TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1941.
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Orators Begin Contest Tonight
Twelve students are entered in the cratorial contest on "Democracy and American Youth" to be held at 8 o'clock tonight in Green hall theater, E. C. Buehler, professor of speech, announced this morning.
Thirty dollars in prizes will be awarded to the three highest ranking orators. Students entered in the contest are:
Lois Ann Lehman, education junior; Willa Meuschke, college sophomore; Karl Ruppenthal, third year law; Ed Price, college junior; Russell Baker, business junior; John Waggoner, college sophomore; Arthur Nelson, college freshman; Jim Meredith, college senior; Ralph J. Rodgers, college senior; David Rice, college senior; Bill Everett, college sophomore; Grier Stewart, college junior.
Judges include A. W. Davidson, professor of chemistry; Lee Gemell, representative of the extension division; Ernest Pontius, announcer for station WREN; Margaret Anderson, assistant professor of speech; and James Barton, instructor in speech.
Pratt Lectures On Oil Tonight
Oil and its relations to human culture will be discussed by Wallace Pratt in a popular lecture at 8 o'clock tonight in room 101 of Haworth hall. The lecture is one of a series of four which Pratt, a director of Standard Oil company of New Jersey, is presenting here.
Pratt is no stranger to the campus having received four degree from the University. The degrees he holds are B.S. and A.B. received in 1908, A.M. in 1909, and M.E. in 1914. He was also a member of the Kansas Geological Survey.
Since leaving the University his work in search of new oil deposits has taken him to california, Texas, Philippine Islands, South America, and Panama. He is a former president of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists.
Pratt will give the last of his lecture series at 4:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in Haworth hall. Its title is "Who Finds Oil and How."
Flight work began today for 10 of the 30 advanced students in the CAA flying course. The other two units will be flying within a few days. Primary students have been flying for more than a week.
C.A.A. Students Begin Flying Today
The 10 students enrolled in the flight instructors course, offered for the first time this semester, will be working in about a week, according to Bill Ashcraft, flight superintendent.
Twente To Attend Education Conference
Dr. J. W. Twente, professor in the School of Education is participating in the Missouri Valley Conference on Adult Education at Omaha being held today and tomorrow.
The theme of the conference will be "Adult Education for National Defense." Sponsoring the conference are the Adult Education Council of Omaha, the National Council for Adult Education and the American Association for Adult Education.
By JOIHN CONARD
Fitting Climax For Vespers
It was a fitting climax to the allmusical Vespers series which was heard by an audience of less than 1,000 in Hoch auditorium Sunday afternoon. A climax to the Vespers series, and well it might have been the climax of several individual and group musical careers.
"Ave Maria" (Kahn), a solo by Miss Meribah Moore, associate professor of voice, was sung in a manner which any vocalist would be willing to ascribe to the peak of his career.
In Excellent Voice
Miss Moore was in excellent voice for the number, and "Ave Maria" was definitely appealing throughout. a skilfully-played violin obligator by Eugene-Ninginger, fine arts junior, and keenly sympathetic organ accompaniment by Guy Criss Simpson, assistant professor of organ and
piano, added to the already delightful number.
The Men's Glee Club, directed by Joseph Wilkins, professor of voice, did some of its best work of the season when they sang in their usual fine manner the Negro spiritual "Steal Away." Also good was "Hark! The Vesper Hymn is Stealing," sung with Marshall Butler, fine arts special student, accompanying the number at the piano. Choir Gives Two Numbers
The University A Cappella Choir of 80 voices, under the direction of Dean D. M. Swarthout, appeared in two of its most difficult and effective numbers, giving a splendid performance of "Transylvania's Lament" (Kodaly) and the great anthem by Gretchaninoff, "O God, Hear My Prayer."
The University Symphony orchestra, directed by Prof. Karl Kuersteiner, closed the program playing with spirit and fine effect the last movement of the "New World" symphony by Dvorak.
Spalding Elected President of Union Activities Group
Keith Spalding, college junior, was elected president of the Union Activities committee to assume duties next fall, at a meeting of the committee last night. He will replace Carter Butler, college senior.
Nation Meyer, college sophomore, was elected vice-president and Nancy Kerber, fine arts junior, will be secretary.
You can find a substitute for almost anything—except honesty.
Group To Study Business Courses
A committee, headed by E. B. Dade, professor of economics, has been appointed by the staff of the School of Business to make a study of the business curricula to find out how it may be changed in accordance with the changing picture made by the defense program.
It was voted to put Military Science on the same basis as other electives in the School of Business. Military Science had formerly been included with law, education, and fine arts in a group with a maximum of 15 hours credit. It is now an open general elective course for business students.
It was further decided to reduce the minimum age limit for admission of special students in business from 22 years to 21. That is the minimum age of special students in other divisions of the University, F. T. Stockton, dean of the School of Business, said.