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VOL. XXVI. NO. 2 UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE. LOUISVILLE 8. KENTUCKY Thursday. Oct. 7, 1954
Colonel Lewis L'Raisers Announce
Fills Office •
As B&G Head Homecoming Plans
Col. Kelly H. Lewis, former
commanding officer of the arsen­al
:at Charlestown, resigned from
the army this summer to accept
the position of superintendent of
buildings and grounds at U of L.
THERE IS NOTHING LI'KE A DAME, sing members of the noon
section of the University Chorus. rehearsing numbers from South
Pacific. The Chorus is under the direction of Edward Barret.
Lewis is a veteran of 39 years
of military service. During World
War II he worked toward the es­tablishment
of the Indiana Arsen­al.
After the war he went to
Japan as procurement officer on
General MacArthur's Far ·East
Command and later was assigned
to the Army General Staff in
Washington.
Col. Lewis returned to the Ar­senal
at the beginning of the Ko­rean
conflict and remained there
until this summer. University Chorus Looks
To Active Concert Year
A native of Virginia, Lewis
plans to make Louisville his per­manent
home.
By OTTO REYNOLDS. JR.
Under the guidance of new director Mr. Ed Barret, the Uni­versity
chorus is looking forward this year to a most active and am­bitious
season with performances both on and off the U of L campus.
The ·chorus will give a concert in ,
December in the playhouse; there Mr. Barret stated ii, is to perform,
will be appearances with the band to read, and to learn as much of
during ihe concert season and at the great choral music as possible
some of the basketball games. The and to give University of Louis­e
h o r us will perform on radio ville students, as well as the gen­and
television programs. The most eral public, an opportunity to en­inportant
performance of the year joy good music at live performanc­will
be with the Louisville Or- es. All types and styles of choral
chestra and the Philharmonrc Cho- music will be performed.
rus on February 14 at the Me­maria!
Auditorium. At this con­cert
the chorus will give the first
Louisville perfurmance of "Car­mina
Burana," a scenic choral
piece by Carl Orff.
Award Trophies
Two trophies will be awarded
this school year to the fraternity
and sorority which give the chorus
the most support in U of L activi­ties.
The awarding of the trophies
will be on the basis of the highest
percentage of members enrolled
in the chorus and the number of
times members are present at re­hearsals
and performances. The
awards w·ill be presented ·at the
Fryberger Sing.
The purpose of the chorus, as
Students To Direct
Mr. Barret, a native of Louis­ville,
former music director at
WHAS and WHAS-TV, and Di­rector
of the Philharmonic Chorus,
is introducing a new system. He
will use as assistants the directors
of the organizations which parti­cipated
in the Fryberger Sing last
year. These assistants will con­duct
the chorus in various re­hearsals
and concerts. So far,
around 100 students have enrolled
in the two sections of the chorus.
One section meets on Monday and
Wednesday at noon, and the other
meets from 3 until 5 on Wednes­days.
Both sections meet in the
Playhouse.
Dr. John W. Taylor, former presi­dent
of the University of Louis­ville.
has been named executive
director of WTTW. a new educa­tional
television station in Chi­cagQ.
Dr. Taylor was president of
U. of L. from 1947 to 1950. when
he resigned to become deputy di­rector-
general of the United Na­tions
Educational. Scientific and
Cultural Organization.
Kappa Delta Sorority Will Present A ward
To Most Outstanding Campus Fraternity
This spring, Kappa Delta Soror­ity
will present a rotating trophy,
to be awarded annually to the
Most Outstanding Fraternity on
campus. The compe.tition is open
to all social fraternities on the
campus, the winn·er to be deter­mined
by a point system. A fra­ternity
or an individual will re­ceive
points for campus activities.
The sorority feels that this award
will create a greater interest in
campus activities.
For University publications such
as The Cardinal. Thoroughbred.
Views, Static. Segue. Masthead,
Speed Way and The Speed Engi­neer.
10 points will be given for a
member of the editorial staff and
five for a reporter.
Ten points will be given for
members on all varsity athletic
teams.
For intramural sports, the fra-ternity
will receive 5 for every receive 5.
game played and 20 for winning Such miscellaneous activities
a tournament. 1 as Homecoming w inn e r s will
Participants in Little Theatre, also be included. Float and House
the University Chorus and the decorations will be awarded 25 for
Band will be given 10. a first and 15 for a second place.
