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Thirty-Seventh Annual Meet
Today athletes from 138 high schools throughout the state are here to participate in the thirty-seventh annual University of Kansas Interscholastic Track and Field Meet. Tomorrow stars from the leading mid-western colleges and universities will attend the nineteenth annual Kansas Relays.
FRIDAY,APRIL18,1941
The students and faculty members extend a sincere welcome to these athletes many of whom are here at the University for the first time.
These two events are a tradition, but it is only through the sportsmanlike participation of these stars that makes it possible for them to be continued from year to year.
Races are won and lost, records are set and broken, but more than the glory of the contest won is the spirit of honest competition present in every event. These participants gain the respect of their competitors and the admiration of the observers.
Some of these boys consider it an honor to be here as a part of these athletic events, the University considers it an honor to offer them hospitality.
More than fifty per cent of the students in the University are self-supporting, or at least partially so. This number would still be greatly increased if there were more jobs on the campus available to students.
At the New York Aquarium, electric eels are used to discipline the Aquarium's cats, which will not leave the fish alone. The offending cat is given an eel to play with. After one touch of the paw, the cat picks itself up off the floor—reformed.—Newsweek.
Jobs For Students
During the next year there will be three building projects on the campus: the Mineral Industries building, the Engineering Experiment Station Laboratory, and the R. O.T.C. building. These three projects will necessitate the hiring of hundreds of workers.
The Engineering Laboratory, the only one of the three now under construction, is being built partly under the auspices of the National Youth Administration and Kansas youth from all over the state have come to Lawrence to work on this building and at the same time to take the government sponsored, University-administrated National Defense courses.
But these boys cannot supply all the labor needed. University men should have an opportunity to compete with other labor for these construction jobs—at least with equality, if not preference.
Just Common Sense
Yes, you are intelligent college students. Possessed with a reasonable degree of common sense? Naturally, or you wouldn't be struggling in this great University to learn something of the past and ways to better the future.
Yes, you will probably be a success of one sort or another. You have the background granted by sturdy forefathers, you have the promise of long and healthful lives, you have
Yes, you have come a long way. You've learned many of the things which make intelligent citizens. You can discuss world affairs at least with some degree of logical thought behind your words. You're coming up in the world.
had social opportunities, and you have faith in your futures.
Yes, you are the pride and the hope of Kansas. Then there is no necessity in discussing with you the foolishness of the split second spending of nickels in marble machines.
Yes, we are reminding you of your common sense. Get it out. Use it. And tuck your nickels in your pockets.
Animals reflect their surroundings: their faces grow refined or stupid according to the people with whom they live. A domestic animal will become good or bad, frank or sly, sensitive or stupid, not only according to what its master teaches it, but according to what its master is.-Henry Holt.
Liberty is one thing you can't have unless you give it to others.-William Allen White.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Vol.38 Friday, April 18, 1941 No.127
Notices due at Chancellor's office at 3 p.m. on day before publication during the week, and at 11 a.m. on Saturday for Sunday issue.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGANIZATION: Christian Science Organization will hold a regular meeting Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 in the Pine Room of the Union Building. All students; graduates, and faculty members are welcome.-Betty Charles.
COLLEGE FACULTY: The April meeting of the Faculty of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will be held Tuesday, April 22, at 4:30 in the auditorium on the third floor of Frank Strong Hall.—Deane W. Malott, Chancellor.
DRAMATIC CLUB: An important meeting will be held Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 in the Little Theatre, Green Hall. All members are urged to come. Professor Crafton will review his new spring musicale, and plans will be made for its presentation—Dave Watermuldar.
ENGLISH MAJORS: On Thursday, April 24, at 3:30 p.m., in the Kansas room, Miss Lynn will speak to English majors, graduate students, and others interested, on Heroine's Progress.—J. W. Ashton, chairman, Department of English.
KAPPA PHI: There will be a regular meeting at the residence of the Reverend Edwin F. Price, 1209 Tennessee, on Friday, April 18, from 7 to 8 o'clock. There will also be installation of officers—Kathryn Schaake, publicity chairman.
NOTICE TO ALL STUDENTS: Dr. E. T. Gibson will be available for personal conferences at Watkins Memorial Hospital on Tuesday afternoons from 2 to 5. Appointments should be made at the Watkins Memorial Hospital.—Ralph I. Canuteson.
PHI CHI THETA: Business meeting in the Union building next Tuesday at 4:30. Election of officers.— Marjorie Newmann.
