====PAGE-LEVEL METADATA==== University Daily Kansan Page 0404_2 from reel: L 2342 (1947-11-14 to 1948-10-28) https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/152351 Title: Friday to Be Holiday for Business School Summary: The annual Business School day will feature guest speakers, an election, traditional faculty-student baseball game, and picnic. This announcement was made by Curvin H. Greene, president of the Business School association. Category: campus news Subjects: business education; university events; student activities Named Entities: Curvin H. Greene [Business School president]; Dean Stockton [Business School dean] Confidence: 0.85 Title: Quill Club Contest Closes May 13 Summary: The Quill Club membership contest for creative writing closes May 13. Manuscripts may be either short stories or poetry. Three copies of each manuscript for the contest must be turned in to Prof. Ray B. West, 211 Fraser. Category: campus news Subjects: student organizations; creative writing; literary competitions Confidence: 0.8 Title: 'College Daze' Leads Chosen Summary: Norma Jean Guthrie and Ann Hogge have been chosen for the singing leads of 'College Daze,' the all-school musical to be presented May 12. The large cast includes singers, dancers, comedians, a ballet troupe, dancing choruses and a professional orchestra. Category: campus news Subjects: student performances; theater productions; campus entertainment Named Entities: Norma Jean Guthrie [fine arts sophomore]; Ann Hogge [fine arts sophomore]; Dargan Montgomery [College junior]; Dean Frazier [College junior]; Charles T. Freshwater [fine arts sophomore]; Catherine F. Jarboe [College sophomore]; Betty Rae Thomas [fine arts junior] Confidence: 0.8 Title: If You Want Entertainment, Attend the Summer Session Summary: The University summer session, June 14 to August 7, will find the campus almost as busy as during the winter months. Extra-curricular activities will include a recreation program, concerts, lectures, movies, and dances. In addition to regular classes there are nine workshops already scheduled for the summer. Category: campus news Subjects: summer programs; extracurricular activities; university events Confidence: 0.8 Title: Dance to Open Union Annex Summary: The Union will sponsor a dance Wednesday from 7:30 to 9 p.m. on the new Union 'roof garden.' The dance will christen the new addition to the Union. The roof deck has a floor of red tile, which will be waxed for the dance. The roof is 30 feet wide and 60 feet long, with space for approximately 200 couples. Category: campus news Subjects: student events; union activities; campus entertainment Named Entities: Hermine Zipple [Union director]; Ann Hogge [fine arts sophomore]; Ann Cowger [fine arts freshman] Confidence: 0.8 Title: Wind Hits City Damages Cars, Cuts Off Lights Summary: The tail end of a tornado which struck southeastern Kansas moved into Lawrence about 7 p.m. May 1. A gale-like wind, driving rain and hail, and swirling bits of debris filled the air forcing many motorists to stop and wait for safer driving conditions. The twister ripped through a 20-mile area in northeastern Oklahoma into southeastern Kansas, killing six. Category: local news Subjects: weather events; tornado damage; local disasters Named Entities: Lawrence [city]; Pi Kappa Alpha [fraternity]; Bill P. Ogg [College junior]; Joseph O. Schmitz [engineering sophomore]; Keith Prosch [pharmacy sophomore] Confidence: 0.8 Title: Electric Service Fails Summary: Lights were out in different sections of Lawrence at various times during the night. Power crews worked all night to restore service throughout Lawrence. About 15 trees were blown down throughout the city, police reported. Category: local news Subjects: power outages; weather damage; local infrastructure Confidence: 0.75 Title: More Than 40 Farms Leveled Summary: Reporters for the Chanute Tribune estimated damage to be over $500,000 in the area. They said they had seen damaged or destroyed buildings on more than 60 farms. More than 40 Oklahoma and Kansas farm homes were leveled. Category: local news Subjects: tornado damage; agricultural losses; weather disasters Confidence: 0.75 Title: Little Man on Campus Summary: A cartoon by Bibler showing a small-statured student at a desk with a taller administrator. Caption reads: 'It's taken seven years for that theme to be an 'A' paper.' Category: features/profiles Subjects: student life; humor; cartoon features Confidence: 0.8 Title: 'Messiah' Is Success Summary: Handel's 'Messiah' given in commemoration of 25 years of musical service at KU by the director, Dean M. Swarthout, was presented Sunday in Hoch auditorium. It could have been called Swarthout's 'day' because the chorus, orchestra, soloists, and organist all co-operated to make the program a success and to bring credit to the School of Fine Arts. Category: arts Subjects: music performances; choral works; classical music Named Entities: Handel [composer]; Dean M. Swarthout [School of Fine Arts dean]; Thor Johnson [conductor]; Percy Grainger [pianist]; Russell L. Wiley [associate professor of band]; Karl Mattern [associate professor of drawing and painting] Confidence: 0.8 Title: Weather Summary: Kansas—Partly cloudy today, tonight and tomorrow with scattered showers and thunderstorms today west and central and throughout most of the state tonight and in southeast quarter of state tomorrow morning. Little change in temperature. Except slightly warmer today. High today in 70's, low tonight 45-55. Category: informational content Subjects: weather forecasts; local conditions; meteorological information Confidence: 0.9 Title: [advertisements] Category: advertisements Confidence: 0.9 Title: [classifieds] Category: classifieds Confidence: 0.9 Note: Descriptive metadata for this item has been generated in part using AI (artificial intelligence) technologies and may be incomplete, misleading, or inaccurate. Please contact the Kenneth Spencer Research Library with specific questions or concerns.