UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
OFFICIAL STUDENT PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME XXXVII
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1940.
NUMBER 84
Z-229
Major Eliot To Discuss U.S. Defense
Problems of national defense and implications of the war in Europe will be in for a frankly presented review when Major George Fielding Eliot comes to the University as a lecture course presentation on Feb. 29 in Hoch auditorium.
Experienced in matters of military nature, Major Eliot has written a popular discussion of defense problems. "The Ramparts We Watch." He has also written numerous magazine articles including a report for the Foreign Policy Association, "Military Consequences of Munich."
Major Eliot was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., and educated in both this country and Australia. During the World War he served with the Australian Imperial Force and by 1922 was engaged in United States intelligence work, on active duty at Fort Leavenworth. Since the outbreak of the present European war, Major Eliot has become increasingly popular as a commentator on military problems.
Questions to be answered by the military commentator included those of the possibility of American entrance into the war, the need of a large standing army, the safety from attack of the country, the vulnerability of the Panama canal, and the problem presented by Japanese influence. Major Eliot has recently written articles for such magazines as Current History, Harpers and the Saturday Evening Post. He recently served as commentator in a movie short dealing with the comparative strength of the Maginot and Seigfried lines, discussing the possibilities of an immediate attack on these barriers by either side.
Debate Tonight In Green Hall
The Little Theatre of Green hall will be the scene of a debate tonight at 9 o'clock when Marquette university vies with Kansas on the Pl Kappa Delta question: "Resolved, that the United States should adopt a policy of complete economic and military isolation." Mac Wynne, c'40, and Irving Kuraner, c'40, will represent the University on the affirmative side.
Earlier in the evening the two schools will debate at Haskell Institute online on the question "Resolved, that the federal government should own and operate the railroads." The debate is scheduled for 7:30, with David Rice, c'41, and Leo Rhodes, b'40, taking the affirmative for Kansas.
Karl Klooz Asks Stray Book Owners To Claim Volumes
In case you didn't know, a lost book is supposed to be turned in to Karl Klooz, bursar, at the business office.
Then, by the same formula, if you have lost a book, you should look for it at the business office.
If this procedure is followed it will not only benefit book losers but Mr. Klooz as well. He now has a stack of unclaimed books in his office that is always in the way and he says he would like to have someone come after them.
Work Bureau Places 153 Men
Marvin Goebel, secretary in the student employment bureau announced today that 153 men have received permanent placements through his office. There are 627 registered for employment many of whom have odd jobs.
One unusual request is for an oriental houseboy. Goebel has been unable to fulfill that request.
Students wishing work, Goebel said, merely register at his office in room 2 Frank Strong hall. Employers, knowing they can get in contact with student workers through the bureau, call there when they have titles.
Business Students To Hear Lectures
Two series of lectures, designed primarily for students in the School of Business and department of economics, but open to the general public, were announced today by Dean Frank T. Stockton of the School of Business.
Each series will include five lectures, one of which will be delivered each week.
Thomas Burcht, chief underwriter of the Federal Housing Administration, Topeka, will conduct the first series, which is scheduled to begin Feb. 14, and John Griest, also of Topeka, an investment counsellor, will deliver the second series.
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NOTICE
All students enrolled in flight training are urged to leave their new semester's schedules at Prof. Earl D. Hay's office before Friday evening. These schedules are necessary in order to make out new flight plans for the new semester.
Weather report: Increasing cloudiness and colder today and tomorrow.
The ballet company, originally scheduled as an extra attraction on the course, was selected to replace the concert appearance of Walter Geiseking on March 4. Mr. Geiseking, noted German pianist, canceled his lengthy tour of this country after it became evident that the tightly-drawn British blockade would prevent his passage.
The San Francisco opera ballet will come to the University Feb. 26 as the fifth of this year's concert course series, Dean D. M. Swarthout, director of the course, announced today.
The San Francisco dancing group began its annual tour following the close of the regular opera season there last November. The touring company of interpretative dancers includes all of the principal artists appearing in the regular opera season with the company.
Dean D. M. Swarthout pointed out that offering the dancing company as a regular number in the concert series would enable students to see the group as a part of activity book admissions. Persons holding tickets for the Geiseking concert would be admitted by them to the ballet concert.
