UNIVERSITY Daily Kansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22,1942.
40TH YEAR
Jan Savitt Band Here Saturday For Frosh Dance
Jan Savitt and his Tophatters,
featuring Joe Martin, probably will
arrive in Lawrence late Saturday
afternoon, Larry McSpadden dance
manager, announced today.
The makers of "sweet swing" will start the show with their special arrangement of "It's A Wonderful World." Savitt's theme song. Another feature brought to the Hill by Savitt will be his "shuffle rhythm" popularized a few years ago. "Shuffle rhythm" was originated by Savitt primarily through the combining of his classical background and his popular swing band. Many old favorites have been revived in a modern manner by Savitt.
According to the present plans, Savitt will stay at the Eldridge hotel. He has just completed a short tour of army and navy camps through the mid-west.
Ticket sales were reported as nearing the 350 mark today. The business office announced that more than 275 tickets are sold. Bell Music Company in downtown Lawrence has sold 10, and an additional 50 have been purchased by the sailors.
Spectator tickets are now being sold for 50c a person. These allow persons to watch from the sidelines and balcony. A limited number of tickets will be sold.
BUY WAR STAMPS
NUMBER 20
Prepare for Changes, Malott Tells Faculty
As a substitute for the customary homecoming festivities, curtailed this year because of the war, a pep rally and "Battle of the Bands" will be staged in Hoch auditorium, Oct. 30.
Battle of Bands
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Homecoming
Musical combatants will be the orchestras of Danny Bachmann and John Pope, and the program will start at 8 o'clock. The Homecoming queen may be chosen at the dance, but this is not certain. Homecoming alumni will be invited to the party.
Several recorded musical programs have been planned for presentation in the Old English room in the Memorial Union building, Marian Smith, chairman of the Union Activities music committee reported today.
Tickets for the "Battle of the Bands" can be obtained, at a cost of 10 cents a person, from Kuku's and Jay Janes, and tables will be set up in Fraser hall, the rotunda of Frank Strong hall, and the Memorial Union building.
Concerts Scheduled For Union Music Room
Lauralee Golden, business junior, is in charge of a program of symphonic music to be given on Sunday afternoons. A regular Friday night opera is scheduled for the fall and winter, with Beth Maxwell, college sophomore, as leader. Other programs will be scheduled soon, Miss Smith said.
Will Never Die
"The University will never die if we keep it alive. We shall realign our forces, change our curriculum, and change our time and hours. Our
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Declaring that there never was such a time of uncertainty in the future of universities as at the present wartime period, Chancellor Deane W. Malott, at a meeting Tuesday afternoon in Fraser theater, counseled the College of Liberal Arts faculty to avoid worry but to be ready for emergency changes.
"We are ready to make whatever changes are necessary for the time; we are in the same position as all other state universities," he reminded the faculty.
dicated that with the new draft law in effect, next year's situation is uncertain.
The difficulty of anticipating the future course of the University was pointed out by the Chancellor, who cited the loss of only 7 per cent of enrollment as a fortunate circumstance this year but at the same time in-
In Position To Train
That training for leadership will be continued in the University was the Chancellor's conviction. He declared that the University is in a position to train men and women in professions and in specific knowledge suitable for the war industry.
Kreamer asks that anyone interested in county club or correspondence work on the Statewide Activities committee this year should get in touch with him or Mab Webster.
The County Clubs of the Statewide Activities committee will have a restricted program this year, it was announced today by John Kreamer, chairman of the committee. The activities of the county clubs will be decreased this year because of the rationing and vacation situations.
County Clubs Meet In Faculty Homes
Instead of meeting at the University, the clubs will meet at the homes of various faculty members to discuss activities.
Complete Plans For Celebration Of Navy Day
Members of the University faculty will receive a dose of their own medicine at 9:30 tonight as they go on the air from the studios of KFKU, answering questions pertaining to the navy taken from quiz questions sent in by the public. Jim Gillie, business senior, will be master of ceremonies.
The five faculty members who are a change will answer questions are W. H. Shoemaker, professor of romance languages; Fletcher McCord, assistant professor of psychology; N. W. Storer, associate professor of physics; J. W. Ashton, professor of English; and K. W. Davidson, director of information. Tickets to the broadcast may be obtained in room 111 Fraser hall.
Ten questions have stumped the quiz kids in two previous broadcasts. They are Alice Luxson, Geraldine Buehler, Newell Jenkins, Bob Bocking, John and Ruth Mason, Bob Ellsworth, K.W. Davidson, Jane Peake, and David Davidson. Each person will be an honor guest at the banquet Tuesday evening given for the naval officers and their guests. The banquet culminates a full day's celebration of Navy Day.
