UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS STUDENT PUBLICATION
UNIVERSITY Daily Kansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, SUNDAY, MARCH 15. 1942
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NUMBER 104
Musical Groups Shine Final Vespers Today
An "all-out" Musical Vespers will be presented at 4 o'clock this afternoon in Hoch auditorium with the six major musical organizations on the Hill taking part.
Appearing on the program will be the University Symphony orchestra, the University band, the A Cappella choir, both the Men's and Women's Clas Club. $ \textcircled{4} $
and the University String quarret.
The Vespers will open with the A Cappella choir and Symphony orchestra presenting a choral version of the opening section of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony entitled "To Victory" by a former University student, Mr. S. A. McReynolds. The symphony orchestra, under director Karl Kuersteiner, will play the Russian tone-poem, "A Night on Bald mountain," which is one of the episodes depicted in the current Walt Disney film, "Fantasia."
The Women's Glee Club will appear in three of the most effective numbers from its concert repertoire under its director, Miss Irene Peacody.
Of particular interest to music lovers will be the first performance here of a newly composed quintet for piano and strings by Prof. Carl Preyer of the School of Fine Arts faculty. Only the opening movement will be played due to the length of the program. The University string quartet and the composer at the piano will present the number.
The Men's Glee Club, under director Joseph Wilkins, will be heard in two interesting folk songs.
The University A Cappella choir, directed by Dean D. M. Swarthout, will sing four selections including a highly descriptive "Windy Nights" by Noble Cain; a "Requiem" by Granville Bantock based on the well-known poem by Robert Louis Stevenson; "De Sheepfol", by Clokey in which Minerva Davis will sing the solo; and a closing number, "The Bells of St. Michael's Power."
The University band of 100 members will close the program with an arrangement of the majestic "Wo-
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Six Relays Jobs Open to Freshmen
Applications for freshman positions on the Kansas Relays committee should be made on or before Wednesday, March 18, Clint Kanaga junior manager of the committee, Bounced yesterday.
Applicants should address letters stating their qualifications to Kawaga, Room 107, Robinson gymnasium. Six positions on the committee will be filled by freshmen.
Letters should include the following information: past athletic experience, first semester grades, typing ability, schedule of afternoon classes, and any other qualifications.
'Dakar' Author To Shed Light On Dark Africa
Dr. Emil Lengyel, International News feature writer and author of the only authoritative book on "Daakar" in the English language, will be presented in Convocation at 10 o'clock next Thursday morning.
Dr. Lengyel will speak on "Dakar," the French West African country which Germany is using as a spearhead directed at the Americas. After the temporary Tans-Saharan Railway line has been completed by in about six months—the Germans the French at German instigation—will have direct access to Dakar without going outside Gibraltar, and in this way can reach the Americas in five flying hours.
Dakar is the huge hinterland in the French West Africa, the real black continent with its strange customs and rites, Lengyel avers. Dakar is also the very spine of the (continued to page eight)
3-Term
Pep Rally Tomorrow For Team Send-Off
A pep rally will be held at 10:20 tomorrow morning to send off an even more enthusiastic team for the elimination game between the Jay-hawkers and Oklahoma A. and M.'s Cowboys in Kansas City, Tuesday night.
Dr Forrest C. (Phog) Allen will address the crowd, and the band will play several numbers. "Mit" Allen may also make a short speech, Roy Edwards, president of the Ku Ku's, announced yesterday.
High School Seniors Compete For Scholarships
The cardinal point of discussion will concern the ways and problems of putting the houses and organizations on a three-term basis. In the recent questionnaire conducted by the committee, students favored the extension of Hill activities and organizations to the summer sessions by a vote of 1170 to 573.
The team is leaving at 1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon on the Santa Fe streamliner. If K.U. wins the game, the Kansas team will enter the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament in Kansas City Friday and Saturday, representing the fifth district of the western division.
The committee, composed of Eldon Beebe, business senior; Verlyn Norris, college junior; and Wright, will also explain and establish the groundwork for a waste paper conservation contest among organized houses. Prizes will be awarded to three winners, Wright said, in the form of defense bonds.
Severity-two high school seniors from this section of Kansas took the regional Summerfield scholarship examination in Marvin hall yesterday.
Defense Meeting Called for Monday
Examinations were also given at Wichita, Salina, Colby, Dodge City, and Chanute. Between 30 to 35 will be selected for the final trials to be held here April 20 and 21. Ten to twelve will receive scholarships.
