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UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS STUDENT PUBLICATION
UNIVERSITY Daily Kansan
39th YEAR
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15. 1942
NUMBER 85
Students who will take part in the finals are Laird Campbell. Jean Fisher, Arthur Nelson, Dwayne Oglesby, Jack Parker, John Scurlock John Waggoner, and Maxine Walker
Eight Compete In Speech Finals
Eight University students will compete in the finals of the seventeenth annual campus problems speaking contest at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Fraser theater. Speakers for the finals were selected at the tryouts Wednesday night in the Little Theater of Green hall. Teworts were open
to all students of the University.
Speeches in the contest are to be four minutes in length and may con- (continued to page three)
Student Forum Over KFKU Wed.
An open forum discussion for University students will be broadcast over KFKU from the men's lunge of the Memorial Union building at 9:15 p.m. Wednesday. The subject of the forum will be "Are the eight points of the Atlantic Charter sufficient means to achieve world peace?"
Chancellor Deane W. Mallott will serve as moderator, and Merrill Peterson and John Waggoner, college juniors, will be the panel speakers.
Gen. Custer Stands Again Essay Winners
Emphasis was placed on informality in dresss, music, and raffling. Harbur introduced several novelty numbers during the evening.
The Stamp Stomp was a bid by the Student Union Activities to interest University students in defense bonds and stamps.
Bond Winner John Nabb and his date performed a solo dance to offkey musical accompaniment by Harbur's band in payment for the bond.
Winners in the essay contest sponsored by the University Daily Kansan and the Jayhawker theater on "Custer's Last Stand" were announced today by the two judges, K. W. Davidson, director of the University news bureau, and Wayne Clover, assistant manager of the Jayhawker theatre.
Winner of the $25 bond raffled at the Stamp Stomp Friday night is John Nabb, college junior. Howard Gibbs, Guy Carlisle, J. D. Botkin, Kenneth Randle, and William Ferguson were awarded $1 defense stamps.
Most significant feature of the winning essays was the difference in points of view. Pearson's manuscript paints a picture of General Custer as a valiant officer who did his duty well. The essay vindicates Custer of all blame for obeying orders, as has often been claimed.
Nabb Wins Stamp Stomp Defense Bond
The essay by Miss Green presents (continued to page three)
Charles Pearson, college senior, won first prize in the University division of the contest; Mary Eleanor Fry, college junior, placed second and Ken Jackson, college senior, third.
Winners of the Haskell contest were first, Almedia Green; second, Jack Ryder; and third, Mitchell Sturdevant.
Only survivor of Custer's regiment which fought Sitting Bull and his Sioux Indians in Montana Territory. He is now mount'd in Dyche museum.
COMANCHE
Ralph "Cappy" Miller, sharp-shooting Jayhawk forword, set a new individual conference record for himself last night by bagging 24 points on 11 field goals and two free throws. His own previous high was 19 points against Iowa State in 1940. His individual record for all collegiate games, however, is the 30 points he scored against Wichita this year. Before this his high total was 22 against Loyola in 1940. Miller was three points shy of the Kansas record set by Howard Engleman in 1939. The league record still stands at 30 points, set by Jimmy McNatt, Oklahoma forward, in the game against Nebraska in 1940.
Topeka Wins As HS Debate Tourney Ends
Twenty high schools competed in the final state debate tournament of the season here yesterday and Friday for championship titles in three separate classes. Four debaters from each school attended the tournament, and in most cases each school was represented by one or two alternates.
Top honors in class C went to (continued to page three)
Topeka won first place honors in the class A tournament with ten out of twelve decisions. Second place winner was Newton, while Wyandotte captured the third place title. Other schools participating in the class A competition were Russell, Winfield, Wichita North, and Dodge City. Coffeyville was scheduled to debate in the tournament but did not attend because of the illness of one of its team members.
In class B the first place winner was Abilene; second place, Hiawatha; and third, Herington. Other schools attending the tournament were Bonner Springs, Baxter Springs, Kingman, Ellsworth, and Effingham.
Register Men Aged 20-45 Tomorrow
Bruce Cameron, chairman of the local selective service board, reported yesterday that everything is in working order for the third selective service registration in Douglas county tomorrow.
The registration room at the Lawrence Armory will be open from 7 a.m. until 9 p.m. For those who will be unable to register on Monday, there will be a limited number of registrars present at the Armory Sunday.
All men who are between the ages of 20 and 45 years, who have not registered in a previous registration will be required to register unless they are exempt by law.
Persons who were born on or after February 17, 1897 or on or before December 31, 1921, are covered by this registration.
Each registrant will be given a registration card which he will be required to keep on his person at all times. He will be sent a detailed
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Miller Hot As Hawks Run Wild
BY CHUCK ELLIOTT Kansan Sports Editor
A gangling six-foot one inch senior from Chanute got extremely hot last night in Hoch auditorium and the hotter he got the better his teammates seemed to play as the entire Jayhawker basketball squad swept to a dazzling 58 to 30 victory over a mystified Nebraska Cornhusker crew.
The red-hot Kansan was Ralph "Cappy" Miller and he hit the basket for a total of 24 points. His buckets were of every variety as the Nebraskans would try to change their guarding tactics on him. If he would be guarded in an attempt at a long shot, he would feint and dribble around his man. Or he would dribble out to the side of the court and hook back over his shoulder at the goal. His efforts for the evening resulted in 11 baskets out of 34 shots for 32.4 per cent and 2 free throws out of 6 for 33.3 per cent.
The boxscore:
KANSAS (58)
| | fg | ft mft | f tp |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Miller, f. | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 24 |
| Ulrich, f. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Black, f. | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Kissel, f. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walker, c. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buescher, c. | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Hall, f. | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Evans, g. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Ettinger, g. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hunter, g. | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Sollenberger, g. | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Ballard, f. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Blair, g. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Turner, f. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Totals | 24 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 58 |
NEBRASKA (30)
fg ft mft ft tp
Thompson, f ...1 1 0 3 3
Fitzgibbon, f ...0 0 0 2 0
Elson, f ...0 0 2 0 0
Held, c ...4 8 3 2 16
Livingston, f ...3 0 0 3 6
Heintzelman, g ...0 1 0 0 1
Young, g ...0 0 1 2 0
Bottorrf, g ...2 0 0 1 4
Gotte, g ...0 0 0 0 0
Totals ...10 10 6 13 30
But this smooth shooting, brilliantly passing demon wasn't the entire show. Not by any means. Charlie Black came through with four fielders and a free throw and was the rebounding star of the game. Black gained five of the first seven rebounds from our basket and continued to play a re-
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