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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
OFFICIAL STUDENT PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME XXXVII
Z-229
NUMBER 100.
Wichita U. To Present Play Tonight
The Wichita U. players will present "Her Master's Voice," a comedy by Clare Kummer tonight at 8:15 in Fraser theater. The production will be Wichita U.'s half of the annual exchange with the University.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1940
Alma Louise Gray will lead the cast in the role of Queena Farrar. She will be supported by six other members of the Wichita U. dramatics department.
Ticket sales in the basement of Green hall have been progressing nicely during the past two days indicating a large audience at curtain time tonight.
"Holiday" casting is nearly complete. Parts will be announced Thursday evening, according to Rolla Nuckles, director.
George D. Wilner, head of Wichita's dramatic department will direct the play.
The University dramatics department will take its production of Philip Barry's "Holiday" to Wichita later this spring.
1. Activity books may be exchanged for tickets at Fraser hall this afternoon and tonight.
Alumni Office To Help Seniors
The use of personal data sheets in helping seniors obtain jobs is available to University students Fred Ellsworth, alumni secretary, announced today.
The alumni office will serve as a collecting center to obtain the data sheets for students, which will be printed by the Journalism Press and will be available to the student at a cost of $3.00 per one hundred sheets.
These personal data sheets, which have proved successful in many colleges, are cards which contain a record of the student's past career, his activities, his grades, and a print of his senior application picture.
The Alumni Office desires 16 groups to order the sheets. The orders of the first group will be sent in March 9.
Karl Mattern, associate professor of drawing and painting, has accepted an invitation to speak before members of the Nebraska Art Institute March 17.
Seniors desiring to avail themselves of this service are requested to bring information and a picture of themselves to the Alumni Office, where sample data sheets will be given to them.
Karl Mattern to Speak
Find 'F'
Wanted: A young man who is willing to prove his ability before taking a position.
Marvin Goebel, head of the men's employment bureau, is saying that today, with accent on the "proof of ability."
Yesterday, Goebel had a call from a person who wanted to hire a student but insisted that the prospective employee show him what he can do first.
The student wishing the job must first solve the following equations in terms of "f":
f + s = e + r.
f/64.5 + s/45.3 = 180.
.254 × f = .10 × r + xe.
.746f = .893r + ey.
.1f = .007r + 1 - (x + y)e.
The position is still open.
Trade Concert With K.S.T.C.
An exchange concert has been arranged with the Kansas State Teacher's College of Emporia orchestra, it was announced today by Karl Kuersteiner, director of the University symphony orchestra.
The Emporia group, directed by Orien Daley, will play a concert in Hoch auditorium on Monday night, April 1. Mr. Daley, who until this year was the leader of the University of Wisconsin orchestra, has recently completed a course of study under Jean Sibelius, and it is supposed that he will include some of the Finnish composer's works on the program.
On April 8, the entire personnel of the University orchestra will present a concert in Emporia. A feature of the program will be the appearance of the N.Y.A. string quartet made up of Eugene Nininger, fa'42 and Lorraine McIntyre, fa'40, violins; Vincent Bleecker, fa'40, viola; and Sarai Mohler, fa'41.
The month of April will be one of the busiest in the history of the orchestra. In addition to the concert at Emporia, three other appearances are scheduled during the 30 day period.
W.S.G.A.Election Date Is Changed To March 14
Addition of West Hills A 1940 Census Possibility
The W.S.G.A. election will be held March 14, instead of March 7, as was previously announced, said Velma Wilson, c'40, president, today.
This change was made at the meeting last night in the Pine room of the Memorial Union building, because the constitution provides that an election cannot be held until two weeks after the nominating committee meets.
Whether West Hills and the residential district south of the University will become a part of the city of Lawrence and have the tax rate hiked 11 mills on the dollar, is now dependent on the results of the 1940 federal census. The matter has been under consideration of the city council for the past two years.
An election tea will be given Wednesday, March 13, in the Men's lounge at the Union.
