7,1944
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Daily Kansan
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Weather Forecast
Clearning this afternoon and evening. Fair and colder tonight. Mild Tuesday.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20. 944
42ND YEAR
NUMBER 42
Etta Moten to Be Guest of Honor At Reception
A reception for Etta Moten (Barnett), star of "Porgy and Bess," will be held at 4 p.m. tomorrow in the Men's lounge of the Memorial Union building, D. M. Swarthout, dean of the School of Fine Arts, announced this morning. Twelve other members of the "Porgy and Bess," cast will also be present, Dean Swarthout said. Miss Moten accepted the invitation to be guest of honor at the reception in a telegram received at the Fine Arts office this morning.
The Union Activities coffee committee is in charge of the reception arrangements. Bettie Bixby, College sophomore, is chairman of the committee.
"Porgy and Bess," the George Gershwin and Dubose Heyward nation-wide musical success will be presented at 8:20 p.m. tomorrow in Hoch auditorium.
To Receive Award
To Receive Award
At the reception Miss Moten will be presented with a citation for distinguished service by the University Alumni Association. She was chosen for the award in June, 1943, but was unable to be here to receive it. Chancellor Deane W. Malot and Charles B. Holmes, president of the Alumni association, will present the distinguished service award to Miss Moten in recognition of the distinction she has gained in her field.
In the past four years, the University Alumni Association has awarded 50 University graduates with distinguished service citations. Ben Hibbs, Raymond Clapper, and General Whitehead are among those who have received the award. Studied Under Crafton
All the deans of the University, a few faculty members, some alumni members, the Chancellor, and about 30 or 35 students will be invited to the reception for Miss Moten, Dean Swarthout said. In her telegram, Miss Moten made special request that Mrs. Alice Moncrieff, of the department of voice, and Prof. Allen Crafton, head of the department of speech and drama, be present at the reception. She studied voice with Mrs. Moncrieff and was prominent in dramatic activities under the direction of Professor Crafton.
While at the University Miss Mo ten was well-known and many out of town guests attended her recitals. Her senior recital was held in Hoch auditorium instead of Fraser theatre because of the large audience. Education Begun in Kansas City
education Begin in Haskell City Miss Moten began her forma
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Fourteen Awarded Hall Scholarships
Fourteen new men have been awarded scholarships to Battenfeld and Carruth residence halls for the winter semester, according to Dean Henry Werner, men's advisor.
New men assigned to Battenfield include: Floyd Baker, Arthur Coase, Lyle Clark, Richard Hollingsworth, Stewart麦克兰Donald Luffel, Charles Lemon, Tom Saffell, Mario Redinnes, and Edward Whiteide.
Appointments to Census include Robert Cornford, Earl Barnay,
George Jackson and Dean Smith.
Sings Here Tomorrow
Etta Moten who will play the role of Bess in the musical comedy, "Porgy and Bess," at 8:20 p.m. tomorrow in Hoch auditorium.
Kappas Lose $80 By Theft Today
Between $75 and $80 was stolen from the Kappa Kappa Gamm mouse this morning.
According to Patty Piller, treasurer, no one was in the house from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. when the theft was assumed to have taken place.
Eight girls are missing money, the largest single amount being $25. Top drawers in their dressers were ransacked and money taken from bill-folds and coin purses on the second floor.
Apparently the burglar did not carry on a systemized search, since many of the girls left money and valuables on top of their dressers and desks before leaving for classes, which were not taken.
Police are investigating the robbery.
Band and Orchestra Announce Officers
New officers of the University band and orchestra were announced Friday by Prof. Russell Wiley, director of both organizations. Eugene Arnold is new president of the band. Other officers are: vice-president, Bob Fountain; secretary-treasurer, Pat Mahon; social chairman, Frances Sartori; delegate at large, Rudy Carl; publicity chairman, Joel Fant; student leader, Wayne Patterson; librarians, Doradeen Perry and Melvin Cotton.
