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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME XXXVII
OFFICIAL STUDENT PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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LAWRENCE, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1940
NUMBER 71
W.S.G.A. Yes On Athletic Board Touch
★ Unanimous Vote O.K.'s $1850 Loan if Money Is Used on Spring Sports, Not Athletic Deficit
The W.S.G.A. unanimously voted to appropriate the $1850 which the Athletic Board asked of the central activities committee which control the reserve activity fund provide the money is used for spring sport and not on the athletic deficit at it weekly meeting in the women's lounge of the Memorial Union building.
Jean Robertson, *c*41, treasurer of the council, pointed out that the request for the money gave no assurance that the money would be used for the continuation of spring sports and not to help the huge stadium debt, and agreed with the other 13 council members present at the apportionment that the appropriation should not be made without this reservation.
Interested junior or senior woman may apply to the committee at 4:30 p.m. or 7 p.m. Thursday in the Kansas room of the Memorial Union building Members of the council election委员会 are: Velma Willi c:40; Maurine Gray c:40; Agnes Cauril c:41; and Mary Garrison, c:41.
Resignation of Winifred Jameson, b'40, secretary of the W.S.G.A. and June Aumiller, c'40, junior class vice-president from the council, made two vacancies on the women's council which will be filled by the election committee of the council this week.
The council voted to grant the usual $200 for the annual Negro varsity in the Memorial Union ballroom.
Bear Ann Jones, c'41; Joan Moorhead, c'42; and Marjorie Wiley, c'41; were elected as assistants to aid Elizabeth Barclay, c'40; point system manager of the council with the work the new point system entails.
Five dollars was appropriated by the women's governing body for the endowment fund established in the order of the late Mrs. Paul B. Lawson.
Dramatic Club Holds Truouts
Trouts for the Dramatics Club play Quality Street were held in the Little Theater of Green hall yesterday and Monday.
Names of the students who are to take part in the production will be announced sometime in the future. Mr. Calderwood said last night.
Numerous students attended the elimination conducted by Mr. Robert Calderow, associate professor, and Prof. Allen Carnafon of the department of speech and dramatic art. Seventeen students will step into the room when the curtain rises on this comic routine written by J. M. Barricie.
Quality Street will be under the direction of Robert Calderwood. The first showing of the production is scheduled for February 13. Play practice begins tomorrow and will continue between semesters.
Department of Journalism
Receives W. A. White Portra
A large portrait of William Aller White, widely known editor and publisher of the Emporia Gazette, has been added to the number of pictures adorning the walls of the Journalism building.
This picture, an enlargement of recent photograph of the editor, was secured for the University through a letter of recommendation from a distant assistant professor in the department.
It was displayed in the Kansu Press Association booth at the National Corshucking Congress held here this fall. Prof. Eide obtained the picture and some newspaper poster from Howard Rusco, secretary of the K.P.A. Mr. Rusco was graduated from the University in 1938.
Mr. White was a student at the University in the late '80's and a member of the board of regents from 1963 to 1913. He has appeared before Judge Boudreau and at Mount Oread and is expected to speak at a convocation this spring.
Weather Blamed For Increase in Hospital Population
M. Otrea's current coating of snow yesterday was attributed as a factor increasing the population of Watkins Memorial hospital to 31 patients, most of whom are suffering from common colds.
Ethylne Frances Root, c'40, who was admitted to the hospital with an injured shoulder after a coasting accident, was said to be improving satisfactorily at the hospital yes. The patient was described as painful but not serious.
Colds also were prevalent among dispensary cases treated at the hospital, it was said.
Lindleys Meet Grads in Orient
- Now in Peking, Chancellor.
  Writes That Food and
  Lodging Are Inexpensive
Chancellor-Emeritus and Mrs. E. H. Lindley, who are in China on their year's cruise to follow the Spring season around the world, are meeting many University graduates in the Orient, according to a letter written by Doctor Lindley on Nov. 21.
