UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
OFFICIAL STUDENT PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME XXXVII
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1839.
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Forty-nine Are Named To Two Casts
NUMBER 15
- Plays Will Be Presented Oct. 24 to 26 by Kansas Players, Director Dixon Announces
Those chosen to present "My Heart's in the Highlands" are: Allen Crafton, professor of dramatic art; Jessica Crafton, Robert Calderwood, instructor in dramatic art; Patty Dixon; Fred Six: Dion Donxin, instructor in dramatic art; Betty Bradley, c'40; Elizabeth Kirsch, c'uncel; Brigham, c'40; William shipley, f'40; John Rickman; David Watermilder, c'42; Alice Schwartz, f'aul; Michel Morgen, fa'43; Victor Amell, grad; Mary McAnaw, c'42; Richard Newbil, b'40; Marvin M. Moon, c'uncel; Clarence Peterson, c'42; and John Hixson, c'sp.
The presentation of two one-act plays in place of one longer play has not been attempted here for some years, but the popularity of these two influenced the Kannas and giving both under the same dates.
Forty-nine persons comprise the two casts.
Patty Dixon and Fred Six, juveniles, have been chosen to take the parts of children in the production.
The cast for "Emperor Jones," chosen Monday, follows: Anderson Pryor, Alanzo Fox, Neil Holliday, Sidney Reed, Jack Hill, John Burton, Boswell Bozeman, Louis Litworth, Warren LittleJohn, Chesney Mynes, Elhuo Moore, Alfred Harris, Hubert Perkins, Lilian French, Vera Willi, Christopher Bauer, Louis Harte, Lorenzo Fuller, Lloyd Bell, Gilbert Burneter, EleanCoronar, Reola Durand, Lee Huddston, Margaret Iv, Ann Jones, Victor Laskot, Stanley McLeod, J. Delmas Escoe and Rula Nuckles.
The department of speech and dramatic art is offering a special season ticket admitting to four plays. They will be placed on sale when the ticket office in Green hall opens Oct. 19.
On The
SHIN By Reginald Buxton
Phi Pai's Ted North. former student and last year's prey of men's Pan-heil, will leave soon for Hollywood where he will take screen tests in three of the West Coast's major studios.
No matter how bad a thing is in general, there's usually something good about it in particular. Take the Sour Owl fristance. Jay Simon won't put a Pulitzer prize with his column on sport tentatively entitled "Simon Sex." to appear in the rushing issue. But then it's passing fair, as is a column covering the yokel theater called "False Wig and Bustle" authored by Christopher Vanderveer. Add to that a seed of play-suited sorority pledges photoged by Tom Bowls and chances are you won't be too badly gipped.
If Doris Kent appears at the Kansas Press Club banquet it will be sams evening clothes. She telegrams that all her frocks went down with the Athena.
Add walk-outings — someone jumped Halloween 'other night when he, or she, hid Betty Blue's cackling Cadliac in the garage on Alumni Place.
Bucking popular opinion, we'll have to admit that Dave Whitney and John Oukson aren't such bad fellows. They gave the Shinater a smile when he said it would just to try to sell him an I.S.A. membership.
To the Phi Gam freshmen the Shinster apologizes for erroneously reporting that they had walked out with Gamma Phites . . . It was the
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Hill Politicians Hold 'Open House' For New Students
The Society of Pachacamac, one of the Hill's two political organizations, held "open house" last night for freshman men as the campaign for the freshman election Nov. 9 officially got under way.
About 75 first year men attended the mixer in the Memorial Union cafeteria. John Oakson, c'40, presided. He introduced Pachaeamae officers and outlined plans for the campaign.
Principal speaker was Charles Rankin, '38, now a Lawrence attorney.
Ku Ku's Initiate Thirty-five Men
★ Nephytops Complete Day Of Hazing; Formal Ceremony To Be Later
Thirty- five neophytes were through a day of initiation yester day and are now eligible for initiation into the Ku Ku Club.
The candidates will be formally initiated into the club at the first regular meeting.
