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LAWRENCE KANSAS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1941.
38TH YEAR.
Captain Bartlett Lectures Tonight
By NADINE HUNT
That "Captain Bob" Bartlett will make a hit with University students and faculty when he speaks on the lecture course at 8:20 tonight in Hoch auditorium is not difficult to predict after a short interview with him last night. Said Captain Bartlett, "You
buildings and everything. By gosh, I'd like to graduate from here myself"
NUMBER 88.
Captain Bartlett continued to tell how much he enjoyed seeing Dyche and Spooner-Thayer museums. He also remarked about the fine experience he thought the cooperative halls gave to both men and women. "Those boys who do their own cooking down at Battenfeld hall and those other places—that's fine" said "Captain Bob."
Born in Newfoundland
"Captain Bob" was born in Newfoundland of a family famous for its sailing and fishing ability. "I was supposed to be a minister," he smiled, "but somehow I just made up my mind I wanted to be a master." He told of taking fishing trips for cod along the coast of Labrador with his uncle when still in his teens, then of drying the fish, and taking them to the Mediterranean markets. Thus he got his first experience on the sea.
"Sailing is just like any other business," said Captain Bartlett (continued to page eight)
Only 349 tickets for Saturday's Sophomore Hop remain to be sold out of an original block of 750 tickets, the limit set for the dance featuring Jan Savitt and his orchestra.
Only 349 Soph Hop Ducats Left
The ducats are now available at the University business office, the Union lounge, and Bell's music store for $2. In case all of the tickets are not sold before the dance, they will sell at the gate for $2.25.
"CAPTAIN BOB" BARTLETT
"I'd like to graduate from here myself."
Werner, Frashier To Speak At Chemistry Club Meeting
Council To Study Merger Agitation
The first meeting of the Chemistry club for the spring semester will be held at 4:30 Thursday afternoon in room 201 of Bailey Chemistry laboratories. Dean Henry Werner will speak on the "Use of Gases in Processing Food," and Loyd D. Frashier, assistant instructor of chemistry will talk on "Synthetic Glycerin from Petroleum."
By FRED EBERHARDT
Answering agitation for a union of the two student legislative bodies, the Men's Student Council in a meeting last night in the Union building passed a unanimous resolution setting up a joint committee to study the advantages of such a plan.
Students Overshadow Teachers In 'Cock Robin'
BY DAVE WHITNEY
"Cock Robin," a play which has been enacted successfully by many a high school graduating class—was produced in a most amateurish manner by the "professional" Kansas Players last night in Fraser theater.
Surprisingly enough, student actors with minor parts far overshadowed in acting ability the faculty members of the University department of speech*
Play Has Amusing Dialogue
and drama who had roles in the play.
Rice and Barry's "Cook Robin" is a clever and interesting mystery comedy with an abundance of amusing dialogue; nevertheless the Kansas Players played their way through three acts, missing cues, (continued to page eight)
Jay Janes To Campaign In Circulation Drive
A drive to boost the circulation of both the University Daily Kansan and the Jayhawker by offering a combined subscription to both publications at a reduced price began today under the auspices of the Jay Janes.
The Jay Janes will visit all houses (continued to next slide)
The subscription price of $3 includes three issues of the Jayhawker and the Kansan for the rest of the year. Orinarily the Jayhawker costs 75 cents an issue while the Kansan subscription rate is $1.75 a semester. For those who wish to subscribe to only one of the publications for the remainder of the year, the Kansan may be obtained for $1.40 and the Jayhawker for $1.60.
Du Pont Negotiating With Engineering Students
Four senior chemical engineering students are in contact with the DuPont de Nemours company and may receive employment. Ralph G. Adams and Ray J. Stanclift have had definite offers and Jim Moore and Presson Shane are leaving Saturday for Wilmington, Del., where they will be interviewed by DuPont officials.
Pan-Hel Changes Member Rules
Reorganization of the membership of the Pan-Hellenic Council will result from a bill passed by that body at its meeting Sunday morning in the Union building.
This new plan will provide a semi-permanent form of organization, with each fraternity having three voting members.
