UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
STUDENT PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1940
VOLUME XXXVIII
NUMBER 54.
Z-229
Basketball Coach--ball. In Lawrence today he added the hope that college basketball would not go "big time" and die of its own ambitions as he predicted football will die.
Grid Mentor--ball. In Lawrence today he added the hope that college basketball would not go "big time" and die of its own ambitions as he predicted football will die.
GWINN HENRY
... "no comment."
A community dinner sponsored by the sports committee of the Chamber of Commerce, for the Lawrence high school, the University, and the Haskell institute football squads will be held at the Memorial Union building at 6:30 o'clock Monday evening.
More than 125 guests, players, coaches and trainers, will be present. Chi Galloway, chairman of the sports committee, emphasized that it is an "all community" affair and that all persons, including women, are invited to attend.
C. of C. To Hold Sports Dinner
Tickets will sell for $1 and reservations may be made by phoning the Chamber of Commerce.
The committee on arrangements includes Ernest Pontius, Junius Underwood and Dick Wagstaff. On the program and entertainment committee are John Andrews and Bob Haggart. The budget and ticket sales committee is made up of A. E. Woestemeyer, Van Bruner, Gene Glahn, Wade Pierce, Noble Lindstrom and Fred C. "Bunny" Black.
Weather
Clear and cold tonight with cloudy skies and warmer weather tomorrow.
Allen's Grid Doom Hint Brings No Reply Here
Campus officials today refused to criticize or answer Dr. F. C. Allen's statement that college football has had its day and would disappear from American college campuses in ten years. University Football Coach Gwinn Henry, who is also director of athletics, declined to talk and dismissed the issue with "I have no comment to make at this time."
Chancellor Deane W. Malott, when asked for a statement, replied that since he was not an expert on athletics, he would not comment on Dr. Allen's prediction on the future of the game. Dr. W. W. Davis, the University's representative on the Big Six Athletic board, said that he had not read Dr. Allen's statement but he did not think that college football was doomed. Gives Football 10 Years
In Kansas City last night, Dr. Allen gazed ten years into the future and forecasted the doom of "big time" college football. In Lawrence today he added the hope that college basketball would not go "big time" and die of its own ambitions as he predicted football will die.
Big Six Representative...
DR. W. W. DAVIS . . . "football isn't doomed."
Dr. Allen made his startling prediction last night while attending the 1940 opening ceremonies of the Naismith basketball league in the Kansas City Municipal auditorium.
"Football On Way Out"
"Somebody has done something to football." Dr. Allen said, "and as a result football is on the way out. In some schools, football is more professional than in the out-and-out professional leagues."
"It's a sad commentary," Allen said, "that a boy prepares for four years to be a professional football player." He added that educators want the college boy to get an education and not coaching for professional football.
Dr. Allen said that educators originally incorporated athletics into the educa- (continued to pere eight)
To View Engaged Planet
Prof. N. W. Storer, chief turban wearer at the observatory, will conduct an open house to let visitors know what an engaged planet, with a ring around it, looks like. That planet is Saturn. Other subject to be viewed by the telescopists is Jupiter, sans the ring. Jupiter is second only to Venus in brightness.
An engaged planet and a bachelor planet will be under the scrutiny of star-gazers' telescopes at 7 o'clock tomorrow night.
Santa Moves In Tomorrow Night Float and Riders Parade
The parade, to end with a "get-to-gether" of Santa Claus and his friends in South park, will include floats, horses, a pet parade, and several musical groups.
A float designed and built by student and faculty members of the department of design and a demonstration by 14 members of the K.U. Hunt club will be the contribution of the University to the annual Lawrence Christmas parade which will start down brilliantly-lighted Massachusetts street at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow night.
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Arizona Governor Paroles Edgar Park From Prison
'Old Grad' Free Soon--commute Park's term to twelve and one-half years or approximately the time he has served since being convicted of the slaying.
The "Old Grad" was convicted of the slaying of Perry Brite, June 3, 1928, at Goodwater in northern Arizona. He was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Gov. Bob Jones of Arizona yesterday commuted the life sentence of Edgar O. Park, self-styled "old grad" of the University of Kansas. Park will be paroled after the third recommendation in five years by the board of pardons and paroles, and soon will be free.
Park came into public light several years ago as a result of the intense interest he took in the University. Frequently he wrote for copies of the University paper and yearbooks, always signing himself the "Old Grad."
Later it was discovered the Park's letters were coming from Box B, Florence, Ariz., which is the state prison mail box. There is no record in the Alumni Association office files of Park's ever having attended the University.
Chairman Walter Hofmann said the board's vote was unanimous to
Hofmann described Park's behavior as "exceptional," adding that every warden during the last ten years had urged the board to release him. Park has amassed 36 years in "good behavior" credits, Hofmann said.
Park's father died two weeks ago, and his mother is dangerously ill. He is 30 years ok.
Acacia Man Drops Court Damage Suit
Action on the nearest thing to a University shooting fray that has happened in recent years has subsided in the Douglas county district court.
Dean McCoy, who was seeking judgment for the sum of $2,000 from three of his Acacia fraternity brothers, Donnard Dannenburg, Milburn Griffith, and William Marsh, all former University students, has dropped charges against Dannenberg. Charges against the other two defendants were dismissed by the court when it was ruled that summons for the two youths were improperly drawn up.
The case dates back to Jan. 8, 1938, when McCoy was playing cards with several Acacia fraternity brothers and was injured in the hip by an accidental discharge of a gun in the hands of the three defendants. McCoy said that he had to go to school an extra semester and would never be able to lead an active life again.
University To Hold Assembly At Topeka High School
A University of Kansas assembly will be held at Topeka high school tomorrow morning under the direction of Charles Wright, Fine Arts junior.
Greeks Drive On Britain Gets 20 Planes From U.S.
By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press News Editor
The war in the Albanian mountains, in the air over Europe and Britain and on the gray Atlantic waters went on relentlessly as rumors spread of peace feelers by Portugal's premier, Dr. Antonio Salazar and Far Eastern events moved nearer to a possible showdown.
Greek troops today appeared to be close to driving all Italian forces from South Albania as the Royal Air Corps smashed again at Italy's important industrial city of Turin.
Hard-hitting Greek mountaineer troops, aided by crack artillerymen, pounded hard at crumbling Italian lines in the southwest corner of Albania. They were pressing close to Porto Edda, Albania's third largest port, and the strategic roads center of Argyrokastron.
Capture of these strong points would expel the Italians from all South Albanian cities and place the Greeks in control of the few roads close to the Greece border. It was believed the Greeks then would be in a powerful position to resist a reorganized Italian offensive which is generally expected to be launched as soon as Italy's generals can concentrate sufficient supplies and fresh troops in Albania.
Swarthout to Illinois To Examine Augustana
Dean D. M. Swarthout, of the School of Fine Arts left last night for Augustana college in Rock Island, Ill., where he will examine the school for membership in the National Association of Schools of Music.