LAWRENCE, KANSAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1943
40TH YEAR
NUMBER 110
Women Vote In Tuesday's ASC Election
Although women will go to the polls Tuesday to elect their seven representatives to the new All-Student Council, the two men's political parties in the MSC decided yesterday to appoint four members from each of their parties to represent the men on next year's contrary to the idea of a general election of both men and women in Council. Their decision, which is the new All-Student Constitution, was made valid by the passage of the Emergency Measure by both Councils.
The women's political party which has the majority on the Council after Tuesday's election, will have the choice of president and vice-president of the Council, the Emergency measure states. The minority party fills the office of representative-at-large.
The Emergency Measure states that "for the duration of the war the position of president and representative-at-large of the All-Student Council shall be elected by the Al-Student Council. The president shall be a woman elected by the women's party having a majority of the elected women representatives of the ASC. The representative at large shall be a woman chosen by the minority party. If either position is
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YWCA Enlarges Next Cabinet
After interviewing University women all this week, the new YWCA officers, Cara Shoemaker, president; Betty Lee Kalis, vice-president; Betty Pile, treasurer; Mignon Morton, secretary; and Ruth Tippin, district chairman; have chosen the members of next year's YW cabinet. Because the YMCA will not set up an organization plans until next fall and then the two groups will work separately, the YWCA has enlarged its cabinet by more than half its present size.
Women chosen for the new cabinet and their offices are: program coordinator, Betty Lee Kals; freshman co-ordinator, Marion Hepworth; Y Call, Ruth Tippin; telescoping the News, Mignon Morten; worldly community service, Eloise Penner; post
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Welsh Denies Murder Charge
Kansas City, (INS) — George W. Welsh, Jr., charged with the mutilation slaying of his sister, Leila Adele, took the stand in surprise move at his murder trial today and denied the state's charge of murder.
Jayhawker Will Be Out On Thursday
The 120-page Jayhawk, combining the fourth and fifth issues, will be available to subscribers after 2:30 Thursday afternoon, John Conard, editor, said today.
This edition features a 10-page section devoted to beatty queens. The top five have full page pictures.
Pictorial stories of a week in the social life of a K. U. Coed and in the life of Joe College are also included. Hilden Gibson, assistant professor of political science and sociology, and J. Donald Keown, College senior, wrote guest articles.
Six Speakers Will Tour State
Prof. E. C. Buehler's, Victory Speakers will be on the road again next week with Edith Ann Fleming, College junior, and Antonio Lulli, College senior added to the group. Speakers will be in Sabetha and Belleville high schools Monday morning, and Belleville Chamber of Commerce Monday night. Tenative schedule is Marysville Monday afternoon and Concordia high school assembly Tuesday afternoon. Tuesday night the Victory Speakers will be at the Co-op Club in Topeka.
Included on this tour will be Newell Jenkins, College junior, speaking on "The Miracle of Russia;" Bill Hough, College sophomore, on "How to Pay for This War;" and Ed Hanson, College senior, on "The Culbertson Plan."
A week from today Antonio Lulli, speaking on "Latin America Relations" and Edith Ann Fleming, on "Medicine and War" will be accompanied by a third speaker not yet chosen on their tour to Yates Center high school, Iola high school, and Iola Kiwanis club.
"The Culbertson Plan" was discussed in a round table this afternoon by Ed Hanson and several Emporia State Teacher's debaters. The round table discussion took place before Professor Buehler's Principles of Speech class and some classes in Oread high school at 2:30.
A joint report of Ed Hansen and Richard Todd on the regional conference of the International Relations clubs of the nation will be featured at the next meeting of the International Relations club at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 20, in the Pine room of the Union building.
Hansen, Todd To Report At International Relations
Todd recently reconference which on College, Indi-
Hansen and turned from it was held at Sanola, Iowa.
WEATH. FORECAST
Cool tonight and morrow.
Allies Curb Jap Invasion Of Australia
(International News Service)
Allied airmen under the personal command of Lt. Gen, George C. Kinney, fighting desperately to break up Japanese preparations for a possible invasion of Australia, rained pulverizing blows today on a Japanese convoy of six cargo ships and three war vessels seeking to reinforce the enemy garrison at Wewak, New Guinea.
Tipped off on the approach of the convoy by a reconnaissance plane, big Flying Fortresses flew into the attack and left three enemy vessels totaling 21,000 tons in sinking condition.
Furious American aerial activity in the north and south Pacific was reported today by the Navy, including eight more raids on Kiska and destruction of an 80-foot Jap boat and a power station in the Solomons.
As their comrades hammered Japanese shipping and air bases, combat veterans of the southwest Pacific air force sent a message to America emphasizing the new position taken by Gen. Douglas MacArthur that air power rather than steam power will decide the eventual outcome of the war in that arena.
