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NUMBER 135.
STUDENT PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
38TH YEAR.
LAWRENCE KANSAS TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1941.
M.S.C. Ends Business For Year
The Men's Student Council ended its work for the year with a short meeting last night in the Pine room of the Memorial Union building.
Bill Farmer, outgoing president of the Council, appointed Hobart Potter, Pachacamac, and Russell Mosser, P.S.G.L., to the student directory committee. Also appointed were Chuck Elliott, Pachacamac representative and Eugene Ricketts, P. S. G. L. representative to the varsity dance committee.
A check on the records showed one mistake in the election results as announced last week. This necessitated a recheck of election returns, which showed that Jack Poos, business junior was elected from district II instead of Harry Johnson, fine arts sophomore. Since both men are of the Pachacamac party, this makes no difference in the Pachacamac control of the incoming Council.
Fred Littooy, varsity dance manager for the last two years, appeared before the Council to give his report concerning this year's dances. According to his statement, the dance fund has just about broken even.
Only new business of the evening was a resolution by Lee Huddleston, P.S.G.L., for the establishment of a men's lounge in Frank Strong hall. This resolution was passed unanimously, and Huddleston was asked to consult the Chancellor regarding the possibilities for such a lounge.
Final action by the retiring Council was a unanimous decision to install new Council members May 15.
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Prof. L.N.Flint Retires
L. N. FLINT
. . . retires after 35 years of service.
Cop Catches
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Nab Prowler
Neighbors had seen a man on the roof and had called the police, unknown to the Alpha Chis.
The "man" turned out to be a 15- year old boy who was turned over to the juvenile court.
Members of Alpha Chi Omega were shocked Sunday night when a policeman knocked at the door and asked them to take him up to the second floor.
When they reached the second floor, he puled a flashlight from his pocket and asked them to let him into one of the rooms on the north side of the house. There he went to the window, leaned out, flashed his light around and returned dragging a prowler.
Phi Gamma Delta, conducted by Bob Nicholson, first year law, took
PHI DELT'S SECOND Sigma Chi Wins Sing Jinx Broken
Phi Delta Theta, led by Curtis Alloway, college junior, slipped into second place with a crooning arrangement of Stephen Foster's "Beautiful Dreamer," the alma mater, and the Phi Delt march song.
The jinx is broken. Sigma Chi fraternity broke the Phi Delta Theta seven-year reign as Sing King of the Hill at the Inter-fra-nternity Sing last Sunday afternoon in Hoch auditorium.
Phi Delta Theta won second place, Phi Gamma Delta took third, and Delta Tau Delta carried away Fred Waring's prize for their rendition of the "Banner of K. U."
The Sigma Chi's produced loudest applause with Clarence Peterson's professional arrangement of "Summertime." They warbled to victory with the George Gershwin number, "Sweetheart of Sigma Chi," and the alma mater, conducted by Charles Bradley, business senior.
Kappa Sigma competed with the Delt's with "Banner of Old K.U." led by Merrill Jones, fine arts sophomore. In addition, they sang, "I'm Forever Wearing Frat Pins" and "Gamma O."
third berth with renditions of the Phi Gamma Delta sweetheart song, the alma mater, and "Smoke Dreams."
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Delta Tau Delta, led by John Weatherwax, college junior, were granted Fred Waring's prize for their arrangement of "Banner of Old K.U." Two other songs were "Delta Shelter," and "Our Delta Badge."
Relations Critical
Bob Forman, fine arts junior, presided over the Sing as master of ceremonies, introducing each fraternity to the audience. Judges were Mrs. Dorothy E. Miller, director of the Methodist church choir, Dr. E. Thayer Gaston, assistant professor of education, and Joe Williams, of the vocal department of Lawrence high school.
Berlin-German-American relations have now reached a critical point, well informed quarters said today.
They indicated that, after the speeches of Secretaries Cordell Hull and Frank Knox on the necessity of full American aid to Britain, and after the trumpant completion of Adolf Hitler's Balkan campaign, the government would start to pay increasingly close and serious attention to American-British aid plans.
London—New hints of Nazi move toward Gibraltar; radio Berlin reports Britons leaving Spain; unconfirmed rumors Spanish frontiers closed; German big guns duel with British across straits of Dover; Luftwaffe heavily raids Plymouth, again attacks Portsmouth in "invasion pattern" bombings.
