SUMMER SESSION KANSAN
Official Summer Session Publication of the University of Kansas
VOLUME XXVII
Two Accidents Occur Here Sunday Night
Two automobiles crashes, one serious and the other slight, marred Lawrence's usually quiet Sunday evening. The first accident occurred at about 8:45 and took the life of Glen England, 35, of Topeka.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1939
England suffered a crushed chest, fractured arm and leg and a broken back. He died at 11:45 o'clock. Miss Joyce's arm and knee cap were broken and she suffered a hip injury. Memorial Hospital authorities said yesterday that she would recover.
★ Glen England, Topeka Killed in Crash on Highway 40; Other Accident Minor
The other crash occurred at about 12:30 in front of 1228 Oread when the Rocke coupe driven by Chester Moon, Lawrence, hit a parked 1928 Oldmobile coupe belonging to C. L. Brumbach, 1139 Tennessee. Moon said he was forced to swerve into the parked car to avoid another car which was parked close to the middle on the other side of the street.
England and a companion, Miss Luvina Joyce, also of Topeka, were coming into Lawrence on the Highway 40 hill when a front tire blew out. Observers say the car struck a telephone pole and rolled on down into a service station driveway.
A crowd quickly gathered and it was necessary to use two wreckers and two ambulances to remove the wreckage. The huge crowd tied up traffic on Highway 40 for some time.
Moon's right front wheel was bent badly and fenders on both cars were damaged. Occupants of Moon's car received cuts and bruises, but there were no serious injuries.
SUMMER
SESSION
Slip-Ups
by
Walt Meininger
Slip-Ups today will be devoted to excerpts from old Kansan files which reveal some startling accounts of the days of the University in 1919 when the dean of women and the student council really threw the squitch on unauthorized social activities.
A resolution adopted by the Faculty Student Honor System Committee of 1919 as shown by a clipping from the May 29 issue of 1919:
Resolution No. IV: Because certain forms of dancing, (such as the jazz, tickle-toe, shimmy, cheek-to-check and moonlight dances) are considered bad form they should be prohibited. Since much of the criticism against dancing has been caused by the costumes worn at dances, it is the hope that the wearing of such costumes will be discouraged.
If they were doing all of those things in 1919 sounds as if they needed a little regulating. Wonder if those dances are as bad as they sound? Bet that tickle-toe is a honey. And in costume, too!
And from a clipping published at (Continued on page four)
Final Co-recreational Splash Party Slated For Tonight
The final co-recreational splash party will be held tonight at the pool in Robinson gymnasium. The pool will be open at 8 o'clock. The program for tonight will consist of general swimming and races. Everyone is welcome, whether you go in the water or sit on the sidelines. Seats will be available for spectators.
Thursday night from 7:30 to 8:30 has been set aside for husbands and wives of the Summer Session who desire to swim together.
Campus Sing Will End Music Events
- Otto Miessner To Conduct The Singing; New and Old Songs Will Be Heard
The summer session chain of musical events will come to a close on Thursday evening with the annual Campus Sing to be held in the Quadrangle in front of Fowler shops at 7:45 o'clock.
The singing will be directed by Dr. W. Otto Miessner, who has conducted choirs and choruses in many parts of the country and has written many vocal numbers now being used by schools and choral groups.
The songs chosen will include many old favorites that have held their place at the top of the list through the years, plus at least three of the more recent and popular songs of the moment, which will be introduced by solo voices with the audience joining in the refrain. Soloists to be heard will be Meribah Moore, soprano, and Irene Peabody, mezzo-soprano, from the School of Fine Arts voice faculty, and Leslie Briedental of Topeka, a promising young baritone who has been heard this summer on some of the music camp concerts.
Seated on the stage will be Dean Swarthout's Summer Session A Cappella Choir of some ninety voices who will lend their support to the general singing and contribute a special number as well. Under Mr. Swarthout's direction, they will sing "The Glendy Burke," a song of the South, and more especially of life on the Mississippi River.
As an accompaniment to the singing of the audience, there will again be a small orchestra as in former years, consisting of Olga Eitner, first violi; Edna Givens, second violi; Jack Stephenson, cello; Louis Maser, trumpet, and Winifred Hill, piano.
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Chancellors' Old Home To Semi- Organized Group
★ Mrs. W. J. Wallace To Rent House From University for Coming Year
The former residence of University chancellors at 1345 Louisiana will be the home of "The 1011 Indiana" semi-organized group the coming school year, according to an announcement made yesterday by Karl Klooz. University bursar.
Klooz was given the authority to rent the spacious house by Chancellor Deane W. Malotte, and the bursar chose the "Men of 1011" because they are the best known and probably the most eligible of the semi-organized houses. The house was rented to Mrs. W. J. Wallace, housemother for the group since its organization seven years ago, and she will be in charge from September 1 to June 1. At that time the house will go back under University jurisdiction.
The 1011 Indiana organization, as it is known, was the first of the semi-organized houses on the Hill, and still rates as the strongest and most complete. It was organized by students seven years ago, and is an attempted compromise between fraternity and boarding house life. The housemother is hired by the group and is guaranteed a full house.
Will Continue Serving University---
The government is left entirely to the men, and new members are chosen each year to replace graduates. While the "pledges" are taken largely from the Summerfield scholarship lists they are not exclusively Summerfields. At the present time the membership is about half Summerfields and half are students chosen from prominence in other fields.
