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LAWRENCE, KANSAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1942
NUMBER 106
39th YEAR
Inter-Frat Meet To Mt. Oread On March 27-28
Fraternity men from all over the Middle West will be on the Hill the weekend of March 27-28 to attend the Fifth Annual Regional Inter-fraternity Conference, sponsored this year by the Kansas Interfraternity Council.
Dave Prager, Phi Delta Theta, and president of the Kansas Interfraternity Council, will preside as general chairman at the conference. The Kansas Council and fraternities will take care of all meals and lodging, Prager said.
At the evening banquet William Allen White, editor of the Emporia Gazette, will present an address. White is a member of Phi Delta Theta. An inter-fraternity smoker in the men's lounge of the Memorial Union building will follow at 9 p.m.
Saturday morning will find the second general session divided into two discussion groups. Harry O-Kane and Henry Werner, men's student adviser, will lead the discussions. K. W. Davidson, director of information, and Edward E. Brush, professor of aeronautics, will give two
Registration will begin at 10 o'clock Friday morning. The conference will start at 2 o'clock with an invocation by Harry O'Kane, secretary of the Y.M.C.A. at the University. J. Moreau, dean of the School of Law, will give the welcoming address, and Paul C. Beam, executive secretary of Phi Delta Theta, will give the main address, "How Can the Fraternity Best Fortify Itself During the War Emergency?"
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Dr. Davis To Speak To War Class
Dr. W. W. Davis, chairman of the department of history will lecture to the class at 7:30 tonight in Fraser theater on "World at War," instead of Dr. H. B. Chubb, who has temporarily lost his voice. Dr. Davis' subject will be "The Far East—the Basis of Conflict and the Issues, Eastern Asia and the Western Pacific."
Davis, who has travelled extensively in the Orient and has met many of the Asiatic leaders who are figuring prominently in the present conflict, will speak a good deal from first hand knowledge of the conditions back of the scenes.
George W. Waters, college freshman, and Nevilyn Stewart, college sophomore, were released from Watkins Memorial hospital Tuesday, having recovered from their injuries received in an auto accident Sunday night.
Crash Victims Are Released
Waters and Miss Stewart suffered mild concussions when the car in which they were riding hit a truck parked in the 600 block on Vermont
The driver of the car, Ted Nelson, freshman medic, and Norma Scott, college sophomore, received facial lacerations. Mrs. E. A. Nelson, owner of the car, was also slightly injured. Miss Scott was dismissed from the hospital Monday. Nelson's injuries were not serious enough to warrant confining him in the hospital.
Hill Women Sing Sunday Ten Houses Compete
Campus women are going into the last lap of strenuous voice culture in preparation for the University Women's Sing to be held at 3:30 p.m. Sunday in Hoch auditorium.
Ten women's houses have entered the contest. They are Corbin hall, Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Delta Pi, C omega, Delta Gamma, Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa Alpha Tb Kappa Kappa Gamma, Pi Beta Phi, cide the winner and Sigma Kappa.
Each group will sing one hall or sorority song, one number of its own choosing, and the "Alma Mater." The order in which entrants will sing has not yet been decided.
Useful trophies will go to first and second prize winners. The group ranking 1st will receive a silver vase, and the group ranking second, a silver sandwich tray. Each is engraved with the contest, date, and ranking of the prize. The trophies were on display in the Memorial Union lounge during the midweek last night.
Before the contestants begin their program and while the judges decide the winner, Margaret Miel, college junior, and Helen one-meyer, fine arts senior, will nish organ music. Announcer at the Sing will be Allen Crafton, professor of speech and drama.
This is the first competitive women's sing on the campus in several years. The Inter-Fraternity Sing is a regular annual event.
No admission will be charged to the Sing.
The Sing is sponsored by the Student Union Activities board, with the special programs committee in charge. Entrants who have not yet paid their entry fee are asked to turn it in to the Union Activities office tomorrow.
High School Scientists Will Meet Saturday
To give high school students a better appreciation of the vocational and professional fields open to the individual through the study of the physical sciences and to stress the importance of physics and chemistry in the war effort, the departments of chemistry and physics are sponsoring a high school physical science conference here Saturday.
Registration for the conference will be held at 9:30 a.m. in the main corridor of Fraser hall. At 10:30 a.m., a general assembly will be held in Fraser theater to hear J. D. Stranathan, professor of physics, speak on physics in mechanized warfare. Following the assembly, the group will attend a luncheon at the Memorial Union building. Paul B. Lawson, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, will speak on "What Shall I do After I Graduate?"
To Feature Exhibits
At 1.30 p.m., Ray Q. Brewster, professor of chemistry, will speak on synthetic rubber, and at 2.30 p.m. "Super Fuels for Super Planes" will be discussed by T.T. Castonguay, instructor in the department of chemical engineering. Both lectures will be heard in the lecture room of Bailey chemical laboratories.