According to the letter, the Lindleys are enjoying Peking immensely. While there they met Dr. Szu Chih-Lin, assistant professor of bio-chemistry who received his degree here under the direction of Dr. H. P. Cady of the department of chemistry.
Doctor Lindley, writing from the Grand Hotel Des Wagons in the legation quarters of the city, said that food and lodging were inexpensive. Two persons can live on $3.60 a day and this will include the tips. Service boys work for 10 cents a week. Doctor Lindley has been asked to make several speeches in Peking.
The letter mentioned no plans of the next stage of the cruise, but it is believed that the Lindees will not participate. They had planned because of the war.
Sports Fans Watch Chancellor's Family Show Skill on Skis
Curiosity may kill the cat in some cases, but here is an exception. A few of M. Oread's curious observers experienced a new thrill over the weekend when they saw their Chan-tered rabbits in his front yard with his children.
After watching them cut some capers up and down the little hill, the audience, unknown to the Chancellor, witnessed a ski race. They could not tell which of the contestants won, so they quickly lotted and his family had the snow that they had been waiting for, since winter made its debut in 1839.
Y.M.-Y.W.C.A. Clubs To Hear Molly Yard
Miss Molly Yard, national secretary of the Far Eastern Student fund New York city, will speak tomorrow at the M.Y.C.A. and W.Y.C.A. meeting at 7:15 a.m. in the Memorial Union building at breakfast. Miss Yard will speak again at 12:30 o'clock to the advisory rooms of Y.M. and Y.W. in the English room where a luncheon will be served.
- Miss Beatrice Achtenberg, stalatician for the Kansas City Council of Social Agencies will meet with Mr. Lichtenstein to discuss "Place of Minorities."
The Town Hall group will meet at 8:30 p.m. to listen to "Town Hall of the Air" program. After the program those present will discuss the question of the week and give add-ons. The groups were not sug- sated on the radio.
Everyone is invited to attend these meetings, which are held in connection with the "Know Your' W Week" sponsored by the M.C.A.M. and Y.W.C.A. to interest students in the activities of the two organizations.
Initiate New Honor System
Auburn, Ala. (U.A.) — Alabama
Polytechnic Institute has initiated a new kind of honor system.
Initiate New Honor System
Sophomore Tom Rowan opened several neat orange-and-blue lunch stands on the campus, spread large white napkins around tables and reading "Honor system—5 cents."
Woollcott Fans Will Hear Wit In Hoch Tonight
Book-stores have been experiencing a rush on "Woolcott Readers" and "While Rome Burns" as the patrons of witty repartee prepare themselves for a happy evening with the world's acknowledged master of anecdotes. Of course, the Middle West realizes Woolcott's eminence as a dramatic critic but it is his almost fabulous reputation as a teller of tales that has the University looking forward to this evening.
University thespians have long clamored for a professional critic to judge attacks on drama. It is unfortunate that Woolcott cannot be available for this purpose for he is the man who turned the drama section of the New York Times from a mess of press agents' handouts to the outstanding drama page in New York.
before the lecture and will doubtlessly make an effort to get the great man's signature back-stage before and after the lecture.
A Woollcott-conscious University awaits with eagerness the appearance of the famous American raconteur at 8:20 tonight in Hoch auditorium.
Made Times Drama Section
With all his success as a dramatic critic Woollett has retained that human element which has made him the idol of millions. Not for him has been the aloofness and highbrow attitude of his chalier contemporary, George Jean Nathan. He once said he was a man who values him as a dramatic critter was that he could attend a performance of "East Lynne" and cry as hard **anyone** in the house. Who knows but what he might have laughed at "Night of Jan. 16."
