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UNIVERSITY Daily Kansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1942
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NUMBER 105
Jayhawks Push Toward N.C.A.A.
No Spring Election for MSC
A war-conscious Men's Student Council took an unprecedented initiative last night by suspending the annual spring election for two years.
The move was made by means of an executive emergency act introduced, discussed, and passed in last night's regular meeting in the Pine room of the Memorial Union building.
In dispensing with the spring election, the act provides that all M.S.C. and class offices be filled by the two political parties, Society of Pachacamac and the Progressive Student Government League, which now hold an even division of the 20 council seats. Under the act, neither party can attain a majority of Council members.
The action came as a result of inter-party agreement. Both political factions concurred that such a measure was necessary for three reasons:
1. The money usually spent for a spring election could well be used for other purposes in time of war.
2. Interest among the student
body in an election would be lacking.
As an emergency act, the measure supercedes all constitutional articles, amendments, bills, and resolutions pertaining to elections. It is effective only until April 25, 1944, but can be renewed on the approval of the M.S.C., both political parties, and the Chancellor.
3. A continuity of the Council is necessary to carry on the work of the War-Defense committee and other Council organs connected with the University wartime policy.
The situation for such an act is ideal at this time, since, for the first time in modern M.S.C.' history, neither party has a majority of Council members.
For the school year 192-43, the president and vice-president of the Council will be chosen from the Council members appointed by the Pachacamac party. P.S.G.L. will appoint the secretary and treasurer. For the school year 1943-44 the situation will be reversed.
Council will be perpetually maintained. In the spring, each party will appoint 10 men to fill Council seats for the ensuing school year. The appointments will be made to concur with the division of representation into the following four districts which are used in regular elections:
The balance of power on the
District I, Graduate School, School of Medicine, and School of Law, three representatives (In the spring of 1942, P.S.G.L. will appoint one representative from District I, and Pachacamac two. The process will be reversed in the spring of 1943. To compensate the difference, the party which has only one representative in this district will appoint a representative-at-large for that year); District II, Schools of Pharmacy, Fine Arts, Business, and Education, four representatives (two from each party); District III, School of Engineering, four representatives (two from each party); District IV, College, eight representatives (four from each party.)
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Emil Lengyel To Speak At Convocation
The progress of the war with an especial emphasis on the strategic African colony, Dakar, will be presented in convocation Thursday morning by Dr. Emil Lengyel, newspaperman and author.
Doctor Lengyel, is considered the greatest authority on Dakar, from which German planes could reach the Americans in five flying hours. Dakar is Germany's spearhead directed at the Americans. After the completion of the Trans-Saharan Railway the Germans will have direct access to Dakar without having to go outside Gibraltar.
Dakar's huge hinterland, French West Africa, is the real black continent, Lengyel maintains, with its strange customs and rites. But Dakar is also the very spine of the continent of which Erich von Ludendorff said, "The next war will be decided in Africa." It is a tropical country, home of the Sengalese soldiers and of the largest peanut exporting trade in the world.
Africa Is Important
Lengyel has written the only book in the English language on Dakar. The book came out last fall, after a hurried publication by Random House, in which the manuscript was rushed to the printer chapter by chapter.
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Jay Janes Initiate 26, Elect Brown
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The calling chairman needs three assistants to help her in rounding up members for various activities. Chosen for these positions were Regina Allen, fine arts sophomore; Mary McVey, college sophomore, and Claudine Scott, college sophomore.
The Jay Janes, women's pep organization, last night initiated 26 new members, elected officers for the coming year, and discussed plans for going as a group to the all-important Jayhawker-Cowboy basketball game in Kansas City tonight.
The women will travel to the city on a special bus and devote their energies to urging the Kansas team toward the N.C.A.A. goal.
Honor Barbara Reber
Mary Kay Brown, college junior, was elected president of the organization. Other officers are Mary Frances Fitzpatrick, college junior, vice president; Caroline Baker, college sophomore, secretary; Georgia Ferrel, college junior, treasurer; Barbara Reber, college junior; calling chairman; Margaret Butler, college sophomore, social chairman; and Joy Miller, college sophomore publicity chairman.
