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NUMBER 18

March 15 Last Date Organizations Washington Man's Address
Meet
May Enter All Campus Sing Contest Will Open Vocational

Wildca ts Play Ton igh t
In SEC Tournament

LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY, FRIDAY, MARCH

VOLUME XL

Virgil L. Couch, personnel director
the Economic Cooperation Ad- -;
ministration. Washington, D. C. win
speak in Memorial Hall at 4 o'clock
March 11 to open the Vocational
Information Conference.
The conference, sponsored by the
Office of the Dean of Women and
;he House Presidents' Council, is
conducted primarily for the freshman and sophomore women students and is designed to give them
authoritative information in vocational fields.

Annual Event Set
For March 29, 31
By Helen Deiss

Entries for the All Campus Sing
will still be accepted until March 15.
Martha Shindlebower, president of
Phi Beia, has announced.
Eight men's groups and 12 women's organizations have entered
the contest, to be held March 29,
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No changes will be made in selections, accompanists, or song leaders
after March 15, Miss Shindlebower
said.
Runnerup cups mill be awarded
for the first time this year. A new
trophy for men will be given because Delta Tau Delta, winning
three consecutive times, retained the
trophy awarded last March.
Alpha Xi Won
Last year's winner of the women's
group was Alpha Xi Delta, with Alpha Delta Pi as runnerup. Second
in the men's division was Sigma Nu.
Women's semifinals will be held
Wednesday night, March 23, and
men's semifinals are scheduled for
tne lonowmg nignt. tour groups
from each division will compete in
the finals Friday night, March 31.
The All Campus Sing is sponsored
by Mortar Board and Omicron" Delta
Kappa, women's and men's national
leadership honoraries, and Phi Beta
and Phi Mu Alpha, women's and
men's music fraternities.
Committee Membership Listed
Committee members this year are
Miss Shindlebower, chairman, and
Annette Siler, Phi Beta; Joe Denny
and Jim Eversole, Phi Mu Alpha;
Bob Bleidt and Glenn Weather-spooODK, and Mary Carolyn Carver and Helen Deiss, Mortar Board.
Men's organizations already entered are Sigma Nu, Alpha Tau
Omega, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Pi
Kappa Alpha, Delta Tau Delta,
Lambda Chi Alpha. Delta Chi, and
Phi Sigma Kappa.
Women's entries are Jewell Hall,
Alpha Gamma Delta, Kappa Alpha
Theta. Alpha Xi Delta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Delta Zeta, Chi Omega,
Alpha Delta Pi. Kappa Delta, Zeta
Tau Alpha, Boyd Hall, and Delta
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A large crowd fathered in the Y Lounge of the Sl'B Tuesday
night to hear Dr. Arnold Come of Centre College, Danville. Dr. Come
was one of the many speakers on the campus this week helping observe Religious Emphasis Week. The observance continued from
Monday through Thursday.

Has Interview Information
The Economic Cooperation Administration, under the Marshall
Plan, has the most modern personnel program in the Federal Service.
Mr. Couch, who has interviewed
thousands of applicants for Jobs
during his career in Washington.
has valuable information about what
the employers are seeking and what
preparation is necessary to get these
jobs.
Mr. Couch is president of the So
ciety for Personnel Administration
of the Society
and
for the Advancement of Management. Besides holding other important offices he is chairman of
the Employee Relations Committee
of the Federal Personnel Council
and author of numerous articles on
personnel administration.

