UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1941.
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Alumni Urge Union Addition
Members of the Alumni association which met Friday afternoon, heard Mrs. Myra Little, Reitz, Kansas City, Mo., chairman of the special projects committee, recommend an addition to the Memorial Union building and advise that a drive be started immediately to raise money and draw up plans.
A committee was appointed to choose a slate of candidates for president and vice-president of the association. Members of this committee are Willard Van Slyek, principal of Topeka High School, chairman, Mrs. Waldemar Geltch, and Earl Woodward, advertising manager of the Salina Journal.
Another committee was appointed to consider and select outstanding alumni who have achieved honor and distinction.
These outstanding alumni will be invited back to receive awards at the Seventy-fifth anniversary meeting of the Alumni association.
Kansas History Related Closely To Papers-Mechem
Kansas history has been closely tide in with the development of newspapers in the state, according to Kirke Mechem, secretary of the Kansas Historical Society.
In a speech last night before the annual Matrix dinner of Theta Sigma Phi, honorary journalism fraternity for women, Mechem told how newspapers began in Kansas.
The first paper was printed entirely in Shawnee, the first newspaper to contain nothing but Indian. Then more and more newspapers came into the state until there were "almost as many newspapers as people."
After squatter sovereignty was established, pro-slavery and free-state men raced to establish papers, which they circulated in the East to promote their interests of bringing Kansas into the Union as a slave or free state. Mechem said.
Select Two New Summerfields
Two new appointments to Summerfield scholarships, Eugene Nininger and Hugh Mathewson, were announced recently by Olin Templin, chairman of the Summerfield committee.
Nininger, a junior in the School of Fine Arts, is from McPherson, and Mathewson, a junior in the College and a pre-medic, is from Topeka. The two appointments brought the total number of Summerfield scholars at the University to 67.
Stephenson To Speak On Mining Engineers Meet
E. A. Stephenson, professor of petroleum engineering, will speak at 4:30 Thursday afternoon to student members of the American Institute of Mining Engineers on the recent meeting of the parent organization.
Stephenson was installed as chairman of the petroleum division of the American Institute Thursday.
Stephenson and J. J. Jakosky, dean of the School of Engineering, represented the University at the annual meeting of the group in New York. Stephenson returned to Lawrence Sunday.
News From
NEW TESTING MACHINE--thick oak beam, or flatten a 6 by 6 inch block of aluminum, yet has such delicate controls that it can crack the crystal of a watch or the shell of an egg without harming the contents. An article about this machine appeared in the March 25, 1940 issue of Life magazine.
NEW TESTING MACHINE vertical piston is fitted. The pressure of the oil forces the piston upward, bringing pressure against the material undergoing the test. The load is measured by an arrangement of guages coordinated with a servomotor operated by compressed air.
This machine, although modern and efficient, is a midget compared with one in the laboratory of the Aluminum Company of America at New Kensington, Penn. The New Kensington machine, designed by Richard L. Templin, chief engineer of tests for the company, who was graduated from the University in 1915, can exert a pressure of three million pounds.
This 216-ton giant can shatter
Schedule Spring Engineering Exhibit
The Engineering Exposition, regularly scheduled for next year, will be held this spring, because of the Seventy-fifth Anniversary celebration. The show will be given in connection with the Kansas Relays, April 18-19, and will be repeated during the Anniversary celebration June 5-9.
To Sponsor Devotionals In Myers Hall During Lent
Beginning at 8 a.m, tomorrow morning the Student Christian Federation will sponsor devotional services in the chapel of Myers Hall for the duration of Lent.
The Ash Wednesday service will be conducted by Stuart Exon, college junior, said Charles Thomas of the School of Religion. These devotionals will last 20 minutes daily, and will continue until Easter.
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AGGIES HOPE----
Wildeats, the Allenmen will mix with Nebraska in an all important tilt Saturday night in Lincoln, then close against mighty Iowa State March 3 in Ames and Oklahoma here March 7.
Chief weapon of upset possibility for the Wildcats will be a starting five which scales no man less than 180 pounds in weight or less than six feet, one inch in height.
Huge Aggie Starting Lineup
If it had not been for the 23 point barrage laid down by Howard Engleman in the first contest at Manhattan, the bully Aggies would have powered their way to victory in the small court in Nichols gym.
Such physical might may well spell victory for the invaders tonight when the inevitable under-the-basket scramble begins to tell on the battered Jayhawkers, who will have three of regular members, John Kline, Bobby Allen, and Marvin Sollenberger, still slightly handicapped by injuries received in the Missouri fray.
Langyardt Heads Wildcats
Heading the rough and tumble Wildcats will be the veteran Chris Langvardt, whose recent performances have earned him a starting berth at center. One of the best all-around athletes in the Big Six, Langvardt will be remembered as the substitute forward who last year almost pulled the contest in Hoch out of the fire for the Aggies with his firing from long range.
At the Purple forwards will be
190-pound Danny Howe, a brutal rebound ace and lefthand shooting Tom Guy, a six foot, three inch sophomore. Blend Norris Holstrom, a tenacious senior, will open at one guard with big Larry Beaumont, the Wildcat's 23-year-old basketball nightstick, at the other.
Jack Horacek, the invader's leading scorer, and George Mendenhall, a smooth sophomore guard, are others certain to see much action.
Allen Orders Rough Workouts
To overcome a physical disadvantage, Jayhawker Coach F. C. Allen dished out two of the most strenuous workouts of the year for his Jayhawkers Saturday and Monday.
Allen said today that Kline, Sollenberger, and Bobby probably will be slowed down somewhat in tonight's contest, but that their injuries had responded to treatment as well as could be expected.
His only comment on the contest
was "we fear the Aggies."
Overlooks Victory Streak
Wildeat Coach Jack Gardner has already let it be known that the fact that Kansas was comfortable perched atop the conference standings and that they are possessors of a 25-game home court winning streak meant little to his club.
"We defeated Oklahoma when they were in first place earlier in the season," he said, "and last year we came closer to beating Kansas on their own court than we did on ours."
Allen noted only one possible lineup change for tonight's battle. That was at forward where Vance Hall, John Buescher, and T. P. Hunter are engaged in a great contest to team with Engleman in the front line.
The remainder of the lineup will be the same with Allen at center and Kline and Sollenberger at the guards.
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