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UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS STUDENT PUBLICATION
UNIVERSITY Daily Kansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1942
39th YEAR
NUMBER 81
Jayhawks Meet Jays Tonight
Contest Offers Movie Passes
If you are in the mood to dash off an essay between now and Friday, you may win for yourself 10 tickets to the Jayhawker theater, good any time.
The Daily Kansan is sponsoring a contest of essays on the subject, "Custer's Last Stand." Entries must be 300 words or less long. Contest blanks may be secured in either the newsroom or the news bureau in the journalism building tomorrow.
Entries will be due in the K.U.
news bureau by 4:30 p.m. Friday.
First prize in the essay competition will be 10 theater tickets; second prize, 8 tickets; third prize, 6 tickets.
Consideration of the famous horse, Comanche, the only survivor of the battle of the Little Big Horn, and now mounted in Dyche museum, has been suggested as one point with which essays might deal.
In addition, Haskell Institute is sponsoring a Custer essay contest,
with the deadline for entries also set for Friday. After both contests have been decided, the winning papers from both schools will be published in the Kansan as a comparison of the points of view of the red man and the white man with regard to a battle in which their ancestors fought against each other.
The title of the essay may be chosen by the contestant, but the subject matter must be the battle of the Little Big Horn.
M.S.C. Appoints Board for Hill War Activities
A committee to investigate the possibilities of greater student participation in defense activities at the University was organized at the meeting of the Men's Student Council in the Fine room of the Memorial Union building last night.
The four-man group, appointed by Dave Watermulder, president of the Council, is composed of Orville Wright, chairman, Joe Stryker, Eldon Beebe, and Verlyn Norris, all M.S.C. members. These four will meet with Chancellor Deane W. Malott in the near future, Watermulder said.
The purpose of the committee is to bring about a condition of greater student management and participation in the many activities on the Hill brought about by the present emergency. The need for such participation has been expressed by the Chancellor. The title of the board is, The War-defense committee.
The student group will also cooperate with T. C. Ryther, director of the University of Kansas Press and University Conservation chairman, in his drive to save electricity, gas, and paper on the Hill.
This council also discussed the possibility of publishing a University song book. The matter was held over for further consideration at the next meeting, Feb. 23. The last song book was published in 1928.
Miss Lois Katherine Seyboke, graduate of the bacteriology department in 1938, has accepted a position as medical technologist at Ft. Sill, Okla. She will be working under the supervision of Colonel William H. Bailey, son of the former professor after whom Bailey Chemical laboratories was named.
K.U. Graduate to Work For Son of E.H.S. Bailey
Miss Seyboke took her training at St. Mary's Hospital in Kansas City and worked there for two years prior to this position.
Union to Sponsor Vocal Battle Inter-Femme House Sing
Hill women may now start polishing up their vocal cords for use in stiff competition in just 25 days. A singing contest among the organized women's houses of the University will be held in Hoch auditorium at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 8, the special programs committee of the Student Union Activities board announced today.
Letters were received by the organized houses yesterday telling of the competition and inviting each one to enter the program. Each house entering the contest is to sing one sorority or house song, the Alma Mater, and one song of its own choice.
of whom will be faculty members and the other a student. Prizes will be given for the best contestants, but the definite awards have not been announced. An entry fee of $1 will be charged, and entries should be in the hands of the committee before Friday.
The final judging of the contest will be done by three judges, two
An Inter-Organization sing among women's houses and sponsored by the W.S.G.A. was formerly an annual event, but was discontinued some years ago. The Union Activities board hopes that the sing organized this year will start a Mt. Oread tradition.
Contestants may file entries by calling the Union Activities office, or Don Keplinger, chairman of the committee in charge.
Decrease in Enrollment Less Than Feared---Malott
An approximately 9 per cent decrease is seen in the University enrollment this spring semester as compared with the enrollment of the spring semester a year ago, figures revealed today by Chancellor Deane W. Malott indicate.
