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160 Engineers Vote By Noon In Election
In one of their usual calm elections, students of the School of Engineering went to the polls in the lobby of Marvin hall today to vote for candidates to the Engineering Council, governing body of the School.
The council is composed of 14 men, 13 of whom will be chosen in this election. They are president, vicepresident, secretary-treasurer, one representative each from seven departments of the school, and one representative from each vlass. The freshman representatie will be elected next fall.
Up to noon today 160 votes had been cast. In last year's contest, 325 voted. Enrollment in the school this year is around 700. A heavier vote is predicted for this afternoon.
The only political rivalry in the contest is between independent engineers and those in engineering fraternities. The independents have posted campaign posters in conspicuous places in the building, but the fraternity men have not taken any outward action.
Candidates for positions are:
For president, Richard Lee and Stuart Bunn; for vice-president, John Harkness and Richard Gray; for secretary-treasurer, Allen Shontz, Norman Sanneman and Richard Winslow.
LAWRENCE KANSAS TUESDAY. MAY 20. 1941.
In the department of chemical engineering, Charles Means, Byron Kern and Jack Bauman; civil engineering, Arthur Olsen, Francis Domingo and Robert Kuhnlein; mining and metallurgical engineering, Neal Ferry and Charles Carey; petroleum engineering, Paul Thayer, Frank Zimmerman and James Cordell.
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In the department of architecture, Browder Richmond, Conrad Curtis and Frank Godding! electrical engineering, Arthur Wahl and Joseph Frankovich; mechanical engineering, Eugene Nelson, Marvin Sollenberger and Richard Large.
For senior representative, Dorus Munsinger, James Brown and David Rosen; junior representative, James Walker, Vernon McKale and Robert Royer; sophomore representative, Richard Dearing, James Waugh and Russell Atkinson.
16 Students Present Recital
Sixteen fine arts students will combine their talents to present an advanced student recital at 7:30 tonight in Frank Strong auditorium.
The following students will take part in the program: In piano, Joanne Johnson, Marjorie Anderson and Robert Glotzbach; in voice, Georgia Ferrell, Dorothy Mae Nelson, June Cochren, Melba Ninginger, Melva Good, Virginia Gsell, Helen Anderson and Clarnell Wehrli; in violin, Bert Shoemake, Leora Adams and Barbara Huls; cello, Sebe Jean Sarser.
All But Free Dishes 300 Attend Show
By JOHN HARVEY
Featuring almost everything except free dishes, "On With the Show," student musical revue, opened last night in Fraser theater to an audience of 300 persons and proved highly entertaining in spite of one or two
Emphasis is placed on the unexpected and from the first curtain the action is continuous.
During the show bodies dangle from the ceiling over the heads of the audience, a reformer tries to stop the show to preserve the sanity of the American home, hecklers annoy the actors, and at a very dramatic moment a man runs up and down the aisle selling cold beer and salted peanuts.
Leading roles are taken by Spencer
Bayles and Bill Collinson who successfully play the parts of Louie and Sam, two harrassed theatrical producers desperately trying to put together a show at the last minute.
The plot of the entire revue revolves about these two producers and their efforts to select acts for their show, one act often beginning while the preceding one is still on the stage.
Best act in the show is the "Sawmill Scene." a burlesque of an old fashioned melodrama, narrated by
Lawrence Will Appear
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TIBBETT DEFINITELY ARRIVING FOR CONCERT WEDNESDAY BURLINGTON LINE 8:05 A.M. WILL STAY MUEHLEBACH STOP REGARDS LAWRENCE EVANS.
Lawrence persons who returned their tickets may call now at the fine
After the cancelled Hoch auditorium concert last week, Tibbett went west for concerts in Vancouver, Canada, and Billings, Montana, and from there will come directly to Lawrence.
That's that. The foregoing telegram was received this morning by Dean D. M. Swarthout, and plans are completed for concert at 8:20 o'clock to tomorrow evening in Hoch auditorium.
Wire From Evans To Dean Swarthout Confirms Concert
arts office and receive their refund.
Dean Swarthout said this morning.
Those desiring seats for tomorrow
evening may purchase the few tickets
which have been returned.
Although more than 3,000 Tibbett fans gathered at Hoch auditorium on May 12 only to be turned away, it is expected that almost all of them will return for a second trial tomorrow night. Persons from various parts of the state were here for last week's concert. Several cars were driven from Salina.
The new student slogan in regard to laryngital Larry's concert tomorrow night is "Our cup of hope is full. Let nobody Tibbett over."
500 Cram Dyche On Opening Day
Dyche Museum of Natural History is taking the place of 'coke joints" for students with time to kill between classes.
