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UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS STUDENT PUBLICATION
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1941
39th YEAR
NUMBER 46
Got 'a Kick' from Pep Parade ★★★ ★★★
Alec Templeton Talks
"I believe in swinging in a way so that the classics wouldn't mind, or the composers wouldn't turn over in their graves," Alec Templeton said yesterday afternoon in an interview in Hoch auditorium, where he was practicing for his evening concert.
Debussy is Templeton's favorite composer, but he also likes Bach. In fact he likes Bach so well, his "Bach Goes to Town" of several years ago started the whole phase of taking-off on classics. But he doesn't feel penitent about popularizing classical music. It has brought jitterbugs and longhairs together in
"I have followed swing on down from ragtime to boogie woogie, and although I love the classics, I also get a thrill from swing," he continued.
an appreciation of the beautiful— no matter what form the music takes.
Templeton came to America in 1935 from London and last June received his final citizenship papers. "I am proud of them," he added. "And I was born on the fourth of July, too."
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Students Take Vacation After Pep Convocation
Originality of basic theme and cleverness of execution will be the basis on which Homecoming house decorations will be judged this year, Capt. Albert Palmerlee, committee chairman, said today.
Asks No Ruffles on House Decorations
Palmerlee added: "Elaborateness will not be considered." A maximum of $15 has been set by the committee for decoration expenditures.
Hot Time for Homecomers
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F. C. Beelman, secretary and executive officer of the Kansas State Board of Health, will address the mental hygiene class of Prof. A. H. Turney, at 11:30 a.m. Thursday in room 306, Fraser hall.
Town Men Pick Queen Attendants
Pulchritude paid off in dividends of honor for three University women yesterday afternoon, when the 1941 Homecoming queen and her two attendants were selected.
K. Wayne Davidson, publicity director, however, said the names of the three women will not be released before Wednesday or Thursday. Thus 15 coeds who competed for the honors must wait till then for final results of the judging.
Board of Health Secretary to Speak In Fraser Thursday
The selection was made in the Blue Mill. Said Oyler of their choice: "We considered beauty, personality, oomph, 'it', and any and all other queenly attributes. She has them all."
Organized women's houses this year were limited, as has been the practice in the past, to the sponsorship of one candidate. However, any University woman was eligible for the competition by entering on self-declaration.
Serving as judges was a committee of Lawrence Junior Chamber of Commerce members, most of whom are alumni of the University. Bob Oyler, class of '35, headed the group. The queen will be crowned Saturday afternoon as part of the half-time ceremonies at the Missouri-Kansas game. Greta Gibson, Gamma Phi Beta, reigned last year.
Sour Owl Hits Hill Friday
The University Senate met in a regular meeting at 4:30 p.m. today in Frank Strong auditorium. The originally scheduled college faculty meeting was postponed.
Crammed like a Thanksgiving turkey with pictures, gossip, and jokes, the Homecoming edition of the Sour Owl, campus humor-picture magazine, will hit the Hill Friday morning, Editor Betsy Dodge announced today.
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Particular emphasis in the Homecoming issue has been placed on the presentation of more pictures, more gossip and more features than appeared in the first edition of the magazine. Miss Dodge said.
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To Stage Pre-Game Pageantry
Bands—college, high school, and civic—will take a leading part in Homecoming activities this weekend.
Sgt. William Kollender, parade chairman, stated today that four bands will march in the float parade beginning at 7:05 p.m. Friday. They will be the University Band, the Lawrence High School Band, the Lawrence American Legion Drum Corps, and the Haskell Institute Band.
A novel "glow-worm" effect will be featured in the parade, Kollen-der said. Ku Ku's and K-Club men are in charge of the innovation.
Red and green flares, oil lights, and flickering flashlights will be used to gain the effect, Kollender
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A student body which had several times booed and later cheered Chancellor Deane W. Malott went calmly back to classes today after staging a sitdown and walkout strike yesterday in celebration of the Saturday Kansas State victory.
The day's developments began after a rousing Victory Convocation in Hoch auditorium at which Coaches Gwinn Henry, Vic Hurt, Harry Lansing, Dr. Laurence Woodruff, Henry
Shenk, Hugo T. Wedell, Chancellor Malott, and the victorious football team appeared. Councils Recommend Holiday
Watermulder had informed Malott of his intention to read the joint resolution as a climax to the convocation. The Chancellor told Watermulder that the resolution was "lawlessness," and that the two councils would suffer the consequences if the resolution were not rescinded.
Before the convocation, the Men's Student Council and the Women's Seifl - Governing Association had jointly voted to read a resolution recommending dismissal of classes for the day. Chancellor Malott believed that an agreement had been made between himself and David Watermulder, president of the M.S.C., for resumption of classes after the Convocation.
Watermulder called a meeting of the two councils backstage during the convocation. The Councils voted to withdraw the resolution. At the end of convocation, students held a 30-minute sitdown strike. Several attempts by scattered groups of students to leave were held back. The Jay James tried to march out in a body, but only half of that group passed through the lines. Russell Wiley, director of the University Band, and Dr. F. C. Allen talked to the crowd, but could not budge it.
Carry "Malott Coffin"
Chants for a victory parade emptied the auditorium and huge lines of students and cars formed on
Victory Paraders Escort Coffin to Final Resting Place
Paraders escort the coffin to Central Park where a mock funeral ceremony was held. The reversed lines chalked on the box read "Malott." Later students cheered the Chancellor at football practice.
—Photo by Robert Taylor.
Oread drive for the parade. The half-mile long line wound its way down Thirteenth street to Massachusetts where a coffin box with "Malot" chalked on it was added for the parade downtown. A mock funeral ceremony for the Chancellor was held in Central park.
Early in the afternoon Chancellor Malott was burned in effigy in front of Frank Strong hall. A scarecrow composed of overalls, straw, cloth, and broomsticks, was hung from a tree. A placard with the name "Malott" was attached to the effigy.
After the burning, several students ran through Frank Strong and Fraser hall classrooms, where many students were attending classes. Jack Aronson, college junior, was then thrown in Potter lake by the demonstrating students.
Watch Football Practice
The celebrants danced on the street for a short time, then moved en masse to the Memorial Union ballroom for two more hours of dancing.
The Chancellor said, "I'm as pleased as anyone that we beat Kansas State. But we still have our big game coming up and we can't go running off just because we won the last one . . . I'm as proud of our lads as anyone in Kansas. If we should beat Missouri, I'll personally call a holiday next Monday."
Fifteen hundred students joined the Chancellor and members of the faculty at varsity football practice after the dance. This was the greatest audience that has ever watched Kansas gridders practice.
Malott declined to comment on whether disciplinary action would be taken. He said, "The University at this time has no announcement. Naturally the matter has our attention, and it will receive careful consideration before any definite announcement is made."
Mrs. C. J. Posey announced today that the Bundles for Britain will be shipped Friday. There are three boxes in all.
Bundles of Knits Old Clothes Ready To Go to Britain
The two containing afghans and knitted articles will be packed and sent from Mrs. Posey's home. The other box containing old clothing will be prepared for shipment at the Malott residence.
Mrs. Posey estimated that at least 80 knitted garments would be sent. The remaining two days are to be used in finishing the knitted clothing.