UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
OFFICIAL STUDENT PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME XXXVII
NUMBER 49
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1939
Kansas Debaters To Meet Oxford Team Tomorrow
★ Topic of Contest Will Be Isolation for the United States; Public May Attend Free
Isolation as an international policy for the United States will be the topic for discussion when Oxford University and Kansas University debaters present pros and cons to theater at 8 o'clock in Fraser night.
Coming directly from a similar engagement in Iowa, two British debaters will challenge the ideas of Leo Rhodes, b20, and Bob McKay, b40. University debaters, in a no decision debate on the question: "Resolved: That the United States should follow a policy of strict (economic and military) isolation towards all nations outside the Western Hemisphere engaged in armed international or civil conflict." Negative and affirmative sides will deliver 10 minute constructive speeches followed by five minute rebuttals.
Following the debate a "town hall of the year" will be broadcast from the theater of station FKPU. Members of the audience will be permitted to ask questions, through a portable microphone, of the debaters for one-half hour. Martin Maloney, who received the A.B. degree from the University in 1937 and is now employed by the Columbia Broadcasting Company of Chicago, will act as debate chairman and moderator for the town hall discussion to follow. Maloney serves as moderator on the round table of the air, broadcast every Saturday by CBS. Two years ago he was a member of the University debate team which debated with the Oxford team of that year.
Representing Oxford University for the debate will be George G. Bean, team leader, and Victor Hugh Parkinson. Both of the British debaters have been active in political and social organizations for youths. He is a degree doctor of law at the Oxford University School of Law.
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Four out of eight aspirants for the varsity debate squad qualified for the team after speaking in the tryouts Monday night.
Varsity Debate Squad Adds Four Members To Roll
Russell Baker, c' 42, and Dick Oliver, c' 42, who had shown sufficiency in debating with the freshman squad last year were acceptor on the varsity team without participating in the elimination.
Five-minute affirmative or negative speeches were presented by each contestant on the official Phi Kappa Delta debate question: "Resolved: That the United States should follow a policy of strict (economic and military) isolation towards all nations outside the western hemisphere engaged in armed international or civil conflict." Three minute rebuttal speeches followed the constructive arguments.
Students who successfully passed the truyts were: Jack Dumargin c'42; Fred Robertson, c'42; Don Riordan c'41, c'42, and John Crutcher c'41.
The addition of six new members of the squid brings the total number to 18. Present squid members are: Leo Rhodes, b'40; Robert McKay, b'40; Béla Schurman, b'40; Robert Sullivan, c'41; Irving Kass, ger Robert Hobson, m'40; Max Willey, c'40; Park, c'40; Irving Kauran, c'40; John Stewart, 140; Don Hayman, c'40; and John Stewart, 140
c'41
Plans for competition this year include debates with the team from Oxford, Kentucky, and Iowa at conference, Texas, South Dakota, and several Eastern schools.
Phi Kappa Psi and Sigma Ch moved into the finals of the six-man intramural playoffs. An undeleted Sigma Phi Epilion team tell before a fine Phi Psi passing attack by a score of 19 to 6 in an unbeaten Phi Delti Theta eleven 19 to 16 in a heci contest.
Phi Psi's and Sig Chi's Win To Reach Finals
Freshman Pep Club To Plot Homecoming Activity Tonight
Plans for Freshman Pep Club activity at the Homecoming football game Saturday and throughout the basketball season will be made at a UConn building followed by a building immediately following the midweek varsity tonight.
Barclay Reads Proposed Bill
"The meeting will be open to all freshmen, whether they are members of the pop organization or not," said Adamman cheerleader, said yesterday.
Taking no definite action,
the W.S.G.A. discussed the point system
pro and con at the shortest council
meeting of the season in the Pine
room of the Memorial Union building
last night.
The proposed bill, read by Elizabeth Barclay, c# 40, chairman of the point system committee, would limit the number of activities of women students by setting a maximum number of 60 points for junior and senior women, 40 for sophomores, and 30 for freshmen. Points would be awarded according to the amount of time required to carry on the activity and the honor accompanying it.
All women students except freshmen would be required to have a certain number of points before they would be eligible for election to W.S.G.A. under the proposed bill. All women will be voted on Tuesday Dec. 5.
