SUMMER SESSION KANSAN
Official Summer Session Publication of the University of Kansas
VOLUME XXV
Exposes Spirit Hoaxes Tonight
NUMBER 9
Details on How Not to Become a 'Sucker' Are Part of Lecture in Hoch Auditorium
Rated as one of the most uniquely interesting lectures to be heard in recent years, "Among the Spirits," an expose of the spiritualistic racket by Dr. Howard Higgins, Boston psychologist, is expected to draw a large crowd to Hoch auditorium at 3 o'clock tonight.
In "Among the Spirits," Doctor Higgins shows how mediums enable "spirits" to return to deliver messages to their living friends; how the spirits protect the medium from fire and other dangers; how spirits write messages on paper held in the hands of the person receiving the message; and how spirits tell the believer his secrets and his fortune.
The Boston lecturer worked out his expose to reveal the sort of hoax that is being put over on thousands of Americans every year. His lecture contains two parts, the first being a composite seance including excerpts from various methods, and the second consisting of the expose.
Illustrations make difficult points easily understood. It is considered to be more than entertainment. It is a discussion o. the psychology of suggestion, prepared in an effort to protect the public against mediums, seers and fortune-tellers of all types.
Doctor Higgins is dean of Emerson College, Boston, and heads the division of psychology and education there. He has made an intensive investigation of the work of mediums over a period of years, having first become interested in the subject while working for his doctorate in psychology.
Doctor Higgins is the author of several books, including "Influencing Behavior Through Speech," "Speech Reports," and "Glimpses of the Public Mind," the last named book in collaboration with Dr. J. Stanley Gray.
Although he maintains a scientific attack of the subject throughout, he spares no effort to make the lecture and demonstration dramatic and even thrilling, it is said. An open forum will follow his lecture.
No admission will be charged
Burdick and Larremore
Will Be Honored Tonight
Dean and Mrs. W. L. Burdick and Professor and Mrs. Thomas A. Larremore will be guests of honor at a dinner given tonight by Prof. F. J. Moreau, dean-elect of the Law school.
W. L. Burdick, retiring dean of the Law school, plans to leave shortly for his summer home Martha's Vineyard near Oak Bluffs, Mass. Professor Larremore is a visiting instructor in the Law school. The dinner will be at the Hotel Eldridge.
Weather Some more of the same.
NOTICE
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 7, 1937
NOTICE
* All students in the Department *
*ment of Education who wish to *
*take the oral examination for a *
*Master's Degree should get the *
*card admitting them to this exam *
*amination from the office of the *
*Dean of the Graduate School.
*Present your card to B. A. Nash *
*or to J. W. Twente. Please do *
*this before July 10.
*Raymond A. Schwegler, Dean.*
Five University of Kansas scholarships for next year, filling vacancies caused by resignations from the list given out at Commencement, were announced today by Dr. E. B. Stouffer, dean of the Graduate School. They are:
- Raymond A. Schwegler, Dean. *
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Five Scholarship Vacancies Filled
Mable Louise Doolittle of Foster, Mo., a graduate of the University this year. She maiors in English.
Hiram Lander Gordon of Wichita, a graduate of Wichita University this year. History is his major.
Dale Richard Lindsey, A.B.37, of Bunker Hill; major, entomology.
Mrs. Joy Kennedy Talbot, Independence. She received her A.B. degree from New Mexico State Teachers College in 1928, and her M.S. in education from the University in 1935. English is her major.
Dale Smith Underwood, A.B., '37 Junetion City; major in English.
M. C. Lefler, superintendent of schools at Lincoln, Neb., was scheduled to speak at the fourth weekly education forum last night in Fraser theater. In previous forum meetings, Dean Raymond Schwegler, Prof. I. R. Melbo, and Dr. Raymond Wheeler, all faculty members, have spoken. The speaker for next week's forum has not been announced.
Speaks Here Friday Night
Forestry Expert Noted For Humor and Appeal; Lecture Illustrated
A capacity crowd is expected in Fraser theater Friday night when Dr. H. N. Wheeler, of the United States Forest Service, gives an illustrated lecture on forestry as it affects the average citizen. A veteran forester, Doctor Wheeler comes here as the third lecturer in a series arranged for the summer session.
Play in Concert Tomorrow
Flood control, soil erosion from water and wind, farm woodlands as a substitute for virgin forest lands, and forest fire menaces, are a few of the many phases of the forestry problem discussed by Doctor Wheeler. He illustrates his lectures with projected pictures collected from all parts of the country. He is noted for his "rapid-fire," dramatic, and humorous delivery.
A university instructor in 1905 when the forest service was organized, Doctor Wheeler became a ranger and was assigned to a post in the Colorado Rockies. Later he was promoted to forest supervisor at Fort Collins, Colo., and for several years thereafter held similar positions in various Colorado and California national forests.
