UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
STUDENT PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME XXXVIII
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LAWRENCE, KANSAS. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1940.
NUMBER 47.
Engineers Set For Banquet Tonight
The year has brought several innovations in the School of Engineering and not the last, nor the least, of which is the banquet which will be given at 6 oclock tonight in the Union ballroom as the first of a series of informal dinners under the sponsorship of the Engineering Council and the six engineering department societies.
The dinner program will be in the spirit of fun for the promotion of good will and unity among the various branches in the engineering school. The entire faculty of the engineering school will be present as well as all of the deans of the other schools.
As toastmaster for the dinner the engineers have secured Major Inch,
better known as Prof. Allen A. Crafton, to pound the gavel and quiet the slide-rule artists in order that they might hear the main speaker, Claude P. Parsons, vicepresident of the Halliburton Oil Valve Cementing Company of Duncan, Okla.
The title of Parsons' speech has been set tentatively as "Spectacular Oil Field Fires," and it will be accompanied by movies and a discussion of the technical features involved in controlling and subduing oil field fires.
Those in charge of committees and arrangements for the affair include Stewart Bunn, Bob Johnson, Tom Arbuckle, Eugene Sanneman, Bill Shears, Jim Moore, George Nafe.
Gunshot May Cost Acacia Men $2,000
Echoes of a shot fired in a University fraternity house nearly two years ago will reverberate through Douglas county district court tomorrow when Dean McCoy, former University student and a member of Acacia fraternity, asks a judgment of $2,000 and costs from Donnard Dannenberg, Milburn Griffith, and William Marsh, members of the same organization.
On Jan. 8, 1938, McCoy maintains that he was playing cards at the Acacia house when a high $ ^{2} $ powered rifle, in the hands of the three defendants, was accidentally discharged. The bullet went through
the wall and a dresser, lodging in McCoy's bin.
McCoy was taken to the hospital where the bullet was removed. He remained in the hospital for 22 days, and claims that for 10 days after his release, he had to walk with the aid of crutches. In addition he holds that he was forced to lose a semester's work because he missed final examinations.
McCoy asks $2,000 and costs from the three men, to repay him for the extra work and expenses for one semester, expenses as a result of the injury, and any costs for future attention.
Owls Will Choose 'Queen' At Varsity
The wise old Owls of the junior honor society will sift the sands of K.U. femininity next Saturday night and come out with the "Quiz Queen," 1940 version, who will be labelled the most intelligent of coeds.
The occasion will be the annual Owl Screech Varsity sponsored by the honorary organization for junior men. Clyde Bysom will play for the dancers from 9 to 12 in the Memorial Union ballroom.
plaque meter has been procured to reduce the field of entrants to five finalists. From this group will come the new "Quiz Queen." Jean Wedell, college junior, was the last queen, reigning in 1938. From the present list of applicants, Miss Wedell apparently is not going to defend her title.
Jack" Dunagin, college junior, president Owl, has announced that already there are more female entrants than can be quizzed. An ap-
The present list includes Marian Wheatly, A.D. Pi; Janet Scholtenburdy, Miller Hall; Dotty Wise, Gamma Phi; Patty Duncan, Pi Phi; Reola Durand, Alpha Chi Omega; Anna Jane Hoffman, Chi Omega; Betty Denious, Theta, Mary McCleod, DeltaGamma; and Katherine Hines, Kappa Kappa Gamma.
Will Build Wall Around Hill's Historic Acre
Regardless of revisions in the University buildings or landscape, one piece of land on Mt. Oread will always remain the same.
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10 years ago to preserve a fraction of the prairie which once covered the entire "Hill." Located just below the steps on the east side of Watkins Memorial hospital, is has been untouched with the exception
Campus To Drop Five-Day Week
This piece of ground known as "Prairie Acre," was set aside over
Ratner Whittles At Burke Lead
Longer Midweek Tomorrow
Topeka, Nov. 19—(UP)—The race for governor of Kansas became closer today as the counting of absentee ballots continued. As the counting was resumed this morning the lead of William H. Burke. Democratic candidate, was less than 1,000 over his rival, Gov Payne H. Ratner.
E. L. Falkenstein, University financial secretary, reported today that approximately 500 tickets have been purchased here and in Kansas City for the M. U.-K. U. game.
