SUNDAY, SEPT. 28, 1941
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Frosh Are Tough
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Beanies Red-Hot
The action of the Men's Student Council in giving the job of freshmen training to the K-club brings to mind the long history of freshman caps and freshman hazing.
Caps were introduced in 1908 as an alternative to more strenuous hazing, after a rather riotous drenching of freshmen with a firehose. The caps were discontinued in 1918 because of the war, a matter of priority for offense, possibly.
In 1919, however, caps, hazing, and other forms of freshman misery were in full force. So full that a certain freshman named R. P. Henze, rebelling against the caps, retreated to the roof of Fraser hall to escape the consequences. A ducking in Potter lake followed, and Henze carried the matter to the Board of Administration. A resulting investigation was unproductive, and Henze withdrew from the University shortly after.
In this same year of 1919 a particularly mistreated freshman filed charges of assault and mayhem against two of his tormenters (the mayhem allegedly resulting from a somewhat uneven haircut). Court
records show the case was dismissed for lack of evidence.
A Kansas issue in 1920 carries the startling announcement that freshmen in R.O.T.C. uniform would not be required to wear the little red and blue cap. In 1925 a cap was required for freshman girls also.
In 1926 caps and paddling went in and out of style every few weeks. The Men's Student Council, the Ku-Ku's, and the K-Club all figured prominently in this controversy. In 1934, the issue got as far as a special student election, with enough upperclassmen voting to give paddling a safe majority. K-Club Loses
Although the K-Club campaigned vigorously in that election for the privilege of disciplining the new-comers, the body voted the next year to pass the buck by turning the training back to the Council.
In gratitude, the next year's freshmen voluntarily denned the toppers at a well-attended rally. This year the K-Club will be on the enforcement committee again. Whatever plans are made, the chances seem to be against permanent adoption of caps.
Bridge Lessons
Two Spades
Mrs. Ivan D. Rowe of Lawrence will give a series of bridge lectures beginning September 30 and ending November 4 in the Kansas room.
If you always associate "dummy" with football practice, or think a "grand slam" is a simply super catty retort, go to the free bridge lessons in the Memorial Union building given at 7.15 p. m. Tuesday and learn something new.
The lessons will last from an hour and a half to two hours, and will feature blackboard lectures with duplicate play.
Both those who are beginners and those who want to refresh their knowledge of the game are invited, said Keith Spalding, president of the Union Activities board.
An amateur bridge tournament among those taking the course will climax the series of lectures.
English Department Appoints Instructors
Everett Sugarbaker, graduate of Ottawa University, and William E. Stafford, graduate of the University of Kansas, have been appointed to assist instructorships in engineering English.
Sunday Forum Will Induct K.U. Freshmen This Afternoon
Miss Jeanne Helt, Butler University, and Mr. Alfred Berg, who received his A.B.from Bethel College, and his M.A.from the University of Kansas, have been named assistant instructors in the department of English.
The Lawrence Sunday Forum will induct University freshmen this afternoon at 5 o'clock at the Ninth Street Baptist church. A tea for students and for other citizens of Lawrence will be held after the induction, at 6 p. m., at the Kappa Alpha Psi house, 816 Maine.
K.U. Grad Witnesses Roosevelt-Churchill Atlantic Meeting
Raleigh Macklin, architectural engineering graduate in 1934 and now a lieutenant in the army air corps, was present on the battleship in the Atlantic ocean where President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill discussed world problems.
Lieutenant Macklin and another pilot had been ordered by superiors to fly camera film to the ship so that official photographs could be taking of the history-making event.
While on the ship, Macklin was photographed standing between Roosevelt and Churchill. The photo appeared in papers throughout the nation. While on board, the lieutenant bunked with Franklin, Jr., and Elliott, sons of the President.
The Kansas-Temple football game played in Philadelphia Friday night was viewed by television fans in the Philadelphia area. The pioneer Philco, a local station installed four cameras on the field to view the game.