Navy Day will be celebrated Tuesday for the first time in Lawrence. E.C.Buehler, chairman of the department of speech and drama, is general chairman of the Navy Day observance. The program is in three divisions including window decorations, speakers bureau and public contact work, and a parade.
The programs include speeches to civic churches, schools, and radio. At 9:30 p.m., Navy Day, Lt. A. H. Buhl will give an address over
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Stockton Makes Business Award
Ive Thompson, a junior in the School of Business will speak briefly, and Dean Stockton will introduce new faculty members of the school.
Alpha Kappa Psi's scholarship medallion will be presented by Dean F. T. Stockton of the School of Business at the school smoker at 8 p.m. tonight in the men's lounge of the Memorial Union building.
The name of the student receiving the award will not be announced until the time of the presentation. The award is made each year to the past year's outstanding junior in the School of Business.
George W. Foulke, project manager of the Sunflower Ordnance Works, will be the principal speaker on the evening program. He will speak on the subject, "Problems of Plant Management and Labor Procurement."
All students in the school, those taking pre-business, and anyone else interested in the program may attend. Willis Tompkins, president of the School of Business, said today.
Wreck Silo Tech
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Rally Friday
An all-student pep rally will be staged at 10:15 tomorrow in front of Robinson gymnasium. All 9:30 classes will be dismissed five minutes early in order that students may attend.
The University band will participate, marching in from both ends of the campus and converging at the gymnasium. Speakers at the rally will be Coach Gwinn Henry and varsity end Paul Hardman. KuKu's and Jay James will take part, as will, the four cheerleaders, all of whom are going to attend the game Saturday. Students who plan to attend the game will be urged to sit in a group in the general admission section.
The K-State game will start at 3 p.m., despite the fact that the tickets sold for reserve scats specify 2 o'clock.
Reserve Seats for K-State Game at Athletic Office
The reserve tickets being sold at the Athletic office for the KU-K-State game Saturday are for section J on the east side of the stadium between the 40 and 45 yard lines. Reserve seat tickets may be purchased for $2.25 here. General admision tickets will be on sale at the gate for $1.25.
Chancellor Deane W. Malott left last night for a meeting of the State Universities Association today in Chicago. Chancellor Malott is secretary-treasurer of the association.
Malott Leaves for Meeting
No Change Made Regarding Class Cutting--Lawson
Paul B. Lawson, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, explained at a faculty meeting Tuesday that, contrary to current rumors that rules have been changed in regard to cutting classes, the regulations are the same as they have been for the past 25 years. The only existing rule regarding non-attendance of classes is that the dean of the College may withdraw from a class any student who has an excessive number of absences.
Dean Lawson reported that very few students are withdrawn from classes in a single semester because of unexcused absences.
Investigation in the College office shows that there never has been a regulation allowing a certain number of absences. The impression that students are allowed one cut for each hour in which they are enrolled is false, the dean said. Although there are no regulations, instructors are asked to report students with an excessive number of absences.
In regard to class attendance Dean Lawson also said, "In a day like this when or boys are fighting on every front, and our workmen are urged to
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Russian Music Resounds in Hoch
Colorful Cossacks Please
Dressed in the colorful garb of their homeland, the Don Cossack Chorus sang and danced last night before a large crowd in Hoch auditorium. Holding the attention of the audience throughout, even though the numbers were sung unaccompanied in Russian, the chorus directed by Nicholas Kostrukoff, presented a varied program including religious music, folk songs, war songs, and Cossack dances.
The "Lezginka," Caucasian Cossack dance, featured two dancers, one a Russian whirlwind dancer and the other a man who danced while carrying knives in his mouth. As he danced
Newspaperman Talks To Hill Journalists
Theodore C. Alford, Washington correspondent of the Kansas City Star, and John R. Gage, mayor of Kansas City, Mo., were guests at a dinner given by Sigma Delta Chi and Theta Sigma Phi, men's and women's journalistic organizations, Tuesday night at the Colonial Tea room.
Mr. Alford, a graduate of the University, has been chief of the Star's Washington bureau for the past 14 years and has covered every presidential administration since Earding's. Mayor Gage was a classmate of Alford when they were at the University.
he cast the knives from his mouth to the floor, sometimes two at a time, with the blades lodging in the floor. Both men danced to the accompaniment of clapping, humming, and a tambourine.
Recognize "Dark Eyes"
The Russian Gypsy song, "Black Eyes," appealed to the audience who recognized it as the well-known "Dark Eyes," and by their applause called for a repetition of it from the Cossacks.
The closing number of the program, the "Kozatchok," popular dance of the Don Cossacks, featured all singers and dancers in an energetic dance number. Calling for an encore, the audience saw the chorus members
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