Add Three New Paintings To Museum Collection
Like most household goods,
Spooner-thayer museum has given
way to a fall rearrangement of
contents. The center gallery of the
museum has been rearranged with
the removal of four paintings and
the addition of three new to the
gallery.
The additions are, "Autumn Sunset," by Birger Sanden, Lindborg, loaned by Pt Beta Phi sorizory, "Late Winter" by George Herbert Baker, of Richmond, Indiana, and two members of the University faculty, both loaned by Mrs. E. H. Lindley, wife of ex-Cancelor Lindley.
In the south gallery paintings by Cape Cod artists are on view through November, and in the print room etchings by Gordon McCouch, recently presented to the museum professor Bloc, are on exhibition.
Alpha Phi Omega Officers Begin Duties Next Week
new officers for the Alpha Phi Omega, national service fraternity took office Monday and will serve until April 15, 1940, Kenneth Cedarland, b440, who was recently chapter president announced.
Other recently elected executive members include: Leslie Hixon, ap-s vice-president; Tom Evans, b40, secretary; Hugh Bruner, b41, treasurer; Ralph Hammond, b40, alumni secretary; and George Bonebrake, b42 historian. Gordon Brigham, c40 historian. David Garner, chapter critic. Tom Hancock, instructor of economics, was again selected as senior faculty advisor.
As a service to the University, Alpha Phi Omega recently assisted the Men's Student Council in providing students to officiate in the University exhibition at the National Cornhuskings contest.
Miss Ruth E. Lichen of the School of Education will speak to the National Council for the Social Studies in Kansas City, Mo., Friday at the Hotel Muehlich. Prof. C. B. Althaus and R. W. Browning of the School of Education and Marston McCluggage of the department of sociology and students will attend the meeting.
Professors to Hear Litchen
Write home today. Invite Mother and Dad up for Homecoming Saturday. They'll enjoy watching the Jayhawkers twist the Tiger's tail.
Chancellor Deane W. Malott will be guest speaker at a luncheon held by the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce in the Eldridge hotel at 12:30 p.m. today. His topic is "A Glimpse into the Future."
This will be the Chancellor's official introduction to the business and professional men of Lawrence. Charles Radcliffe, president of the Chamber of Commerce, will preside at the luncheon.
Malott Will Look Into Future
Won't Soft Pedal--flower bed in front of the Chi Omega sorority house, and come back down the Campus. At Mississippi street, cyclists turn north and in the home stretch ride back of the Memorial and up to the starting point again.
Acacias Certain of Victory
Leading the parade of entries in the Saturday morning bicycle race on the Homecoming program, the Acacias yesterday emphatically stated their confidence of winning in a letter to L. L. Waters, instructor of economics, and chairman of the race committee.
Two fraternities, two women's houses and three independents had entered, including Earl Olson, Phi Gamma Delta, whom the fraternity chose as its best "physical specimen." The Acacia letter follows:
"Just in case you think there will be no entries in the bicycle race, and that you will get to eat the turkey your cuisine. I wish to inform you that we have just the gibber to can bring that gobber home to us.
"We have the water all hot and the table set—just waiting for Sa-urday!
The Acacia letter "Dear Mr. Waters:
Equitation Class To Stage Hunt
- Eighteen Attend First Course Meeting; Can Accompodate More
---In Homecoming Race
The "sound of the horn" will call equitation students to the chase one morning next week when they stage a fox hunt of the University's history.
The hunt had been planned for Friday, but due to the busy Home-coming weekend, it was postponed until next week.
A pelt will be dragged over an appointed course, and a pack of hounds will be used to lead the hunters over the low hurdles to be in place of fences. Only students who have had previous training in riding will participate in the hunt. Gale Mott, of the Mott stables said.
The weather is right for a hunt now, because the moisture will enable the hounds to follow the trail easily and swiftly. Mott said. The 12 students who will follow the hounds will use either English or stock saddles, according to their preference.
Mott said that there were plenty of coyotes in the vicinity, but he was afraid that it would be impossible to teach a prairie wolf to follow a prescribed course, hence the dragged nett.
Twelve women and six men attended the first meeting of the University equitation course yesterday afternoon, E. B. DcGroot, instructor; sixtynight. Arrangements for additional 12 students can be made now.
