xt76q52f8d14 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt76q52f8d14/data/mets.xml University of Kentucky Fayette County, Kentucky The Kentucky Kernel 19490204  newspapers sn89058402 English  Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. The Kentucky Kernel The Kentucky Kernel, February  4, 1949 text The Kentucky Kernel, February  4, 1949 1949 2013 true xt76q52f8d14 section xt76q52f8d14 The Kentucky Kernel

Give To
The March Of Dimes

Weather:
Colder And Clearing
In Afternoon

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

LEXINGTON,

Z248

VOLUME XXXIX

Students Capture
For'Winterset'
Married Couple
Cast As Leads

xi

Judge Gaunt.
Three Parts Not FiUed
Other members cf the cast are
Harry Stanton, the hobo; Gloria
Eastburn, first girl; Joan Specht,
second girl; W. B. Wrinch, Carr;
Matthew Barrett, Lucia the organ
grinded; Florence Scott, Piny the
apple woman; "Rusty" Russell, a
sailor.
Dudley Saunders and John

Ren-fr- o,

street urchins; Joseph Knight,
policeman; Michael Graine. radical;
and Douglas Martin, police sergeant.
The roles of Herman and two men
in blue serge have not been filled

Staff Members
To Address Club
University of Kentucky professors
wil be guest speakers at the four
current events programs of the Uni- -

ring February.

Dr. George K. Brady of the Eng- ish department will speak Monday
In the SUB at 6:30 p.m. His topic
will be "A Cultural Mission To Ja-

J. Stahr,
Prof.
former professor at

On Feb. 14. Prof. Elvis

Jt dean of the College of Law;

F"in Marx,
Nanking University;

and Dr. Amry
Vandenbosch. head of the department of political science, will discuss
What Next in the Far East?".
A discussion of the North Atlantic
defense pact will be held on Feb. 21.
Mrs. Irwin Sanders; Hager Bach, political sceince instructor; and Dr.
Carl B. Cone, assistant professor of
history, will lead the discussion.
The fourth program will feature
Miss Anna Peck, University high
school history instructor. Miss Peck,

Photo

"The Educational Program of
tary Government in Bavaria."

Dr. Taylor, (above) recently voted most popular professor by the

Most Popular Professor' Title
Is Won By Dr. Rhea 4. Taylor
Dr. Rhea Alec Taylor of the his-- "
tory department has been elected
the students' most popular professor.
In addition to this honor, he will
reign as Rex of the annual Mardi
Gras Ball sponsored by the Newman
Club on Feb. 25 in the Bluegrass
Ballroom.
"I am surprised, pleased, and hon
ored, and apreciate that the students
have that opinion of me," Dr. Taylor
stated when informed of his election.
First Professor Contest
Dr. Taylor is the first winner of
the Popular Professof contest.
was held in the SUB and the
Post Office. Students voted by means
of a "write in" election, voting for
any profesor on the basis of his
popularity apppeal.
Dr. Taylor is a native of Gate City,
Va. He attended Emory and Henry
College, Emory, Va, and Ohio State
University. He obtained his doctor
of philosophy degree at the. Univer- sity or Chicago.
Bal-.oti-

MOVIES

Mili-

Be Shown

Tonight And Saturday

y Mack Hughe

student body, discusses the tribute with his secretary.

Any fraternity, sorority or other
campus organization wishing to see
the Sugar Bowl basketball games
(Kentucky-Tulan- e
and Kentucky- St. Louis) is asked to contact Mack
Hughes.
No charge for the movies will be
recently returned from a cultural
mission to Germany, will speak on made.