Philadelphia Station Televises Jayhawk Gridders
Jan Chiapusso To Give Recital
Jan Chiapusso, professor of piano, will open the recital season tomorrow evening in the auditorium of Frank Strong hall with a program of Brahms, Liszt, and Chopin selections.
The public is invited to the program which will start at 8:00 p. m.
The following selections will be presented:
Part 1- Variations on a Theme of Faganani, Op. 35, Brahms.
Part II—Intermezzo, Op. 118, No.
1, Brahms; Intermezzo, Op. 118, No.
2, Brahms; Ballade, Op. 118, No-3,
Brahms; Romance, Op. 118, No. 5,
Brahms; Rhapsodie in G Minor, Op.
39. No. 2, Brahms.
Part III—La Leggierzezza, Liszt; II Sospiro, Lispz; Capert, Liszt.
Part IV—Berceuse, Chopin; Five Etudes, Chopin.
Await Decision ★ ★ ★
80 Cavort
Dave Watermulder, president of the Dramatics club, said yesterday that eighty contestants have tried out before the club for apprenticeships.
First meeting of the club will be held at 4:30 Monday afternoon. At this meeting the club will inaugurate the policy of one play a month for the coming school year.
The first play to be produced has not been decided upon, but the opening date will be October 26.
Zoology Club Elects Officers at Steak Fry
Snow Zoology club opened the current year's activities with a steak fry at Potter lake. Officers were fry at Potter lake. Officers elected were; president, Cyrus V. Anderson; vice-president, Stephen Phillips; secretary, Ruth Watson; and treasurer, Lowell Walton. Jean Rubra and Peggy Maser were elected social chairmen.
During the meeting plans were made for initiation services of the new members. Initiation will take place October 8 in the Memorial Union building.
NYA Students Will Meet Tuesday in Frank Strong
A meeting will be held of all new N. Y. A. students Tuesday afternoon, Raymond Nichols, chairman of the N. Y. A. committee, announced yesterday. All eligible students in the organization are asked to attend the meeting in room 303, Frank Strong hall at 3:30 p.m.
Irene Peabody, associate professor of voice and director of the Women's Glee club, has issued the following list as the personnel of the 1941-42 club:
Women's Glee Club Personnel Selected
First soprans—Jane Barnes, Mary E. Christiansen, Viola Clendenen, Shirley Collins, Dorothy Crockett, Wahnaton Felts, Georgia Ferrele, Janice Gartrell, Virginia Gsell, June Hammett, Mary Elizabeth Mudd, Jean Rennick, Schaeter, Betty Talbot, Mary Todd and Pat Waltman.
Second sopranos — Joy Chochren Geraldine Crags, Margaret Hall, Rella Henderson, Ruth Kemper. Bernice Kizler, Virginia Markley, Maxine McGrannahan, Helen Meyer, Helen Rymph, Betty Staubus, Mary Francis Sullivan and Marjorie Thies.
First alos — Ann Adams, Alice Louise Brown, Mary Lu Crawford, Jeanne Crites, Helen Edin, Betty Gsell, Betty Haney, Marjorie Jones, Harriet Kisler, Doris Larson, Jane Lorimer, Betty McCloud and Jean Spencer.
Second altos — Nadine Bannister,
Joan Bastian, Margaret Butler, June Cochren, Midge Dickey, Audene Fausett, Edith Fleming, Betty Kopp, Betty Lou Perkins, Barbara Priest, Kathryn Schaake, Joan Taggart, Barbara Whitley, Ailene Witherup, Ruth Wright, and Norma Jane Young.
Pachacamac Opens Campaign Grind With Smoker
Society of Pachacamac opens its annual freshman political campaign with a smoker in the Kansas room of the Memorial Union building at 8 o'clock Tuesday night.
John Milton Phillips, past president of the organization and several out-of-town speakers will discuss politics on the Hill and give short talks on how the Pachacamac party works. All men new on the Hill are invited. Cider and doughnuts will be served.