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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1940
K. U. Educators Attend Meeting
The annual meeting of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools held in Chicago this week will be attended by Dr. E. B. Stouffer, dean of the Graduate School, Dr. Paul B. Lawson, dean of the College, and Dr. H. E. Chandler, associate professor of education. The meeting will last from April 1 to April 5.
Dean Stouffer, a member of the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education and of the Executive Committee of the association, will preside at the joint session of the three commissions on Thursday morning.
Chancellor Malott expects to drop in on the meeting tomorrow on his way back from a trip east.
Federal Officers To Inspect R.O.T.C.
Federal inspection of the local R.O.T.C. units will be held here April 23 and 24. Col. Raymond W. Briggs of the 7th area R.O.T.C. will give the inspection to members of the administrative staff of the local R.O.T.C. post on April 24. This will include a review of the courses being offered and a judging of the local administration of classes.
Major N. W. Cochrane, head of the R.O.T.C. at Washington University, St. Louis, will inspect the coast artillery division of the local R.O.T.C. unit, and Lt. Col. W. E. Lucas, under the R.O.T.C. units in the high schools are Leavenworth will inspect the local infantry division.
Inspection of the units includes detailed inspection of the men and equipment.
Dorm Tableware Designs Sent to N.Y.A. Potteries
The design for table ware which will be used in the University's two new dormitories for men, Brynwood Place and the old chancellor's residence, has been chosen and sent to the N.Y.A. potteries at Hays, Miss Rosemary Ketcham, professor of design, said this morning.
Two students of the department of design, Richard Harwood, fa'40, and Harry Nelson, fa'41, collaborated on the pattern, which was selected by the committee in charge of furnishing the dormitories. The project will be carried out by the N.Y.A. potteries at Hays.
Three Graduates Placed In Teaching Positions
Three new teacher appointments were announced today by H. E. Chandler, director of the teachers' appointment bureau.
Carl T. Anderson, '30, will be superintendent of schools at Horton next year. For the past four years he has been superintendent at Claflin.
Vergie Ray, c'40, has been elected to teach English and Spanish at Cimarron.
Helen Runyon, c'40, will teach English and speech at Peabody.
NOTICE
Seniors to be graduated from the School of Engineering and Architecture in June, 1940, are asked to report at Dean Ivan C. Crawford's office in order to check for their degree, April 4, 5, or the morning of April 6.
Half Pint Beer Mugs Fine Arts Replace Quart Cans Recital Tomorrow In War-Time Berlin
(By the United Press)
Workers who once took a can of beer home at night now are often told at their saloons that "all beer sold here must be drunk on the premises."
Quart mugs are now giving way to glasses with a capacity of little more than half a pint. Many breweries have begun making beer of less than two per cent alcohol by volume.
Graduate Gets Job
Louis Rupple has been elected superintendent at Claflin for the next year, the appointment bureau announced today. Rupple has been at Haviland for several years. He received his Master of Arts degree here in 1933.
Vocal and instrumental selections will be presented by students of the School of Fine Arts at 3:30 tomorrow afternoon in Frank Strong auditorium.
The program follows: Piano, "Rhapsoys in G Minor" (Brahms) by Mary Elizabeth Bitzer, fa'43; cello, "Swan" (Saint-Saens) and "Tarantella" (Squire) by John Ehrlick, c'43; voice, "Ritournelle" (Chaminade) by Helen Cronemeyer, fa'42; piano, "Garden Music, Op. 117" (Niemann) by Etta Kathryn McGauhey, fa'42.
Voice, "Estrellita" and "En Cuba",
Mexican folk songs (Arr. by La-
Forge) by Treva Thompson, fa'40;
piano, "Concerto in A Minor" (Schu-
mann) by Marshall Butler, fa'42.
Ration Nazi Diapers
Berlin, April 2.—(UP) —Babies' diapers were rationed today in the interest of war time economy, and it was announced that starting May 15, corked bottles would be sold only if customers brought their own corks.
Effective yesterday, infants under one year of age are required to have clothes ration cards. Each card represents 90 "points," against which infant garb will be marked up. The full 90 points, however, is for a first child. A second child gets only 30 points a year, while additional children get 60 points each.
Educational Research Director Writes Article for Magazine
Learning to Live in Junior College is the title of an editorial by Dr. F. P. O'Brien, director of educational research at the University of Kansas, published in the Junior College Journal for April, which was just issued in Washington.
In this article, Dr. O'Brien states that the object of education is "Inducting young people into adulthood" and he says this includes "The promotion of personal happiness, physical and mental health, opportunities to live cooperatively with others and the background needed for facing social realities in modern life."
The University of Kansas baseball team will open its 1940 season against Rockhurst college April 10. The game will be played here.
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