UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME XXXVII
NUMBER 62
OFFICIAL STUDENT PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14 1020
Capper Strikes Foreign Activity In United States
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- Senior Kansas Senator Speaks at University Club and Town Hall Last Evening
"Too much foreign flag waving and goosestepping has been allowed in these United States," declared Arthur Cuppen, senior senator from Kansas, in an after-dinner discussion of "Free Speech." Robert Royer, a former member of Government" before members of the University Club last night.
Senator Capper in defining democracy said that "to most of us a democracy means a form of government in which the state exists for the people, and not the people for the state." He pictured American democracy as attempting to provide the greatest possible amount of individual liberty with a minimum of governmental interference.
As threws to this democracy Senator Copper listed excessive public debt, unbeatable taxes, unemployment of millions of people, inability of farmers and business men to make a decent living, and war. Speaking of the European war, Copper said, "If we should take part in this war, that is not our war, I fear it might be a death-knell of our democracy."[39] Strength, Liberty
Capper stressed both political and economic freedom as necessary in democratic government, but said that freedom of speech should stop when it began to advocate destruction of individuals or of the government. Capper denounced the communists and fascists, and described the Dies Committee as "doing a valuable public service."
Senator Capper has observed "a very healthy reaction" to the European war. He thanked Stalin and other leaders for helping to produce this reaction.
The senior senator from Kansas saw not so much danger in agitation as in "allowing certain undead to be buried" and in the system to continue unchecked."
Senator Capper spoke of these problems in particular later in the evening before the Lawrence Town Hall, presided over by E. O. Stene, associate professor of political science.
Discusses Three Problems
Speaking in the Ustianian Church, Senator Capper discussed three problems confronting the United States, including a farm problem, and unemployment.
He declared that the war being fought in Europe is not this country's war, saying "The only side for the United States to take when Europe goes to war is the outside" Regarding the farm problem, the senator said that "Secretary of Hull, through his agency, agrees to supplying to revive world trade . . . at the expense of American farmers."
public discussion
Capper pictured unemployment as "the most sinister word in our language today other than the world war," declaring that unemployment could not be stopped by law. He suggested that the answer to the problem could best be found through public discussion.
On the Shin
=By Reginald Buxton:
Trouble with dating a reporting student is that she'd rather date that personality platron, Bill Jensen. Many a gal has crossed and uncrossed her knees in the Melan-ohly Dane's classes but to no avail, neither grade nor date do they get. A group of more prassicors are ready to instigate an allocation of affections suit against him if he doesn't stop smiling so purity at the girls.
Looking over the proofs on the coming Jayhawkier, I was professionally entranced by the attractive make-up of the entire magazine. Editor MacCain has put a lot of work into this issue and has come up with a magazine any high-salary editor would be proud to claim
Gray Dorsey, the printer's devil while walking along behind two Lawrence high school boys over-heard the following conversations First boy Say, old So and so sure
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New York (UP)-The European war will help to "Americanize" women's styles in this country, believes the Cooper Union art faculty.
War May Spur Women To Originate 'American' Styles
Eccentric hats and other frivalities of women's dress will be out, Miss Hutten said.
"A parallel influence to an emphasis on Americanism in women's styles," she explained, "will be utilitarianism or functionalism. In no
Helen said that she wasn't nervous flying alone, but did notice the lightness of the plane due to the absence of the weight of the instructor. "The plane seemed to want to take off of its own accord and was difficult to keep on the ground," she said. Helen gained advance flying experience last month when she flew one of the training ships all but 20 miles of the distance here from Cincinnati.
Ashcraft Reports First Students Solo Satisfactorily
After soling the students are progressively instructed in landing the plane cross-wind, with the wind, and with a dead motor, said E D H. Hay, professor of mechanical engineering and head of the aero-navational trailing unit that their pilot license they must be able to handle a plane and perform figure-eight turns, climbs, and vertical banks.
Green was the first of the two students to take off for the test flight, but he was followed immediately by Helen Hay. Both students flew for about 20 minutes and practiced take-offs and landings.
The solo test flights were supposed to have begin Tuesday morning. Because of the low ceiling that morning they were postponed.
First students of the University
Aeronautical training class to solo,
John Green, m 42, and Helen Hay,
c'40, took off for their test flights
yesterday morning "Both were
satisfactory," reported Bill Asheraf,
instructor and co-owner of the
Asheraf Air School.
