UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
OFFICIAL STUDENT PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME XXXVII
Z-229
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1940.
NUMBER 135.
Osborne For Cakewalk
Housing May Get $250 From Councils
Headed by a $250 appropriation for the Men's Student Housing Bureau, the appropriations approved by the Central Committee of the Student Activity Ticket in its meeting yesterday afternoon now await final approval by the M.S.C. and W.S.G.A. Henry M. Wernermen's student adviser and chairman of the committee, said that although all the appropriations considered are worthy technical considerations keep some of them from benefitting from the Student Activity Ticket Reserve Fund.
The appropriations and decisions.
1. $250 for the continuance of the work of the Men's Housing Bureau, approved. This is the first appropriation from this fund for the Housing Bureau.
12. $550 for the completion of the work of leveling the west half of the intramural field south of the hill approved. This money will go toward machine excavation. Mr. Werner expressed the belief that there may be some other source for the labor costs.
3. $200 for the establishment of a Student Speakers Bureau, not approved. This bill was up for second consideration.
4. $50 for a K.U. Publicity Bureau, not approved.
5. $500 for dormitory fund for Al-
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Sailors blossomed out on the campus today—but the sailors were in the form of headgear, not "gobs"—as business students promenaded about the campus wearing new straw hats in celebration of their annual Business School Day.
Sailor Straws Blossom Out for Annual Business Day Ball Game, Election, Banquet on Card
By Bill Koester, c'41
Running for office in the school's election were eight students whose race up until 1 o'clock paralleled that of the tortoise and the snail. Little activity was shown at the polls on the main floor of west Frank Strong hall. But this afternoon's holiday for the businessmen is expected to send more voters into action.
senior baseball game this afternoon was "Fireball" John Hocevar, red-hot hurler for the faculty, who is confident the tables will be turned this year in favor of his teammates, whose forces have won only one game in 15 years.
"The game's in the bag," asserts John, "and if they'd like it that way the seniors and juniors can merge and play us with 20 men, we'll still whip them."
No report has been received from the seniors as to how bad they'll lick the faculty.
Primed for the annual faculty-
Classrooms were resounding with good advice this morning as the guest lecturers picked from the school's
alumni told undergraduates how they've put into practice the theories they learned while "slaving at the State U." Courses took on the aspect of picnics, however, as one or two stories of the "good ol' days" flavored the dull routine of business with a little merriment.
For hungry ballplayers and rooters there will be an answer to the cry, "When do we eat?" tonight at the banquet in the ballroom of the Memorial Union building at 6 o'clock. Small favors emblematic of the business school will be given to each member. A highlight of the banquet will be the talk of Hal Luhnow, of
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Will Osborne, with his slide trombone and his smooth syncopated slide rhythm, has been signed to play the Senior Cakewalk Friday, May 10, Fred Litttooy, dance manager, announced today. The danceable Osborne orchestra features Barbara Bush, Dick Rogers, and Will himself on the vocals, plus a trio of unique slide trumpets.
Officers Inspect R.O.T.C. Corps
The glitter of brass on the uniforms of members of the R.O.T.C. shown more brightly today than usual because of the annual training and administrative inspection which began yesterday and will be concluded this evening.
Col. Raymond W. Briggs, R.O.T. C. officer of the seventh corps area arrived this morning from Little Rock, Ark., to make the administrative inspection of the officers in charge, the buildings, and equipment.
Littooy Signs Will's Band For May 10
Mai, H. W. Cochran, of George Washington University in St. Louis, and Lt. Col. W. E. Lucas of Leavenworth High School began the annual training inspection yesterday.
The parade and review of the entire R.O.T.C. on the drill field back of the gymnasium was accompanied by the Kansas University band.
Buchanan Gets $1,500 Columbia Fellowship
Eugene Buchanan, I'40, has received a $1,500 fellowship for graduate work in law from Columbia University, Dean F. J. Moreau of the School of Law announced today.
The fellowship, which begins Sept. 1, 1940, is for one year during which Buchanan will complete residence work for the degree of Doctor of Science in law.
Buchanan, whose home is in Chanute, plans to study Constitutional Law preparatory to teaching.
Not only is he one of the high ranking students in the School of Law, but also chief justice of the Student Supreme Court, and manager of the School of Law Book Exchange. He completed his work for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Political Science in January.