Civil Service Has
Jobs Open In Washington

Is I'K Graduate
Mr. Couch graduated from UK in
1930 and has taken graduate courses
in psychology and personnel administration at UK.
While a student on the campus,
Mr. Couch was president of Alpha
The U. S. Civil Service Commisexaminations Civil Service Commission, Wash- Tau Omega, YMCA, Alpha Delta
sion has announced
for technologists and for laboratory ington 25, D. C. Applications should Sigma, and the Pitkin Club. He
electronic mechanics for filling posi- be sent to the Commission s Wash was editor of the
and the
tions in Washington, D. C, and ington office and must be received Kentuckian and was a member of
vicinity.
Delta Sigma Pi.
not later than March 14.
To qualify for the technologist
position, which pays from $3825 to
$10,000 a year, applicants must, (a)
college
have completed a
course leading to a bachelor's de-

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Literary Public, Purpose

gree in technology, chemistry, engineering, physics, or other physical
science, or b) have had four years
of successful technical experience, or
c have had a combination of such
education and experience. No. written test will be given.
The position as laboratory electronic mechanic also requires no

written test. The applicant must
have had appropriate experience
and must demonstrate a background
of knowledge of the theories and

Young Demos To Hear
Dean Frank G. Dickey

principles underlying technical work
in electronics and craft experience
Dean Frank G. Dickey of the Col- in electronic mechanics work. Aplege of Eication will speak at a propriate education or training may
meeting oi the Young Democrat's be substituted for the experience in
Club at 4 p.m. Thursday in room some cases. This position
pays
128 of the SUB, Tom Underwood Jr, from $2450 to $5400 a year.
president, has announced.
Interested persons may obtain inDean Dickey will discuss reasons formation and application forms at
why state primary schools need most first and second class post- more stat funds, a current subject offices, from Civil Service Regional
iacuig uic neututKy ijcgiiiKLure. j offices, or by writing to the U. S.

Spirited Program Presented
By Louisville Philharmonic
A spirited presentation by the vLouisville Philharmonic Orchestra played the 24 piano variations with
under the direction of Robert Whit- of accomney and a technically brilliant per- - the fluent technique The" orchesplished musicianship.
formance by Nathaniel Patch as tra accompanied
him admirably,
piano soloist in a concert t Mem- with Mr. Whitney maintaining the
Hall Saturday marked the precise beat and good balance ne
orial
rln.se nf the Fmmriprs Week exer
cessary to give the right backing to
cises.
the soloist.
A
audience was on
The "Der Rosenkavalier" waltzes
selections from the by Richard Strauss closed the prohand to hear
works of Rossini, Mendelssohn, gram. These are the
of
Rachmaninoff, and Richard Strauss. that composer's waltzes, and are
familiar to almost everyone. Yet
Rossini's "Overture to The Thievish Magpie'" opened the concert. the Philharmonic presented them
The overture, which opens with a with a lilt and swing that made
roll of drums and develops into the them seem fresh and more pleascolorful Rossinian crescendos, was urable than ever.
The audience was appreciative
given with gusto and authority by
enough of the efforts of Mr. Whitthe orchestra.
The poetic "Symphony No. 3 in A ney, Mr. Patch and the members of
Minor," commonly known as the the orchestra to call them back to
"Scotch" symphony, by Mendelssohn, play Morton Gould's "American
featured the second portion of the Salute" as an encore.
program.
The orchestra played it
with a sensitive feeling for the pasAcademy Award Movie
toral gaiety the symphony evokes.
"Mr. Deeds Goes To Town," an
The third part of the program, Mr. Academy Award winner starring
Patch's rendition of Rachmaninoff's Jean Arthur and Gary Cooper,
"Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, will be shown in Memorial Hail
at 3, 7, and 9 p.m. today. AdmisOp. 43." was perhaps of most interMr. Patch sion is 30 cents.
est to local concert-goer- s.
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By Janet Anderson
Varying views on "Writing for
Whom and for What Purpose" were
expressed in a Founders Week symposium on modern writing at the
Fine Arts Building Friday night.
The panel was composed of Kentucky novelists Jesse Stuart and
Hoilis Summers, the latter a member of the UK English department;
William Sloane, president of the
publishing company, William Sloane
Associates; and John Ciardi of Cambridge, Mass, poet and assistant
professor of English at Harvard
University.
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Ciardi replaced Robert Penn Warren, scheduled guest author whose
appearance was cancelled because of
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iilness.
A. B. Guthrie Jr, former Lexington newspaperman and teacher of
creative writing at the University,
served as moderator. Mr. Guthrie is
the author of the best sellers, "The
Big Sky" and "The Way West."
Summers, author of the novel
"City Limit" and former professor
of English at Georgetown College,
stressed the importance of statement
and form in writing.
"Themeless art does not exist," he
said. "Fiction is not life lived, but
life framed."
Stuart Applauded
Jesse Stuart, hearty poet and nov
elist of the Kentucky hills, drew
prolonged applause for his account
of his early writing experiences.
Stuart attributed his intense love of
writing to an inner drive.
"I write because I have to," he
said, "and I write for everybody who
will read me, I don't care who you
are."
Stuart is the author of the curr,
"The Thread That
rent
Runs So True," an account of his
own experiences as a rural school
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teacher, and eventually, superintendent of Greenup County schools.
A sharper line of distinction in
his readership was drawn by Ciardi,
a graduate of Tufts College and winner of the Avery Hopwood Award
for his latest volume of verse, "Live

