Committee.
. A penalty of two dollars will be
put Into effect after the deadline
for registration.
A student desiring to register a
car must present a valid operator's
license to the dean of men's office, and must show that when he
is driving the vehicle he is Insured
against public liability In an
amount not less than tlO.000 and
against property damage In an
amount not less than $5,000. If the
student Is an undergraduate, the
application must be accompanied

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ent or guardian.
Ravencraft stated that all students seeking a parking permit
should come to room 201J at tho
Administration Building to appear

before the Judiciary Committee to
day at 3 pm. The SO A committer
will determine the need of the per
mlt.
Students prohibited to operate
vehicles are freshmen and sopho
mores, and students on academic
probation or disciplinary probation

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