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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE. KANSAS
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1947
Sign By Oct. 23 For Foreign Language Exam
The foreign language proficiency examination for students in the College will be given on Oct. 25 at 10 a.m. Prof. W. H. Shoemaker, chairman of the department of Romance languages announced today.
Examinations in French and Spanish will be in 107 Frank Strong hall.
Candidates for the examination must register in the College office. 229 Frank Strong hall, by 4 p.m. Oct. 23.
Examinations in German and Latin will be in 210 Fraser hall.
College students who have had at least two units credit in any one of the languages in high school are eligible for the examination in that language.
The examination will consist of exercises in translation of foreign language material of moderate difficulty. English with the aid of a dictionary.
Students passing the examination satisfy the ten hours foreign language requirement in the College. The examinations must be taken the first semester the student is enrolled at the University to gain this exemption.
Services of faculty members and of students will go to the highest bidders Oct. 29 in front of Frank Strong hall. Exactly who will sell what at the annual World Student Service fund auction is yet to be decided.
'Faculty For Hire At Annual Auction
Chancellor Deane W. Malott has been a car washer and study-hall keeper in previous years. Paul B. Lawson, dean of the College, has helped wash cars and has been callboy in an organized house. Prof. Allen Crafton of the speech department has been the auctioneer who sold his fellow faculty members "down the river."
Freshman Wins $250 In Essay Contest
For writing the best essay on "Why Negro Spirituals Should be Preserved," Helen L. Smith, College freshman, received a $250 check from Karl Klooz, bursar, today.
It was for a scholarship from the Wings over Jordan Spiritual Preservation fund of Cleveland, Ohio. In competition with 400 students from Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma, her essay was chosen the best.
Linnaean Club Will Meet
Active members of the Linnaean club will meet 7:30 p. m. Wednesday in 414 Snow hall. Doctors Mix, Horr, Mayberry, and Thompson will speak on their work in botany.
Students in Fraser hall were expecting a break in their classes when the fire alarm sounded at 10:15 this morning.
Not Even A Singe In False Alarm
The sprinkler alarm by the south entrance stopped, and four faculty members and a janitor strolled out to look the situation over. On further investigation no sprinklers had been released, no smoke smelled, nor flames fought
The building and grounds office was called to check the alarm, the students settled resignedly back in their seats, and all was quiet again
Independents Wait To Elect
Election of permanent officers for the Independents,men's politics party,will not be held until Oct.27 party members decided at a meeting Monday.
The election was postponed to give members a chance to become acquainted with prospective candidates and give all their support men an opportunity to take part.
Dale Judy, College senior, will
dale male, until officers are ejected.
A branch of the party is being formed at Sunflower to give independent men living there an opportunity to part in campus politics. Judy said.
Walter Brown, College freshman, was elected chairman of a committee to nominate candidates for the freshman election Nov. 6.
Freshman candidates will be selected at a meeting at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in the men's lounge of the Union, Brown said. The meeting will be open to all freshmen not affiliated with a social fraternity.
Minister To Speak At WSSF Kickoff
The kickoff of the World Student Service fund, Oct. 21, will have as its speaker the Rev. Dr. Winburn Thomas, executive secretary of the Student volunteer movement, Ned Linegar, secretary of the University, Y. M. C. A., said. Dr. Thomas will stress the needs of students in other countries and ask students to make contributions for relief of those needs.
The Rev. Dr. Thomas will also be the executive secretary of the North American Conference on Christian Frontiers, Dec. 27 to Jan. 1 at the University. Two thousand representatives from four countries attended and from Europe will attend.
Speakers will include Walter Judd, congressman from Minnesota now in office, the Chairman of the committee, and Dr. John R. M. Noble Peace Prize winner of last year.
Are You Sure You're Not A Criminal? Look At That Activity Book Again
Klooz Entertains Staff
Mr. and Mrs. Karl Klooz entertained the University business office staff with a picnic at the Potter lake picnic area Monday night.
Mr. Klooz is University bursar.
Activity book photographs are not the type most students would like to frame, but the likenesses are apparent. A University Daily Kansar survey showed recently that opinions of the pictures rate from A to Z (awful to "zuper.")
Here are a few comments made about the pictures:
are not bad. I guess it's as well as can be expected."
R. W. Foster, engineering freshman, "It's terrible, but they did it in a hurry, so I guess it's all right."
A. C. Bair, College junior,
"It demands" do justice to my remarkable
authors.
R. L. Parker, College freshman,
"The number looks good."
L. C. Mercer, business senior,
"Fair."
C. H. Frey, third year student,
"it's a great year," he used to be, may-
kely better."
R. S. Hill, third year law student,
P. F. Van Dyk, business senior
"It looks like hell."
"It's pretty good, better than I expected."
Catherine Jarboe, College sophomore,
"It's not as bad as a lot I've got."
M. K. Miller, graduate student "It could be better."
J. W. Beyer, fine arts freshman
n just as soon paste it on the other side
T. L. Casebourn, engineering sophomore, "All I need is a profile and fingerprints."
ISA Celebrates National Week
The first event will be a mixer from 7:30 to 9 p.m. tomorrow and the second dance is to be from 9 to 11 o'clock night, both in the Union ballroom.
Two dances are scheduled this week by the University chapter of the Independent Students association to celebrate National Independence week.
Betty van der Smissen, representative to the All-Student Council from the I.S.A., said that freshman candidates to the council will be introduced at the dance tomorrow. Three men and three women have been nominated. The election will be held Oct. 21.
The winning student for the $50 scholarship award has been selected by a joint student-faculty committee. Announcement of the award, made each year by the association, will be made during the dance Friday.
$3,475 Grant To KU Staff
A grant of $3,475 for the study of the effects of bacteria on petroleum and natural gas has been made by the University of Kansas Research foundation to two members of the university staff.
Dr. E. Lee Treece, associate professor of bacteriology, will supervise the project and Mitchell Korzenovich, vector, will do the laboratory work.
Funds for the project come from a larger grant by the Kansas Industrial Development commission for research on utilization of natural gas.
Interested Invited To CORE Meet
The committee on Racial Equality will meet Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at 1614 Kentucky street. All members and interested persons are invited.
Officers for this year are Robert Stewart, chairman; William White, vice-chairman; Henry Shapiro, executive secretary; Martha Robinson recording secretary; Frank Webster, treasurer.
Forensic Memberships To Be Voted On Tonight
Nominations for new memberships in the Forensic league will be voted on in league meeting at 7:30 tonight in the Little Theater of Green hall. President H B Frieden College senior, urged that all members be present.
The program will be under the direction of Newell Jenkins, vicepresident, College senior. Speakers will be Beth Bell, College senior, and William Conboy, College junior.
Pershing Rifles, NROTC Provide Color Guards
The Pershing Rifles and the navy R.O.T.C. provide the color guards for the home football games said M/Sgt. R.V. Cloke, who is in charge of the ceremony. The regular guard consists of Tom Fennell and Fred Romereim, midshipmen, and Richard Lamb and Donald Vaughn, cadets.
The guard marched in the parade Saturday with the high school bands
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Martha Jewett Is Named National Editor Of Triangle
Martha Jewett, College senior, has been appointed national college editor of The Triangle, official magazine of Sigma Kappa sorority.
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