Another Day."
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Writes For t'pper Third
Declaring that he writes for the
"upper third," Ciardi said that his
ideal reader would be one who could
share memories of the traditions of
civilization with him. He described
the English class, with its "bored
students and bored professors," as a
foul environment for a poem.
Importance of communication in
the art of writing was emphasized
by A. B. Guthrie, the moderator. He
said that an author must first satisfy himself, and then he will be likely
to satisfy others.
In speaking of the great personal
reward to be found in writing, Guthrie said, "A man gains understand
ing, sees with bigger eyes, and feels
with a bigger heart.
Sloane Spoke Last Year
The publisher's viewpoint on writ
by William
ing was presented
Sloane, who is also an author, and
who spoke here last year in the University's literary series.

Enumerating the different

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poses for which authors send manuscripts to his publishing house,
Sloane said the best purpose is "to
get something so that it remains
permanently said."
The symposium ended with a
round-tabl- e
discussion on the relation of sales figures to the literary
value of a book.
Members of the panel were guests
of honor at a coffeee hour in the
Fine Arts lounge following the pro- gram.

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Fine Arts Today Is Topic
Of Founders Week Speech
"The Place of Fine Arts in our
Society" was the subject of a speech
by Philip Rhys Adams, director of
the Cincinnati Museum of Fine Arts,
at the University of Kentucky Founders Week program here last week.
Adams told the UK audience that
the relationship between artists on
the one hand and designers of manufactured products on the other is
much the same as that between pure
and applied scientists. He said that
the outstanding painters and sculptors have been the specialists in seeing and creating things for at least
five centuries of specialized culture,
and the essence of any period's style
can be found in their works.
Influence On Style
The outward appearance of any
society is the style given it by its
artists, a style apparent in everything the society makes or uses,
"from cathedrals to tin cans," the
speaker said.
Many important social changes
came from the art of the first quar-tp- r
of the present century, he declared. As an example he cited the

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SpeechClub
Plays Host
By Betty Compton

