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UNIVERSITY Daily Kansan
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS STUDENT PUBLICATION
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1941
39th YEAR
NUMBER 34
National Quill Convention Beqins Today
The Feoh rune of the American College Quill Club will be host to the national convention of Quill Tomorrow and Saturday.
At 7:30 tonight an informal reception and registration of delegates will be held in the main lounge of the Memorial Union building. A meeting of committees will be held and delegates will be assigned to their rooms.
To Town Campus
The convention will be in full swing tomorrow morning with a formal opening in the "Old English" room of the Memorial Union building by E. M. Hopkins, retired chairman of the department of English. Response will be given by Miss Ada Rice, high chancellor from Mana. By establishing a permanent
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H.S. Debate Meet Opens Tomorrow
Twenty-three high schools have formally accepted invitations to participate in the debate institute and assembly which is to be held here tomorrow and Saturday in Fraser hall, Lee Gemell, of the extension division, reported this morning. Although a few late entries may not yet be in, the conference is certain to be smaller than last year's, when about thirty schools attended, he said.
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Frosh Open Campaign
P. S. G. L.
Candidates
President ... Ty Schuerman
Treasurer ... Bill Kiene
MSC Representative ...George Worral
MSC Representative .. Junius Penny
Platform
1. A Freshman Tacky Day—Cliimaxed by a Dance for Freshman only.
2. P.S.G.L. proposes that the voting period be extended until 6 p.m. to give the working students a better opportunity to vote and participate in University elections.
3. P.S.G.L. endorses a VIGOROUS solution to our housing problem;
b. Concrete assistance to enable extension of the co-operatives.
c. By enforcing specific requirements and standards for all rooming houses.
4. To establish an adequate me-
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Election May Swing M.S.C.Vote
Hill politicians are swinging into action in one of the most important Freshmen elections held in the past few years. The election next Thursday, may swing the control of the M.S.C. vote to either the Pachacamac or F'S.G.L. party.
With the vote on the M.S.C. standing at 10 for each party, the organization able to capture both of the freshman posts on the council will hold power until the spring election.
As the election draws nearer party tags, platforms, and candidate's pictures appear more numerous on the bulletin boards over the Hill. Both parties seem sure of a victory.
The P.S.G.L. party stands behind four independent men on a platform designed to appeal to independent
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PACHACAMAC
Candidates
President ... Dudley Hanstine
Treasurer ... John Bradley
MSC Representative ... Joe Stryder
MSC Representative ... Laird Camp-
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Platform
1. Hold regular class meetings to determine the desirability of:
a. Freshman Class Party
b. Freshman Hazing
c. Freshman Traditions
2. Run a column for and by Freshman in the Daily Kansas.
d. Extra-curricular activities
3. Select a committee representing the council to appear before the State NYA chairman to present a resolution for better working conditions for NYA students on the campus.
4. Promote a more democratic school by creating and establishing closer relationships between independent and fraternity men through mixers, dinners, and athletic activities.
5. Improvement of housing conditions and lower rents.
Spivak Sales Near 425
Over 425 women are now slated to attend the Freshman Frolic, according to recent checks on the ticket sales at Bell Music Store, business office, and the Memorial Union hostess desk.
Charlie Spivak and his band who are playing for the Frolic are on their way to Lawrence, fresh from the Purdue Homecoming dance.
Besides the band Spivak is bring-
ing the Star Dusters, a quartet of
three men and a girl who know how to "give out."
Vocalist for the band is Garry Stevens, handsome, 26-years old, and still outside the Army. Stevens has what is termed a "natural" voice. His style of singing is easy and ear-soothing.
He received all his education in Los Angeles, attending Manual Arts High School, City College, and U.C.L.A. While attending college, he joined Paul Kaine's band, and after leaving it, he was assigned his own vocal spot on Washington's Columbia outlet.
A short time ago he auditioned for Spivak and was immediately signed to a contract. Although Stevens has been with Charlie Spivak's band only a short time, he is already being hailed as one of the nation's most popular vocalists.
