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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1944
Jayhawks Play Sedalia Airmen Here Tomorrow
The Sedalia Air Base will come here tomorrow for a baseball game with the Kansas Jayhawks. Game time has been set at 2:30 p.m.
This contest will be the third of the season for the young Kansas team which lost its first two games to Iowa State and Herington air base. Improvement is still being made under the tutelage of Coach Elmer Schaake, newly appointed diamond mentor. The fielding is still spotty but at times clicks in excellent fashion. The hitting, although not hard, has been fairly consistent. Coach Schnake has been trying to get his charges to increase their speed on the bases by being alert and ready to take advantage of the slightest opportunity.
The Kansas squad has no idea as to the strength of their opponents, but like all service teams are expected to be experienced and a seasoned outfit.
The pitching duties may fall to Tom Saffell, who worked most of the Iowa State fray until a finger he hurt in the first inning bothered him so much he had to be taken out. If his hand is healed sufficiently, Saffell will probably get the call. Scalzo, who pitched three excellent innings against Herington before losing his control, has had three days rest and should be ready to bolster the mound corps if called upon.
The rest of the line-up will remain about the same subject to last minute changes. Sinclair or Dahleem will catch, with Rohrbaugh on first, Wolcott on second, Corder at short step, and Gaba at third. The outfield will probably be picked from these men—Farber, Smith, Slipsage, Moore, and Heim.
Donors to Register For Blood Bank
The registration of blood donors will begin on Monday, and except for Memorial Day, will continue through Saturday noon, June 3.
The Mobile Unit of the Red Cross Blood Donor Service will be at the Community building June 5, 6, and 7, and those who want to make contributions are instructed to telephone Red Cross headquarters, 640, and make their appointments between 9 and 12 in the morning, and from 1:30 to 5 in the afternoon.
Contributions to the Blood Bank may be made between 10 and 12 in the morning, and from 1 to 2 in the afternoon.
Volunteers must be between the ages of 18 and 60, in good health, and must weigh at least 110 pounds. Official Red Cross releases, obtainable at Watkins Memorial hospital, must be signed by parents for donors between the ages of 18 and 21.
Schoeppel to Run For Governor Again
Governor Andrew Schoepel has stated that he will file for re-election as governor of Kansas on the Republican ticket when he returns next week from the governors' conference at Harrisburg, Pa. He is now serving his first term.
Governor Schoepel, whose home is Ness City, became the first governor ever elected from the western third of Kansas when he defeated W. H. Burke, Democratic nominee, by a margin of more than 75,000 votes in the last general election.
Buehler Announces Speech Contest To Be Held June 6
A "Know Your University" speech contest on June 6 was announced today by Prof. E. C. Buehler, professor of speech. The event is a substitute for the traditional "Campus Problems" speech contest which Professor Buehler has sponsored for nearly twenty years.
Preliminary tryouts for June 6 participation are scheduled for 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 31, in the Little Theater, Green hall. Every student in the University is eligible to enter the contest, said Professor Buehler. Navy V-12's and all other special groups are included.
"Although speakers in debates and argumentative orations seek to persuade, convince, and produce action, the central aim of the speeches in the "Know Your University" contest will be to inform and interest," said Professor Buehler. "Subjects will be activities, life, and traditions of the University."
Contestants are at liberty to choose any subject in keeping with the general theme of the event. In order to help prospective speakers, the department of speech and drama has issued a list of 60 suggested topics which is available at the speech office in Green hall. Topics already chosen by some of the contestants include "Occupational Therapy," "Correspondence Study," and "The Totem Pole of the Class of 1893."
The winner of first prize in the final contest will receive $10. There will be a second prize of $5. Fifteen students already have signed for preliminary competition. All others who desire to enter should see Professor Buchler as soon as possible.
Speeches in the preliminary tryout will be limited to 5 minutes. In the final contest they will be 7 minutes. Eight to ten finalists will be chosen from the preliminary event on May 31.
ALLIES HIT---and rearrange the cases in the main room." Mrs. Rider is a graduate of the University, having been graduated in 1937 with a degree from the School of Fine Arts and a major in design. "I have always had a yearning for the beautiful and rare things in life," she said. "I never once doubted that I would major in fine arts. It has always been a part of our family; and I guess if you grow up with something like that as I did, you naturally become attached to it."
