UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
OFFICIAL STUDENT PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME XXXVII
Z-229
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1939
NUMBER 47
Negro Chorus In Concert Monday Night
The Eva Jessye Choir will present the second of the University Concert Series at 8:20 tomorrow night, in Hoch auditorium, under the personal direction of Miss Eva Jessye.
- Eva Jessyce Choir To Sing Group of Work Songs and Spirituals; Second Number on Concert Series
The choir consists of ten women and twelve men singers, who will offer a large group of negro spirituals, negrite street and work songs as well as selections from the late Besserman's opera "Tongy and Berg."
Robert L. Nolan, concert pianist and accompanist for well-known artists, will accompany the choir. He will contribute piano solos to the king's program as well as his brilliancy and sympathetic accompaniments.
Ranked Best Negro Conductor
Miss Eva Jessey, well-known Negro woman, is acknowledged as America's finest conductor of Negro music. The natural music ability of the American negro was given through training and augmented by excellent training.
Miss Jessie is a graduate of Western University in Kansas and Langston University in Oklahoma. She wrote the book *A Poetry, essay, music, and oratory*.
As a choral director of George Gershwih's colored opera, "Porky and Bess," Miss Jessey won country-wide acclaim. Radio listeners know her as the voice of her appearances on the General Motors hour, and with Rudy Vallee and Ben Bernie in their Gershwih Memorial broadcasts.
Outstanding in Picture Work Miss Jessey's motion picture work has been outstanding. King Vidor selected her for musical director of the film "Hallulah." Her singers synchronized "Uncle Tom's Cabin" for Universal and have made short features for Paramount.
Miss Jessye once expressed her experiences in this way, "A colored woman on Broadway has three battles to fight; first, being colored; second, being a woman; and third, the natural fight for preference in the profession. Many times she is taking a booking agent and immediately sensed that I had the additional battle to fight of being very colored.
"But on the whole, I have found them to be fair, as far as fairness goes in my line. When they were convinced that I had an organization that could deliver the goods and found that I knew my own business myself, they became human and reasonable and often made sug-
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On the Shin
=By Reginald Buxton=
The soon-to-be-current issue of the Sour Owl reaches "way over its head to bring its readers one of the finest 'glamor-girl' photos of the year. While Hurrell need not look to his laurale, Sour Owl's charm page has as its sole occupant "the face that launch'd a thousand Cadillacs". . . Having raised in happier rooftop that at least one columnist in the magazine has something on the ball besides dirt. Simple's column lacks the social significance that would make it acceptable to a learned Beta but to the lovers of amusing trivia it should prove to the irate pen of Professor Crafton as he "curses" Hill critiques up and down. The stage is crafted, however his dislike of vap. sickness "blow-ups" that have beer championed, on stage and off, by Hill "cluster-bugs" (amateur public relation counselors) during "Oppress the Press" week.
I was assured that last week was (Continued on page two)
To Direct Choir----
Dean D. M. Swarthout of the School of Fine Arts, who will direct his Westminster A Cap-pella choir in the Musical Vespers at 4 o'clock this afternoon in Hoch auditorium.
Student Pilots Ready To Soar
★ Launching of Flight Work Awaits Arrival of Instructors
Flight instruction in the University aeronautical training is gradually being started. Prof. E. D. Hay Flight Instruction in the Engineering engineering, said yesterday.
A complete schedule for instructing 30 of the total of 50 students has been arranged, approximately 15 of these having already experienced the first thrill of flying. Cate Hard Start
Gets Head Start
Helen Hey, c40, get the jump on her fellow aeronautical students when she flew one of the training planes all but 20 miles of a trip from Cincinnati last Tuesday, and so now has 10 hours of flying time chalked up to her credit. She made the trip with a group of the in-tenners from the Ashore Base Threes flying school to bring back planes.
Each student in the school will receive three one-half hour flight lessons each week for the first 12 hours of flying time, then they will continue on their own for several periods each week or two one-hour lessons. Wait on Instructors
In the past week there has been an increasing number of applications from women students. Professor Hay explained this by saying that they must have understood that the course was for men only.
