SUMMER SESSION KANSAN
Official Summer Session Publication of the University of Kansas
VOLUME XXVII
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1939
Moritz to China As Appointee In Y.M. Service
While Moritz's salary has been announced as only $40 a month, this equals $400 in Chinese exchange, and he is also allowed a substantial traveling budget.
★ Graduate to Attend the World Conference of Christian Youth at Amsterdam on Way to China
The first stop of the journey will be Amsterdam where Moritz will be a delegates to the world conference of Christian youth from July 24 to August 2. There will be 1,500 students at this meeting, 180 being from the United States.
Paul Moritz Chairman of the National Inter-Collegiate Council of the Y.M.C.A., left New York on the Queen Mary Wednesday on the first leg of a journey to China where he will be a member of the foreign staff of the Y.M.C.A. for the coming year, Moritz, who was graduated from the University this spring, received notice of his appointment less than a week before he left New York.
He will be the second appointee from the United States to act in this capacity. His duties are expected to be to travel and speak among Chinese college students in a good-will venture. A Chinese student will enter the United States in exchange for Paul.
From Amsterdam, Paul will continue through Russia if possible. If not, he will go south in France and Italy and proceed through the Suez Canal on his way to the Orient.
As an undergraduate at the University, Paul was active in student affairs, and was an honor student. He is former regional chairman of the Rocky Mountain Region of the Y.M.C.A., and served for the past two years as president of the University Y.M.C.A.
Pi Lambda Theta Initiates
Initiation for Mrs. Phebe Bailey Gates, Baldwin, Dorothy Hunt, Kansas City, Laura C. Johnston, Cottonwood Falls, and Josephine Samson, Atchison, into Pi Lambda Theta, was held last Thursday at 7:30 p.m. inn Fraser hall.
Following the initiation the chapter held an informal reception honoring the initiates. The committee in charge was Mattie E. Crumrine, Ursula Henley, and Frances Carvel.
SUMMER
SESSION
Slip-Ups
by
Walt Meininger
As if things weren't bad enough around here. Now they're moving the Sour-Owl office into the Journalism building, Rumor hath it that the Union Operating committee has decided it was high time somebody watched the morals around here so they've done everything in their power—kicked the Owl out of the Union. Probably the best known and most widely read piece of pub-
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Lindleys Leave Lawrence Tomorrow on World Trip
Dr. and Mrs. E. H. Lindley wil leave Lawrence tomorrow on the first leg of their world trip. They planned to leave yesterday but were delayed by the hot weather of the past week.
Doctor Lindley said that they plan to make several stops in Indiana; then will go to Erwinna, Pa., to the farm of their son, Ernest K. Lindley. They plan to spend several days at the New York Worlds' Fair accompanied by their son and daughter-in-law and their two children. They will visit a second son, Stanley Lindley and his wife at Fergus Falls, Minn.
On Aug. 17, Doctor and Mrs. Lindley will sail from San Francisco on the N.Y.K. Line's Kamakura Maru for Yokohama. After spending about a month there, if conditions permit, they will visit the East Indies, stopping at Java and Bali. Other stops will be at Singapore, India, Egypt and Greece.
After spending most of the winter in Italy, they plan to travel northward through France, the British Isles and Scandanavia and will return to Lawrence next summer.
Professors Visit Foreign Countries
★ Students Will Hear of European Conditions From Eye Witnesses Next Fall
When students return to the University of Kansas this fall many of them will be able to learn about the European situation from eye-witnesses, for seven professors either are in Europe or planning voyages there soon.
Dr. Ralph I. Canuteson, director of health service, will return Sept. 15 from a 3-month trip.
A. J. Mix. head of the botany department, is spending a year's sabbatical leave of absence in Europe and will return next June.
Walter E. Sandelius, professor of political science, will leave July 15 for one semester's sabbatical study in the Scandinavian countries where he will do research work.
Waldemar Geltch, professor of violin and orchestra, who has been away on leave of absence since Feb. 1, will return by the time school opens in September.
Miss Margaret Lynn, professor of English, will leave late this summer on a year's sabbatical leave for study in Europe and England particularly the latter.
