UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
OFFICIAL STUDENT PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME XXXVII
Z-229
NUMBER 61
Dramatic Club Production Entertaining
- Critic Finds Play a Poor Choice but Interesting; Believes It too Meidramatic in Spots
By Jimmy Robertson, c'49
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1939
Now don't get us wrong. "The Night of January 16th" is solid entertainment. Of course, being the critic, we scarcely have a right to our own opinion. But the play, which at times verges on mollerdammerian, not the kind we need for movies, is a masterpiece. We prefer the Christmas goose type—with plenty or juice to meatie to tackle our critical pain and a lot of nice bones to pick with the cast and Director Alex Crafton
Now don't get us wrong. It was a good play. At times through the first two acts, applause became so loud you could scarefully have heard a pin drop. But when we say the selection of this particular play was questionable, we do so with a particular reason in mind.
Each Play Important
In the first place, each offering of the Kansas Players is important. Call them home talent affairs if you like—and call us a cracker barrel cricket—but one fact remains. The Dramatic Club and Kansas Players garner
It would seem that every member of the audience at "Night of January 16th" last night was himself a juror. Here are some of the verdicts from random members of the audience; J. B. Christand said not guilty and based his reasoning on the fact that there were no real eye witnesses; Bob Ebersole handed a guilty — "Admittedly, there was not a crime presented; she did not actually commit the murder; Mr. J. S. Daniels said flatly, not guilty, Maryline Malone like the defense best. She said, "The defense put over their story better." Fred Littoy, of the School of Law, gave a definite verdict of guilt—"The defense witnesses were obviously too prejudiced."
Singularly enough, most of the men interviewed said guilty. Vincent Trump said there was too much lying by the witness and crooks just don't have the ability for such a fantastic plot as was submitted as evidence. She—guilty.
Now don't get us wrong. As a critic, we've been described as a "sadist," and accused of being "childish." Therefore, it is as a childish sadist that we meekly put forth our opinion.
ish 4813 University students their only opportunity to view legitimate stage productions. So when we accuse the Dramatics Club of wasting a shot on a mock trial that has been produced in half the high schools from the Kaw to Kokomo, we hope you'll understand.
Jean Brown, as Karen Andre on trial for murder, could easily have been mistaken for a traffic violator in Judge Hardy's court until she got good and ready to emote. Then she emulated all over the place.
Les Hison, as the District Attorney, is an exponent of the vocalize pause. An extra session with the script might not come amiss. Otherwise we give him credit for a goof performance.
Jack Nelson, as Defense Attorney Stevens, showed further improvement in the way he goes about his stage performance. He perhaps the smoothest performance.
Marvin Moon, the judge, would probably uphold your objections to any of our derogatory remarks about his ability. So we'll fool him, and say that for the first time we enjoyed one of his many performances in Fraser.
Robert Miller, as clerk of the court,
was okay. A bit high-schoolish per-
haps, but okay.
Ingrid Freedistad, as the Swedish maid, didn't have any trouble with dialect and for a good reason. She could speak to anyone who drew much personal applauses.
The demonstrative crowd became suddenly quiet as the jury filed sack onto the courthouse stage. Clerk Thomas Arroyo asked the coronar of the jury, read the ver-
Stanley McLeod, as Sigurd Jungquist, appeared to be one of the few new-comers who showed a lot of ability.
(Continued on page three)
Yes, No, Yes
Fred Littio, F42, dance manager, reversed his decision yesterday and announced that Student Council passes would be definitely recognized at the Sophomore Hop Friday.
Senator Capper Speaks Tonight
- Freedom of Speech Is Subject at University Club Banauet
Senator Arthur Capper will speak informally on "Freedom of Speech" at a dinner meeting of the University's Center for Social Justice at the club house, 1433 Ohio street.
Following the dinner, the senior Kansas senator will address the Lawrence Town Hall meeting at the Uttarian church, Twelfth and Vermont streets, upon the topic "Unarmed Farm Relief, and World Peace."
Prof. E, O. Stene of the department of political science will preside at the meeting, which is the fourth series on the Town Hall program.
Dr. E. H. Taylor, professor of zoology, made the arrangements for Senator Capper's appearance at the University Club.
Bremen Docks At German Port
Berlin Dec. 12,—(UP) The $200-000,000 luxury liner, Elenmer decked tonight at a German port, believed to be Bremershaven, after defeating Great Britain's sea blockade and escaping narrowly from a British submarine, the Nazi high command announced.
The big liner came into port after a dramatic dash from the Russian port of Murmansk, 200 miles above the Arctic Circle.
Circling German naval planes, which were said to have driven off an attempted attack by a British aircraft, accompanied the Bremen into port.
