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GENERAL
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1940
Gold Medals For'90 Grads At Reunion
A gold medal will be presented by the University to each returning member of the class of 1890 when it celebrates its golden anniversary here during Commencement. They will have a class dinner June 9, and invite the two preceding and the two following classes.
There are 31 living members out of a graduating class of 60. Mrs. C. M. Sterling, 920 Indiana, Lawrence, was secretary of that class nad has been active in that capacity since graduation. Each year she has sent out letters and has received enough contributions for the class to present a group of books to Watson library. Mrs. Sterling is in charge of the reunion and will hold a committee meeting here March 17.
Outstanding members of this class include: Dr. E. E. Slosson, a scientist who conceived the idea that science needed to be interpreted to the average man, and also founder of Science Service; Neil Brooks, professor of German at the University of Illinois; and William Allen White, editor of the Emporia Gazette.
Girl Reserve Course Opens
The Girl Reserve Training course open to all University women in education began yesterday and will continue until April 6.
Sponsored jointly by the Y.W.C.A. and the School of Education, the course is offered in order to give an insight into the work and the methods of the Girl Reserve organization, a group which exists in almost every high school of the state.
Teachers who participate in the meetings, which are being held in the basement of Spooner-Thayer museum, and present satisfactory evidence of achievement, will be awarded a certificate of proficiency.
The committee in charge of arrangements includes Mary Margaret Anderson, c'42; Alice Boylan, c-'42; and Ruth Adele Mortiz, c'43.
Observe Lent In Services
In observation of the Lenten period, Dean W. W. Day, of the Grace Cathedral in Topeka, will speak at 7:30 p.m. on Palm Sunday, March 17, in the First Presbyterian church. The Westminster A Capella choir, led by Donald M. Swarthout, dean of the School of Fine Arts, will sing two Easter numbers.
During the week of March 11 faculty members and local ministers will hold fireside forums in the various organized houses. Twenty-five houses have already asked for speakers, according to Eda Paddock, Y.W. secretary.
Lenten services, sponsored by the Student Christian Federation, are being held from 8 to 8:15 each morning in Myer's ball.
Evelyn Swarthout To Play in New York
Evelyn Swarthout, pianist, daughter of Dean and Mrs. D. M. Swarthout, will appear in her second Town Hall recital in New York City on Saturday, March 9.
In February, Miss Swarthout presented a recital at Lindenwood College, St. Charles, Mo., and last week, she appeared at Hotchkiss College in New York City. Following the Town Hall program, she will play at John Stetson University, Deland, Fla., and will remain in the South for a short vacation.
Three Engineers Get G.E. Jobs
Three students in the School of Engineering and Architecture received job offers today from the General Electric Company after a two day interviewing of more than fifty students was completed last night. The names of the students are not to be disclosed until the placements are final, Professor E. D. Hay said today.
The two representatives who arrived here Monday to interview likely candidates for the positions were L. H. Mean and R. I. Parker, e12, now head of the district company of General Electric in Chicago. The students were selected from the electrical engineering and mechanical engineering departments.
Picture Lindley's With Graduates
Former Chancellor and Mrs. E. H. Lindley and the five Chinese graduates of the University of Kansas now living there were the subjects of a picture received by L. D. Havenhill, dean of the School of Pharmacy this week.
In the accompanying letter, W. Y. Chiang, '32, said that the Lindley's were in Shanghai in January, and plan to return in April.
Mr. Chiang also referred to the fluctuation in money values, and that a shave and a haircut are worth three cents of American money in China now.
'No' to A. & M.—
(Continued from page one) that they can play in New York and fly back in time to get in the running at Kansas City.
Doctor Allen, stating that he wants this district's representative to be as fresh as possible for the tournament, wired the athletic council at Stillwater that the dates would not be set up.
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Word has not been received from the authorities at A. and M. stating whether they will reconsider the
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trip to New York and stay for the N.C.A.A. affair.
Doctor Allen stated that George Edwards of Missouri will definitely bring his Tigers into the fourney, in case Kansas loses to Oklahoma Friday night and makes it a three-way tie for the Big Six championship. Hinges On Friday Game
Last year when Missouri finished in a first place tie in the conference, they withdrew in favor of Oklahoma, and some thought they might do the same thing again this year.
The whole affair depends upon the outcome of the game at Norman Friday night and the decision of the Aggies in regard to going to New York to compete in the Garden.
If Kansas wins Friday night and Oklahoma goes East, the Jayhawk-
NOTICE
Students interested in taking a bus to Norman, Okla., for the Sooner game Friday, are asked to get in touch with the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce either tonight or tomorrow morning. Round trip fare will be around $7.40. The bus will leave at 8 Friday morning and return after the game.
ers automatically qualify as one of the four Western teams in the semi-finals, and will play in Kansas City's municipal auditorium March 22.
If they win and A. and M. stays here, the two will meet at Oklahoma City March 15 to see which team carries this sector's colors into the tourney.
Now in case Kansas loses and the Big Six ends in a three-way tie. If the Aggies go east Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma will play at Oklahoma City March 14 and 15 to
determine the tournament entry. If A. and M. stays here, the three Big Six teams will meet in the Forum at Wichita March 11 and 12 and the victor will take on the Valley winners March 15 in Oklahoma City.
The eventual winner of the playoff in this district will compete with Colorado of the Rocky Mountain conference, Rice Institute of the Southwest Conference, and the Pacific coast leader March 22 and 23 in Kansas City.
The winner of this four-cornered affair will meet the winner of a similar Eastern tourney for the National championship March 30 in Kansas City.
Doctor Allen was in Kansas City this morning conferring with C. E. McBride of the Kansas City Star, E. O. "Bill" Williams of Dräke, and Eugene Zackman, manager of the Municipal auditorium in regard to games at the auditorium. McBride and Williams are members of the committee of which Doctor Allen is chairman.
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