SUMMER SESSION KANSAN
Vol. XIX
Henry Allen Will Speak at Union Service Sunday
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1931
No. 7
Former Senator to Address Local Audience in South Park
Henry J. Allen, former United States Senator from Kansas, will be the speaker at the Union Services at South park Sunday evening at 7:45.
The committee is making arrangements to seat 1500 people at the park Delegations from other towns are expected. In case of rain, the services will be held in the Trinity Lutheran church, Thirteenth and New Hampshire streets.
The Rev. Charles W. Thomas has arranged special music.
Ex-senator Allen will deliver an address at the Fourth of July celebration sponsored by the Farmers' Union at Lone Star, Saturday.
Zanzig Speaks Next Week
Lecturer's Subject Is 'Music in Life of Community'
Augustus D. Zanzig of the National Recreation Association, will lecture July 4 and 7, at 3:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the administration building. His subject both days will be: "Music in the Life of the Community."
Mr. Zanzig has just completed a two-year intensive study of musical conditions throughout the country. To gather data for this investigation he visited more than one hundred cities and towns. Before undertaking this work, Mr. Zanzig was instructor in the teaching of music at Harvard University and at Smith College. He was formerly director of music in the public schools of Brookline, Mass. and founder and director of the Brookline Music School.
He is co-editor, with Thomas Whitney Surrette and Dr. A. T. Davison of Harvard, of the Concord Series of Music books. At the last music supervisors's national conference, Mr. Zanzig was in charge of the session dealing amateur music and was elected to the national research council of that organization.
He is in charge of the musical phases of the report of the President's Research committee on Social Trends, is "Chairman of Orchestra" for the National Federation of Music Clubs, contributing editor of the American Magazine of Art, and is instructor in music at the National Recreation school in New York City.
NATIONAL RECOGNITION GIVEN
TWO POLITICAL SCIENCE MEN
National recognition was given to the Bureau of Governmental Research of the University of Kansas for the manual prepared by Prof. Frederic H. Guild and Clyde F. Snider of the political science department.
Preliminary Examination Taken
The manual is entitled "Legislative Procedure in Kansas". The American Legislators' Association in the July issue of their national publication devoted a full page to the work of the Bureau.
Mr. James C. Rice, instructor in the Kansas City Junior College, took the preliminary examination for the Ph.D degree Wednesday afternoon. A minimum of one more year of work is required before the degree will be given. Mr. Rice is majoring in pharmacology.
Mrs. Sangster Returns Home
Mrs. Sangster Returns Home
Mrs. Olive M. Sangster, who has been
spending the past three weeks with her
son, Ford Sangster, returned to her
home at Lyons, June 30. Sangster is a
summer session student.
DRENNON WINS FIRST PLACE
IN MUSIC SCHOOL CONTEST
First place in the voice department of the Lamont School of Music contest sponsored by the Denver Post was won by Miss Margaret Drennon, who has degrees in both voice and public school music from the University in '29 and '30 respectively. The victory brought her a special prize of six weeks of instruction under Solon Alberti, New York coach and teacher of voice.
During the past school year, Miss Drennon was supervisor of music in the schools of Dawson, N.M. While in the University, she studied chiefly under Mis Miller and Mrs. Moncrieff of the School of Fine Arts. There were nearly 500 entries in all the departments of the contest.
Little Work Is Available
Of Forty Applications Received. Fifteen Permanent Positions Are Filled
Little work is available for Summer school students, Sam Carter, secretary of the University Y. M. C. A. and director of the employment bureau for men, said yesterday.
There were 40 applications sent to Mr. Carter. Fifteen permanent positions have been filled. In addition to this number, 43 irregular jobs have been found for students.
It is the work of the employment bureau to find the open positions, and get in touch with those men desiring jobs. The applicant must see the prospective employer personally. Often temporary jobs develop into permanent positions when satisfaction is given.
The lookout for the second session is even more gloomy than it has beer for the first Summer Session, Mr. Carter said. Men are already writing foitions for the fall term. He hope to be able to secure employment fo more of them than has been possible during the summer months.
Farmer Offers Picnic Ground
Summer Session students may have a free picnic ground for use on the Fourth of July, Herman Sehon, a farmer of near Lecompton, has announced. The free use of the grove is offered to the general public. The grove is situated across the road from the Sehon farm on the Robert Steele highway.
Student on Tour
Dr. Johann Wiedemann, exchange student from Kiel University, Germany, worked in the zoology department here last winter. With Dr. Bruno Radtke, German exchange professor, he is touring the United States before returning to Germany.
Party to Be Held Tonight
An all-University party for students and faculty members will be given tonight at the Union Memorial building. There will be no charge for admission. Bob Krum and his Fakirs will furnish the music, and refreshments will be served.
