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LAWRENCE, KANSAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1941
38TH YEAR.
Z-229
NUMBER 86
Tradition Begun by Claudius Still Observed Today Rush For Valentine Mementos
By JOHN CONARD
Back in the days of the Roman Emperor Claudius, according to legend, a certain Saint Valentine was beheaded. Beheaded, for unknown reason, on Feb. 14.
That birds began to couple on Feb. 14 was at that time already an old notion. Hence the day was called St. Valentine's day, and a custom arose of both sexes choosing each other by a system of lottery, as Valentines for the ensuing year and sending each other love missives. The custom has continued—and how!
Valentine Card Favorite
Valentine Card Favorite
Favorite kind of "love missive"
today is the Valentine card. Lawrence citizens this year have expressed their observance of the custom by the purchase of some 15,000 Valentines in this city alone. The five-and-ten stores led the parade of card sales with 5,000 apiece. Rowland's book store, the Crown drug store, and the Rexall drug store each report sales of nearly 1,000 cards. The other drug stores and the print shops more than account for the remaining 2,000 of the 15,000 estimated total.
Commented one store proprietor,
"Everybody is Valentine crazy.
Some carry them out by the arm-
load. They're going like hot cakes!"
It took Kress's almost 30 minutes
to total their Valentine sales.
Invented by T. D. Jones Machine Inspires Artists Popular Among Students
Free inspiration is now available to art students.
All they have to do is enter a dark room, switch a few buttons, and sit quietly absorbing inspiration by their senses of sight and hearing.
The inspiration comes from the inspirationator, a machine invented by T. D. Jones, professor of design. It consists of a symphochrome, as it is known by musicians, and the color machine, known to art students. The machine is operated by flashing designs in light color on screen to music from a phonograph.
"I am thrilled to get a chance to show it off at any time, running the designs and the proper music together as a means of inspiration to any interested observer," said Professor Jones. He also explained that his training as an electrical engineer, in music, and in art probably
The success of the machine is shown by the fact that it is in use almost constantly by design students. Its value has also been recognized by the music department. It will be demonstrated before the Kansas Music Teachers association with the Kansas chapter, American Guild of Organists, March 3 and 4.
Life Appears Today Minus Queen Mary Kay
Today, Feb. 14, is Valentine's Day, and a new issue of Life magazine hit the newstands. But without a queen.
Mary Kay Brown, Chi Omega, was elected queen. Billie Giles, Pi Phi, was second choice, and Ada Lee Fuller, third.
Whose fault is it? Not the University of Kansas'. Life asked the University to send a picture of a Valentine Queen. The University did. The University did more.
The University Daily Kansan, and Men's Student Council had a contest. Nearly as many students voted in the contest as turned out for Hill student council elections. The whole thing went great guns. Sororities and independent women's organizations worked for days to gain the honor of having their representative entered in the national Valentine Queen contest sponsored by Life.
So what happened? Life found that only 14 of the 43 universities, that were requested to select candidates, responded. The editors said so in a recent letter to the Kansan.
So Life appears today without a Valentine Queen.
Others hesitated to give figures, then estimated numbers varying between 500 and 1,000.
Candy A Close Rival
"Valentine's day is the day of all days for candy sales," said one drug store proprietor. "At Christmas time everybody and his dog is selling candy, and on Mother's day only mothers receive gifts. But on Valentine's day sweethearts, wives, mothers, plus perhaps some males (continued to page eigh)
No poor second in the race for Valentine honors is the sale of heart-shaped candy boxes. More than 900 of these boxes were sold in Lawrence, not including boxes of less than 50 cents in value.
Banquet For Journalists To Fete Zilch
By BETTY WEST
Journalists who work hard and meet their deadlines regularly often go to heaven. But benediction of a more material sort will be showered on some deserving University newsman two weeks from tonight at the First Annual Zilch Memorial Award Dinner.
Students in the department of journalism and their dates will gather in the Kansas room of the Memorial Union building at 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 28, to meet-greet Mr. Elmer A. Zilb
28 Schools Enter Tourney
Entry of the Hays debating team in the Class B group of schools brought to 28 the number of teams entered in the Inter-district Debate tournament being held on the campus this afternoon and tomorrow.
Debates for class B schools began at 1 p.m. today. Class A and C schools began their debates at 2:20 p.m. Each team has three debates scheduled for this afternoon and tonight.
the inventor of the Zilch Zippy Linotype Machine.
First Dinner of Its Kind
The debates are judged by University faculty members and the faculty of nearby schools.
Preliminary round of debates is being held this afternoon and tonight. The semi-final round will be held tomorrow morning with the
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Mr. Zilch will preside at the dinner, the first of its kind, which is to be held under the auspices of the Kansan Board, student governing body of the University Daily Kansan, with the executive assistance of Theta Sigma Phi, women's honorary journalism sorority, and Sigma Delta Chi, men's honorary journalism fraternity.
The Zilch Award, which is being kept secret until the night of the dinner, will be presented to the student in the department who has distinguished himself for meritorious work in the field of journalism.
Faculty to Appear
Stellar stumpier of the evening will be the debut of the faculty of the department who will put on a one night stand performance of an uplifting nature for the benefit of their students.
Chairman of this committee will be E. F. Beth, acting assistant professor of journalism from the Uni- (coordinated to page eight)
House Yes, Senate No To Mill Tax
House and senate branches of the Kansas legislature do not see things the same way—especially the mill tax bill.
The house state affairs committee recommended the bill for passage in practically its original form after the senate previously had returned the bill to committee with stringent amendments.
Would Finance M-I Building
The bill, providing for a quarter mill property tax to raise a fund to be used by the Board of Regents in a 10-year building program for the five state schools, had been counted on to finance the proposed Mineral Industries building at the University. The mill tax would raise an estimated $600,000 a year to be divided among the state-supported colleges and universities in a definite ratio.
The senate amendment provided that before any of the money from the fund could be used, a specific appropriation must have been approved by the legislature. Neither Has Voted
Neither Has Voted
The bill as originally proposed, and as recommended to the house, left the decisions on the spending of the money to the Board of Regents. Neither the house nor the senate has voted on the bill as a whole vet.
Another bill of interest to the University was recommended to the house today in a proposal to allow student union buildings or dormitories to be erected by means of student fees. Such buildings, however, would be limited to two at each school with a maximum cost of $300,000.
Cock Robin' Tickets Sell Fast
Tickets for "Cock Robin" are selling fast but there are still plenty of good seats left for the first performance Monday night, Don Dixon, instructor of speech, said this morning.
"Cock Robin," a mystery-comedy, will be presented by the Kansas Players in Fraser theater, Feb. 17, 19,20,and 21.
Bigger Schools Use Solo Council Better Schools Use Solo Council
The uniqueness of University student government has been established.
In a survey conducted by the Kansan, it has been found that of 26 universities scattered throughout the United States, this University is the only one which persons in maintaining the bi-cameral division of student government in the form of separate men's and women's councils.
Universities studied are indeemed from the University of Washim
to the University of Tennessee, and from the University of Southern California to the University of New Hampshire.
---Except Kansas
In 16 of the 26 schools included in the survey, there had at one time existed the same problem that hangs on here—once upon a time there were two separate student governments, one for men and one for women. However, these schools acted long ago. Now in each of them there is a combined council with men and women students
working together to solve student problems of the university.
Every single-council school that was studied has delegated full responsibility for all student activities to the student council. In these councils the sports, dramatics, social life, debate, and publications are responsible to the student council for regulation and for funds.
Thirteen of the schools have retained women's governing associations as departments of the student (continued to page eight)