Laboratory demonstrations and exhibits will be given from 1:30 to 5 p.m. Mimeographed sheets, explaining some of the exhibits and telling where they are located, will be available at the registration desk.
To Demonstrate Sound Waves
To Demonstrate Sound Waves
Physics exhibits and demonstrations will include fluorescent mineral and other materials, cathode ray oscillograph (demonstration of wave forms of sounds of voice and various musical instruments), and airflow analyzer."
The chemistry exhibits in Bailey will include a liquid air machine in operation along with a demonstration of the properties of liquid aid, diffraction spectrum of helium, and a demonstration of the fluorescence of quinine, anthracene, and other chemicals.
The chemical engineering exhibits will include laboratory work in heat transfer, fluid flow, evaporation, distillation, and gas absorption. Demonstrations will be given in room 7, Bailey chemical laboratories.
University Band Plays Over KFKU
The program included "Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music" from "Die Walkure" by Wagner, "Jenriks Aria and Dance of the Villagers" from "Bartered Bride" by Smetana, "Song of the Marines" by Warren, and a cornet solo by Herbert Mueller, fine arts sophomore, "Hungarian Melodies" by Vincent Bach.
A program played by the University band was presented over KFKU last night. E. Thayer Gaston, assistant conductor of the band, was the director.
Easter Play To Be Given On April 5
"The Terrible Meek," a modern version of the story of the crucifixion, by Charles Rann Kennedy, will be presented by the dramatic workshop in Fraser theater at 7 p.m. April 5.
The Easter play will be enacted and directed entirely by students. The three characters in the presentation will be Connie Moses, college sophomore, the woman; Joe Nelson, college freshman, the captain; and George Grindrod, college junior, the soldier.
Edith Ann Fleming, college sophomore, is directing the play.
ELIZABETH MEGUIAR Adviser of Women.
All University women who attend the K.U.-Colorado State basketball game in Kansas City tomorrow night may have 1:30 closing hours if they will sign out in the office of the adviser of women tomorrow. Closing hours for all women not signing out will be 12:30 a.m.
Six Freshmen Will Help Plan Kansas Relays
These men were chosen on the basis of their scholarship for the first semester, afternoon class schedules, typing ability, and general interest in sports.
Their work will consist of statistical work in sending out entry blanks for the high school track meet on April 17, and for the college track meet on April 18.
Sophomores who will serve on the committee are Bob Coleman. R. J. Atkinson, W. C. Hartley, and Garland Landrith.
The six freshman positions on the Kansas Relays committee have been filled, Clint Kanaga, senior manager of the committee, announced today.
Freshmen whom Kanaga appointed to serve on the committee are Harry Walton, Paul Carpenter, George Worrall, Bruce Whittenberger, Herb Kaufman, and James Maloney.
Juniors who will serve are Chuck Elliott, Dick Chubb, Byron Kern, and John Tilson.
Residence Hall Positions Open to Two Students
At least two, and possibly more, residence hall scholarships are available at present, the University Endowment association announced today. At the same time announcement was made of the availability of 156 scholarships for next year.
Operating only three halls, Battenfeld, Carruth, and Templin, last year, the Endowment association has announced that it believes the University halls set a record for low cost housing among American schools and colleges. The average cost per man was $14.45 per month last year. Each resident pays an $18 house bill on the first of the month and what is saved from that is distributed at the end of the $
A fourth cooperative hall, Jolliffe,
opened this semester.
National Glee Club Contest to Begin
The Pleasure Time National Glee Club Contest, sponsored by Fred Waring, will get under way next week. The Men's Glee Club will begin work on making recordings of their song entries under the supervision of Keith Davis, vocalist in Waring's organizaton and graduate of this University.
The men do all the work in the halls such as cooking, cleaning, and maintenance, these duties not to require more than an hour a day nor more than three on Saturday. That the men thrive on their own cooking is demonstrated in that weight charts kept last year indicate an average gain of four and one-half pounds per man.
Men in good scholastic standing on the Hill may apply now for the two available scholarships, and notices have been sent to every high school in Kansas regarding the scholarships next year. The appointments to the halls are worth about $100, representing the saving over what it costs independent and other students outside the halls to live. Appointees must maintain a grade average of 1.5 to be assured of maintaining their scholarships.
House bills cover board, room light, heat, power, water, telephone magazines, newspapers, and house laundry. Since the Endowment association owns the halls, room rent is not figured on the basis of operation costs.
There are 150 American colleges and universities entered in the contest of glee clubs. Regional winners will journey to New York City to perform before Waring himself.
The regional contests will be judged by recordings of the various glee clubs in their various musical numbers.
The Men's Glee Club, directed by Joseph F. Wilkins, will begin their record-cutting on March 28. Wilkins announced today. Davis is supposed to arrive a few days before that date to instruct the men in microphone technique, voice balancing, and other practical points connected with recording.