UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Z-229 LAWRENCE, KANSAS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1940
VOL. XXXVIII
NUMBER 55.
Italian General Resigns; Greeks In Porto Edda
By JOE ALEX MORRIS
Greek arms today scored two brilliant triumphs—one in Albania and the other in Rome.
Hardy Evzone troops swept into Porto Edda, Albania's third largest port, driving Italians northward in retreat—and in Rome the high commander of Fascist armed forces, Marshal Pietro Badogli, resigned.
Badoglio was succeeded by Gen. Ugo Cavallero, a somewhat obscure Italian commander who had been in charge of troops on the Italo-French frontier. Light was cast on his elevation in Berlin rather than in Rome. Rome offered no explanation for the move but Berlin hailed it as evidence of closer cooperation between senior and junior partners of the Axis. Cavallero, Nazis explained, is a great and good friend of Germany and has played a leading part in Italo-German military collaboration.
However, it was apparent that the immediate cause for Badoglio's retirement lay in the success of Greek arms and the reverses of Italian forces in Albania. Military commanders seldom quit when their operations are going well.
Cavallero is 60 years old-nine years younger than Badoglio. He (continued to page eight)
Annual Seal Drive In Action
The sale of Christmas seals for the National Tuberculosis Association is proceeding on schedule according to Miss Mateel Rich, chairman of the University drive.
By mid-morning $65 in $5 bonds had been sold with reports just beginning to come in.
Of the money that will be collected, 75 percent is to be used by the Douglas County Tuberculosis association, 20 percent will go to the state Tuberculosis association and the remaining five percent will go to the National association.
No stamps will be mailed to members of the University staff until the committee on the Hill has an opportunity to get in touch with those who usually contribute. Those not reached by the committee will receive the usual letter after Dec. 10.
The drive will continue today and tomorrow.
Davidson and Ellsworth Attend Columbia Meeting
Two University officials left yesterday for Columbia, Mo., to attend the joint sessions of the American Alumni Council and the American College Publicity association.
Fred Ellsworth, alumni secretary, and K. Wayne Davidson, director of information for the University, are the two officials who made the trip.
Christmas
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Parade Tonight
Greets Santa
Seventeen University students are ready to take part in Lawrence's annual pre-Christmas parade, to begin at Sixth and Massachusetts at 7:30 tonight and move toward South Park for an initial meeting of "Santa and the kiddies."
A University float, the result of the efforts of Prof. T. D. Jones and other faculty and student members of the department of design, will picture the classical "manger scene," and 14 members of the K.U. Hunt Club have groomed their mounts and sharpened their spurs for participation in the parade. Lawrence street lights have been transformed into oversized candles as a part of the downtown decorations.
Roles in the manger-scene float will be taken by Betty Ann Leasure and Harry Nelson, fine arts seniors, and Alfred Linley, fine arts sophomore.
Westminster Party Tomorrow Night
The annual dinner-dance of Westminster hall is scheduled for tomorrow night at Evans Hearth. A winter theme has been chosen for this semi-formal party.
Westminster hall is a Presbyterian house for University women.
Blast at Allen As Big Six Meets
Talk in K. C. AboutBowls, Eligibility
Big Six big shots were aiming blasts at Dr. F. C. Allen, University basketball coach, today as the conference of Big Six coaches and representatives opened in Kansas City.
Allen's statement predicting the collapse of college football "within 10 years" was the cause of the battery of explosive comment on the subject. The Kansas Big Six representative, W. W. Davis, was one of the objectors. Davis said yesterday and repeated today, "Football is not on the way out. There are some adjustments to be made, but I firmly believe that football is not out at K.U."
Davis, Earl Falkenstein, athletic finance director, and Gwinn Henry, head football coach, are the Kansas
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Thus Dr. F. C. (Phog) Allen answered all criticism against his "at the rate big time college football is going it will die of its own rottenness in 10 years" in an interview this afternoon.
Sticks To Grid Death Diagnosis
"If the postman stopped to kick at every dog that barked at his heels he would never get his mail delivered."
Students who in high school years do not show aptitude for theoretical studies should be apprenticed in industry, the Nobel prize winner and president of California Institute of Technology said last night in a radio address to Phi Beta Kappa chapters on the 164th anniversary of the honor society.