Dancing, Bridge and Other Games Are Part of Entertainment
For the benefit of those not dancing, there will be 14 tables for bridge, chess and checker games. In addition, the recreation room will be open allowing the playing of billiards and ping pong
A reception committee which will act as hosts and chaperones consists of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ellsworth, Dean and Mrs. Henry Werner, Mrs. C. A. Coe, and Miss Elizabeth Meguiar.
"Summer school doesn't give students the opportunity for as much reflection and assimilation as regular students," Dean Davis continued, "but,
"The work done in the School of Law in the Summer Session is on a par with that done in the regular term," Robert M. Davis, dean of the School of Law believes.
"Every faculty member and student, regardless whether he has a date or not, is cordially invited," stated Newman H. Jeffries c'32 who is in charge of the entertainment.
Summer Session Work Is Equal to That of Winter, Professors Say
That the work done in the Summer Session is on a par with that done in the regular winter sessions is the opinion of three University professors interviewed by Kansan reporters this week.
He believes that in the winter there is more spacing of the material offered and that perhaps some advantage is gained from this, but that in the Summer Session the work is done largely by more mature persons and there is less social activity to deflect the attention of students. Consequently the work may be a bit more consistent as long as the weather is not too unkind, he says. The amount of work covered for each course is very nearly equal, according to his estimate.
The work by students in the School of Fine Arts during summer months compares very favorably with that in regular winter sessions, according to Dean Donald M. Swarthout.
on the other hand, they are free from practically all extra-curricular activities and that improves the quality of their work."
He stated that for the credit obtained one must spend practically as much time in the summer as a student in the regular term does. In a five-hour course, Dean Davis expects his students to study eight hours each day in addition to the daily class periods of two and one-half hours.
He concluded by saying: "What may be lost due to the cramming process is made up by the fact that there is not the necessity of shifting frequently from one subject to another. This is all right for a short while."
Dr. H. P. Cady, professor of chemistry, in answer to the question of the advantages of the Summer Session compared to those of the winter session, said that he could see no material difference.
"Of course, weather conditions are unfavorable in the summer time," he said, "but this is overcome by the fact that there are fewer social activities. Too, there is the fact that the work necessarily comes faster in the Summer Session. There is less time to go over the acquired knowledge in the mind. It seems that for that reason, the work in our department is more difficult."
Chancellor Tells Story of Port Aransas Trip
Lindley Describes Fishing as a Most Enjoyable Experience
"It was the greatest fishing we ever had," said Chancellor E. H. Lindley yesterday afternoon after he returned from a fishing trip to Port Aransas, Texas, where he has spent the last 10 days in fishing for tarpion in company with W. A. Jessup, president of the University of Iowa, Dr. R. L. Sutton, of Kansas City, and Dr. L. D. Coffman, president of the University of Minnesota.
The entire party caught a dozen or more of the tarpons, which usually average from four and a half to six feet in length and weigh from 90 to 100 pounds. The chancellor mentioned the fact that they are one of the most interesting of all the game fish, and that they are called the "king of jumpers."
"A real sportsman when using light tackle gives the fish an even chance to get away," continued Doctor Lindley, "and the party used barbless hooks in order to avoid injuring the fish unnecessarily. Most of the fish were released after they were brought into the boat."
For about one half the fishing time spent there, the water was disturbed by tropical hurricanes and prevented the party from participating in the sport.
In talking of the experience, Chancellor Lindley recalled the trip which the same party, including his son who was unable to go this year, enjoyed last year on the Canadian lakes fishing for muskellunge.
DEAN HUSBAND TO SPEND
VACATION NEAR NEW YORK
A vacation in the lake states and along the New England coast has called Dean Agnes Husband away from the University for the remainder of the summer. She left Thursday morning with her brother, Mr. Wilfred Husband, an alumnus of the University.
The trip will take them through Chicago, Detroit, up the St. Lawrence river and into the New England states. Mr. Husband will locate in New York after the vacation and Dean Husband will return here the first of September.
FINE ARTS PROFESSOR GOES
ON SOUTHERN CONCERT TOUR
Prof. Waldemar Geltch of the School of Fine Arts, who gave a violin recital in the Administration auditorium last evening, is leaving today with his wife for a concert tour on which he will appear Monday evening at the State Teachers College of Alabama at Troy, Ala., Tuesday evening at the State Teachers College of Mississippi at Hattiesburg, Miss.
His accompaniments will be played by his wife, Mrs. Etta Odenbrett-Geltch. They expect to return to the University by Thursday noon, July 9.
Former Student Is In School
Mr. William A. Murphy, B.S.'28, and M.A.'30, who has for the past year been with Southwestern College in Winfield, Kan., is again at the University for work during this session. Mr. Murphy is working with the State Labor Commission while here, in the preparation of a state employment index.
Contrary to the usual custom of closing on the evening preceding holidays, Watson library will remain open from 7 until 10 p.m. Friday. It will be closed all day Saturday, July 4.
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