'Kukan' To

Dr. Samuel Guy Inman, noted
affairs,
authority on
has been appointed visiting professor
of Romance Languages for the second semester.
Other major appointments, resignations, leaves of absence, and other
staff changes approved by the Board
of Trustees follow:
College of Arts and Sciences Appointments: Janis Sternberg's and
Mrs. Erike Sternberg, instructors in
art; Edmund Nosow and Frank H.
Walker, part-tim- e
instructors In
Ingeology; June Baker, part-tim- e
structor in journalism for five
months beginning Feb. 1, replacing
N. B. McMillian, who has accepted
an instructorship in the College of
Education; Ray Davis, visiting professor of mathematics and astronomy for five months beginning Sept.
1; Mrs. Harriett Thomas, curator of
paleontology, Department of Geology; Wayne C. Hall, assistant profes
sor of botany, made acting head of
the Department during the leave of
Dr. Herbert P. Riley. .
Leave of Absence: Dr. Herbert P.
Riley, head of the Department of
Botany,, granted leave of absence
for the second semester to accept a
position with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Resignation: Mary Frances Kelly,
curator of paleontology, Department
of Geology.
College of Agriculture and Home
Appointment:
Mrs.
Economics
Pauline Ellis Freels. assistant In
structor in home economics.
Leave of Absence: Donald W. Mac
Laury, assistant in poultry, leave of
absence extended through Feb. 28.
Resignation: ' Lindsey Horn Jr.,1
technical assistant. Department of
Animal Husbandry.
ApUniversity Personnel Office
pointments: Leslie L. Martin, Assistant Director of Personnel.
Office of the Dean of Women
Appointment: Mrs. Esther M. Car
ter, housemother, Delta Delta Delta
sorority.
Resignations:
Mrs. Lucille S.
Phillips, housemother. Delta Delta
Delta sorority; Mrs. Gertrude Zemp.
manager. Women's Residence Halls.
Office of the Dean of Men Appointment: Mrs. Lyda D. Wood
housemother. Triangle fraternity.
Resignations: Mrs. Jessie Anderson, housemother. Triangle fraternity.
Division of Maintenance and Operations Appointment: William C.
Rice, junior engineer.

Art Department Holds
Teachers' Art Exhibit

A Kentucky teachers' art exhibit,
The movie "Kukan" will be shown sponsored by the University Art De- tonight and tomorrow night in partment is being held in the Funk- houser BS Building art gallery this
Memorial Hall.
Praised by Pearl Buck. Lin Yutang, week and next, Prof. D. E. Fitz has
Henry R. Luce and other critics, the announced.
movie has as its cast the people of
A tea for exhibitors and their
guests will be held tomorrow. TeachChina.
given each ers from throughout the state were
Two showings will be
night, the first at 7 p.m. Doors open invited to submit work for the exat 6:30 p.m.
hibit.
A charge of 20 cents will be made
for the show, which is restricted to
UK students, faculty members, and Sweater Swing Slated
their families.
The movie is one of a series of 19,
A sweater swing will be held at 8
shown on regular theater equipment, p.m. Tuesday in the SUB ballroom.
deand sponsored by the extension
Miss Margaret Bruce Cruise, social
partment.
director, announced.
No charge is made for the weekly
Conference events, which are open to all stu-

Sixteen Years Teaching
His sixteen years of taeaching
has made him a specialist
in United States history. Before com
ing to the University in 1944 he was
dean and head of the history departa,
ment at Rinehardt College,
Ga, and professor of history at
West Georgia College, Carrollton,
Ga.
Wal-esk-

Vice president of the Lexington
Rotary Club, Dr. Taylor Is also an
honorary member and faculty ad
viser of Sigma Phi Epsilon frater-

nity.

Second in the voting was Dr. William S. Webb, head of the department of physics and of anthropology
and archaeology. Mr. J. A. Mccauley,
asistant professor of Journalism, was

third.

A queen of the Mardi Gras will
be selected from candidates submit- ted by residence units and campus
organizations.

Jouranlism Library
To Get Grehan Books

.

VlilWIUIIJ

Samuel G. Inman
To Teach Here

Writings and books of the late
Enoch Grehan, founder of the University Journalism department, have
been willed by his widow. Mrs. Jennie E. Grehan, to the department.
The bequest was made known
when the will of Mrs. Grehan was
probated in Fayette County Court
last week.
Prof. Grehan, head of the UK
Journalism department for 23 years,
was an editorial paragrapher and
theatrical critic.
Dr. Neil Plummer, head of the
Journalism department, said the bequest would probably include a
scrapbook, containing many of his
writings, and an uncompleted manuscript of a study of synonyms.

