SEEK THE TRUTH
AND THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE. THE CARDINAL
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE'S WEEKLY PUBLICATION
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VOL. XVI ASSOCIATED COLLEGIATE PRESS FRIDAY. MAY 30. 1947 INTER-COLLEGIATE PRESS NO. 16
Maeg WiHmer Replaced By Mary Stuart As Cardinal Editor
MAEG WITTMER
Ace Survey On G. I. Subsistence
Serves As Basis For Arguments
Washington, D. C.-(I.P.) - A
survey made by the American
Council on Education has been
the basis of recent Congressional
argument for or against any raise
in G.I. 'subsistence. This survey
was made according to informa­tion
furnished by 132 colleges and
universities, showing an increase
in board and rent of 25.8% since
Sept. 1945. The survey is inter­esting
enough to reproduce in
part.
Board and Room Costs for:
Unmarried on campus-Natl. Avg.
$53.33, Low $32.00, High $120.00
Unmarried off campus - Natl.
Avg. $64.13, Low $30.00, High
$130.00
Married off campus-Nat!. Avg.
$105.19, Low $75.00, High $304.00
Married with one child - Nat!.
Avg. $130.77, Low $85.00, High
$307.00
The survey was compared with
some of the collegiate delegation's
surveys. The point was made by
student delegates that life itself
did not bear out the ACE reports.
The attitude of Dr. Francis J.
Brown, staff associate of the
Council, who has been a key
figure in the development of this
whole program, seemed to be that
aid on an administrative level,
and funds "for all institutions
needing permanent construction
because of veteran enrollment"
are of primary importance, in­creased
subsistence secondary.
Dr. Brown was impressed none­theless
by the student delegates
Post War Prom
Returns To Campus
As Senior Banquet
Among the many annual affairs
returning to Belknap Campus in
this post-war period, but in a
varied form, is th~ U. of L. senior
prom. Formerly a prom had been
the custom but due to the full cal­endar
of spring dances, a banquet
was decided upon.
It is to be held June 13, at the
Art's Club in the Henry Watter­son
Hotel and the time set is 6 :00
p.m. Toasts are to be given by
certain members of the graduat­ing
class, and on the guest list
will appear the deans of the re­spective
schools.
Tickets will go on sale in Dean
Threlkeld's office the first of next
week.
and invited them to address the
committee on the Relationships
of Higher Education to Federal
Government. This committee in­cludes
Presidents Conant of
Harvard and Compton of Wash­ington
University, St. Louis.
Y ets Association
Now Recognized
States Dr. Taylor
President Taylor announced
during the Convocation that the
Veteran's Association's difficul­ties
had been ironed out. The V.A.
is now recognized on campus.
V.A., although active for sev­eral
years before the question of
the group's status arose, had only
a paper existence which had no
legal basis.
Lifetime Membership
President of V. A., Stanley
Rothstein, presented President
Taylor with an honorary, lifetime
membership in the organization.
With the presentation, Rothstein
told the audience in the Play­house:
Dr. Taylor Cautions
"Education should be adapted
'to the facts of the age. We be­lieve
that Dr. Taylor will do the
job."
In closing, President Taylor
cautioned other campus organiza­tions
to check their records and
constitutions to make sure that
they were legally organized on
campus.
SOPHOMORE
COMPREHENSIVE GRADES
ARE READY
PICK UP LETTERS
IN TEST BUREAU
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BARRY BINGHAM'S PLEA FOR AMERICAN AID to displaced
persons receives President Taylor's endorsement with heady
applause. Mr. Bingham. President of the Courier -Journal, asked
U. of L. students to back the program designed to facilitate entry
of displaced persons into the United States.
$50 Bill Changed
Served as Mgr. Editor
She served as News Editor for
twc terms before being advanced
to Managing Editor for one term.
Known as "Stuartie" by her
friends, she is a member of Pi
Beta Phi sorority.
Carrol FE-ars Business Mgr.
Car!'ol Fears, Business Manager,
has worked as Managing Editor
of the 1947 Thoroughbred and has
been connected with other cam­pus
publications. A member of
Sigma Chi fraternity, he is a pre­law
transfer student from the
University of Kentucky.
Les Bell, Liberal Arts repcrter
for the University vf Louisville
News Bureau, has had experience
in writing radio scripts and has
experimented with most other
forms of writing. Previously he
served, for two quarters, as Re­Courier-
Journal Head write Editor for The Cardinal.
Pleas ~ Plight of D. P.'s
First speaker at the Convoca­tion
Monday, May 26, was Barry
Bingham, President of the Cour­ier-
Journal, who is on the Board
of Trustees of U. of L. made a
plea for the plight of Europe's
850,000 remaining displaced per­sons.
troops than is necessary to be
kept in Germany. Twelve million
dollars is spent every two months
by the United States in sustain­ing
these displaced persons.
After the "Lone Wolf" raid by
a Faculty member, the gamblers
were reluctant to place their bets
on the table but the last week has
put an end to that. Stacks of coin
covering green-backs of different
denominations are placed at ad­vantageous
spots on the table.
