UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
STUDENT PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME XXXVIII
Z-229
NUMBER 17
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1940
Tomorrow Is Date For Phelps Talk
Dr. William Lyon Phelps, distinguished author, educator, critic, and professor emeritus of Yale University, will speak at 8:20 o'clock tomorrow night in Hoch auditorium to open the 1940-41 Community Lecture series at the University.
Tickets may be reserved at the University business office. Season tickets for the entire lecture series may also be purchased. Activity tickets will admit students.
Undoubtedly Yale's most popular teacher, Doctor Phelps' interests range beyond the academic field. He is interested in the theater in America and in Europe, in politics and public affairs, in travel, in literature, in letter-writing, in lecturing—in fact it may be said that "nothing human is foreign to him."
The field on which Phelps proposes to lecture, Truth and Poetry, is one he should know well. For years he has been professor of English literature at Yale.
During his trips about the country on lecture tours, Doctor Phelps has spoken to hundreds of thousands of people, and his literary criticisms in various periodicals today reach more than 10,000,000 people.
Draft Will Hit Nearly 1250 Here
Emulating Elliott---- 'Wanna Be Captain' Club To Be Formed Tonight
They too want to be captains, say the members of the newly formed "I Want To Be a Captain" club, which will meet for the first time at 7:15 o'clock tonight in the lounge of the Memorial Union.
This is one of many clubs formed throughout the nation in protest of the appointment of Elliott Roosevelt, son of President
Roosevelt, as captain in the Army Air Corps in light of the fact that the young man cannot fly.
Many Democrats and even supporters of Roosevelt are joining in the movement to oppose such an appointment because of the disheartening effect it might have on the nation's morale at a time when national unity is necessary.
Bill Douce, e41, acting chairman of the group, has invited all interested persons to attend tonight's meeting.
Weather
Continued clear skies and moderate temperature were forecast for Lawrence and eastern Kansas tonight and tomorrow.
Rising Sun Open House Is Tonight
With open doors and open arms Pachacamac, the party of the Rising Sun, will welcome freshman men to its annual open house in the ballroom of the Memorial Union building at 8:30 tonight.
Along with the traditional cider and doughnuts there will be a program highlighted by John Milton Phillips, c'37, now a Kansas City lawyer, and a distinguished Pachacamac alumnus.
Register In Kansas Room On Oct.16
Between 7 and 9 o'clock on the morning of Wednesday, Oct.16, approximately 1,250 University students and faculty members are expected to register under the provisions of the Selective Service Act of 1940, it was estimated today by the registrar's office. Registration will be in the Kansas room of the Memorial Union building.
Girls Look Bad In Slacks, Yankey Tells Men's Council And Points To Cheerleaders
"No girl looks good in slacks."
The above figure is based upon a shipment of registration materials which have been received at the registrar's office.
This brought forth many expressions of disapproval, among them Yankey's. The council members seemed sure that such a move would make the state U. the laughing stock of the Big Six. Several uncomplimentary comparisons of what K.U. girl pepsters would look like beside those from Missouri and other schools were drawn.
like a Stuka bombshell, Bill Farmer, president of the council, announced that the girl cheer leaders were to wear slacks as decided by the Student Activities Committee.
Like a calm before the storm the meeting had been progressing smoothly with the reading of minutes and other formalities. Then
Thus Paul Yankey, b'41, expressed the, as yet, unofficial opposition of the Men's Student Council to the proposed attire of slacks for the new girl cheerleaders, and the remark touched a sympathetic chord in the heart of each member present at the special meeting of the Men's Student Council last night in the Pine room of the Memorial Union.
This evening from 9:15 to 9:30 o'clock, Columbia Broadcasting company stations over a nationwide network, will answer specific questions of students and faculty members regarding the Selective Service Act and potential military training. The broadcast, sponsored by the American Council on Education, will feature questions asked by University heads, and answered by government officials. KMBC in Kansas City is the local Columbia station which will carry the program.
Materials for registration of the 1,250 K.U. men were received at the registrar's office from the office of the adjutant general in Topeka. It is believed that the number of registrants will not fall below this figure.
Several copies of the President's proclamation of Sept. 16, will be posted on campus bulletin boards along with sample registration cards. Students may study these materials to know in advance what sort of information is to be recorded in the registration.
Krueger Hits At Economics Behind War
By RUSSELL BARRETT
Making the declaration that "the only real war against fascism is a war to get at the social and economic conditions that produce it," Maynard C. Krueger this afternoon spoke to 65 persons attending a luncheon for him in the Kansas room of the Memorial Union building.
Krueger, vice-presidential candidate of the Socialist party, attacked the contention that the current war is one against fascism when he said, "You're not going to solve the problem of fascism by playing around on the surface, merely by shooting Hitler." The candidate then presented the program of the Socialist party for prevention of fascism in this nation, a collectivism of democracy rather than of totalitarianism.
MAYNARD KRUEGER
——"War or Democracy"
A Matter of Choice
"The alternative to fascism." Krueger said, "is to recognize that you are going to have collectivism and then to decide which kind, democratic or fascistic."
Krueger attacked the conscription program as merely a part of the militarization of American economy, stating that "The New (continued to page five)
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Reds Capture Series Finale From Tigers, 2-1
'Oom Paul Derringer and Jimmy Ripple combined today to give the Cincinnati Reds a 2 to1 victory and the world's championship over the Detroit Tigers and a tired, valiant Buck Newsom.
Derringer, tight in the pinches, scattered seven hits and Ripple smacked the right field screen with a 365-foot double scoring Frank McCormick, who had doubled, with the Reds' first run in the seventh. The score stood at 1-1, Detroit having counted the first run of the game in the third. Jimmy Wilson, next up, sacrificed Ripple to third. Ernie Lombardi came in to bat for Eddie Joost and was purposefully passed to get at Bill Myers. Myers fled out to center as Ripple scored the second and winning run.
Billy Sullivan started the third
inning for the Tigers by smacking a single. Newsom advanced him to second on a sacrifice and Dick Bartell popped up. Barney McCosky walked. Then Charlie Gehringer blasted a liner off Werber's glove which scored Suliwan as Werber hurriedly threw past McCormick at first in an attempt to catch Gehringer. Derringer fanned Hank Greenberg to end the inning.
The Tigers looked as if they might score in the eighth as Gehringer opened with a single to right.
However Greenberg lined to short and York and Campbell flied out to end the threat. Derringer ended the game quickly in the ninth making Higgins, Sullivan, and Averill ground out in quick succession.
Newson lost a heart-break, allowing only seven hits, but it wasn't in the cards for him to win after only one day's rest. Buck allowed only three runs in three games.
Newcom had hurled a superf fifth game Sunday, whitewashing the Reds, 8-0 for his second victory.
He never was in serious trouble as he allowed the Reds only three hits. Hank Greenberg aided him with a homer. Junior Thompson, Cincinnati's starter, was shelled in the third.
Bucky Walters evened the series at three-all as he pitched and batted the Redlegs to a 4-0 victory yesterday. Bucky allowed only five hits and blasted a home run in the eighth. Schoolboy Rowe made his second start and second exit in the third inning.