"I think we have a good start considering that we are beginning at the mid-term, and I feel that the equation will grow." DeGroot said.
Eighty instructors from Kansas colleges and junior colleges will "talk business" at the fifteenth annual conference of Kansas instructors in economics and business on Friday and Saturday.
In case more students enroll in the course, DeGroot will arrange a class for men at 2:30 on Mondays and Wednesdays, and another class at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursdays. The class for women is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday.
"Industrial Development in Kansas" will be the leading topic of the conference. Rolla Clymer, director of the Kansas Industrial Development Commission, and Sam Wilson of the Kansas state chamber of commerce, both of Topika, will use the above topics for their talks at the opening session at 2:30 Friday afternoon.
Eighty Instructors To Attend Economics Conference
Through the small telescope the moon was magnified approximately three times the size it appears to be. We resembling small antillas, were seen.
"Sky Night," sponsored by the department of astronomy for the purpose of viewing the surface of the moon through the small 6-inch telescope, was attended by a small number of persons last night. Only two people were present at 2-hour open house to see the craters of the lunar body.
Few Take Advantage Of Astronomy Open House
"The boy to defend the honor of our organization will be Jack Hewley—the 'bicycle speedster'—so get that turkey ready."
General rules of the race outlaw motor bikes, tandems and professional racing vehicles. Two separate classes will be run for men and women. Maps outlining the course of the race are now in place in the Union building, Watson library, and the rotunda of Frank强 Hall.
ACACIA FRATERNITY
Sincerely
Earl Oslon, c'43, Phi Gamma Delta Francis Martin, independent; Billeog Hileg, c'42, independent; Carlyle Dawes, c'42, independent; Jack Hawley, e'43, Acacia; Lenore Grissell ed'41, Corbinal hall; Paidel Koaceil ed'40, independent; and Doris Johnson, c'40, Kappa Gamma.
Friends were invited to the serenades as well as the parents and alumni of Pi Kappa Alpha residing in Lawrence. After the serenade "Mother" Wilnot served refreshments.
Entries so far include:
Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity serenaded Mrs. Belle Wilmot last night. Mrs. Wilmot retired as housemother of Pi Kappa Alpha in the spring of 1938. At the time of her retirement she had been with the fraternity years and was the oldest housemother on the Hill in point of service.
Retired Housemother
Plays Hostess
To Singing Pi K. A.'s
Camera Club Fans Photograph Models
Shutters clicked profusely last night as 20 members of the K.U. Camera Club met in the ballroom of the Memorial Union building to photograph table-top scenes for use in making Christmas cards.
Three set-ups were used in different arrangements to produce snow effects and permit addition of personal touches in the form of monograms and names. Earlier in the evening members of the club informally judged prints entered in the Homecoming exhibition. The exhibition was set up in the ballroom last night and will be on display in the main lounge of the Memorial Union building from tomorrow until Thanksgiving vacation. Over fifty prints submitted by student and other photographers comprise the exhibit.
A group of more than 30 photographic Christmas cards made by members of the club and other individuals were shown to suggest what types of cards made by Oren Bingham, head of the photographic bureau.
Election of new members will be the business of a meeting of Tau Beta Pi, honorary engineering fraternity, to be held in the English room of the University Memorial Union at 7:00 o'clock this evening. Measuring e60 president the organization, announced yesterday.
Plans submitted and decided upon for future use included a contest involving the photographing of Uni- ological journals, both pictorial and record purposes.
Eligible for membership are senior students who are claused in the upper fourth part of their class in the junior seniors who rank in the upper eighth.
Tau Beta Pi To Elect New Members Tonight
Men, Women Pedal Separately At Homecoming
★ Choose Different Courses
For Two Bicycle Races
Saturday; Winners To
Get Turkeys
One place you won't run into an old flame is in the Homecoming bicycle race to be held at 10 o'clock Saturday morning.
You won't because men and women cyclists will ride at different times and on different courses. And men in each race will get a 'urkey'
Competition in the race is open to anyone who applies to L. L. Waters instructor in economics, in room 106 Frank Strong hall. Waters is the head of the committee which arranged the contest.
