SUNDAY, MARCH 30, 1941.
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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400 Students End Two-Day Speech Contest
A total of 400 students from 33 Kansas high schools participated in the annual forensic contest held on the Hill Friday and Saturday under the joint sponsorship of the department of speech and the extension division. The visitors competed in contests.
Shirley Wagner, Bonner Springs, was "sweepstakes winner" of the contest, Lee Gemmell, extension division, announced yesterday afternoon. Miss Wagner was voted "outstanding actress" of the contest by the judges, for her acting in the Bonner Springs one-act play, "My Lady Dreams." Miss Wagner also won first division of highest ranking in the dramatic reading contest.
Participants in the forensic contest attended a luncheon held in the Union building yesterday. After dinner speeches were given at that time.
Winners in divisions one and two will receive certificates of award from the State Activities Association.
Class A
First division or high-ranking winners were as follows: Class A
One-act play, Lawrence; original oration: Topeka. Harold Snider; Shawne Mission, Betty Ann Meyers; standard oration: Wyandotte, Bernard Balkin and Jim Christy; Russell, Arthur Ruppenthal; Capitol Catholic, Ed Henry; informative speech: Russell, Dan Lay; dramatic readings: Lawrence, Jack Payne, Wyandotte, Dorolyn Guard; after-dinner speaking: Russell, Phil Ruppenthal; Shawne Mission, Pat Goodell; Wyandotte. Alvin Lee; Capitol Catholic, Alice McGlinchy; radio drama: Wyandotte; narrative prose: Ottawa, Shirley Pickering; Wyandotte, Dorolyn Guard; Russell, Phil Ruppenthal; extemporaneous speaking: Lawrence, Bill Conboy; Topeka, Robert Meyer.
Class B
Standard oration: Bonner Springs, Martha Barshfield; Paola, Lester Marsh; original oration: Bonner Springs, Leslie Lou Blair; one-act plays: Bonner Springs; informative speech: Council Grove, Mildred Buoy; after-dinner speaking; Bonner Springs, Martha Barshfield; Turner, Beth Stratton; humorous readings: Bonner Springs, Jack Ditto; dramatic readings: Bonner Springs, Shirley Wagner; Paola, Shirley Trickett; extemporaneous speech: Valley Falls, Milton Reichart; and Leeta Nelle Marks; Paola, John Mercer; prose reading: Valley Falls, Pauline Sherman; Bonner Springs, Norma Jean Martinek.
Class C
Original oration: Perry, Gerald Dick; standard oration: Bucyrus, Leah Jean Griffith; one-act play: Overbrook and Lansing; narrative prose: Louisburg, Betty Louise Weaver; dramatic reading: Louisburg, Anna Mae Young; humorous readings: De Soto, Nadine McKinney; Louisburg, Melvin Masterson.
KFKU
Monday, March 31
3:60 Elementary French Lesson.
3:14 Kansas News Briefs.
3:17 Elementary Spanish Lesson.
6:00 Public Opinion and the News.
Fine Arts Officers Elected
New officers of the School of Fine Arts were elected last Thursday, and they will preside over the annual Fine Arts Day which will be held May 13 in connection with National Music Week.
Winifred Hill was elected president; Bernadine Hall, vice-president; Dorothy Hendrickson, secretary; and Betty Ann Leasure, treasurer. All new officers are fine arts seniors.
R.O.T.C. Men Will Dance Friday
"Strictly invitational" describes the spring Military ball at which cadet officers of the R. O. T. C. and their dates will gather next Friday night.
Cadets, all the way from the one lieutenant colonel to the lowly privates, will dance to the music of Clyde Bysom and his band from nine 'til twelve in the ballroom of the Memorial Union building. Staff officers of the military science department and guests at the Scabbard and Blade banquet to be held preceding the ball will also attend.
Crashing will be definitely out, admittance will be by presentation of cards with 'he lady and gentleman's name. R.O.T.C. members may obtain these cards at the R.O.T.C. office and must call for them before Thursday afternoon. No cards will be issued Monday or Wednesday afternoons, the afternoons on which the unit drills.
All members of the regiment will be required to wear their uniforms to the ball.
PROGRAMS AT THE CHURCHES
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's topic for the morning service will be "No Discharge in This War." At 5:30 p.m. the evening Forum will hold its social hour, and at 6:30 p.m. the Rev. T. H. Azman will speak.
The morning worship program at Plymouth Congregational Church will be "The Kingdom of God." At 7 p. m. Joseph F. King, minister, will speak at the Fireside Forum on "The Meaning of Death."
The topic for the morning service at the First Baptist Church will be "Hope is our Salvation." Young people are invited to attend the evening vespers at the Plymouth Congregational Church.
At the First Presbyterian Church the morning sermon will be "On Distinguishing Marks of a Christian." There will be a duet by Dorothy Mas Nelson, fine arts sophomore, and June Cochren, fine arts junior. At the meeting of the Westminster Forum, the Rev. E. Russell Carter, director of religious education at Haskell, will speak on "Easter and College Students."
"The Scope of the Blessings of Holiness" is the subject for the morning sermon at the Wesleyan Methodist Church. At the evening service the Rev. G. A. Duncan, Ottawa, will speak. Communion will be observed.
At the meeting of the Wesley Foundation League of the First Methodist Church, John Moore, secretary of the University Y. M. C. A., will speak on "Christian Students Around the World."
Look at Your Shirt! Everybody Else Does!
With Collar and Cuffs Correctly Starched, faultlessly smooth, with sleeves and shoulders shaped to fit An independent finished shirt contributes to the kind of appearance that is an asset.
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Essay Outlines Due Tuesday
740 Vt.
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.
The contest is an annual competition in essay writing open to all the students of the University. The general theme of essays submitted must be "Applications of the Teachings of Jesus to Problems of the Modern Day." Each essay must deal with a single definite subject of a single phase of life.
There are three prizes offered:
first prize, $100; second prize, $75;
and third prize, $50. Essays must not be less than 5,000 nor more than 10,000 words in length. Each contestant must hand in three copies of his essay at the Chancellor's office by May, 1941.
Beal To Give Illustrated Lecture
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.
The lecture is sponsored by Delta Phi Delta, honorary art fraternity, und is open to the public.
Education Council Elects Kenney
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. The all-day conference was attended by Dr. J. W. Twente, professor of education and Miss Keeney.
"The purpose of this organization is to coordinate and encourage adult vocation and educational activities in Kansas. The council consists of adult groups such as literary clubs and League of Women voters. Our desire is to aid Kansas in working as communities and not as individula agencies and help solve any problems which they might have", Miss Kenney said yesterday.
SPORTS GAB-
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Mich. . . physical education major
. . quietest man on the squad . .
played best game against Pittsburgh
in eastern playoffs.
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 . . . tells boys to have fun (while on floor) . . . famous for his dry humor . . . won't go near a movie house during basketball season.
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