Ku Ku acts in charge of initiation were: Bob Galloway, b'40, president; Harry Brown, b'40, chairman; George W. Fey, c'40, Max Cox, b'41, and Buzz Bauer, c'41. The thirty-five new candidates are:
Charles Solder, c'42, Delta Tau Delta; Bill McLehney, c'42, and Paul Yankee, c'41, Phi Gamma Delta; Dick Oliver, c'42, Sigma Chi; Howard Parkins, c'42, adn Lewis Ward, c'41, Kappa Sigma; Bob Woodward, c'42, Beta Theta Pi Ray Edwards, c'42 and Harold Haney, uncl, Delta Theta Tau; Walter Needles, c'41, and Bob Hamilton, c'41, Pi Kappa Gamma; Chuck Kraemer, b'40, Charles Wright, 'a'42, and Charles Grutzmacher, c'42, Delta Chi.
Harry Crowe, c'41,sigma Alpha Epsilon; Max Howard, c'42, and Dick Scott, c'1un, Alpha Tau Omega; Jack Stone, c'42, Sigma Nu; Jack Webster, uncl and Otte Kiehl, c'41, P Kappa Alpha; Joha Faust, c'43, and Lloyd Slowly, c'42 Sigma Phi Epsilon; Earl Clarke c'40, and Lew Henry, c'41 Delta Upsilion; Bud Livingood, c'43, Acacia; Paul Wise, c'42; Earl Remy, c'41 Bailship, c'42; Donn Misser c'42; Bob Eversole, c'43; Ed Koger gr; Jim Birch, c'42; Leo Hixon, sp, c and Bill Collins, c'42, Independents.
Language Proficiency Exam To Be Given This Month
All students with at least 10 hours credit in any one foreign language that they have received from any school, may take the University proficiency exam in that language William H. Shoemaker, professor of romance languages has announced A passing mark in the examination will entitle them from taking the required 10 hours in a foreign language.
The proficiency examination will be given Saturday, Oct. 28, in room 107 Frank Strong hall at 10 a.m. Registration must be made at the College office on Oct. 23-25 inclusive. The languages covered are Spanish, French, German and Latin.
The War in Brief--present war, the United States would automatically be placed in a critical position between two great powers. Germany, having gained control of the British fleet, would fill the Atlantic ocean with her ships; while Japan would maintain a similar position in the Pacific. This situation would bring a crash between the United States and the world, and although such a war would probably not mean invasion there is a fifty-fifty chance that democracy would be wiped out."
London—Halifax asserts allied determination to accept neither threats nor assurances from Hitler government.
Berlin-Hitler to address Reichstag Friday, may offer establishment of small Flush rump state as peace proposal. Isolated Polish troops are still fighting, army reports.
Rv United Press
The Western Front—French dispatches report Germans driven from strategic Borg forest in battle of tanks.
Rome—Mussolini delays peace proposal until it has chance of acceptance.
Paris—Daladier spurns German peace maneuvers.
At Sea—French report submarine captures German merchant ship. Germans deny Reich preparation unrestricted warfare on submarines. Germans warn ships to be alert against attacks in Atlantic and Caribbean.
Attendance High For Journalism Conference Here
- Expect as Many Delegates As Last Year, Flint Says Noted Journalists Billed To Speak
That attendance at the twenty-first annual high school journalism conference here Friday and Saturday would be as large if not larger than last year was indicated by the number of schools which thus far have accepted invitations to the conference, L.N. Flint, chairman of the department of journalism, said yesterday.
Doris Kent, a graduate of the department of journalism in 1937 and a survivor of the Athenia disaster, will be one of the featured speakers at the 2-day conference. Miss Kens't address is entitled "Torpedoed." Chancellor Deane W. Malot, Henry J. Haskell, editor of the Kansas City Star, and Tom Collins, columnist and assistant to the publisher of the Kansas City Journal, also will speak.
From three to 20 delegates from each of the schools accepting will attend the conference, Mr. Flint said. "Attendance promises to be fully as large as last year, when about 400 high school teachers and students of journalism attended." Athena News Here
The conference will begin at 10 o'clock Friday morning and continue through Friday afternoon and Saturday morning.
