UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
STUDENT PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
LAWRENCE, KANSAS. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1940
Z-229
8TH YEAR
NUMBER 62.
By JIM SURFACE
Politicians Quiet On Redistricting
That deathly political silence which has settled over Mount Oread in the last few days is just the "calm before the storm," if we can believe the barometer.
Since the Pachacamac petition as presented in Men's Student Council meeting last Thursday night for redistricting, both parties have been silent in re- good to this problem
May Meet Before Christmas
May Meet Before Christmas
Bill Farmer, president of the M.S.C., said today that he hopes to assemble the student committee consisting of Dick Oliver, college junior, and Chuck Elliott, college sophomore, from Pachacamae and Russell Mosser, graduate, and Farmer from P.S.G.L. before the Christmas holidays.
The first move of this group will be the selection of three faculty advisers. The combined committee of seven then will consider the desirability of change and the practicability of various redistricting plans.
19 In Present Council
The present council consists of 19 members, a president, a representative-at-large, and two freshman representatives. An addition of two members was made two years ago when the representation of district three and that of district two, consisting of the School of Pharmacy, the School of Fine Arts, the School of Business, and the School of Education, was raised from three to four in each case. District I, which is comprised of the School of Law, School of Medicine, and the Graduate School has three representatives. District III is that of the School of Engineering, and district IV, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, is represented by eight members on the council.
The committee on redistricting will be able to enlarge the present council without an amendment to the men's constitution. The constitution at present provides that the council shall have no more than 19 nor less than 15 regular members.
To Make Movie Of Dorms
"Lights! Action! Camera!" will soon be reverberating through the halls of Battenfeld, Carruth, and Templin when final plans for filming the activities of the men in the resident dormitories have been completed.
The "doings in the dorms" which have appeared in print and in pictures will be recorded on film under the supervision of the Endowment Association, Lyle C. Armel, assistant secretary of the Association announced today.
The 16mm. film will be taken by Art Wolf in cooperation with the bureau of visual instruction and under the direction of Mr. Armei.
New Courses By Extension
Kansas City students who have to take their education in dilute doses are taking advantage this week of a last chance to enroll in the extension division courses offered by the University in Kansas City, Kan.
These new courses are a supplement to the extension courses for greater Kansas City that were started earlier in the fall. The enrollment deadline for the classes, which will be held in the Horace Mann building of the Kansas City Junior college, is this week, it was announced today by Guy Keeler, assistant director of the extension division.
Five courses are offered at a cost of $4 for each credit hour. Each class is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. and the classes run from Monday through Friday evenings.
Classes are offered in the followdepartments: Monday: Sociology, Social Pathology, three hours. The course is being taught by Ralph Hukill, extension teacher. Tuesday and Thursday: Business. On Tuesday a three hour course in Auditing taught by Lawrence Vance of the University faculty. On Thursday a three hour course in Accounting I also taught by Vance. Wednesday: Engineering, Time and Motion Study. Taught by Henry Goode, extension teacher. Friday: Fine Arts: Design in Advertising to be taught by T. D. Jones.
The courses are being offered in (continued to page eight)
Chancellor Lists Needs In Biennial Statement
War Summary
Hitler Releases Laval; British Pierce Libya
By Joe Alex Morris United Press Foreign News Editor
Adolph Hitler, acting through his agent, Otto Abetz, today moved forcefully into the dramatic—but still obscure—French situation.
His first achievement was the release from confinement of Pierre Laval, ousted French vice-premier and leading exponent of Franco-German "collaboration", possibly even to the extent of a French declaration of war on Great Britain.
Laval's release was accompanied by a revealing Nazi statement in Berlin which expressed "extraordinary interest" in Laval's dismissal and a determination to "examine the motives" behind the weekend drama in which he was succeeded as foreign minister by Pierre Etienne Flandin.
British Near Sardia
As the drama of state moved forward in France, the British imperial force in Africa drove deeper into Libya and were reported by London to be threatening to occupy Sardia, the first important Italian base across the frontier from Egypt.