All five of the planes that were ordered now are here and the only delay is the late arrival of the remaining two instructors.
Entries Arrive For Photo Exhibit
At noon yesterday 16 prints had been received at the photographic bureau for entry in the second award. Homecoming photographic exhibition.
A group of six prints from L. O Northrup, '15, of Iola, was out-of-town entry. Oren Bingham head of the bureau, spoke highly of the prints so far received and of the entries of entire are expected tomorrow.
Prints are due not later than 5 p.m. tomorrow, and the bureau and K.U. Camera Club are making preparations for handling a rush of entries. Last year the number reached 75. Rules for the contest suggest that prints be of 8- by 16-inch size or larger and that they be mounted on stained glass to exclude no entries, although those not members of the Camera Club are charged a 25-cent entry fee.
Prizes for prints selected as outstanding by the judges will be awarded by the Homecoming committee.
Tulane 25, Columbia 0
New York, Nov. 18—(UP)-Tulane's football dinosaurs from the delta battered a game but light Columbia team all over Baker field today to win as they pleased, 25 to 0, before 23,000 spectators.
A Cappella Choir Makes Season's Debut Today
- Voice Duet, University Symphony, String Quartet Present Added Selections in Fall Proam
The first All-Musical Vespers of the season will be held at 4 o'clock this afternoon in Hoch auditorium. The Westminster a capella choir of 70 voices, directed by D. M. Swarthownt, deen of the School of Fine Arts, will make its first public appearance of the year.
Miss Meribah Moore and Miss Irene Paeleb will say a duet from Rossini's "Stabat Mates" entitled "Quis est Homo."
componet p,sigrant sb, sintrab C "Circ" M "Corr" (Whinklok) by Guy Criss Simpson; organ; "Andantino Minuet" (Mozart); by the string quartet-Waldemar Gelfch, first violin; Karl Kuehrsteiner, second violin; Olga Eltner, viola; D. M. Swarthout, cello; "Quis est Homo" (Rossini), by Macbear Moore, soprano, and Irene Peabody, mezzo-soprano, accompanied by Ruth Orcutt, piano and Laurel Everette Anderson, organ.
"Septet, Op. 65" (Saint-Saens), by an ensemble-Walderam Gelfich, first violin; Karl Kuersteiner, second violin; Olga Eitner, viola; Raymond Stuhl, cello; Lo Hornack, f.41, trumpet; Thomas Sumt, bass; Howard C. Taylor, piano; "Brenheat on Me, O Breath of God" (VanDemanson Thompson), "Lullaby" (Joseph Clokey), "Bracteae Fasaeum" (Francis Poulenc), "Wake, Awake", F. Melius Christanen), by the Westminster a capella and Dean Swarthout; "Academic Overture" (Brahms), by the University symphony orchestra under the direction of Karl Kuersteiner.
The complete program follows:
Sachem Takes Four Members In Fall Election
Four new members were elected to Sachem, senior men's honorary society, Friday afternoon, according to Mac Wynne, Chief Sachem.
Members are elected twice a year by the joint action of the student members of Sachem and the faculty advisory committee. Only those who have a high scholastic standing and are admitted to the University are admitted to membership. Another election will be held in the spring.
The new members are Bill Waugh b'40; Harold Johnson b'40; Carter Butler, c'40; Bruce Vornar, b'40.
Plans are underway for the initiation banquet to be held later.
State To Continue Probe of Phi Delt Blazes Tomorrow
Progress on the investigation 6.
the cause of the recent Phi Delta
Theta fraternity house blazes was
at a standstill yesterday, although
it was understood that the probe
would be continued tomorrow.
Ed Smith, deputy state fire marshal, checked out of a Lawrence hotel, where he had been staying, yesterday. Police and fire officials said last night Smith would return to Lawrence tomorrow.
Two Teams Tie In Bridge Meet
Prof. E. O. Stone checked the figures, and the mistake found in the tally sheets gave each high team a score of 37 points. The tentative date set for the play-off is a week from today at 2 p.m.
