EAST VILLAGE
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS STUDENT PUBLICATION
UNIVERSITY Daily Kansan
The Hunting Ground.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4. 1943
NUMBER 69
40th YEAR
Schedule State Debate Meeting Here Next Week
The state-wide class A and class B high school debates will be held Saturday, Feb. 13, in Fraser auditorium, Gerald L. Pearson, director of high school debates, announced today. Participating in Class A of the debates will be Topeka, Hutchinson, Salina, Newton, Wichita North, and Wyandotte of Kansas City. Topeka and Wyandotte are tied for first place in their district Hutchinson, Salina, and Wichita North have won in their districts and Newton was invited on the basis of its season's record.
In Class B of the tournament will be Sabetha, Chapman, and Bonner Springs. The district in which Ellsworth, Osborn, St. Joseph, Hays, and Stafford are located has not held its tournament yet. This tournament will be Saturday, at Russell. The winner will be invited to the Class B tournament with the possibility of one or two other schools being invited from another district.
Class C debates will be at Great Bend this year because of the necessity to conserve in transportation. Most of the district winners in this class are in the west and central parts of the state.
Debates given at the University will be judged by members of the faculty, varsity debaters, and some selected Lawrence residents.
Last year Topeka won first place in Class A, Abilene was first in Class B, and Mound Ridge placed first in Class C.
Fine Arts Students Give Weekly Recital
Violin and piano numbers were presented on the Fine Arts student recital this afternoon in Fraser Theater.
Beverly Mendenhall, violinist,
played "Son of the Fuszta" by Bela
Keler. Ann Krehbiel, pianist, played
the first movement of Beethoven's
Sonata Opus 53. The Adagio
from Bruch's "Concerto in G Minor"
was played by Sally Trembly,
violinist. Mary Elizabeth Bitzer,
pianist, played Griffes "Scherzo."
A violin ensemble of James Lerch, William Bockhorst, Catherine Burchfield, Doris Turney, Beverly Mendenhall, Janis Patchen, Sarepta Pierpont, Helen Pierson, Doris Sheppard, and Roberta Johnson plued "Cavatina" by Raff.
Paderewski's "Concerto in A Minor" was presented as a piano duet by Margaret Fultz and Miss Ruth Orcutt, professor of piano.
Buehler To Speak
Prof. E. C. Buehler of the department of speech and drama will speak tonight to the Rotary Club at Benner Springs upon the subject, "How Talk Plays a Part in the War Effort."
Philharmonic Orchestra To Give Concert Monday
The Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of Karl Krueger, will make its annual appearance on the Hill at two concerts Monday. The first concert, at 2:15 in the afternoon will be primarily for Lawrence school children. The
Party Includes Whittling Contest
A whittling contest open to the public will be conducted at the Abraham Lincoln-farewell for service men in the main lounge of the Union building tomorrow night. Anyone who will bring a knife and a chunk of wood is eligible to compete for the prize, according to Newell Jenkins, chairman of the Student Union Activities Board. The contest will be judged by Oberdowski and Company, a group of University students.
Contestants will be given a half hour to carve a likeness of Abraham Lincoln. Jenongahanna Petruchio Zyxtwythe Oberdowski says that from preliminary indications the race will be close but he promises that it will be judged fairly.
Baehmann and Pope's band will furnish music for dancing from 9 to 12. Newell Jenkins has announced that the party will be informal "but not a sweater and skirt affair."
Dr. and Mrs. R. H. Wheeler and Mr.
and Mrs. Allen Crafton will be chaperons at the party.
The Modern Choir under the direction of Merrill Jones and Harlan Cope will present a specialty of "Abraham." This will be part of the broadcast of the party over KFKU. A student interview, sailor interview, and a navy chorus will be other features during the evening.
Navy Cadets Begin Flight Course Here
Twenty naval aviation cadets are beginning intermediate flight training at the University this week. Some of the students have had their basic training here at the University; others have been sent from other basic training schools.
The cadets are on active duty and during the four week training course will take 72 hours of ground school and 20 hours of flight training. After they have finished this course, they will be sent to some pre-flight school.
The cadets are being housed in the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity house. Their training is a part of the CAA War Training Service.
Marshall County Students Meet
Marshall county students will have an afternoon party get-together Sunday, at the home of Miss Sara Laird, professor of English, John Kramer, chairman of the Statewide Activities Association, said today. Miss Laird's home is at 1715 Indiana St.
second will be at 8:20 p.m. in Hoch auditorium. This will be the fourth performance in the University Concert Series.
The Kansas City Philharmonic was organized nine years ago by Mr. Krueger, and at that time was the only organization of its kind between St. Louis and the Pacific coast. Under the direction of Mr. Krueger, a native Kansan who received his master of arts degree from the University, it has become one of the eleven outstanding symphony orchestras in the United States.
