WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1940
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Fencers At Work For First Match
PAGE FIV
Nearly a dozen fencers are working out twice a week under the direction of Coach Jim Raport in preparation for their first series of matches to be played with Friends University of Wichita early in November.
Those fencers showing the most promise at present include Lorraine Polson, Rita Lemoine, Virginia Elliott; Betty Allen, and Ida Moyer among the women, and Jack Cadden, Haven Glassmire, Jack Singleton, Kenny Gardner, Dave Francisco, and Carl Barbin among the men.
Pi Kappa Delta, the national forensic society, will debate the affirmative of the question, "Resolved: That the nations of the western hemisphere should form a permanent alliance."
Varsity debate tryouts will be held at 7:30 o'clock Thursday night, Oct. 24, in the Little Theater of Green hall, Bob McKay, freshman debate coach, said today.
Raport is interested in having more fencing members on his squad and this morning asked that all students interested in fencing contact him and attend the practices at 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, and at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
McKay Sets Oct. 24 For Debate Tryouts
Prof. E. C. Buehler, speech instructor, will answer questions that students wish to ask him. The debaters will be allowed five minutes of constructive argument, and each side is permitted three minutes of rebuttal.
All students, except freshmen,
are eligible for the tryouts.
Six new members have been pledged to Alpha Phi Omega, national service fraternity, Stan Clark, e'40, president of Lambda chapter, and today.
Alpha Phi Omega Adds Six Members
The pledges are Harvey Hull, c'44; Harold Budke, c'43; Scott Hookins, c'42; Lloyd Johnson, c'44; Art Johnstone, e'42; and Fred Stults, c'44.
The regular meeting time has been changed from Monday to Thursday afternoons, Clark said. All meetings are held in the Pine room of the Memorial Union.
Grad Students To Form History Club
Graduate students of the history department will meet at 4:30 tomorrow afternoon in the west wing of the Union ballroom to form a departmental club. Meetings of such a club would be devoted to special reports and book reviews, with an occasional picnic. The meeting has been called by Lois Aldous and Lilias Howard, both graduate students. W.W.Davis, chairman of the history department, plans to be present.
The annual Lodge of Instruction for all Masonic Blue Lodges of the 13th District will convene at 1:30 Thursday, Oct. 17, in the Lawrence Masonic Temple. Supper will be served at 6:30, followed by exemplification of the third degree. All visitors and sojourners are cordially invited—Acacia Lodge No. 9, Lawrence Lodge No. 6.
NOTICE-MASONS
Sherwood To Open Phi Sigma Lectures
Dr. N. P. Sherwood, chairman of the department of bacteriology, will present the first of a series of lectures sponsored by Phi Sigma, honorary biological society at 7:30 tonight in room 101, Snow hall.
Doctor Sherwood's lecture, "Ailery" will be of a popular nature so that students unfamiliar with bacteriology can understand it. It will also be accompanied by lantern slides for illustration.
Each month Phi Sigma will sponsor a lecture representing a different division of the department of biology.
To Honor Prexy Of Sigma Xi
The Society of Sigma Xi, national honorary scientific society, will conduct a special meeting at 8 p.m. tomorrow in Spooner-Thayer museum honoring its retiring president, Dr. H. B. Hungerford.
Doctor Hungerford has served his two-year term and at the meeting, he will lecture on "The Age of Insects." He will discuss the antiquity of insects on the earth and also the time when insects became the dominate animal group. This meeting will be open to the public.
Frosh YM-YW To Elect Officers Tomorrow
Members of the freshman YWCA and YMCA will meet tomorrow afternoon for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing year, John J. O. Moore, YM executive secretary, said today.
The joint meeting will begin at 4:30 in the men's lounge of the Memorial Union building. The first part of the meeting will consist of technicolor motion pictures of last summer's Estes Park conferences which were taken by Art Wolf, 1'42.
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Under the joint sponsorship of Y.W.C.A. and W.S.G.A., the Gingham Frolic, to be held from 4 to 5:30 this afternoon in the Union ballroom, will give University women a chance to dance to Clayton Harbur's orchestra, and become better acquainted.
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Athletic Committee To Discuss Grades
The athletic committee, a Senate group which considers the physical welfare of the student body, will meet at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon in the office of J. D. Stranathan, professor of physics. A compilation of the scholastic records of athletes over a period of years will be discussed. No other business has been announced. Prof. W. W. Davis, chairman of the history department, is chairman of the committee.
Durell Is Named For City Plan Board
Don Durell, instructor of botany, has received word of his appointment to the city planning commission and zoning board. The appointment, which was made in-February by Mayor C. B. Russell, was confirmed last week by the city council.
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