The UK chapter of Tau Kappa
Alpha, national speech honorary,
will play cost to a convention of 225
students and faculty on March
Notre Dame. Purdue, Vermont,
Western Michigan, Rutgers, Florida,
Southern Methodist. Tennessee,
South Dakota, New Mexico, and Alma are among the 45 colleges and
universities expected to attend.
L'K To Enter
The convention will be composed
of 75 discussants. 90 debaters, 35
extempore speakers, and 200 student
congressmen.
Dr. Gifford Blyton,
director of TKA here, announced
that UK students will take part in
all activities.
The discussion question is "What
Should the United States Foreign
Policy be Toward the Orient"
"Should the United States Nation
alize their Basic
Industries?" is the debate question.
Smith and Drake Win
Bob Smith and EUen Drake, UK
TKA members, were the winners of
for the ex
a preliminary run-o- ff
tempore speakers representing UK.
Betty Hammock, Ellen Drake,
Mickey Compton, Dorothy Redford,
Betsy Billiter, Barbara Burkhardt
Mary Arrowwood, Hal Griffin, and
George Creedle will represent UK as
discussants.
Sidney Neal, Joe Mainous. Bob
Sherer, and Bruce Ferguson are en
tering the debate tournament.
A model TKA Initiation will be
held for all colleges and universe
ties who wish to install chapters.
Four banquets and a tour of the
horse farms are among the activities
planned for the students. Dr. Blyton
announced.
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Dr. Thomas D. Clark, head of the
Department of History, has left for
Vienna. Austria, where he will be a
visiting teacher in the U. S. Army's
educational training program.
His duties in Vienna will include
the teaching of American history at
the University of Vienna, conducting
weekly history lectures for Austrian
citizens, and assisting Austrian li
brarians in the building up of their
American history collections.
In the summer of 1948 Dr. Clark
taught history of the American
South at the Salzburg Seminar,
Salzburg. Austria. The project was
sponsored by the Harvard University
Student Council.
Dr. Clark will return to the University in time for the opening of
the summer term in June. Dr.
James M. England will be acting
head of the history department dur
ing Dr. Clark's absence.

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FOl'NDER'S WF.F.K DISPLAY Two students pause to examine
the display in the lohliy of Hie Margaret I. King Library which
featured the Founder's Week thrnic last week.

Dr. Dumas Malone. author, Jef- fersonian scholar, and professor of
history at Columbia University, will
give a public address at 8 p.m. today on "Jefferson Then and Now."
The speech will be given in the
Guignol auditorium of the Fine Arts
Building and is one of a series of
social science lectures sponsored by
the University and Mr. and Mrs.
Paul G. Blazer of Ashland.
In addition to tonight's speech,
Dr. Malone also lectured today before several classes in American history.
Described by Dr. Thomas D. Clark,
head of the Department of History,
as "one of the ablest biographers
nnH nuhli civtilim in the TTnitpH
States the Columbia historian has
just completed a comprehensive

By Kent HoIIingsworth

biography of Thomas Jefferson under a grant from the Rockefeller
direcFoundation. He is a one-titor of the Harvard University Press
served
and for five years 1931-3- 6
of the Dictionary
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of American Biography.
A native of Mississippi. Dr. Malone holds degrees from Emory Uniand
versity, Yale. Northwestern,
Dartmouth. He has taught at Yale,
the University of Virginia, and Columbia. He has written and edited
a number of historical volumes and
is a member of the American Historical Association, American Anti
quarian Society. Phi Beta Kappa.
and h American Academy of Arts
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Local ROTC Signal Senders
Observe Corps' Anniversary
By Wes Bird

then on hand. Last semester this laboratory had to be
doubled in area to accomodate the
present size of the unit. The laboratory now has enough apparatus to
equipment

Today marks the eighty-sevenanniversary of the U.S. Army Signal
Corps. The ROTC unit located here
on this campus because of its ex
pansion has ample reason to celeth