An annual feature of Jay Jane initiation is the presentation of an honor girl from among those to be initiated. Barbara Reber was the honor girl at the initiation last night,
Kansas Author To Speak Here On 'Biography'
Proof that a college professor can write a best seller will be offered to University students tomorrow, when Everett Rich, professor of English at Kansas State College and author of "William Allen White: Te Man from Emporia," speaks in Fraser theater at 4:30 p.m. Rich speaking under the sponsorship of the department of English, will talk on "An Adventure in Biography."
A graduate of Emporia with the degree of B. S. in education in 1924, he received his master's degree from the University in 1932. He completed work for and received his Ph.D. from Western Reserve in 1940.
George M. Beal Elected Vice-Pres. by Architects
Rich is a native Kansan. He was born in the eastern part of the state where he taught in a country school with 70 pupils and only one teacher. While a student at Emporia, he was made foreman of the printing plant, a post he occupied for several years after graduation.
George M. Beal, professor of architecture, was elected vice-president of the Kansas chapter of the American Institute of Architects at its meeting in Wichita last week.
Charles Schaver of Salina was elected president of the Institute and Prof Paul Weigel, Manhattan, secretary.
More Than 500 Students To Go to Game Tonight
By CHUCK ELLIOTT, Kansan Sports Editor
Two Phogs left the Hill yesterday. Everyone was glad to see them both go. One, the misty fog, because we don't like it. The other, the cagey "Phog," because he took the Jayhawker basketball team with him to Kansas City to play and beat the Oklahoma Agiges in Municipal auditorium at 8:30 o'clock tonight.
At least "Phog" said he was going to win if he possibly could and the group of students gathered in front of Robinson
CHARLES BLACK
Feuermann Will Play Concert Tomorrow
Feuermann is among the distinguished European exiles who now regard America as their home. Both he and his wife have taken out their first citizenship papers. They have announced that they want their young daughter, Monica, to grow up to be "a real American girl."
Emanuel Feuermann, distinguished cellist, will present a concert at 8:20 p.m. tomorrow in Hoch auditorium as a part of the University's concert series.
The Feuermann family has established its permanent home in Scarsdale, N. Y. When he isn't discoursing on the wonders of being the father of young Monica, he likes to talk about his house, its lawn.
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gymnasium to rally the team off believed him. It's now up to the team.
This game tonight means everything. It does to the extent that if we lose we are through for this season on the basketball court. But—and this is what all loyal Kansans are hoping—if we win, the game will have meant very little.
May Go To Playoffs
It's only use, besides drawing a considerable little sum into the University coffers, was as a stepping stone into the playoffs this weekend at Kansas City of the Western division of the N.C.A.A. for the right to represent the last four districts against the Eastern division winner a week later, March 28, at Kansas City.
Leading the attack for the Cow-boys will be Lonnie Eggleston. This lad has an average of 10.8 points a game for the 24 contests of the Aggies this year, five of them being lost. This offensive average is not too imposing but the biggest reason for this is that the Aggies are not a high-scoring team.
But this is all a bit premature, whether we win or lose. The important thing is that the game is being played tonight and nearly 500 tickets have already been sold on the Hill, guaranteeing a good boosting section for the Jayhawkers.
Henry Iba and his Oklahoma Aggies will be all primed for battle when Ab Curtis and Ronald Gibbs blow their whistles to start the game. Their last appearance on the maples found them losing to the up-state gang of Oklahoma Sooners and the memory of that is not a pleasant one indeed.
Ralph Miller is the leading Jayhawketer scorer with an average of 15.2 points a game. The entire Jayhawk team has averaged 48.9 points a game, losing four out of 19, whereas the Cowboys have run up only 37 points a game.
If the percentages of Miller and Eggleston are compared as to which player scored the most number of relative points for his team, the two players will be found to be nearly identical with Miller having only a slight edge, despite his apparent wide lead in points.
Eggleston Leads Aggies
The next offensive leaders for each team are, J. T. Newman for the Aggies and Charlie Black for Kansas. Both teams can easily become high
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