Women Race First
Women will start pedalling at 10 o'clock in front of the Memorial Union building. From there they will race up the Campus, circle the
HOMECOMING SCHEDULE
6:00 p.m.-Homecoming broadcast from KFKU.
8:00 p.m.-Homecoming parade down Massachusetts street.
8:30 p.m.-Annual rally broadcast from station WREN.
9:00 p.m.-Homecoming reception, Memorial Union, with KU Camera Club display as a feature in the lounge of the Union.
9:00 p.m.—L.S.A. Hobo Night dance in Memorial Union ballroom.
9:15 p.m.—Annual Varsity-
Freshman basketball game, Hoch
auditorium.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25
9:00 a.m.-Annual Meeting Kansas Relays Club followed by open house for members and friends Eldridge hotel grill.
Women More Undecided About Work Than Men
Doctor, lawyer, merchant, chiffi#
No, college students aren't letting chiefs of game chance decide the way they their bread and butter in the future.
10:00 a.m.—Meeting of members of class of 1915, Memorial Union.
10:00 a.m.—Women's bicycle race begins at Memorial Union building.
10:15 a.m.—Men's bicycle race begins at Memorial Union building.
Only 78 men entered the University this fall with their vocation undecided but 108 women students "couldn't make up their minds."
11:00 a.m. - Second generation students and parents, group picture, front steps of Frank Strong hall.
2:00 p.m.—Game, Missouri vs.
Kansas, Memorial stadium.
At 10:15 in the morning, male driver begins their sprint at the Memorial Union building. They follow the same course as the women at first, but turn north on the drive between Snow and Frank Strong halls. The course then follows the drive back of Frank Strong Swimming Center again. From then on the men's course is the same as that of the women cyclists. Members of the K-Club will judge the contest.
Rapid Ticket Sale
Tickets for the afternoon gam with Missouri are selling rapidly Earl Falkenstein of the athletic office said yesterday. All seats on the west side of the Memorial stadium have been sold except those beyond the 10-yard-line on both sides. The stadium has not yet sold out. Falkenstein said, but new supplies of ticket were sent to them.
Men have their lives mapped out with the roles of doctors, businessmen, and teachers leading, and that of lawyers ranking fourth. Women chalk up teaching, nursing, journalism, and business as their preferred
The Weather
It might rain or it might snow. But then again it might warm up. Your guess is as good as ours.
Statistics compiled by the registrar's office show the following professions as being the most popular with men students: medicine, 578 business, 412; teaching, 268; and law 263.
Nearly one-third, or 563, of the 1,538 women students want to be teachers; 136 indicated nursing as a career for them; and 74 for journalism; and 74 for business.
Men listed 60 kinds of work it which they were interested against the 36 knives named by the women.
Fog Keeps Flyers Grounded During Morning Session
A "pea soup" fog, not unlike the bathroom on a cold Saturday night after a hot dip in the tub, shrouded the Campus yesterday morning and caused the signal of "no flying - ceiling zero" to be given on flight instruction in the University aeronautical training.
Toward noon the sky began to clear and by afternoon the instructors and students could again go and master the technique of flight.
Students and faculty could have used companies to a good advantage in finding their way to class. Students are restricted to approximately five feet.
Naismith Leaves Hospital Today
Dr. James Naimith, 78, professor emeritus of physical education, probably will be released from the Law School today, to his high school, today, his physician had last night.
Doctor Naismith was stricken with a cerebral hemorrhage Sunday night and was taken to the hospital, where he was shown continued improvement.
His physician said Doctor Naismith would completely recover, barring complications. He will be unable to walk for some time, the physician said.
Doctor Naismith, "the father of basketball," retired from full-time teaching duties in June, 1937.
R.O.T.C. Student To Get Medal
For the first time in the history of the University R.O.T.C. the medal of the United States Coast Artillery was awarded to a University student.
Cadet First Lieutenant Donald D. DeFord, c'43 will be presented the medal tomorrow afternoon at the first annual fall parade to be held on the Intramural field south of Fowler Shops.
The award is made to the student completing the first three years' work with the most outstanding leadership, and university activities.
Chancellor Malott is expected to view the parade.
