SUMMER SESSION KANSAN
Official Summer Session Publication of the University of Kansas
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 18, 1937
NUMBER
VOLUME XXV
Camp Groups Play Sunday
Programs Open Season of Musical Attractions For Students
Two programs Sunday will open the summer musical schedule at the University. Dave Lawson, Topeka, school music director, will conduct the Mid-Western Music Camp orchestra in its first concert at 4 p.m. in Hoch auditorium, and Russell L Wiley, University band director, will present the camp band for the first time at 7 p.m. in Fowler grove.
Both organizations have been working strenuously this week in preparation for their opening programs. Although enrollment did not take place until Monday of this week, the two groups have whipped into shape rapidly, and an excellent pair of concerts is expected.
The heavy schedule of the music camp calls for weekly concerts by both groups, under a series of noted leaders. Lack of space does not permit publication of the detailed programs in today's issue of the Kansan
Students Are Invited To Church Forum Series
A series of forum discussions to which summer session students are especially invited will begin at the Plymouth Congregational church this Sunday at 10 a.m. These discussions on "The Role of Religion in Modern Life" will be led by Dr. A. W. McCullough of the zoology department of the University.
The topics to be considered, and the dates, are:
June 20, "Religion In An Age of Confusion; Can Moderns or Liberals Be Religious Without the Faith of Our Fathers?"
June 27, "Religion in a Scientific Fra; Religion Takes Stock of Its Materials."
July 4, "Religion and the Modern
Meaning to a Philosophy of Life"
July IH "Religion and the Modern Religion Exten Its Horizons?"
The church is located at 925 Vermont street.
Entertains at Home
Mrs. W. W. Hutton of the alumni office entertained at her home 2229 West Drive, for a group of associates and friends Wednesday night. Those attending included Mrs. Fred Ellsworth, Mrs. Frank Parker, and Misses Loreen Miller, Louise Creveling, Persis Cook, Florence Bohannon, Helen Kinney and Catherine Penner. Part of the entertainment consisted of color movies shown by Clifford Messenheimer, brother of Myron Messenheimer, student in medicine at Kansas City Mr. Messenheimer was graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy this spring, and made a complete motion picture record of the ceremonies and events.
To Denver
Several University faculty members will leave Sunday for Denver, to attend meetings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Forum Date Presents
Major Problem to Mr. Minor
He had to ask the assistance of the assistant director of the summer session, but Walter Minor, Negro custodian in Fraser hall, will hear the Louis - Braddock fight broadcast Tuesday night from start to finish.
Minor was definitely worried when he learned that the second education forum was scheduled for the same hour as the fight, because he is the man who must prepare Fraser theater for the meeting, and see that everything is in order after they adjourn.
But H. E. Chandler, the official already mentioned, volunteered to pinch hit for Minor on this night of nights. And is Minor ever grateful!
Views Future Of the Teacher Forum Speaker Expects Requirements to Mount Steadily
A working philosophy of teaching, combined with a prospectus of the future of education, constituted the address of Dean Raymond A. Schwegler at the opening meeting of the weekly education forums, held Tuesday evening in Fraser theater. Dr. I. R. Melbo, a specialist in applied social science, will speak on that subject at the forum Tuesday.
Dean Schwegler predicted immeasurably more rigorous requirements for educators in the future, and expressed the belief that such persons will be required to have an exhaustive knowledge of many subjects, the like of which is unknown in any profession today.
He emphasized the importance of an apprenticeship period for the budding teacher, during which he will be required to serve under experts while his knowledge is becoming integrated and co-ordinated. He decried the frequently prevalent attitude of certain educators, who regard curriculum as of such little potency that it can be experimented with at will, and suggested a parallel with medicine. In the latter profession, a practitioner who experiments with drugs endangers his standing and even his freedom. He also stressed the necessity of a long-range view of the effects of curriculum.
Questions and discussion followed the address. The forum was adjourned promptly at 8 p.m. It is customary to start the forums at 7 p.m. and limit them to one hour.
Pt Lambda Theta, honorary organization for women in the School of Education, was host to almost 50 women at its first meeting of the summer yesterday at Watkins hall. Tea was served from 4 to 5 p.m. New members of the organization were elected in a meeting after the tea. Their names will be announced later.
Pi Lambda Theta
Delmar Curry, '36, who returned June 1 from a year's trip around the world writing for World Letters, Inc., has accepted a position on the Hutchinson News. He will begin work June 28.
Smithmeyer Collection Shows Great Possibilities of Purples
One of the most joyful of exhibits in Spooner-Thayer Museum during recent months is the current showing of watercolors done by Dylia Cook Smithmeyer, who as Lydia Cook did work under Prof. W. A. Griffith and was graduated from the University in 1914. There are some 30 land and seascapes and flower paintings in the group—of which a one-word description would be: purple.
Mrs. Smithmeyer seems to have reached into the utmost depths of her subject matter, to have plucked out the very intensity of the hue and transposed it to the canvas. Through the medium of her brush she leads one to experience the scene as she has visualized it—and in almost every canvas she has incorporated the rich dignity of violet or purple in her interpretation.
The whole collection radiates vitality, plus the subtle quality contributed by the orchids, the violets, the deep purples. "Sunset Hour" is one of these, startling for the deliberateness with which she gives us deep purple tree trunks. In her "Sunlight," with a theme of trees and shadows, on snow, she has repeated the treatment. It might well bear a secondary title, "Symphony in Purple."
