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STUDENT PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
38TH YEAR.
To Hold Final Summerfield Exam Tuesday
LAWRENCE KANSAS TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1941.
Thirty high school senior boys, finalists in the annual Summerfield examinations, will come to the campus Monday and Tuesday to compete in the final tests for scholarships and to meet and be entertained by present scholars and the Summerfield committee, Prof. Olin Templin, chairman of the committee, announced today.
Approximately 15 of the competitors will receive four-year scholarships to the University provided through the fund established by So-
The scholars will be guests Monday noon at a luncheon given by the Summerfield Committee. Other members of the committee are J. H. Nelson, associate dean of the College; A. H. Turney, professor of education; Hilden Gibson, instructor of political science and sociology; and James K. Hitt, assistant registrar.
Jon Summerfield, alumnus of the University and now a New York manufacturer. The number of scholarships bearing cash awards will depend upon the needs of the individual students.
Luncheon Guests
Monday afternoon the students will take part in round table discussions with the members of the committee.
The 69 resident scholars will entertain the finalists at a banquet
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Wisconsin Picks Relays Queen
The new queen of the Kansas Relays and her attendants have been chosen and will be announced tomorrow, Horace Mason, sports publicity director, said today.
The lucky girl and her attendants were selected by the University of Wisconsin track team from photographs of the contestants sent by the Relays committee.
Thirteen girls, representing 10 sororities and Watkins, Miller, and Corbin halls, were entered in the contest.
New Courses Scheduled For Next Year
The new courses, although approved as part of the University curricula sometime ago by the Board of Regents, were not made possible until the appropriations bill which will provide necessary funds for equipment was approved by the state legislature last week.
A new program in the field of secretarial training and commercial teacher training will be offered at the University beginning with the Academic year 1941-42, Chancellor Deane W. Malott announced today.
GAGLIARDO CHILDREN
Two new curricula will be organized-one in secretarial training in the School of Business, and one for commercial teacher training in the School of Education. Students who follow the secretarial training
Interest in the overseas adoption is heightened by the fact that it is a birthday gift in memory of Dr. Alberta Corbin, who was professor of German language and literature here at the time of her death in March. Mrs. Gagliardo, formerly a member of William Allen White's Emporia Gazette staff, made her home with Miss Corbin before her marriage. After the marriage, the family remained together, known to friends as the "Corbin-Gagiardos."
The young Gagliardos who a nationwide appeal to "help Brita Corbin, 13; Bettina, 10; and John, 7. Their "godchild" is Belle Wood, 8, of London, whose needy condition was set forth in a communication to the Federation by its sister organization, the British Save the Children Fund. The child has tuberculosis and lives in a shelter house in England.
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Adopt British Girl, Now Ill In London
The three adopted children of Prof. and Mrs. D. Gagliardo have themselves "adopted" a little British war sufferer under the American godparent program of the Save the Children Federation.
The young Gagliardos who have answered the Federation's nationwide appeal to "help Britain save the children" are David Cockin. 13: Bettina. 10: and*
Mrs. Gagliardo said, "Our three children were adopted as tiny babies and they have wanted so much to take a little Britisher into our home. Miss Corbin, who was like a mother to me and a grandmother and beloved companion to our children, died March 18. All of us want little Belle Wood for our birthday gift to Miss Corbin, whose birthday would have been April 24."
The three children are saving money out of their allowances to help take care of the little Londoner at the rate of $30 a year, as provided through the Federation arrangement.
Pressure High on Weekend
Dandelions Grow Set For Gala Day
Look to Feature
Plots were assigned to dandelion captains in a meeting in the Kansas room of the Memorial Union building at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon, Field Marshal Chuck Wright announced today.
With the new spring offensive to begin in just a week the home guard is in need of about 50 more captains, Wright said. Tomorrow students who have not yet been assigned to a team will be contacted. Meanwhile dandelions continue to grow in size and number. Look magazine plans to send a report or once
Look magazine plans to send a reporter to cover the event. For once University students will have the opportunity to see themselves as others see them, on the pages of nationally known magazines.