The total number of students enrolled this semester is 3,657. The enrollment for the same semester a year ago was 4,029. This means a loss of 372 stu- $ ^{ \textcircled{*} } $
Total enrollment for the fall semester of the school year 1941-42, as announced last September, was 4,031. This figure represents an 8 per cent decrease from the enrollment total of the year previous to that, which opened in September, 1940.
Pi Lambda Theta, honorary educational sorority, will hold a business meeting at 4:30 p.m. Thursday in room 115, Fraser hall. Miss Ruth Litchen, social studies superintendent at the University High School, is president of the organization.
Authorities today expressed satisfaction that a much feared greater shrinkage did not materialize.
Pi Lambda Theta Will Hold Business Meeting Thursday
Geology Professors To A.I.M.E. Meeting
Dr. E. A. Stephenson, professor of petroleum engineering, and Prof. R. M. Dreyer, assistant professor of geology and mining engineering, are in New York attending the American Institute of Mining Engineers' convention.
Stephenson is the chairman of the Petroleum Division and Dreyer is delivering a paper concerning a geo-physical research problem.
This problem seeks to find a geophysical method by which to locate zinc ores. Professor Dreyer spent all last summer working on this problem down in the tri-state area.
FOR VICTORY: BUY BONDS
Creighton Is Slight Favorite Over K.U.
BY CHUCK ELLIOTT Kansan Sports Editor
An up-and-down Creighton Bluejay squad will be the target of an equally turbulent Kansas Jayhawker team tonight at 7:30 o'clock in Hoch auditorium when these two teams clash.
BOB JOHNSON
Both Creighton and Kansas have powerful quintets this year but both are inclined to be slip-shod in their consistency as to winning games. The Bluejays have won 11 of 14 games and
Marine Commissions Open to Students
Lieutenant Paul E. Smith, United States Marine Corps Reserve, will be in room 225. Frank Strong hall Wednesday afternoon to interview students interested in entering the Marine corps and working to obtain a commission.
In this branch of the Marines, the student after enlisting will be sent back to college to finish his education. This service is comparable to that offered by the Navy under V-7 with one exception; the Marine corps has allowed the University of Kansas a quota. This quota limits the enlistment of students to 12 seniors, 8 juniors, and 2 sophomores.
Students interested, and those who will not be able to see Lieutenant Smith tomorrow can leave their names at the Registrar's office, and they will be notified when the interviewing officer returns. Mr. Hitt will also make appointments for students who leave their names, and urges all those interested to take advantage of this opportunity.
the Kansan's have dropped 2 of 11.
Two of the games played by the schools have produced common foes. Denver University opened the season for both teams when they were on their road trip during the middle of December. Creighton romped to an easy win by the tune of 43 to 15. Denver had a young, green team and looked very poor. They played three games however before they
Starting line - ups for tonight's game with thumbnail sketches on the players of each quintet will be found at the top of page 5.
The very next night the Sailors came to Kansas City and turned the tables on Mr. Defeat by applying a good shelllacking to the Jayhawkers, 53 to 37. This game would provide a 30-point advantage for Creighton.
Trounced Great Lakes
bit Kansas and it proved to be a real battle. The Jayhawkers won the game, 36 to 35, in the last minute of play as Charlie Black intercepted a pass and dribbled down the court for a set-up. Townsend Larke
On the basis of this game the Bluejays rate a 26-point favorite over the Red and Blue cagers. The next game providing a direct correlation is that with the Great Lakes Naval Training Station. At Omaha the Navy lads suffered their third and most decisive defeat out of 22 games when they were trounced 59 to 45.
All these scores merely serve to remind that nothing is so certain in basketball except the fact that nothing is certain. Both of these clubs are undoubtedly capable of defeating any club in the nation providing their offense and defense were clicking to perfection on the nights they played.
One game however does present Phog Allen a ray of hope. That tilt was the one with DePaul where the Jayhawks lambasted the Demons, 46 to 26. Previous to this DePaul had beaten Long Island 44 to 43 which team in turn had downed Creighton, 40 to 35. Taking these scores as a comparison, the Jayhawkers find themselves 26 points better than Creighton.
Outcome a Toss-up
The same situation holds true tonight. Either team can win, either in a tight, high-scoring game or a
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