UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
OFFICIAL STUDENT PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME XXXVII
Z-229
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, THURSDAY, APRIL, 11, 1940
NUMBER 126.
Britain Drives On
Expect 3,000 For School Music Meet
Almost 3,000 student from 64 Kansas high schools will attend a district music festival here tomorrow and Saturday. Entries will range from soloists and quartets to bands and orchestras of from 90 to 100 members. The contest is sponsored by the State High School Activities association.
In order to avoid creating a housing problem, the larger groups will perform tomorrow and only the ensembles and soloists will stay over until Saturday. The grand march of
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Air Corps Officers To Examine Students For U.S. Air Service
Seniors and graduates with a longing to become pilots, or to get into the army, or both, will have their chance April 22, when a board of air corps officers will arrive in Lawrence to examine potential flying cadets for Uncle Sam's air corps, it was announced today.
This opportunity to acquire military wings is restricted to men between the ages of 20 and 26. Cadets will undergo training in civil flying schools, followed by advanced instruction at army air posts.
Ingrid Gets Wire From War Zone No Trip Home For Her
Ingrid Frestadius, Swedish exchange student, received a cablegram from her parents in Stockholm, Sweden, last night. The cablegram told Ingrid not to entertain any ideas at all about returning home until next fall. It further said that her father had already booked passage on an Italian steamer to Naples, September 15. The cablegram ended with "Don't worry."
Ingrid is naturally upset about the present situation in the Scandinavian countries. She says that the situation is "very grave" and that the war over there is similar to the position that Kansas would be in if there were a war in Missouri.
Miss Frestadius says that she feels as though the Norwegians are her own people because "they understand my language and I understand theirs." When Ingrid came to this country, she was booked on a Norwegian steamer and spent a week in Norway before coming to America. She has many friends in Norway.
"It all seems so far away and remote to you that you can hardly realize the situation, but it is my home land and I feel it so deeply."
Ingrid is very proud of the fact that her country has been neutral since the beginning of the nineteenth century and has only been under dictatorship once since 1600. We want to be like you and have trade with anybody that we want to."
Ingrid doesn't believe that Sweden if under pressure, would give in as did the other Scandinavian countries. At least, she said that she hoped they wouldn't. Her country has always
been friends with the German people because of "close racial, cultural, and business relations."
"You know that our country was more friendly to the Germans in the last war but the situation is changed now. Our people have no sympathy for the Germans and their ties with the allies are pretty strong."
Ingrid is very much concerned about the shipping of her country since the Norwegian shipping has been cut off. She is afraid that Norway is in danger of starvation because it is such a poor agriculture country. Also, Germany needs iron from Sweden and it will be up to the Germans themselves about getting the iron since Swedish shipping has to go through Norway.
'Don't Resist'
King Christian of Denmark, who yesterday asked his people not to resist the German occupation of their country.
Pep Clubs to Come Here For National Convention
Phi Sigma Chi, national organization of women's pep clubs, will hold its national convention here April 20 with the Jay Janes as hostesses, announced Ruth Spencer, c'41, president, today. About thirty guests are expected.
are capes Delegates from Kansas State College, Washburn College, University of Nebraska, and the Municipal University of Omaha in addition to invited guests from the University of Missouri and the University of Oklahoma will be here.
ganization. There will be a luncheon at noon in the Kansas room. In the afternoon all girls will be the guests of the Jay Janes at the K.U. Relays.
At the business meetings the group will consider new chapters for membership in the national or-
Betty Kimble, c'41, will be acting national president in place of Winifred Jameson, b'40, who will be unable to attend the convention. This is the third time the national convention has been held at the University.
Colder tonight with a hard freeze. Fair tomorrow except in extreme west.
Webb Miller Sees Doom For Hitler
By Webb Milier
London, April 11—(UP) One of the big sea battles of modern history went into its third day as the British struck at the core of German naval power and sought to turn Adolf Hitler's Scandinavian gamble into a disastrous trap.
The battle created a possibility, it was suggested here, that a British success may bring Sweden into the war if it should lead to a German ultimatum for use of Sweden's railroads to supply and reinforce Germany's expeditionary force in Norway, but the Swedes were making every effort to avoid such a fate. Bodies Strewn In Sea
More men may have lost their lives in the last three days than during the entire seven months of the western war up to this week, except in Poland.
Already hundreds of bodies are reported strewn in icy waters and along the rocky beaches of the 1,200-mile coast from the Kattegat to Narvik above the Arctic circle.
The most brilliant feat of the British was in forcing passage through the Skagerrak to the mouth of the Kattegat, naval sources here
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British Ships Speed to 'Greatest Sea Battle'
British warships sped today to what Stefani, the official Italian news agency, called "the greatest sea battle of all time, extending from Nordkap to the Frisian Islands."
Fraser Tower To House English Department
One of the tower rooms of Fraser hall is to be used again after serving as a storage space for almost 20
Successful Run Closes Tonght
The Dramatic club production of "Holiday", a three act comedy by Philip Barry, will close a successful four night run tonight in Fraser theater.
The play has shown to capacity audiences on the last two night after opening to a disappointing house Monday. Nearly all tickets for this evening's presentation are gone. A few scattered single and double seats remained at noon.
Rolla Nuckles, instructor in speech and dramatic arts, directs the play which features Reola Durand and Conrad Voelker in the leading roles.
years. This fifth floor room is to be shared by the committee on proficiency examinations and the department of English.
All material relating to the examinations will be filed here and all conferences with members of the committee, W. D. Paden, and John B. Virtue, assistant professors of English, will be held here. Four instructors of the department, George Waggoner, Forest Frease, Norman Regh, and another yet to be named will also have their desks here.
New floors and windows have been put in and the old book shelves and blackboards torn down. All furniture for the room is new and has been selected under the direction of Miss Lulu Gardner, chairman of the properties of the English department.
This room was originally intended for a class room, according to Miss Gardner, but for many years housed the library of the State Academy of science. Later it was used as a class room.