By Stan Stauffer, c'42
tabled for the second time in two years. However, it is thought probable that if the federal census which is to be taken this year quotes the Lawrence population at 15,000 or over, the districts will be annexed into Lawrence territory.
Four ordinances, which provide for the annexation of West Hills along with University Place and University Heights, were defeated eight to three at the last meeting of the council and
The nominating committee will interview candidates today and tomorrow at 4:30 p.m. in the Pine room of the Memorial Union building.
The Lawrence city council's chief opposition to the annexation of the districts adjacent to the University is the probability that the added population would send the city population, now quoted at 14,264 by the latest assessors census, over the 15,000
A discussion over the amendment passed by the Mens' Student Council on the joint K-Book bill, dealing with appropriations for its support, caused tabling of this bill, the only one scheduled for a vote. The amendment seeks to make the representative of the business office chairman of the committee, replacing the Y.M.C.A. secretary.
Velma Wilson
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'Hill Problems Over WREN
Campus problems will be discussed on the third Student Opinion broadcast tomorrow at 8 o'clock p.m. over WREN. Two previous contests have been discussions on Republican and Democratic candidates for the presidency.
The series of contests is sponsored by the Student Forum Board which offers a $5 award to the winner of the contests.
Speakers will be Emmet Park, b-'41; Velma Wilson, c'40; Bob McKay, b'40; Richard MacCann, c'40; and Bob Sullivan, l'42. Their subjects have not been announced.
'Suspense Kills Me' Wails Campus Movie Aspirant
"Suspense just kills me," was the wail the movie anxious student who took a screen test for the film depicting University life to be filmed under the direction of Allen Crafton head of the department of speech and dramatic arts. Professor Crafton announced that it would be at least a month before the results of the tests will be known.
In the meantime the aspirants console themselves with "what I don't know won't hurt me."
Identification Card Required At Midweek
Identification cards will be required for all men attending tonight's mid-week, Leo Johnstone, e40, president of the Union Activities board, announced this afternoon.
The identification cards also will be required for admission to all remaining mid-weeks, Johnstone said.
BEAT MISSOURI ! !
'Hot Feet, Cool Head Says Walters
"Possess 'hot' feet and a 'cool' head," was the advice given approximately 120 job seekers by Dr. J. E. Walters, personnel director of Purdue University, in his talk, "How To Find a Payroll and Get Your Name on It", in Fraser theater last night.
In a more serious vein, Doctor Walters outlined the methods of finding a job and getting it, explaining minutely the requisites for achieving success in that end. "First," he said, "find a payroll by research on as many companies as possible that can offer you the job you would like to have. Then apply—properly—in short, but to-the-point letters." Here Doctor Walters paused in his remarks to explain that all of us have our good character traits, and that in letters of application these should be strongly emphasized, and that no apologies need be submitted for our defects. "Lastly," he continued, "send as many applications as you can. Of a group of 50 you may only receive 25 replies, 10 of which might be encouraging and about 4 or 5 of which might request interviews with you; but if everyone received such a percentage I'd wager that about 80 percent of the graduating class here this spring would have jobs by next September."
The importance of being able to talk to employers "in their own language" was stressed by Doctor Walters, who offered the suggestion that all persons seeking employment should learn facts about the company with which they have an interview, and that they should be prepared to give employers the impression they are definitely in-
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Dramatic Club Pledges Eleven
Eleven persons have been apprenticed to Dramatic Club this week following two sessions of tryouts in which the would-be actors presented pantomimes and read aloud before the executive council of the club. The successful candidates will serve as apprentices for at least one semester.
The new apprentices are: Connie Voelker, c'42; Harold Long, b'40; Esther Mitchell; Gloria Bichele, c'43; Dell Love, c'42; Mary Peters, c'43; Mary Lou Randall, c'41; La Vada Nestlerode, c'41; Arlouine Good-john, fa'40; Al Decker, c'42; and Bill McGinnis, c'42.