A dinner will be held for the delegates and for University journalism majors in the Memorial Union building at 5:45 cck Friday afternoon Kenneth E. BL Posthlwath, gr, pres of U.S.A. College Prep, provide. Many of the delegates will attend the Kansas-Iowa State foot ball game Saturday afternoon.
Dinner Friday Night
Wyandotte high school, Kansas city has planned to have 20 delegates attend the conference. High schools at Shawnee Mission, Arkansas, Madison, and Independence will be represented by from 11 to 17 delegates.
Bar Late Stags
From Mid-Week
Dance Last Night
Late stags were barred from the second Mid-Week dance of the school year last night by an order of Leo Johnstone, e4-40, who established a staged event to prevent a recurrence of last week's overflow stag crowd.
Dr. Walter E. Sandelius, professor of political science, after cutting short his European visit because of conditions abroad, is now studying at the library of Columbia University. Professor Sandelius sailed for England on July 15, but returned after only two weeks.
Sandelius Changes Vacation Plans
The political science professor is on sabbatical leave of one year and will return to his teaching duties beginning of the spring semester.
'Flying Squads To Round Up Pajama Paraders
Cash and Carry Plan Vital To United States, Myer Says
"The Cash and Carry plan means more to American education today than anything else." Dr. Walter E. Myer, editor of the American Observer, declared before the Education Convocation in Fraser theater yesterday afternoon.
Nearly one thousand paulja-maca student of the University will "gang up" at 7:45 tomorrow night in front of the Memorial Union building to participate in the thirty-seventh annual night-shirt parade.
"People of the United States must realize," Dr. Myer continued, "that in the event that Germany wins the
After the "flying squadrons" of K-club have made a check up of the rounds with their paddles, the paraders will march down Indiana street, Sixth street, and Massachusetts ending up at South park for a huge pep rally and refreshments.
"The United States faces imminent danger for the third time in herentine history," Dr. Meyer said. For our safety Germany must be defeated, but our going into the war would bring immediate catastrophe. Our most effective plan of action concerning the European situation today is to sell the warring nations their weapons and provide they can pay for it and carry it away from our shores in their own ships.
Six late applicants for University thelearning positions brings the total number to 36, C. H. Mullen chairman of the pep committee, said the course was accepted because ecoussive excuse for accepting late applications.
By Huck Wright, c'40
Meet in Stadium For Final Tryout
Final tryouts will be held this afternoon in the southeast end of the Memorial Stadium at 3:30, when a seven-member committee will designate four freshmen, three sophomores, two juniors, and one senior as the cheerleaders for 1939 and '40. The senior chosen will do the commanding cheerer for the team.
The selection committee is composed of representatives from the University's governing and sports organizations—the M.S.C., W.S.G.A. Sachem, Mortar Board; Ku Ku's and Jay Janes.
The Sasnak Club will officially open its new room at the Memorial Union building Oct. 19 with a banquet.
"The Kansas room" is the name of the new room which was given to the Saimak and K-Club. The ban room has been used.
Mr. Strong Himman, past-president of the National Health, Physical Education and Recreation Association, has been secured as speaker for the dinner. The subject he has chosen will be "What an Administration Expects of a Physical Education Teacher."
Saturday afternoon's game with Iowa State will mark their first appearance for the coming sports year
- Applicants To Compete Today for Cheerleader Positions
Tau Sigma takes New Members Tau Sigma, honorary dancing sorority, met Tuesday night and accepted four new girls.
Sasnak Members Soon Will Open New 'Kansas Room'
A large crowd is anticipated for the affair including 114 physical education majors. Other physical education teachers from many parts of the state have been invited.
Dr. Myer expressed the belief that the British and French will continue to wage a defensive war on land and an aggressive war on sea until they wear the Germans out. In one year Germany would need supplies enough to give in, and in less than two years she would be too short on gasoline supplies to run her war implements.
The new members include: Ann
Jones, c'42; Sura Lena Sherman, f'a-
43; Anna Jane Hoffman, c'43 and
Marilyn Miller, c'43.