Dr. Samuel Guy Inman, specialist
in Latin American affairs, will serve
as visiting professor at UK during
the spring semester in the departments of romance language and political science.
His most recent contacts with
Latin America. Include his appointment by the government of Colombia as adviser on international relations at the Pan American Conference held at Bogota last year. During the past year, he was guest of
honor at the Cuban Historical Association's celebration in Santiago
on the fiftieth anniversary of Cuban
independence.
A native of Texas, Dr. Inman holds
degrees from Columbia and Texas
Christian Universities. He was a stu-

Trustees Accept Gifts

dent at Transylvania in
He has visited Latin America annually since 1914, and is the author
of 18 books, 96 pamphlets, and more
than 900 articles on Latin American
affairs.
Dr. Inman served as consultant of
the State Department at the 1945

Two $1,000 gifts were accepted recently by the Board of Trustees.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Blazer, Ashland, gave $1,000 to the Kentucky
Research Foundation, to be used for
work of the History Department. The
American Potash Company gave
$1,000 to continue experimental work
in the use of fertilizers with toma
,
toes.

1899-190- 0.

Teachers'

Slated For Next Week

Highway Material Experiments Are Conducted
By University Experts To Improve Night Driving
-

er

one-thi-

wptnj

Organized Classes
To Close Thursday
Classes for the second serae-.tebegin today.
Last date for entering an
class is Feb. 10. and the deacirne
for dropping a course without a
grade is March 14.
Early figures Indicate that approximately 200 new studei.ts h.i'.e
enrolled at the University for
semester. It was expected a!' it '.a.
many former students who v.er: i c
in school the first semester m.-- return this term. These new and loi
students, together with ihj returning students who were ri
the first semester, mav .si.: L'H .
enrollment to a record his.;i irr a
winter term. Last .year's v. int.r
quarter enrollment totaled 7..:;'f.
Peak Rea h d
Enrollment for the first e:.ir cr
which began last Septemoer re u; ..--i
an
peak of 7.863. U.rre
however, normally a 5 peri' .o dePhoto bw Mar ffn7M cline in second semester
r.:,
At the crack of dawn (7:45) Tuesday morning approximately 200 new students arrived at Memorial Hall
according to Miss Maple M'xu
shirt)
to take their entrance exams. In the foreground above are (left to right; Louis Davenport, (white
assistant registrar.
Lexington, Joe Merman, Newport, and Tommy Fillion, Owensboro.
In addition to its reeu!.ir t k
offering a
the University
.
schedule of night courses :!.
si",
m ester for adults. The cl:
studr .'s r.'..
be open to part-tim- e
Kernel Staff Meeting
and will meet two nights a v vx. i:i
White and Frazee Hails.
Included in the night cl.-- . - is a
There will be a special meeting
of the Kernel reportorial staff
course in Organizational pr: f !'; ?.
Ben Reeves, journalism senior., has
2,000 books and Monday at 4 p.m.
Approximately
course fit u r.e i
it
in room 66, Mc-VIt is a
periodicals have been contributed to
Hall. Any student Interested in been appointed managing editor of for members of various sta'.o '
the "books for Heidelberg" campaign
the Kernel following the resignation
reporting can get his best assignand can be compleiea i.i 1 j
Dr. Lawrence S. Thompson, director ment at j.his meeting. Regular reof Harry Green. Green has trans- weeks.
of University libraries and chairman porters should attend.
Language Courses IncluuVil
ferred to the University of Colorado
of the collection committee, has
Other night courses are z.
at Boulder, where he will continue German. French and Ru.v: ia:
his study of journalism.
Although preparation of the books
ond courses in freshman Ea-I- '. h a::d
: y,
for shipment to Germany is under
Other Kernel staff changes in- - Spanish, algebra, plane tris )n.,r-.- ,. adway,, a collection station is being
engineering drawing, accounci::
elude Dorothy Allen, journalism vanced shorthand, busines lav.-- , ur
maintained in the main foyer of the
Junior, as bookkeeper and Wilfred ban real estate, Twentietn C- - acu-- v
University Library, Dr. Thompson For
Lott, journalism junior, as layout European history, mental hv ;:c.:t
said.
Students who wish to compete in man.
and personnel relationships.
Exceptional gifts of books for
Late afternoon and Saturoav cia Miss Allen and Lott replace Allen
Heidelberg will be accepted at any the National Intercollegiate Bridge
ho has es for both resident and nn-- r
time in the future, he added, and tournament may sign up at the SUB ' J"h"- a Dosition as editor of the students and special courses u .
will be shipped to the German
government employees in I
through the Smithsonian In- information desk before Thursday, Stanford Interior Journal.
