SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1941.
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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NYA Students Rank High In Scholarship Standings
Students who partially or entirely support themselves at the University are also good students. While no mass statistics are available on scholarship records of all students who are working their way through the University, the annual scholarship report issued from the office of James K.Hitt, assistant registrar, showed that the students employed on NYA projects ranked second in the general group standings of all campus organizations.
Second only to honorary societies, membership to which is based largely on scholarship standards, the NYA students as a group ranked 23 points above the standards, the NYA students as a whole University average. The findings of the report from the registrar's office bear out the contentions of former Chancellor E. H. Lindley, who more than any other one man was responsible for establishing the NYA setup.
Lindley, in 1933, concerned by the plight of worthy youth of college age who were unemployed but for financial reasons unable to enter college, suggested that special provision be made for them in the federal relief program. His activity resulted in establishment of the College Student Emergency Project of the N.E.R.A., out of which grew the National Youth Administration with its national advisory committee of 37, of which Dr. Lindley was one.
The comparatively high scholastic ranking of the NYA students on the campus of the University, home of the organization's founder, have vindicated Lindley's faith in the worthiness of young Kansans who are compelled by economic necessity to assist themselves in obtaining a college education.
Laziness Wins Youth $500 Prize
In Monson, Mass., 19-year-old Robert S. Fay thoroughly disliked the job of tending the coal hopper on the family's stoker-fed steam boiler. He perfected an elevator to do it for him.
So what happened? He won the Yankee ingenuity scholarship of $500 at Worcester Polytechnic institute.
Fay made his machine from an abandoned ensilage feeder and parts of an old grist mill. For power he harnessed an idle gasoline lawn mower motor.
Spivak a Hit
★★★
Frolic Wows
Burdge knows how to pick 'em.
That's the consensus of student opinion after Dance Manager Jim Burdge's choice, Charlie Spivak,
"wowed" Freshman Frolic dancers last Friday night.
If enthusiasm of the Frolicers is an indication, Spivak's is one of the better bands of the country, and if he isn't already at the top, it's only a matter of becoming better known.
Spivak's crew played such smooth make-ya-want-ta-dance music at the Freshman Frolic that students jamming the ballroom got into each other's way with a minimum of injury,
The Stardusters, vocal quartet,
were "plenty smooth," Garry Stevens,
vocalist, "plenty sweet," and
Bunny Shawker, drummer, "plenty hot."
Rider college, Trenton, N. J., has added a medical secretarial course.
SUNDAY NIGHT Is BLUE MILL NIGHT
Enjoy a Delicious Meal Served as Only the Blue Mill Can Prepare It.
BLUE MILL 1009 Mass.
Popular Records
In the Dark of the Moon
Under Your Window ... Charlie Spivak
That Solid Old Man
'Tis Autumn ... Les Brown
Is It Taboo?
Miss You ... Dinah Shore
I'm Here
Caprice XXIV Paganini ... Benny Goodman
Vesper Services Will Feature Prof. Anderson
The series of organ vespers for this year will begin this afternoon at 4 p.m. in Hoch auditorium. Prof. Laurel Everette Anderson, university organist, will play the numbers to be presented.
DO YOU KNOW? By the KANSAS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
The Vesper services were inaugurated several years ago by Professor Anderson. His suggestion was that they would provide an enjoyable hour on Sunday afternoons for students, faculty members, and townspeople who wished to attend.
This year there will be several services. Recitals will be given by Professor Anderson, G. Chris Simpson, and an artist who will be brought to the Hill.
Part of the chairs have been cleared away on the main floor of the auditorium so that the audience may see the action of the hands and feet of the organist as the vespers are in progress.
BULLETIN
Organization plans will be perfected at a meeting of the Archery club at 5 p.m. on Tuesday evening, in the Community building. Regular archery practice will follow the special meeting. Everyone is invited to attend.
Department of Speech and Drama presents
MARY OF SCOTLAND
By MAXWELL ANDERSON
MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 3,4,5
FRASER THEATRE
ACTIVITY TICKETS ADMIT
Must be exchanged for reserved seat tickets at Green Hall ticket office Open daily 9-12, 1-4