- Aul-Brooks, O'Shea-
Morris Lead; Krause-
Lanworthy Place Third
Final check on tally sheets found a tie between the team of Dan Aul, b'41, and Bob Brooks, c'42, and the team of Dan O'Shea, c'40; and Jim Morris, c'41 for first place. The team of Walter Krause, c'41, and Bill Langworthy, c'41, placed third in the tournament.
The two highest ranking teams will receive trophy cups as awards, Winford Ferry, c'41, director of the tournament, said.
The tournament was begun on Oct. 23 with 49 teams entered. Only two teams of women and six teams of men reached the finals.
Dwls Elect Two Men to Society
Junior "brain trusters" got together last night and elected two members to their honor society. The men added to the present roll of honors in the university's honor society, are Roland Rapp, e'41; and Jim Burdge, e'41.
Raup is on the Men's Student Council and is a member of the P.SGL senate. Burdge is president of the junior class, a freshman adviser, a member of the Ku Ku Club, and was recently chosen for the new Student State-Wide Activities Commission.
At the same meeting the "Owl's" voted to abandon the books for one night and hold a party. Dec. 8. The organization abandoned the precedent of giving the "Owl Screech" varsity for the entire school, and decided to make their party this year exclusively for members.
c, e40, Alpha Dp14; Mary
Madge Birkey, c'41, Mill hall; June
Today: Generally fair; little change in temperature.
One of these candidates will wear the crown of the Homecoming queen and the other two will be announced by the committee Thursday, and the Red Court will make its first public appearance at the WREN rally Friday night.
The 16 candidates for the Homecoming queen are: Beldra Cochran, fa'41 Twelve-Thirty Oread girls Emily Jean Milan, c'42 Jayanes; Jama Lew Lewis, c'43, Alpha Chi Omega; Jeasmer Moyer, fa'42, sigma Kappa; Mary Kenton Noel, c'43, Kappa Kappa Gamma; Ann night; fa'40, Corbina hall; Jane Bliney, 40, Kappa Kappa Theta; Mrs. Willis, 40, Kappa Kappa Gamma; Jen Wilkins, c'41, Gamma Phi Beta; Barbara Edmundo, c'41, Alpha Delta Pi; Marry
Three co-eds who will reign over the Homecoming celebration next Saturday were selected Friday night at Hixon's Studio by a committee of six representatives from local civic clubs.
Orf Snares Ball To Score; Extra Point Decides It
Poise and personality as well as beauty were important factors in the contest. Each candidate was personally interviewed by the commit-
back on their goal line with long twisting pants until, with the pressure on, the Sooner line gave away the ball and recovered for a Tiger counter.
Judges Interview Homecoming Queen Candidates; Seek Student Cooperation
W L O Pct.
Missouri 4 1 0.000
Oklahoma 3 1 750
Nebraska 1 1 750
Iowa State 1 4 200
Kansas State 1 4 200
\* Punting of Ronald King Is Important Factor in Victory Which May Give Tigers the Title
The victory may give Missouri the Big Six conference championship—they finish the season next week against a weak Kansas team—for final time, and it may bring a bowl organized, and it may bring a bowl bid.
The Sooners roared back in the final period with an unbroken 71-yard march that was climaxed by a touchdown pass thrown by Jack Jacobs, the Muskegue sophomore Indian star to J. S. Mumsey, who took the hull in the end zone. Dick Favor, one of the best place kickers in the conference, in for the all important try at converting the point, but the slippery ball skidded off his toe and went wide.
The new Tiger heroes tonight were King, Charles Moser, the senior center fom Chillicothe, Mo. and Bob Orf, the big blond end. Orf proved himself perhaps the finest fielder on the gridiron when he snared the blocked punt and stepped over for the touchdown.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24
6:00 p.m.: Homecoming broad-
cast from FKFU.
Orf Snares It
9:00 p.m. - Homecoming reception, Memorial Union, with KU Camera Club display as a feature in the lounge of the Union.