Stress will be laid on organization of the marchers and, say K-men, "those who get too much out of hand will be punctuated with swats from the paddles."
When the rails end at 9:30, the doors of the Patee and Varsity theaters will open with shows "on the hamburg nightshitters." On The House
At 11:15 the Granada theater will open for a grand finale of entertainment which also will be "on the house."
"An unusually good program has been planned at the Granada with all sorts of novelties and special attractions," declared St. Schwanmanger, manager of the Granada theater "But only those who have on pajamas or nightshirts will be admitted."
The first nightshirt parade came about accidentally in 1902 when former Chancellor Frank Strong was called out of bed to go celebrating down the streets of Lawrence with a mob of students who were hysterical over winning the first football game of the season.
In recent years the managements of the theaters have suffered heavy losses because outsiders took advantage of the free shows. No one will be admitted, therefore, to any theaters unless clad in the proper righting.
The Chancellor was so enthusiastic about the victory that he didn't bother about changing his pajamas. Hard on Cars
During the early years of the parades it was almost an annual occurrence to have some of the students either appropriate one of the Lawrence street cars or put some of the trolley cars out of commission.
In 1913, the Jayhawker pep makers, having crashed a theater and viewed the show, returned to Massachusetts街 and boarded a trolley car. On the return trip from Haskell the motorman, fearing trouble from the hilarious crowd, turned into the car bars. Employees hastened to dampen the spirit sof the revelers by playing the hose on them, but the students took possession of the hose and returned the ducking.
Similar incidents marked other nights that pestered saliln forth in night clothing, until, in 1919, two students were injured when a street car going at a high rate of speed, struck a group of about 200 patrons waiting to enter the theater. The car had been stopped by students who had attempted to drag an angered by this act, the motorwagen drove the car backward up the wrong side of the street and into the crowd.
Take Precautions
The accident aroused public resentment to extent that in later years, much to the satisfaction of the motorist, the street cars were put safely in the barns before the University men began their snake dance.
Refreshments have played important parts in all pajama proceedings. In earlier years the students filed past Hill confectionaries and received cookies and candy before offering the downtown section, were felt again by the merchants.
In the post-war period merchants were especially kind-hearted and stuffed the students with sandwiches, doughnuts, chicken, cookies, cider, near-bear, peanuts, popcorn, apples candy, and cigars as they passed by
Honorary Art Fraternity Sponsors Exhibition Service
An exhibition service which will serve the Spooner-Thayer museum and the display room of the design department of the University as well as the Nelson Art gallery in Kansas City and art museums of Topeka, is being sponsored by the local chapter of Delta Phi Delta
Announcements of these exhibitions can be obtained by malling name, address and telephone number. For more information, visit of design, University of Kansas.
Students Crowd Library, Tuesday Nears Record Mark
That crowd at Watson Hall
Tuesday was not an hallucination
say the University librarians.
The reserve desk Tuesday checked out
1,215 books—the second highest figure
in the history of the library
reserve. It missed the top by a mere
20 books.
Other deks were less successful.
The education desk report 340 books checked out—average—uigh for this semester was 464 on September 28. As the circulation desk had an average of about 150, that there were more people in the library, it's just that they were "in the dumps."
Firemen Break Attendance Mark
★ One Hundred Thirty Register for Second Day of Meetings
The four annual Fire College broke all attendance records yesterday with 150 firemen registered for its second day of meetings, according to Harold G. Ingham director of the extension division
Richard E. Verner, manager o,
the fire prevention department of
the Western Actuarial Bureau of
Chicago was the main speaker at a
dinner meeting held last night at
Wiedemann's drum. Verner spoke on
"What John Q. Public Thinks of
You."
The highlight of today's program will be an open house this evening in the I.O.O.F. hall at 6:30. The Lawrence Fire Department will be there.
Ingham stated that firemen are showing an increasing interest in the chemical improvements in fire fighting methods, which is the greatest factor for making the work of firemen successful.
Marie and Joseph Wilkins Sing Over Station KFKU
Marie Wilkins, soprano, and Joseph Wilkins, tenor and professor of voice, presented a program of vocal exercises at K.P.R.U. yesterday evening.