Officers Rate Mr. Thoroughbred gives his or-
Officers of such organizations as ganization 25, Fryberger and :ear­the
Medical Science Club, I.R.C., be shop firsts 25 and seconds 15.
all religious clubs, Natural Sci- A cheerleader will be 20 and such
ence Club, Physics, F.T.A., Eagle Student Chest functions as Ugly
and Ancpor Society, ASME, AS- Man, 20, and winners of the Var­CE,
AICE, and AlEE and IRE will iety Show 15.
be given 10 points. Scholarship Help!)
Members will receive 5 and of- Finally, for this year the Scho-ficers
10 of such honoraries as the larship rating for the Fall semes­pre-
med, German, journalism, Ar- ter will be included, first 25, sec
nold Air Society and Sigma Tau. ond 20, and third 15. In the com-
A member of ODK will give his ing years, the Spring and Fall
fraternity 25 points, and one of semesters will be used.
Who's Who, 20. The fraternities will receive
Student Council members will more detailed instructions of the
receive 10, and their officers 15. point system within the next
Commission Heads of USC will week.
Cardinals To Meet Morehead Eagles
The dates for Homecoming this year have been set for Friday
and Saturday, November 5 and 6, the L 'Raisers Commission has
announced. Festivities will get under way at seven o'clock Friday
evening with the judging of house decorations. Campus organiza­tions
will present their floats in the Homecoming parade at ten
o'clock Saturday morning.
The Fighting Cardinals will furnish the music for the dance.
meet the Morehead Eagles at two
o'clock .Saturday afternoon in the
Homecoming game. The Univer­sity
Band will present the half­time
show in which the Queen
and her court will be introduced.
Dance At Armory
The Homecom\Jlg D.ance will be
held in the Armory from nine
until one Saturday night. Dur­ing
the evening, the Queen will
be crowned and house decoration
and float trophies will be present­ed
to the winning organizations.
Logan Collins' Orchestra will
Student Union
AndSUBPosts
To Be Filled
Leadership and Student Union
Building Commissions will be
elected at thee October 14 meeting
of the University Student Coun­cil.
Students desiring a commis­sion
post must submit a letter
of application to the Dean of
Men's office prior to noon of the
election day.
At the October 14 meeting the
new tax revision law will be
discussed. The b i 11, recently
passed by Congress, states that
college students wi.th income of
$600 or more may be claimed as
dependents. This law may be ad­vantageous
to any student who is
helping to finance his education.
As the bill contains many techni­calities,
the USC urges all s·tu­dents
who may qualify for de­ductions
to attend the meeting.
The USC office will be open
from twelve to one o'clock on
Thursday and Friday of each
week. The office is located in the
north end of the Snack Bar.
Applications for float and house
decoration themes will be accept­ed
in the Dean of Men's Office
beginning Monday, October 11.
There will be a $10 registration
fee covering house and float en­tries.
Each organization participating
in the parade will be allowed to
have six decorated cars accom­panying
their float. After the
parade, floats will be displayed
in the Quadrangle in front of the
Administration Building.
Judging For Queen
The first judging of Homecom­ing
Queen candidates will be held
on October 25. At this judging a
five-man committee will select a
Queen. The remaining four will
comprise the Queens Cow·t.
Candidates' names and the or­ganization
which each represents
must be submitted to the Dean of
Men's Office by Thursday, Octo­ber
21. The L' Raisers Commis­sion
urges every campus organiza­tion
to sponsor a candidate for
Homecoming Queen.
The Commission speculates that
this year will see one of the most
successful Homecomings ever held
at the University of Louisville.
Notice!
All studel11f.s who drive cars
that are not registered in J ef­ferson
County must have a
s-ticker on the car showing tha·t
the personal property tax has
been paid.
Tax stickers can be obtained
free of charge at the Tax Com­missioners
Office in the Fiscal
Court Building at Fifth and
Jefferson.
NEWLY ELECTED CHEERLEADERS are from left to right; Paula
Wolfford. Katie Bryan. Dianne Coleman, Doris Goodknight. Bar­bara
HibbiU. The group made its first appearance in striking
new uniforms at the U of L-FSU game.