Beryl Clark, who passed, punted (Continued on page four)
9:15 p.m.—Annual Varsity-
Freshman basketball game, Hoch
auditorium.
Tentative Program For Homecoming
In a football game that developed new Missouri heroes, Christian and his mates fought off a desperate Oklahoma rally that threatened the Tiger one-point margin down to the last second of the struggle.
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 24
BIG SIX STANDINGS
Columbia, Mo. Nov. 17 — (UP) – Pitching Paul Christman and his punting Missouri Tigers whipped Oklahoma today to 7 in an upset victory that wiped another name from the list of the nation's unbeaten teams and set up Missouri to lead the center of the Big Six championship.
Punts replaced passes in the Missouri offense and set the stage for the third quarter touchdown and the point that proved the victory margin.
8:30 p.m.—Annual rally broadcast from station WREN.
SATURDAY, 10 NOVEMBER
9 a.m.-Annual meeting Kawasaki
2 p.m. Open house for members and friends,
Fidelida, hotel drill.
Christian's long range passes
previously had been the Tigers'
chief weapon, but today Ronald
Walker has made a difference in
field. Mo, set the husky Sooners
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25
10:00 a.m.—Meeting of members of class of 1915. Memorial Union.
8:00 p.m.—Homecoming parade down Massachusetts street.
11:00 a.m.-Second generation students and parents, group picture, front steps of Frank Strong hall.
New Tiger Threat
2:00 p.m.—Game. Missouri vs.
Kansas, Memorial stadium.
3Driesa, c'43, P1 Beta Phi Jeon Peemtereyer, c'42, Alpha Omicron P1 Virginia Ford, ed'41, Chi Omega Gehevehian Harman, c'42, Watkin hall; and Mary Lou Ekstrom, c'40 unaffiliated.
Members of the committee who chose the queen were; B. F. Nanninga, Lions Club; H. C. Brinkman, Kiwanis Club; John Jacob, Rotary Club; Reuben Fox, Co-ops; Charles Radliffe, College of Commerce; and Mrs. Hazel Anderson, Business and Professional Women's Club.
Two committee chairmen yesterday asked special cooperation of the student groups participating in the weekend Homecoming program.
Roland Maddox, assistant professor of political science, asked in behal of his house decoration committee that all houses planning to sport exhibits send notice to the Alumni office by Thursday so that the judging committee will be able to view each decorated structure.
Prizes of $8, $6 and $2 respectively for first, second and third place winners in each of three divisions—matches, tournament and dormitories—are offered.
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Jayhawk Passes Sparkle as G.W. Triumphs, 14-7
Bv Jav Simon. c'40
It was the Jayhawker football team, rather than a cherry tree, hat George Washington chopped down yesterday afternoon, but Kansas nut up much more resistance than the legendary sapling.
A fighting Crimson and Blue outfit, paced by the irrepressible Ralph Miller, came into the final chukker trailing by 14 points to throw passes into the air, a scare into the visiting team and the scant group of 5,000 spectators into hysteria.
But all but one of Kansas' seven scoring drives were repulsed by the sturdy George Washington team which won out 14 to 7. Miller Is Hot
Miller was in rare form as he pitched 11 strikes in 16 tries and personally accounted for the Kansas touchdown when he snaked
★ Fear 100 Lives Lost
In Disaster off East
British Coast
London, Nov. 19 - Sunday-(UP)
The 7,006-ton Dutch steamer Simpson Bolivar struck a mine and sank off the east coast of England last night, and it was feared today or more lives may have been lost.
It appeared that the sinking, blamed by the British admiralty upon the Germans, would rank as one of the worst merchant shipping incidents.
A total of 260 survivors, many of them injured, were landed at an eastern English port where ambulances were waiting to rush them to hospitals. There were several women and children.
Messages received here had estimated the number lost at 140 on the basis of a passenger and crew list of 400. In Amsterdam, however, the owners of the vessel said only 380 persons aboard, including 150 crew members, leaving only 100 not accounted for.