(From the Oklahoma Daily) Exercise is the logical way to trainlined furure.
Coeds Can't Lose If They Diet
No amount of dieting can transform a hefty coid into a slim nymph without regular exercise to keep the lines firm and to prevent
Just as exercise may aid the plump woman to regain her school-girl figure, so may tennis playing or the daily dozen help an under-weight femme to put on weight, not fat, but muscles.
One of the primary requisites for exercising the way to beauty is that the exercise be pleasant to the individual. Herein lies the greatest fault of the daily dozen, for when a coed touches someone with an outstretched hand through a sheer sense of duty she forgets all the joy of using her muscles.
This should be good news to students: Walking, for the normal individual, is one of the best forms of exercises. Provided that one wears comfortable clothes, and especially sensible shoes. For persons who are troubled by posture defects, the ideal method of walking is through touch of the body be always in perfect alignment, the shoulders, head and hips in one line. If this is done enough, good posture will become habitual.
Mr. Dreyer illustrated his talk with slides showing the methods by which geologist surrime the age and evolution of the earth and the signal importance of fossils in thedetermination of age change could be used as a conclusive proof in determining evolutionary development.
Dreyer Discusses Importance Of Geology in Evolution
"The Importance of Geology in the Interpretation of Evolution" was discussed last night by R. M Dreyer, instructor in geology, at a meeting of the Phi Sigma, honorary biology fraternity.
way can we escape allogether the direct result of the war on world fashions. There will be in America reverberations of the utilitarian mode born of necessity in Europe, such as the fashion displays of jewelry and all types of frivolity in dress, for instance, virtually will disappear."
The war will not only bring about changes in the type of the clothes women will wear but will result in a wider use in styles of American design, inspiration, and motif, according to Miss Hutton.
Pitch Pennies
In Frank Strong
To Aid Families
It's just a drop in the bucket, but it will help to make some child happy this Christmas. The "Old Oaken Bucket" now hangs in the center of the rotunda of Frank Strong hall. To try your aim, all you need to do is pitch a penny (or a nickle or dime if you like) from the second floor. All the coins that miss will land in the coin box, and the coins in a day the coins will be counted and the amount of money collected indicated on two fifteen-foot thermometers.
While students are having a good time pitching pennies, they will be helping 10 Lawrence families to really enjoy Christmas this year. Alpha Phi Omega, national service fraternity, has chosen this means of gathering money to make the Yule-tide brighter for the families.
Chancellor Deane W. Maiot expressed his satisfaction in the project by saying, "This effort to cooperate in helping the less fortunate people of Lawrence merits the support of the whole student body."
Lindleys in China Until January 1
The Lindleys have found the Chinese to be quicker mentally than the Japanese although their knowledge of hygiene is much lower than
The letter was written Nov. 11 and said that they had received no mail since arriving in Pekin the first of that month.
Sluss Returns From Philadelphia
Chancellor emeritus, E. H. Lindley and Mrs. Lindley will remain in Pekin, China, until the first of the year according to a letter received here yesterday written by the former Chancellor from the Grand Hotel des Wagons-Lits in that city. Dr. Lindley wrote that his daily salary was $36 in Chinese money or $3.60 in United States money. Other prices are on about the same level according to the letter.
Sluss Returns From Philadelphia A. H. Slusss, professor of machine construction, returned Tuesday from a meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in Philadelphia.
Workmen have been busy the last three days tearing the steps down and rebuilding on a new foundation of rock and concrete. They should be completed by the end of the week.
The museum was condenined in 1932 and has had two government loans. The work now is being financed by the division of buildings and grounds through state appropriations.
Along with Comanche, Custer's famous horse, and the rest of the building, the steps of Dyche museum are being reconstructed.
Repair Work on Steps Of Dyche Nears End
Littooy Limits
Tickets Sales
For Soph Hop
To Name Lewis Contest Prizes at Commencement
Listening to Ted Fio Rito from the Memorial Union lounge rather than from the ballroom may be the fate of Soph Hoy tickets in his purchase of Soph Hoy tickets.
- Fio Rito To Use Two Piano To Take 'Vigilour' Out of Music When He Plays Hero Friday
Fred Littot, 142, dance manager,
last night said that only a "limited"
number" of tickets would be sold for
the dance Friday night and that late
comes may be out of luck.
