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University Daily Kansan
Page 0249_2 from reel: L 2336 (1940-10-09 to 1941-10-03)
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/159963

Title: Hill Will Play Host to Legislators
Summary: University hosts annual tour for Kansas legislators and their families, including basketball game and campus tour, with entertainment provided by student organizations.
Category: campus news
Subjects: university events; student activities; legislative relations
Named Entities: Ratner, Payne H. [governor]; Friend, Carl E. [lieutenant governor]; Malott, Deane W. [chancellor]
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Errors Still After Lawson
Summary: Dean Paul B. Lawson continues to face typographical errors in his work, with graduate student John Crutcher noting ongoing issues despite Lawson's reputation as a war-monger.
Category: campus news
Subjects: university administration; academic affairs; typographical errors
Named Entities: Lawson, Paul B. [dean]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Watkins Hospital Busy With Exams and Surgery
Summary: Watkins Memorial Hospital handles physical exams for 80 new students and various surgical cases between semesters, with Dr. Ralph I. Caton overseeing operations.
Category: campus news
Subjects: university health services; medical examinations; surgical procedures
Named Entities: Caton, Ralph I. [director of health service]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: English Teacher Dies in Wichita
Summary: Myra Hull, English instructor and University alumna, passes away in Wichita. She had been granted sick leave for next semester and was known for her work in rhetoric and English literature.
Category: campus news
Subjects: faculty affairs; obituaries; academic community
Named Entities: Hull, Myra [English instructor]; Nichols, Raymond [executive secretary to chancellor]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Stranathan in Kester Resigns as Head of Physics Department
Summary: Dr. F. E. Kester resigns as head of the physics department, to be replaced by Dr. James D. Stranathan. Kester had led the department since 1901 and will continue as a regular faculty member.
Category: campus news
Subjects: university administration; academic leadership; physics department
Named Entities: Kester, F. E. [physics department head]; Stranathan, James D. [physics department chair]
Confidence: 0.9

Title: 81 Medics Go to K.C. Unit
Summary: Eighty-one sophomores in the University School of Medicine promoted to the Kansas City division after completing their first year and a half of study.
Category: campus news
Subjects: medical education; student promotions; University School of Medicine
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Astronomer to Speak Here
Summary: Dr. Harlow Shapley, director of the Harvard University observatory, will lecture on 'The Defense of the Universe' at 8 o'clock tomorrow night in Fraser theater.
Category: campus news
Subjects: university lectures; astronomy; scientific presentations
Named Entities: Shapley, Harlow [director of Harvard University observatory]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Call K.U. Subversive in Senate Drag Out Red Herring
Summary: Editorial criticizing state legislators for introducing bills to curb subversive activities at Kansas universities, arguing the measures are unnecessary and infringe on academic freedom.
Category: editorial
Subjects: academic freedom; political controversy; university reputation
Named Entities: Conklin, Mollat [author]; Oakes, Clarence P. [state senator]; Reilly, William D. [state senator]
Confidence: 0.8

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