1942
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS STUDENT PUBLICATION
Daily Kansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS,SUNDAY, JANUARY 11, 1942
NUMBER 69
39th YEAR
Publicists, Alumni Open Joint Meet
Six Students Enter Speech Competition
"Kansas Problems," invitational speaking contest to be presented Thursday evening in Fraser theater, will be the first of six similar contests next semester. This is the first time any prize-yielding contests of this kind have been presented on the Campus, stated E. C. Buehler, director.
The first contest will be sponsored by the Kansas Chamber of Commerce and this organization has provided money for prizes, and three fountain pens.
Presiding at the contest Thursday night will be Governor Payne H. Ratner, and judges will be Chancellor Deane W. Malott, Hugo T. Wedell, justice of the supreme court and Fred M. Harris, chairman of the Board of Regents.
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Contestants are Dick Oliver, business senior, whose title is "Sunflowers and Nature's Wealth"; Merrill Peterson, college junior; "Kansas Has It's Dark Age;" Bob Hutchinson, college freshman; "Rural Education in Kansas;" Grier Stewart, college senior; "The Kansas Complex;" Emily Jean Milam, college senior; "A Short Bout for Kansas;" Russell Baker, business senior; "Statesmanship and Kansas Plains."
The second contest scheduled for Feb. 18 will be on the subject of "Campus Problems" and is sponsored by the Men's and Women's Student Councils. A cup will be the prize.
"Inter-American Relations" is the subject of the third contest and it is under the sponsorship of the University of Kansas Student For-
Three rooms were fitted for the rats to be kept at different temperatures. One set of rats was kept
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Phi Sigma Schedules White Rat Lecture
Kenneth Moore, assistant instructor in psychology, will speak at the meeting of Phi Sigma, honorary biology fraternity, at 7:30 Tuesday night in room 9 of Frank Strong hall. His subject will be "The Effect of Varying Temperatures on the Performance of White Rats."
Moore has been carrying on the experiment with white rats started last year by Leo Hellmer, who is now with the Child Guidance center in Wichita.
Payne Ratner
College Seniors ★★★ Enroll Early
On January 15, 16, 17 (a.m. only) 19 and 20, you should do the following:
1. Seniors should enroll for the spring semester by appointment at the College office.
2. All other students should see their advisors and work out their spring schedules.
Read posters for details.—Paul B. Lawson, Dean.
Kansas State Organist Plays For Vespers
Richard Jesson, assistant professor of music at Kansas State College, will present an organ vesper recital in Hoch auditorium at 4 o'clock this afternoon.
Dean of the Kansas Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, a position also held in 1935-36, Jesson studied in New York City with such leading organists as Clarence Dickenson, Seth Bringham, and Ernest White. After completing his study at Oberlin Conservatory in 1829, Jesson accepted his position at the Kansas State College.
The program of the one hundred-thirteenth organ recital of the School of Fine Arts will include choral - preludes and variations, "Ein Feste Burg ist Unser Gott" (Johann Nicolaus Hanff) will be the first number, followed by "Lolt Gott, ihr Christen, Allzugleich" (Dietrich Buxtehude).
Chorals and variations are presented in the second group including "Meinen Jesum Lass ich Nicht" (Johann Gottfried Walther) and
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After obtaining Smith's signature, transcript and enrollment
Kunkel Is Advertising Manager
15 Advertising Manager Wallace Kunkel, college junior, was appointed advertising manager of the Daily Kansan by members of the journalism faculty. He replaces Jason Yordy, who left for California to accept a position in a defense plant.
Complete Directions Early Enrollment
Seniors planning to enroll for second semester between Jan. 15 to 20 should make special appointments with the senior chairman, G.W. Smith, at the College office.
Before keeping the appointment with Professor Smith, students should obtain transcripts at the college office, have a conference with major advisers and obtain the adviser's signature on the enrollment card. Office hours for major advisers are posted on departmental bulletin boards.
Students should ten take transcripts and signed enrollment cards to the senior chairman at the appointed time. Professor Smith will be in the college office for morning appointments and in room 205 Frank Strong hall for appointments scheduled in the afternoon.
Education courses should be approved by the education adviser in room 103 or 121 Fraser hall. Practice teaching must be approved by F.O.Russell, associate professor of education, at cards are to be returned to the College University High School.
Monday, Feb. 2, 1942
8:00- 8:45 Z, O, G, W
9:00- 9:45 E, B
10:00-10:45 S, N, Q
11:00-11:45 D, H
1:30- 2:15 L, T, R
2:30- 3:15 J, M, X, I
3:30- 4:15 V, C, K
4:30- 5:15 F, P, A, Y, U
Heighway and Lawson Are Today's Speakers
The American College Publicity association and the American Alumni council will hold a joint three-day meeting on the Hill starting today at which delegates from 35 schools will be represented.
Highlighting the day's activities is an address by George F. Heighway, national president of the American Alumni council, of
PAUL B. LAWSON DEAN
Residence Halls
★★★
Apply Now
The Men's Residence Halls Scholarship committee anticipates that there will be a number of Templin, Battenfeld, and Carruth Hall Scholarships available at the beginning of the second semester.
Men who desire to apply for these scholarships should obtain application blanks from the office of the Committee on Aids and Awards, in Room 1, Frank Strong hall at once. These blanks, together with a personal letter from each candidate, should be returned as quickly as possible.
Dr. Gilbert Ulmer, chairman of the Residence Halls Scholarship committee, urges all applicants to explain to the operators of their rooming houses that they are making applications for hall scholarships and not to make commitments for the second semester.
Several of the men who are in the halls now will go to Rosedale next semester to enter the Medical school, and it is expected that a number of others will enter military service.
The Sigma Delta Chi meeting scheduled for Tuesday has been postponed until Jan. 20. Frank Clough, managing editor of the Emporia Gazette, will speak.
Journalists Postpone Dinner
Indiana University, concerning "The Place of Alumni in the World Today." Paul B. Lawson will ask "Just What Are We Doing?"
The meetings are directed by Raymond W. Darr, Kansas Wesleyan University publicity director, on leave of absence as a graduate student on the Hill, and Miss Ann Sorency, Stephens College alumnae secretary.
A dinner will be held in the Memorial Union building tonight after the registration and reception of the delegates. Chancellor Deane W. Malott will extend the welcoming address and P. C. Harvey, William Jewell College, will act as toastmaster.
Monday afternoon there will be an alumni session carrying out the theme, "The Fundamentals of our Alumni Organization." Directly following the meeting, there will be a tour through Dyche Museum and the alumni and publicity offices of the University.
Government Represented
The combined groups will meet again Monday morning with Dr. Ray Maul, K.S.T.C. Emporia, presiding. The theme of the meeting will be "Interpreting Education for the Future of Democracy." K. W. Davidson, director of the KU News Bureau, will be toastmaster at the luncheon Monday noon. A representative of the Federal Government will address the group on the subject, "What the Government Expects of Colleges and Universities in the Future." Alumni Meet
J. Willard Ridings, National president of the American College Publicity Association, Texas Christian University, will address the audience with the theme of his speech being, "It's the Publicity Director's Job." Adding to the evening's entertainment will be the Indian dancers of Haskell Institute and the Modern Choir of the University. Hold Sports Session
A publicity directors clinic and sports session will be featured Tuesday morning and at noon the luncheon speaker will be David MacFarlane, Dean of Men at Emporia, with the subject, "Dead Men Tell No Tales."
Business and photography sessions will be held Tuesday afternoon Bert Brandt, manager of the Kansas City office of Acme news-pictures will speak with the subject of his addressing being, "Give us the Pictures We Want."
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