In addition to the Coast Artillery medal, the following students will be awarded with medal merit badge. Cadet Platoon Sergeant Carter D. White, Cadet Sgt. David W. Pace, c'41; and Cadet Corporal Frederick L. Lawson, c'42
Olga Eitner To Present Violin Concert over KFKU
Oliga Eitner, instructor of musical theory in the School of Fine Arts, will present a violin concert over station KFKU at 6 p.m. today. Miss Eitner will be accompanied at the piano by Ruth Orcutt, associate professor of piano in the School of Fine Arts.
The program is: Scotch Fantasia Op. 46, (Bruch) including the Adagio cantabile, Allegro, and Andante sextento; Bird as Prophet (Schotman); and Rendino (Vixeutapes). Dick Millard Will Speak Tonight
Camera fans who are interested in pictorial photography have the opportunity of listening to Dick Norton on a clock tonight in Hiszen's studio.
Mr. Millard will speak to the Lawrence Camera Club about pictorial photography and pictorial prints in bromide. He has previously spoken to the Kansas City Art Industry Association, where Mr. Millard at one time worked in
Kamase City for Mr. Hixon. The invitation is extended to the KU, Camera Club, but also to others interested.
Stags Again Limited To 200
The regular midweek varsity will feature the music of Clyde Byson and his orchestra in the Memorial Union ballroom from 7 to 8 o'clock tonight. Stag attendance will again be limited to 200 men.
Movie for Spanish Club
A moving picture in color showing life in Guatemala will be exhibited at a meeting of the Spanish Association in room 0 of Frank Strong hall.
The movie pictures ruins of the old Mayan culture in contrast to present modes of living. The meeting is open to interested persons.
Commission May Revive County Clubs
\* State-Wide Activities Organization To Sponsor Meetings of Students by Counties
An attempt is being made by the commission to revive meetings of county clubs. The county clubs have not met during the past ten years, a result of the depression and lack of effective organizations. Meetings will be held separately in different rooms throughout the campus.
To prepare for a convoction Dec.
7, all of the county chairmen on
the Student-Wide-vid Activities
Commission will meet Thursday evening
at 7 p.m. in room 102 of the
Journalism building.
To Instruct Chairmen
The meeting Thursday evening is designed for the purpose of instructing and explaining to the county chairman what is expected of them, and to furnish them material necessary to carry out the instructions. In addition, the county chairman will discuss plans for publicizing the University in their respective counties.
The greatest portion of the commission's work will occur before Christmas; therefore the executive committee has planned a definite program for each county chairman to follow between now and the Christmas holidays.
Suggestions Offered
suggestions will be offered to the county chairmen, at the meeting Thursday evening, pertaining to publicizing the University throughout the state by the executive committee. Some of the activities which the commission hopes to institute are: assemblies in high schools; sending issues of the Marysville school; present action of programs before civic clubs; arranging window displays about the University; and the extension of hospitality to guests and delegates to University functions.
According to a statement made by Irving Kurnar, c40, executive chairman of the commission, "The commission is a very highly decentralized body. It is directed to county chairman, with whom the success of the commission depends."
Faculty Adds 12 New Courses
The University course in Equitation was formally accepted at the November meeting of the University faculty yesterday afternoon. Eleven other courses also received recognition by the group, at which Paul B. Lawson, dean of men, predeed.
A course in appreciation of movies was introduced at the meeting, but a definite decision concerning the selection proceeded until the December meeting.
To Offer Peace Speech Prizes
The executive board of the Campus Peace group decided last night at their meeting in the Pine Room of the Memorial Unit a building, to sponsor a University-wide radio speaking contest DOC'14 in cooperation with Prof. B. C. Humbler department of speech and drama art.
The text of the appeaches will be "How to Keep America Out of War" The context will be over WREN, and the contest will be awarded to the winning contestant.
Trouys are Dec. 5. No restrictions will be placed on the eligibility of persons desiring to enter. The try-out speeches are to be five or six minutes in length and upon the subject of keeping America out of war. Applicants may apply to Steward Exon, *c*42, as soon as possible. At this time five people will be chosen in the final contest over WREN
The meeting last night was of the newly elected executive board, which consists of Elijah Cole, c'40, president; Mary James, c'41; Carl Moritz, c'40; and Richard MacCann, c'40. The ex officio members of the board are: Lloyd Eates, c'42; Stewart Evon, c=42, and Gordon Brigham, c=42.