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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1941.
Political Pondering Cookingham Speaks
On City Managing
That improvement of city administration demands the service of technically trained personnel was the contention of L. P. Cookingham, city manager of Kansas City, Mo., when he spoke to members of Pi Sigma Alpha, honorary political science organization, at its banquet last night.
Young people who have learned to understand the basic principles of administration and its technical operation will give the best city administration in the future, he said.
Cookingham told of his experiences as city manager of Saginaw Mich., and Kansas City. As an example, he told how the city water department of Kansas City has been made over from an organization operating under a deficit to a public service which now produces a surplus.
Elect Officers
Officers of Pi Sigma Alpha elected last night were Fred Robertson, president; Malcolm Miller, vice-president; and Mary Margaret Anderson, secretary-treasurer.
Initiates were Mary Margraet Anderson, Vivian Clark, Lane Davis Otto Kiehl, Jennie Irene May, Melvin McDonald, and James Meredith, college seniors.
Russell Barrett, Ellen May Arnold, Malcolm Miller, and Fred Robertson, college juniorsh. John Jacobs, Edward Harmon, Kenneth Moore, and Stanley Bassett, graduate students.
Have Special Guests
Special guests included J. H. Nelson, associate dean of the College; John Stutts, secretary to the Kansas League of Municipalities; Dr. F. H. Guild, director of research for the Kansas Legislative council; and Dr. Lyman Moore, administrative assistant to city manager Cookingham.
Stutts and H. B. Chubb, associate professor of political science, are charter members of the local chapter.
Cookingham especially commended the work of William Harris and Robert Burns, both graduates of the University department of political science, who are now employed as research assistants in his office in Kansas City.
'Secretary Hull Is Still One Of Hillbilly Hulls'
Denver—(UP)—Secretary of State Cordell Hull is "still one of the Tennessee hillbilly Hulls," according to a first cousin, George H. Hull, elderly WPA clerical worker.
With manhood the two lumbermen, descendants of hardy pioneer stock, parted and one became a national figure while the other came to Colorado to become a street car motorman, and later a WPA worker.
In their youth the two Tennessee Hullis, George from Morgan county and Cordell from Clay county, together rode crude log rafts down the Cumberland river to the Nashville lumber market.
Although they haven't seen each other for years, they correspond regularly.
Hold Tryouts For Cheerleaders
Tryouts for cheerleaders were held at the stadium this afternoon with 20 men and women displaying yelling antics in competing for eight cheerleader positions which are to be filled.
Geologists Leave For Colorado Trip
Dr. R. M. Dreyer, instructor in geology and three members of his class in mineralogy left today on a field trip to Colorado where they will collect mineral specimens near Colorado Springs and Canon City.
They will also make a short trip to the Garden of the Gods and the Royal Gorge before returning to Lawrence Sunday evening.
Students making the trip are Philip Kaiser, graduate student; Kenneth Redman, sophomore engineer, and Paul Tiemeier, sophomore engineer.
Sugar Coat Paper Grading
Columbus, Ohio, (UP)—The dawn of a new era is on the horizon for teachers weary of grading term papers. The task is now sugar coated.
Students of Prof. Lawrence Snyder's Engineering English department at Ohio State University were told to visit some local factory or business place and write their impressions of it for their term paper.
Sanford N. Hallock, freshman, visited Port Columbus and recorded a 20-minute program of activities there as theme of his subject.
The recording was the basis for a 20-minute program and was played as his "term paper" before his class professor.
Convoy Warning
BY UNITED PRESS
LONDON—British, awaiting waist speech by Churchill, believe Stimson speech a forerunner to use of American naval forces in war zone; hope Stalin's elevation to premier means coolness toward Nazis. R. A. F. bombers attack Hamburg and Le Havre during night and raid French coast in daylight attacks. Nazi planes pound Glasgow, Liverpool and Plymouth.
BERLIN—Nazis say that consequences of entry of United States warships into belligerent zones "are clear". Report heavy Luftwaffe raids on British shipbuilding centers on River Clyde, especially Glasgow; sinking of 10.000-ton enemy merchantman and destruction of 54 enemy aircraft in May.
IRAQ—British reported gaining upper hand after driving back Iraqi besiegers of Habbaniya, but still believe Nazi intervention by air is likely. Pro-British "constitutional" government of Iraq formed in British-controlled Transjordania in effort to win Arab support for ouster of Nazi sympathizers at Bagdad. German dispatches report Iraqi attacking British at Basra, main British concentration point.
VICHY—Petain and Darlan confer on important changes in French government and possibly in relations with Germany following Darlant's interview with Pierre Laval at Paris.
Marine Officer To Interview Men
Lieutenant Robert D. Tapplett, United States Marine Corps, will visit the University Saturday morning to interview all men interested in the United States Marine Corps Reserve.
Interviews will be conducted at the R.O.T.C. office between 9 and 11 o'clock.
Women Praise Ability
Schoolboy's Design Wins Dress Contest
The concens is among the women who have seen his models is that Winfield has the ability, with a few deft tucks and quick drapes, to transform the most prosaic piece of material in a creation possessed of an allure and verve reminiscent of a Parisian or Hollywood designer.
The young stylist, known to his school chums as "Windy," first started designing when he was 5 years old. His parents attempted to break him of his hobby, and direct his energies along what they thought were lines more fitting for a boy. But "Windy" was determined, and finally talked the family into purchasing "Babette" so that he could work out his ideas in cloth.
His is an unusual technique, as he uses no patterns or drawings. Winfield simply works with a mouthful of pins and a shears. He says, "I don't know where I get my
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Milford, Conn., May 7—(UP)—Fashion-expert extraordinary. Winfield Green Vogl, 13-year-old dress designer has completed his first full-size evening gown on a live model.
mand. He has held several showings at church suppers and hobby shows throughout the state.
But dress-designing is nothing new to Winfield. He has made more than 25 original ensembles for his 18-inch mannequin, "Babette." Winfield, his dresses, and "Babette" are quite in de-
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ideas. They just come to me." He has never had any formal instruction in clothes design, his only contact with finished styles being gleaned from magazine illustrations. Gets Big Chance
At last, Winfield won his chance to try his talents on a full-size evening gown. It was a formal gown of Royal Blue satin with bracelet sleeves and a trim of American Beauty taffeta. It had pointed shoulders, a triangle apron front, and an eight-gored flaring skirt.
He will spend the next four years at Milford high school, but after that he wants to make his career in clothes. A Boy Scout, he has learned the art of fine cooking, giving him the pre-requisites of a good husband. Despite his hobbies, Winfield is no sissy. He is an accomplished skier, ice skater and swimmer. Asked his ambition, the 13-year-old youth said that he hoped to some day be the man behind the slogan, "Gowns by Windy."
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