Barbara Parsons has been named president of the University orchestra. Other new officers of the organization are vice-president, Helen Flerson; secretary-treasurer, Eleanor Albright; social chairman, Ruth Sartori; delegate at large, Frances Sartori; publicity chairman, Margaret Snodgrass; librarian, Doradeen Perry and Melvin Cotton.
Baker Appoints Directory Staff
Marjorie Pollack, fine acts junior,
has been appointed business manager
of the University of Kansas
Student Directory, Elizabeth Baker,
editor of the publication, annoumed
today. Annie Young, college sophomore,
will be in charge of advertising.
Large Crowd Attends First Musical Vespers Yesterday Afternoon
A good-sized crowd was present yesterday for the Eighty-third All-Musical Vespers of the School of Fine Arts in Hoch auditorium. The occasion was the seasonal debut of four of the University's chief musical organizations. Two hundred and fifty students of the School of Fine Arts participated in the program which included organ, Glee Club, A Capella Choir, and orchestra selections.
G. Criss Simpson, of the Fine Arts Theory and Organ department, played the opening movement of Handel's "B flat Concerto".
The Glee Club, directed by Irene Peabody, sang "Silent Strings" (Bantock), "Nymphs and Shepards" (Pureell), and "Summer Evening" (Finnish Folk Song). Norma Jean Lutz was outstanding as soloist in "Summer Evening" (arranged by Palmgren).
The University String Quartet played the "Allegro Risoluto" from the Quintet, Op. 20, by Edgar Stillman-Kelly. The selection was in the nature of a Requiem for the composer who died last week. Members
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Phi Delfs Win Carnival Prize
The available Phi Delts, who would do anything for a price, won the five dollar prize for the best concession at the Union carnival Saturday night.
The amount of money taken in during the carnival is not known, as several of the houses have not made their report, according to Jane Atwood, chairman of the carnival committee. The profit of the carnival will be used to finance other Union parties and activities.
Jim Conard won two cartons of cigarettes which were given away at 11 o'clock after chances had been sold for two hours.
Sally Houck, Chi O, won one of the ducks that the Kappa Kappa Gamma's auctioned later in the evening. Dale Rummer and Larry Litwin, from Battenfeld, won the other duck. The ducks were auctioned off as no one during the carnival was able to win them by ringing their necks.
Other booths included: Gamma Phi Beta, Western Union office; Kappa Kappa Gamma, ring the duck; Chi Omega, rat race; Delta Gamma, character sketches; Phi Beta Phi, a marriage bureau; Kappa Alpha Theta, coke consession; Corbin Hall, exhibition of pretty girls; Alpha Delta Pi, Bowery; Sigma Kappa, ice cream stand; Delta Tau Delta, Electrical show; Carrush Hall, penny pitch; Sigma Chi, gambling booth; Miller Hall, Castle film; A.O. Pi, fortune teller; and Phi Psi, gambling booth.
Members of the carnival committee included: Jane Atwood, chairman, Anna Zimmerman, Barbara Thiele, Marjorie Bencéz Marion Husty, Jeanne Brown, Joan Woodward, With Mascie Barry, Betty Denemez, Bob McLvor, Bob Hamsey and Ed Shive.
Dr. and Mrs. H. A. Beamer were the chaperons for the carnival, and Charles Steeper furnished music for the dance.
Freshmen to Go to Polls Tomorrow To Elect Officers and Delegates; Rally and Canvassing to Be Tonight
Sour Owl Is Barred From U.S. Mails
The Sour Owl, college "humor" magazine and sponsored this fall by the All Student Council after a lapse of two years, has been barred from the mails, according to local post office authorities.
Allied Gains Are Spectacular
The Sour Owl, which was issued Friday, has been classified as "umailable," and copies which have been posted will be returned to the addressee. The mailing classification will be in effect pending ruling from the United States Post Office in Washington. The "unmailable" status presumably has been given on the basis that the magazine contains obscene literature.