The Hill's amateur story-tellers have forgotten their latest Little Audrey tales and are recounting with success the latest Woollott anecdotes. Autograph-seekers are disappointed over the pudgy wits' refusal to be entertained at dinner immediately
Popular As 'Town Crier'
An idea as to his popularity as a radio commentator may be inferred from the prevalence today of the pseudonym "The Town Crier." He has not appeared in this radio role for sometime but the very fact that millions know him as the "Town Crier" attests to his radio popularity. No one can tell Woolcott how good he is—he already knows it and so does his audience. The Saturday Review of Literature, however, pays him a compliment that might possibly make the portly personage swell his stomach with pride: "Woolcott is a reporter—a reporter, who freed from the thrdalm of the city desk, can choose his own assignments, can write and say what he likes, and who writes and talks about his life, and is of interest to him. To the telling of a story, written or oral, he imparts all the zest and gusto of one conscious of the ability to transfer to the reader or listener his own lively interest, and his interest, once caught, is invariably both lively and elemental."
A total of $5,551 was earned in December by 380 students under the NYA for 16,968 hours of work. Twelve were on the graduate aid payroll and the rest were on the college list.
Compared to November the amount earned was somewhat less due to the holidays when many of the NYA students found it cheaper to live at home and did not complete their hours. This accumulated money will be used to give additional work.
Dean L. D. Havenhill of the School of Pharmacy has recently received word from the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education that the University School of Pharmacy has been placed on the list of 55 accredited colleges of pharmacy in the United States.
December NYA Payroll Of $5,551 to Students
The American Council on Pharmaceutical Education is the standardizing agency for pharmacy schools throughout the country.
Pharmacy School Receives Honor
The present payroll period will end Feb. 2. Students ineligible at this time will not be allowed to continue with NYA.
If you've parked your car improperly on the campus, you probably have been tagged by Officer George Snyder, but don't think you're safe just because you park near the south of the Chi Omega house.
Prohibit Parking On Crescent Road For Hill Drivers
The curbs for the first 50 feet on either side of Crescent road west from W. Campus road are painted yellow, even though the curbs are buried under a foot of snow. That means—check a copy of state traffic laws—that parking there is prohibited. Since Crescent路 is outside the city limits it falls into the patrol area of the county sheriff and his force. Several Hill drivers found all that out to their chairman.
The corner has been a hazard for residents of Crescent road, and complaints have been insistent enough to make parking restriction necessary. Sheriff Charles Banning said yesterday that although first offenses would not carry a fine, further disregard of the parking prohibition would receive "more serious attention."
Tickets for parking in the area have been meted out to offenders since the beginning of the semester, and during the last two days particular attention has been given to violators of the law.
We've got to clear that area, and it looks like more stringent methods will be necessary unless the students and professors give us some cooperation." Sheriff Banning said.
Place Four Alumni During Past Three Weeks
Four University alumni have obtained positions in the past three weeks according to H. E. Chandler and the teachers' appointment bureau.
Dornis McDermond, 39, is teaching girls' education classes in Trenton, Mo.
Jacquita Coe, gr., is teaching Spanish and English in the high school in Estanecia, N. Mox, and preparing the fifth grade at Greenburg.
Lester Kapplem, gr, has taken a position as supervisor in the state recreation program with headquarters in Topeka.
I.S.A. Will Elect Officers Under New System
★ First Election Under New Rulings Scheduled for Jan. 22; Four Geographic Divisions To Vote
Independent Student Association members will go to the polls Jan. 22 to elect a president and four councilmen-at-large, Bob Mason, c42, chairman of the election committee, announced last night.
The election will be the first under the new balloting regulations adopted by the Association last Sunday. The new setup provides that each of the Association's four districts will elect one councilman at separate district offices. The district each ward will nominate two candidates for councilmen-at-large.
On the general election day, paid-up members will choose four of those candidates to serve as councilmen-large and will name a president from the candidates to be chosen soon by the present I.S.A. executive committee. The President of the Association will have a new president and a new eight-man council.
