UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME XXXVII
OFFICIAL STUDENT PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Z-229
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 1940
NUMBER 133
Four Records Broken
Here ten of Mt. Oread's prettiest coeds who compose the chorus of "Sing 'n Swing" line up to take the stage at a recent rehearsal session. The show, sponsored by W.S.G.A. for the benefit of its scholarship fund, opens a three-night run in Fraser theater Tuesday. Tickets for the production, which has a cast of 75, are on sale at the Green hall ticket office.
Ten Pretty Girls in 'Sing'n Swing'
Hopes Dim For New Election
Hope for a new election in disputed District I began to dim last night when Irving Kuraner, c'40, chairman of the election committee, said "matters would probably remain as they stand now."
Decision on the revote will be made by the Men's Student Council tomorrow night.
Kuraner's statement was interpreted to mean that the council will refuse the new election, since Kuraner is a leader in P.S.G.L., party which controls the M.S.C.
then control the in the crucial district was asked by Society of Pachacamac Friday when a recount of ballots in that precinct showed Pachacamac's Bob McKay loser by a lone vote in the race for president.
Basis for the new-vote demands is a belief on the part of W. R. Maddox, technical adviser in the election, that voting graduate students who had not paid an activity fee had no right to a ballot.
Maddox said his belief was founded on the council's constitution.
on the college's common P.S.G.L., however, insists that non-paying graduate students are
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32 Will Take Summerfield Exams HereTuesday
Thirty-two high school seniors representing 17 Kansas high schools will arrive in Lawrence tomorrow to make final preparations for the Summerfield examinations Tuesday.
The group will spend Sunday in conferences with members of the scholarship committee. A dinner for candidates, the 60 resident scholars, and the scholarship committee, will be given at 6 o'clock Monday night in the Kansas room of the Memorial Union building.
Faculty members who will attend the dinner will include Prof. C. D Clark, Prof. U. G. Mitchell, Dea Ivan C. Crawford, Dean Paul H Lawson, Prof. J. H. Nelson, Hilde Gibson, and Prof. Olin Templin.
Emergency treatment was given Haley at Watkins Memorial hospital. No stitches were taken in the half inch wound. He was released after being kept in bed for several hours, hospital attendants said.
Ed Haley, Topeka high school javelin thrower, was reported recovering satisfactorily today after having been struck in the calf Friday by a javelin thrown by a fellow competitor.
Hospital Releases Javelin Victim
Noted Educator Speaks Monday At Convocation
George S. Counts, one of the best known men in education in the United States, will address an all-University convocation at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning in Hoch auditorium on the topic "Can Intellectual Freedom Be Preserved in America?"
Counts, at the present time professor of education in the Teachers College, Columbia University, is a native of Baldwin City. He received an A. B. degree from Baker University in 1911, a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1916, and his Ll.D. from Baker University in 1935.
R. A. Schwegler, Dean of the School of Education, will preside at convocation in the absence of the Chancellor.
During the past 25 years he has been connected with the departments of education in a number of schools throughout the country.
Counts has conducted research on educational and social problems, and is author of a number of books on these subjects. For a short time in the early 1830's he concentrated on material concerning Soviet Russia, and is the co-translator of "New Russia's Primer."
Among his books are "The American Road to Culture," "A Ford Crosses Soviet Russia," "The Soviet Challenge to America," and "Social Foundations of Education."
Electrical Engineers Win a Cup
Exhibits of the various departments of the School of Engineering and Architecture, spread throughout four campus buildings in the biennial Engineering exposition, were visited by more than 5,000 persons Friday and Saturday.
Winner of the cup presented by Theta Tau, professional fraternity was the department of electrical engineering, judges announced when the doors of the exhibit were closed at noon yesterday.
In intra-school competition, the department of architecture received honorable mention from Charles Holmes, George March, and Henry Werner, the judges, who were required to spend the entire morning in passing from exhibit to exhibit
The winning department's name will be inscribed on the cup with the names of the departments which have won it in previous years.
Ku Ku's To Meet Monday
Ku Ku. men's pep club, will meet Monday at 9 p.m. in the men's lounge of the Memorial Union building to elect officers for next year. Bob Galloway, president, announced.
Cassel Undergoes Operation
Velma Cassel, fa'41, underwent a tonsillectomy, hospital attendants at Watkins Memorial hospital announced today. Her condition is satisfactory, it was reported.
B. Rideout Wins Special Mile Event
By Larry Winn Kansan Sports Editor)
The feature of the day was the special invitation mile run, in which Blaine Rideout, North Texas State College, defeated three other masters of the mile, his brother Wayne, Archie San Romani, and Glenn Cunningham. Blaine set a new record in this event, 4:10.1 seconds, cracking the old meet record of 4:12.7 seconds, held by the "barrelchested" Glenn since 1934. Yesterday was Glenn's last race here.
With perfect track weather as a basis, four new Kansas Relays records were set here yesterday afternoon in the running of the Eighteenth Annual Kansas Relays. The day, named after Glenn Cunningham, will long be remembered in the hearts of those participating.
Even after their second runner fell down about 25 yards from the finish of his heat, Abilene Christian College still broke the Relays record in the college two-mile. The Abilene, Texas, team nosed out Emporia State Teachers College, to
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From Spikes to Books--held that position for one year, during which he has travelled extensively for the University.
Cunningham on Faculty Of Cornell College
Glenn Cunningham has accepted a position on the faculty of Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa, it was announced here yesterday. He will begin his teaching duties Sept. 1.
The miler's official position will be director of student health and hygiene, president of Cornell Dr. John B. Magee explained.
Stating that he has had other offers, the "Midwest Mercury" indicated he chose Cornell because he believed it offered opportunities appealing to him. His work, he said, will include much administration as well as teaching. His position is a new one at the Iowa college, having been created for him.
His amateur standing will not be affected by his teaching, in case Cunningham should later decide again to enter competition.
Cunningham will complete his lecturing duties with the University extension division April 25. He has
Cunningham, once maimed by fire, fought his way through difficulty to make himself one of the outstanding runners of all time. He was graduated from the University in 1934, Honor Man of his class. In 1936 he won a master's degree from the University of Iowa and in 1938 took a degree as doctor in physical education in New York University. He has also studied at Columbia University.
The college where the famous miler will teach has an enrollment limited to 600 entries by entrance examinations.
The "fastest human" has no set plans for the next few months, he announced. Several invitations have been received by Cunningham to run this season, but he has made no decisions regarding them.