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LAWRENCE, KANSAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1942
39th YEAR
NUMBER 120
250 Students Come To Hill For Guest Day
Approximately 250 high school seniors and sponsors will be here for the Interscholastic Guest day tomorrow Harold G. Ingham, director of extension division, announced today.
A full day program has been arranged by the extension division of the University and students will not be wanting for something to do while visiting the campus in the second annual interscholastic guest day. The only expense to visiting students will be that of meals, which will be arranged on a low cost basis.
At noon a cafeteria-style lunch will be served in the Memorial Union building.
The morning program will consist of tours of campus museums and to other points of interest. The visitors will be shown how students at the University carry on activities in work and in amusement. The department of drawing and design will have an exhibit for the touring students to visit.
At 1:00 the boys will visit Templin and Battenfield halls and the girls will visit Miller and Watkins halls. Fol-
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Start New Red Cross Class Soon
In cooperation with the civilian defense program, the department of home economics is again sponsoring a Red Cross nutrition course. One hour of credit will be given to University students who complete the course and pass an examination. The new class will meet every Thursday night from 7:30 to 9:30 in the Lawrence Community building. Students interested should get in touch with Miss Kathryn Tissue, assistant professor of home economics.
The course will include discussion of the relation of nutrition to health, food requirements of the body, food values, the effect of processing, storage and preparation on the nutritive value of foods, the selection of foods to improve the diet at different economic levels, and the development of good food habits and training for participation in community activities in nutrition. The class work includes lectures and demonstrations.
Forty-nine out of the 86 who enrolled in the last two classes completed the course and passed the examination.
"Men as well as women may enrol in the course," Miss Tissue said
SPRING SYMPHONY Tschaikowsky Wows 'Em Feature Blues
BY FOREST HASHBARGER
That Peter Ilyitch Tschaikowsky's interpretation of the Piano Concerto in B flat minor is as popular as the offerings by our modern orchestras was evident from the long and loud applause given Bernerd McNown, senior in the School of Fine Arts, for his presentation of the piece at the annual spring concert of the University symphony orchestra Tuesday night. McNown played the score as written by Tschaikowsky for the piano with orchestral accompaniment, which is as enjoyable as
the many dance arrangements that have been floating through the air.
The program opened with "American Festival Overture," composed by W. Otto Miessner, professor of education and public school music, while he was a student in Germany. A picture of an American festival scene, the piece was well received in its first performance during a regular session of the University. As the flag arose to its full height, and the last notes of the "Star Spangled Banner" died away, a swelling of applause filled Hoch auditorium.
The Orchestra Stars Early
The Orchestra Strauss' "Death and Transfiguration," a musical narrative describing the death of a man and the transfiguration of his soul.
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Juniors and seniors in the college will be given the last opportunity to take the English proficiency ex- examination this year on Saturday. April 25, a week earlier than previously announced.
The examination is required for eligibility for graduation. Students who have not taken the examination should do so at this time as no plans are being made to offer the examination during the summer session.
Proficiency Exam Set Up to April 25; No Test This Summer
Air Scare On Coast
This is the fourth time the examination has been offered this year. Approximately 350 students have taken the examination the other three times it has been offered.
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San Francisco, Calif. — (UP) — Northern California had another air scare this morning when unidentified planes were spotted above the San Francisco bay area, the U.S. army reports. At 9:53 am. (Pacific War Time) the alert signal was sounded, and Californians wondered if real war had hit them at last.
Radio stations in the area immediately went off the air, and civilian defense headquarters stood by for instructions. It was soon discovered that the unidentified aircraft was friendly, and the alert went off at 10:12 a.m. No general air raid alarm was sounded.
The 17-minute alert was northern California's first daylight alarm of the war.
K.U. Drive Opens For Naval Relief
As part of the national movement to provide $5,000,000 for the Naval Relief Society, the University has been asked to raise $200 as its share of the Douglas county quota of $900, and the drive was opened today under the direction of E. C. Buehler, chairman of the K.U. committee for the society. Letters have been mailed to all members of the University staff, and it is the purpose of the committee that the funds may be provided without the necessity of a personal solicitation.
Secretary of the Navy Knox reports that 2340 navy men were killed and nearly 1000 wounded in the surprise attack at Pearl Harbor. The casualties in this single attack were greater than for all the naval participation in the Spanish American War and World War I combined. This fact plus other heavy losses of recent naval engagements has created a serious emergency for the Naval Relief Society.
