====PAGE-LEVEL METADATA==== University Daily Kansan Page 0404_2 from reel: L 2336 (1940-10-09 to 1941-10-03) https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/159653 Title: 400 Students End Two-Day Speech Contest Summary: A total of 400 students from 33 Kansas high schools participated in the annual forensic contest held on the Hill Friday and Saturday under joint sponsorship of the department of speech and the extension division. Category: campus news Subjects: student activities; speech competitions; university events Named Entities: Wagner, Shirley [student]; Gemmell, Lee [student]; Snider, Harold [student]; Meyer, Robert [student] Confidence: 0.85 Title: Fine Arts Officers Elected Summary: New officers of the School of Fine Arts were elected last Thursday and will preside over the annual Fine Arts Day which will be held May 13 in connection with National Music Week. Category: campus news Subjects: student government; fine arts; university organizations Named Entities: Hill, Winifred [student]; Hall, Bernadine [student]; Hendrickson, Dorothy [student]; Leasure, Betty Ann [student] Confidence: 0.85 Title: R.O.T.C. Men Will Dance Friday Summary: Cadets from the R.O.T.C. will gather next Friday night for the spring Military ball at which they will dance to the music of Clyde Bysom and his band from nine to twelve in the ballroom of the Memorial Union building. Category: campus news Subjects: military training; student activities; university events Named Entities: Bysom, Clyde [band leader] Confidence: 0.8 Title: Programs at the Churches Summary: A special Palm Sunday program will be given by the University Class of the First Christian Church at 9:30 a.m. The Rev. Harold Barr will speak on 'No Discharge in This War.' Category: campus news Subjects: religious services; university events; community activities Named Entities: Barr, Harold [minister]; Azman, T.H. [minister]; King, Joseph F. [minister]; Russell, E. [minister]; Duncan, G.A. [minister] Confidence: 0.8 Title: Essay Outlines Due Tuesday Summary: Tuesday is the deadline for all tentative outlines of essays to be entered in the Hattie Elizabeth Lewis essay contest. Each candidate must hand in at Chancellor Malott's office a tentative outline of his essay and a sealed envelope containing his name. Category: campus news Subjects: academic competitions; student activities; university events Named Entities: Lewis, Hattie Elizabeth [contest organizer] Confidence: 0.8 Title: Education Council Elects Kenney Summary: Miss Ruth Kenney of the extension division was elected secretary of the Kansas Adult Education council at a state-wide conference held in Topeka March 22. Category: campus news Subjects: student government; university organizations; adult education Named Entities: Kenney, Ruth [student]; Twente, J.W. [professor]; Keeney, Miss [official] Confidence: 0.8 Title: Beal to Give Illustrated Lecture Summary: George M. Beal, professor of architecture, will give an illustrated discussion of the Empire State building at 8 o'clock, Tuesday night in the Pine room of the Memorial Union building. Category: campus news Subjects: academic lectures; university events; fine arts Named Entities: Beal, George M. [professor] Confidence: 0.8 Title: Sports Gab Summary: COACH BUD FOSTER, former Newton boy, played for Wisconsin in '28, '29, and '30... was All-American center... won Big Ten championship his first year as coach in 1936... Played pro ball for Oshkosh... seed salesman during summer... Category: sports Subjects: sports news; athletics; university sports Named Entities: Foster, Bud [coach]; Newton [player] Confidence: 0.75 Title: [advertisements] Advertisers include: Granada; Independent Laundry and Dry Cleaners Category: advertisements Confidence: 1.0 Title: [classifieds] Category: classifieds Confidence: 1.0 Title: Kfku Summary: Monday, March 31: 3:00 Elementary French Lesson, 3:14 Kansas News Briefs, 3:17 Elementary Spanish Lesson, 6:00 Public Opinion and the News. Category: informational content Subjects: radio programming; university events; educational content Confidence: 0.9 Note: Descriptive metadata for this item has been generated in part using AI (artificial intelligence) technologies and may be incomplete, misleading, or inaccurate. Please contact the Kenneth Spencer Research Library with specific questions or concerns.