UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
STUDENT PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
LAWRENCE KANSAS THURSDAY, MAY 15. 1941.
38TH YEAR.
"To effect a more democratic organization," the Y.M.C.A.-Y.W.C.A. cabinet has been reorganized, the cabinet for next year consisting of 20 members instead of 18, Roberta Tucker, executive secretary of the Y.W., said today.
YM-YWCA Reorganize Cabinet
Each morning, except Saturday and Sunday, until next Wednesday, the 20 new officers will meet at 7 o'clock to consider their new Christian purpose and outline plans for next year. After these meetings, each member will take part in outlining the program and assume a certain specific responsibility.
Installation of the officers will take place at 7:45 o'clock Sunday morning in the Colonial Tea Room.
NUMBER 147.
New cabinet officers are Keith Martin, Y.M. president; Margaret Learned, Y.W. president; John Conard, Y.M. vice-president; Mary Helen Wilson, Y.W. vice-president; Walker Butin, Y.M. secretary; Jean Brownlee, Y.W. secretary; Howard Fink, Y.M. treasurer; Patty Riggs, Y.W. treasurer.
Paul Gilles, college sophomore; Ed Price, college junior; Margot Baker, college junior; Neil Ukena, college junior; Marian Hepworth, college freshman; Peggy Osmond, college sophomore; Bill Cavert, college sophomore.
Ted Young, college freshman; Helen Martin, college sophomore; Colleen Poorman, college sophomore; John J. Moore, executive secretary of the Y.M.; and Miss Tucker.
Tickets On Sale
Opens Monday
Tickets for "On With the Show," student musical revue, were placed on sale at 8:30 o'clock this morning in the ticket office in the basement of Green hall and will remain on sale from 8:30 to 12:30 and from 1:30 to 4:30 today, tomorrow, Monday Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, Sally Connell, ticket manager, said this morning.
"On With the Show," written by Allen Crafton, professor of speech, is a musical rave of 17 scenes of musical numbers and comedy sketches to be presented in Fraser theater Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday.
The revue is directed by Shirley Jane Ruble, president of the Dramatic Club, which is sponsoring the show.
Journalists Will Hear Ex-Senator
High-pressure ticket selling for the Kansan Board banquet to be held at 6 o'clock tomorrow night at the Colonial Tea Room began today.
Scheduled as the feature attraction is Henry J. Allen, the speaker, who has been Governor of Kansas, United States Senator, and is now chairman of an American committee to aid distressed children in Britain.
Awards will be given for the best news story, feature story, and editorial of the year. The faculty is selecting the award winners.
New Type of Warfare
Cunning strategy was used by the foe in this attack. Among mankind there is probably no other group that destroys so many insects and knows so much about their harm as the entomologists.
GHQ Reports Victory Repulse Bug Army
Therefore, the insects presumably concluded that the best place to strike would be at their enemies in Snow hall. They were discovered while yet on the ground floor, two
A destructive attack on Snow hall by "secret agents" of mankind's greatest enemy, the insect kingdom, has been stemmed and repulsed, Dr. H. H. Lane, chairman of the department of zoology, reported today from GHQ.
The "fifth columnists" are a group called reticulatermes Isoptera, (layman translation — termites). Fortunately, their stealthily silent destruction was discovered before any great damage was done.
It is an accepted fact that insects are man's greatest competitor for domination of the earth. The termites are thought to be special saboteurs whose duty it is to undermine the structures inhabited by man.
floors below the entomology department.
They gained entrance to the building by coming up from the ground through an unused steam conduit. This conduit leads to a metal box near the ceiling of one of the storereoms on the ground floor. From this box the silent force followed a crack in the ceiling plaster until they reached a white oak door. Attack Too Successful
Here they began their work with a vengeance. Their diligence brought about their own destruction, for they devoured so much of the door that it collapsed, falling with a crash into the hallway, and thus brought about the discovery of the intruders. In a pitched battle the termites were repulsed at this subterranean Maginot line.
Investigation showed that the damage done by the termites was restricted to the door, door casing, and some shelving.
Synthetics To Feature Crafts Meet
The enemy has been repelled, their entrance blocked, and repairs made. Next time they may use better judgment and not attack a building constructed mainly of reinforced concrete and steel.
More than 200 people are expected to attend the second conference on home interests at the University, sponsored by the department of home economics, the department of design, and the extension division, to be held here tomorrow and Saturday.
An exhibit showing examples of articles made from plastics and the newer fibers such as rayon and nylon as well as a special exhibit, known as the "College Exhibit of Plastics," loaned to the University by the Bake-lite corporation will be featured at the conference banquet at 6:15 o'clock tomorrow evening in the Memorial Union building.
The exhibit will be held over after the conference for the Seventy-fifth Anniversary celebration.
