UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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MONDAY. MARCH 13, 1944
Allen Says Game Causes Poor Officiating
That the fault of poor officiating lies not with the officials, but with the rules committee and the game of basketball was the contention of Dr. F. C. Allen, Kansas basketball coach, here today as he pointed out that under the present rules of basketball, good officiating is a rare exception rather than the rule.
"When the center jump was eliminated, the rules committee contributed to the game the semblance of hockey," Dr. Allen declared. "The ball was tossed up at center once and after the toss-up there was a harum-scarum scramble to outrace the opposition to the offensive basket. The players drove faster than good coordination dictated."
Since the spectators have approved of this type of play, they have willingly sacrificed good play for excitement, even though the level of skilled basketball has deteriorated, he said.
Not Officials' Fault
"It is impossible for even the best officials to properly officiate this hurricane type of game," the Mt. Oread mentor pointed out. "Non-fouling is an impossibility with these fast moving players driving down the court. The crowd gets excited and 'rides' the officials because a play is mis-called. In the game of basketball the crowd is right on top of the players and the officials, and the crowd never gets off an official because it is the American game to give him a 'buggy ride'."
In this sort of a game good basketball is sacrificed and the crowd forgets the values of good ball handling, team play and goal shooting, was the contention of Dr. Allen. The crowd allows its jaded nerves to be satisfied with a firewagon brand of the game that does not begin to compare with games in previous years where patterns of play beautifully set up won the plaudits of the admirers.
Against Center Jump Removal
Dr. Allen pointed out that the proponents of the elimination of the center jump made the claim that if this feature were removed, the exceptionaI tall, gangling player would be driven from the game.
"The elimination has taken away many beautiful plays from the game and robbed it of its orderliness and quick surprises of a fighting team stealing the tap from an altitudinous center who controls the
Sportorials By Charles Moffett
We were asked Friday if we didn't think that Bruce Drake of Oklahoma also deserved credit for a fine coaching job during the just completed basketball season. This question came as result of statement agreeing with Dr. Allen that Cliff Rock of Kansas State had turned in the campaign's best coaching job. Naturally, any coach whose team finishes in a tie for first place honors deserves a great deal of credit. Drake had a very young team, one of the youngest in years at the Sooner school. But he had Allie Paine and Grover Ramsey both with considerable experience, to steady the freshmen down. Paine was especially good at this and much of the credit should go to him. He directed the team's play in all games, was a superb defensive player, and always managed to slip in for several points per game.
But the fact remains that Coach Drake did have some veteran players and Rock did not. The Sooner mentor did not have the draft troubles that Rock had, and he had his same team the entire season. After midseason, Rock hardly knew who would be at practice
Chemical Engineers To Elect Officers
Election of officers will be held at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at a meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in the Kansas room of the Union building, John B. Anderson, vice-president, announced today.
from one day to the next so rapidly was Uncle Sam taking his boys. But the Wildcats paid off against Nebraska and a great amount of praise is due Rock and his civilian team.
Refreshments will be served and Mr. Anderson has requested that all students interested in chemical engineering be present.
Harry H. Sisler, assistant professor of chemistry, will speak on "The Ammonia System of Compounds," the topic on which he spoke at a recent Sigma Xi meeting. He is repeating it for the benefit of student chemical engineers and all others interested, according to Mr. Anderson.
A proposal is before the Board of Regents of Texas U. to establish a fund for scholarships for returning war veterans.
tip-off. The center jump is gone and it will never be returned. Perhaps there are enough fine, exciting play situations remaining in the game of basketball to attract millions as in the past."
is due Rock and his civilian team
We agree with our friend that Drake deserves credit also, for the way he molded his squad into a championship club. George Edwards of Missouri did a grand job too, with all an civilian team, that tied Kansas for third place and gave both Oklahoma and Iowa State real battles before losing.