The purpose behind the society is this: no widow, no orphaned children, no mother or other member of a navy man's family shall suffer hardship where it can be prevented. The society gives immediate financial aid when necessary when a navy man dies from any cause; gives help in emergency operations and medical treatment in the family; provides continued aid to the navy man's dependents who need care, and helps in the education of dependent young. The society operates through outright grants, by regular payments while the need continues, and by loans without interest.
This relief does not overlap the Red Cross, Blue Jackets or any other relief project, Buehler pointed out. It is directed only to the needs caused by deaths in the naval service corps. There will be no student drive on the Hill, although contributions from students will be thankfully accepted by the committee.
Honor Students In Convocation
More than 175 students will be honored at the nineteenth annual Honors Convocation in Hoch auditorium at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
The program will open with the "Star Spangled Banner" led by Prof. Joseph F. Wilkins and the University band under the direction of E. Thayer Gaston, assistant director.
Baker Places First In Oratorical Meet
Announcement of honors by Chancellor Deane W. Malott will include highest ranking students in the classes, Mortar
The judges for the contest were Walter Russell, instructor of speech in the Lawrence Liberty Memorial high school; James Barton, instructor of speech at the University; and Milton Beach, county attorney of Lawrence.
The title of Baker's speech was "Pontius Pilate Walks the Plains." John Waggoner spoke on "The Terrible Truth," and Arthur Nelson's speech was entitled, "Long Run Americanism."
Merrill Peterson was chairman of the program. Other contestants were: Ethel Jane MacFarland, college unclassified; Clarence Molett, college sophomore; Bob Hutchinson, college freshman.
Russell Baker, business senior, won the first prize of $10 last night in the Hill oratorical contest held in Fraser theater. Second prize of $8 was won by Arthur Nelson, college sophomore, and third prize of $7 went to John Waggoner, college junior.
Nelson To Represent University
Arthur Nelson, college sophomore, has been chosen to represent the University in a speech contest to be held April 24 in Frank Strong auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Participating in the contest will be representatives from McPherson College, the University of Ottawa, Kansas State College, Bethany College, Kansas Wesleyan College, and the University of Kansas.
Thirty dollars in prizes will be awarded. First prize will be $15; second prize, $10; and third prize, $5.
Army Draft Causes Trial Postponement
Law practice court will be postponed until late in April, Prof. P. W. Viesselman, professor of law, said yesterday. A trial was planned for this week, but some members of both sides have been drafted, causing the trial to be canceled.
Professor Viesselman said he believed the next court would meet April 26 under Prof. L. T. Tupy of the School of Law. Another trial will be held early in May.
Board, and probably Sachem and the Owl Society.
Chancellor Malott will also name the honor man of 1941-42. The selection is made by an anonymous committee from a list of outstanding senior men on the basis of leadership, scholarship, character, and service to the University.
Last years honor man was C. H. Mullen, then a second year law student, and former president of the Men's Student Council. Mullen was also a Phi Beta Kappa, Chief Sachem and head proctor of the three men's residence halls. He is now serving in the armed forces of the United States.
Following the announcement of honors, the University b and d will play a descriptive march, "Skyliner March" by Alford.
Mr. F. D. Farrell, president of Kansas State College will address the Convocation assembly on "A Motto for Scholars." The "Crimson and the Blue" will conclude the Honors Convocation.
To discover and develop hidden talent on the University campus, as well as to give opportunities to those already prominent in the entertainment field, a Student Union Entertainment Bureau is being set up under the sponsorship of Student Union Activities.
The bureau is being conducted by a committee headed by Newell Jenkins, college sophomore; and John Shelton, college freshman.
Henry Werner, dean of men, approves of the bureau. "To organize this unquestionable talent and to make it available for the entertainment of students by students is one of the finest things that the Union could do in this particular field," he said.
Organize Bureau To Bring Out Hidden Talents
Organized for the enjoyment of both entertainers and the entertained, the bureau will tend to promote spontaneity and a love of entertaining. "The bureau is purely for fun," said Jenkins, "but by doing it, we are also bound to better Hill entertainment."
The Bureau plans to organize and utilize all new talent that comes to the campus every year.
Printed applications may be ob-
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