Sollum on the Egyptian side of the border was occupied, as was Fort Capuzzo, a desert outpost just inside Italian territory. Fresh British troops were reported to have been brought up to keep the desert blitzkrieg at whirlwind tempo. Eight On In Lihua
Rome admitted that fierce battles continued in Libya without offering detailed comment on the result. The
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Waring To Replay K.U. Song
"The crimson prairie sunset, And the Kansas sky of blue Emblazon in all their glory The banner of old K.U."
Those lyrics, written by Fred Waring and his staff and dedicated to the University, will be heard once again over the air waves. The song's second appearance is scheduled for Waring's College Song Smoker broadcast, Friday, Dec. 20.
"The Banner of Old K.U." was written in answer to a petition circulated among the student body of the University and was introduced on the Pennsylvanians College Smoker May 3, 1940.
Complimentry copies of this song were given to students at the time of its presentation. Additional copies may still be obtained, printed in school colors and with the official seal.
Treat Music Lovers Tomorrow Variety In Band Program
Music lovers both young and old will find themselves sitting back with ears of attention and appreciation Wednesday evening when the University band, directed by Russell L. Wiley, displays its talent at the winter concert in Hoch auditorium.
For those who like to swing, the band has plenty to put out that will find jitterbaggers squirming in their seats to the beat of the drums. Bill Ward, fine arts senior, has cooked up a clever arrangement of "The Banner of Old K.U." written by Fred Waring, and broadcast on the networks last swing. It is to be played and su g., using 50 brass pieces and a c-orus of 100 voices,
made up of the band personnel. Saxtet To Play
"I'll Never Smile Again," at present one of the country's most popular hits, will be presented by the "K.U. Saxtet," in an arrangement by Joe McAnarney, education senior.
collection of music that truly elevates his colored race.
'New Moon'a Feature
The third part of the concert opens with the light operatic work of Sigmund Romberg, entitled "New Moon," and is followed by the "Four Ways Suite" of Eric Coates.
For those who prefer the operatic atmosphere, Wiley has chosen a parade of melodies that would be tops in any repertoire. The program opens with the Overture to "Die Meistersinger," one of Richard Wagner's greatest operas.
See page 7 for program—
Another highlight of the program is the "Othello Suite" by Coleridge Taylor. Taylor, although he lived only 37 years, left to the world a
The closing number is another of Wagner's works—"Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral," from the famous work, Lohegrin. The theme centers around the bridal procession of Elsa to the cathedral. Each step adds another instrument until, as she reaches the top, the band blooms forth with tremendous volume to bring out the jubilant climax.
Modest and carefully planned is the description of the biennial report released today by Chancellor Deane W. Malott to the Governor and the Board of Regents.
Budget requests for 1941-43 do not effect a proposed expansion program, it was said, but represent a planned attempt to reverse disastrous trends of depression years.
A sum of $396,500 is requested for a Mineral Resources building. Such a building would centralize the departments of the University most active in development of the mineral resources of the state—the State Geological Survey, State Petroleum Experiment Station, and the departments of geology, chemical engineering, mining and metallurgical engineering and petroleum engineering. It would provide for Kansas an important center of industrial research and experimentation to serve the state in critical years.
These departments, it is pointed out, are operating now under handicaps of overcrowding and separation in sheds and in basements scooped out under three different buildings. Space and equipment are at present not available for effective work in industries vital to the state. The mineral industries council in session in Topeka last week endorsed the building project at the University as being of vital importance to the future industrial status of the state.
The budget request is $776,000 for salaries and wages, and $290,000 for maintenance and repairs. The salary item represents an increase of approximately 9 per cent to care for all salary increases and necessary additions for the biennium, and is still $43,000 below the appropriation of a decade ago. The item for maintenance and repairs is about $30,-000 less than the annual appropriation in 1930, since which time six buildings have been given to the University.
An increase of $40,000 each year of the biennium is requested to provide for additional personnel and maintenance to handle the new (continued to page eight)
Stanford Man Visitor Today
Warren D. Allen of Stanford University, president of the Music Teachers National Association, is on the Hill today, going over with Dean D. M. Swarthout last-minute details of the program of the Music Teachers National Association meeting to be held in Cleveland, Dec. 26 to 31. A luncheon was given at noon for Mr. Allen and his daughter, Patricia, who accompanied him to Lawrence. Several members of the faculty attended the luncheon.
Dean Swarthout is secretary of the M.T.N.A.