The absentee vote from 44 counties had been tabulated last night, giving Ratner 1,448 votes to 721 for Burke.
500 Tickets Sold
Closing hours are 12:30 p.m. tomorrow night and a midweek lasting slightly over an hour has been announced by the Memorial Union building.
It was pointed out by Republican party leaders that so far Rattner has received about 67 per cent of the absence vote, which totals more than 7,000.
Mortiz returned to this country in September after a year of travel in West China as the special "student ambassador" of the Student Christian Movement.
Paul Moritz, University Honor Man of 1839, returns to his alma mater Monday, Nov. 25, to speak during an all-school convocation in Hoch auditorium on "Education in a Chinese Dugout."
If this proportion continues to hold, the Republicans said that Rafter was "assured of re-election."
Soon after his graduation in 1939, Moritz sailed for Shanghai, attending enroute the World Conference of Christian Youth at Amsterdam. In Shanghai he took an active part in the Student Christian Union and the National Student Relief committee. This work gave him a vivid introduction to the dislocation of Chinese student life as a result of the war.
Moritz To Speak At Convocation
However, the three largest counties in the state—Wyandotte, Sedgwick and Shawnee—are far down on the list of 105 counties and will not be counted until late this week. It was estimated that the counting will be finished by Friday.
Meanwhile the canvassing board was expected to file an answer with the state supreme court today to charges filed yesterday by Democratic attorneys in behalf of William H. Burke.
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Dancing will stop for a short program by the Modern Choir. Joe Lindsay, college sophomore, will give imitations of Donald Duck and other famous characters. Several modern piano numbers will also be presented, according to Nation Meyer, college sophomore, who is in charge of the preparations.
Burke's attorneys complained because the canvassing board allegedly refused to permit the Democrats to look at the affidavits of the absentee voters.
Big Weekends Not Helpful, Says Lawson
By ROSCOE BORN
Declaring that "long and popular weekends are not helpful educational adjuncts," the Administration today took Saturday out of the list of free days and plunked it squarely into the ranks of hard-work days.
When the curtain raises on the spring semester, 1941, only 60 per cent of all University classes will be held in the mornings of the five weekdays. Raymond Nichols, executive secretary, said today that all schools and departments had been informed that 40 per cent of their classes must be held in the afternoon. One-fourth of those afternoon classes, Nichols said, must be held after 3:30 or meet on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
For Two Reasons
Dean Paul B. Lawson of the College said "we are going in this direction for two reasons;
"First, the room situation is serious. Some adjustments must be made to secure more and better space for offices and for classrooms for some departments whose rooms are scattered in too many buildings for the efficiency and morale of the department. Such space can be obtained only by changing classrooms into offices, and classrooms can be given up only if other classrooms are used more hours per week. These additional hours occur in the late afternoons and on Saturday mornings."
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Spanish Shaggers Draw 2500 To Hoch Auditorium
After seeing Argentinita and her troupe perform on the stage of Hoch auditorium last night it is a wonder the Spanish people ever had enough energy left over to fight the high cost of living, let alone a civil war. Anyhow, the theory of siesta is at last explained. Everyone is so tired they drop in their tracks, and that's the way people on Cook's tours find them.
To consider in detail the entire program of 17 numbers, not including encores, would call for a story in serial form, so here goes on the high lights.
First, and most astonishing, was the appearance of Federico Rey, listed as premier danseur of the
troupe, in the third number, "Boerero," dressed in bright yellow tights and flaming red jacket. After this, we were prepared for anything. Speaking of this fellow Rey, he's about as light on his feet as a bucket of helium.
The next number to attract our eye was the "Segovianos" (Gombao), a neat bit of comedy relief, with Senor Rey getting involved with both Argentinita and Pilar Lopez, premier danseuse of the group, and finding the two of them too much for him.
The guitarist for the dancers, Carlos Montoya, then came onto the stage and deftly proved that his hands would never get into mischief. Not content with showing his prowess with both hands, the guitarist made just one of them do the work of plinking and finding the proper notes. He was called back to the stage for an encore.
The last number in the first half was listed as selections from "The Three Cornered Hat" (de Falla), which we presume is a ballet. The number showed some more irrepressible comedy work by the troupe.
The last half of the program was outstanding in at least two numbers, the "Mazurka" from "La Verbena de la Paloma" (Breton), danced by Argentinita, and the pi-
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