UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
STUDENT PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME XXXVIII
Z-229
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1940
Parade, Rallies, Game On Tap; Journalists, Parents Here Soon
NUMBER 24
Weekend For Parents And H. S. Scribes
Parents and journalists will be kept busy at the University this week-end. Saturday is the date of the nineteenth annual Parents' Day celebration, and Friday and Saturday are reserved for the twenty-second Kansas High School Newspaper Conference.
The journalism conference will have two general program divisions, one for students and one for the Kansas Council of Teachers of Journalism. The groups will meet together in general sessions, however, as follows: Journalism Meet
Friday morning—Greetings by Chancellor Deane W. Malott, "Covering a Three-Hundred Mile Beat" by Mr. Siegfried Mickelson, "Glamor on the Other Side," by K. W. Davidson, and conference announcements by L. N. Flint, chairman of the department of journalism.
Friday afternoon—"A Profitable Hobby for the Beginner," by Mr. Thomas Ryther, "The Press Covers the Election," by Mr. Elmer Beth, and a talk by Peggy of the Flint Hills, who is Mrs. Zula Green in private life.
Saturday morning—"Pictures," by Mr. Jim Coleman, Acme Newspi tures, Inc., New York City, "Problems a Publisher Faces," by Mr. Or-
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K. U. Registers 1,083 Men for Conscription
Peace-time conscription took, 1,083 University men to the Kansas room of the Memorial Union building yesterday to register in the first step of the Selective Service act.
students and faculty members filed up and down the stairway leading to the Kansas room.
The registration cards were delivered late last night to T. R. Gerhart, county clerk, who will send them to the home addresses given by the students and faculty men.
No violent opposition to the registration was observed by any members of the board. There was a fine spirit of cooperation with the registration board on the part of the students registering, the registrar said. Mr. Foster said today that he was pleased with the generous cooperation of the board members and with the orderly, courteous behavior of the registrants.
The registration board was composed of volunteer workers, clerks, and stenographers from various offices of the University, under the direction of George O. Foster, University registrar. From 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. a steady stream of
The total of 1,083 was about 15 0less than the number of registration blanks received at the University.
Jayhawker Ready Oct.28
A survey of the world situation, written by Ernest K. Lindley, son of the late Cancellor-Emeritus, will be a feature of the first issue of the Jayhawker, on sale Oct. 28.
The Homecoming issue will include more candid camera shots than have been used heretofore.
Also several minor changes in the names of the departments and in the make-up have been made. Articles and pictures on homecoming will be emphasized.
Betty Coulson, c'41, is editor of the Jayhawker, with Dorothy Schroeter, c'42, secretary, and Bob Woodward, c'42, business manager.
Philadelphia, Oct. 17. — (UP) — Chinatown registrars had calendar problems yesterday. Many Chinese explained that under their native calendar they would be 36 years old, but that under the Gregorian calendar they were only 35. Two Chinese laundrymen presented a 100-page notebook in Chinese characters, attempting to prove they were eligible to register.
And Maybe Lamour--- Ted North Will Attend Homecoming Here, Nov. 9
Philadelphia, Oct. 17 — (UP) — A 71-year-old man was the oldest who attempted to register for conscription here yesterday. He was refused although Fred Pennypacker, 54, a disabled Contesville veteran, was accepted when he said, "Maybe there's something I can do."
The University homecoming grid tilt always draws a crowd but this year the Kansas-Oklahoma game is going to bring a representative from Hollywood to the Campus . . . and maybe two of the screen people.
Chinese Calendar Upsets Registration Officials
Philadelphia, Oct. 17—(UP) Ernest Kurkjian, 24-year-old Temple University pre-theological student, today awaited "whatever punishment may be imposed" for his refusal to register for the draft. "I have read the constitution. Section 13, paragraph 13, says there may be no involuntary servitude except in punishment for crime," Kurkjian said. "Conscription is involuntary servitude."