Spring training for most of the Major League clubs will begin in about a week. Player shortage troubles will determine a great deal the outcome of the pennant race . . . Many schools over the country are making tentative plans for spring football practice, not knowing who will be around for the games next fall . . . Notre Dame is already preparing for a successful season as usual, having landed several high school stars, whom many colleges would be pleased to have . . . The basketball squad was entertained Thursday night at dinner at the Colonial Tea Room by the Cooperative Club of Lawrence.
Secretarial Class To Meet Evenings
The Secretarial training class, offered through the School of Business and the extension division, will meet at 7 o'clock this evening in room 312 of Fraser Hall, Miss Margaret O'Briant, instructor, has announced.
A preliminary meeting of the class was held last Thursday evening, and a number of students enrolled then. Additional enrollments may be made, however, this evening.
The class will be held in two hour sessions on Mondays and Fridays of each week during the present semester. Instruction will be given in advanced shorthand dictation and transcription correlated to develop skill in taking dictation and transcription from shorthand notes.
Students may enroll under one of the following plans: (1) junior-senior standing (50 hours or more of college work), (2) special student (graduate of high school and 18 years of age or above), (3) noncredit (sufficient practical experience to carry the work on a college level).
Students taking the course for credit will receive three hours of
Recordings by Cornelia Otis Skinner will be played for members of the Dramatic Workshop at the regular meeting of the organization to tomorrow afternoon at 4:30, said Alice McDonnell, president, today.
Shows 2:30-7-9
Dramatic Workshop to Hear Cornelia Skinner Records
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The workshop will meet in the radio room of Green hall, Miss McDonnell announced, instead of in the Little Theater as usual because of the nature of the program planned.
regular University credit upon completion of the course. A fee of $12 for each student is being charged.
The fund is to be used to build a Student Union building on the campus of the University of Kansas hospitals in Kansas City and was set last week by a spontaneous drive with students and fellow faculty members of Dr. Francisco being the first to give to the fund. Appeals are also being made to the medical societies of Kansas, alumni of the University's School of Medicine, all doctors of the two Kansas Citys, and all doctors in Kansas.
The proposed Student Union building would serve as a gathering place for medical students, a recreation center, a dormitory, a medical library and, possibly, for post-graduate medical instruction, Dr. Tice announced.
With a goal of $200,000 for a memorial fund in honor of Dr. Clarence B. Francisco, professor and head of the department of orthopedic surgery of the School of Medicine before his death on February 23, Dr. Galen M. Tiee of the School of Medicine made an appeal this week to all who knew Dr. Francisco to contribute to the fund which on Friday had reached $2,000.
Tice Makes Appeal For Memorial Fund
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Old 'Shack Rat' Visits With 'Cub' Reporters On Way to East
Being "Dean of Women" for the army's Air Warning Service in Portland, Ore., is a full time job according to Capt. Kenneth Postlethwaite, a graduate in 1939. Ken, as he was known on the campus, visited his old haunt, the "Shack," last Friday on his way to the east coast where he will await orders to go overseas. It was to an all-girl class in Reporting I that Ken, who asserts he is shy of women, revealed that for the last two years he has been in charge of several hundred civilian volunteer women in the Air Warning Service.
Ken's position on the Daily Kansasan, as a journalism major, was that of drama, music, and even football critic. He says he blushes at the way "I used to 'pan' perfectly decent performances purely for the sake of doing so" and advised beginning reporters not to make the same mistake.
Ken seemed glad to get back to Kansas although his stay was short. "Kansas is not the most beautiful place, but you feel different about it. Kansas have to look for beauty in their own homes and lives rather than in landscape."
Ken was graduated in March, 1940, with an A.B. in journalism. He was a member of Quill Club and Sigma Delta Chi.
Eleanor Fry Visits Campus
Eleanor Fry of Spearville, a journalism graduate last year, visited the campus Thursday and Friday while on a four-day vacation trip which will take her to Emporia and Topeka.
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