TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1940
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Counts Outlines Two-Point Plan To Keep Liberty
The lamps of reason are again going out one by one, this time not only in Europe, but possibly the world over, paraphrased Dr. George S. Counts, professor of education at the Teachers college, Columbia University, to the famous remark made by Sir Thomas Gray in 1914.
Speaking on the topic, "Freedom of Thinking and Freedom of Living," before an all-University convocation yesterday, Dr. Counts told the group that freedom of thought, one of our most valuable possessions, is now in grave danger and he outlined a two point program for the protection of that liberty. He explained that the problem required both a direct and an indirect approach.
The direct approach calls for an understanding of the principles of freedom of thought and a realization of what the loss of that right will mean to Americans. The indirect defense entails the elimination of conditions which are hostile to the development of freedom of thought.
Every college and university in the United States should be dedicated to the preservation of freedom of thought, rather than with drawing into the small sphere of their various scientific interests, for without that liberty there can be no progress of any kind, the speaker warned.
The forces that are working the world over are more powerful than most of us suspect, but Dr. Counts believes there is no need for the United States to follow the road selected by the European countries.
Eastern Editor To Speak Here
Frank Ernest Gannett, 64-year-old editor and publisher of a string of eastern newspapers and one of the possible choices of the Republican party for a November presidential candidate, will be brought to Lawrence, May 2, under the auspices of the University Young Republican Club and the Douglas county central committee.
Gannett, who was brought to national recognition primarily because of his opposition to President Roosevelt's court plan, will speak at the Varsity theater the evening of May 2. He is one of the possible Republican choices for the presidency who will make appearances in Kansas this spring under the present plan of the State Republican committee.
Gannett is a graduate of Cornell University and now owner and publisher of 14 daily newspapers in New York state and five in Connecticut. He is a member of the board of directors of the Associated Press and an outstanding Republican leader in the East.
In Violin Recital
Olgo Eitner, instructor in music theory, will present a half-hour recital over KFKU from 6 to 6:30 tomorrow night.
There's a kid on a hospital cot who really knew better, but simply forgot that the street is no place for a youngster to play.
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man and two sons of Pittsburg, Don Dennie of Wellington, Jerry Macgyel of Wellington, Bob McSweeney of Springfield, Mo., George Husband of Kansas City, Mo., Mr. and Mrs. Ernest M. Wilkley of Independence, Kan, Mr. and Mrs. William Kraemer of Marysville, and Coogan Grimm of Wellington.
Sunday dinner guests at Miller
NYA Workers Get $300,000
A total of $316,258.56 has been paid out to students of the University by the NYA since the introduction of that project in the spring of 1934, Miss Velma Wilson, secretary, announced.
This sum, which represents the entire payroll up to the period of March 1, 1940, has just been computed by members of Miss Wilson's staff.
More than 2,000 students have worked on NYA, Miss Wilson said. The largest single payroll was in the school year 1936-37, when the number of students employed was 803.
Dodds Receives Slosson Award
W. J. Dodds, assistant instructor in physics, was awarded this year's Slosson Scholarship for outstanding work in the field of science.
This scholarship has been awarded to Clyde Tombaugh followed annually since 1930 when it was his discovery of the planet Pluto. With the aid of the $500 scholarship given by Mrs. E. E. Slosson, Tombaugh came here to the University and continued his study of astronomy. Mr. Tombaugh is today ranked as one of the world's great astronomers.
Dodds, this year's winner received his B.S. from the University of South Dakota and has been doing graduate study at the University as well as teaching in the department of physics.
Senior Recitals Given Yesterday
Mary Jane Schlaegel presented her senior concert yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock, in which she featured the aria of Handel, "O Sleep, Why dost thou leave me." Following the recital a reception was given for her at the Chi Omega sorority.
Students of the School of Fine Arts are preparing and presenting their final recitals beginning this week. Two seniors presented their concerts in the auditorium of Frank Strong hall yesterday.