Those who get in will get to hear Fio Rib's proof that the saxophone is not the sexiest of all musical instruments. In this leader's band the viola has replaced the sax in that position.
Essays for the Hattie Elizabeth Lewis Contest must be between 5-300 and 10,000 in length and must be submitted, complete with footnotes, bibliography, and references, to the office of the Chancellor by May 1, 1940, according to Seba Eldridge, professor of sociology. Three copies of the manuscripts should be submitted.
Three prizes of $100.00, $75.00, and $50.00 will be awarded by the committee at commencement.
Back of all this is Fio Rito's contention that swing is seeing the hand-writing on the wall and that only sweet music is here to stay. The pianist's musical philosophy is "give the listeners what they want when they want it" and he says he knows what they want. In five years, Fio Rito says, there won't be any more swing bands.
To aid him in his job of "taking the vulgarity out of hotter music," Fe Rito will have another piano and another pianist who he plays here. Fri
Flo Rito started his musical career by banging out piano melodies for "Petals of Pauline" and the wild west adventures of Bill Hart. That was when he was 16. Since then he has played through raag-time, one-step, cake-walk, walk-up, hip-hop, playing those. Flo Rito claims that swing is "nothing more than music of 20 years ago dressed up in a pattern." On the other hand, he says, sweet music can't be changed will never be out of date.
Though Fio Rito himself is a veteran from "way back," the band that plays with him on Friday has not come all the way in his company. Not long ago he decided that what the Fio Rito enterprises needed was new blood and he set out to reorganize the band. The new outfit he finally gathered is the Fio Rito band of today.
The general subject for the contest is "The Application of the Teachings of Jesus to Some Problem of the Present Day." Some of
Two Pianos With Band
Three men and two women students will speak in the Campus Peace Contest over WREN at a 6 o'clock onstage on the topic "How to Keep America Out of War." The winner, selected by three Lawrence judges and the audience, will be awarded a $5 cash prize.
When Ted Fie Fin Rito turns from the podium to the piano, the man you will see weilding the baron is Norman Botnik, who plays the band's pit instrument, the viola. Botnik has played with bands in England and America and has furnished incidental music for numerous movie shorts.
Has New Band
The contest is under the direction of the campus peace action group, a.d. will give radio listeners a chance to hear campus opinion, according to department of E. C. Barbier of the department of apache and dramatic art.
Five To Compete In Radio Forum
the topics which have been suggested are:
Students competing in the contest are: Jean Crawford, c'40; Karl Rippenhalt, 43; Elizaj Cole, c'40; Dor Mitchell, c'42, and Gladys Haker.
Denominationalism, the future of foreign missions, the liquor traffic, race conflict, ethics in business and the professions, dictatorship versus democracy, the American foreign policy, propaganda and pressure groups, treatment of prisoners and problems of the migratory workers.
Members of the committee in charge of the contest are: Seba Eldridge, professor of sociology; Elise Neuenchwander, professor of romance languages; H. L. Smith, assistant professor of journalism; and Alice Winston, assistant professor of Alice Winston, assistant professor of
London, Dec. 13.-(UP)-The House of Commons, in its first secret session since the last war, tonight debated behind locked doors opposition charges that the government is bungling the production of vital war supplies.
British Commons Debates 'Bungling' In Secret Session
While the House was in secret session, there broke out in the House of Lords a debate concerning peace overtures which threw at august body into an uprase and prompted Foreign Secretary Viscount Hailux speaking loudly to speakers by declaring their speeches "dungge the notion's cause."
Emsie Ivo Bligh, holder of one of the oldest British peerages, touched off the fireworks by asking whether the government wouldn't take ad- dition to the rule of Belgium and Queen Wilhelmina of Holland to mediate the Eur-
Blondes Preferred But Brunettes Are More Trustworthy
Moscow, Ida. (UP) —Gentlemen may prefer blondes—but they trust brunettes, if experiments in superstitious beliefs carried on at the University of Idaho disclose the truth.
Dr. Allan C. Lemon conducted a quiz on superstitions among psychology students ranging from freshmen to graduates, and learned
1. Number "13" is unlucky
2. People with greenish eyes are not as trustworthy as people with blue or brown eyes.
3. A high forehead indicates superior intelligence.
4. Long, slim fingers indicate art artistic nature.
5. Fat people are always good-natured.
6. Blondes are less trustworthy than brunettes.
However, the professor believes there is some hope for the superstitious.