Saturday afternoon a tour will be made of Lawrence. The group will visit the arts and crafts laboratory at Haskell Institute and cooperative houses of University.
Saturday, William Whitney, state director of the arts and crafts project of Topeka, will explain the construction of the furniture in Templin and Carruth halls made under the WPA and NYA program.
The first home interests conference was held on the campus last year. The conference is open to the public.
The new Men's Student Council and Bob McKay, recently elected president of the Council, will be installed at a banquet in the English room of the Memorial Union building at 6 p.m. tonight.
Bill Farmer, outgoing Council president, will be master of ceremonies at the banquet which will be attended by all old Council members; newly-elected Council members; E. O. Steve, assistant professor of political science; Raymond Nichols, executive secretary to the Chancellor; W. R. Maddox, assistant professor of political science; and Henry Werner, adviser of men.
McKay; M.S.C. To Be Inducted At Banquet
Werner will make the principal address of the evening since it is impossible for Chancellor Malott to be present. McKay will present his keynote address, and Jim Burdge, defeated PSGL candidate, will give a short talk.
Immediately following the banquet, new members will meet to elect officers.
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A total of $16.05 has been added to the W. S. S. F. as a result of ten cents admission charge to each person attending the midweek at the Memorial Union building last night, Fred Eberhardt, chairman of the W. S. S. F. drive, announced today.
This amount will be added to the $600 already collected by the Fund.
Coach Hargiss Will Play Coronado
The Entrada, a mammoth outdoor pageant, will be given on a 300-foot stage which will be erected in Memorial stadium and will depict in 18 scenes Coronado's futile search for gold in the southwest.
The pageant will trace Coronado's wanderings from the time of his departure from Mexico in 1540 through New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas, and finally his return to Mexico in 1542 after the fruitless search for gold.
Selection of the cast of 650 persons for the Coronado Entrada to be held here June 5 and 6 is now nearly complete with only about 10 of the 49 speaking parts remaining to be assigned.
Latest speaking part to be assigned was the part of Coronado which was given to Bill Hargiss, University track coach, yesterday afternoon.
Dyche Exhibit Opens Monday For Five Days
Dyche museum of natural history, which for eight years has been closed to the public, will again open its doors for five days next week to give students a chance to see the exhibits before summer vacation begins.
On Monday morning the museum will open to the students and will remain open until Friday evening. Work will then be resumed for the museum's formal opening June 6, in connection with the Seventy-fifth Anniversary celebration.
Braced By Steel Now
Since the museum was declared unsafe and closed in 1932, it has undergone a complete renovation. The entire wooden interior of the building was torn out and replaced with steel.
A new floor was added to the museum on which new exhibits have been placed. Four floors of the museum now contain exhibits.
The first floor is dominated by panorama of mounted North American animals shown in their natural habitat. This panorama, which covers nearly 10,000 square feet of floor space, was the first of its kind in the world, and is the largest single unit group of mounted animals on display in the world.
Comanche, the only horse to survive Custer's last stand, is one of the most famous exhibits in the museum, occupying the position of honor, im-
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'Requiem Is A Hit
By JOHN CONARD
Uniting their efforts beautifully, the University A Cappella Choir, University Symphony Orchestra, soprano Meribah Moore, and bass-baritone John MacDonald of the Chicago Civic Opera company, presented the Brahms "Requiem" to an audience of 2,000 in Hoch auditorium last night.
Especially good chorus-orchestra blending was evident in part four of the program, "How Lovely Is Thy chestra played and music continued coming forth. "What strange instruments this choir has!" we began to think.
Outstanding feature of the "Requiem" was Dean D. M. Swarthout's skillful fusing of the chorus and orchestra into a finely blended ensemble. The 80-voice chorus could have been drowned out by the orchestra, but Swarthout carefully controlled and blended the tone from both groups.
Moore Teps MacDonald
Miss Moore sang the mercilessly high part of "Ye Now are Sorrowful" with ease and confidence. We couldn't hear the exact enunciation of either MacDonald or Miss Moore, but that was probably because of Hoch auditorium's basketball-game acoustics rather than any fault of the singers.
Personally, we thought Miss Moore did a better job singing her soprano solo role than did the famed Mac-Donald with his baritone solos.
Swarthout Blends Chorus-Orchestra; Miss Moore Shines
MacDonald's best work of the evening was the masterful fugue,
"Worthy art Thou to be Praised," at the end of part six on the program.
The fugue itself is beautiful, and MacDonald did it justice.
Tribute to Skillton
Finally, the consoling euphony of the last chorus, "Blessed Art the Dead Which Die in the Lord," sent the audience away as with a benediction.
The program was dedicated as a musical memorial to Dr. Charles Sanford Skilton, who played an important part in the musical life of the University and state for 38 years prior to his death on March 12 this year.
The audience recognized the power of the dedication, and remained attentatively hushed throughout the program.