The Kansas City Star has agreed to feature the event in its Sunday rotagravure section, and Twentieth Century Fox will send a newsreel photographer to the campus if one is available in this section.
If the weather and dandelions will oblige, everything is set for the gala day.
Applied Mechanics Students Plan Magic For Week-End
Presto: Three Candy Tons
A new era in the candy-making business will begin Friday if the department of applied mechanics carries out present plan for its exhibit in the Engineering Exposition this weekend.
This part of the exhibit will be shown in the second floor of the engineering laboratory, back of Marvin hall.
With A. M. Ockerblad, professor of applied mechanics, acting as a Paul Bunyan sort of chef, they plan to make a 6,000-pound piece of candy within a few seconds. Skeptics are invited to see
As if the candy-making business isn't enough, the mechanics also are going to defy the laws of gravity by a "magic faucet." This faucet will spout water in a continuous jet, although no pipes or other sources of water are apparent. A little ball will hang motionless in the jet of water in open defiance of the law of gravity.
it done in room 8 of Marvin hall.
Turning to more modern phases of their work, applied mechanics students will demonstrate the uses of polarized light. One of the newest potential uses for polarized light is the elimination of glare from motor car headlights.
Also on exhibit will be a working model of clepsydra, or water clock, one of the earliest known devices for telling time. The clepsydra works on the same principle as the more familiar hour glass, except that water is used instead of sand. It first was used by the Egyptians; later taken over by the Athenians. The clepsydra was used by the Athenians to limit the amount of time used in debates in the Athenian government meetings. When the water ran out, so did the speaker, 'tis said.
Announce Contest
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I.S.A. Queen
A committee of five will be selected to choose candidates and from these a queen will be chosen by popular election.
Members of the Independent Student association will select a beauty queen sometime before May 2, it was announcer by Fred Robertson, president, today.
The winner and her attendants will be presented at the I. S. A. dance on May 2.
Many Events Scheduled For Friday
Next Friday should have high blood pressure.
Not only will the high school field of the Kansas Relays throw its big show, but the Engineering Exposition will open its doors, and 500 high school students will come to the campus for the first annual Interscholastic Guest Day.
The Relays card for Friday shows one of the smallest high school fields in years, but nevertheless it is expected to hit par in quality. This year 183 high schools are entered. Exposition Opens at 9
Friday's meet will be the prelude to the college contest Saturday.
The Engineering Exposition will open at 9 a.m. Friday instead of in the afternoon as in former years. Visitors and students will have a chance to see the latest in scientific magic. The exposition will close Saturday night.
The University will play host to approximately 500 high school students from 25 towns for the Interscholastic Guest day.
The train will arrive at 6:30 Friday morning. The Junior Chamber of Commerce has arranged for cars to meet the train and take the students to the Union building, where a cafeteria style breakfast will be served in the ballroom.
A special excursion train will bring students from Hutchinson, Dodge City, Larned, Rozel, La-Crosse, Alexander, Bazine, Stafford, Partridge, and other towns.
From 14 or 15 high schools the entire senior class will come to Lawrence, traveling by automobile or school bus.
Arrives Early Friday
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Hill Group Organizes Bundles For Britain
British sympathizers, connected with the Hill arm of Bundles for Britain, will meet at 4:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in the women's lounge of the Memorial Union building.
The organization will be divided into at least three committees, Jeanne Moyer, college junior and chairman of the group, stated today. These will be committees for knitting, collection, and sale of emblems.
The main drive will be for collection of all kinds of woolen clothes. Woolen skirts, sweaters, and trousers are especially needed.
Anyone who has not been contacted is asked by the chairman to come to the meeting.
Officers were elected at the last meeting. They are Jeanne Moyer, chairman; Maxine Walker, college sophomore, vice-chairman; Jean Bailey, college sophomore, secretary-treasurer; and Frances Anderson, college junior, publicity manager.
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