Otto Springer, head of the German department, left early last month for a year's absence to do research in the Scandinavian countries
Dr. and Mrs. E. H. Lindley plan to sail Aug. 17 from San Francisco for Japan on a 1-year world tour which will include China, India, Egypt, Italy, France, and England. They plan to "follow the spring" around the world and return to Lawrence next year at which time the former chancellor will teach courses in philosophy.
Educational Clinic Open
Students enrolled in the Summer Session who are interested in the testing of children should see Bert A. Nash, professor in the School of Education at the Educational Clinic in room 18, Fraser hall.
NUMBER 7
Faculty and Students Think Malott Is 'Swell'
New Chancellor--high school.
Harold Loewen, gr., will teach sciences in the high school at Oberlin;
Elizabeth Ann Bush, A.B.'36 will teach speech and English in the high school at Pleasanton; Mildred Halmberg,gr., will teach home economics in the high school at Reading; and G. R. Rydell, M.A.'36 will be principal of the Blue Mound high school.
After a 10-day stay at the University of Kansas during which time he became the ninth chancellor, Deane W. Malott returned Saturday to Boston to clear up his work at Harvard.
The new chancellor since taking office quietly and unobtrusively on July 1 has become popular on the Hill. A broad grin and powerful handshake have won the friendship of both faculty and students. "Malott is swell" and "the regents made a good choice" are two reoccuring appraisals.
The youthful new chancellor will return with Mrs. Malott and their three children early in September to establish residence in the spacious home given to the university by the late Mrs. J.B.Watkins.
Popular On Hill
In assuming leadership of the 75-year old university, Chancellor Maltott established several precedents: He is the first native Kansan to be head of the school.
Dean Wahl's Wife Dies At University of Kansas Hospital After Illness
Mrs. Elizabeth Wahl, wife of Dr. H.
I. Wahl, dean of the School of Medicine,
died Sunday afternoon at the University of Kansas hospital in
Kansas City, Kan. Mrs. Wahl died following an operation Wednesday.
Mrs. Wahl had been in poor health for several years but her condition did not become critical until recently.
Dr. and Mrs. Wahl were married in 1916 after they had met at Western Reserve university in Cleveland where Mrs. Wahl was taking courses in laboratory technician work. Dr Wahl was teaching at Western Reserve at that time.
Dr. ad Mrs. Wahl lived at 1439 West 61 street in Kansas City, Mo. Dean Wahl has been dean of the School of Medicine for 12 years. The school is located for the most part in Kansas City, Kan.
Chandler Announces Eight Teaching Placements
Edna Jane Penny, M. A. '38, will teach French and Latin in Eureka high school; Charlotte Cilek, c'39, will teach social science and general science at The Rock Creek high school; Josephine Cook, ed'39, will teach English in the high school at Moscow; Ward Witherspoon, M.A. '36, will teach science in the Fredonia high school.
Eight placements recently made through the Teachers' Appointment Bureau were announced yesterday by its director, H. E. Chandler.
Education Seminar Thursday
---Tells Fish Stories
Graduate students who are writing these in Educational Psychology or for the combined teaching degree should attend the Seminar at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon in room 206 Fraser hall.
He is the first alumnus to be elected hancellor.
He is the youngest chancellor to take office, not counting W. C. Spangler who was acting chancellor in 1889.
Tells Fish Story
He is the first chancellor elected since John Fraser in 1868 who does not have a doctor's degree.
He will be the first chancellor to live in the Watkins' home.
One precedent which Mr. Malott did not break, however, was that of telling rather "tall" fish stories. In his first formal speech at the university in convoitation Friday, Mr. Malott told of a fisherman who snagged a lantern. He declared that the fisherman avowed the wick in the lantern was burning. Dean Raymond A. Schwegler, director of the summer session who introduced Malott, remarked that the ability to tell a good fish story seemed to be a requisite of a good chancellor, and, if so, Mr. Malott certainly was off to a good start.
Noted Contralto To Sing Thursday
★ Summer Session Series Features Georgia Graves At Hoch Auditorium
Georgia Graves, well-known contralto, will present a recital in Hoch auditorium Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. Miss Graves' recital is another of the programs offered by the Summer Session Concert Series.
