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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1941
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Publishers Offer Award To Student Novelists
The Dodd, Mead Intercollegiate Literary Fellowship has been established for men and women students in American colleges and Universities who wish to become professional writers. The fellowship is designed to give undergraduates an opportunity to take advantage of faculty advice and instruction while planning and writing a novel, and to enable them to work toward the completion of the book for one year after graduation. The fellowship is awarded on the basis of promise shown in the project submitted and does not necessarily
require a completed manu script.
Award Starts July, 1942
The award is $1,200, payable quarterly or monthly (as the winner desires) for the term of one year, commencing July 1, 1942. All applications and projects must be sent to the publisher by April 1, 1942. The award will be announced as soon after the first of June as is possible, and not later than the first of July.
Candidates must be regularly enrolled students of at least two years standing in an American or Canadian college or university. Since the main purpose of the fellowship is to provide opportunities to young writers who have had no professional experience, only those undergraduate students in residence who are candidates for a bachelor's degree and graduate students in residence who are candidates for a Master's degree shall be eligible. No academic restrictions, however, shall apply to the completion of the novel after the award.
Few Restrictions
The novels submitted are to be judged on a competitive basis, and there are few restrictions; the preferred length will be from 60,000 to 100,000 words. The completion of the work after the award is expected to take not more than one year. There are no limitations as to subject or setting. Translations, however, will not be considered, and works in verse or dramatic form are of doubtful competitive value.
The project should take the form of a full and detailed synopsis setting forth the character and scope of the novel together with adequate specific examples of the intended treatment in fifty to one hundred pages of manuscript in finished form. Furthermore, a number of other examples of writing, published or unpublished, should be included whenever possible. All manuscripts must be neatly typewritten, with double spacing, on one side of the paper only.
Each project must be accompanied by an application blank which has been filled out in particular. The blanks may be secured from the department of English. Each contestant may submit only one project.
Dodd, Mead and Company will expect to publish the novel for which the award is given, upon its successful completion, on the usual royalty basis. The $1,200 award shall be an advance payment against the royalty earnings of the novel, and a regular book contract will be drawn up with the author when the winner is announced. The editorial staff of Dodd, Mead and company shall be the sole judges of the competition, and they shall reserve the right to make as many awards (or no award at all) as the merit of the manuscripts submitted shall warrant.
Donald Wood, college freshman, underwent a major surgical operation at Watkins Memorial hospital last night. Dr. R. I. Canuteson, director of the Student Health service, reports his condition as satisfactory.
Bicycles May Oust Roadsters
Washington, Oct. 10 — (UP)— The gay young blade of the 40's may soon be simulating those of the gay 90's by calling for his best girl with a "bicycle built for two" instead of a new shiny roadster.
The government expects the reported current gasoline shortage in the East and the curtailment of passenger automobile production to create an unprecedented demand for bicycles—a demand that present facilities may not be able to satisfy.
The commerce department notetoday that bicycle sales have been on the upgrade for several years and at present are running at an unprecedented rate. Production in 1940 was 1,325,000. An estimated 10,000,000 bicycles are in use in the U.S.
Bicycle manufacturers have agreed to reduce the average weight of each machine at least 10 per cent and to eliminate the fancy gadgets and chrome and nickel plate. Little difficulty is expected in obtaining reclaimed rubber for tires, and production of as many as 2,000,000 bicycles would require only 35,000 tons of metal—a comparatively negligible amount.
KFKU Needs Man For Broadcasting Grid Background
If any of you men who have a good command of football terminology are interested in sports announcing, contact Miss Mildred Seaman, assistant program director of KFKU. The University radio station needs a background broadcaster for local football battles.
Two announcers are used during a football game—one to give the play-by-play account, and another to add background and colorful description during lulls in the action. The latter position is now unfilled.
Kuersteiner; Moore in Next F.A. Recital
Tryouts are not limited to speech students. All male students are eligible.
Miss Meribah Moore, soprano, and Karl Kuersteiner, violinist, will appear in a joint recital in the auditorium of Frank Strong hall at eight o'clock Monday night.