PHI SIGMA: Chancellor Deane W. Malott will be guest speaker at the spring initiation banquet to be held at Evans' Hearth Wednesday at 6 p.m."—Frank Kalich, president.
SYMPOSIUM: The Symposium will meet Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock in the Pine Room of the Union building. Dr. R. H. Wheeler will start the discussion with a short talk on the subject "Has Social Evolution Reversed."—James Nelson, chairman.
SQUARE DANCING: There will be square dancing Friday at 8 o'clock.-Ruth Hoover.
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---Betty Coulson
BY WALLACE KUNKEL
For the first time in many years the Jayhawker boasts a feminine editor. She's the same person that was the proud possessor of a slide-rule after the Hobnail Hop. Betty Coulson may not know her slide-rule from X to Y but she knows her Jayhawker from A to Z.
He went on. "She did most of the layouts, turned more stuff to the managing editor to be tossed out than any other editor, and above all,
I actually found her in the Memorial Union fountain instead of her office across the hall but she was torn between a coke and the "rough" of the next issue of her Hill album. I needed some information for this story. All I did was to walk up and ask her if she could spare some time and the gentleman in the opposite seat broke in with this—
"I'll tell you what I think of her," and the twitch of an artistic little mustache told me that he intended to do that very thing. "This year's editions of the Jayhawker have been nearly 100 percent the work of this editor. That cannot be said of past years. Not even for the sanctified and glorified Pearson."
Coulson can blush, boys.
she needs to be told only once how to do a thing."
The card which he handed me told that he was Robert R. Maplesen, secretary for the company which does all the engraving for the Jayhawker.
It may be possible that she is trying to keep up with other members of her family because her aunt was once editor of the Jayhawker. Then it also looks as if she might be setting precedents for someone in the class of '65 because she was very recently accepted into Phi Beta Kappa. Being Queen of the engineers is no paltry thing either.
Just as Bob Woodward, managing editor, says, "She's a very versatile little lady." I agree because after finding her in the fountain I never caught up with her again. She said she'd be in her office at eight and I haunted the pool-room across the hall until ten o'clock but no Betty. Whether it was a date or more Jayhawker, I agree—"She's a very versatile little lady."
Piggy Bank Money Gifts Protect Children
If your piggy bank won't cough up quite that much, you may give a
If you ever dreamed of being a knight in shining armor, now's your chance. Anyone may become a benefactor of British children in the danger zone this week.
'Adopt'a Briton
A $30 contribution to the Save the Children Federation will maintain a British child in a bomb-free area for one year. Payment of $2.50 a month for twelve months will accomplish the same thing.
smaller amount to become part of a fund to be used for this purpose.
After you "adopt" a child, facts and photographs will be furnished to you.
No special drive will be carried on, but between now and April 24 you can make your contribution at one of the following places: 104 Fraser hall, law library in Green hall, Business Office, 415 Snow hall, Carter's stationery store, or Estes Snyder and company.
ROCK CHALK TALK
By HEIDI VIETS
When Phi Psi Jack Parker goes to the Gamma Phi house for Shirley Henry, he refuses to be conventional and buzz for her. Instead he brings an alarm clock with which he informs her of his presence.
They were trying to hang a sign with the kites when they broke loose and got wrapped into electric wires back of Marvin hall. They called the fire department, which immediately shrieked out with hook and ladder. When the firemen found out what the deal was, they meekly took down the kites, then determinedly sold Nelson and Mongold two tickets to the Firemen's ball.
When brightie engineers Eugene Nelson and Clarence Mongold got their box kites tangled yesterday, it cost them money.
He intended only to take a journalistic look at the Lawrence trade show, but when Kansan reporter John Harvey went to the Armory last night he won six bottles of orange pop. His ticket had the lucky number,
Don't give up your quest for four-leaf clovers. There are some around, somewhere. Yesterday Jean Granger, Chi Omega, found 13 luck clovers but fearing black magic because of the numberfled gave one away.
In case you wondered where the police car was blowing to when it sped down campus about 4 o'clock yesterday, it was going to a wreck at 941 diana. No students were involved.
This morning Gray Dorsey got up late, as usual. Since he had been late to his 8:30 corporation finance class Wednesday, he gritted his teeth and determined to beat the clock and be prompt.
He hurried to dress and called a cab. The cab driver turned on the speed, and Gray leaped out of the car and into Frank Strong just as his wristwatch hits hit 8:30.
He went to class. No one was there. Before he got to class Wednesday the teacher had announced that there would be no Friday meeting.