Wildcats Capture Two-Mile Meet
Columbia, Mo., Nov. 18—(Special)
—Ray Harris of Kansas trailed his Big Six distance rival, John Munak of Missouri, by 29 yards as Kansas State won its fourth consecutive victory two-nine meet here today.
It was Munsk's third straight individual victory in the event. The Wildcats, finishing third, fifth, eleventh and sixteenth, had 35 points. Iowa scored 38. Kansas 44. Iowa State 32. Missouri 88 and Nebraska 72.
To Name Debate
Squad Tomorrow
Troyla for the varsity debat,
squid will be held tomorrow night
at 7:30 in Green hall. B. C. Bucher,
a retired baseball player, dramatic art
announced yesterday.
Five-minute constructive and three-minute rebuttal speeches will be given by each contestant on the匹Kappa Delta debate question, "Resolved: That the United States should follow a policy o strict (economic and military) isolation towards all nations outside the western hemisphere engaged i armed international or civil conflict
John Lintner, instructor in economics, Harold Ingham, director of the extension division, and Professor Buchler, acting as judges will select from four to eight new members for the squad.
Present squad members are: Leo Rhodes, b'40; Robert McKay, b'40; Keith Schuerman, b'40; Robert Sullivan, c'41; Irving Kass, gr; Robert Hedges, b'40; Mac Wynne, c'40; Emmet Park, c'40; Irving Kurman, c'40; John Stewart, e'40; and Don Haymen, c'mel.
9 yards through the usually tough Colonial line and dived into the endzone. It was the Chanute ace's perfect 23-yard pass to Hubert Ulrich that set up the scoring thrust.
Then, trailing by 7 points later in the period, Miller engineered a drive from Kansa's own 3-yard line that quickly brought the ball into Colonial territory. The students were whipping it up aplenty as the non-chalent Jayhawk slingshot made connections on four out of six aerials in three hours. But the team didn't draw the ball back-hack Gredy intercepted a Miller pass on the G.W. 20 with only a minute remaining in the ball game.
After the first exchange of punts, the George Washington team began ripping through the Kansas line and was starring the Jawhawker goal from the 18. when W. F. Jack and Jay Kern, sophomore line & stalwarts were rushed into the breech. On the next play Jack jarred the Colonial ball carrier so hard that he fumbled and Frank Bukaty pounced on it to halt the visitor's first threat.
Colonial End Stars
However, this brilliant bit of defensive work all went for naught. After Bukaty booted out to the G. W. 48 the Colonials stumbled through the air to rip off a 52 yard touchdown play. Eddie Wilamoski, a slippery hipped halfback who caused the Joywhawers no end of trouble all afternoon, faded and ripped a pass right down the midfield to backhalf before the ball was to be bottled. Babich whirred a wide to later in Bob Newskay, who sampered the remaining 20 yards un-touched.
This was just one of the many blits of sensual play turned in by Nowasky, the Colonials all-American end candidate. He booted both extra points, was unimpassable at his left end post, and once curled around a Kansas fumble deep in Jayhawk territory.
With Ed Hall bucking and snorting through the line and Bukaty doing a neat passing job, the Kansas team began to move late in the first half. The Buckley-Buck's' lips with a difficulty over-the-shoulder catch on the George Washington 33 and then went into the flat for another that was good for 5 yards. This moved the ball down to the 28 and the driver put it down when Eabhij intercepted a pass in his back zone and ran it out to the 5.
Long Run To Score
Long wait to store
Miller took over Bukatay's passing
chore in the second quarter and af-
continued on naga three
Cancel Program Of Devi Dja and Her Bali Dancers
Dean D. M. Swartwhatch announced yesterday the cancellation of Devi Dja and the Bali dancers scheduled for a performance Wednesday night. The dancers were not included on
the regular activity ticket because of late booking and the fact that the regular series this year carries seven major numbers. Small advance seat sale led Dean Swarthout to cancel the number.
Refunds will be made upon presentation of the tickets at the School of Fine Arts office.