====PAGE-LEVEL METADATA==== University Daily Kansan Page 0346_1 from reel: L 2338 (1942-11-03 to 1944-02-07) https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/157290 Title: Track Team Meets Baker Tomorrow Summary: The first Jayhawker track meet of the season will take place tomorrow afternoon at Baldwin where the Kansas squad of eighteen men meets the Baker University team. Track men whom Coach Henry Shenk is taking to Baldwin, and the events in which they will participate are detailed. Category: sports Subjects: track and field; athletics; university sports Confidence: 0.9 Title: Finals Begin in Three Sports Summary: The final playoff in men's tennis, horseshoes, and handball will begin Thursday afternoon when the first rounds in these sports will be played. First round tennis pairings are listed. Category: sports Subjects: tennis; handball; horseshoes; athletics Confidence: 0.85 Title: Track Meet Monopoly Summary: Saturday's Interscholastic Track and Field Meet turned out to be a day of monopolization of firsts. Billy Grimes, 19-year old dashman from Ashland, captured three firsts in the Class B 100, 220, and 440-yard dashes; Linwood Sexton, 17-year old Negro sprinter from Wichita East, took the Class A 100 and 220-yard dashes; Tom Dawson, senior for Shawnee-Mission won both the Class B high and low hurdles; Don Lowman of Bentley, Class B champion, came home first in the Class B high and low hurdles; and Burrton High School took the Class B and half-mile and medley relays. Category: sports Subjects: track and field; athletics; university sports Confidence: 0.85 Title: Surprise and Disappointment Summary: The surprise of the afternoon was registered by the Bentley team which brought only four boys to the meet but ran off with the championship laurels. Bentley High School, down near Wichita, had only 30 boys in school from which to pick a track team. The Meet's disappointment turned out to be Atchison's 880-yard and mile relays team which were expected to set new records, but failed. Category: sports Subjects: track and field; athletics; university sports Confidence: 0.8 Title: Co-Op, Watkins Hall Win Softball Games Summary: Playing with nine instead of ten players Co-op trounced IND, who had only six players, in a women's softball game yesterday, by a score of 11 to 1. Charlotte Price, center-fielder, made the IND's only run in the second inning. Marge Rader pitched and Winona Woody caught for Co-op. Ruth Hoover, assistant professor of physical education, was the pitcher, and Polly Isley, the catcher for IND. A last inning rally in which Kappa Kappa Gamma scored 8 runs, fell short as the Kappa's went down to a 16 to 12 defeat at the hands of Watkins Hall. Althea Shuss pitched and Alice Goff caught for Watkins Hall. Jo Johnson and Jean Hoffman formed the Kappa battery. Category: sports Subjects: softball; athletics; university sports Confidence: 0.85 Title: Quack Club Installs Two New Officers Summary: Quack Club officers Cynthia Gilmer, president, and Martha Woodward, secretary-treasurer, were installed at the Quack Club picnic Sunday morning. Thyllis Ekey, May Nettles, and Betty Leibrand were initiated after having passed diving tests. Nada Clifton, outgoing president, presided at the initiation. Gladys Hawkins is the former secretary-treasurer. Category: campus news Subjects: student organizations; university clubs; leadership Confidence: 0.85 Title: New WAA Officers Take Over Thursday Summary: New officers will be installed, and new members will be initiated at the WAA banquet at 6 p.m. Thursday in the Kansas room of the Union building. Kathryn Schaake, president, announced today. If members plan to attend, but have not yet signed the sheet on the bulletin board in the women's gymnasium, they must see Miss Schaake to make arrangements for attendance. Category: campus news Subjects: student organizations; university clubs; leadership Confidence: 0.85 Title: Art Instructor Wins Award Summary: Charles Umlauf, art instructor at the University of Texas, won honorable mention at the Art Institute of Chicago for his new statue, "Christ and the Little Children." Category: features/profiles Subjects: art education; awards; university faculty Confidence: 0.85 Title: Math Popular in Kentucky Summary: Courses in plane trigonometry and college algebra are more popular with correspondence students than any other courses offered by the University of Kentucky department of extension. Category: features/profiles Subjects: mathematics education; university courses; academic trends Confidence: 0.8 Title: Second Class Arrives for Signal Training Summary: The second class of signal corps training students containing 44 members arrived yesterday and began classes today in Blake hall. Approximately 10 more members of the class will arrive tomorrow to begin work on the six-month training course, according to J. D. Stranahan, professor of physics. Category: features/profiles Subjects: military training; signal corps; university programs Confidence: 0.85 Title: Havenhill Talks to Pharmacists Summary: Prof. L. D. Havenhill, of the School of Pharmacy, continued his series of talks on men who have been instrumental in establishing the profession of pharmacy, in the regular colloquy of the School of Pharmacy today. Category: features/profiles Subjects: pharmacy education; university faculty; professional development Confidence: 0.85 Title: Jayhawk Jabberwock Summary: BASEBALL SEASON OPENED TODAY This afternoon saw the official opening of the major leagues' baseball season. War man-power commission man, Paul V. McNutt was scheduled to pitch the first ball in the Philadelphia Athletics-Washington Senators game in Griffith stadium in the Capitol city. President Roosevelt declined the honor of pitching the first ball because of pressing war business. Why McNutt was chosen for the job over the members of the President's cabinet is not known. But the fact that McNutt had much to say about the future of war-time baseball probably had a lot to do with the choice of the official opening hurler. Category: editorial Subjects: baseball; sports commentary; university athletics Confidence: 0.85 Title: Photo: Stars in Service Summary: Illustration of a soldier with football helmet and text "HELP PASS THE AMMUNITION! BUY MORE AND MORE WAR BONDS!" Category: photos/graphics Subjects: military service; war bonds; university students Confidence: 0.9 Title: Today's Games Summary: List of today's and Thursday's games including Beta Theta Pi vs. Sigma Nu, Phi Gamma Delta vs. John Moore Co-op, Beta Theta Pi "B" vs. Delta Tau Delta, Alpha Tau Omega vs. Battenfeld Hall, Rock Chalk Co-op vs. Tau Kappa Epsilon, Phi Delta Theta vs. Jolliffe Hall, Sigma Alpha Epsilon vs. Triangle, Sigma Phi Epsilon vs. Theta Tau. Category: informational content Subjects: sports schedules; university athletics; campus events Confidence: 0.85 Title: Softball Standings Summary: Division I and Division II softball standings showing wins and losses for various teams including Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Beta Theta Pi, Alpha Tau Omega, Battenfeld Hall, Sigma Nu, Templin Hall, Triangle, Alpha Chi Sigma, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Kappa Psi, Beta Theta Pi "B", Jolliffe Hall, Delta Tau Delta, Delta Upsilon, Phi Gamma Delta, Sigma Chi, Theta Tau, Rock Chalk Co-op, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Sigma Phi Epsilon, John Moore Co-op. Category: informational content Subjects: sports standings; university athletics; campus sports Confidence: 0.85 Title: [advertisements] Advertisers include: Carl's Good Clothes; Stars in Service Category: advertisements Confidence: 0.9 Note: Descriptive metadata for this item has been generated in part using AI (artificial intelligence) technologies and may be incomplete, misleading, or inaccurate. 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