The program Monday night will open with the Overture to "Raymond" by Ambrose Thomas, which will be followed by "Symphony No. 2" from Rachmaninoff, called by Dean D. M. Swarthout of the School of Fine Arts as one of the most beautiful compositions of the world's greatest living composer.
The orchestra will play three symphonic sketches by the French composer Debussy. The three numbers, descriptive in character, are "From Dawn till Noon on the Sea," "Play of the Waves," and "Dialogue of the Wind and the Sea." The stirring "Roumanian Rhapsody" from Georges Enesco will close the program proper. In past concerts at the University the orchestra has usually played encores of light numbers.
Student activity tickets will admit University students. Tickets will be sold at the School of Fine Arts office at $2, $1.50 and $1 plus state and federal tax.
Jayhawker Queen Will Be Varga's Choice
Varga, Esquire's artist of glamourous women, will choose the Jayhawker beauty queen.
In a letter received today by Johr Conard, Jayhawker editor, Varga said, "I have a couple of deadlines hanging pretty low over my head, and your proposition rather puts me on the spot. However, it is a spot I don't mind being on. You may send along the photos any time."
Any University woman, Conard said, it eligible to submit her photograph as a contest entry before Feb. 15.
Malin's Book Tells John Brown Legend
A local board of judges will narrow the field to 15 contestants who will then be re-photographed by a professional Topea photographer at the Jayhawker office.
These fifteen photographs will then be sent to Varga who will choose the queen and her attendants. The winners will be featured in the commencement issue of the Jayhawker with a picture of the queen receiving a full page display.
Youngest U S Marine Has Contract To Star In Warners' Picture
Hollywood, Feb. 3—(INS) —George William Holle, at 13 the youngest U.S. Marine Veteran, will receive $5,000 for his services in a new motion picture, "The Fighting Baby Marine."
Prof. James C. Malin, of the department of history, is the author of a recently published book "John Brown and the Legend of the Fifty-six."
The sum was made known today as superior court approved a contract between Holle and Warner Brothers Studio. Holle saw active duty in the Pacific before his true age was discovered and he was given an honorary discharge.
Reviews Kansas Facts
This book is a critical study John Brown, one of the major fole. It is not a biography of John Brown but a penetrating analysis of old and new historical evidence throwing a brilliant searchlight on Brown's character and his role in the anti-slavery movement. It has its origins largely in Kansas troubles of 1856 which contributed much to national folklore associated with the name of John Brown.
al study of the problem of the legend of ajor folk stories of the American peo- of
terials, and the revaluation of the role of John Brown.
In the sense that the legend focused around the Kansas phase of Brown's career, the work is an intensive study in local history, interesting in its own right, but given a peculiar importance because of its critical bearing upon national history. From the standpoint of a study in historiography and the evolution of the John Brown legend, it is unique, and should be of interest to students of literature and to sociologists as well as to historians. Based on New Materials
It is based upon the largest and most significant body of new manuscript materials relating to John
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Harold Stassen Will Be Speaker At Convocation
Governor Harold E. Stassen of Minnesota will be the speaker at an all-University convocation Wednesday, Feb. 10. He is awaiting call into combat duty with the Navy, as he is a lieutenant commander in the Naval Reserve.
Governor Stassen, 35, had the distinction four years ago to be elected the youngest governor in the history of Minnesota, and at that time the youngest governor in the United States. In November, he was elected for his third term as governor.
Regarding his Naval duty, he said,
“This war must be won by men of
my generation, and I want to be with
them.” He believes also that liberal
Republicans must lead the way to
ward a stable world and domestic
recovery after the war.
His record as Governor of Minnesota shows numerous reforms, among which are a small-loan law to eliminate usury, a model labor relations law to deal with strikes, institution of civil service, and a reduction of $20,000,000 in the state debt.
Already dominant in the Republican party, Governor Stassen was the keynoster of the Republican National Committee in 1940.
The only preliminary for donating blood is to report to the Watkins Memorial hospital for hemoglobin tests and to determine whether the donor is physically fit to give blood.
Hospital Arranges For Blood Donations
Donors will be notified of their blood types, Dr. Canuteson said, and donations will be received at the hospital from 2 to 5 o'clock every afternoon except Saturday and Sunday.
Arrangements have been made for students wishing to contribute blood to the blood bank at the Watkins Memorial hospital to take their Wassermann tests at the same time the blood is taken. Dr. Ralph Canute son, director of the Student Health Service, announced today.
Miss Alice Winston Buried at Oak Hill Cemetery Monday
Funeral services for Miss Alice Winston, associate professor of English, were held Monday at the Unitarian church. Burial was in Oak Hill cemetery.
Miss Winston had been a member of the faculty since 1906, and taught until a week before her death last Saturday.
WEATHER
Little change in temperature today and tonight.