Paul Stoner, violinist and concert master of the University Orchestra, presented his senior recital last night. Included in the program were "Romance" (Max Bruch), "Hora Staccata," "Fountains of Arethuse" (Szymanowski), and "Concerto" (Mendelsohn). He was accompanied on the piano by Miss Olga Eitner.
nall were Lawson Roberts, gr., Mrs Sam Thomas of Kansas City, Kan.. Marion Sphar, c'42, Carl Moritz, c'40, and Mr. L. W. Lawson of McPherson.
Sunday dinner guests at the Phi Kappa Psi house were Mr. and Mrs. R.C. Davidson of Hutchinson, Mary Louise Adams of Bartlesville, Okla., Major and Mrs. Alton Parker of Kansas City, Mo., and Ruth Peters of Hutchinson.
Dinner guests at the Alpha Chi Omega house Sunday were Harold Herd of Topeka; Stuart Keown, b'40, Leighton Johnson, Kansas City, Mo., Mrs. Cal I. Winsor, Wichita, Bill Arnold, c'40; Richard Reid, c'42, Bob Schaeffer, Lorraine Sandy, and Stuart Kewen, both of Kansas City, Mo.
Irene Oliver, gr, soprano, will present a recital in this auditorium at 8 o'clock tonight.
Dinner guests at the Alpha Delta Pi house Sunday were D. R. Withup, Kansas City, Mo., Ted Granger, e'42; Bill Douse, e'43, and Jerry Risley, b'41.
Weekend guests at the Pi Kappa Alpha house were Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton of Kansas City, Kan., Harry Bradly, Lewis Ward, '38 of Great Bend, Jack Ransom, Charles Pratt of Stillwell, Okla., Boyce Gatewood, Austin, Texas, Bernice Madday of Great Bend, Eloise Pohl, fa'40, Mary McKinney, c'42, Betty Williams, fa'43.
Mrs. Lacey Cooper of Sedan was a luncheon guest at the Alpha Delta Pi house yesterday.
String Quartet To Play All Styles Of Chamber Music
The varied programs of the renowned Pro-Arte String Quartet which appears here during Music Week on May 2,3,and 4,will constitute a cross section of all the periods and styles in chamber music.
On the opening program the four Belgian musicians will play the "Quartet in E Flat" (Josef Haydn). "The Quartet in A Major" (Robert Schumann), and "D Major Quartet" (Alexander Borodine).
The second concert will include quartets from Antonio Vivaldi, Cesar Franck, and Anton Dvorek. Quartets from Mozart, Bela Bartok, and Maurice Ravel will be featured in the final concert.
Methodist Sorority Initiates Five
Kappa Phi, Methodist church sorority, held initiation ceremonies Sunday for five women students, according to an announcement made today by Helen Naramore, president of the organization.
Those who were initiated were Lois Schreiber, c'41, June Lee Lakin, c'42, Eltrude Elliott, fa'41, June Cochran, fa'42, and Letha Epperly, fa'43.
Spanish Day Next Saturday
A touch of Spain, if not spring, will hit the campus next Saturday when the nineteenth annual Cervantes day, sponsored by the Spanish section of the department of romance languages, occurs. Spanish clubs and departments from Kansas and Missouri high schools and colleges participate each year.
The all-Spanish program will include plays and numbers by Wichita North High School, the Kansas City, (Kan.) Junior College, Paseo High School (Kansas City, Mo.), Baker University, Osage City High School, Park College, Mount Saint Scholastica College (Atchison), Shawnee Mission High School, and the K.U. Spanish Club, "El Ateneo." Patricia Cook, gr., is also on the program to speak on her "Experiences in Chile."
The program is under the direction of the Kansas chapter of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish. May Gardner, associate professor of romance languages, is president of the chapter.
Statistics show that January had 2,730 fatalities as against 2,580 in 1939 over the United States. Remember those figures and the fact that they represent people and not just black and white digits. So drive with care.
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