UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN OFFICIAL STUDENT PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS VOLUME XXXVII Z-229 LAWRENCE, KANSAS, SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 25. 1940. NUMBER 98. Kansas Downs N.U. To Remain in Race Miller Sets Pace In 48-41 Win Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 24—(Special to The Kansan).-The Kansas Jayhawkers gained a half step on the league-leading Missouri Tigers by downing Nebraska, 48 to 41, here tonight. It was the final game of the season for the Cornhuskers. Ralph Miller, red-hot Kansas forward, looped in 20 points to pace the winners' attack. Miller tallied 13 of his points in the last half when the Huskers were rallying brilliantly. Trailing 16 to 23 at the intermission, Nebraska came from behind to lead 33 to 32 and 35 to 34 with about eight minutes left to go. But from then on the Jayhawkers pulled away fast from their tiring opponents. Tomorrow Kansas goes to Ames, Iowa, for a Monday night tilt with the Iowa State Cyclones. The box score: **KANSAS (48)** fg ft pf tp Miller, f 8 4 1 20 Ebling, f 2 1 1 5 Allen, c 4 2 1 10 Kline, g 1 0 2 2 Harp, g, c 3 1 1 7 Voran, f, c, g 0 0 0 0 Engleman, f 2 0 0 4 Johnson, f 0 0 0 0 Totals ...20 8 6 48 NEBRASKA (41) fg ft pf pt Tallman, f, c ... 4 2 1 10 Yaffe, f, c ... 4 0 2 8 Randall, c ... 1 0 1 2 Fitz, g ... 1 0 2 2 Held, c, g ... 4 3 0 11 Goetze, f ... 0 0 1 0 Hay, f, g ... 0 0 0 0 Pitcaithley, g ... 4 0 3 8 ___ ___ ___ ___ Totals ... 18 5 10 41 March Contest of County Correspondents Named A contest to be held during March for the members of the Student's Correspondence bureau of the Student Statewide Activities commission was announced today by Jim Surface, c'42, head of the bureau. A $5 prize will be awarded the correspondent who has the best collection of news for his home town newspaper. Complete details and arrangements for the contest will be given at the bureau meeting Tuesday at 4:30 in room 104 of the Journalism building. Roscoe Born, campus editor of the Kansan will speak on coming events in the second semester. This is the first meeting of the second semester and a large attendance is expected. Forty new correspondents, selected to take the place of mid-year graduates to correspond with their county newspapers concerning the activities of the University students from that county will attend the meeting. The new correspondents and the counties that they represent are: John K. Wagner, c'42, and Reola Durand, c'43, Barton; Melvin Adams, c'43, and Charles Walker, c'43, Butler; Marion McIntire, c'40, and Virginia Marshall, c'43, Clay; Thomas Myer, c'43, Cowley; Dorothy Junken, c'42, and Lewis Kidder, gr. (Continued on page eight) All Applications For Committee To Be in Monday Freshmen must have applications for positions on the student committee in charge of the Kansas Relays at the intramural office by Monday afternoon, Burr Sifers, student manager. announced today. The application must state his qualifications in a written letter. He will later be interviewed by Sifers and E. R. Elbel, assistant in physical education. From this group six will be selected to work with the four sophomores, two juniors and the student manager. The other members of the committee were announced last week. Nuckles to Select Cast For "Holiday" Tomorrow Final selection of the cast for "Holiday," the next presentation by the Dramatic club, will be made through individual appointments to-morrow. The play will open here March 8. Rolla Nuckles, instructor in speech and dramatic arts, will direct the play which goes into rehearsal Tuesday. Three days of tryouts culminated in the individual appointments scheduled for Monday. Smoke Petitions Vanish Smoke Engineers to Hold Annual Banquet Students of the different departments in the School of Engineering and Architecture will have a chance to bury the hatchet for an evening as they all gather for the fortyth annual all engineers banquet, March 29. Ticket sales will begin March 1. Plans for program and entertainments are in the hands of George Rippey, e'40, president of the School of Engineering. Each department will have displays of student work on the tables and the menus will be in blue prints or some other feature of engineering style. Skilton to Play--- Organ Vespers Program