SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 1942
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Spanish Profs On Campus For Cervantes Day
Celebrating "Cervantes Day," the University department of Romance languages was host yesterday to a meeting of the Kansas chapter of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish.
A program was presented in the afternoon in Frank Strong hall and a dinner was held last night in the Kansas room of the Memorial Union building. The program at the dinner, conducted entirely in Spanish, featured plays, dances, and speeches by high school students and University exchange scholars.
Chairman of the afternoon meeting was W. H. Shoemaker, chairman of the department of Romance languages, and speakers were Prof. Wright L. Bollinger, Washburn Municipal University, who spoke on "What the Costa Ricans Think of Us," J. Leon Reynolds, Parsons junior college, "A Pan-American Spanish Course," Marmaduke Grove, Chilean exchange scholar at the University, "Chile y los Estados Unidos." Shoemaker read a letter and paper by Stephen L. Pitcher, St. Louis, national president of the association. A business meeting followed the program.
Cervantes Day is held on the anniversary of the death of Miguel Cervantes, author of "Don Quixote."
K.C. Alumni Roundup On Campus Today
University alumni from Kansas City, Mo., will hold a roundup on the campus this afternoon, Fred Ellsworth, secretary of the Alumni association, announced yesterday. This is the third in a series of alumni roundups this year.
Registration will take place in the Memorial Union building, beginning at 3 p.m. Lawrence and faculty alumni will be hosts at a reception in the Union building for the registrants.
Until the barbecue at 6 o'clock, the alumni will be on their own. Those who are interested will be shown through Dyche museum and the student dormitories. After the barbecue, the movies taken at the Seventh-Fifth Anniversary celebration last spring will be shown.
At 7.30, Justice of the State Supreme court Hugo Wedell, president of the Alumni association, will preside at a meeting in the Union ballroom. Chancellor Malott will address the group on the University and its relation to the war program.
A nature talk will be given by Wayne Replogle, freshman football coach. Other features on the program will be Minerva Davis, fine arts senior, singing "Maids of Caddiz" and "T'll See You Again," a twirling exhibition by Bill Sears, fine arts sophomore, and two numbers by the Men's Glee Club, who will also lead the group in singing a hymn at the close of the meeting.
Ruth Levine and Kenneth Rogers, both juniors at Bethany college, Lindsborg, were elected most popupgirl and boy by the student body. Both, it developed, had been chosen as most popular in their high schools.
Owl Society Names 16 New Members
Sixteen new members were elected to Owl society, junior men's honorary organization, at a meeting Wednesday night. They are Art Nelson, Bill Porter, Dean Ostrum, Walker Butin, Bill Brownlee, Garland Landrith, Ted Young, Ralph Michener, Bob Coleman, Allan Cromley, Jim Waugh, Art Benner, Mou-Hui King, John Gage, jr., W. C. Hartley, and Ray Evans,
The new members were selected on the basis of scholarship, activities, and service to the University. The initiation will be held May 6, at the Colonial tea room, Vernon McKale, president of Owl Society, announced yesterday.
Honor Societies Will Initiate
Mottar Board, senior women's honorary society will have its formal initiation and a banquet Thursday at 5:45 o'clock at the Colonial tea room. The eight new members who will be initiated are Reola Durand, Virginia Gsell, Barbara Reber, Nadine Hunt, Mary Gene Hull, Georgia Ferrel, Helen Martin, and Colleen Poorman.
Sachem, senior men's honorary organization, will hold formal initiation for the following men May 5: John Conard, Charles Elliott, Paul Gilles, Merrill Peterson, Warren Snyder, Marvin Sollenberger, Wendell Tompkins, Willis Tompkins, Carl Unruh, and Robert White.
Service Fraternity Elects Six Officers
Members of Alpha Phi Omega, national service fraternity for men, held their election of officers for the coming year at their regular meeting last Wednesday night.
The new officers of the fraternity are Jack Walker, college sophomore president; Dana Tompkins, pharmacy sophomore, vice-president; Arthur Johnstone, senior engineer, recording secretary; Bill Jenson, college freshman, recording secretary; Bob Buchner, college freshman, treasurer; and David Gibson, college junior, historian.
