THURSDAY. APRIL 18.1940
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Commerce Party--regular part of the "business day" celebration. The Coalition party has not yet announced its candidates for the election, but Roy Vieth, retiring president of the Coalition faction, said today that the party would name its candidates next week.
No platform will be presented by either party in the election this year because of a ruling that abolished this practice last year. Similarly, there will be no voting tax assessed the business students, for the 25 cent charge was done away with at the same time that the platform policy was abolished.
The results of the election will be announced by Dean Frank Stockton of the School of Business at a banquet April 24, which will be a part of the "business day" program.
To Celebrate----
ident of Phi Beta Kappa from 1924 to 1926, who will act as toastmaster at tonight's celebration. In addition to Mr. Canfield's greeting, a
Announce Parent's Day Committees
Committees to plan publicity and activities for Parents' Day, May 4, were announced today by Miss Elizabeth Meguir, chairman of the general committee. Other members of the general committee are: Mrs. J. O. Jones, Mrs. Deane Maltot, O'Theene Huff, c'41, C. H. Mullen, l'42.
Publicity committee: R. A. Heady, director of the news bureau, chairman; Mary Lou Randall, c'41; Reginald Buxton, c'40; Bob Galloway, b'40; Ruth Spencer, c'41; Budd Russell, c'41; Miss Mildred Seaman, assistant program director in radio; Jean Werner, fa'42; Jim Surface, c'42; Irving Kuraner, c'40; Mrs. J. W. Murray, O'Thene Huff, c'41; and C. H. Mullen, l'42.
Printing committee: Prof. J. J. Kistler, chairman; Charlotte Steel, c'41; Ed Price, c'42; Fred Ellsworth, secretary of the Alumni Association; Carter Butler, c'41; Jean Stauffer, c'41; Maurine Mong, c'40; and Kermit Franks, c'40.
Program committee: Mac Wynne, c'40; Betty Jane Boddington, c'40; Mrs. O. W. Malone, and Mrs. Raymond Beamer.
Dinner committee: Jeanne Moyer, fa'42; Dan Rhule, ed'40; Miss Hermina Zipple, member of the Memorial Union cafeteria; Mrs. Bayles; Rosalys McCrery, fa'41; and Miss I. W. Hartley.
Music committee: Eva Ruth Meinke, fa'40; Miss Irene Peabody, professor of voice; and Joseph F. Wilkins, professor of voice.
Business Staff Members To Appear on Roundtable
Three members of the School of Business staff will discuss "Economic Considerations in the War Developments" on the regular University of Kansas roundtable over KFKU from 9:30 until 10 o'clock tonight.
Participating in the discussion will be F. B. Jensen, a native of Norway, and Peter Palmer, who has spent most of his life in the British Empire, instructors in economics; and L. L. Waters, instructor in business organization and investments.
communication will be read from the united chapters of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi over the nation.
The main address of the evening will be made by Dean E. B. Stouffer of the Graduate School. Dean Stouffer will discuss the subject of "The Development of Scholarship at the University of Kansas."
Officers of the two organizations, the first chapters to be established west of the Mississippi, are:
Phi Beta Kappa—President, Domenico Gagliardo, professor of economics; vice-president, Wealthy Babcock, assistant professor of mathematics; secretary, Raymond Nichols, executive secretary of the University; and treasurer, Miss Elizabeth Rupp, secretary to the Chancellor.
Sigma Xi—President, H. B. Hungerford, professor of entomology; vice-president, A. W. Davidson; professor of chemistry; secretary, W. H. Schoewe, associate professor of geology; and treasurer, H. E. Jordan, assistant professor of mathematics. mathematics.
Phi Beta Kappa was organized in 1776 at the College of William and Mary at Williamsburg, Va., and now has 128 chapters with a total membership of about 110,000. During the past 50 years, the Kansas Alpha chapter has initiated a total of 1,358 members.
The Kansas chapter of Sigma Xi, formerly known as the Iota chapter, was the fourth chapter to be established in the nation. Since its founding in 1890, the membership of the local chapter has grown from six to 900. The six charter members were H. S. Bailey, L. L. Dyche, F. H. Snow, F. C. Marvin, E. Miller and L. I. Blake.
At tonight's banquet, certificates of life membership will be awarded Dr. F. E. Kester of the department of physics, who first became a member of Sigma Xi in 1899, and to Prof. W. J. Baugartner of the department of zoology, elected to the Kansas chapter in 1900.
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The 29 newly elected members of Phi Beta Kappa to be initiated at the fiftieth anniversary dinner tonight are:
Nelson, associate dean of the college
Ester Baker Ogrosky, Rose Baldwin,
Dorothy Deichert, Wilma Grant,
Marjorie Kresie, Ruth Linck, Corrine Martin, Marilyn McBride, Feggy McCarty.
Marie Norton, Isabel Rice, Helen Runyon, Harriet Stephens, Dorothydean Viets, Ruth Warren, Velma Wilson, Lela Brown, Virginia Christie.
Elijah Cole, Donald DeFord, John Ise, Jr., Russell Mosser, Ira Scott, Jr. Joe Tihen, William Truxal, Mac Wynne, and Lane Davis.
The sixteen new members of Sigma Xi, honorary scientific fraternity, who will be initiated into the organization at the joint fiftieth anniversary celebration tonight at the Memorial Union building:
Faculty—Dr. H. L. Gainey and Dr. Morris Harless of the school of medicine; Ben L. Williamson of the School of Engineering; and Dr. John C. Frye of the geological survey
Graduate students—Winston Miller and Thomas Hayes, instructors of bacteriology; Dr. Robert Newman, staff member of the University hospital in Kansas City; Florence Dill, gr., Robert Lomasson and Leo Franklin, ast. instructors of botany;
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James B. Martin and George Keehn, asst. instructors of chemistry; Russell Jeffords and Fred Swain, asst. instructors of geology; and Isabelle Baird of the department of entomology.
Scholarship Awards---
iitecture, seven from the School of Education, six from the School of Fine Arts, three from the School of Law, seven from the School of Medicine, and one from the School of Pharmacy.
Newly-elected members of Sachem, senior men's honor society, and Mortar Board, senior women's honor organization, were announced. Ten men and 11 women were elected to the organizations membership of
which is based on leadership, scholarship, and service to the University.
Members of Sachem include Robert E. Allen, c'41, Hugh Bruner, b'41, Charles A. Case, c'41, Oliver Edwards, c'41, Howard Engleman, b'41, Lee Huddleston, b'41, Sam Iwagi, b'41, Ernest Klema, c'41, James Meredith, d'41, and Presson Shane, e'41
Mortar Board members include Winifred Hill, fa'41; O'Thene Huff, c'41; Mary Elizabeth Janes, c'41; Alice Ann Jones, c'41; Betty Kimble, c'41; Mary Lou Randall, c'41; Ruth Spencer, c'41; Charlotte Steel, fa'41; Jean Steele, c'41; Jean Stouffer, c'41; and Betty Van Deventer, c'41.
A crowd of 400 persons attended the convocation.
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