Feb. 17.
are also being offered. The.,.- t a;r .
stitution in Washington.
s. roin addition to the night roi-All signing up will piay at 6:30
Most urgently needed materials
iwjh
under the direction ol the
include anthologies, histories, and p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17, in the SUB
De partment.
other standard works of English Card Room, Miss Margaret Bruce
and American literature; textbooks Cruise, social director, announced.
in American and English history;
The eight students with the highEnglish dictionaries, and both pop- est scores will compete in the Naprofessional periodicals.
The results of a study made or the
ular and
tional Tournament on Thursday,
people of Indian knoll by Dr.
The largest gift to date was made Feb. 24, in the SUB Card Room.
by the Campus Book Store, which
Lecturers for the second I i.r v- : y
Charles E. Snow, professor of anroDr.
contributed approximately 60 new manceHobart Ryland. head of the will thropology, were recently published Foreign Language Conf trilanguage department,
books, including dictionaries.
by the Department of Anthropology scheduled for March 31 tf '. r-direct the tournament at the Univerhave been selected. Dr. Jon.u. w
and Archaeology in booklet form.
sity.
Skiles. head of the Depur n a: .
The
Students who enter the tourna- tucky's Indian Knoll people. Ken- Ancient Languages, annom r :l
ment must meet certain eligibility lived in oldest known inhabitants,
They are Prof. Walter V. iw.1i.tr.
the period between 00 B.C.
UK
requirements. Miss Cruise said. They
and 600 AX).. Dr. Snow says. They University of Illinois. Romance
must be regularly enrolled as underM. Blakemore Evans. Cia a
The $300,000 journalism building graduates, carrying not less than the were river bank dwellers, short, State University, Germsi.n
lanbeset with
project was endorsed by the Kentuc- minimum number of class . hours. small of stature, andthe study, dis- guages and Hubert McNeil: Touai.
eases. According to
their
semiky Press Association at their
and they must meet general Univer
Wake
-.wmi.m., guages.Forest College, Cl;.s..tai lanannual meeting in Louisville last :itv roni.iri.t7iPr.ts for interrnllefflat
yearS.
pnmnnt t iira
week.
Besides these lectures. :i .ProxiThe study was based
Pres. H. L. Donovan, speaker at the
Two pairs from each of eight 1200 skeletons which on more than mately 50 papers will be .re. c!:;.i
were taken
Association Friday, stated that he United States zones will compete in
from the Ohio County excavation. by outstanding teachers and ::..u .
hoped construction should start the finals in Chicago in April.
Dr. Snow attributes the remarkable from throughout the nation.
year. The architectural
within a
ON
'
preservation of the skeletons to the
plans have been completed.
fhat the th1u . tn .
fact that they were buried in riverlence: S
lU
Fres. Donovan said that plans
sand which was later covered by ac- - J'ear
.aua- m
have been made to ask Gov. Earle
cumulations of fresh-watclam
Clements to provide funds from a
shells.
state building fund.
Dr. Jorge Garcia Granados, UN
The study indicates the people
delegate from Guatemala will speak lived as a comparatively iso. ...w.
.rf
on the Palestine problem at 8 p.m. group, and individuals were charac
Tuesday in Memorial Hall.
Give
terized by their large, protruding
Dr. Granados, formerly Guatema- faces and wide, flaring lower jaws.
lan ambassador to this country, will They were seldom bothered by dental Pledge Onterfrat Council Du:v-- r
account decay although considerable wear on
The first annual fraternity la ;
About 7,000 Student Directories present a
were placed in the registration line of the Paris session of the United the teeth resulted from a diet of dance sponsored by the P'.e-- ' s I"
and Nations.
for distribution Wednesday
gritty, fresh water mussels. Over half terfraternity Council wul
from
at Jovian.! C"a .
Thursday. Students who did not
He represented his country on the of the adult skeletons showed eviA pledge beauty queen !. a t..
receive a copy may obtain one from UN Special Committee on Palestine, dence of arthritis.
classes will
SUB Room 127.
and is author of "Birth of Israel."
The University's group of Indian sorority pledge holarship m r" a
dance; A
The directories follow the usual an account of the committee's work; Knoll skulls is perhaps the largest
Open to the public without charge, single collection in North America be presented to the fru:
form by including the names, home
'.
v.
towns, classifications, Lexington ad the lecture is sponsored by the Lex- representing such an early people, clas which made the nu
r.
lastic average la.st semi
Dr. Snow said.
dresses and phone numbers of all ington Presidents' Roundtable.
Tinker Baaaarly and hi., r. .
students, and the names, addresses,