brate.
Under the command of Lt. Col.
Robert H. McAteer the local unit
has recently expanded its laboratory
and it is now in full operation.
The first unit was organized here
in May, 1942, and the first classes
were started the following September. The enrollment at that time
was 166 students, basic and advanced. Deactivated in the following year
to make way for the Army Specializ
ed Training Program, the unit has
not reached this enrollment since it
was reorganized in 1946. At the
present it has 71 students; 30 basic
and 41 advanced.. '.
Area Doubled
A signal laboratory was set up in
the Armory in 1946 to house the
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Kentucky starts running at 9:15 tonight toward their
seventh straight Southeastern Con
ference Tournament titie. and their
twelfth since the tourney started,
back in 1933.
It isn't goin to be one of those
automatic things the Wildcats have
been casually picking up in recent
years. The crown this year is apt to
go to anyone of a number of good
teams.
Vanderbilt, Auburn, Alabama, and
Tennessee have shown championship
calibre and all are equal to upsetting the favored Kentucky team.
Vandy looms the biesest menace
to the Wildcat throne. The Commodores gave the Cats fits before bowing twice during the season, both,
games decided by four points. There
is no doubt but what the fighcin?
team of Adcock. Kelly, Kardokos.
Duvier, and Robinson can reverse
these two earlier setbacks if they
meet Kentucky in the finals, Saturday night.
Second-seede- d
Vanderbilt
could
very conceivably up end Kentucky
Cats must be up all the ay
and the
this time to sit in the throne warmed by Wildcat greats of yesteryear.
Auburn did not meet Kentucky
during the regular season but is
rated as one of the hottest team in
the league: Alabama fought the
Cats to a standstill before dropping
a2
verdict. Both these teams
could win it.
Vols Big Threat
Of course Tennessee, who didnt
have a real hat flinging, shout -worthy season, is the team that
scares Wildcat rooters the worst.
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equip two Army communications divisions. This equipment includes radio, teletype, and telephone receiving
and sending units.
A testing laboratory where students inspect Signal Corps equip
ment and repair ROTC and personal
sets is also included. This laboratory
is open to all students who wish to
have their radios repaired.
Radio Station Lirensed
The Signal Corps' amateur radio
station, K4WAV. was licensed in December, 1949. It has been active in
various authorized nets since that
time. The station is a member of
the ROTC net composed of the various ROTC Signal Corps stations
located at colleges in Ohio. West
; Virginia,
and Kentucky,

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Ride Television Waves
A television receiver will be
placed in Studio A. McVey Hall, to
pick up the SEC tournament
games in which Kentucky will
play. Elmer G. Sulzer. head of the
Department of RadioArts-- ,
Tuesday.

The Vols tripped Kentucky in Knox-vil- le
to squash the Cats' five-yedomination of SEC teams, and of
the five losses absorbed by Kentucky
in 52 SEC Tournament cames, three
of them have been at the hands of
the Vols, two of these three-poidecisions in the finals.
If Burris. Montgomery. Jones,
Graham, aid Powell hit like they
did against the Cats in Knoxvuie,
they might hustle right by Tech,
Vandy. Auburn into the finals and
grab a title or so.
Back in 1947, five native Kentuc-fcian- s.
Kenny Rollins. Ralph Beard,
Wah Jones. Jack Tingle, and Joe
Holland, made up the first five on
the honor team, but unless Owens-boro- 's
little Bobby Watson is exceptionally outstanding during tourney
play, there is littie chance of a native Kentuckian making this year's
team.
Likely choices for berths on the
honor team are: B. J. Adcock of
Art Burris and Ed
Vanderbilt:
Boo
Montgomery
of Tennessee:
Healy. Joe Jordan, and Bob Schiosa
of Georgia: Dyson Hamner and D;cS
McKenzie of Alabama: Wait Hirsch,
Jim Line, and Eill Spivey of Kentucky; Colin Anderson and Melvm
Dold of Te;h: Eiil Lvnn and Don
Lanford of Auburn: Bob Meador of
L.S.U.; and J:m Rifl'ey of Tulane.
This year is going to be one of the
best SEC tournaments ever played;
the teams are good, the players are
good, and the champions will have
to be good.
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The annual meeting of the Kentucky High School Press Association
will be held on the campus on March
31 and April 1, Dr. Niel Plummer,
Lead of the Journalism Department,
announced this week.
The meeting, usually held in December, has been moved up this year
as an aid to prep school journalists
who will be taking over editorial
duties on high school publications
this fall. Dr. Plummer said.
program will include
The two-da- y
sessions for virtually every phase in
the production of both printed and
papers and other
general journalistic subjects, with
special sessions for student advisers

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12th Loop Crown

'Jefferson - Then And Now'
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catalog technique of showing every artiSears-Roebu-

cle of merchandise in the street window changed to a solo style of the
single pair of shoes against a colorful background."
Style Is Not Definite
Adams pointed out, however, that
modern society has not yet produced
style, whatever
a definite, clear-cother attributes and real virtues it
may have. All the necessary forms
are present, he said, but still require
"some marsaling, some efforts at deliberate synthesis" before a clearly
defined style can be detected.
The Cincinnati museum director
was the last in a series of speakers
brought to Lexington last week in
connection with the Founders Week
program and dedication of the new
Fine Arts building. A writers' conference Friday night, and a Saturday afternoon concert by the Louisville Orchestra brought the week's
activities to a close.