Annual Union Xmas Party Announced
The annual Christmas party given by Memorial Union building's student activities committee and faculty (or the students will be held Tuesday afternoon after breakfast on Wednesday, 12:24 chairman of the committee, announced yesterday.)
The party will include entertainment by the Modern Choir, the Men's Glee Club, an English stunt or Corbin hall hall, and folk dancers from the department of physical education under the direction of Miss Jane Byrn, instructor. Prof. Allen Crafton of the department of speech and dramatic art will be master of ceremonies.
Ku Kus and Jay James will act as hosts and hostesses. Refreshments will be served.
McKay, Rhodes To Compete In Five Debates
★ University Argues Take Negative Stand in Texas Invitational Tournament Friday and Saturday
Bob McKay, b'40, and Leo Rhodes, b'40, will compete in five debates in an invitational decision debate tournament at the University of Texas in Austin Friday and Saturday. They will take the negative stand on the question: Resolved: "That the state of Texas should adopt a system of socialized medicine."
Today the men will take the negative on the above question in a deate before the high school assembly at Temple, Tex. and tomorrow they take the affirmative before a San Antonio, Tex., high school group.
Yesterday McKay and Rhodes met a Texas team, at Denison, Tex. taking the negative stand on the same question.
Seniors who will be graduated at the end of this semester, were urged yesterday by Dr. R. I. Cautenoss, director of the health service, to contribute to physical examinations at Watkins Memorial hospital.
Physical Exams
Irged for Seniors
This is the third year the free examinations have been offered. The examination includes repetition of the tuberculin test, chest x-ray, optional Wassermann test, immunization for typhoid fever and small intestine disease, and access to make a complete examination, Doctor Canutensis said.
Only 15 seniors have reported for the free physical examination thus far, Doctor Catunesse said. Although the examinaton is open to all seniors, the hospital is making an effort to complete the examinaton of the mid-year graduates before the Christmas holidays.
Seniors will not be notified by mail of the examination this year, it was said, because of the expense involved.
Kansas Magazine Features Alumni
Several faculty members and alumni of the University are represented in the 1940 edition of the Kansas magazine which will be released
Two persons taking writing courses through the University extension division also have articles in the issue. Ronald Finney, Emporia, a prisoner at Kansas State prison, is the author of an article which was submitted as a term paper in an extension course by Helen Ross, Seneca, also appears.
Prof. Allen Crafton of the department of speech and dramatic art has the prologue to his play, "Yankee Crusade," in the magazine this year. He also wrote a memoir of John E. Hankins of the department of English also is included. Selections of verse by Arthur L. Douglas, Pittsburg, Kam., Eumice Wallace Beach, and May William Ward, alumi, are included in the
Four students of advanced pale ontology and their instructors in a rock fall trip through southeastern Kansas. Fossils from rock formations in four states were found.
Paleontologists Travel in Kansas
Hall Ruppenthal, c. 42, needed his English gas mask yesterday when he opened his baggage that had been detained in France by the European war. It contained a large Dutch cheese not too well wrapped.
Cheese Too Ripe Following Delay In French Customs
The Cunard line advised him to leave Paris immediately and go to London. He did, but unfortunately his baggage remained in Cherbourg. For three months Ruppenthal received no word about it. Later he was informed that the baggage would be sent to him if it passed a rigid inspection by the French customs.
Ruppenthal, after leaving Holland where he was a delegate to the World Conference of Christian Youth, shipped his haggage to Cherbourg, France, and after he arrived in France, war was officially declared.
The Tobe-Coburn School for Fashion Careers, Rockefeller Center, New York, offers five fashion fellowships, for the year 1940-41, to be awarded to women members of the graduating class of 1940 in accredited colleges and universities.
Each fellowship covers a year's tuition of $700, and only one will be awarded in any one college or uni-
tition. All applicants must register before Jan. 31.
Fashion Careers Offered Through $700 Fellowships
Application for a fellowship may be made by filling in and returning to the Tobe-Coburn School, the registration form on file at the office of Mrs Elizabeth Meguiar, adviser to women. A catalogue of the school will be mailed as soon as the registration is received.
A set of qualifying test questions will be mailed to all applicants on Feb. 1. Replies must be returned in postmarked or on before Feb. 29.
Those applicants whose replies to the questions show the most aptitude for fashion work will be asked to carry out a fashion research project. A list of subjects will be mailed on March 14, from which the applicant will receive the candidate's report. The candidate's report, containing not more than 2,000 words must be returned to the school post marked on or before April 15.
Before the final awards are made, high ranking candidates will be asked to furnish biographical data, photographs, college grades, and letters of recommendation. Personal interviews may also be arranged. Announcement of the awards will be made April 25.
Aptitude for fashion work will be judged by the following points: initiative, imagination clarity of presentation of material and fashion flair.
The University alumni office has received an autographed copy of "Lawnet's Alight," by Chester Woodward, 96.