Clyde Smith and his orchestra will play for the Midweek tonight in the Memorial Union Ballroom, Leo Johnstone, chairman of the Student Union Activities Commission, said. The usual limit of 200 stags will be enforced.
Midweek Tonight
Opera Ballet Group Comes Here Feb.26
Richard Walje, e'43, and Albert Kvasnicka, c'43, who underwent major operations at the Watkins Memorial hospital between semesters were said to be improving satisfactorily at the hospital this afternoon.
Only 27 Students In the Hospital
Dalton Stover, c'sp, who was admitted to the hospital Jan. 13 suffering from pneumonia, was continuing to show gradual improvement at the hospital today, is was said.
Only 27 students were listed as patients at the hospital this afternoon.
Free Movie Passes!-
The Lawrence theaters will give free passes to readers of the classified advertising columns of the Kansan beginning with today's issue. Names are picked at random from the student directory. Passes will be honored on specified days at the Dickinson, the Granda, and the Patee, according to Stan Schwahn.
Police Arrest Robert Palmer At His Home
By George Sitterley, c'41
Robert N. Palmer, gr., was arrested about 1 o'clock this afternoon at his apartment at 1231 Kentucky street by city police officers to answer charges of possession of liquor. Police did not divulge the source of information concerning Palmer's return to Lawrence.
'Student Opinion Goes on Air With 'Isolation'
Mac Wynne, c'40, will serve as chairman of a roundtable discussion tomorrow night on "American Isolation," the first of a series of Thursday night "Student Opinion on the Air" broadcasts over WREN, Prof. E. C. Buehler of the department of speech and dramatic art said this morning.
County Attorney Milton P. Beach said this afternoon when
The series will be broadcast at 8 o'clock each Thursday night throughout February and March. After tomorrow night, the broadcasts will be in the form of contests with a $5 award going to the best of five speeches.
Members of the roundtable group on tomorrow night's program include James Meredith, c'41; Robert Hedges, '40; Emmet Park, b'41; and Wynne.
"Republican Possibilities for President" will be the topic of next Thursday's broadcast. A discussion of "Democratic Possibilities for President" will follow Feb. 23.
All broadcasts will be organized upon a theme of better citizenship, Professor Buehler said.
A meeting for all students who have been invited to participate in the broadcasts has been scheduled for 4:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Students interested in appearing on the discussion programs, but who have not been invited to the meeting, were asked to see Mr. Buehler before the meeting.
Thayer Shows Eastwood Exhibit
A collection of paintings by Raymond J. Eastwood, associate professor of drawing and painting, is on exhibition this month in Spooner-Thayer museum.
The collection consists of five figure studies and a group of landscapes, among which are his well-known studies of Cape Cod sand dunes. Most of these landscapes were painted by Professor Eastwood last summer.
Beach said this afternoon when told of Palmer's arrest that both Mr. and Mrs. Palmer would face preliminary hearings in Judge Robert Oyler's court in the next few days.
A warrant was issued yesterday for the arrest of Palmer who was in New Orleans attending the Mardi Gras festivities. Palmer was out of town when police officers raided his home finding 51 bottles of liquor. Mrs. Palmer pleaded not guilty at her arraignment and was released on $250 bond.
Emily Milan Is Fourth 'Fanny'
Cast members of "Quality Street" are resting easier now that the role of "Fanny," suddenly left vacant last week-end when Rosalys McCruerery, fa'41, was injured in an automobile accident, is filled. Emily Jean Milan, c'42, was awarded the part by Director Robert Calderwood after trying out several candidates for the character.
Tickets for the play, which opens a four-night run in Fraser theater next Tuesday, go on sale tomorrow according to Don Dixon, instructor in the speech department in charge of ticket sales. Though second semester activity books might be taken up late, students may reserve their tickets for the play at any time and turn in their activity stubs for them sometime before they see the play, said Dixon.
Costumes for the play are being ordered from a costuming house and are due to arrive next Saturday for formal dress rehearsals Saturday and Sunday.
The play will be given four nights beginning Tuesday.
Harry M. White Appointed As New Summerfield
Harry M. White, c'41, has been awarded a Summerfield schoolship, Olin Templin, chairman of the Summerfield scholarships committee, said this afternoon.
The opening was made possible by the failure of the committee to renew several scholarships for this semester.