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and instructors.
All Kentucky high schools are invited to send representatives, students or faculty to the meetins, Dr.
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Miss Polly Warren shows Dr. F. A. Pattie. of the Psychology department, the microfilming process used in the basement of the Margaret L King Library. A display of the microfilm can now be seen on
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Photo Equipment At Library
Useful As Source Material
By Holton H. Mastin
Microfilm and photostats now enable the comparatively young Margaret 1. King Library to catch up
with longer established institutions
in its acquisition of source material.
This project, headed by Assistant
Archivist Polly Warren, has already
proved invaluable to students doing
research in the fields of history, sociology, geneaology, and political
science.
The most recent undertaking of
the microfilm branch of the archives
department was the filming of the
records of the two Shaker communities in Kentucky. One community is
located in Shakertown, the other in
Logan County. These records, ranging from the years 1810 to 1910,
journals, minute books, a
church record book, the Andrew
Barrett Journal, the Origin and Progress of Society at Pleasant Hill,
bank accounts, and a Spiritual Journal.
Dated 1843
The Spiritual Journal of the
Shakers is dated 1843 and tells of
various manifestations of the spirit.
George Washington and Tecumseh
allegedly appeared at meetings and
talked with the church members.
Another record emphasizes the
communal organization of the time.
When a family of Shakers joined
another Shaker community, parents
relinquished
all individual rights
over their children. The offsprings
became communal property.
Still another group of papers tells
of the constant Indian attacks on
Ohio Shakers and of their final settlement in Kentucky's Mercer and
Locan Counties during the War of

The microfilming of the Shaker
papers is by no means the extent of
the library's work. The complete
papers of Henry Clay were recently
filmed at Ashland (Clay's home by
means of a portable microfilm camera. These includes letters, diaries,
personal papers, journals, personal
checks, and the diaries of Henry
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Includes Draper Papers
Microfilm of the valuable Draper
Papers was purchased from the Wisconsin Historical Society. This purchase will enable Kentuckians to
see these records without the previously necessary trip to Wisconsin.
Other valuable additions to the files
are microfilm of the first order book
of the state of Kentucky; the Hazel-gree:
Kentucky Herald (
the Winston County. Mississippi
the Lincoln
Journal
County Records which date from
1781; and the Schedules of the U.S.
Census for Kentucky from 1830 to
1880. The latter records were previously available only in the National Archives in Washington.
1 ne use Ul
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proved a valuable space-save- r.
stack room on the first floor is filled
bound volumes of
to capacity with
the Lexington Herald and Leader.
while in contrast, one double-fac- e
section of shelving is all the space
required for microfilm of the same
material.
Continuing its extensile program.
the archives department is primarily
interested in state and regional ret-- ;
ords with emphasis on
serve Kentucky newspapers.

Graduating Seniors Urged
To File Today Or Tomorrow

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Seniors who entered the University this semester planning to
complete their requirements for
graduation in June or the summer term, who have not at a previous time made application for
degrees, are requested to do so today or tomorrow.
This applies
also to graduate students who expect to complete their requirements for graduate degrees. All
applications should be filed in
room IS of the Administration
Building.
As the commencement liits are
made from these cards, it is very
important to file application at
this time.
Candidates for the bachelor's
degree will be chareed a graduation fee of $9. This will cover
rental of cap and gown, diploma
fee, the Kentuckian, and other
necessary expenses.
Candidates
for advanced decrees, other than
the doctorate, will be charged a
fee of $20. which will cover the
above with the exception of the
Kentuckian and in addition the
cost of the hood to be presentei
the candidate. The fee for the
doctorate is S25.
Graduation fee?: are payab!? net
later than the fourth day preceding the commencement.