The book, written after Woodward's return from a trip around the world this summer, describes his journeys abroad. The volume will be placed in the library of books written by University graduates.
Alumni Office Receives Book by Graduate Author
Mr. Woodward was president of the University alumni association in 1937 and 1938.
The professional and service division of the Kansas WPA has asked permission of the University to transcribe into Braille, "Laurel Town," by the late Kate Stephens, author and former professor of Greek at the University. The book is of early-day Lawrence.
May Transcribe 'Laurel Town'
200 To Appear In Christmas Vespers Service
- Expect Large Attendance for Annual Program; To Present Tableaux Between Numbers
More than 200 students and faculty members of the School of Fine Arts will combine forces to present the annual Christmas vespers with tableaux in Hoch auditorium Sunday afternoon and evening.
To accommodate the expected large audience, which last year reached 8,000, two performances will be given. The first, at 4 p.m., is intended chiefly for those coming outside of our campus. The record will be taken at 7:30 p.m. Both will be open to the public without charge.
For the past month, a chair of 100 voices has been working under the direction of D. M. Swarthout, dean of the School of Fine Arts. The choir will present the candle-light processional and recessional as well as a group of four unaccompanied choral numbers.
Karl Kuersteiner, associate professor of violin, will direct the 90-piece University Symphony orchestra in a special program number. He will also join the choir and organ in the processional and recessional.
A group of four Christmas tableaux will be presented between musical numbers, with the departments of design and painting in the Music Department. Fine Arts scholarship fund will be taken during the vespers will be
Seek Permission To Use School Song In Motion Picture
Permission of University authorities to use parts of the song, "I'm a Jayhawk," in a motion picture being made by the American Telephone and Telegraph company was requested by the company yester-
1. was said that the movie would be of a historical nature and that the song would be used in scenes using lines "reaching into Kansa."
Smith Explains News Photoqraphy
Listing news value, human interest, and technical quality as points for judging the worthiness of a news picture, Henry Ladd SMIT, profofessor of journalism, last night discussed the new photographs he KU students Club in the ballroom of the Memorial Union building.
Professor Smith, teacher of a second-semester course in news photography, emphasized the differences between news and pictorial photography, saying that the news photograph must be produced much more quickly than the salon photographer, because of increasing quality in news pictures, attributed to better lenses, cameras, films, and papers.
Professor Smith briefly outlined the rise to prominence of the news photograph supplementing his remarks with examples of news photography, good and bad. As a final requirement for the good news picture, he listed good taste, the standards which vary widely in accordance with the type of publication wristening the picture.
The journalism professor offered encouragement for student photographers in news photography, saying he believed an interested person would succeed in that branch of the newspaper.
of the newspaper.
Leo Rhodes, b'40, and Bob McKay, b'40. University debaters, have gone to Texas where they will defend high schools on a tour of the state.
Five To Compete For Peace Prize
With Bob McKay--composers "coked," a 3-language letter written in German, French, and English, and one from three forest rangers which included the postage for sending pictures of the Kappa girls.
- Will Speak over WREN
  Thursday on 'How To Keep
  America Out of War'
Five students were selected in the preliminary tryouts in Green hall last night to compete in the Campus Peace Contest over WREN at 8 a.m. Thursday, "How to Keep America Out of War" is the subject for contest speeches.
Students chosen were, Jean Crawford, c' 40, Karl Ruppenthal, 142. Eljah Cole, c' 40, Don Mitchell, c' 42, and Gladys Huber c' 48.
The contest is sponsored by Prof. E C. Buchler of the department of speech and dramatic arts, and is carried out under the auspices of the Association for Theatre in Exon. # E2, chairman of the group conducted the trusses last night.
A prize of $5 will be awarded the winner selected by three Lawrence judges and the audience. Awards are awarded in person or online, all affiliated with the Student Forum Board.
This contest is one of a series of contests to take place during the school year which will put "student opinion on the air"
Prof. J. W. Twente Serves In School Survey at Colby
Prof. J. W. Twente, of the School of Education, left Monday to participate in the survey of Colby schools, which is being held at the Thomas Community High School at Colby. Two state high school supervisors, M. A. Callahan and J. P. Sheldon, both of Topaka, will be on the committee with Professor Twente.
Rhodes to Texas--composers "coked," a 3-language letter written in German, French, and English, and one from three forest rangers which included the postage for sending pictures of the Kappa girls.
The Junior Prom at Yale, house parties at Cornell University, the Intercollegiate Invitational ski meet at Lake Plaid, N.Y., the Alpha Chi Rho party at Cornell University, the Sigma Chi party at the University of Illinois were only a few of the occasions for which the Johnson sisters,
The North Central association holds these surveys as a means of studying secondary school standards. The purpose of the meeting is to formulate an accurate and reliable evaluation of the school.