The house has held 15 students in the past but with the new residence will be able to increase its list to 18. Outstanding among its undergraduates members at the present time are Carter Butler, president; Richard MacCann, editor of the Jayhawker the coming year; Robert Marietta, president of the P.S.G.L political party; James Sussex, former house president and instrumental in publishing the Witan booklet, "Manners Make Men". Graduates have become successful in various fields and were prominent in their undergraduate days.
Scholarship maintainen by the group averages about 2.5.
nized group, next year. The University has rented the house to the organization's housemother for the 1939-40 school term.
Former residence of University Chancellors, the large brick house at 1345 Louisiana, will house the "Men From 1011", a semi-orga-
Blind Student to Get German Shepherd Dog Guide
John Urich, a blind student enrolled in the School of Law, plans to go to Morristown, N.Y., about Aug. 9, for four weeks of training with a German shepherd dog. Three Lawrence Boy Scouts are helping Urich to become acquainted with the Campus and downtown Lawrence so that he may expertly command the dog.
Twente to Belton, Mo.. After Father's Death
Dr. J. W. Twente, professor of education, was called to Belton, Mo., today by the death of his father, F. R. Twente. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Twente had been ill for some time.
Mars Shows Off To Six Hundred
NUMBER 13
★ Line of Those Waiting To See Planet Reaches Marvin Hall
Prof. N. W. Storer, associate professor of astronomy, proved Friday night that it doesn't take a football game to attract crowds at the University. Professor Storer had just one star to offer, but that star was the planet Mars an estimated crowd of 600 turned out to see what the Martians were up to.
The observatory was to open at 9:30 but an hour before the scrimage was to begin the crowd started gathering. By the time the opening whelble stole the line extended down to Marvin hall and was three to four deep.
Professor Storer was surprised and pleased at the fine turnout, but it caused him to miss his bedtime by several hours. The observers didn't seem to know when to go home and Mars shone on obligingly even after the group broke up about 2:30 Saturday morning.
At that time Professor Storer was a bit weary, having been sending two persons a minute through the observatory for about six hours. He didn't even take time for a bottle of pop or a hotdog, but then one no one had been far sigged enough to buy concession rights so there weren't any refreshments available.
Observers were a little uncertain about what they had seen. Some of them said they saw just a big blotch of red with a white spot on top of it. The white spot was the south polar ice cap. Others swore they could see a snow storm raging. Some saw green, which Storer said was vegetation. Anyway they all saw red when they looked through the 6-inch refracting telescope.
The planet is the nearest to the earth that it has been in 15 years, but none of the potential astronomers claimed they saw Martians running around. Perhaps the Martians keep regular hours and unlike their worldly cousins don't crowd around telescopes until all hours of the night trying to get a glimpse of other planets. They had probably gone to bed hours before the curious earthy inhabitants started peeping at them.
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GRADUATES NOTICE
Students who expect to complete requirements for degrees this summer should pay the diploma fee at the Burars' Office before leaving the campus.
George O. Foster
Registrar
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Radio Broadcast Ends Mid-West Music Camp,1939
★ One Hundred and Fifty Attend Final Program; Krueger and Harding Are Guest Conductors
The six week session of the 1939 Mid-West Music Camp ended yesterday as the last note of the broadcasting theme song died away at the close of one of the most successful of the broadcasts offered all summer.
Approximately 150 persons attended the broadcast, many of them parents who had come to take their charges home after the six weeks separation. The program featured Leslie Breidenthal, 17, a baritone of promising quality.
Karl Kreuger, conductor of the Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra, was guest conductor for the camp orchestra yesterday. A. A. Harding, director of bands at the University of Illinois, was guest conductor for the Camp band.
Dean Swarthout conducted the chorus.
The six broadcasts have been presented over the Columbia Broadcasting system and have been available to more than 100 stations.
In addition to these broadcasts the Camp has presented a concert each Sunday night during the last six weeks; has presented orchestra concerts; and, last week the band, orchestra, and chorus all took part in the All Musical Vespers.
Saturday night the Campers held a formal farewell dance in the Memorial Union building ballroom.
The Camps received instruction in band, orchestra, voice; supervised recreation; board and room, for their fee of $66.
The guest conductors who led the orchestra and band during their broadcasts and concerts were:
While on the campus the boys lived in the Pi K A and Triangle houses and the girls lived in the A O Pi house. All of the musicians ate in the Pi K A house.
Gerald R. Prescott, director of band at the University of Minnesota; Ralph Rush, instrumental music director at the Cleveland Heights, Ohio high school; N. De Rubertis, director of the Kansas City, Mo. Orchestra Training School; James Robinson of the Springfield, Mo. high school; George Keenan of Westport high school, Kansas City, Mo.; John Francis, Shawnee Mission high school; and the last week Karl Krueger conductor of the Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra and A. Austin Harding, director of bands at the University of Illinois, are here to lead the groups.
Cora Downs To Tour Europe on Year's Leave
Miss Cora Downs, professor of bacteriology, will spend next year, during which time she will be on leave of absence from the University, in New York and Paris, and will stop for a short time in England.
She will attend the meeting of the International Congress for Microbiology, opening Sept. 1 in New York City. Following that, she will be in Dr. O. W. Avery's division for the study of pneumonia in the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research for five or six months.