will furnish the music fo
ri
home and University phone numbers
Fraternity housemother, ill
of all faculty and staff members.
as chaperone;.
Lists of residence units, campus organizations, adn administrative de- partments are included.
The directory is- an annual publi- 3n
cation of the Student Government
Elvis J. Stahr Jr., dean of the Col- Association. This year's committee
Final practice of the
was composed of Katherine Barnett, lege of Law, has been selected as one 32, he is the youngest dean of a fully
will be held
chairman; and Katherine Green-- 1 of the "Nation's Outstanding Young accredited law school in the United section University Monr4 .
in the
Hith
wood, Harold Holtzclaw, Frank Ma- - Men
btates.
of 1948" by the United States
nasium. accord in.: to
turo. Rusty Russell, and Allen Ter- Honored At Dinner
Whaley. SuKy preside!. t.
Junior Chamber of Commerce. Stahr
..
nunc.
Any student who ha. a :
Other men on the Jaycee honor list
was cited for his "outstanding work
govinclude a blinded veteran, the
the Tennessee game Feb. 8.
as the nation's youngest dean of a ernor
SUB
of Arkansa. and the Dlaver- - part m tnc card stv
fully accredited law school."
manager of the world's champion Monday msht.
For
A native of HirKman, the UK dean Cleveland Indians baseball team.
,, p ;.
I ;U
The ten men were guests of honor !
received his A.B. degree from the
Student Union committees arc now University in 1936, graduating with at a Distinguished Service Award
open for new members for the sec- high distinction. He
studied law as banquet in Sf. Joseph, Mo.. January
ond semester. Miss Margaret Bruce a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford Univer 21. They were presented ruby-stuCruise, social director, announced.
d
plaques,
sity and received the Bachelor of dcd kevs and
The Margaret I. Kin,-- I ..
An application form will appear Alts in Jurisprudence. Bachelor of
Distinguished Judges
sented a book display
in next week's Kernel, but students Civil Law and Master of Arts degrees
Judges this year are Dwisht D. and related subiects t U
may sign up at any time in Room 122 from
that institution. From 1939 to Eisenhower, president Columbia Uni- ton Council of Parents aau I
of the SUB, Miss Cruise said.
1947 he was senior associate in the
The only change in the eight com- New York law firm of Mudge. Stern, versity; Harold E. Stassen, president. child care and mental h- L
i.
Drew gram Wednesday in the
mittees is the change of the former Williams and Tucker, and was on University of Pennsylvania:
tournament committee to a new lpnve for milit:rv Hnlv frnm lOdl- - Pearson. Washington columnist; Dr. School auditorium.
Dr. Robert Shelbv, r'rV .
H. A. Morgan, author and educator,
stwns committee to naiiuiu uuuuiu.s,
Knoxvillc, Tenn.: Earl Owen Shreve, specialist of the U.S. f'uai
and bowling tournaments,
During his 50 months' Army ser- president. Chamber of Commerce of Hospital, conducted a il:.. a
The dance committee is m charge
of SUB dances and the house com vice, he rose from the rank of second the United States: James B. Carey, three films shown at the ;
a
The films ere "Knav.
Congress of Inmittee arranges oicii houses and the lieutenant of Infantry to lieutenant secretary-treasure- r.
colonel, serving on the faculty of the dustrial Organizations iCIO : J. R. "Meeting Emotional r,
Tuesday night sweater swings.
;
Bridge lessons, bridge tournaments, Infantry School at Ft. Bennlng, Ga., Killian Jr., president. Massachusetts Childhood,'" and Kinatu
parties are ar- and as combat liaison officer with Institute of Technology.
and student-facult- y
ranged by the activities committee, Chinese troops through three camWilliam Saroyan. writer. New York!
and the Outing Club plans picnics paigns. He was overseas 2 months City; Dr. C. W. Mayo, Mayo Clinic,
and received two U.S. and two Chi- Rochester, Minn.; Henry J. Kaiser,
and hayrides.
.!
Women students kh
a.
The Koffee Klub provides informal nese decorations.
president. Kaiser-FrazMotor Co.; enter second semester .v....:
.. a
speakers, and the art and poster
may sign up in the Dean oi
He returned to the University in R. R. Monroe, president. ACF-Bri- ll
committee sponsors art exhibits and 1947 as associate professor of law, Motors Co.; Rev. Preston Bradley, office at any time btloro
makes posters for other committees. was promoted to a full professorship pastor. The Peoples Church of Chi- day. Saturday. Feb. 19.
Publicity for all SUB activities is last March and was appointed dean cago; and John A. Hannah, presiSecond semester sorority
handled by the public relations com- - of the College of Law in September, dent, Michigan State College, East will be Feb. 26. Betty Wiley, i ...
succeeding Dean Alvin E. Evans. At Lansing, Mich.
mittee.
lenic representative, announced.
All-Ti-

