UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
OFFICIAL STUDENT PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME XXXVII
Z-229
NUMBER 158.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, SUNDAY, MAY 26, 1940.
Fear Secret Weapon
By United Press
Germany's war machine drove relentlessly forward in northern France and Belgium Saturday night and military quarters in Berlin said the long promised blitzkrieg against Great Britain would be launched in "the very near future" with an "absolutely secret weapon."
Is the battle raged, it was announced in Paris that 15 French generals had been removed from their command.
The Nazis claim to be consolidated at their bases on the English channel for their thrust at Great Britain and to be engaged in the final stages of a series of operations designed to destroy bit by bit some one million British, French, and Belgian troops cut off from the main army, corridor.
The French on the other hand claim that the Allies were steadily shrinking that corridor with a view to cutting the Germans on the coast off from their supplies and then driving them into the sea.
The Germans had reported notable successes in the early stages of the blitzkrieg which started May 10, weed that they had still another unprecedented engine of destruction for use against Great Britain, one from which the "greatest surprise can be expected."
The secret was so closely guarded that there was no inking as to whether the new weapon operates by
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Songsters Compete Today
The glee clubs will compete for a new plaque this year which must be won three consecutive years to become a permanent mantel decoration. The prize of $5 which was offered for the best job done on the song Fred Waring wrote for the University will not be tried for because of the song's great range.
Greek canaries will sound their A's this afternoon at 4 o'clock when the annual University Inter-Fraternity sing takes place in Hoch auditorium. The event has been won five times out of six by the glee club of Phi Delta Theta.
The second and third place glee clubs will receive cups as has been the custom in past years.
Prof. Allen Crafton of the department of speech and dramatic art will be master of ceremonies for the fourth consecutive year. He will announce the competing clubs and the results. Vernon Landon, fa'40, chairman of the sing, will present awards to the winning clubs.
Last year Sigma Nu took second place honors and Delta Tau Delta and Delta Upsilon tied for third.
The sing was originated in 1934 by Phi Mu Alpha, music fraternity. Fraternities who will compete include Phi Deita Theta, Sigma Chi, Delta Upsilon, Delta Tau Delta, and Beta Theta Pi. Judges for the competition will be Oliver Hobbs, director of instrumental music at Liberty Memorial High School, Louis Maser, *39*, music teacher from Pleasant Hill, Mo., and E. Thayer Gaston, instructor and student of music at the University.
Weather
Campus Not in Dither Over War, Poll Shows
Fair and warmer, today and tomorrow.
That campus opinion favors the Allies is further shown by the fact
Senators can rant about "fifth columns" and professors can tear their hair over fancied Nazi rule of the world, but University students have not yet been swept up in the torrent of war hysteria.
The poll further revealed that 85 per cent of the Jayhawkers hope the Allies win, but only 47 per cent of them feel the democracies will act that 40 per cent of those asked, felt Thursday).
At least these are the findings of a War Attitudes Poll conducted, Thursday, as a study in psychology of attitudes by Charley Johnson, c-40.
The results of the survey, which attempted to get a cross section of Hill opinion, reveal that of 393 students questioned, only three, less than one-half of one per cent, answered "yes", to the question, "Should the United States declare war on Germany now, to help the democracies, and for our own protection?"
that 40 per cent of those asked, fell we should extend credit to England and France if they need it, and 48 per cent fear that if Germany wins this conflict, the peace of the United States will be threatened.
Eighty per cent feel that the United States is being subjected to extensive propaganda, but as to which side is the worse offender, there is some disagreement. Fifty-two per cent feel that the Allies give out the most reliable information; twenty-one per cent would rather believe Hitler; and 27 per cent of the students are so dubious that they can believe dispatches from neither source.
One of the most definite trends of the poll, Johnson said, is the prevalence of the propaganda-shy attitude.
One hundred and eighty seven students, or 48 per cent, said their attitude toward Germany had become more unfavorable in the last three months, most of them citing the invasion of Holland and Belgium or the
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Canvass of Houses Raises Fund to $315
Completion of a week's canvassing of independent houses for contributions in the drive for funds for the new men's dormitory brought the total to $315 yesterday. The goal is set for $750.
Fifty Soldiers Prepare for Camp
Another jump was made in the climb as a result of a $50 contribution by the Women's Pan-Hellenic council at a special meeting Thursday.
The house-to-house coverage is not yet completed, said Don Misser, c'42 director, and Ed Price, c'42 team captain. Direct approach has not been made to some large houses.