The Association is divided into four geographic districts and each of these must hold its election and nomination before the general election. The dates for district election were announced last night:
Their diet consists of raw beef fed to them once a week. Since the weak
District I: Men's lounge, Memoria
Union building, 7:30 p.m., Jan. 14.
District II: Corbin hall, 7 p.m., Jan.
14.
District IV: Miller hall, 7 o'clock tomorrow night.
District III: Watkins hall, 7 p.m. Jan, 14.
At least in their original state they are that length. Now their bodily bulk is considerably lightened by the amputation of part of their tails. In alligators most of the blood supply is enclosed in the spinal column which extends almost the entire length of the body. To obtain a sufficient supply of blood for testing, the tails are cut off about half-way down.
From each meeting will come a new councilman and two nominations for the remaining council posts. Memorandums of the council members and identification in order to vote
Doc Bond--
Alligators Arrive From Florida
Professor Wheeler And Mother Nature Have a Deep Secret
R. H. Wheeler, professor of psychology, has an important weather secret, but he's going to keep it for while.
It was heard in the Kansan office today that Professor Wheeler had the weather all figured out in cycles. The only statement on the subject that he cared to make today would indicate that he had previously predicted the present cold span.
Fifty baby alligator recently of Silvery Springs, Fla. crawled over one another in their new home, a pen in the basement of Snow hall. Dr. Glenn C. Bond, assistant professor of bacteriology, recently purchased the reptiles from a Florida dealer to study blood groupings.
Surely he won't make us wait until March 21 for such valuable information.
If it is true that Wheeler's cycles can accurately forecast Kansas weather, it would be a great boon to students. Until the professor does prognosticate publicly, however, students should do—call up the secretive soothsayer each morning and ask "Flannels or shorts, professor?"
He said, "The weather is doing exactly as it should. Watch it for awhile, and perhaps I'll tell you about it in the viring."
These Alligators Mississippiiensis which means that they are all of the same species are three years old and about 36 inches long.
Dale Brodie to Play for Midweek
Dale Brodie and his orchestra will play for the midweek in the Memorial Union ballroom from 1 to 8 o'clock tonight. A stag limit of 200 will be enforced for the dance.
--Docks Tails
java of the alligator prevent him from biting off portions of meat he twists it by turning his body over and over until the piece breaks off. Under normal conditions they probably would not eat during the winter because their bodily temperature drops to a few degrees above freezing and they remain dormant during that time.
The natural habitat of these reptiles is water. Their eyes are especially adapted to this by having a transparent membrane over them which enables the reptiles to see under water.
Dr. Bond has made blood groupings of 74 turtles, 125 snakes / *d* intends to work on lizards when he gets through with the alligators.
He has found in the blood of snakes and turtles factors, similar to those in human serum. This dislocate-ment helped him type human serum.
O.K.'s Athletic Fund
Velma Wilson, president of the WSGA, which last night voted an athletic board request if the funds are needed for support of spring sports.
German Pianist Will Not Appear
★ British Blockade Keeps Walter Gieseking from Playing Here
Walter Gieschke, German pianist scheduled to appear on the University Concert course, will not come to this country for his schedul tour, Dean D. M. Swarthout announced yesterday.
Scheduled to have made an appearance here March 4, the German pianist will not be able to come to the United States because of the tightly drawn British blockade. His toured concert of this country was to include over 10 appearances in all parts of the country.
BULLETIN
Dean Swarthout stated that he is in touch with a number of concert managers and that he will announce the choice of the replacement artist within a few days. Purchasers of season tickets who hold tickets for booking recital, will be submitted by them to the replacement recital.
Washington, Jan. 16 — (UP) “The American freighter City of Flint, whose odyssey to Europe last fall led to international complications, is en route home, the state department revealed tonight.
Ford Named Honor Assembly Speaker
Guy Stanton, Ford, president of the University of Minnesota, will be the speaker for the annual honors convention April 18.