Business Graduates Continue to Land Jobs
More placements of 1937 business graduates from the University have been reported by Dean Frank T. Stockton at the School of Business. Those recently securing positions included the following:
Elmer R. Blasdel, Goodrich Rubber company, Akron, O. Marjorie Brooks, Seymour Packing company, Topeka; Collins Carlyle, Folger Coffee company, Kansas City; Lauren L. Faucett, Quality Milk Products company, Tulsa; David Haseltine and Louis Haller, Hall Brothers, Kansas City; William Linton, Marshalltown Canning company, Marshalltown, Iowa; John F. Sheaks, Goodrich Rubber company, Akron; and Frank Tobler, Sears, Roebuck and company, Kansas City.
Charles J. Bekaert of the 1937 class recently secured a position with the W. T. Grant company of New York City, and LeRoy Butler has been employed by Stanolind Oil in Tulsa.
The Rev. Duncan McGregor, pastor of the Evangelical church, will speak at the Union Summer Services in South Park Sunday evening. He has chosen for his subject, "Nehemiiah—A Man Follows His Vision."
Union Church Services Attract Summer Students
Miss Phyllis Burgert, accompanied by her sister, Miss Ruth Burgert, will sing.
About 400 people, including a number of summer session students, attended the meeting last week when the Rev. J. F. King spoke on "The Bible Today." The meeting Sunday is the second of a series which Dr. Robert A. Hunt, chairman of the committee in charge, announces will continue throughout the summer.
"Old House at Lewes," Crabbing," and "Early Spring," also are notable for their subtle purples. "Green Breakers" is a beautifully fresh conception of a seascape which would vitalize any inland living room.
More localized are the scenes "Gage Park Pin Oak" and "Capitol Dome."
The collection will remain on exhibit the remainder of the current month. With the exception of one water color, each piece in the collection has been priced, and some are obtainable at the low price of two and one-half dollars.
The artist, Mrs. Smithmeyer, has two sons who have been enrolled in the University. Frederick Cook Smithmeyer, eng'38, and Louis Poehler Smithmeyer, eng'39.
K. U. Men Take Bar Exam Soon
-D.K.
Thirty-five University of Kansas School of Law graduates who received their degrees last week, are eligible to take the state bar examination, which opens Monday in the state capitol building.
The exact number who will take the examination was not known at the School of Law office this week, but it is believed that a large portion will do so. From the total number, of course, will be subtracted five who will take the Missouri bar examination, and others who will take similar examinations in Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico.
The Kansas examination will continue through Wednesday of next week, and successful candidates will be admitted to the bar Thursday.
University candidates for admission to the bar have been 100 percent successful for a number of years
More Teachers Placed Through Bureau Here
Additional teacher placements made through the School of Education placement bureau have been announced by H. E. Chandler, director. They are as follows:
Lucile Porter, B.M.E., '31, music,
Ft. Scott Junior High school.
Evalyn White, A.B., '29, English Burlington.
L. N. Bouska, B.S. in Ed., '24, superintendent, Randall.
Ray Nichols, graduate, principal.
Aurum High school.
Fred Kihm, B.M.E., '36, music, Le Roy.
Tom R. Kennedy, A.M., '37, super-intendent. Elk City.
Rudolph Johnson, A.M., '37, super-intendent. Courtland.
Allen D. Miller, A.B., '32, social science. Windsor.
Elaine Andrew, A.M., '36, mathematics, Bluff City.
Jeanette Barbour, B.M.E., '37, music, Conway Springs.
Buy Towel Tickets
Men using the facilities of the gymnasium are urged for their own convenience to buy towel tickets at the athletic office. These tickets are sold at 75 cents, and entitle the holder to 25 towels. The price also includes use of a basket.
Lighter Vein Will Be Heard In Concert
Fine Arts Faculty Event Monday Features Popular Writers From Classical Repertoire.
Calculated to appeal to a maximum number of music lovers, the first summer session faculty concert next Monday night will feature classical music of a somewhat lighter nature than that heard in former programs. The concert is scheduled for 8 p.m. in Central Administration auditorium.
Seven members of the School of Fine Arts faculty will take part in the concert, which includes selections for two pianos, duets for soprano and mezzo-soprano voices, solo voices and piano and 'cello numbers. The entire program will last one hour.
The innovation of lighter classical music is in accord with a tendency throughout the country in summer concerts, and is expected to meet with enthusiastic approval here.
Faculty members taking part in the first concert will include Allie Merle Conger and Ruth Orcutt, pianists; Alice Moncrief, contralto; Howard C. Taylor, pianist; Meribah Moore, soprano; Irene Peabody, mezzo-soprano and Raymond Stuhl, cellist.
The program in detail follows:
List of Numbers
"Morning," and "Evening," (Chaminade), two pianos, Miss Conger and Miss Orcutt.
"Prelude in G Sharp Minor," (Mo'ret), "Nocturne," (Grieg), and "Papillons," (Rosenthal), piano, Mr. Taylor.
"Songs of the Birds," and "The Night, (Rubinstein), and "The Maybeads, and the Flowers." (Mendelsohn) vocal duets, Miss Moore and Miss Peabody.
"Preludio," and "Allemande," (Corelli), and "Scherzo," (van Goens), cello, Mr. Stuhl.
"Minuet, L'Arlesienne Suite, No. 1," (Bizet), and "Sheen and Goat, Walkin' to the Pasture," (Quion), two pianos, Miss Conger and Miss Orcutt.
The next musical event of this nature after the faculty concert will be a French horn recital Monday, June 28, by Bertram N. Haigh, East Orange, N.J., with ensemble.
No admission will be charged to the concert Monday night.
Returned From Ohio
Miss Ruth Schweikart, exchange librarian, returned Monday from a two-weeks vacation in Ohio, spent at the home of her parents.
NOTICE!
- A special meeting of graduate *
* students in education, who under the certification require-
* ments of the State Board of Edu-
* cation must have their Master's
* degree before September, 1938,
* is called for Monday, June 21,
* at 2 p.m. in 115 Fraser Hall.
* R. A. Schwegler. *