The committees will assist from 30 to 40 schools with the proposed program. Doctor Twente, who will return to Lawrence tomorrow, is chairman of the University visiting committee.
Sisters' Fan Mail a Problem at Kappa House
The Johnson sister's fan mail is the biggest problem at the Kappa Kappa Gamma home since last Friday's Inaugural Celebration and sent their pictures far and wide.
Doris and Helen, received invitations in more than 50 letters.
Four pages of verse was the product of a poetic Williams College student. It was summed up in the opening stanza:
Dear Helen of the K.G.K. I'll bet you get a lot of these (Letters are the things I mean from sandy rocks.
From sundry guys you've never seen)
Other interesting letters included one written on a napkin while the
Cornell boys sent their invitations by long distance telephone, and following letters assured the girls that Glenn Miller, Jan Savitt, and Hai Kemp would play on successive weekends.
And the invitationers didn't forget
Two U.S. Naval Academy men were worried over a bet. The one who received the first reply from the sisters was to win the money.
to send along their pictures. One New York University student sent his roommate's picture with the instruction to return him to New York as soon as he was spotted in Kansas. The N.Y.U. student traveler just couldn't stay away from Kansas after he saw the pictures.
Probably the only letters the girls
Numerous other letters were received by the chapter itself.
Sally Connell, fa 43, received a letter with her picture, cut from one of the group pictures in the magazine oasted on the letter head.
will answer will be those in which the writers included pages of the magazine for autographed. Doris disappointed letter writers in mass form when she said that "oct course" does not accept any of these invitations.
Littooy Reverses Legislative Pass Decision for Hop
- Dance Manager Believes He Waited Too Long To Tell Councils That Passes Void for Fio Rite Dance
When the smoke cleared away, Littioy was still smiling but this time the politicians were smiling with him. Their passes, Littioy had decided, would be good after all and legislators would go up in preparation for the dance to get in free.
Politicians relaxed their hold on pocketbooks (their own) yesterday in the wake of a ruling that [42] agreed to appoint Sophonome Hop gaten to school council passes.
Peliticians Not Smiling
Monday night Littoty smiled down
two rows of assembled M.S.C-ers
and told them that none but bona
fide press passes would be good for
the Fio Rito dance.
Baldrhinus. Not Snailling.
The class of '42 tightened its grasp on another pocket book—it's own.
Politicians weren't smiling when they visioned either dates or themselves broke.
Headed by John Oakson, c'40, a leading proteger, an M.S.C. committee drew influential persons into hurried conferences yesterday.
Pass-holders claimed, and Littoy agreed, that the dance manager should not have waited until the seventh hour to inform them that heir tickets were invalid.
40 To Attend Free
So it was yesterday that Lattoo decided to put on dark glasses when he looked at that portion of the Fio Rito contract which bars all but press passes. The band's managers, Lattoo wily thought, probably would never find out that some 40 old persons Sunn Homed beetle.
Jim Postma, P41, one of the M.S.C. lawyers, had said Monday night that should the Music Corporation of America discover the contract breach the University might be blacklisted by the Corporation.
Profit from the Hop would be divided between the Memorial Union coffer and those of the class of 42. Karl Kleoz, bursar, said last night. Those two parties will also divide a loss, Mr. Kleoz added.
Announce Contest For English Majors
Announcement has been made of the verse contest for English majors. The contest is sponsored by the Sigma Alpha chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho and English fraternity, at Kansas State Teachers College in Pittsburg.
University manuscripts are to be submitted, not later than Jan. 10, to W. S. Johnson, professor of English, in room 263. Formal hall. He is the secretary of the fraternity, Mrs. Middleton B. Cutter in Pittsburg.
Rules of the contest are:
1. The contest is open to all junior and senior English majors enrolled 1929-40.
2. Poems may be written in any verse form.
3. All poems submitted will fall in one of the two groups: lyric cc narrative.
4. Each contest may enter as many as three poems in each group.
5. Each contestant will furnish three typewritten copies of each poem entered.
6. Poems must not have fewer than four lines, and not more than 60.
7. First, second, and third prizes will be awarded and the winning poems will be published in the "Collegio."
8. A committee of three judges will make final decisions.
9. All manuscripts must reach the secretary not later than Jan. 16. 1940. Envelopes must be admirable. 1942. 111 West Pollitzer, Pittsburgh.
Peabody To Sing Strauss Melodies on KFKU Tonight
Irene Peabody, mezzo-soprano and associate professor of voice in the School of Fine Arts, will sing a group of Richard Strauss compositions over her piano. She will be accompanied on the piano by Winifred Hill. fa'41.
The selections are: Allersseilen (All soul's day); Die Nacht (the night); Befreit (Release); and Cacile (Cecily).