A bill will be introduced at the Men's Student Council meeting Monday night to provide for the placing of the Council on a three-term basis, Dave Watermulder, president of the MSC, announced yesterday.
In pursuance of active Hill participation in national defense activities, the War-Defense committee of the Men's Student Council has called a meeting of the presidents of organized houses and presidents or representatives of Hill organizations in the ballroom of the Memorial Union building Monday afternoon at 4:30 Orville Wright, chairman of the committee, announced.
The purpose of the meeting, Wright explained, was to present and discuss those Hill activities which require the full cooperation of the organized houses. Those expected to attend have been notified.
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Also to be considered at the meeting is a plan for collecting current magazines from organized houses to send to army camp libraries. The committee will mail the magazines every Saturday, at its own expense, to the libraries of the camps requesting them. It has already received requests from U.S.O. organi-
M.S.C. In Offing
By BOB COLEMAN
Leading the way in the promotion of Hill war-time activities, the Men's Student Council will hear the first reading of a bill in their regular meeting tomorrow night in the Pine room of the Memorial Union building which, if passed, will make the Council operative on a three-term basis, Dave Watermulder, president
Three hundred and fifty high school students representing thirty high schools attended the annual high school art exhibit and conference held Friday and yesterday at the Memorial Union building.
Students from the various high schools brought their work to the Hill, where it is now exhibited and being criticised. On Saturday morning critics discussed the exhibitions with teachers and students. Critics were Professor Howard Church of Washburn University, Miss Syble Malm of Haskell Institute, and Miss Martha Abbott of Kansas City, Mo.
350 Gather For H.S. Art Conference
Friday night Fletcher Martin head of the department of painting at the Kansas City Art Institute, was speaker at a banquet given for the delegates, followed by a dance in the Kansas Room. Banquet decorations were carried out after an Indian theme.
Students from Haskell Institute entertained with dances and an explanation of their costumes and customs. Mr. Martin explained that even though a large part of these students would not go on with their art work, they were learning an appreciation for art.
The main purpose of the conference was to give the students an opportunity to compare their work with the work of other entrants.
Science Conference Here Next Weekend
The annual Physical Science conference will be held at the University in a one-day meeting beginning on next Saturday morning. High school students will attend from all parts of the state.
The Physical Science conference is sponsored by the departments of chemistry, physics and chemical engineering.
There will be physics exhibits and demonstrations in Blake hall, room 110. Chemical engineering and chemistry exhibits will be in Bailey chemical laboratories and the chemical engineering laboratory.
Registration will be at 9:30 a.m. on March 21, in the main corridor of Fraser hall. This will be followed by a general assembly and a luncheon. The Saturday afternoon program will feature a series of lectures and roundtable discussions.
*of the Council, announced yesterday.
The war-defense committee, an organ of the M.S.C. has stressed the extension of University activities and organizations to the summer session as a part of their elaborate war-defense program. In a meeting Monday afternoon of the presidents of Hill organizations, the committee will recommend that the organizations go on a three-term basis.
Student Vote Favorable
Reasons expressed by Watermulder for the introduction of such a bill are:
1. Much work for the war-defense committee will remain during the summer. Most of the Council activity during the summer session would consist of war-time and defense activities.
2. More than 1000 students voted favorably for the establishment of Hill organizations and activities on a three-term basis in the recent questionnaire conducted by the war-defense committee.
The bill will be introduced tomorrow night for first reading. The Council will act upon it at second and third reading at the next regular M.S.C. meeting.
The summer Council would be composed of the same membership as the regular group, Watermulder said, insofar as those members attended
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Alumni Will Gather Here This Evening
Many alumni are expected to be here this afternoon and evening for the second of this year's alumni gatherings. Alumni will meet in the Memorial Union building at 3 o'clock to register and purchase their tickets for the barbecue which will be served in the Union cafeteria at 6 o'clock.
At a similar meeting in early November, 300 alumni gathered for the day. Mr. Gordon Saunders,'22, who has been in charge of the painting department for the Chrysler Corporation, will be here for the event.
K-men, faculty members and Lawrence alumni will act as guides for afternoon visits to points of interest on the campus. Alumni are invited also to attend the all music vespers service in Hoch auditorium at 4 p.m. The barbecue will be served at 6 p.m. and the evening program will begin at 7:30. Lawrence citizens are cordially invited
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