Once a $50 bill was passed around
to be changed.
Students Select New Alma Mater Song
As Tonsils Test New Tunes In Playhouse
Mr. Bingham was introduced
by Dr. Warner, Head of the Social
Science Department. "Reading
lines someone else has written is
easier than using my own script,"
Mr. Bingham told the audience as
he reached the microphone.
75 Children
Six in One Camp
He began by giving a first-hand
account of the "D.P .S.'s" in their
camps in Germany. In a camp
near Frankfort he found 75 chil­dren
under 6 years of age who
did know their parents, their own
names, nor their nationality. At
a Baltic camp, consisting of
people from the Baltic States, he
was greeted by a Lithuanian
chorus which burst out with "My
Old Kentucky Home."
850.000 D.P.S.'s
Although barbed wire does not
keep them from escaping, Mr.
Bingham continued, they have no
desire to escape for there is no
place for them to go, no one wants
them. These remaining 850,000 of
the original 11,000,000 slave labor­ers
herded into Germany by
Hitler are waiting in idleness for
something to happen. The United
Nations told these people they
would not be forced to return to
their former homes against their
will-but have not as yet pro­vided
a satisfactory alternative
for them.
Fear of Persecution
Nearly all these D.P.S.'s come
from such Communist-dominated
countries as Poland, the Baltic
States, and Yugoslavia. ''There is
tremendous fear in their minds
that they would be persecuted
and would rather stay than go
home," Mr. Bingham told the au­dience.
The problem of the D.P .S.'s re­quires
many more American
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Leadership Is Solution
He went on to say that "Lead­ership
is the solution to this
problem. The United States is the
strongest nation in the world,
In addition to the regular
scheduled giJ.mbling in the stu­dent
center, the Religious Build­ing
was the center of a mad esca-
(Contlnued on page 9, col. 2)
At the Convocation for the new
President, Dr. John W. Taylor, in
the Playhouse, Monday, May 26,
the students selected a new Alma
Mater Song to replace the present
one which some believe has be-come
antiquated. Jimmy Powell
Dr. H. W. Williams Selected
New Dean Of Kent School
and John Young wrote the lyrics
and melody for the new song.
Three selections were presented
to the students and after each had
been played by the orchestra,
under the direction of Mr. Lyon,
the students then sang the words.
New Dean of the Kent School The spontaneous reception to the
of Social Work will be Dr. Howell
W. Williams, who is now teaching
in the University of Southern
California School of Social Work
besides serving as research asso­ciate
in the Delinquency Control
Department there.
Succeeding Dean John W.
Cronin, who resigned April 1 to
establish a School of Social Work
at the University of Connecticut,
Dr. Williams will begin his duties
late this summer.
Missouri.
Degrees in Journalism playing of the third song prompt­ed
Mr. Lyon to remark, "You
His Bachelor of Journalism de- mean that's the one you like." His
gree was obtained from the Uni- remark was acknowledged with
versity of Missouri in 1930. He thundering applause.
received his Masters Degree six Narrowed Field to Three
years later at Bucknell Univer- Joanne Elrod, Chairman of the
sity and his Ph.D. in 1942 at the Progress Commission of the All­University
of Chicago. Campus Council, was on hand to
His academic positions include supervise the voting and to ex­instructor
in the School of Social plain the purpose of the selection.
Administration at the University She said, "Please vote even if you
of Chicago, assistant professor in don't like these selections; but try
the Department of Social Welfare, to see your way clear on one of
Native of Missouri University of California. them, because we don't want to
go through this again."
Social Administrator in various Expert Economic Analyst Mr. Earnest Lyon and Mr Al-public
agencies and academic Other positions he has held in- fred Peltier arranged the chosen
posts at the University of Chica- elude work as expert economic songs for orchestration and Mr.
go, the University of California, analysist for the u'. S. Children's Lyon explained, "If you don't like
and the University of Southern Bureau, warden's assistant of the these don't vote because the one
California, the new dean is thirty U. S. Bureau of Prisons, and ex- you already have you won't sing
nine years old and a native of (Continued on page 9, col. 8) -why get another?" He pointed
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out the importance of having a
good Alma Mater song, "It should
be a tradition on the campus to
have an Alma Mater song that
you like to sing."
The judges, who narrowed the
field down to three selections, be­gan
to judge the songs submitted
in March just after the contest
was announced on the Univer­sity's
radio show over WGRC.
The winning team also placed
the first and last songs on the
program.
Judges from Every School
The judges are: Mrs. Sue
Earnest and Mr. Ray L. Bird­whistell
of the Liberal Arts Fac­ulty;
Mr. Warren Babb and Mr.
Earnest Lyon of Music School;
Dr. A. J . Moore of the Medical
School; Libby Newhall and Joe
McDermott of the Alu!llni and
one student from each college of
the University; Lest<;>r Bell, Arts
and Sciences; Sara Scott, Music
School; Robert Heidt, Medical
School; Paul Eva n s, Dental
School; Bill Freid lander, L a w
School; and Jean Dockhorn, Kent
School. Miss Yvonne Corum of
the Progress Commission was the
pianist for the judging.
