Charity Is The Winner- Penny-Pitching Popular Frank Strong Rotunda
The jingling of coins which has echoed through the rotunda of Frank Strong hall during the past few days is the result of the penny-pitching game recently set up by Alpha Phi Omega, national service fraternity.
Few University students can lay claim to an average exceeding .200, but the penny tossing is at least proving a success to the organization which has netted more than $20 from its project. The money will be used to spread Christmas cheer among needy citizens of Lawrence.
Harbur In Battle At K.C.
While Kansas and Missouri collegiate dance bands battle for glory with rhythm, sorority queens from both states will compete for the title of "Miss Jamboree" Saturday night, Dec. 21 in the Exhibition hall of the Kansas City, Mo., Municipal auditorium.
The Jayhawks, Wildcats, and Tigers shift their battlefield from the gridiron to the dance floor in continuing the struggle for school
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Baldwin to Washington To Confer With Officials
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Col. Karl F. Baldwin left today for Washington where he will confer with government officials on the possibility of a new Military Science building at the University. Colonel Baldwin expects to return about the first of January.
Pharmacy School Mails Newsletters The office of the School of Pharmacy is mailing newsletters to alumni and friends today, Dean J. Allen Reese said today.
WEATHER FORECAST
Generally fair and continued mild tomorrow. A slight drop in temperature tonight.
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1940
38TH YEAR
Clubs Ship Displays, Films To Counties
Heavenly Meeting May Explain Star of Bethlehem Storer Saves Watch Western Sky Tonight
The County club publicity drive for the University begins this weekend when 104 county chairmen return to their home towns for the Christmas holidays.
Release Lab Plans
The color film, "Homecoming 1938," and a short film "Tour of Mount Oread," will be shown in several towns in Trego, Wilson, and Republic counties.
Window displays of photographs showing life at the University are now enroute to towns over the state. These displays, prepared at the expense of the Alumni Association, are available without charge to all county clubs.
During the holidays, Eureka, Chanute, Stockton, Marion, Syracuse, Osawatomie, Pittsburg, St. John, Stafford, and Macksville will exhibit the displays.
These pictures include views of buildings on the campus, work of the various departments, sports, and other campus activities.
Many counties have requested that the movie, "Far Above the Golden Valley," written and filmed on Mt. Oread, be shown at high school assemblies over the state. This film is scheduled to go on tour at the beginning of the year.
Should Make Flight Training Applications Now
Application blanks for training in primary and advanced flying have been received here by Earl D. Hay, professor of mechanical engineering, announced today. Students interested in taking either of these courses next semester should report to Hay's office, 117 Marvin hall, to fill out applications before leaving for the holidays.
Maybe the sky will be clear tonight.
If so, watch where the sun sets, and when an hour of twilight comes, leave your study, don gloves and ear muffs, and go out doors where no obstruction will screen a clear view of the sky.
By DORIS BROWN
May Furnish Explanation
Locate the spot where you saw the sun set, and focus your eyes a little to the right and upwards to a point about three - quarters the distance from overhead to the horizon.
zon.
Don't expect too much at first,
because you will see only a "fuzzy
star"—with a tail.
Some astronomers believe that this rare heavenly conjunction of
two planets and a newly discovered comet may be an explanation of the Star of Bethlehem—now shining in the Christmas skies.
This comet came to the observation of Leland E. Cunningham of Harvard College Observatory staff on Sept. 18, 1940.
Prof. William H. Barton, Jr., executive curator of the Hayden Planetarium said, "The great astronomer Kepler was so impressed by a conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter that he figured back and found that in the year generally the Nativity, these ets were not only close they are at the present keen joined by the plan form an extraordinary sight in the sky. Perhaps that was the "star" the
Wise Men followed to Bethlehem." Brightest Since Halley's Comet
This is the first time since 1683 that the two planets have been in conjunction, Barton said. The head of the comet is the brightest since the spectacular visitation of Halley's comet in 1910.
Dr. N. W. Storer, associate professor of astronomy here, explains that the planets pass every 20 years, but that this is the first time that they have been in conjunction with the new comet.
Storer says that it is not feasible to say that this is the star which was seen over Bellehume, because the exact date of the birth of Christ is uncertain. *Lonysius Exigus*, a Roman monk who died in 650 A.D.
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Yuletide Greetings From The Malotts
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To the students:
In this last issue of the Kansan, may we take this opportunity of wishing each student in the University, a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Mr. and Mrs. Deane W.
Malott.
K-State Course In Explosives
The Bureau of Education in Washington has approved the organization of courses in explosives in only three institutions, Kansas State, Case, and Purdue.
Kansas State Agricultural College will be one of the few schools in the nation to offer a course in explosives as part of the national program of engineering training for defense.
With munitions plants being established in St. Louis, Kansas City, and many other points in the Midwest. W. L. Faith, head of the department of chemical engineering at Kansas State, believes there will be considerable demand for the training offered.
The purpose of the course is to provide training for personnel to work in explosives and loading plants, as inspectors for the ordnance department, and for supervising personnel for the firms which will operate the plants. The course will consist of 12 weeks of study.
Ferry Bombers To England Is Delanty's Job
Dale Delanty, age 30, who has been an instructor in advanced CAA training here since Oct. 1 left today for his home in Seattle. Wash., where he will visit his parents during the holidays.
After the holidays, he will go to Toronto where he will be employed by the British government to ferry bombers purchased from the United States to England. He obtained this position through the Kansas City office of the Clayton-Knight organization which is sympathetic to the British cause.
Delanty, a flyer with ten years of experience, has been teaching elementary and advanced flying.
Skilton Enters Cleveland Clinic
Charles S. Skilton, professor of organ in the School of Fine Arts and his daughter, Miss Helen Skilton, left Lawrence last Saturday for Cleveland, Ohio where Professor Skilton entered the Crill clinic for medical observation.
Clay Building To House New KFKU Studio
By CHUCK ELLIOTT
Architectural plans released today by W. C. McNown, professor of Civil engineering, show that the new engineering research laboratory will be a one-story, thirteen-room structure facing northwest with one main entrance and two small front entrances to each wing.
The building will be made of stabilized earth blocks, compressed by NYA labor.
Location of the new building will be directly behind Marvin hall between Hoch auditorium and the present engineering machine shops. This will necessitate moving the south tower of station KFKU. Seven Laboratories In Plans
Seven research laboratories are included in the plans, three of which will be in the west wing and four in the center section of the building. These laboratories will vary in size from the two smallest which are 20 feet square to the two largest which are 22 feet by 29 feet.
One of the most important features of the building will be the housing of the studios and control room of KFKU. These will be located in the east wing of the building and will also include a reception hall for the station. All equipment of KFKU will be moved to these new rooms from their present location on the second floor of the engineering machine shops building. Main Studio Pentagon-Shaped
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Will Ask Faculty Aid On Vote Problem
The four-man M.S.C. committee is non-partisan, having two men from each party.
First step toward a possible redistricting of student votes will be taken this afternoon when the Men's Student Council committee on redistricting will meet to pick three faculty men to assist in studying the present voting setup.
The committee was formed upon the demand of Pachacmac for redistricting, and its decisions must be approved by a P.S.G.L. council.
Next Issue of Kansan Will Be Out Jan. 7
Today's issue of the University Daily Kansan is the last edition before the holiday recess. The next issue will come out Jan. 7, classes being resumed Jan. 6.