Wants Humane Schools
Not content with his blast against "big time" football Allen today indicated rising professional tendencies in basketball. He castigated greedy coaches of both sports and college presidents with "why should we sugar coat and lie to high school athletes when in the long run supplying him with an education is the basic purpose of college."
"Steering students away from an attempt to enter that higher educational system when they do not show any capacity for solving analytical problems with success is not only the most humane procedure possible, but it is also one 'of the highest forms of civic duty, since the success of our democracy depends upon it,' he said.
Hollywood, Dec. 6-(UP)-Dr. Robert A. Millikan advocated today a closer selection of the nation's college students as a safeguard for democracy.
Allen answered criticism that during his term as director of ath- (continued to page eight)
Frosh Get Crack At Varsity Cagers Tonight
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
VARSITY Pos. FRESHMEN
Hunter F Ballard
Walker F Black
Allen C Turner
Kline G Evans
Johnson G Ettinger
Officials: A. E. Woestemeyer, Kansas, and John Carmody, Midland.
By DON H. PIERCE
Kansan Sports Editor
What began as a predicted warmup tilt may turn into a fight to the finish when "Phog" Allen's basketball varsity takes the floor against a confident and powerful freshman team at 7:30 tonight in Hoch auditorium.
With their best offensive weapon, forward Howard Engleman, already sheathed with a severe cold, it was learned today that
The excavation near the west end of Frank Strong hall, a cause of much student curiosity during the past week, will be, when completed, a tunnel leading to a basement storeroom.
Phi Beta Kappa Holds Initiation
Those seniors who were initiated are James Crabtree, James Meredith, Laura Holste, Rosemary Jones, Betty Kimble, Budd Russell, and Ernest Klema. Bob Brooks, who was elected last spring, was also initiated yesterday.
Following the social hour and initiation of new members, the business meeting was held. Clark D. Carroll, professor in sociology, talked on "Discipline and Democracy." The meeting was held on the 164th anniversary of the founding of Phi Beta Kappa.
Seven senior students were initiated into Phi Beta Kappa at the annual fall meeting of the honorary scholastic fraternity which was held yesterday in the Old English room of the Memorial Union building.
the oldsters may lose the services of another prominent senior forward, Bill Hogben, who has a sprained wrist.
Allen said that he would withhold both men from the lineup unless their services were badly needed. Losses Will Hurt
Ordinarily two such losses, especially from an experience point of view, would be bad enough. But against a highly-keyed freshman
All University students will be admitted to the Freshman-Varsity basketball game tonight on presentation of their activity books, the University athletic office announced this morning.
club, reeking with height, weight, and versatility they may mean the difference between victory and defeat in tonight's tussle.
Yearling coach Gordon Gray has at least a dozen good men from which to pick his starting five, and nearly all of them will add to a height advantage over his varsity rivals.
Probable starters for the fros will be 6 ft. 6 in. Jack Ballard, Kansas City, Mo., and eagle-eyed Charlie Black, 6 ft. 3 in. former Southwest high school luminary at the forwards; Paul Turner, Shawnee Misc (continued to page eight)
W.N.A.A. Is One Year Old Women Flyers Celebrate Organization's Birthday
By CHARLES SKIDMORE
The first birthday of W.N.A.A. (Womens' National Aeronautical Association) was celebrated by about 80 persons at a banquet in the Kansas Room of Memorial Union building last night.
"Women's Part in Advancing Aviation" was the theme of the program. Tables were arranged in the general form of an airplane, guest favors were small airplanes, and the speeches of the evening were made by figures in aviation.
Clifton Describes Randolph Field Address were given by four persons in tant to Mid-western flying circles. Capt. Roy W. Clifton, commanding officer at Sherman field at Leavenworth and president of the Flying Cadet Board of the United States army, told of the operation of the army's "West Point of the Air" at Randolph field in Texas. He further explained how entrance
is gained into the army air corps and of the opportunities which the U.S. army is now offering young men who want a career in army flying.
Capt. William Harrison, medical member of the flying cadet board and flight surgeon at Sherman field, explained the strict physical examination which is prerequisite for entrance into the air corps. Arrive Last Nighi
Arrive Last Night
Both army officers arrived in Law- (continued to page eight)