The new plan provides that members of the council retain their seats for the remainder of their school years. Each year one sophomore representative from each fraternity will be added to the council to serve for three years.
A proposal was also passed which provided for the creation of a Pan-Hellenic card file of all independents and new students interested in fraternities.
The Council chose four delegates to attend a regional Pan-Hellenic convention at Norman, Okla., Feb. 21 and 22. The delegates are Stan Staufer, Phi Delta Theta, Bob Farmer, Sigma Chi, Bill Cole, Beta Theta Pi, and Bob McKay, Delta Upsilon.
The proposal provided for a committee of six, consisting of the presidents of both the M.S.C. and the Women's Self-Governing Association and two additional members from each body, to study the plan in operation in other schools and to reports its findings to the councils. Bob McKay, Pachacamac representative-at-large, proposed the resolution. As yet no appointments have been made.
Answering the pleas of 2,008 petition signers, the Council passed a resolution to the W.S.G.A. favoring reorganization of the student book exchange on non-profit lines. These petitions have been circulated over the campus the last week to both men and women students.
Delegates Make Report
A report from the Council's two representatives to the Big Six student council conference at Lincoln, Neb. last week indicated that Kansas has student governing powers and functions to a greater extent than other schools of the conference. According to Russell Mosser, who made the report, the representatives from the other schools es- (continued on page eight)
Male journalism students today realize how a freshman sorority rushee feels on her "day of silence."
Sigma Delta Chi To Extend Bids To Nine Tonight
Why? Because nine prospective pledges to Sigma Delta Chi, national honorary journalism fraternity, were selected by that organization at a meeting last night. The prospective pledges, however, do not know who they are.
They will not be notified of their good fortune until representatives of the fraternity call on them tonight. This explains the nervous sensation which hung over the "Shack" today.
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Orchids For Orcutt, and Toner-Down For The Vespers
By ED GARICH
There are two kinds of musical programs in the world.
The first, which we shall call Exhibit A, is the kind people listen to because they think it will make them cultured. The second, Exhibit B, is the kind people listen to because they like it.
We culture-thirsty students had a chance to listen to an example of each, in its most typical form during the past two days.
Taking Exhibit A first, we come up against the vespers program put on Sunday afternoon in Hoch auditorium. The thing wasn't what you would call bad, but it was about as dull as some of the textbooks which our professors write to sell to us for an exorbitant sum.
There were some good spots in the program. The second number by the Women's Glee Club, "Sweet Little Jesus Boy," (McGimsey) with solo by Virginia Gell, fine arts sophomore, was neatly done. The girl has something lots of musicians lack completely, an easo and naturalness that puts the listener at ease. Also in top form was the team of Joseph and Marie Wilkins, but
---After Hearing Two Days of Music
they were drowned out by the organ accompaniment. Somebody ought to see that the public address system is not working overtime at such times. The number, "Lontana, lontano" from "Mefistofele" (Boito), contained some fine pianissimo stuff, but alas, all was lost to the organ.
Two other numbers that deserve mention were the last effort by the A Cappella choir, "Tse Mighty Tired" (arr. by Noble Cain), with solo by Edgar Haage, fine arts junior, and the Overture to "Die Meistersinger" (Wagner) by the University band.
the Beethoven booie-woogie at us and make us like it.
Ordinarily, a piano recital palls after the first five minutes either because the music itself is rather dull and academic or because the current key-beater is doing it just like Susie Fuffa did it a week ago Wednesday. In Miss Orcutt, we discover a pianist who can throw
But to get on to our nomination for the best musical program on the campus so far this year, we turn to the faculty recital by Miss Ruth Orcutt, of the department of piano, last night in Frank Strong auditorium. It's Exhibit B.
Miss Orcutt did just that in opening her altogether delightful program, playing Mr. B's "Sonata Appassionata, Op. 57." The number demonstrated that Miss Orcutt not only could pick the music that people like to hear, but also could play that music about as well as anybody we know of. The rest of the program pointed to the same thing, only more so.
There was neither a dull nor poorly played number on the pro-
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