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Bob Fain,
Shirley Porter, W. J. Boughey,
Linda Patteson, Frances West,
Joe Coyle, Julie Blumenthal, Lewis
Donohew, Janet Anderson. Kath
eryn Whitmer, Jacqualine Day.n
Wes Bird, Jack Suttles, Shirley
Leathers, and Betty Compton

Reporters

A Lesson In Journalism
It is an old, old story, hut we are in receipt of a letter this week
complaining of the advertising space consumed in the Kernel.
The letter is by one A. Yan Key and may be read in the regular
letters To The Editor column on this page.
We cannot say anything in response to this student's statements
that has not been said many times over in the last year, but we
wish to take this space to re fute some of the statements made by
this obviously misinformed person. Anvone who will take the
time to compare the advertising space of the Kernel with that of
any other newspapers in the country, dailies or weeklies, will find
that our advertising-new- s
proportion is comparable to these publications. Kernel advertising has at times been as low as 40 percent
of the total space and has nev?r in the last year been higher than
60 percent. This is in accordance with postal regulations on the
amount of advertising space to b" allotted.
It is very difficult to explain many of the journalistic principles
involved in the proportionment of advertising and news, but it may
suffice to say that despite all the haloes flung at
journalism, the press in this country plays a dual role as a profession and
a business. We, too, must eat and eke out a living on the bare soil
of society. Advertising is the press' business and the news is its
public service.
We on the Kernel work long hours in an effortto give the students a "school paper worthy of the name" and it is a rare occasion
when an important news story is left out for any reason. It is our
features and humor columns, the dessert of your journalistic meal,
that are first to go into the can when space is tight. This is true
also of last week's Kernel. So important news was left out and, as
a matter of fact, the size of the paper was increased for the sole
purpose of including more news. Neither printers nor staff is
completely at fault.
Through the years the Kernel has proven to be a good advertising medium and local businessmen have, as they should, taken
advantage of it. It is against our policy to discourage such advertising, largely because the paper, if it ever becomes a
will need all the support it can get.
True, the journalism building is to be paid for in part by
Kernel profits. But very little of this revenue will be derived from
the paper itself. Most or it will come from the University-owneand operated Kernel printing plant which has resulted from the
of small profits from the paper over a long period
of time, and from University grants.
Enough has already lcen said, we believe, on the subject of
Kernel. The students have been promised such a
a
publication as soon as it is mechanically and physically possible.
It is no overnight operation to convert a plant over to such an
operation. We can offer no concrete promises on the subject but
Kernel is definitely a thing
we feel assured that a
e can only wait and hope. But we also feel
of the near future.
assured that there will be no "ad Ixwk". Advertisements and news
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most of the inquisitive souls that
bothered to ask about the possibilities of such a thing coming about
was either "not enough news to fill
two papers" or "we've got to build
up the Kernel as it now stands before attempting to put it out twice
a week."
That all sounded nice and logical.
Everyone accepted the fact that a
paper could not be put on
this campus.
Well. I'm going to stick my neck
out and say that such an arrangement is possible on this campus.
Here is my proposal. It is a common
fact that the Kernel has been mak
ing quite a bit of money through
the ads run in the Kernel. This
money is now being put to use in
the building of the Journalism
building.
The printers are so eager to ac
commodate the advertisers that I
suggest that once a week they print
up a four page ad publication which
Kernel."
'All Reynolds said was the students want a
will contain nothing but ads. But,
once a week they should also turn
out a Kernel that is free from ads
and contains nothing but school
news. After all, a student body that
is kept up to date on the happenCirculation of the Kernel is a difficult and complex operation. ings that concern their school or
that will appeal
It is not always completely effective but is the lest we can do themselves, is onestudents through
to prospective
Mr. Bowers (see letters column) de- campus activities.
the circumstances