About 10 men receive these fellowships each year. Granted on a national competitive basis they are
open to students and teachers. Ordinarily one young law school graduate is included in this group, and Buchanan won that fellowship this year.
In commenting upon the award today, Dean Moreau said, "Buchanan is one of our outstanding students. At Columbia, he will be in a class of about 10 of the finest legal minds in the United States and this award is a singular honor for the University and the School of Law as well as for Buchanan."
The unit will move here directly from its present engagement at the Casa Manana in Hollywood. After the Cakewalk the band will go on to Frank Dailey's Meadowbrook, Cedar Grove, N.J.
Osborne and his entertainment-makers have been featured in movie shorts and over national radio hookups. Last fall he opened for a long stay at the Hotel Sherman's Panther Room in Chicago.
Like Kansas Weather- 'Sing 'n Swing' Show Runs Hot and Cold
At present the Cakewalk will be held in the Memorial Union ballroom, but if enough tickets
By Jim Bell, c'40
Barbara Edmonds’ “velvet voice” was never smoother than it was last night in “Where Am I”, easily the
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The second act opens with the band whipping through some hot licks on "You've got Me in a Spin", featuring Jack Moore on the drums and a vocal by Jimmy Hammers. Then comes Jim Brown. His "Satchmo" act is one of the funniest bits in the show. Last night's audience called him back three times.
"Sing 'n Swing", the W.S.G. A.'s musical revue which opened last night in Fraser theater, is like Kansas in the springtime. When springtime in Kansas is good, it's very, very good, but when it's bad . . . it's horrid. That's the way "Sing 'n Swing" is.
Barbara Edmonds is Swell
The all-student cast has everything. Soloists are good. The tunes are excellent. The band is the best the hill can offer. There are at least two first rate dancers and a half dozen able actors. Yet the revue is a hot and cold affair.
The first act is slow. Irrepressible Larry David salvages part of it with his hilarious aesthetic dance. Straight faced with hairy knees aknockin', he stumbles onto the stage just as a good part of the audience is wondering whether to leave or stay because of the $0.35 entrance fee David keeps them in their seats.
From here on the show gets better. Lorenzo Fuller's rich voice in Ruth Wolf's "Listen" and that finale ends the act with promise of better entertainment to come.
The best the show offers is Pattye Jayne Wadley in "That Guy Named Si", Jim Brown's imitation of Louis Armstrong, the dancing of Billie Jean Jarboe and Warren Littlejohn, Barbara Edmonds in "Where Am I", and the first act finale. The worst will be obvious to audiences tonight and tomorrow.
Slow First Act
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Another Artist Cancels Music Week Appearance
Paul Musikonsky, nationally-known violinist, who was scheduled to appear at the University during Music Week, has cancelled his contract. He is ill in New York City.
Pulling a "Lawrence Tibbett" on Dean D. M. Swarthout of the School of Fine Arts, Musikonsky left another spot on the Music Week open. Following receipt of the call, Dean Swarthout phoned New York City and secured the services of his daughter, Evelyn Swarthout, concert pianist of that city. She will appear on Tuesday night April 30.
Miss Swarthout received her B.M. degree in piano from the University in 1932. For her program here she will give the recital which she gave in New York City this month.
Lawrence Tibbett earlier in the week cancelled his contract which would have brought him to Hoch auditorium during Music Week. Richard Crooks, star of the Firestone Hour, was immediately signed to fly here and fill the spot on April 29.
Miss Swarthout's last appearance in Lawrence was in 1934. Activity tickets will admit students to her concert.
Candidates Named For Alumni Vote
Candidates for the election of officers for the University Alumni association were announced today by Fred Ellsworth, secretary.
Prospective officers include: "K" ticket: president, Oscar S. Stauffer, fa12; vice-president, Horace A. Santry, gr'32; directors, Lloyd H. Ruppenthal, l'25, and W. T. Grant, fs'05.
"U" ticket: president, Ray S. Pierson, '123; vice-president, Harland B. Hutchings, '116; directors, Clarence McGuire, gr'29, and Balfour S. Jeffrey, gr'28.
The candidates are nominated by two committees, one for each ticket, appointed by retiring officers and directors of the Alumni association.