6, 1940
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
STUDENT PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Z-229
VOLUME XXXVIII
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1940
NUMBER 39
CLUB WOMEN, LAWYERS, EDITORS BRING
Conventions To Hill
Journalists Lawyers Bring Meetings Here
Another of the Hill's weekend conventions is the annual Kansas editors' roundtables, to be held at the University Saturday. One hundred and fifty editors and publishers from all over Kansas are expected here for the conference.
At noon today 75 registration cards had been received.
Lawyers Here
The two-day legal institute, sponsored by the Kansas State Bar Association, opens tomorrow in Green hall with lawyers present from Douglas and contiguous counties. All graduates of the School of Law, living in Kansas, have been invited.
Feature address of the institute will be a dinner speech tomorrow night by Prof. H. Lauterpacht of Cambridge University, England, on "International Law and the Present War."
Journalists Will Hear Reid
Principal speakers at the editor's meeting will be Albert T. Reid, New York, and Floyd L. Hockenhull, Chicago. Both men are University alumni. Hockenhull, who was graduated in 1920, is now publisher of the Circulation Management magazine. Reid, a noted cartoonist, is head of the Reid syndicate. Many
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Homecoming Festivities Ready For 2-Day Whirl
From the looks of the weekend schedule, it's a good thing that students will have an extra day on Monday to get back as close to normal as college people ever get.
One feature of the weekend celebration will be the big Jayhawk Frolic in the Armory tomorrow night. Headliner of the show will be John Cress, graduate student and tumbler from Parkersburg, W.Va., who will perform his wild twists and gyrations for the crowd. Cress was a member of the National Intercollegiate Gymnastics Team and did stage work before coming to the University. Ted North, K.U.'s movie star, will appear, as probably will the Homecoming Queen and her attendants. Billie Doris Jarboe, cheerleader, will tap, Clarence Peterson's Modern Choir will sing, with Virginia Gsell as soloist; the Sigma Chi German band will circulate and play under the direction of Laurence Nelson; and Florence Harris and her troupe of eight fancy skaters will roll out a few figure eights.
But this is only the beginning. Besides the Jayhawk Frolic, there will be conventions, meetings, a parade, rallies (both scheduled and inspired), mixers, open houses, and, it is rumored, a football game.
Festivities will get up full steam and take
off at 3 o'clock Friday when all the prodigal and just plain sons of Kansas return to the campus to register in the Union building. At 6 o'clock the same evening, K.U.'s own radio station, KF KU, will pour its entire voltage into a dinner hour program.
And then, neighbors, the parade. What a parade that's going to be. Sergeant William Kollender, chairman of the Homecoming parade committee, has suggested that house and float decorators skip the "kill Oklahoma" theme, for said Kollender, there is "enough killing in the world without the theme being 'kill Oklahoma'." Kollender suggests that the theme of the floats be patriotic ones. The chairman also said tha the parade will be one for floats and torches and not for cars full of jubilant representatives of various organizations. The only exception will be the car for the queen and attendants, and one for the 1890 football players. Kollender explained that the ruling was not of his own making, but has been standard equipment for Homecoming parades for years.
Following the parade, all believers will assemble at Eighth and Massachusetts streets to work themselves into a frenzy. The rally is also a good way to keep warm on a cool autumn evening, just in case you want to know. Radio
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Malott Greets Leadership Group Here
Chancellor Deane W. Malott welcomed approximately 75 members of the conference on Group Leadership and Cooperation, at 10 o'clock this morning in the Pine room of the Memorial Union building. The conference is being sponsored by the University extension division in cooperation with several women's clubs of Kansas.
In his address to the group, Chancellor Malott stressed the need for quality as well as quantity in education. The ability to think, take responsibility and have a healthy curiosity are important factors in education, he said, and the probable preservation of democracy lies in education.
Hear Mrs. Walter Fisher
At 10:30 o'clock, Mrs. Walter T. Fisher, national treasurer of the League of Women Voters, Winnetka, Ill., spoke on "Today's Challenge to Women's Organizations in Our Democratic Way of Life."
Three Lead Discussion
Rev. James Chubb, pastor of the Methodist church. Baldwin, and member of the faculty of Baker Uni- (continued to page five)
Freshmen Are Slow In Visiting Polls Today
Women Show Little Interest; Only 45 Vote
At 2 o'clock this afternoon only 45 freshman women out of a class of 262 were sufficiently interested in the future vice-president and secretary of the class of 1944, to cast their votes in Frank Strong hall for the candidate of their choice.
The polls will remain open until 5 p.m. today, and voting is expected to pick up in the later afternoon after freshman women finish their daily stint at the library.
Candidates presented at the W.S. G.A. election tea yesterday afternoon in the women's lounge of Frank Strong hall were:
Warden At Sing Sing To Speak Here Tonight
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WARDEN LEWIS E. LAWES
Students of the University and citizens of Lawrence will have the opportunity to hear and see Warden Lewis E. Lawes, well known lecturer, author, and penologist, and perhaps best known as the warden of Sing Sing Prison, who will speak at 8 o'clock tonight in Hoch auditorium.
Warden Lawes, who has been at his present position as head of Sing Sing for 20 years, is well known for his lectures and books, and also as one of the highest ranking penologists in the country today. 35 Years of Prison Work
During the thirty-five years that Lawes has devoted to the study and (continued to page eight)
A light vote was indicated for this year's freshman election when only 277 men had cast ballots by 2:15 o'clock this afternoon. This leaves 439 freshman men who must cast their ballots before the polls close at 5 o'clock if they are to have any part in the choosing of their class representatives.
Only 277 Men Vote By 2:15
Today's election was more or less eventful for upperclassmen who have gone through uproutious and mudslinging spring political elections, but the men of the class of '44 had fun tearing down posters and quibbling over election rules.
Pachacamacs steamed up and down the campus blowing their horns and waving Pachacamac ban (continued to page five)
25 Houses Will Compete For Prizes
Twenty-five entries for the Home-
coming house decoration contest had been turned in at noon today, Gilbert Ulmer, chairman of the house decoration committee, said.
Last minute entries may raise the figure by about ten. The total number competing last year was 34
All organized and semi-organized houses that have entered were asked to limit expenses for the decorations to $15. Prizes will be awarded on the basis of cleverness and originality, rather than on the expensiveness of the decorations.
Weather Continued cool and clear
Homecoming Pep Rally Tomorrow Morning, 10:20