Miss Graves' voice has been praised by outstanding critics throughout the country.
Summer Session students will be admitted to the recital on presentation of their activity tickets. Faculty members may obtain complimentary tickets for themselves and the immediate family by calling at the Fine Arts office or at the box office on the night of the recital.
The program will be: Lasciatemi Morire (Monteverde), It Was a Lover and His Lass (Morley-Forsberg), I Dream of Jeannie (Stephen Foster), Brindisi, Luscrezia Borgia, (Donizetti, Sapphische Ode (Brahms, Vergebliches Standchen (Brahms), Und Willst Du Deinen Liebsten Sterben Seh'n (Hugo Wolf).
Mausfallen - Spruchlein (Hugo Wolf), Zueignung (Strauss), Den Forste Kyssen, Swedish (Sibelius), Sav, Sav, Susa, Swedish (Sibelius), Komm Herbei, Tod! (Sibelius), Black Roses (Sibelius).
Work was started last week on a six-room house at 1609 Stratford Road for Miss Winnie D. Lowrance, assistant professor in the School of Education. The house will be a story and a half high of modified Cape Cod Colonial style, with a thatchled skinny exterior.
When I Have Sung My Songs to You (Charles), Old Mother Hubbard, in the manner of Handel, (Hutchinson), Four Ducks on a Pond (Needham), Take Joy Home (Bassett).
New House For Miss Lowrance
Miss Lowrance plans to have the house finished by the opening of school next fall.
Malott Stresses Task of Education At Convocation
$ \star $ Initial University Appearance Is Before Large Crowd; Schwegler Presides At Meeting
Stressing the task of education, and directing most of his remarks to teachers and educators. Chancellor Deane W. Malott made his first appearance before a University audience at Convocation Friday morning.
"The task of education is to inculcate the spirit of self-reliance and the ability to assume responsibilities in the nation's youth," said the new Chancellor.
He spoke of the contribution of science, and the wonderful world science has helped develop. However he said he also feared a softening process in the world due to its inability to adjust itself to changes in science.
Near the close of his talk, Malott told a fish story, and this afforded Dean R. A. Schwegler, director of the Summer Session who presided at the Convocation, a chance to comment on the abilities of all great chancellors to tell "fish stories." "Anyone who aspires someday to be the head of a college or university should take heed, and begin practice at once," Schwegler said.
The large crowd in attendance also joined in community singing led by Dean Donald M. Swarthout with Everett Anderson at the organ. Prof. Joseph Wilkins sang "Tarantella" by Rossini, accompanied by Robert Glotzbach.
Rippey Turns In High Mark at Fort Sheridan
Cadet George E. Rippey turned in high score for the Coast Artillery, (Anti-Aircraft), University of Kansas, R.O.T.C. unit at Camp Leonard Wood, Fort Sheridan, Ill., at the close of firing last week.
Cadet Rippey has been very active in campus activities, being president of Kappa Eta Kappa fraternity, president of the Engineering Student Council, and a member of the Kansas Engineer governing board.
Other members of the University of Kansas unit, now receiving six weeks intensive training at the large Army post are Cadets: Marvin B. Allen, Charles J. Baer, Donald D. DeFord, Samuel E. Forsyth, Edward J. Garich, Clarence T. Hammond, Elon L. Hiller, Robert L. Marietta, James R. Mitchell, William H. Monroe.
Raymond T. Napier, Godfrey S. Rice, George E. Rippey, Sidney Rothman, Leonard I. Schroeter, Kenneth F. Troup, Gerald W. Walrafen, Thomas T. Walton, Philip C. Wikoff, Robert W. Williams, Lester A. Wooster, jr., and Wyeth W. Wright.
Mrs. Turney Gives Second Party for Graduates' Wives
The second of the informal afternoon parties for wives of graduate students majoring or taking work in the School of Education was held last Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. A, H. Turney, 1501 Pennsylvania street.
The wives of faculty members of the School of Education are hostesses at these parties. Bridge and handwork furnish the entertainment.