Miss Moore received most of her voice training in New York city under such well known teachers as Julian Walker, Herbert Witherspoon, Isadore Luckstone, and others. Her teaching experience includes three years as head of the voice department of Peace Institute, Raleigh, N. C., and two years at the McMurray College, Jacksonville, Illinois. In 1927 she came to the University of Kansas where she now holds the position of associate professor of voice. Miss Moore has sung as soloist with many of the choral societies of the country in oratorio and also has appeared as soloist with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra.
Kuersteiner came to the University of Kansas in 1925. He is associate professor of violin and director of the University Symphony Orchestra. He received his bachelor of music degree from the Chicago Musical College, and his master of music degree from the University of Michigan. His instructors include Leopold Auer, the teacher of Heifetz and Mischa Elman; Sevcik, the teacher of Kubelik; and Cesar Thomson, the great Belgian teacher whose outstanding American pupil is Francis MacMillan.
Miss Moore will present three groups of voice numbers and Mr. Kuersteiner will appear in two groups of numbers for the violin.
The recital will be open to the public without charge.
KAPPA ALPHA THETA . . .
announces the marriage of Miss Lexie Burchfield to Mr. L. L. Ware, Oct. 7.
...pledges had an hour dance last night with the Sigma Chi pledge class.
PHI CHI THETA . . .
...had a rush tea in the Old English tea room yesterday afternoon. Approximately 25 women of the business school attended and several pre-business women.
SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON . . .
...actives entertained pledges with
show and a midnight snack at the
De Luexe Cafe Wednesday. Mrs. Eva
Oakes accompanied them as a guest.
...had an hour dance
...pledge class had an hour dance
TODAY IS FRIDAY
That Means Wash Day to Us---with Delta Gamma pledge class last night.
How about letting people see that paint job on your car, mister! A wash job will make your car snappy once more.
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MOTOR IN
Next to actually making the trip to Nebraska to see the game, the best way to get into the pep and enthusiasm of the fray is to attend the broadcast party held in the Union lounge at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon.
Amplifiers will be placed in the lounge for the convenience of the crowd of listeners expected to attend. The entire game will be broadcast direct from Lincoln.
After the game a mixer will be held in the Memorial Union ballroom until 5:30, sponsored by the Jay Janes and KuKu's in cooperation with the Student Union Activities board. Everyone is invited to come stag and dance to recorded music.
PHI KAPPA PSI...
...dinner guests Wednesday night were Dave Ringwald, Lynn McNutt, visiting from Northwestern, and Dick Miller.
...will hold their postponed hour dance with the Kappas next Tuesday.
ALPHA DELTA PI . . .
...announces the pledging of Betty Dunlap, Kansas City, Mo.
First Presbyterian Church
Ninth and Vermont
Theo H. Aszman, Minister
9:45 a.m. Sunday School.
11:00 a.m. Morning Worship.
Military Frat Has Its Day
This afternoon at 4:30 there will be a hike, leaving from Westminster hall.
7:00 p. m. Westminster Forum.
Dean R. A. Schwegler will speak.
Devotions will be led by Dorothy
Crockett. Piano solo, Edward Utley.
Scabbard and Blade, honorary military fraternity, will celebrate National Scabbard and Blade day Oct. 27, according to Ben Matassaiian, captain of the University chapter.
Various other events are planned. A mixer for all men in the advanced ROTC will be held before Dec. 5 to look over prospective candidates for the Scabbard and Blade. A banquet is also scheduled to be held before the annual ball which will be held in the Kansas room of the student Union on Dec. 5.
Officials of Scabbard and Blade, in addition to Captain Matassarian, are Kenneth Kost, First Lieutenant; Fred Lawson, Second Lieutenant; Dean Rosen, First Sergeant; Bob Fairchild, Reporting Sergeant; and Melvin Lindeman, Mess sergeant.
Home Ec. Club Serves Tea To New Majors
The Home Economics club held its first meeting of the year at the Home Management house Tuesday afternoon.
The club entertained with a test to welcome the new home economics majors. The officers of the club are: president, Rose Etta Carr, senior in home economics education; secretary, Phyllis Whrerry, junior treasurer, Joan Tarrart; junior; and social chairman, Mary McCroskey, senior.
Miss Olga Hoesley, associate professor of home economics, is faculty advisor.
Since 1696, Harvard University has offered a $500 scholarship for an Englishman or Indian from "Petaquamscot in the Narragansett country otherwise called King's Province."
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