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Meanwhile Allied ground forces in Tunisia were encountering fierre-
Painters Quit; Want More Pay
The reason for their quitting, Raymond Nichols, executive secretary, explained, was that they wanted higher pay. Some of them were already receiving the maximum "wartime bonus" pay and all were well above the minimum.
The painting staff of the building and grounds department quit last night without warning, according to C. G. Bayles, superintendent. This painting staff, composed of six members, worked the year around on jobs necessary to the upkeep of the buildings.
On March 1, the Civil Service pay plan became effective, establishing a minimum and maximum wage scale for all types of workers. In April, the minimum in each classification bracket was raised 15 per cent because of the higher cost of living in war-time conditions. The maximum scale was not changed since it was already high enough. Several newspaper reports of the pay plan led workers to believe that everybody would receive a 15 per cent increase
But in this case, Mr. Nichols said, the painters were simply not willing to work for the Civil Service rates.
University Plans American Music Week, May 2-7
All-American Music Week, featuring such artists, composers, and public figures as Albert Spalding, violinist; Mary Louise Beltz, soprano; Ferdie Grofe and Domenico Savino, composers; Dudley Crafts Watson, of the Chicago Art Institute; and Benjamin Franklin Afleck, chairman of the board of the Universal Atlas Cement Corp., and founder of the Benjamin Franklin Society, will be observed at the University, May 2 to 7, Dean Donald M. Swarthout of the School of Fine Arts announced today.
MAURICE HINDUS
Commission, Chancellor Deane W. Malot announced today. Mr. Hindus, who has appeared before University campus as a convocation speaker in the past has recently returned from a six month's sojourn in the U.S.S.R. He is expected to give first hand眼-witness account of what is going on there.
Maurice Hindus, one of the world's leading authorities on Russia, will speak at convocation May 5 through the courtesy of the Student Activities
Russian Author Will Speak Here on May 5
Mr. Hindus was born in Russia and came to the United States in 1905. He was graduated from Colgate University and has done graduate work at Harvard.
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Instructors Accept Positions
Three men from the chemistry department have accepted positions as assistant instructors in other universities for five year. Paul Gilles, College senior, will leave for the University of California to begin work July. Jerome Thompson, College senior, and Henry Holtzclaw graduate student, will go to the University of Illinois in September.
The work combines the teaching of chemistry with study toward advanced degree. Gilles will specialize in physical chemistry. Holtzclaw is finishing his first year of graduate work and assistant instructorat the University's spring
Gilles and Thompson were elected to Phi Beta Kappa this year. Gilles' home is in Kansas City; Thompson and Holtzclaw live in Lawrence.
The music festival this year will feature American music, largely patriotic, in keeping with the war motif throughout the nation. Music week will get under way on Sunday, May 2, with special performances in all Lawrence churches by choirs and soloists, and a concert in the afternoon in Hoch auditorium at the University by the music organizations of the Lawrence public schools.
Graduate to Sing in Fraser
Monday night, Albert Spalding, number one American violinist and one of the ranking virtuosos of the world, will appear in recital at the University. Tuesday will be featured as fine arts day, and will be climaxed in the evening with the annual Fine Arts Banquet, at which the principal speakers will be Dudley Crafts Watson, of the Chicago Art Institute, and Benjamin Franklin Affleck, founder of the Benjamin Franklin Society. Affleck, eminent industrialist, will speak on "What Music Means to the Layman."
Following the banquet, Mary Louise Beltz, American soprano, will sing in Fraser theater. Miss Beltz, is a Kansan, a graduate of the University, three time winner of a Juliard Fellowship and winner of first place in the National Federation of Music Clubs elimination voice contest. She is making a tour of the country under the auspices of the National Federation of Music Clubs. University Composers Plan Recital
Wednesday afternoon, University composers will be featured in a recital. Compositions of Carl Preyer, Otto Miaesser, Robert Palmer, Ruth Orcutt, all members of the University fine arts staff, and of late Charles Sanford Skilton, one of America's great composers.
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University Co-ops Send Ten Members To District Meeting
Five women and five men, representatives from the Harmon. Kaw Koettes, Jay Coeds, John Moore, and Rock Chalk Co-ops are attending the three-day annual district meeting of the Central League of Campus Co-ops in Columbia,Mo., this weekend.
The University representatives at the meetings are Lois Kihm and Mildred Whitted, Harmon Co-op; Betty Gsell and Mary Louise Harling, Kaw Koettes; Betty Felt, Jay Co-eds; John Meek, Paul Brownlee, and John Marggrave, John Moore Co-op; and Dick Hartzell and Luther Buchele, Rock Chalk Co-op.