UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
OFFICIAL STUDENT PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME XXXVII
Z-229
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1940.
NUMBER 120.
Ford And Mize Win
They Are the Most Popular---
Annual Spring Concert By Symphony Tonight
By Bob Trump, c'42
Spring settled over Mount Oread today to provide an appropriate back drop for tonight's concert in Hoch auditorium by Karl Kuersteiner and the University Symphony orchestra. The program will begin at 8 o'clock.
Beaming in elation over their victory in the Daily Kansan's popularity poll are four University students. They are (left to right) Ivan Cain (Independent), runner up in the men's division; Kay O'Sullivan (Kappa Alpha Theta), runner up for the Coed honor; Virginia Ford (Chi Omega), winner of the most popular woman's contest; and Dick Mize (Sigma Chi) winner of the men's division. All four will escort, and be escorted by, stars to tomorrow night's world premiere of "The Dark Command".
Intensifying the atmosphere of spring, the orchestra will play Carl Preyer's "Fairy Suite." This will be the first performance of the composition by the "grand old man" of the School of Fine Arts, who has been a member of the music faculty for 48 years. The orchestration for this number has been made by "Symphony No. 4 in F Minor," long Professor Kuersteiner.
"Fairy Suite", which will be played in five movements, tells the story of two living dolls, Punch and Columbine, and their experiences with a fairy queen.
Rounding out the program will be two additional selections, chosen by the director for their brilliance and audience appeal. Tschaikowsky's
Butler to Head Union Board
Carter Butler, c'41, has been elected president of the Union Activities Board by the Union Operating Committee. Earnest Klema, c'41, was made vice-president and Jean Steele, c'41, will fill the office of secretary. The duties of the Board are in directing the student activities in the Memorial Union building.
"Symphony No. 4 in F Minor," long accepted as a masterpiece of symphonic literature, will open the concert, and Rimsky-Korsakoff's "Caprice on Spanish Themes, Op. 34," popularly known as "Spanish Caprice," will be the final number of the evening.
1,588 Votes Cast In Daily Kansan Premiere Contest
By Walt Meininger, c'40
Heavy balloting under sponsorship of the Chi Omega and Sigma Chi machines during the last day of voting insured wins by wide margins for Dick Mize, b'40, and Virginia Ford, ed'41, in the contest to select escorts for the stars of "The Dark Command," at the world premiere to be held here Thursday night. A total of 1.588 votes was cast.
Kay O'Sullivan, c'43, Theta entry, and Ivan Cain, c'40, independent, proved runners up and will also accompany actors to the premiere.
Cagers Pick Four
Mize will take Wendy Barrie to the premiere and Virginia Ford will share the spotlight with John Wayne. Walter Pidgeon will attend the picture with Kay O'Sullivan and Cain will go with Ona Munson.
The picture is to be shown at the Granada and the Dickinson theaters and the stars will appear at both theaters before the picture is shown. The stars and their student escorts will appear at the Granada at 8:30 and then at the Dickinson at 9 o'clock Thursday night.
The University's two All-American basketball players, Bob Allen and Howard Engleman selected the following women students as a delegation to meet the stars at the train tomorrow morning: Betty Bell, c'41, Kappa Kappa Gamma; Virginia Rose, c'40, Watkins hall; Roberta Walker, c'41, Kappa Alpha Theta; and, Betty Burch, fa'41, Pi Beta Phi.
Trevor Will Be Absent
Claire Trevor, who has the feminine lead in the Republic picture, was originally scheduled to come to Lawrence for the premiere, but will be unable to be here because of a radio broadcast Friday night.
"The Dark Command" is a story of border warfare at the time of Quantrill and includes scenes depicting the famous raid on Lawrence.
Hob Nail Hop Queen Aspirants Are Announced
Next week will be a dreary week for engineering "profs". . . Their students are overlooking the books while they concentrate on photographs of the Hill's leading coeds, one of whom will be selected as the Engineering Queen. The photographs of the candidates have been arranged on a bulletin board in the outer hall of Marvin hall.
The six candidates who are vieing for the honor of reigning at the Hobnail Hop are: Betty Bell of Kappa Kappa Gamma, Cathleen Beyer of Chi Omega, Bernice Morris of Alpha Delta Pi, Kathleen O'Sullivan of Kappa Alpha Theta, Ann Rightmire of Corbin hall, and Pattye Jayne Wadley of Gamma Phi Beta. 'All students in the School of Engineering are eligible to vote. A popular election will be held by the Engineering Council sometime next week.
The Engineer Queen will be presented by the head of the Engineering Council, at the Hobnail Hop,
Lawrence Is All Set For World Premiere
The city of Lawrence is primed for her bid to moviedom fame as the program is all set for the world premiere of Lawrence's historical epic, "The Dark Command", Republic studio's production of Quantrill's raid on this city.
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By Stan Stauffer
Action will start at 10:15 tomorrow morning with the arrival of the Hollywood stars at the Santa Fe depot, and will end with a private party for the stars at the Lawrenc Country club late tomorrow night. Including the reenactment of the burning of the old Free-State hotel in South park after dusk tomorrow night, a two-mile parade showing the developments of (Continued on page eight)
Simon and Buxton Named to Head Daily Kansan Staff
Reginald Buxton, c'40, and Jay Simon, c'40, were elected editor-in-chief and managing editor yesterday afternoon in a meeting of the Kansan Board, Stewart Jones, c'40, chairman of the Board, announced today
Marilyn McBride, c'40, will write "Rock Chalk Talk" and Walter Meininger, c'40, will continue to write "On the Shin." Larry Winn, c'41, was appointed sports editor at the beginning of the track season. These positions will be held for the rest of the year.
Begin Work On Battenfeld Dormitory
Tractors and other equipment of the J. T. Constant Construction company, builders of John Battenfeld hall, new men's dormitory which will be completed next September, were in operation today as final preparations were made prior to breaking ground for the building, which will occupy the old Alumni Place property.
The foundations of an old brick building on the plot proper were cleared away Monday and Tuesday, and after shrubbery and more debris have been removed and the ground leveled off excavations will begin.
A gift to the University from Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Battenfeld, of Kansas City, Mo., the dormitory is in memory of their son, John, who was killed last December in an automobile accident near Lawrence. He was a junior in the College.
Furnishings for the hall also are to be the gift of the Battenfelds, and friends of the family have made specific donations to be included in the building's furnishings.
Burdick Day Is This Friday
Burdick Day will be celebrated Friday by Law students with a banquet at the Eldridge hotel at 6:30 pm. The speaker will be President J. W. Fullbright of the University of Arkansas, who will speak on "Law as a Preparation for the Public Service."
Law students voted last year to name the annual Law School banquet in honor of W. L. Burdick, dean emeritus of the Law School. The banquet was scheduled for his birthday but since it came during Easter holidays the banquet will be held this Friday.
Midweek Tonight--
Clyde Smith and his orchestra will play for the Midweek dance tonight at 7 o'clock in the ballroom of the Memorial Union building, it was announced today by Leo Johnstone, chairman of the Student Union Activities Commission. The usual stag limit of 200 will be imposed. Activity books are required for admission.