.

all-ti-

--

Reeves Appointed
Managing Editor

Heidelberg Drive
Nets 2000 Books

ey

non-cred-

s,

--

--

e

Registration To Begin
Bridge Tourney

i

uni-ersi- ty

..'!

i

l
Indian Knoll Study
Published By UK Language Conference
Lecturers Scheduled
-

.

.

.

l

UN conference at San Francisco.
During the war, he made many
broadcasts in Spanish for the Office
War Information.
Chess Membership Open of He will teacn two courses at the
dents.
Latin
Any students who play chess may University
this semester:
Miss Cruise announced that the join the Chess Club, which meets at American Civilization in the Rodance and house committees will 7 p.m. every Wednesday in the SUB mance Languages Department, and
A state conference for supervisors meet at 4 p.m. Monday and the out- card room. Miss Margaret Bruce Latin American Relations in the Poof student teaching will be held at ing committee at 5 p.m. Tuesday.
Cruise has announced.
litical Science Department.
the College of Education next Friday
Saturday, Dr. Frank Dickey, asand
sistant to the dean, announced.
speakers will include
Miss Naomi Allenbaugh, Ohio State
University; Dr. Max Heubncr, Northern Illinois State Teachers College;
Dr. Edith Seechel, Ohio University,
Experiments now being conducted
and Dr. Margaret Lindscy, Indiana
in tlie University of Kentucky's
State Teachers College.
Highways Materials Research Lab- - available and the State Highway of exposure in a machine known
Theme of the conference will be
which as a Weather-o-mete- r.
This gadget,
"Student Teaching: A Professional uiavury soon may prove a ooon to me Department wanted to know to
the whose exterior resembles somewhat
Laboratory Experience," Dr. Hickcy state's motorist by eliminating many ones were of the greatest aid
were likely to that of an early model washing maof the hazards of night driving. motorist and which
said.
Under the guidance of Associate last longer. The Highway Research chine, is capable of reproducing vadirector L. E. Gregg, experts at UK Labortory was asked to provide the rious types of weather conditions.
laboratory are wrestling with the answers and to submit specifications Exposure of 400 to 600 hours in the
Sociol Plans Announced
is equivalent to
problem of providing better refelect-in- g for the type of sign found to be Wcather-o-metthat of a year in actual weather.
signs for Kentucky highways. most desirable.
Dates for second semester social
Specifications Submitted
There were two things to be deterEven the more cautious drivers
events are due Thursday in SUB
type sign - - would
Specifications of the most effecRoom 122, Miss Margaret Bruce sometimes find themselves entering mined of each
the amount light needed
a dangerous curve at an usafe rate it reflect it visible at aofsafe distance tive and durable materials will be
Cruise, social director, announced.
to make
the
The University Social Committee of speed or finishing in a near dead and would it stand long wear under submitted toand, if State Highway
Department
approved, will
will decide on all applications, and a heat with a locomotive at an unextypes of weather coditlons? Ex- be used in the fabrication of road
pected railroad crossing because they all
calendar will be made up.
periments designed especially for signs for Kentucky highways. Added
At least five days before each event are not familiar with the road and
were arranged and durability of these signs will result
