UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
OFFICIAL STUDENT PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME XXXVII
Z-229
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1940.
NUMBER 159.
Belgium Gives Up To Imperil Allies
Glamour-Free Premiere For K.U; Movie in Fraser Tomorrow Night
Bands, radio talks, and "atmosphere" originally planned were discarded because of finals.
Although stripped of the glamour originally planned, the world premiere of "Far Above the Golden Valley" will be held at 8 o'clock tomorrow night in Fraser theater. Admission will be by tickets which can be procured at room 5, Green hall, or at the Bureau of Visual Instruction in Fraser hall.
A second showing will be held at 9 o'clock for the public.
Following the showing of the movie depicting University life, the ten leading actors and actresses will appear on the stage of the theater. According to Fred Montgomery of the Bureau of Visual Instruction, Kaw valley orchids are still in order. Sound effects by transcription
Among the stars who will appear are Ann Rightmire, fa'40, who plays the part of Ann, a small town Kansas girl and Esther Mitchell, c'42, who portrays a sorority-conscious sorority girl.
Les Hixon, c'sp., will act the part of Les, a homesick boy from a small town; Fred Litooy, l'42, plays the part of Dave, a fraternity man and Lawrence David, fa'40, is always trying to make the University Band.
have been completed and will accompany the showing of the film.
Mary Frances McAnaw, c'42, plays the part of Miriam, Ann's room-mate in Corbin hall; Patricia Neal, c'40, portrays Alice, a hand-holding co-ed; and Bill Bowers, l'42, is a friend to Les. Also appearing are Doris Johnson, c'40, Becky Trembly, c'43, David Watermulder, c'42, and others.
Templin Names 118 Cooperative House Scholars
Names of 118 students who have been chosen for the cooperative house scholarships carrying the privilege of residence in the three cooperative houses to be opened in September were announced today by Olin Templin, secretary of the endowment association.
Thirty-six of those qualifying for the scholarships are now enrolled in the University. Each scholarship is estimated to be worth $100.
Robert M. AKEY, John J. Anderson, Ralph Anderson, James M. Arnold, Val Jean Ashby, Donald Atchison, Bob Baker, Richard Behm, Oliver J. Baeke, LeRoy E. Beebe, Arthur Benner, Robert E. Bergin, David R. Boylan.
Students will be housed in Alumni Place, Battenfeld hall and the former Chancellor's residence.
Those who were awarded the scholarships include:
Richard Burge, Leslie Butterfield,
Donald Cayler, Robert Coleman,
Rogert Collett, Harlan Cope, John
M. Davis, Wilbur DeHart, Dalton
Eash, Dale Ewing, William Falstrom,
Mac F. Frederick, Fred Stuilts, Franklin Taylor, Richard Taylor, Charles Todd, Wedell Tompkins, Willis Tompkins, Milton Truax, Frank Vratil, John R. Wag-
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Boiled to a Minute--- War Synopsis
"Nothing which may happen in this battle (in Flanders) can relieve us of our duty . . . nor should it destroy confidence in our power to make our way . . . by disaster and grief to the ultimate defeat of our enemy," Churchill declared in explaining how King Leopold of the Belgians surrendered and left the British and French armies in gravest peril on three fronts.
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BELGIUM—With surrender of King Leopold, Germans pour men and machines in shattering drive against trapped British-French forces, seeking to annihilate them or drive them into the sea.
London, May 28—(UP)—Prime Minister Winston Churchill told the House of Commons today that the British expeditionary force in France was fighting in "good heart and with utmost tenacity" against tremendous odds but that the nation must be prepared for "hard and heavy tidings" as a result of the capitulation of the Belgian army.
FRANCE—Premier Reynaud announces Leopold's surrender but declares the Allies will fight to the end and that their cause is not lost. Belgian parliamentarians repudiate King's surrender and seek to form new government to carry on war. Premier Hubert Pierlot prepares speech announcing that the Belgian army will fight on, but postpones making it at last minute.
GREAT BRITAIN—British sources believe at least part of Belgian army will fight on, but fear disaster to northern army, which either must make supreme and costly effort to join main French army in south, or attempt perilous withdrawal across channel. It is disclosed that British forces trapped in Boulgne already have been evacuated to England, es- (Continued on page seven)
As the Commons cheered Churchill's speech, British military experts said that it appeared that only an Allied counter-offensive from the south could save the trapped Allied armies in Flanders.
By UNITED PRESS
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Surrender Opens Vital Left Flank For Nazi Forces
By Joe Alex Morris (UP)—Foreign News Editor
King Leopold surrendered the Belgian army to Adolf Hitler today at the peak of a mighty German offensive threatening imminent destruction of the Allied armies in Flanders.
In a broadcast to the French people, Premier Paul Raynaud, bitterly and contemptuously denounced the surrender and promised eventual victory despite the fact that the darkest days had come as a result of the Belgian capitulation which collapsed the vital left flank of the Allied front in the East and threw open to the German armies the path to the remaining channel ports.
Great Britain and France fought on. In London and Paris, leaders of the refugee Belgian government asserted that the order of their monarch for capitulation of 500,000 Belgian fighting men would be defied and that Belgians would stand beside the Allies.
In London, Prime Minister Winston Churchill went before the House of Commons for a statement of the Belgian collapse—bringing close the Nazi promise to invade England—and Minister of Information Alfred Duff Cooper told the
But nothing that had gone before struck with such stunning if not disastrous force at the Allied fighting front as the sudden action of the King, whose father—Albert of the Belgians—had towered as an heroic figure above the ruins of his country in the World War. ... Reynault Denouces Surrender
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Kansan To Appear Three More Times
Hospital Hours Memorial Day
Following today's publication, the University Daily Kansan will appear only three more times this semester. Publication will be tomorrow, June 2, and June 5.
Emergency dispensary hours on Thursday, Memorial Day, at Watkins Memorial hospital will be from 10 to 12 a.m., hospital authorities announced today.
University To Graduate 67th Class
When the class of '40 walks down the Hill on Monday evening, June 10, the sixty-seventh chapter in the book of University of Kansas commencements will be written.
Since that time 21,112 men and women have received diplomas, and commencement exercises have moved from the Great Hall of the old University building, now known as Fraser theatre, to the stadium via Robinson gymnasium and a tent. First Commencement in '73
The impressive academic procession that has become a traditional rite in the commencement ceremonies of Mt. Oread will occur on the sixty-seventh anniversary of the baccalaureate services held for the first graduating class in 1873.
The first commencement was held on Tuesday evening, June 11, 1873, in the Great Hall of the University building, which was hastily opened for the event.
The speaker at this initial commencement was the Hon. John J. Ingals and diplomas were awarded to four graduates—one woman and three men. The distinction of being the smallest class in the history of the University belongs to the graduating class of the following year (1874). That year only three degrees were granted.
In the year 1885 the number of graduates reached the "astounding" number of 41 and one member of the class made news by departing from the subject assigned his oratorical genius on Commencement Day to
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