Committee Favors Union Expansion
"Sentiment expressed by the Union Operating committee indicated that some form of expansion of the Memorial Union building is desirable," Henry Werner, adviser of men, said today, concerning the meeting of the committee yesterday afternoon in the Memorial Union building.
Yesterday, the first day on which students were admitted to the museum in eight years, approximately 500 students and several non-student visitors, viewed the exhibits. The continu-
Although the committee has no power to take action on the additions to the building, it discussed expansion plans for guidance of the Memorial Union Corporation Board which will meet June 7 to vote decisively on the proposed wings.
"Question of the amount of the fee assessed is indefinite." Werner said, "since it depends on so many variable factors. However, the majority of the committee is evidently favorably inclined toward the additions. To add one or two wings is the main point of contention, half
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Psychological Case Displays Symptoms Finals Pixies Rush to War
By BILL FEENEY
A huge, shapeless monster jounces up and down on his stomach with an unpleasant, spasmodic movement. Invisible thumbs attempt to push his eyes out through the back of his head. Furry little creatures are disporting themselves inside his mouth, and using his palate for a sliding board.
A pale, colorless sun peeps out from behind a convoy of clouds at the edge of the horizon, a little fearful of what it may see.
Then, reassured, it rises higher and turns the grayish sky to a watery blue color. As it rises even higher, a stray beam darts loose, heads for earth in a 9G power dive, zooms through the window of a roooming house, then comes to an abrupt halt.
Lying in a shapeless heap on the bed is a student. His clothes are wrinkled, his hair is tousled, and the air is filled with the pungent scent of—well, it ain't cherry coke. No, he is not dead, but in a few minutes he will regret that he isn't.
He Lives
Now he stirs, opens his eyelids by sheer physical effort, and pops them shut with a bang. A blackjack is tapping rhythmically at the back of his head.
The student rises to a sitting position, brushes the hair out of his eyes, and says in precise, Oxfordian accents "Blawugh."
Do not rush to condemn this unfortunate fellow. He is merely coming out of the devastating effects of a pre-final spree.
frowning, now accusing, now distorted in unholy glee over the pleasure they will soon have in preparing the exams.
Psychological Case
Finals have a grim, handwriting on the wall effect for many of us, and even strong-willed people have become psychologically unbalanced during this period. Powerful, hulking men can be turned into gibbering wrecks at the thought of impending finals.
Maybe this student has had trouble sleeping nights. Some do. Their nights are made miserable by worry. Their dreams are haunted by the faces of professors, now
Maybe he has had surrealist dreams, trying to decipher pages of textbooks in an unknown language, of horns sounding, assistant professors swarming in to drag him off to the examination room, and he wakes screaming.
His days are filled with horror—term papers, back work to get in before a certain date. He sees the spiritually calm expression of the Summerfields and the Phi Beta Kappas, and marvels.
Perhaps this students is wrong in trying to create a mental barrier to shut out these dreadful thoughts and sights. Maybe he should try to crack the books until the last minute before finals begin. That is probably the wisest thing to do, but wisdom does not always direct our actions.
In the final analysis, he is more to be pitied than censured, for a prof is the cause of it all.
ous stream of visitors has continued throughout today.
Background Paintings Popular
The ground floor of the museum is proving the most popular to visitors, with numerous dioramas of Bernard "Poco" Frazier being a main source of interest.
The background paintings of the different cases by Walter Yost, fine arts graduate student, are also very popular. They clarify the exhibits, and show the animal as he appeared in life in his natural surroundings.
The fact that a great many of the exhibits on the ground floor were found in Kansas also raises interest. A card giving information about the specimen and where it was found aids the students in looking for specimens from or near their home town.
The cases containing the larger animals and specimens are probably the most popular. The great animals which once roamed Kansas plains but are now extinct, the large reptiles, and enormous flying reptiles all have a constant audience. Panorama Amazes
The great panorama covering the first floor is a strong contender for first place honors in the museum. The animals in their natural surroundings and the background painted by S. T. Dickenson of Lawrence brings amazement to the faces of many.
The panorama consists of North American animals, showing each group in their natural surroundings. It is a single exhibit 552 feet long, covers 10.000 square feet of floor (continued to page eight)
May Repeat Defense Courses
"It's impossible to tell where the setting leaves off and the painting begins," was the comment of one student on viewing the panorama.
Defense courses in material inspection and testing which were given at the University during the spring semester will be repeated in the summer session if sufficient interest is shown, F. A. Russell, professor of civil engineering, said today.
The courses are given under the direction of the School of Engineering and prepare the individual for an inspector's work in defense plants. Sixty students enrolled in the courses during the spring semester. The courses are not open to engineers since their regular schooling is equally valuable to defense.
Anyone interested in enrolling in this course during the summer session should write the School of Engineering. A call for inspectors is expected at the University by the middle of this summer or early in September.