The program included "When Choria Sleepa" (Samuels), and "The Fiddler of Dooney" (Charles Loeffler), song by Joseph Wilkins; "Mundeschein" (Brahms) and "Heimliche Aufforderung" (R. Struss) song by Marie Wilkins; "La Bolienne" (Paucin) sung as a duet.
Professor Chubb Addresses B.P.W
Setting forth the idea that education is the cornerstone of democracy, H.B. Chubb, professor of political science, addressed the Business and Professional Women's Club at the Colonial tea room Tuesday evening on the subject, "Women in a Democracy."
"I have faith in the American people," Professor Chubb declared, "but we cannot take democracy on faith. We, the people, must stand up to make the principles mean something."
Incorporated in his talk was an explanation of the three types of government described by Aristotle: authority, the oligarchy, and autocracy.
Senior Low Students Elect Class Officers for Year
Officers for the senior class in the law school were elected yesterday morning. Frank Thompson, 140, Iola, was elected president; Jack Stewart, 140, Wellington, vice-president; Leslie Whittinghatch, 140, Lawrence, secretary.
Prints Stolen From Spooner Art Gallery
★ Four Pointings Taken
In Muscau's First Loss
During 11-Year History;
Will Conduct Search
By Jay Voran, c'42 Thieves entered Spooner-Thayer museum Tuesday afternoon and removed four paintings from the walls of the loan gallery, it was revealed by authorities yesterday. The prints were in the collection of color reproductions of 48 famous paintings issued by the National Committee for Art Appreciation.
The pictures stolen include "View of Toledo" by El Greco, "Bahama Tornado" by Winslow Homer, both from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Lassoing Horses," by Thomas Benton, Brooklyn museum; and "Blue Horses," by Franz Mare, from a private collection.
"This is the first time in the 11 years of the life of the Museum that anything has been taken from the museum," said Jimie Moodie, curator of the museum.
The group was secured for ex-
hibition here through Mrs. Wm.
Dickerson, wife of the director of
the university and a graduate of
the University.
Miss Moodie said yesterday afternoon that no trace of the pictures had been found, but that a thorough investigation was being conducted.
Seventy Pass Physical Exams
★ Late Arrival of Books Delays Applicants In Ground Studies
Seventy of the 101 applicants for the Civil Aeronautics Authority flight training course, including two women students, have passed the preliminary physical examination at Watkins Memorial hospital, Prof. Earl Hey, who is in charge of the flight project, said yesterday.
The final physical examination will be given by Dr. Lyle S. Powell, medical examiner for the C.A.A. These examinations will begin as soon as all application cards have been returned from parents, whose permission is necessary before the applicant can be approved.
Ground work will begin as soon as textbooks for the courses arrive, Professor Hay said. Ground school classes include air commerce rules and regulations, practical air navigation, and principles of flight.
Contracts for flight instruction have not been granted yet, pending the arrival of a government agent from the Civil Aeronautics Authority, but the ground work will not be delayed any longer than neces-
Pyle Elected Head Of French Club
Robert Fyle, e48, was elected president of the French club at its opening meeting at 4:30 p.m. yesterday in Frank Strong hall.
Other officers elected were: vice president, Mary Emily Sturhann, gr; secretary-treasurer, Rosemary Jones, c'41. The French club is open to all those interested in the language.
Women to Hold Twenty-third Lantern Parade Tonight
Tonight University women will gather at the Memorial Union building for the twenty-third annual Lantern Parade and supper. Gay-colored lanterns carried by students from the college will be features of the event.
About 7 o'clock the lantern will be lighted. The parade led by the presidents of Y.W.C.A. and W.S.G. A.Eda Mae Parks, c40 and Vellma Wilson, c40 will end at Chancellor Malot's home.
Tradition of the Lantern Parade was begun more than 20 years ago by the W.Y.C.A., when a group of upper-class women gathered on the Campus with a group of new women and led them with lightened lanterns over the Hill. This tradition has grown until is is considered by many as one of the most beautiful events of the year.
Tickets are now being sold. All women students are invited to attend.