In Hoch This Afternoon Vesper music will swell from Hoch auditorium at 4 o'clock this afternoon when Charles S. Skilton, professor of organ, presents a program of numbers from five centuries of English organ compositions. Music typical of the sixteenth century will be the "Prelude for 'Let us with Pure Hearts'" by John Bull. From the seventeenth century will come Henry Purcell's "Prelude in G." and representative of the eighteenth century will be "Water Music" by Handel. Nineteenth century compositions will include the Exemplifying the present day, will be two "Sea Preludes" by Robin Milford and "Trumpet Voluntary" by Purcell-Wood. Two trumpets, two trombones, a tympani, and side drum will supplement the organ in the presentation of "Trumpet Voluntary," and Professor Skilton will be assisted by Eugene Crabb, fa'41; Leo Horacek, fa'41; Leslie Sperling, fa'41; Hobart Potter, e'43; Robert Jenkins, fa'43; and Jack Moore, fa'40. "Spring Song" by Alfred Hollins and "Concert Overture in E Flat" by William Faulkens. The petitions, if signed by 10 per cent of the male students, would have brought the no-smoking law to a popular vote. Chancellor Deane Malott last night "knew nothing about" the smoke-law petitions which, when reported near success Friday, later disappeared from the campus. Andy Hibbard, l'41, who was pushing petition signatures last night would make no statement as to why he discontinued the move. Friday morning, Hibbard called the Daily Kansan office to request that nothing more be said regarding the petitions and his participation in the move. In Conference Hibbard conferred with the Chancellor early Friday morning. Indications that the withdrawal of the pelitients did not end the attempt at referendum were given last night. The Kansan Board will meet tomorrow to decide if the paper will support the signature drive officially. Daniel Runner Rumor that the Board of Regents was back of a move to spike the drive was denied last night by Fred M. Harris, Ottawa, chairman of the Board. Though Harris said he was in Lawrence Wednesday night, he denied having discussed the smoking issue with Chancellor Malott. "The question has never been referred to the Regents," Harris said, "and I have heard it mentioned only casually." Denies Rumor Book Exchange To Pay Off Monday The "Pay Off" bp the book exchange in the School of Engineering will be held Monday, Feb. 26, George Rippey, head of the book exchange announced today. All students who turned in books to be sold at the end of the semester will be paid for the books that were sold by the exchange. An increase over last year was made in this year's sales, according to Rippey. Opera Ballet To Be Here Monday Night The San Francisco Opera Ballet, directed by William Christensen, will appear in a program of two aesthetic dances in Hoch auditorium at 8:20 o'clock tomorrow night. First of the ballets will be "Coppelia," the Des Libes classic, which tells the story of two young people who are confronted with the serious problem of choosing mates. The second, "In Vienna" describes several light incidents in a Viennese day of the early 70's. Just as every actor aspires to play the part of Hamlet, every ballerina looks forward to the day when she can dance the role of Swanhilda in "Coppelia." This season, Janet Reed, the titian-haired ballerina of the San Francisco Opera Ballet, has achieved that goal. Artistic Director Dancing the principal male role will be William Christensen, young Danish-American artist, who not only arranges the ballets for the group, but also acts as artistic director. The story of "Coppelia" is well within the spirit of the period of its creation, when practically all ballets were designed for an individual star, just as many plays are written for some particular actress or actor. The undertaking of works of this type demonstrates the respect which the director holds for his ballerina. Lighter in theme than "Coppelia" is the final number, "In Vienna." The music for this ballet was writ- (Continued on page eight) Brings Comedy Here Wednesday George D. Wilner, head of the department of speech and dramatic arts at Wichita University, is here caught in action as he directs the Wichita Players in "Her Master's Voice," the modern comedy which this group will present in Fraser theater next Wednesday.