UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
OFFICIAL STUDENT PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME XXXVII
Z-229
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1940.
NUMBER 92.
High School Debaters Go Into Action
Competition in the state high school debate tournament got underway this afternoon 'with the forensic fireworks of class B teams starting at 1 o'clock and the class A and C schools swinging into action at 2:20 o'clock.
Class A and class C debates were being held in Blake, Green, and Fraser halls this afternoon, with the 13 class B schools debating in Fraser and Marvin halls.
Twenty-nine schools were represented at the tournament today with about 170 students and coaches registered. Eight of the schools were class A, 13 were class B, and 8 were class C.
Debates this afternoon and tonight were being scheduled on a roundrobin schedule, two two-member teams from each school debating the affirmative and negative sides of the state high school debate subject, "Resolved: that the federal government should own and operate the railroads." Finals in the tournament are scheduled for tomorrow.
The debaters and their coaches will be guests at a dinner served in the Memorial Union building at 6 o'clock tonight at which Dean Paul B. Lawson will be the speaker.
Class A results of the first day's debates will be announced at 9:50 o'clock tonight in room 15 Fraser hall; class B results will be tabulated at 8:45 o'clock in the same room; and class C results will be tabulated in room 115 Fraser hall at 9:50 o'clock.
Abduction Rumor Puts the Squitch On Shore Art Show
Schiller Shore's one man art exhibit was called off yesterday after the artist overheard rumors of a plot to carry off his masterpiece, "Marijuana Madonna."
Shore picked up his collection and went home when he was tipped off that "Marijuana Madonna" was to be abducted and held for ransom. With 45 cents worth of lumber tied up in the frame, not to mention the ink and labor, Shore said that he had to take it home rather than take any chances.
33 Applicants For Dramatic Club
Thirty-three Dramatic club aspirants received their preliminary instructions at 4:30 Wednesday in the Little Theater of Green hall. Gordon Brigham, c'40, president of the club, said today that he was pleased with the interest shown at the second semester try-outs. The 33 candidates will return Monday afternoon for individual appointments.
Here Monday---fact, it is reported that this is Littooy's all time high—he stood up the entire W.S.G.A.
Karl Krueger, director of the Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra which will play its annual concert here Monday night. Krueger, a former pupil of Pref. C. S. Skillton, of the School of Fine Arts faculty, attended the University for several years.
'Quality Street Ends Tonight
No tickets are left for tonight's "Quality Street" performance, Don Dixon, assistant instructor of speech and dramatic arts, said this afternoon. Tonight will be the last presentation of the Dramatic Club production.
Prof. W. L. Burdick, dean emeritus of the School of Law, will speak in a round table discussion on WDAF tonight at 8:30 on the topic of the "Bench and Bar of Other Lands." The program which is sponsored by the Kansas City Bar Association will last for fifteen minutes.
The play, termed by many as the "best of the year," has played before capacity audience since its opening Tuesday night. The sentimental-comic combination has drawn tears and lusty applause from the crowd like no other play for the past few years.
Jack Nelson and Mary Noel, two of the University's most talented Thespians, have the leads.
Burdick Speaks On WDAF Tonight
Other speakers will be William C. Lucas, James P. Kem, and Flavel Robertson.
$6,500 Damage in Blazes; Rescue 80 Year Old Man
'Glamour Pants' Stood Us Up... Wails W.S.G.A.
The fire was shooting out the back' windows of the building both upstairs and downstairs when Lawrence firemen were called to scene at 1:51 this morning. Fire Chief Paul Ingels said that the blaze
By Stan Stauffer, c'42
It looks like handsome Fred Littooy, the much battered dance manager, ran into a hornet's nest with the wily women of the W.S.G.A. not because he took away their dance passes but because the Beau Brummel stood them up without an apology.
By Reginald Buxton, c'40
An early morning fire burned for half an hour in the Lawrence business district today causing an estimated $6,500 loss to be Palace Barber and Beauty Shop at 730 Massachusetts street.
The first time Littooy failed to make a personal report to the Council about the passes, he apologized very nicely. The last time, which was Tuesday, he failed to both report and to apologize,
Velma Wilson, c'40, president of the Council said. He just smiled she said.
Girls Feel Slighted
'Glamour Pants'
The Council isn't interested in the old dance passes, Wilson said. "I'm not going myself," she added. But Litttooy promised the women he'd tell them personally about the passes before the news reached the Kansan. He didn't and the women are mad just like any nice young girl that is "stood up" might be. In
Not until after the meeting Tuesday night did the girls realize they had been slighted by Littooy. Wilson read the Kansan's story of Jimmy Dorsey's engagement for the Junior Prom to a group of stragglers and then the heat was on. For several minutes Littooy's ears
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started in the Beauty shop in the back end of the building but the cause of the fire is unknown.
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Students View G.O.P. Hopefuls
The 1940 Student Opinion series over WREN opened last night with a discussion of Republican presidential candidates. This series is sponsored by the Student Forums board, which offers a $5 award to the winner, and Delta Sigma Rho, honorary forensic fraternity.
Judges for last night's program were Lt.-Gov. Carl Friend, Kenneth Weaver, instructor in speech at Lawrence Memorial high school, and Jewel Nichols, announcer for station WIBW. Decision is based on the vote of the radio audience and the opinion of the judges.
"A quiet game of chess at home is better than an international poker game," declared Ralph Richardson, c'40, as he discussed Robert Taft of Ohio as a Republican presidential candidate.
Addison West, c'41, traced Joe Martin, representative from Massachusetts, from paper carrier to Republican floor leader to a hoped-for nomination as Republican candidate for president.
A face that photographs well plus ability to act makes New York District Attorney Dewey presidential
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They Don't Know How to Sound Their Tyrannosaurus
Did the tyrannosaurus, king of all the prehistoric beasts yip, yowl, or yodel?
Hollywood wants to know the answer, and Hollywood has written to the University of Kansas to find it.
The Hal Roach Studio Inc., is filming a picture called "1,000,000 B. C." that harks back to the earth's infancy when the dinosaurs reigned supreme. One of the sequences shows a death struggle between a tyrannosaurus and dimetrodon. The beasts rear up and do battle. Also they make noise—some kind of noise
Admitting that their research department is up a tree, the studio is seeking University aid.
The letter has been referred to the department of zoology.
J.E. Walters To Open Job Forum Series
"How to Find a Payroll and Get on It" will be discussed by J. E. Walters, director of personnel of Purdue University, at the first of three student forums designed to give seniors practical tips in getting a job which will be held at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 27 in Fraser theater.
In announcing the forum, Mac Wynne, c'40, chairman of the senior employment committee, said that two similar discussions would fellow at monthly intervals. The second speech will be from the viewpoint of the personnel manager in private industry, and the speaker at final meeting will be Chancellor Deane W. Malott.
J. E. Walters
Kansas Wesleyan Is Debate Foe
This will be the second time that the senior class has sponsored a forum on employment information. The class of 39 had a lecture last year which about 400 people attended.
Two debates between Kansas Weslyan College, Salina, and the University debate team on the problem of Isolation will be held Saturday at 3 o'clock in Green hall. The debates are being held for practice to get the two teams in condition for the forensic season.
University debaters will be Robert Hedges, b'40; James Meredith, c'41; Don Hayman, c'40; and Keith Schuerman, b'40. Hayman and Schuerman are former Salina debaters.
Companies Interview Students
A representative of the Dow Chemical Co. of Midland, Mich., was on the campus yesterday interviewing chemists and engineers for positions with his company. There have also been representatives of the Texas Co. and Phillips Petroleum Co. here.