The honors convention this year will share the spotlight with the joint celebration marking the fifteenth anniversary of the founding of Sigma Xi and Phi Beta Kappa at the University.
President Ford, who has a notable career in public and educational work, was awarded a diploma by the Minnesota chapter of Sigma Xi for distinguished service to science.
Chinese Prices High Says Moritz
Slippery streets, zero weather, and the barriers encountered when trying to check out a library book maim make a University student thunk about getting out of the book but the letters of Paul Moritz, 39, make it seem "like the life of Riley"
Moritz, who is in China as an am bassador of good-will, writes the students in the inland university do not have access to libraries, medicines cannot be had at any price and people are still wearing their thin summer uniforms during the cold weather. To make things tough, tennis balls are $20 each, Moritz writes.
Ninety-five per cent of all the physical equipment in colleges has been destroyed by bombs, so the colleges have been moved inland, enabling educators to carry on 75 per cent of the educational process. Moritz was recognized in The Intercollegiate and Far Horizons magazine when one Chinese student wrote a letter commenting that Moriort had worked with the young people as well as the older ones and that he knew the former University of Kansas graduate was profiting from his stay in China. Lest year, students and faculty members of the University contributed $200 toward his expenses in the Far East.
Rice, Rhodes On Affirmative Side in Debate
Junior Spokes First for University in No-Decision Meet with Missouri in Fraser Lost Night
Denouncing privately owned railroads as "autocratically controlled for private gain," David Rice, c'42, led off for the University in a no-decision debate on the question of government ownership of railroads with the University of Missouri in Fraser theater last night.
Making his entry into interloc- legate forensic discussion, Rice listened multiple savings which he said would result from the coordi- nation of railroads possible under federal ownership. He named "inherent weakness" in the system itself which prevented their best possible service to the type of the failure of the railroads to consolidate and coordinate, mismanagement, and the separation of oper- tion from management by holding companies.
Speaking for the negative side taken by the Missouri team, Granville Collins maintained that "the wrongs of the present system are not great enough to warrant change." He pointed out that in spite of "mismanagement" and more wrongs, American railroads today "surpass Base of any other country."
Leo Rhodes, b'40, next took the floor for the affirmative Kansas team to say that "the railroads haven't the money, they haven't the capital to reorganize even if prosperity returns." He said that to do the necessary reorganizing, the railroads would be forced to issue more bonds, causing, at the buyer's risk, a "top heavy" economic structure. Presenting the second section of the Missouri team's contentions, Wood Taylor pointed out that "railroads today have repeatedly attempted to consolidate, but have been blocked in their attempts by the Interstate Commerce Commission." He declared that the railroad would become a new "political football" inviting increased accolades by the newly created "preserve" government and by a government given ownership of the railroads would be vastly different from American government of today and perhaps "a difficult pill o' swallow."
Russell Baker, c42, acted as chairman of the debate which was attended by a group of high school debaters from schools near Lawrence. The debate was followed by a panel discussion of the question by Ross Robertson and James C. Pettee, instructors in economics, with the former taking the affirmative and the latter the negative position. Their statements included advice to the high school debaters on arguments to be used in supporting or attacking the question, nationally used as a high school debate topic this year.
Woman 'Stag' Party In Union Ballroom
No men will be present this afternoon in the Memorial "Union ballroom from 3 to 5 when the women students who are new on the campus this year will have a "slur" party to be aquainted with one another.
The all woman party, the first of its kind, has been planned by representatives from all of the organized houses and halls for women, with Betsy Dodge, fa'43, as chairman of the planning committee.
Special Mail Service To Missouri Students
Columbia, Mo., (U.P.) — University of Missouri students who write their best letters in the reverie of the night, and then miss the evening mail. have found a solution to their problems.
Edward Detchemendy, engineering student from St. Louis, instituted a special collection service—at 5 cents a letter. His connection with the postal department enriched his work up the mail at designated campuses in New York and to a nearby town in time to catch a midnight mail train there.