Robert A. Warner, head of the
School of Arts and Sciences' So­cial
Science Department, was the
Master of Ceremonies and an­nounced
"U. of L.'s theme is
progress; we have a new Presi­dent,
now we're getting a new
song.''
A.P.O. Helps Ballc.:ing
Alpha Phi Omega, the service
fraternity, was on hand to pass
out the ballots with the words of
the songs on them. APO collected
the ballots after the votes were
marked. They also helped Miss
Elrod in the tabulation and
assisted her all through the mus­ical
part of the program.
The New Song
The words of the new song are:
"We thy loyal sons now stand.
To sir.:t thy highest praise.
With de~pest reverence in ou:
hearts,
To these our college days.
Thy honor true we all defend,
'Tis known we love the well.
Our fhoughfs for years fo come
will be
Of thee our U. of L.''
One student complained that
the song was too slow and Miss
Elrod stated that an Alma Mater
song should not have a martial
air. She also said, "This selection
will have to be approved by the
judges now" before becoming the
official hymn of the University of
Louisville.
14 Are Elected To Fill Positions On University Student Council
A. S. Plurality Basis Count
Elects S. Kretchmer, C. White
U-L Student Center's Finances
Pose Big Problem For Stamm
Results of the election of mem­bers
to the All-Campus Council
were compiled following the close
of the polls on Monday, it was
announced by K. 0 . Lee, retiring
President. The six at-large vacan­cies
were filled by Rummage,
Bohannan, Kline, Johnston, Halli­day
and Haley. Shirley Kretch­mer
and Court White were elect­e<
I from Arts and Sciences. Kent
School representatives will be
Gretna Brown and Clyde Van·
Metre., .
Ralph Petrilli and Joseph Allen
were elected to represent Law
School, and Yvonne Corum and
Peggy Tighlman were chosen by
Music School.
imperative for the student body
to be properly instructed as to
the Hare system of voting in
order that the election properly
reflect the student choice of can­didates.
It is absolutely necessary
that each voter indicate his choice
of candidates whose names ap­pear
on the ballot in the order of
his preference.''
At-Large Ballots Total 882
Oue of the total vote of 882 for
the at-large positions, Bill Rum­~
age received 251, Harry Boban­nan
captured 206, Alice Kline got
184, Johnnie Johnston followed
her with 180, Carol Halliday poll­ed
156, and Joyce Haley took 147
Droz received 41, Clint Border 11,
rnd Curd Miller 6.
The Student Center was closed
Monday morning, May 26, by Ted
Troyer, Director of Auxiliary
Units at the University after his
discovery of a deficit in the' ac­cQJ.
lnt record of the Center.
According to the counter girls
in the Student Center, Mr. Troyer
implied that one of them was re­sponsible
for the loss. It is alleged
that he accused one of them of
taking $900.00 during the months
of March and April and informed
the employee's that if the guilty
party would confess the others
would not be fired.
Since the cash register in the
Center checked out correctly it
was assumed that either the
money had never reached the
cash drawer or that the deficit
had gone out the back door in the
form of stock from the Center.
The three counter girls, Francis
Robinson, Maguerite Tucker, and
Georgeanna Hubbard, quit their
jobs. Said Mrs. Robinson, "I know
that none of us took the money."
$800 :Not Miulng
Mr. F. W. Stamm, Comptroller
of the University, threw light on
the $900.00, explaining that that
sum was not missing. The Student
Center has shown a Joss of "about
$450.00" during the months of
March and April; since the Stu­dent
Center should have cleared
$450.00 during this period, it
might possibly be interpreted that
the University had lost that much,
he stated.
:NoAc:eusationa
Mr. Stamm emphasized · that,
"I· am· not· accusing- anyone.:­definitely."
He also stated that he
had no reason !or believing that
thr.:re was any connection be·
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Plurality Count 0 . K.
Votes for candidates from Arts
and Sciences were counted on a
plurality basis instead of the
Hare system which must be used
for at-large candidates, but not
for candidates representing the
various schools. The Hare system
will not work in an election where
you have a large number of
voters and a small number of
positions (in this case two) to be
filled.
Athol Lee Taylor stated, "It is
·.
In Law School Ralph Petrilli
was top . man with 42, Joseph
Allen won by a single vote over
:Daniel Boone, 37 to 36, Alton
;Burckle, Jr., polled 33, and Dave
Gittleman received 25 votes. The
total vote was 178.
All three of the proposed
amendments to the constitution
of the All-Campus Council were
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ATHOL LEE TAYLOR. OFFICIAL COUNTER FOR USC ELECTIONS, calls out the Yoten'
Mlections to K. 0. ~ Retiriag President ofACC. who tlllli• the choice on the blackboard in
a cluaroom at Law SchooL TotaliDg up r•ulta conawned thr .. ·Uld·a-half hours.