"I find that college does much to clear up these superstitions," Doctor Lemon said. "The percentage of superstitious beliefs decreases steadily up to the graduate level. It's 25 per cent with freshmen; 18 per cent with sophomores; 12 per cent with juniors; 9 per cent with seniors, and 5 per cent with graduate students."
Life Publicity Brings Questions From Easterners
Whether persons on the Campus like the recent pictures in Life magazine of Kansas women or not, they are excellent publicity for the University, according to a report from the Registrar's office.
Miss Mae Rubble, secretary in the office, has received an unusual number of requests from the East for catalogs and information since the magazine was published. Letters have come from Syracuse, L. N.; Charlestown, W. V.; Rochester; Minn., Beaver, Pa.; Lancaster, Mass. Bronx, N. Y.; and several other eastern states.
Most of the girls stated that they had seen the pictures in Life, and that they desired more information concerning the University. Some asked about possibilities of taking special courses, but the general questions were about living expenses and fees.
Embargo on Japan Is Topic Of Town Hall Discussion
A discussion of the question: "Should our policy toward Japan be an embargo or renewal of the trade treaty?"<sup>27</sup> is the main topic on the program for the joint exercise in 1980 but in the main lounge of the Memorial Union building.
The group will discuss the controversy after listening to the broadcast of Town Hall of the air on which the same question will be argued by William R. Castle, former ambassador to Japan and commander-in-chief of U.S. Asiatic fleet, Dr. Judd, medical missionary to China from 1934 to 1938.
Col. Karl F. Baldwin, professor of military science, and former military attache at U.S. embassy in Japan, will be the resource man at the meeting.
The "group debates" are sponsored, by the Social Action commissions of the Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A.
ocean war, if the offer is still open,
in order to secure a "freely negotiated peace."
"I am opposed to the defeatism of those who thought there was no remedy except war," declared S3-year-old Lord Darnley. "Understanding, or a reasoned way of approaching the problem, must demand that people be educated in result than the old method of revenue producing victory."
Darnley said Britain had not done enough "in the years after Versailles to conciliate Germany and something of the same kind will arise in the future." He said Chancellor Adolph Hitler's actions were "aimed partly to make his country free and prosperous but chiefly and mainly absolutely to free it from any danger in the future, and with so every threat we made him think that aggression was more necessary."
Feature Pi Phi's In Cover Picture Of New Jayhawker
The Christmas number of the Jayhawk will be issued at 1:30 today, instead of tomorrow, as was previously announced, it was learned from Richard MacCann, c40, editor of the annual, last night. Copies will be available at the book exchange in Melbourne, contribution of the Mailbag Building, building
Among the main features of the Christmas number are the pictures depicting Campus life and class pictures of women in organized houses. Others of interest are the cover pictures, featuring a few of the Pi Phi's and photographs of "atmosphere" at football games.
Allen Crafton, professor of speech and dramatic art, contributes "Born in an Idea," a story of the bloody years in early Kansas politics before the founding of the University. Illustrations are by Andy Durling, fa42. "The Bitten with the Sweet Stomach," a play with tributes of sorority life, with drawings by Betsy Dodge, fa43 is the contribution of Betty Coulson, c'41 Other stories are, "A Review of KU.'s 400," by Russell Baker, c'42 concerning the NYA at the University, a review of the football season by Jim Bell, c'42 with a write-up of one-set plays of a last month by Bill Fey, c'41, and a comedy by R. L. Schatz. Interviews with prominent independent students, and pictures, also included.
"Covers will be issued when copies are obtained," MacCann said, "and students who do not yet have previous classes in the MCAwley may buy them for 75 cents."
AUTHORIZED PARTIES Friday, Dec. 15
Sophomore Hop, ballroom of Memorial Union. 1 a.m.
Fireside Forum, party at Congreational Parish house, 12 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 16
Campus house, dance at Evans Hearth. 12 p.m.
Corbin hall, Christmas party a hall, 12 p.m.
Cosmopolitan Club, party at 1011 Indiana, 11:30 p.m.
Dance at 1140 Louisiana, 12 p.m.
Delta Sigma Theta, dinner-dance
in Kansas room of Memorial Union
12 p.m.
