UNIVERSITY Daily Kansan
40TH YEAR
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1943
NUMBER 113
PWCL Wins Four Seats On Seven-Member ASC
With PWCL obtaining four out of seven seats on the new ASC in Tuesday's election, Peggy Davis, College junior, will be appointed president of the Council, while the minority party on the Council, WIGS, will appoint Jill Peck, College junior, representative at large. Because Miss Peck was elected to the ASC her vacancy will be filled by Betty Lee Kalis, College junior.
By receiving 125 first choices, June Mack, PWCL, College junior, was the first candidate to be declared elected when the ballots were counted. Mary Morrill, PWCL, College freshman followed her with 122 first choices.
WIGS candidate Mary Olive Marshall, College sophomore, was next on the list with 113 first choices. Elected to the Council by a combination of first and second choices for them were Miss Peck, WIGS, and Janet Marvin, PWCL, College junior.
All women not in the College, voting in District 3, elected Martha Dooley, WIGS, School of Fine Arts sophomore, and Mary Martha Hudelson, PWCL, School of Business junior, to represent them.
In counting ballots Tuesday night, the election board found that the number of voters had been added wrong for Tuesday's Kansan at the different polling places, and the total number of valid votes amounted to 835. Of this number 692 were cast in District 1 and 143 in District 3.
The amendment to the new constitution which prevents representatives from organizations from voting on political matters was passed by a great majority with only 54 votes against it.
Two of Harmon's Crew Are Killed
Washington, (INS)—Two members of the crew of the plane piloted by Lt. Thomas D. Harmon, former University of Michigan all American football player, which crashed in the South American jungle April 8, 1943, were killed, the war department announced yesterday.
The men are:
Staff Sgt. James F. Goodwin, engineer, of route 5, Texarkana, Tex., and Sgt. Leonard D. Gunnels, gunner, of route 1, Deatsville, Ala. The war department also disclosed that three other crew members are listed as missing.
They are: Second Lt. Edwin J. Wolf, Philadelphin, Pa.; second Lt. Frederick O. Wieting, Lansing Mich., and Staff Sgt. Bernard R Coss, Mendota, Ill.
Harmon was found safe after bailing out of the plane and landing in Brazilian jungle territory.
Representatives Attend Meeting Of Co-op League
Ten members of the University of Kansas Student Housing Association attended a meeting of the Central League of Campus Co-ops at the University of Missouri last weekend.
The delegates, Lois Kihm, College freshman; Betty Gsell, Education junior; Mary Lou Harling, College sophomore; Mildred Whitted, College sophomore; Betty Felt, College sophomore; Luther Buchele, College junior; John Marggrave, engineering sophomore; Richard Hartzell, engineering freshman; John Meek, College freshman; and Paul Brownlee, College sophomore, spent most of their time at the convention in small discussion groups. The panel discussions were concerned with the
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Got A Skeleton?
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Army Needs It
Chicago, (INS)—Anyone who has a spare skeleton in his closet will be doing the army a favor to turn it in right away.
William L. McGettridge, Chicago area salvage director, announced today he was fresh out of skeletons, having sent more than 45 to army post hospitals where they are used for instructional purposes in medical classes.
Now he hasn't any on hand, and more than 15 requests await additional donations for fulfillment.
McGtridge thought a number of lodges and fraternities might have skeletons lying around serving no particular purpose except at initiations.
WEATHER FORECAST
Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Cooler tonight.
Dean To Speak At Convocation On Good Friday
Dr. Charles Reynolds Brown, dean emeritus of the Yale School of Divinity, will speak on "The Value of Worship" at the Good Friday convocation in Hoch auditorium at 10 o'clock tomorrow. Dr. Brown will arrive tonight and will be a guest of Chancellor and Mrs. Deane W. Malott while he is in Lawrence.
Watson Will Be Speaker At Fine Arts Banquet
Dispensing with the usual All-University convocation on Fine Arts Day in connection with the All-American Music Week scheduled for May 2 to 7, Dean Donald M. Swarthout, has secured Mr. Dudley Crafts Watson, prominent lecturer on travel and fine arts, to replace the customary local speaker at the annual Fine Arts Day banquet at 5:45. May 4 in the Kansas room.
Dr. Watson, who will speak on "The Place of the Arts In American Life," is the official lecturer for the Chicago Art Institute. He is a writer, artist, radio commentator, and world traveler, having crossed the Atlantic 38 times as director of Art-Pilgrimages. Dr. Watson's illustrative material consists of latter slides and specially recorded music
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Combined Issues of Jayhawker Feature Campus Beauty Queens
College junior from Hutchinson, who is featured auty queen in the issue ready for distribution today.
Grace McCar as the Jayhaw
By JAMES GUNN
The combined last two issues of the Jayhawker that were distributed today range the gamut of college life from social thinking to campus beauty, from parables to pictures.
J. Donald Keown introduces the issue with an editorial on today's dreams of a post-war world. Prof. Hilden Gibson wrote a tribute to the youth of the day with the hope that it may be equal to the demands being made upon it.
Story of Jayhawker Told
Next comes the story of the Jayhawker itself, the tale of its checkered career through a troubled war year.
Then comes: Ah-h-h! The beauty queens of the campus as chosen by Varga are led off by the queen of queens, Grace McCandless. For nine pages we need think of nothing else bu women.
"Woman's eek" Featured
Bob Mini has parody on Macbeth occupies a featured spot, as does Ed Kelley views on the University's tome now. Presented with authentic ph graphs and descriptions is "A Wo's Week" and "A Week with Joe judge."
Jill Pecc and Bill Haage describe intramura and Matt Heuertz lists the news highlights of 1942-1943.
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The University a cappella choir will sing "Forsake Me Not" (Rosenmueller) before Dr. Brown's address tomorrow. Helen Colburn, soprano, will sing the soi's part. Laurel Everette Anderson, professor of organ and theory, will play the choral-prelude, "Savior of My Heart" (Brahms), and free improvisation as the post-clude.
One of America's outstanding clergymen, Dr. Brown is famed as a lecturer on religious subjects. He has been a foundation and fellowship lecturer at Stanford, Yale, Cornell, Columbia, Southern Methodist, and Harvard Universities, and at the University of North Carolina.
Dr. Charles Brown
Dr. Brown received the bachelor of arts degree from the University of Iowa in 1883, and his master of arts degree in 1886. He was dean of the Yale School of Divinity from 1911 until 1928, and since that year has been dean emeritus.
He is the author of a score of books on religious topics. Some of them are "The Master's Way" (1919), "Why I Believe in Religion" (1923), "These Twelve" (1926), "The Gospel for Main Street" (1929), "They Were Giants" (1934), and "Being Made Over" (1939).
Business School To Present'Capers'
Students in the School of Business are planning to produce the "Commerce Capers" next Thursday, April 29, a luncheon affair which will probably prevent attendance at 1:30 and 2:30 classes, according to Wendell Tompkins, president of the school.
The "Capers" will feature satirical skits concerning personalities and events in the School of Business. Clarence Mollett is chairman of the program committee.
Originated as a substitute for the School of Business Day, which for-
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