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Frolic Sells Out Before Spivak, Snow Hit Hill
Tonight's the night!
Charlie Spivak will bring his band and vocalists to a capacity crowd in the Memorial Union ballroom for the first class dance of the year, the Freshman Frolic.
A check on ticket sales at noon today, showed that over 700 tickets had been sold, with the prospect of selling more than the remaining 50 in the afternoon and at the gate. The financial worries of Dance Manager Jim Burdge are now in the distant past, for the success of the Frolic is assured.
Women attending the Frolic will be permitted 1:30 closing hours. They will also come corsage-less.
Dancers attending the Frolic tonight will be treated to Charlie Spivak's unusually smooth music—
sweet swing and hot rhythm. His sweet arrangements have a full
RALLY TONIGHT
A rally for the Jayhawker gridmen leaving_for Norman, will be held at 10:30 tonight at the Santa Fe station, Roy Edwards, head cheer leader, announced today.
Edwards said that this hour corresponds with intermission time at the Freshman Frolic, and urged that loyal team supporters continue their enthusiastic record by being on hand at the station.
richness, and his swing numbers really "rock"
Coach Gwinn Henry praised the student spirit highly at a recent pep rally. Edwards stated this morning that after last week's win over Iowa State, the team deserved full student backing and support more than ever before.
Besides Spivak, his famous trumpet and his band, the Stardusters, melodic quartet, and Garry Stevens, vocalist, will be featured on tonight's program.
Spivak appeals to collegiates because of the accent on youth in his music. His melodic treatment is designed to attract and hold his listeners. Judging from the college and university polls which titled him "the fastest-rising band of 1941," and "the band of 1941," Spivak has got what swingsters "in the know" want.
Last Saturday Spivak played for Purdue's Homecoming Dance. To-morrow night his band will beat it out at the University of Minnesota. Spivak is definitely nearing the top of the ladder of musical success.
Torpedo Sinks US Destroyer
Washington, Oct. 31.—(UP)—The Navy Department announced today that the first United States warship has been sunk in World War II.
The U.S.S. Reuben James, an over-age destroyer carrying about 120 officers and men, was sunk by a torpedo in the North Atlantic last night while doing convoy duty west of Iceland.
The first brief announcement did not say how many men, if any, were lost. But the Navy Department has
promised that information will be released as soon as it is received.
The Navy's announcement of the sinking followed by only a few hours a communique from Berlin which stated that a destroyer of undisclosed nationality had recently been sunk at an undisclosed place. James an Over-age Destroyer
The Reuben James was one of the class of over-age destroyers that was recently traded to Britain for At-
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Ski runs are also to be constructed, probably somewhere between Frank Strong hall and the Memorial stadium.
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'Phog' To Transform K.U. Into Sun Valley
According to an announcement this morning University students will soon have complete facilities for skating, skiing, and sledding right on the campus.
With the first snow of the year beating down on Mt. Oread as the Kansan goes to press, the winter sports program of the University may be put into effect sooner than was expected.
This is in accordance with a "sport for everybody" program that Dr. Forrest C. "Phog" Allen has been working toward over a period of years. Dr. Allen, in cooperation with F.B.Jensen,
Sam F. Anderson, instructor in German, has held a series of meetings to discuss the proposed program.
Present plans start with the flooding of the west intramural field. This field, now being leveled by the Building and Grounds division of the University, will provide an icy surface for skating. The field will be lighted, presenting a "winter carnival" effect. The plan is to run lights on poles down from the power house to the intramural field.
To Flood Intramural Field
Daily Kansan
39TH YEAR
By David Whitney
Kansan United Press Editor
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1941
Hub Ulrich
Confident Sooners Rated Edge Over Jayhawkers
NUMBER 35
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Hampton Roads, Va., is reported by the OPM as having the worst defense housing situation in the country. Thirty to forty families, and that's no typographical error, are living in a single house, sharing one bath and toilet. University sororities and fraternities might take a tip on the methods the families use in
United Press Japs Into Thailand; Workers Lack Beds
ODDITIES OF THE DAY
An unconfirmed report stated today that Japanese troops have crossed the Thailand border and that fighting is now in action. If this report is true then recent hints of a peace agreement between Japan and the United States have been proven unfounded.
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FOREIGN DEVELOPMENTS
Underrated, outweighed, and lacking experienced lettermen, the Kansas Jayhawkers will be on the short end of the odds when they invade Norman tomorrow afternoon to tackle a rugged and over-confident Oklahoma team. The Sooners, victors in three of their last four starts, will be at full strength and primed for action.
Tomorrow's game, according to the latest weather notices, will be played in rain and snow. Half the state of Oklahoma is under flood waters, with nearly 2,000 persons already driven from their homes. But having performed against Washington, Marquette, and Iowa State under hazardous weather conditions, Gwinn Henry's boys should feel right at home.
Opening the season with a 19-0 win over Oklahoma A. & M. in a game much closer than the score indicates, Oklahoma suffered a hu-
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Will Crown Pep King
Women Make Dates For Jay Janes Vice Versa Dance
Men with flowers in boutonniers, informal clothes, a comehither gaze for cutting feminine stags, and an inner urge to be the "bull" of the ball—will be the main attraction of the Jay Jane Vice Versa dance, held tomorrow night in the Memorial Union ballroom.
Tickets sold by Jay Janes are going fast, but there will be an opportunity for indecisive women friends to purchase tickets at the door at regular prices. 50 $
cents plus tax, stag, and 75 cents plus tax, date.
Women attending the dance will cast their vote for Pep King by marking the ballot attached to their ticket and depositing it at the dance. The King will be announced later in the evening and a special crowning ceremony will take place.
Candidates for the Fep King are: Ed Linquist, John Conard, Roy Edwards, Jim Boyd, and T. P. Hunter. Dancing will be from 9 p.m. to 12, with Clayton Harbur's band providing the music.
Proceeds from the dance will go for the Jay Jane scholarship fund.