Pledges of Kappa Eta Kappa, party at chapter house, 12 p.m.
Kappa Kappa Gamma, Christmas formal in ballroom of Memoria Union, 12 p.m.
Kappa Psi, dinner-dance at Weide mann's, 12 p.m.
Ricker hall, semi-formal party a hall. 12 p.m.
Westminster hall, dinner-dance Colonial. 12 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 20
Beta Theta Pi, dinner-dance chapter house, 12 p.m.
Phi Kappa Psi, dinner-dance a chapter house, 12 p.m.
Elizabeth Meguiar, Adviser of
Sigma Alpha Epsilon, dinner-
dance at Eldridge hotel and chap-
house, 12 p.m.
Elizabeth Meguiar, Advisor of Women, for the Joint Committee on Student Affairs
Rotary Club Will Feed Grid Team Next Week
Members of the varsity football squad will be guests of the Lawrence Rotary Club at a banquet at the Eldridge hotel Wednesday, Dec. 18. Hova Hanna is in charge of program arrangements.
Famed Essayist Will Discuss Reading Habits
- Louis Untermeyer, Noted American Poet and Critic, Is Speaker at Convocation This Morning
Resigned As Vice-President
Mr. Untermeyer, now giving a five-week lecture course at the University of Kansas City, will arrive here early this morning. He will look on after his order in lecture before his class in Kansas City.
Louis Untermeyer, poet, critic, essayist, and anthropologist, who was unable to graduate from high school because of his failure to understand geometry, will make his second appearance on the Campus when he addresses the all-University conversation on "What Americans Read and Why." at 10 o'clock this morning in Hoch auditorium. He appeared here on the lecture course in December. 1934.
Modern poetry has been the very life of this noted writer. He resigned as vice-president of a jewelry firm to devote all his time to writing. Since then he has written and compiled more than 30 volumes of prose and verse. He has gained international recognition in artologies. Among them are: "Modern American Poetry," and "The Book of Living Verse."
One of Untermeyer's latest books, "From Another World," he calls an autobiography, Critics, however, call it a book of memoirs written about the "Twenties." Since he
The class schedule for today
First period 8:30 to 9:05
Second period 9:15 to 9:50
Convocation 10:00 to 10:50
Third period 11:00 to 11:35
Fourth period 11:45 to 12:05
new, personally, public figures, and was familiar with all the movements during the period, the book presents a vivid picture of life between 1920 and 1930. Personality sketches of such authors as Vachel Lindsay, Amy Lowell, and Sara Tendale, are presented in a manner that brings them to life in the minds of those who knew them. (Mary E.
One of his works, "The Dowkey of God," won the Emit prize for the best book on Italy by a non-Haliian. He now contributes criticisms and reviews to such magazines as *Aquarius* and *The New Republic* and *The New Republic*.
Some of Untermerny's widely known verse works are: "Challenge," "These Times," "The New Adam," and "Food and Drink." Poetry, he once said, is universally scorned in public. He says that everyone makes fun of it, and yet everyone writes it at some time.
"It is essential in man, and was embodied in him from the rhythm of nature which surrounded him as he developed."
Untermeyer defines poetry as, "The power to describe the inde-
scribable in terms of the unforgett-
table."
"What Americans Read and Why," the lecture Untermeyer will give today, is basically serious, but is expected to be a lively appraisal of the impulses which cause persons to read.
Play Jury Rules Heroine 'Guilty'
The jury drawn from a capacity audience at the Dramatic Club play "Night of January 1848" hot night returned a verdict of "gain in the trial" to c32. The prosecution will be shown length and tomorrow night.
The jury members were: Don Taylor, gr; Betty Jean Sayles, c'43; Charles Owens, c'43; Jack Wassner, b'40; V. K. Bruner, Lawrence businessman: The Reverend Joseph C. King, pastor of the Congregational Church of Christ in New York; the Reverend Pete Osmond, Pete Osmond, c'43; Mrs Ted Paulin, Lawrence; Lawrence McMhine, fa'40; Margaret Hogan, c'41; and Anna Jane Hoffman, c'43.
Twente Finishes School Survey
Prof. J. W. Twente, of the School of Education, who has been participating in a survey of Colby schools with M. A. Callahan and J. P. Sheldon, high school supervisors of Topela, will return today.