the names of chaperons must be list- did not see a warning sign in time this problem
conclusive results have been reached. in future saving to the state's tax
ed with Miss Cruise before the Dean to slow down or stop.
payers and thoir increased effectiveHavens Directs Experiments
of Women will issue an approval
Present Signs Faulty
The laboratory staff made no at- ness may prevent accidents that
form.
types of re- could cause death and injury to
Though approximately
tempt to design new
Requests already submitted include
- - grater
concerned themselves
the Student Union "Cherry Hop," of Kentucky's road signs anya neigh- flectors butthe study of reflecting motorists of this and other states.
percentage than that of
only with
The UK Highway Jte search LabFeb. 18: Newman Club Mardi Gras boring state - - are presently equipalready known. Experi- ortory was established in 1942 and
materials
Dance, Feb. 25; Scabbard and Blade ped with reflectors to
make them ments were conducted under the is financed entirely by the Kentucky
Dance, March 12; Student Union visible at night, many
either cannot direction of James N. Havens, re- Department of Highways. Its current
Dance, March 26; Intcrfraternity be seen
enge
far enough away or else search chemist in the UK labortory. staff includes four
Council Dance, April 9; Spring Prom, have been damaged to
To determine their ability to with- ineers, one chemist, one geologist,
the point
April 30, and May Day Dance, May where
e
theyno longer are effective stand the rigors of Kentucky wea- four
engineers' assistants,
14.
at any distance, Gregg said.
ther, materials used in reflecting two graduate students and 17 under- Many types of reflecting signs are road signs were subjected to periods graduate students.
Out-of-sta- te

3

1

Classes Convene
As Spring Term

Latin-Americ-

University students captured most
of the roles for the forthcoming
Guignol production Maxwell Anderson" "Winterset", scheduled to open
March 7.
The two leads, Mio and Miriamne,
will be portrayed by Floye and Tom
Perkins, UK married couple. Mrs.
Perkins (the former Floye Mulli-nauis a graduate of the University and is now employed as a secretary in the College of Education.
Tom, is a senior, a radio announcer
for a local station.
Male Roles Predominate
Douglas Brown, junior, will fill
the role of Garth. Miriamne's brother. Esdras. Miriamne's father, will
be Charles Drew.
Joseph Dress, arts and sciences
senior, will play the part of Trock.
the villian. and Ken Hart will portray Shadow, Track's friend.
C. B. Stephenson, professor of political science, has been cast as

pan."

Number

Trustees Approve
Recent Changes
In Faculty, Staff

c

Most Of Roles

KENTUCKY, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1949

rd

full-tim-

full-tim-

i

i.

Press Club Endorses
Building Project

s;

i

at

.

Former Ambassador
To Discuss Palestine

i
nases

j

er

:

Student Directories
Distributed This Week

DraU(:

Pledae Interf rererr.irv
Dance
Council To
--

behind-the-scen-

es

9--

i

.

:

Dean Stahr Is Named Among
Year's Outstanding Young Men

i

SuKy Plans Practice
Of New Card Sect
a

!

j

Committees Are

Open

Membership

,
Child Care Disp'jy
fciuiwij

hand-painte-

--

j

.

-

ping-pon-

..

g,

,

RusheeS To Sign Up

er

* Best Copy Available
TH

Poae Two

OFFXIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
.