The Allied juggernaut crashed forward all along the 400-mile western front today with spectacular gains by British, French and American armies.
(International News Service)
In the north, British and American forces stabbed deeper toward the industrialized part of Germany, overrunning small but important towns on the approaches to the Rhine and the Ruhr.
The French first army struck swiftly through the Belfort gap invasion route to southwestern Germany. Bypassing the city of Belfort, the revitalized French unit broke through Nazi defenses and raced 18 miles to the Rhine river between Mulhouse and Basle.
The U.S. first and ninth armies and the British second pushed beyond captured Geilenkirchen in a general drive south of Aachen. Meanwhile, the third U.S. army whittled grimly at Nazi defenders of the surrounded city of Metz. Other third army troops reached within four miles of the Saar river which lies three miles inside Germany at the outskirts of Kessling. One-third of Metz is now in Aliled hands.
French Towns Liberated
South of Metz the seventh American army brought its attack to a 40-mile front. Half a score of French towns were liberated on the enlarged offensive.
Far to the east, the Russians stepped up their drive throughout Hungary threatening the approaches to the natural invasion routes into Austria and Czechoslovakia.
German troops lashed back savagely at Allied forces in Italy as the Nazis attempted to delay the liberation of Ravenna and Bologna. German troops forced Polish units to abandon Monte Fortino in the Forli area, but other units withstood the German attack.
Yanks on Asia Island
In the Pacific, announcement was made of U. S. landings on the Asia island off the coast of New Guinea and complete occupation of Nigro-ngong in the southern Palau island. Also announced was a naval ambulance blasting of Lipe Jima,
The freshman election will be tomorrow.
Election polls, which are being set up in the corridor of the main floor of Fraser hall, will open at 7:30 a.m.
Joan Burch, chairman of the elections committee of the All Student Council announced this morning.
The polls will remain open until 6 o'clock tomorrow evening.
Voters must bring their activity books, Miss Burch said, in order to be eligible to vote. The books will be punched when the student receives his ballot, and his name will be marked off according to an official list of freshmen, compiled by the University business office.
Three judges and two clerks, representing the four parties on the campus, will supervise the election. "At no time," Miss Burch said, "can there be more than two judges and one clerk from one party on duty." Votes will be counted tomorrow night in the Pine room of the Memorial Union building by a committee appointed by the elections committee. The counting will be supervised by an All Student Council faculty adviser.
WIGS and Fachacamea parties will hold a rally tonight for all students in the lounge of the Memorial Union building, Bettie Bixby, campaign manager of the WIGS party has announced. The event was scheduled for last Wednesday night, but was postponed until tonight when the All Student Council voted at a special meeting Wednesday noon to postpone the election from last Thursday until tomorrow.
Tonight's rally will begin at 7 o'clock, Miss Bixie said. Skits and talks will be presented, and freshmen candidates will be introduced. Barbara Johnson is in charge of the program, and Bob Henry will be master of ceremonies. Sarah Marks, WIGS representatives, and Jack Button, Pachacamac representative, will give short talks.
PWCL and PSGL parties plan to contact organized houses tonight, Mariette Bennett, campaign manager of the PWCL party announced. Freshman candidates who are running for the positions on the All Student Council are Jean McIntire, president of the new Kappa Sigma dormitory, Women's Independent-Greek Society candidate; Shirley Willburn of the new Delta Upsilon dormitory, candidate of the Progressive Women's Cooperative League; Sam Hunter, Sigma Chi, Pachacamac candidate; and John Irwin, Battenfield, representing the Progres-
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Chinese Make Many Cabinet Changes
New York—(INS)—The Chinese government named new ministers of war, finance, infomation, education, interior, organization, and overseas affairs in what the Chungkup radio described as a "sweeping reorganization" of the central government.
Gen. Ho Yung-Chia was replaced as minister of war by General Chen, and Dr. H. M. Ming, brother of Madame Chiong Ma Thi Khien, was removed as minister of finance in favor of O. M. Mi, one time mayor of Shanghai.