Berlin—German troops pass middle of the Pelopponesus, driving south against remnant rear guard of British imperials protecting evacuation. Five more merchantships reported sunk in Greek waters by Luftwaffe Malta heavily bombed and cruiser hit.
Law seniors continued with their series of mock trials in the court room in Green hall this afternoon when they tried Sam Prager, first year law, for the murder of Walter Scott, a bartender in North Lawrence.
Accuse Prager
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Murder Trail
The state charges that Prager shot Scott three times in an alley at 4 a.m. as Scott was returning home from his tavern.
Attorneys for the state are Worden Davis, Kenneth Moses, and Howard Dunham, all third year laws.
Attorneys for the defense are Don Gamet, Karl Ruppenthal, and Fred Litttoov, also third year laws.
P. W. Viesselman, professor of law,
will preside at the trial.
Flint Retires Journalism Head Will Still Teach
Prof. Leon Nelson Flint, for 35 years a member of the University faculty and for 25 years chairman of the department of journalism, will retire at the end of the current year as chairman of the department, Chancellor Deane W. Malott announced today. He will continue as a member of the teaching staff.
Next fall Sigma Phi Epsilon will have a new home—a $100,000 modernistic structure on Tennessee street—and the present Sig Ep house at 1001 West Hills will be occupied by Delta Gamma.
Sig Eps Sell House; To Build New Home
The Sig Ep's announced yesterday that they had sold their house to the Delta Gam's and that they planned to build a new $100,000 home on modern lines.
They have options on three lots on Tennessee street. James B. Thayer, a St. Louis architect, is working on plans for the modernistic structure. Definite plans will be made at a meeting with alumni May 8.
A substantial gift to the building fund has been made by a Kansas City alumnus, Knute Kresie, chapter president, said today.
A pioneer in the early days of journalism education, one of Flint's greatest contributions to the field was his militant defense, both orally and in writing, for the new branch of education which at the turn of the century was subject to attacks from newspaper men and academicians.
Flint is a native Kansan, having been born at Thayer on Oct. 8, 1875. He was graduated from Lawrence high school in 1893 and from the University in 1897. After gradation he taught in Kansas high schools and was principal of the Olathe high school until 1901 when (continued to page eight)
More Than 1,000 Students
Under Flint more than a thousand and students have completed their work in the journalism department and many have gone on to achieve success and prominence in various fields of journalism. No list of famous American journalists could be compiled without including some of their names, and "Daddy" Flint has been, in a large measure, the inspiration which launched them in their career.
To Feature Student's Songs Recital Will Honor Ward
Chalk up another first for the School of Fine Arts. At 8 o'clock tomorrow night, for the first time, a recital will be presented in Frank Strong auditorium by a man who will sit in the audience and never appear on the stage.
The man is Bill Ward, and the recital is in composition. The program is musical, of course, and 14 students play their instruments, but Bill Ward won't sound a note. Eight numbers will be played during the hour and 15- .
minute recital — all of them composed by William Ward.
This is Ward's fifth year at the University, and he has composed all his numbers throughout the past three years while studying composition under Laurel E. Anderson, professor of organ and theory.
Arranger for Band
Ward has had much experience in composition, serving as arranger for the University Band. He writes all the band arrangements, and arranged Jack Laffer's "Onward Kansas" for band use. He is now revising his "Onward Kansas" arrangement, which will be published soon.
Preparing himself for composition work in a practical manner, Ward has studied many instruments in order to understand them well enough to write music for them. He studied cello for a year to better his understanding of its tonal qualities, range and solo, ensemble and orchestral possibilities. His study resulted in the composition of "Sonata in G Major for Violincello and Piano." This number will be played on tomorrow night's program by John Ehrlich, fine arts freshman, and Lois Johnson, fine arts senior.
Studied Voice Too
He also studied voice for a year, and Virginia Gaell, fine arts sophomore, will sing three of Ward's arrangements for voice on tomorrow night's program. He has studied clarinet, and plays the piano, organ, tympani and drums.
"I compose the long-hair music when I really mean business," Ward says, "but for my own pleasure I write jazz and modern swing."