UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
OFFICIAL STUDENT PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Z-229
VOLUME XXXVI
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1930
NUMBER 148
Offer Three Roads To Peace
New Group Threat To Political Power Of 'Engine' Frats
- Annual Election Will Be Held Tomorrow; Independent Engineers Organize and Named Candidates for Office to Oppose Three Professional Houses; Opposition Is First in History of School
Green-shirted politicians today were working slide rules overtime in last minute attempts to solve an election problem. Tomorrow's balloting in the School of Engineering election will show how close the problem-solvers came.
The problem confronted three engineering fraternities, perennial rulers of the school's annual election. Virtually without opposition in past years, the powerful professional groups were faced with resistance from an unexpected source--a rival organization of non-member engineers.
As election eve neared, the movement appeared to have gained sufficient headway to justify predictions of a record vote
Appearance of the new group marks the first time an organization actively has opposed the professional fraternities, it is said. At least, observers credited the campaign of the antiprofessional politicians with removing the election from its usual "cut and dried" "dead$\textcircled{1}$
The candidates are announced in a series of msss meetings, in which students are separated according to departmental classification and class ranking. The movement against the fraternity coalition apparently originated after the nominations had been made, its source being the combination of several non-fraternity memberships and their mutual chances in the election.
In announcing the candidates for the 13 positions at stake, the Engineering Council gave no indication of the individual aspirants "part" at
Besides its significance as a test of the traditional professional fraternity reign of power, tomorrow's election was believed important since the new Engineering Council will have the additional duties of supervising the bi-annual Engineering Exposition.
The candidates:
President: Eugene Maxwell. l'40
Jim Bounds. e'40; and George Rippey.
e'40.
Vice-president: Joe Clark, c'40;
Dean Ritchie, c'40; and William
Sorenson, c'40.
Secretary: Russell Chitwood, c'40;
Dwight Kurth, c'40; and Robert
Moore, c'40.
Senior representative: Leonare Schroeter, c'4 and Kenneth Rosebush, c'4; junior representative John Cadden, c'4; and Darrel Larsen, c'4; representative Ben Park, c'4; Charles Wahner, c'4; and Herbert Hewer, c'42.
Architectural representative; Dick Hanson, e40; Robert Johnson, e40; and Bruce Johnson, e41; civil engineering representative; Arthur Williamson, e40; Clarence Hammond, e40; electrical representative; Schuyler Ribe, e40; Dick Cochlear e4unl; and Louis Shuay, e40; mechanical representative; Dan Haight, e40; Dan Hirscheler, e40; and Wray Fowell, e40;
Petroleum representative; Garvin
Van Matte, c'41; Harold Sels, c'40;
and Leonard Dickey, e'uncil; minl
representative; Conrad Desinger
e'40; and John Ellott, e'39; chemi
representative; Albert Reed, e'42
Joe Gieck, e'40; and Ray Stanclift
e'41.
ON THE SHIN
by jimmy robertson
'Hby Muller, who is spending his first day as proxy of the M.S.C., is hereby given the hearty congratulations of this, the Department of Scandal and Insanity. He's on a bit of a spot because his will be the deciding vote on party matters since the council is tied, 10 to 10. He's the only council member with previous experience—usually it's just the reverse. And to give some idea of what Hichy Clements will be to mention that he goats steady with it, Russell, that he belongs to many organizations he must attend three meetings a day, and that is a member of the Night Hawk in-
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Should Submit NYA Applications
All students desiring to obtain employment under the National Youth Administration next fall should leave their names and addresses in the NYA office, according to Miss Tillman, secretary of the NYA.
Definite regulations have not been received from the federal government regarding the program for next year, so the applications will not be sent out until about July 1. Applications must be received by the NVA in accordance with § 13 to be considered, for the fall list must be completed by that time.
The last payroll period for this semester will end June 2 and any work done after this time will be included in the payroll. Students should notify the NYA office where they wish their last checks to be sent. They will be mailed from Topkick about June 15, while the actual address is recorded by June 2 the checks will be mailed to the usual Lawrence address.
For the month ending May 2, NY
students earned a total of $4,365.4
and worked 15,648 hours. Of this
amount the 364 undergraduate
students earned $18,185 by working a
total of 9,094 hours and $14,25
a student. The 17 graduate students earned $251.20 for a total of 613 hours work.
Ask Seniors To Participate In Class Events
- Complete Program for Commencement on June 12 Announced Today; Many Events Scheduled
The complete general program for the 1939 commencement was announced today. Information for senior participation in all commencement affairs was also released.
"It was not an easy job to sign up Kay Syser as a feature," said Dick La Ban. "In fact after failure rewarded the first attempts to sign up, Mr. Syser maestro at his weekly broadcast from New York. Knowing Kay's par-
Kyser's Kraze is K's
Seniors were asked to participate in class-day events, make cap and gown arrangement, pay the diploma fee, complete requirements for summer school take part in the processes, and even take note of the weather.
Dick K. La Ban, c39, editor of the magazine, signed the Professor of Swing to the Sour Owl staff after three days of letters and telegrams persuading him to become the fourth "faculty" member to write for the humor magazine. The issue, which will be published the date of the Senior Cakewalk when Kyser's band is scheduled to play at the University, is devoted to Spring and Swing.
"How to be an Orchestra Leader in 10,000 Easy Lessons," is not as easy nor as funny as it may sound, says Kay Seyer in his article, which describes the skills that bunk the idea that orchestra leaders have such an easy life and do nothing but wave a stick and wait for the money to roll in.