Lansford, Pa., Oct. 17—(UP) — George Spack fibbed his way into the A.EF. during the World War at the age of 13. Yesterday he registered for peacetime conscription at the age of 35.
And what's more the second of these guests, if she comes, will be Dorothy Lamour.
Ted North, '38, who hit the front pages of the newspapers in this vicinity two weeks ago when he was pictured kissing the "Lady of the Sarong," revealed his intentions to attend the Kansas-Oklahoma game by telephone early today. He could not say whether Miss Lamour would accompany him.
A science seminar will be held from 4:30 to 5:30 o'clock every Friday afternoon in Blake hall.
To Hold Science Seminar Fridays in Blake Hall
North was pominent in dramatics at the University and a featured player with the North Players in this area. He left school in 1938 for a career in celluloid.
Problems in physics, astronomy chemistry, engineering, geology and mathematics will be discussed.
North, a Phi Psi during his years at the University, called Larry Winn, c'40, from Hollywood at 3 o'clock this morning to inquire whether the K.U. eleven looked as good last Saturday against Drake as the news reports said they did. North, who has always been interested in athletics, said he would arrive in Lawrence in plenty of time for the game Nov. 9.
Draft Lottery Date Uncertain
Washington, Oct. 17.—(UP)—Selective Service officials today directed the nation's 6,500 local draft boards to speed preparations for the next big draft step—the national lottery.
The lottery will determine the order in which men who registered for the draft will be called to be classified and possibly inducted into the armed services for a year's compulsory military training.
Time and place of the lottery-except that it will be held in Washington—have not been fixed definitely. Present guesses are that it most likely will come between Oct. 26 and Nov. 1.
The driving will be colorful, accompanied by much fanfare. Notables, headed by President Roosevelt and his cabinet, are expected to attend. Among the proposed sites for the lottery are Constitution hall, the Interior Department auditorium and the Senate.
Lieut. Col. Charles R. Morris, retired, who blindfolded President Wilson and other officials who drew the first numbers in the World War draft lottery, has offered to perform the same function this time.
Plan Three Pep Hypos For Team
Jayhawkers are going to yell for the home team early and often again this weekend with the pep spark for the Kansas-Nebraska tilt being set off at 10:30 tonight. Pep organizations on the campus have billed three features for pre-game defiance, a torchlight parade tonight, a pep rally on the campus tomorrow morning and the traditional nightshirt parade tomorrow night.
Members of the Ku Ku and Jay Jane organizations will meet at 10:30 tonight in front of the Memorial Union building before lighting their torches and beginning the Hill pep parade. Tom Arbuckle, president of the Ku Ku's, said today that the paraders would concentrate on the unorganized houses in the song and yell drive tonight. Roy Edwards, c'42, and Bob Wright, b'41, will lead the serenaders. Billy Tomerow
Rally Tomorrow
At 10:20 tomorrow morning, cheerleaders will begin the old come-on which means traffic in front of Robinson gym will be tied up for a while. Plans for the biggest 10:20 pep rally yet are completed today and the fireworks are about to start.
Tomorrow night the men will don their loudest pajamas and meet in front of the Memorial Union building at 7:50 to begin the annual nightshirt trek to downtown Lawrence. The parade will start down Indiana to Sixth street, then turn east to Massachusetts, where the traditional snake dance will begin. The pajama-clad men will join hands and zig-zag down he entire length of Massachusetts to South Park where they will hold a rally around a bonfire and later eat the refreshments furnished by the Chamber of Commerce. Free Shows Later
Free Shows Later
After the bonfire rally, the paraders will adjourn to the free shows at the Varsity theater. They must wear their pajamas or Jay Jane or Ku Ku sweaters to be admitted free.
The Granada theater will be (continued to page eight)
WEATHER
Fair tonight and Friday; somewhat cooler in northeast portion tonight; warmer in west Fiday.
Pep Rally Slated On Hill At 10:20 Tomorrow