?t- '

f

:r

re to be atentockr IntcreollefiM
Prass Association
wrttera
Ltxlnton Board of Commerce
reflect
Kentucky Press Association
National Editorial Association
. 1 HB
mmkntii eoa mau. aovsiTiaiM a

PUBLTPHED .WETKXV Tlx,...
SCHOOL TEAR E- - rTT HOLIDAYS
OR FXAMIHA.iON PERmnS
"Enured t the
O:
Kentucky, as aeco., cias aift .er undrf
the Act of liarcu J. !7g
wtTBSIPTION RATBS

rt

Helen Deis!
Epii Reeves

National Advertising Service, Inc.

CUf rmthtmen MtmemlUve N. V.
NSW VOSUfc
4CO MAOMOM AVI.
. soars
Las
sa rstaciacs
.
11.00 pec semester

man

taw

Editor Joan Cook, Monte R. Tussny, ano
.:
John Robert Cox
Managing Editor
Associate Managing Editors
Sue Warren
News Editor
reporters: Jobie Anderson, Beverly
Tom Diskln
Sports Editor
lar.a? Coulter, Joanne Davie,
Wallace Pox, Beatrice Freedman,
Ruoye Uraham
Editor
Rosemary Hilling, Robert Kays,
Herbert A. Mooie
Cartoonist
s,
Leonard Keman Marilyn
Prank Carsidy
Advertising
Wilfred Lott, William MansManager
field, Dottle Miller, Dorothy Neal,
Mary Sninoick, Marian Stone,
Bruce Owens, Robbie Robinson,
Wilfred Lott, Charl - JSreckel
nd
Pat Thorn ptas, Simpson Tomkies,
Joan Cook ...
Ann Tracy, Ann Vaughn, Barbara
SoUcLors
Ann Warren, Jane Webb, Kenny
Mary Bert McKennt, .. . Circulation
Wood, Charles Yeary.
Rusty Russell
Froofreader Jerry Finch
Feature Editor
News Desk: B"'r "oggess, Nell Kent Holllngsworth
and Dudley
Blair.
Saunders Associate Sports Editors
..

Kll-gu-

Don't Bother

To Call The

Guard

"We all
i A.-.- j'l ivvcn of us," chortled a friend the other
day. "For once we all
the right crib notes!"
A nearby student, pale and haggard, smiled tensely. "Congratulations." he nitumurod manfully, "but I wasn't so lucky I
the wrong ones again!"
a 'ear for the unfortunate one, we were
While
forced to relied tliat that's how things go these uncertain times.
Alter all, iheatin;r is the best insurance a student can have on a
final, and what tan a je;
believe in if even his crib notes are
wrong?
' Of course, theatii;g' a lot safer
than not cheating, but there
ate hazards involved iv nrc things nowadays. So it's easy to sec
that those who cheat rn-n'-t
the academic thugs they've been
ilrought to be. Cratved that students who cheat are afraid to
compete, afraid be 'an't make the grade if they don't have
a head start, afraid they haven't got what it takes but who can
say. these fears ate von id less?
Besides, there's oi.en a lot of dash, intelligence, and initiative
For instance, take the other day.
required to che-- s.u:ci-fully- .
By devious me.'ns, .in acquaintance of ours got into a professor's
office and removed Vom it (just as a temporary loan) a copy of
the final exam. The professor, a crafty, suspicious, unscrupulous
type, counted the exams and found one missing. Just to show
what a low, sneaking character he had, he made up a new exam.
You think this left the lad holding the bag? Not at all. He
simply made another raid on the professor's office and got a copy
of the new exam, which he distributed geneVously.
This was in a department which grades on a strict and
curve. So naturally, when those few dullards who
they were,
didn't have the itm'ocI final arrived at exam-time- ,
tempted to threw tin ir books out of the window and jump
after them. Bat i.'iey had lacked the spirit and intellectual initiative of the youth v '.j had gotten the last final, so they fell
by the wayside like a)I weak and stupid persons
after all, they
just had copies of the original exam.
That's no isolated case. It's just an example of the way to
classify a very great many UK students, as either 1) those who
cheat successfully, cr 2) those who don't cheat successfully.
And the