Members from the Fine Arts faculty are active this weekend in judging at musical contests over the state. Professor Russell L. Wiley and Karl Kuersteiner are acting as judges at a two-day contest at Hays, Kansas, and Professor Otto Miessner is judging at Emporia.
Shake-Up
Shift Fraser
Class Schedule
Some students in the School of Education with classes in Fraser hall will find their schedules rearranged tomorrow. Classes and offices are being shifted to make room for the overflow from G. V. Keeler's defense training classes.
Room 109 will be added to the offices of the extension division, while the correspondence study bureau will move from that room to 115, which has been a classroom. Room 117, housing the offices of H. G. Ingham, director of extension, will be converted into a classroom.
Following are class changes as announced by Miss Mateel Rich, secretary of the School of Education: Philosophy of Education, 9:30 MWF, will meet in room 207; Introduction to Educational Measurements, an 8:30 TT, will meet in 205; Professor O'Brien's 9:30 TT class in Introduction to School Administration will meet in room 205, and Prof. H. E. Chandier's 3:30 TT class of that course will also meet in 205.
To Discuss Future Of Cooperatives At 'America Today'
Murlin G. Miller, educational director for Consumers Cooperative Association of North Kansas City, Mo., will analyze the future possibilities of the cooperative movement at 4:30 Tuesday afternoon in the Kansas room of the Memorial Union building.
His address will comprise the major part of the final "America Today" meeting in the series which has been sponsored by the Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A. He will describe the probable effect of the war on cooperatives and show the incompatibility of co-ops with Fascism. The meeting is open to the public.
After the lecture and discussion, persons wishing to ask more questions and become better acquainted with other members of the group will go to Henley House at 5:30 p.m. for a YM-YW fellowship supper. Miller will be at the supper to continue the discussion on cooperatives. Fifteen cents will be assessed each person attending the supper to defray the cost of food.
Before joining the staff of C.C.A. Miller was an executive officer of the national Y.M.C.A.
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Nelson Captures Third Place Title In State Oratory
Arthur Nelson, college sophomore, placed third in the 19th State Peace Oratorical Contest held in the auditorium of Frank Strong hall Friday night. Nelson's talk was entitled "Long-Run Americanism." First and second place winners were Roger Fredrickson, Ottawa University, who spoke on "Manifest Destiny," and Elaine Marsh, Friends University, whose topic was "The Patriotism of Tomorrow."
Prizes awarded were $15 for first place; $10 for second; and $5 for third.
James Barton, instructor of speech, presided as chairman. The contestants were judged by the representative coaches of the different colleges.
Popham to Ride ★ ★ ★
Through Fire
Jeanne Popham, college junior, will ride a horse over burning hurdles as a feature of the Bit and Spur club show to be given May 1, Gayle Mott, owner of the K.U. stables, announced yesterday. The show will begin at 8 p.m. on the intramural fields, Mott said.
Opening number on the bill will be winding the Maypole on horseback. This will be followed by trick riding and shooting exhibitions, a jousting match with balloons and wooden swords, jumping, and a demonstration of the evolution of horseback riding.
The show is expected to last about an hour.
Cloudy; possible showers in the near future.
WEATHER
Composer To Be Guest at Fine Arts Banquet
A prominent American composer, Roy Harris, will be guest speaker at the annual School of Fine Arts banquet May 4.
Toastmaster at the banquet, to be held in the ballroom of the Memorial Union building, will be Allen Crafton, professor of speech and drama. Governor and Mrs. Payne Ratner will be guests at the banquet. The program will present Wicktor Labunski, head of the Kansas City Conservatory of Music, at the piano.
The semi-formal banquet is open this year to students of architecture, art, speech, drama, literature, dancing, music, liberal arts, and anyone interested in the arts. A presentation of art and music awards will be made during the evening.
Tickets are 75 cents and may be purchased at the Fine Arts office or from the School of Fine Arts officers, Clayton Krehbiel, president, Victor Kalin, vice-president, Don Fitzgerald, secretary, and Bob Forman, treasurer.
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