His long, varied experience in the conservation field, plus an ability to tell of it entertainingly, indicated his value for educational work, and for several years he has been engaged in lecturing on forestry and related subjects throughout the country, under the auspices of the forest service.
His knowledge of the conservation field runs the gamut from trees to wildfire and soil erosion. His talk Friday will begin at 7:30 p.m.
Here are the three Chicago artists who appear tomorrow night in a concert in Hoch auditorium. They are, seated, Leo Kopp, pianist; Isadore Berger, right, violinist; and John Lingeman, violoncellist. Their program printed elsewhere in the Kansan today, includes both individual and trio numbers.
Mr. Berger is shown holding his Stradivarious violin, which he will use tomorrow. Mr. Lingeman holds his Nicolaus Amati violoncello, regarded as the best specimen of this famous make in existence.
Noted for their work with the Chicago Civic Opera, all three men are equally famed for their individual achievements here and abroad.
The concert will begin at 8 p.m.
Frederich J. Moreau
Moreau Back For Law Term
He Succeeds Burdick as Head Of Law School; Returns From Study at Columbia
Frederick J. Moreau, dean-elect of the School of Law, and professor of law here since 1929, returned to Lawrence after a year's leave of absence. Professor Moreau completed work for his LlM. degree at Columbia University, and was granted that degree last month.
He will succeed Dean W. L. Burdick, whose retirement was announced several months ago. While Doctor Burdick is retiring from the deanship and regular teaching duties, he will probably assist the regular staff by teaching one of his favorite courses. Professor Moreau, who will teach Torts in the second term of the School of Law summer session, will take active charge of the school next fall.
A graduate of the University of Wisconsin in 1924, Professor Moreau practiced law at Madison, Wisc., from 1924 until 1927. From 1927 to 1929 he was associate professor of law at the University of Idaho, Moscow, and came here as full professor in 1929.
While at Columbia, last year, he studied the legal philosophy and education, and did intensive work on a study of the judicial functions in corporate reorganizations, which will be the general subject of the thesis he will present at Columbia for his doctorate. He attended Columbia last year on a special law teacher's fellowship, studying under Professors John Hanna, and A.A. Berle, Junior.
Professor Moreau will teach Torts again next fall, and besides his duties as dean, will continue to draft a Torts Restatement Annotations for the Kansas State Bar association.
Professor Moreau is unmarried.
Churchill-Groneweg
Miss Lois Churchill and William Groneweg, University alumni, were married July 3 at St. Joseph, Mo., it has been learned here. They will live at St. Joseph, where Mr. Gronewg is head of the bookkeeping department of the Standard Oil officer.
Chicago Trio Will Appear Tomorrow
Opera Group Expected To Give Performance Ranking Among Finest Ever Heard Here
The trip, composed of Isadore Berger, violinist; John Lingeman, violoncellist; and Leo Kopp, pianist, will present the following program:
Three Chicago Civic Opera musicians will appear in a trio concert in Hoch auditorium at 8 p.m. tomorrow, in what is expected to be one of the best musical events heard here recently.
The Program
"Trio in A Minor," opus 50, (Tschaikowsky), elegia, theme and variations, finale and coda; the trio. This is a memorial to Anton Rubenstein, a fellow professor with Tschaikowsky at the conservatory in Petrograd.
"Sonata", (Boccerini-Lingeman),
adagio, allegra; Mr. Lingeman.
"Nocturne in F Sharp Minor," (Chopin); and "Rhapsody," (Dohnanvi); Mr. Kopp.
"Trio L'Espagnole," (Gaspar Cassado), the trio.
"Scenes de la Czardas," number two, (Hubay), Mr. Berger.
The sonata to be interpreted by Mr. Lingeman is a typical eighteenth century composition. "Scenes de la Cazarda," featuring Mr. Berger, is a rhapsody inspired by Hungarian folk songs. The concluding number is a modern trio in three movements, each based upon a mood of Spanish lore. This work was written for and dedicated to the composer's friend, Alfred Casella, and was published in 1926. Cassado died a short time ago.
Because of the high rank occupied by the Chicago musicians it will be necessary to make an admission charge of 50 cents to all persons not holding student activity tickets, according to the School of Fine Arts, sponsors of the event. Activity students will be admitted upon presentation of their tickets.
Summer session faculty members and employees in University offices may secure complimentary tickets by applying at the fine arts office.
Young People's Group Plans Skating Party
Young people of all denominations are invited to attend the Union Young People's Group skating party Friday night at the rink at 23rd and Louisiana. A picnic supper will follow the skating, which is to be from 6 until 8 p.m.
Persons planning to attend are asked to meet at the First Methodist church, 10th and Vermont, at 5:15 p.m. The party will proceed to the rink from there. A small amount will be charged to cover cost of refreshments, and each individual will pay for admission to the rink, a special party rate being secured.
The program for the time remaining after skating has not been announced.
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