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tive attack on Imphal in India
The Japanese attempted to send reinforcements to the aid of their Myitkyina garrison in northern Burma but were maudled badly by the Allies.
The Chinese admitted that communications with the Honan province city of Lovang has been cut off hinting that the enemy may have occupied it. Other Chinese troops driving down into Burma, however, continued to roll forward despite bad weather and teough terrain. Attack on Watie Reported
Gen. Doug MacArthur's infantrymen, paced by fleets of war planes, closed in on the Maffinj air dromes in the Sarmi area of New Guinea. Capture of the ship appeared imminent.
Japanese propagandists reported that two Allied destroyers presumably American attacked Wotje atoll in the Marshalls, site of record aerial onslaught last Sunday.
A recent tabulation lists the valuation of fraternity and sorority chapter houses at $153,124,000.
Sororities. Fraternities Valuable
Relics and Exhibits Fascinate Mrs. Rider as Museum Curator
One of the most fascinating positions on the University campus is that occupied by Mrs. Ruth Rider, daughter of Deam D. M. Swarthout, dean of the School of Fine Arts. Mrs. Rider is curator of Spooner-Thayer museum; and through her work she comes into daily contact with fascinating, ancient relics, some of which date before Christ.
"As curator of a museum as well-known and famous as Spooner-Thayer, I have many duties to occupy my time," said Mrs. Rider. "I really hesitate to term what I do as duties, however, because each and every thing I do around the museum is intensely fascinating. They all spur me on with a desire to know more and more of the background and history of each article."
Library Work Proves Interesting
The museum library was compiled by Mrs. Thayer and contains more than 1000 books. "It is my specific duty to run the library," she said. "By that I mean that in a vague sort of way I act as a librarian; however, none of our books are ever checked out. This naturally limits the extent of my librarian's work. I see that all the books, pamphlets, and files remain in excellent condition and if anything ever happens to any of them, it is up to me to remedy it."
In this one room devoted to the library Mrs. Rider stated that she is learning something new constantly. "Just last week," she related, "I was sorting and filing some books; and I came across some books on Oriental art which gave me a keen insight into the workings of an Oriental's mind. In these times such information as this gives a person a deeper understanding of some of the reasons why chaotic times are inevitable."
Procures Outside Shows
The museum consists of three large galleries and two small ones. The small ones are changed, that is the displays are varied, every month, if possible. One is devoted to exhibits of the museum's own collections which have been stored. The other is devoted to outside shows.
"The gallery which is devoted to outside exhibits," Mrs. Rider related, "is changed every month. It is my responsibility to procure and arrange for these outside exhibits. My biggest job is undoubtedly that of procuring shows and exhibits of interest to the many persons—more than 1,000 every month—who visit the museum.
"Often now, because of the shortage of help, I help clean and polish the innumerable articles on display
TODAY—Thru Saturday
TEX RITTER
in
"Oklahoma Raiders"
and
"Jamboree"
Drake's for Bakes
husband Now in Cassino Campaign Before her marriage two years ago Mrs. Rider was employed in occupational therapy in New York. "The ten months my husband and I spent together before he was sent overseas seemed exceptionally short," Mrs. Rider recalled. "He is now participating in the Cassino campaign in Italy."
Upon her husband's embarkation in October, 1943, Mrs. Rider stepped into the vacancy created by the
Ship's Co. to Play Trainees Tonight
Officers and enlisted men of the ship's company of the University Naval Training School will battle with electrician's mate trainees at 8 o'clock tonight on the baseball diamond at South park. The ship's company team issued the challenge, to the trainees, and as Chief Yeoman George O. Starkey says, "The Civil War will be on with officers and their men joining in an informal contest minus all Naval dignities."
death of Miss Minnie Moody who was a veteran of the University faculty. Miss Moody was among those persons who aided Mrs. William B. Thayer in laying plans for the construction of the museum commemorating William Bridges Thayer. She accompanied Mrs. Thayer on many trips in the latter's studies of various museums over the country.
"My greatest desire is to create life, warmth, and friendliness in the museum," said Mrs. Rider.
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