More than 50 juniors of the University R.O.T.C. are preparing to attend summer training camps, a part of the requirement of graduation as a reserve officer.
The camp training is the practical side of the work done here on the Hill. Aside from drill, there is dancing, swimming, and various outdoor sports to provide the boys with recreation. For the six weeks
Twenty-seven members of the infantry unit will encamp at Ft. Leaeworth, while 23 coast artillery corps men will go to Ft. Sheridan, Ill. Ray Stanclift, e41, will go to the chemical warfare R.O.T.C. camp at Edgewood Arsenal, Md.
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Lay Birthday Plans for 1941 Commencement
Bridge Game Goes on Air Monday Night
The "Battle of the Sexes" is on again tomorrow night as a girls' foursome from the University of Wisconsin attempts to defeat this University's male quartet in a bridge match by short wave radio.
The Kansas half of the bridge tournament will be held in the Union Lounge, while the Wisconsin team will play in a dormitory radio room there. The operators will attempt to make contact about 6:30 p.m. so that play may begin by 7 p.m.
Plays will be transmitted by Morse code from the University of Wisconsin to the Union Lounge 700 miles apart where the hands will be completed by the Kansas players. These plays will then be radioed to the home of Ed Price, e'42, through the use of a portable transmitter operated by Don Nigg, e'43. Price will complete the circuit by sending each new play back to Wisconsin.
It is estimated that playing time for the match will be about three hours. Twelve ret hands have been selected by Winford Ferry, c'40, director of University intramural activities, and Flora Dexter. Wisconsin director, so that both teams will be playing identical hands simultaneously. Corresponding couples will be opponents.
Players for both the Wisconsin and Kansas teams were chosen by a series of elimination matches held during the year. Members of the Kansas team are LeRoy Fugitt, gr, and Russell Elledge, e41, winners of the spring bridge tournament,
By Ed Garich, c'41
The University will complete it's seventy-fifth birthday celebration next year with a gala festival during the 1941 commencement and immediately before. The celebration will consist of University-wide displays of exhibits and demonstrations, objects of historical interest, and many significant productions of faculty and alumni. Tableaux and pageants depicting the dramatic episodes of the University's history will be given a place, along with radio programs, dinners, and addresses.
The operating committee of the festival was selected Friday. Prof. T. H. Marshall, head of the department of chemical engineering, has been appointed chairman of the committee by Chancellor Malott, on the recommendation of U. G. Mitchell, general chairman of the two-year celebration. Members of his committee are Dean D. M. Swarthout of the School of Fine Arts, Prof. Bert Nash of the School of Education, Prof. Leonard Axe of the School of Business, Fred S. Montgomery, head of the visual education bureau of the extension division, Ray T. Wright, Lawrence business man, and Fred Ellsworth, alumni secretary.
the objectives of the celebration, as outlined by the committee, are:
1. To do honor to the persons, within and without the walls of the University, who have made major contributions toward its upbuilding.
3. To bring about the return of a large number of alumni to the campus.
2. To give impetus to the cause of education.
4. To show the service of the University to the state.
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Plan for Five Broadcasts Of Commencement Programs
The University commencement week will be put on the air five times this year as programs ranging from one-half hour to a full hour in length portrait various events of commencement week over the University's station, KFKU.
Both the commencement and the baccalaureate services will be broadcast for a full hour directly from the stadium, or, in case of bad weather from Hoch auditorium, Miss Mildred Seaman, head of the commencement committee on radio broadcasting, said today. The baccalaureate service will go on the air at 7:30 p.m.
The first of the programs to be broadcast this year will be a dramatic sketch which will honor the five class reunions being held here this commencement week. The sketch, which is now being prepared by Allen Crafton, chairman of the department of speech and dramatic art at the University, will honor the Senior Alumni group reunion, the class of 1890, the fortieth meeting of the '00 group, the class of '15 and the ten year reunion for the class of '30.
Sunday, June 9. and the commencement exercises will be broadcast at the same time the following evening.
The final program of the week will be an alumni interview by Fred Ellsworth, secretary of the alumni association. Ellsworth will interview about ten returning alumni during the 30 minute broadcast Monday evening from 9:45 to 10:15 p.m.
Monday afternoon, June 10, Russell L. Wiley, director of the University band, will present the Symphony orchestra in a half hour program dedicated to those alumni who did not get back to commencement week. The program will go on the air at 2:30 o'clock.