UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
OFFICIAL STUDENT PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME XXXVII
Z-229
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1940
NUMBER 125.
Naval Battle Rages
'Easy Does It' Is Hill Campaign Slogan for '40
Glee Club Dining, Shining
By Harry Hill
Parsons, April 9—(By Mail to The Kansan)—Some high notes from the concert tour of the University Men's Glee club:
Traveling songsters hopped out of beds in some 15 private homes at
Harry Hill
Oswego this morning, praising the cordial hospitality of the small southern Kansas town and rubbing stomachs well cared for by excellent Oswego cooking. Over breakfast coffee, saw the big news
of the morning—that Scandanavia was at war with Germany—and that discovery somewhat tempered the otherwise high spirited crew.
Featuring the Big Ten, Big Six,
ans Texas Relays Sprint Champion
in the 100-yard Dash.
With six concerts yet to present after tonight's appearance at Chetopa, the glee club was increasing its numbers at every stop . . . Four men have been added to the squad at every stop, some of them joining the club after spending the weekend at home . . . The large Greyhound bus loaded to the last inch . . . Although they are booked to sing three programs a day, the men seem never to tire of "barbershopbing" on the between-towns jumps . . . It requires consistent pleading on the part of Prof Joseph Wilkins to make the singers save their voices . . .
After starting the trip, the club was given another appearance, a radio boardcast at 4:30 p.m. Thursday ove
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Only 10 More Days 'Til Kansas Relays
Though men are scheduled to vote in less than a week, Hill politicians have found this year's election hullabulloo less of a hullabulloo than any campaign in history.
About candidate Bill Farmer, P.S.G.L. is saying "he does worth while things well." And Pachacamac comes back with this about Bob McKay: "A man whose ideals are grounded in an unparalleled record of achievement."
But the real slogan for the 1940 edition of political history should be "easy does it."
Election day is April 16 and, in ordinary years, politicians would have kicked up six scandals and a good street brawl. But to date a communique from the local political front reads like a pre-Norway message from the war in Europe. Just Quietly Disturbing
Politicians are content to go about from house to house, disturbing men in only a quiet sort of way. Head-
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A brief cutting of the production was presented by Director Rolla Nuckles and his cast over KFKU yesterday evening. A capacity audience saw the play in Fraser theater last night.
Ross Robertson, instructor of economics, has charge of the voice solos and the modern choir numbers. Two songs are being prepared for the modern choir and the voice soloists have been given their parts.
J. S. Worley, professor of transportation engineering at the University of Michigan, spoke to the students of the Schools of Business and Engineering yesterday in Frank Strong auditorium.
The curtain will go up on the third campus performance of Philip Barry's "Holiday" tonight at 8:20. The play, a smash hit with opening night and last night audiences, is soldout for this evening's performance, but a few seats remain for the closing performance tomorrow.
Holiday Sold Out Tonight
Hold Heavy Rehearsals On 'Swing'N Sing' Show
"Swing 'n Sing," the W.S.G.A. musical comedy, is beginning to take form with heavy rehearsals scheduled for the next two weeks. Rolla Nuckles, instructor in speech and dramatic arts, will announce the cast for the production, a combination of chorus and comedy skits.
Michigan Professor Discusses Transportation
Omitted in yesterday's Kansan review was mention of the set work done by Don Dixon, instructor in the department of speech and dramatic arts. Dixon's sets are two: one depicting the interior of Seton home and the other a playroom upstairs. Both are tastefully done.
Mr. Nuckles is directing skits and dance numbers. The chorus met for the first time Monday afternoon and learned the fundamentals of their first dance routine.
Most of the music for "Swing 'n
The program will include a combination ballet and comedy dancer, a Negro tap dancer, a quartet composed of a girl and three boys, as well as chorus solos, the modern choir, and the band.
K. U. Band Man--who was especially appointed by the central committee, gave the quiz which was divided into four parts, music history, harmony, band arranging, and composers.
Sing" was written by Bud Balsar, gr., who is also arranging the band music, and Jimmie Hammer, fa'43. Art Wolf, '42, has written a song for the modern choir, and songs by Clarence Peterson, c'42, and Don Clinger, b-'40, are under consideration. The theme of the musical is similar to that used in "Spring Swing" two years ago.
WSGA Demands Itemized Account From the I.S.A.
An amendment demanding an itemized account was added to the motion for the $100 I.S.A. appropriation from the student activity fund by W.S.G.A. council last night.
Striking a record as the longest meeting in two years the W.S.G.A. finally passed the bill with a vote of 12-2.
Russell L. Wiley, director of the University band, is now a member of the American Band Leaders' Association, after subjecting himself to a strenuous 12-hour examination.
Elizabeth Meguiar welcomed the new members of W.S.G.A. into the
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12-Hour Quizz Necessary To Get in Band Society
Recently Wiley took an exam to end all exams—12 hours in duration—and passed with honors, thus becoming the first and only man in Kansas to gain this distinction. In the entire 48 states there are only 58 active members.
Russell L. Wiley, conductor of the University band, this week assumed the role of student to gain admittance into the American Bandmasters' Association, the most select organization of its kind in the nation.
Each year the society picks a few men in the United States and gives them an opportunity to try for a place in the group. Raymond Stuhl,
The association, which was founded by Edwin Franko Goldman, noted conductor, had for its first honorary president, John Philip Sousa. Since the death of Sousa, Goldman has been made honorary president for life. The total membership of the association, including 19 representatives from instrument manufacturers and music pubishing houses, who are considered likely associate members, number
Four Ships Are Sunk In North Sea
By Joe Alex Morris U.P. Foreign News Editor
Germany and the Allied powers battled today for control of the North Sea and the most important key to victory in Europe's spreading war.
Fighting—chiefly among warships and aerial fleets—spread along the Norwegian coast and casualties piled up swiftly on both sides, with the operations still in a preliminary stage.
Germany admitted loss of two of its big warships, the 10,000 ton heavy cruiser, Bluecher, and the 6,000-ton cruiser, Karsluhe.
Great Britain lost two destroyers, the Hunter and the Hardy, when an unsuccessful thrust was made against the Norwegian iron ore port of Narvik, which the Nazis captured yesterday after sinking two Norwegian naval vessels with loss of about 500 men.
In addition, the Germans claimed to have scored direct aerial bomb hits on two British battleships and two heavy cruisers; while the British, in a sudden bombing raid on Germans at Bergen, reported two German cruisers had been hit and said another had been torpeded and probably sunk.
The Germans, long reluctant to open a new war front, obviously had considered every possibility of the risk they ran in throwing out long lines on the Norwegian coast and reports of the first results of fighting indicated the effectiveness of their preparations to fight off the Allied air and naval forces.
Considered Every Angle
The British, however, were counting on the ability of the Allied fleets to cut off German forces which occupied such points as Bergen, Stavanger, and Narvik before Nazi expeditionary forces established lines of communication by land. The superior Allied fleets would normally seem to be in a position of advantage in such operations, but they were forced to go against German aerial and U-boat power in addition to the natural defenses of the Norwegian coast.
German Plans At A Glance
Two factors stood out in the German plans:
1—The occupation of Denmark was complete, giving Germany new and important aerial and submarine bases from which to strike at the Allies in the North Sea and at the British Isles.
2-The occupation of important Norwegian ports was complete and
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