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University Daily Kansan
Page 0559_1 from reel: L 2337 (1941-10-05 to 1942-11-01)
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/158089

Title: Eighteen Elected to Modern Dance Group
Summary: Eighteen women have been chosen as members of Tau Sigma, modern dance sorority, with the final tryouts held last night in Robinson gymnasium.
Category: campus news
Subjects: student organizations; dance; campus activities
Named Entities: Tau Sigma; Penny Ashcraft; Betty Ball; Maurine Blair; Margaret Borst; Penelope Boxmeyer; Betty Cohagan; Cathrina Fruin; Helen Gardner; Jackie Hansen; Dorothy Lee Miller; Joan Power; June Reed; Nancy Robinson; Peggy Schroeder; Virginia Shaeffer; Jackie Starr; Marilyn Sweeney; Martha Thompson
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Another War Casualty
Summary: The Bethany Choir has been dissolved for the duration of the war due to a shortage of male voices and uncertainty of the times.
Category: campus news
Subjects: war effort; student organizations; campus activities
Named Entities: Bethany Choir; Dr. Harbard Brase
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Women Plan Chorus
Summary: Women at the University of Oklahoma will try out for the two singing parts and the twelve parts for women in the chorus of the Pulitzer prize winner, "Of Thee I Sing," to be given early in November.
Category: campus news
Subjects: student organizations; music; campus activities
Named Entities: University of Oklahoma; Pulitzer prize winner
Confidence: 0.8

Title: An Octogenarian Goes to War
Summary: Iowa State's famous 87-year-old locomotive is being offered as scrap to the nation's war salvage drive after 37 years on campus.
Category: campus news
Subjects: war effort; university history; campus landmarks
Named Entities: Iowa State; Mississippi River; Missouri Railroad
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Another Contribution to Scrap
Summary: A streetcar and an automobile belonging to John Geduldig, student at the University of Minnesota, have been contributed to the University of Kansas scrap drive.
Category: campus news
Subjects: war effort; student organizations; campus activities
Named Entities: John Geduldig; Kappa Sigma
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Underdog Jayhawks
Summary: The Jayhawk football team is preparing for their game against TCU, with Coach Henry emphasizing the need for improvement in their offensive power.
Category: sports
Subjects: football; college sports; team performance
Named Entities: Coach Meyer; Coach Henry; Paul Hardman; Warren Hodges; Joe Crawford; Bob Githens; Gene Long; Carl Hird; George Dick; Harlan Altman; Ed Linquist; Ray Evans; Gene Sherwood
Confidence: 0.9

Title: An Aerial Battle
Summary: Football fans can expect to witness an aerial battle as Henry attempts to match the Frogs' Bagley and Nix with his own Ray Evans and Evans.
Category: sports
Subjects: football; college sports; team performance
Named Entities: Coach Meyer; Henry; Junius Penney; Crawford; Long; Frosty Wilson; Hoyt Baker; Kenneth Adams
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Githens Will Start
Summary: Veterans will occupy the other ten positions on the football team, with Bob Githens starting at quarterback.
Category: sports
Subjects: football; college sports; team lineup
Named Entities: Bob Githens; Veterans
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Substitutes Scrimmage
Summary: Coach Henry has spent the better part of this week attempting to develop capable reserves for his regulars with heavy scrimmage sessions for the substitutes.
Category: sports
Subjects: football; college sports; team practice
Named Entities: Coach Henry; Paul Turner; Otto Schnellbacher; Charlie Blake
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Snooping Around News and Views From Other Colleges
Summary: All men students at the University of Nebraska will be given an opportunity to take a two weeks leave of absence to help plug a labor shortage on defense projects and upon farms in the near future, according to University officials.
Category: features/profiles
Subjects: higher education; campus news; student life
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Scrap Iron
Summary: Scrap metal is desperately needed by American foundries and the national drive was begun, giving Kansas students through the CVC to cooperate and do their part to help win the war.
Category: features/profiles
Subjects: war effort; student organizations; campus activities
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Music Makers
Summary: On the brass for Bachmann are Charlie Kassinger, college sophomore, and Harry Johnson, and Don Holman, both college juniors. The piano men of both bands also act as arrangers. Warren Durrett, with Pope, is featured on the piano.
Category: features/profiles
Subjects: music; student organizations; campus activities
Named Entities: Lieut. Persis Snook; Charlie Kassinger; Harry Johnson; Don Holman; Warren Durrett; Phil Cato; Don Price
Confidence: 0.8

Title: [advertisements]
Advertisers include: Jayhawker; Varsity; Granada
Category: advertisements
Confidence: 1.0

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