TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1941.
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Enjoys College Tour ★★★ ★★★ Hoppe Shows How
Hoppe is happy.
Willie Hoppe, who presented a billiards exhibition to over 400 students in the game room of the Memorial Union building last night. "gets a kick" out of his college tour.
"I like this kind of work. It's something new to me. Young crowds are enthusiastic and appreciative-not blase like oldtimers. And its time too, to be getting the young ones educated in billiards. We oldsters can't last forever," Hoppe declared. tered in the competition On College Tour
The man whose name has been synonymous with championship billiards for 40 years, has already appeared at the Universities of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, and Iowa, and after his performance last night will go on to the University of Kentucky. Purdue, Buffalo, Rochester, Colgate, Cornell, and numerous other Eastern colleges are included on his circuit.
Since he was seven years old. Willie Hoope has played billiards. It was crawling up on the table at this early age to play that developed his side arm swing.
"A Nice Union"
"You have a very nice Union here," Hoope told Keith Spalding, president of the Student Activities board, "but it isn't as large as the other universities' I have seen so far in my tour."
When informed of the delayed production of the new Union wing because of the national defense's priority to building materials, Hoppe expressed the hope it could be started soon, and talked at length on the bowling alleys to be installed in the new wing.
Hoppe holds every billiards title in championship billiards. He won his first championship game at the age of 18 when he defeated Vignaux, French expert, in Paris, 1906. Equipment Play Soon
The next tournament he will play will be at the Paris Garden of Hotel Morrison in Chicago on Jan. 12, when he defends his title against such stiff competition as Shaffer, Cocran, Bozman, Rubin Ponzi, Fitzpatrick, Greenleaf, and several others.
Hope commended Lloyd Greene's playing in Madison last year when he represented the University of Kansas and the entire section in the national championship tournament Greene, an engineering senior, is en-
SOCIETY---year was 1918. The place of birth was New Orleans.
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Thursday dinner. Also present was Judge and Mrs. Willard Benton, Kansas City, Kan.
...Sunday dinner guests were Virginia Britton and Virginia Gsell.
...overnight guests Sunday were
Mr. James Cobb and Jim Cobb, St.
Louis. Mo.
...will entertain this Thursday evening with a Halloween buffet supper and hour dance.
SIGMA KAPPA...
...dinner guest Sunday was Mrs.
Allen Wilson, Lincoln, Neb. Mrs. Wilson
is the daughter of Mrs. Myra Lyons,
Sigma Kappa housemother.
...pledges will have an hour dance tonight with the pledges of Tau Kappa Epsilon.
KAPPA SIGMA ...
...dinner guests Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Verne Wallace, Douglas, Kan., Bob Lasater, Ed Corman, El Dorado, Barbara Mullen, Frances Morrill, Letha Epplerly, Georgianme Utterback, and Virginia Kline.
For recreation, Hoppe sits on the sidelines of football, basketball and other games, but when he wants to really get into the game and play—he takes billiards.
Increase Committee for Jayhawk Shelter
Six members have been added to the faculty committee in charge of soliciting funds for the Jayhawk shelter at Oxford, England, to be maintained by the local branch of the Save the Children Federation. Dr.A.J.Mix, chairman, disclosed today.
New members are Miss Ruth Orcutt, associate professor of piano; A. W. Davidson, professor of chemistry; H. H. Lesar, associate professor of law; G. W. Stratton, professor of chemistry; Miss Viola Anderson, associate professor of home economics; and George M. Fisher of the division of buildings and grounds.
Three large contributions totaling $186 have been received from faculty members, and it has been indicated that other amounts will soon be pledged.
Jayhawker
A Fast Movin' –Fast Talkin'
Fast Flyin’ Over-Seas Romance
NOW — 2 DAYS
Hill Blades HoldSmoker For R.O.T.C.
Celebrating National Scabbard and Blade day, members of the Hill unit of that organization held a smoker for all advanced military students in the Kansas room of the Memorial Union building last night.
THURS. — 3 Days Only -
William Holden
Claire Trevor
Glenn Ford
in
"TEXAS"
Col. James S. Dusenberry, P.M.S. & T., addressed the group, and Colonel Gage, Lt. Wray A. Schockley, and other members of the staff were present.
SUNDAY
Active membership in Scabbard and Blade is limited to outstanding cadet officers in the R.O.T.C. units. They are elected by the members of the chapter on the basis of their proficiency in military science, academic subjects and character.
Irene DUNNE
Robert MONTGOMERY
Preston FOSTER
"UNFINISHED BUSINESS"
Norman Rehg
A Professional Sketch---- Norman Melchior Rehg Reveals Life History
Norman Melchior Rehg (pronounced Ray) may be young in years but is respected by all who know him as an instructor. Humorous and sharp in mind, he becomes one of our prize exhibits in the professorial biographical sketches. He is an assistant instructor of English.
Rehg insists that it wasn't planned, but his middle name is that of one of the Three Wise Men and his birth date is that of
Schooling; Central High, El Dorado; El Dorado Junior College, 1935-36; came to the Hill in 1936 and received his A. B. in English in 1939 and his M. A. in English in 1941. He did his work for his M. A. in Semantics (the science of meaning) which is the psychological approach to the study of communication.
Short and to the Point
Avocation: Cabinet work and is proud of his ability at refinishing. Travels: Tobegganing in Minnesota in the winter and fishing there in the summer. The New Orleans
Mardi Gras is his chief temptation.
Married? No, and is interested in Gibson girls according to a passing remark.
His maxim: "You can't have the best of two worlds."
This is an instructor of rhetoric, English literature, and directed reading, who received honors in English upon his graduation from K.U. and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Norman Melchoir Rehg.
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District Councilor Visits Local Chapter
Alpha Chi Sigma recently pledged the following men: William Cramer, senior; Leland Mattson, graduate student and assistant instructor in the chemistry department; Walter Gouber, senior; Gerald Carter, junior; and Frederick Luke, senior in the chemical engineering department.