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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1942
Forums Board to Play Host to Speech Meet
Acting es district host, the University will participate in the national extempore-discussion contest on "Inter-American Affairs" for colleges and universities on March 11, E. C. Buehler, professor of speech and local chairman in charge of the contest, announced today. The local district contest will be sponsored by the University Forums board.
Winners in the district contests will participate in seven regional contests in this country, and the winners of the regional events will be sent to South; ___
America next summer to visit and study the South American republics. The general national extempore-discussion contest is sponsored by the office of co-ordinator of inter-American affairs.
50 Regional Districts
The United States is divided into 50 districts for the regional contests. The state of Kansas comprises one district. Five candidates from each college are allowed to participate plus one for every thousand or fraction thereof, students above 3,000 enrolled. Although the University is allotted seven contestants, Professor Buehler said only six would be entered.
Student speakers who will represent the University are Orville Wright, college senior; Merrill Peterson, college junior; Margaret Yearout, college senior; Cecelia Goncalves, special student in the college; John Waggoner, college junior; and Grier Stewart, college senior.
Other colleges and universities which have announced their participation in the local district contest are: Ottawa, Pittsburg Teachers. Washburn, Hays Teachers, Bethany Wichita, and Kansas State.
Hold Warm-Up
The student Forums board will also sponsor a warm-up contest on March 4 and will offer $15 in prizes for the three high ranking speakers. Each contestant will speak for seven minutes on some phase of the program to draw Latin American countries together in a closer relationship.
A round table discussion in which the audience will take part will be held after the warm-up contest, and following this the group of speakers will broadcast a half hour forum over the University station KFKU.
The decision of the judges in the district contest will be based upon the phases of topical speech, round table discussion, and extempore session basis. Professor Buehler announced. Part of the round table discussion of this final program will be broadcast.
Other University groups which will assist the department of speech and drama in the district contest March 11 are: the Forums Board, the International Relations Club, and the department of political science.
T. D. Jones Tells Rotarians Of Light and Color Aids
T. D. Jones, assistant professor of design, spoke yesterday at the weekly Rotary luncheon on "Color and Light." His subject was illustrated with colored lights, substantiating his theory that pigment and light do not respond in like manner.
Professor Jones demonstrated the blending of colors, which is of great significance in camouflaging, by illuminating a dark card simultaneously with three primary colors of light, red, blue, and green.
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Shell Explosion To Warn Owner Of Tire Thieves
Kansas City, Mo.—(UP)—An inventive Kansas City man has directed his efforts toward combatting the tire-stealing problem.
The man, who said he did not care to reveal his name, has perfected a hubcock which fires a blank cartridge whenever it is pulled from the automobile wheel.
"I will hear the noise," he said, "and come running out with my shotgun."
Quill Club Will Meet For Dinner
Quill club will hold its regular dinner meeting at 5:30 p.m. today in the Memorial Union cafeteria. The members will then adjourn to the Pine room for a business meeting.
Members are urged to turn in manuscripts for "Feeh" the yearly magazine of Quill club, by March 5. This magazine will be published about April 1 and members are now selling advance subscriptions. The price for these subscriptions is 25 cents.
Glen Richardson Joins Engine School Faculty
Glen A. Richardson, who was graduated from the School of Engineering last year, has joined the staff of the electrical engineering faculty. He will supervise communication engineering.
Richardson returns to the University after working for a year with the Commonwealth Edison company in Chicago. He replaces S. Eugene Clements, assistant professor of electrical engineering, who left last week for signal corps work in Washington.
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Reports from Watkins Memorial hospital reveal that John Hanson, fine arts junior, broke his wrist Monday night when he fell on ice on the campus.
Bill Phillips, freshman engineer and the only measles patient in the hospital, was released today.
Elizabeth Maxwell, college freshman; John Frankhauser, pharmacy sophomore; and Josephine Morrow, fine arts freshman, have been added to the list of pneumonia patients. Justine Peterson, College sophomore, has been in the hospital with pneumonia for several days.
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Nutrition Course Offered To Grads
Miss Katherine Tissue, nutritional sponsor for the civilian defense program, plans to meet all graduates of home economics who are interested in a review course in nutrition. The meeting will be held Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock in the home economics department in the Lawrence junior high school. The subject is especially for persons living in Lawrence or its vicinity.
Plans for the course will be discussed at this first meeting and any person interested is urged to attend.
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| | W | L | Pct | Pts | OP |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| KANSAS | 6 | 1 | .857 | 358 | 261 |
| Oklahoma | 7 | 2 | .777 | 383 | 329 |
| Iowa State | 5 | 4 | .556 | 361 | 375 |
| Nebraska | 3 | 6 | .333 | 334 | 383 |
| Kansas State | 2 | 6 | .286 | 210 | 321 |
| Missouri | 2 | 6 | .286 | 295 | 362 |
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Carrots for Corsages, Floral Experts Suggest
New York —(UP)—Fresh vegetables may soon solve the local corsage problem, according to word from a club of floral experts.
A "V" for Victory vegetable decoration today was offered as a substitute for those Japanese flower arrangements, dear to the heart of this country's 15,000 garden club members. Land work out an interesting c
"Vegetables can be arranged every bit as attractively as expensive or hard-to-raise flowers," said Mrs. Charles H. Duell who has spent years studying floral arrangements.
"Instead of being wastefully thrown away, like bowers, when they begin to droop a bit, vegetables can be salvaged for soup or salad. It is a perfect victory program."
Mrs. Duell, who became interested in flowers and gardening as a little girl, went into the matter seriously by studying landscape gardening at Yale.
Purple Cabbage Effective
Her hobby is giving advice on how to have shrub and vegetable gardens in the dimuntive yards of the city and without the expense of a professional gardener.
"I know the government doesn't want people to make a mad dash to buy expensive seeds and fertilizer." Mrs. Duell said. "But neither is necessary for a little shrub or vegetable garden.
"One of the most effective table decorations I ever saw," she said,
"was a big purple cabbage in a white coral bowl. It was nicer than those Japanese floral designs.
"Another useful vegetable arrangement can be made with carrot tops, which are feathery and decorative. You can use the tops with the coarser leaves of other plants
and work out an interesting con- trast in textures.
Vegetable Garden Pretty
"Everybody realizes what decorative centerpieces can be made with squash of different size and colors.
"With a purple cgg plant, yellow squash, green cucumbers and red tomatoes, a fascinating table decoration can be arranged. Next it can be turned into salad and nothing is lost as is the case with costly cut flowers."
An ear of corn, complete with husk and tassel was the inspiration for another vegetable bouquet arranged by Mrs. Duell.
"Most of us are too busy to devote the time and energy needed to keep an intensely cultivated flower garden in order," she said. "A vegetable garden can be just as decorative and just as much fun to cultivate."
Signal Corps Officer Interviews Senior Engineers
Maj. Clarence E. Koepep of the U. S. army signal corps is interviewing senior electrical engineers today who are interested in positions as junior radio engineers in the signal corps.
Students who receive their electrical engineering degrees this spring and recent graduates are qualified to apply for the positions, Major Koepep stated in a letter to V. P. Hessler, professor of electrical engineering.
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