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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN OFFICIAL STUDENT PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME XXXVII Z-229 LAWRENCE, KANSAS, FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1940.
NUMBER 157
German'Iron Ring' Cuts in on Allies
Nazis Drive On To Squeeze Trap Nearer Channel
A smash through the fortified Allied lines along the Scheldt (Escaut) river in Belgium to the Lys river banks, capture of Tourain and Maubeuge and mechanized advances through the Arras area to the English channel ports were reported by the high command.
Berlin, May 24 - (UP) German armies were reported officially today to have cut the Allied fighting ground in Flanders in half and to be breaking it up into small pieces in an effort to "destroy" the British Belgian and French armies in the north.
The German efforts to draw tightly the trap around perhaps a million Allied soldiers in the north admittedly were more difficult because of stiffer resistance in severe fighting in Flanders.
Allied Thrusts Repulsed
Alfred Thurlow responds
But, according to the high command, the iron ring was being
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Fourteen high school senior boys of the state have been named for the 1940 Summerfield scholarships at the University with three cities—Wichita, Hutchinson, and Lawrence—monopolizing the honors. The announcement was made today by Olin Templin of the Endowment Association which administers the scholarships.
3 Cities Monopolize Summerfield Awards
Wichita East high school placed four candidates on the final list, and Hutchinson and Lawrence three each. Four years ago
ber in scholarships.
The other towns which placed candidates were Chanute, Topeka, Onaaga, and Oxford, with one each.
Fifty-five Summerfield scholars are on the K.U. campus at present.
The Wichita East scholars are Carl R. Hines, Robert McConnell, Ralph Michener, and G. William Porter. Lawrence winners are Thornton McClannahan, Clifford Reynolds, and Arthur Nelson, son of C. F. Nelson professor of biochemistry at the University. Hutchinson scholars are William Brownlee, Normand Butts, and Richard Miller. Other winners are Walker Butin, Chanute; Clarence Engle, Topeka; Mansfield Miller, Onga, and Theodore Young, Oxford.
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Too Much Range in Waring's Tune Frats Won't Tackle It
The new University song recently introduced by Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians will not be on the program when glee clubs from five social fraternities vie for honors at the Inter-Fraternity sing Sunday afternoon in Hoch auditorium.
Groups competing say the wide range from top tenor parts to deep bass is beyond the range of their male choruses.
Delta Upsilon, Phi Delta Theta, and Sigma Chi. A new plaque will be awarded to the winning chorus, and cups will be given for second and third places.
For the past five years the glee club of Phi Delta Theta has won the annual singing contest. Last year Sigma Nu took second place, and Delta Tau Delta and Delta Upsilon tied for third.
Allen Crafton, professor of speech and dramatic art, will act as master of ceremonies.
Summer School Starts June 11
Glee clubs in the singing are from Beta Theta Pt, Delta Tau Delta.
Registration and enrollment for the thirty-eighth summer session of the University will be held June 11 and 12, with class work beginning June 13.
The summer session will close Aug.7, with the exception of courses in the School of Law. The School of Law will be conducted in two terms, the first running from June 12 to July 13, and the second from July 15 to Aug. 17.
These instructors include John E. Jacobs, principal of the Lawrence Junior High School; Dr. L. W. Brooks, principal of Wichita East High School; Dr. Galen Saylor, curriculum laboratory of the Columbia University Teachers' College; Dr. Felix H. Ullrich, professor of education at the University of San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas; Frances Mitchell, a teacher at Horace Mann School of the Columbia University Teachers' College; and David T. Lawson, director of instrumental music in the Topeka public schools.
The instructional staff of 113 members of the regular faculty will be supplemented by six instructors from other institutions.
Weather
Generally clear tonight and tomorrow. Slightly cooler tomorrow.
Entire Basement To Be Remodeled During Summer
By Jay Simon, c'40
Students coming back to the Hill next fall will be able to step into the basement of Memorial Union building and with little trouble imagine themselves in a ritzy Fifth Avenue club.
Plans for the remodeling job on the Union sub-basement have been approved, and the $14,000 project is slated to get underway July 1, Henry Werner, adviser to men and chairman of the Union Operating committee, announced this morning.
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Architects Bloomgarten and Frohwerk of Kansas City have been shuffling the space around with their pencils for weeks, trying to hit upon a scheme that would suit the committee's fancy and the University's pocket book.
Double Size of Fountain
Yesterday afternoon the sketches were okayed and the committee is well pleased with the new arrangement, Werner said.
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It is hard to say whether the new fountain or the recreation room is going to please students most. The coke and coffee den will be nearly twice as large as the present one, with more than twice as much booth space.
The recreation room will be "co-educational" in the future. It will be 86 feet long and partially divided into three sections by glass tile screens running from floor to ceiling. Men and women will have the run of the place on equal terms.
The new basement will have four divisions. Where the fountain is now located will go three offices with doors opening to the east into the same passageway that now runs north and south between the W.S.G.A. book exchange and the fountain. Two of these offices will be for the Jayhawker and the Union operating committee. Applications for the other have been made by the Y.M.C.A. and the I.S.A., but no decision has been reached as to which group will get it.
Winner of the $100 first prize in the annual Hattie Elizabeth Lewis contest is Freeman W. Meyer, c'42, of Wathena, it was announced last night following a meeting of the committee of awards.
Meyer, Taylor, Crawford Win Lewis Essay Awards
Second price of $75 was won by Donald W. Taylor, c'42 of Topeka. Third prize of $50 went to Miss Jean Anne Crawford, c'40, Lawrence, daughter of Dean Ivan C. Crawford of the School of Engineering. Raymond Kirk Faris, c'40, of Kansas City, Mo., was given honorable mention.
The prizes are awarded annually for the best essays on the application of Christianity to everyday problems. Only seven entries were judged this year. $ \textcircled{1} $
Meyer wrote on "Christian Pacifism". Although the committee did not agree as to the merits of the arguments advanced, it awarded the first prize to Meyer because of his challenging thesis and lucid exposition. Meyer held that the Christian must either admit the defeat of his religion or else keep its tenets by refraining from advocating war under any circumstances.
The awards were made by a committee composed of Prof. Seba Eldridge, of the department of sociology, chairman; Prof. Elise Neuen-Schwander, of the department of romance languages; H. L. Smith, assistant professor in journalism; and Prof. Alice Winston, of the department of English.
All candidates for the award may obtain their manuscripts at the English office, 201 Fraser hall.