Stevens Was Trumpeter
Stevens concentrated on the trumpet for years. Then he did so well with intermittent vocals that he finally decided to devote all his efforts to singing.
Wilbur Says Bureaucracy May Choke US
"We're drifting in the same direction as Hitler and Mussolini by our increasing tendency for bureaucratic centralization of power in the United States," Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, Stanford University president and Secretary of the Interior under Herbert Hoover, warned students at a special convocation in Hoch auditorium today.
Wilbur asserted that, as a nation, America cannot be prepared by letting control of communities and states pass to those above. "They can destroy us the way we are developing if we're not careful. Bureaucracy is an immediate danger. Government in a democracy must be localized. Now that our government has become centralized beyond our control, we do not know what it is all
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Hill Plans Tiger Day Festivities
All the old Homecoming favorites-parade, rally, house decorations, and football game-will be back again this year Nov.22.
The general Homecoming committee met yesterday afternoon in room 5. Frank Strng hall to plan new entertainment features to be added to the day's festivities.
Ginbert Ulmer, Homecoming (continued to page seven)
United Press
Russian Oil Safe? Female Shaw Brags
By David Whitney
Kansan United Press Editor
OBDITTES OF THE DAY In San Francisco authoress Gertrude Atherton celebrated her eighty-fourth birthday today by writing 1000 more words on her latest novel. She brags that she has buried 10 generations of critics since she started writing the first of her 45 books.
Some Cavity
The army has decided to fill cavities, make false teeth, and cure tooth infections for 100,000 American registrants rejected by draft boards as unfit because of dental defects.
Hexagonal Mammal A small London boy who had (continued to page eight)
A spokesman for the Free French reported today that small raiding forces of British and Free French troops make daily raids on the coast of France, creating a "horrible fear" among the Germans of an Allied invasion.
FOREIGN DEVELOPMENTS
Moscow dispatches indicate that the Red Army is wearing down the German land offensive along the entire Eastern front, but the Germans claim continued advances in the south and in the Crimea. However, the Russians say that even though the Germans captured the oil fields they would be unable to take out any oil for over a year. (continued to page eight)
Wearing Them Down
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Spur Club May Go On Chase Tomorrow
If the weather is favorable toorrow, the Spur club, newly formed riding club of the Student Union Activities Board, will run a paper or card chase as its first activity of the year, Gayle Mott, riding instructor, said today.
The Spur club is composed of members of the present and former equitation classes. The club will be divided into beginner and advanced student groups under the direction of Henry Shenk, school representative.
Beginners will go in for milder riding while the advanced group will take up hunting. The first hunt will be on the campus bridle paths.
Mott urged that beginners should not be frightened away because of the jumping. There will not be much jumping until the student is ready to handle it.
The cost of the club has not been set and will depend largely upon the activities, Mott said.
Panama Ex-Prexy Speaks In Hoch Tonight
Speaking on "The Solidarity and Defense of the Americas,' Dr. Ricardo Alfaro, ex-President of the Republic of Panama and former minister to the United States, will appear at 8:20 tonight in Hoch auditorium in the opening number of the community lecture course.
Decorated by six countries for his outstanding work in the diplomatic field, Dr. Alfaro brings to Hill listeners a chance to hear a speaker with long years $ ^{\circ} $
His Life Work
As an authority on international law, Dr. Alfaro is also famous. He is a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague and one of
The solidarity and defense of the Americas is the subject which Dr. Alfaro has made his life work and one on which he is an acknowledged authority. He has served as delegate to all the important Pan American conferences of recent years.
the founder-members of the American Institute of International Law of which he is secretary general.
Activity Books Admit
It is generally realized that today, hemisphere defense is one of America's most vital problems. Dr. Alfaro's lectures are noted for their ability to illuminate and clarify such complex problems.
Student activity books will admit. General admission to the public is 35 cents and reserved seats are 50 cents.
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