Kay Kyser, nationally known orchestra leader and originating professor of the Kollege of Musical Knowledge will be the featured writer in the May edition of the Sour Campus journal, appear on the Campus May 16.
The commencement recital will be at 8 p.m. Friday, June 9 in Hock auditorium. Senior events occurring on Saturday, June 10 will be: Golf for visiting alumni, Lawrence country club, 9:00 a.m.; Alumni registration opens, Memorial Union, 10:00 a.m., Baseball, Class of '30 vs. alumni-faculty, 3 p.m.; Engineers' annual meeting Marvell ball, 4 p.m; Torch awards, 5 p.m.; Ans Heathr, 5:30 p.m.; Saehem powwow, 6 p.m.; Open air band concert on campus, 7:30 p.m.; University reception, Memorial Union, 9:30 p.m.
Spring and Swing
Commencement exercises will be held in Memorial stadium at 7 p.m. Monday, June 12. The address will be given by Dr. James Bryant Conant, president of Harvard University.
Other affairs occurring on Monday June 12 are: Class of 1839 breakfast Memorial Union building, 7:15 am. Annual alumni association meeting Fraser hall. Review of alum achievements, by Mrs. Mathilde Henrichs O'Leary, '95, 9:45 am. University luncheon, Memorial Union, 12:15 pm. Phi Beta Kappa annual meeting. 4 p.m.
Other events scheduled for Sunday, June 11 are; Commencement exercises at all Lawrence chitches, 11 a.m.; Open house at all University buildings, 2 p.m.; Commemorative service, Hoch auditorium, 2:30 p.m.; Band concert, Fowler Grove, 4 p.m.; Class and group reunion dinners. All reunion headquarters at Memorial Union, 4:30 p.m.
Baccalaureate Services will be held in the Memorial Stadium at 7 p.m., Sunday, June 11. The sermon will be given by Dr. James Harry pastor to the Broad Street Presbyterian church, Columbus, Ohio.
Kyser Writes Feature For Next Sour Owl
tiality to the letter 'K' we sent the following telegram:
Proofs, bother and wheeler Write
Also in the May issue will appear
articles written by two professors of
e. University Professor E. C. Broderick
and Professor R. G. Browne,
and dramatic art has contributed a
short story — "Unaccustomed As A
Am—or—Why Speak in A Taxicab"
Professor Raymond H. Wheeler or
the department of psychology has
taken the place of the reporter and
has written an interview on the subject
of "Sex and Spring."
"Kansas Campus Kogites. Koule Kollege Captain Cancel Kommentav Kindly Kraved?"
'Kay Kyser
'New York N V
Following this up with another telegram Kay Kyser finally consented to write for the magazine.
Cartoons for the issue have been contributed by Fitzgerald, Dick Harwood and Gordon Davis. Pictures of Baseball Daze by Bert Brandt will appear in the issue along with the regular gossip of Hillo ders compiled by Sue Johnston and Vince Davis. Campus loungers also have been photographed by Lee Thompson for the May issue.
Dick K. La Ban
Soup Owl!
University of Kansas
Son Returns From Errand-31 Years Late
Sharon, Pa., May 10. (UP)—Anthony Keeley is a very dull son-today he had delivered the baby and his mother sent him for 31 years ago.
Back in 1908 when Anthony was 13, his mother, Mrs. Veronica Kesey sent him to the store for the oil Instead he disappeared. But he hac not ogfogten his errand and when his answer answered a knock on the door yesterday, there was her son now 44, with the oil.
Anthony came here from Florida, where had spent the past several years. Immediately after leaving home in 1968, he had worked on farms in this district and later was employed by a local school who brought Anthony to this country from Czechoslovakia 33 years ago, died 13 years ago.
- Will Advance European Anti-Aggression Line-up, It Is Believed
Russians Score Diplomatic Coups
The visit of Vladimir Potemkin, Russian vice foreign commissar, to Rumania, was understood to have resulted in an indication by the Rumanian government that it is now under a Russian guarantee of its security.
London, May 10.—(UP)—Two important Russian diplomatic victories were believed today to have advanced materially the prospect of Russian co-operation in the European anti-aggression line-up, but on not terms dictated by Great Britain and France.
Paris reported that Poland also is now agreeable to accepting Russian material aid, under certain conditions to be specified, in event of war.
Potemkin was in Warsaw today to confer with Polish leaders, and authoritative quarters had emphasized that relations between Poland and Russia, long estranged, were now completely normalized
The new turn in Russian relations with Rumania and Poland meant that much of the basis for British objections to Russian security proposals had been removed. In refusing to enter a British-French-Russian military agreement, Britain insisted that neither Rumania nor Norway was willing to associate itself with Russia.
A statement by the official Tass news agency in Moscow cleared up the situation as regards British proposals to Russia.
'The Business School News Will Go On Sale Friday
The annual publication of the School of Business, 'The Business School News,' will go on sale Friday in West Frank Strong hall. Lloyd Auten, b'39, editor-in-chief, said today.
"Grand Illusion," the picture that was awarded the prize as the best production from both continents by the National Board of Review, will be sponsored by the French club, 12 and 13 at the Granada theater.
Other articles will deal with the elections, gossip about faculty members, and an article sativizing the student baseball game held last week.
News, will sell for 5 cents a copy.
Features of the paper include:
the paper, including its title and taggraph; the results of the questionnaires sent out to graduates in business which answered queries as to how they acquired their jobs, how much they are paid, and what part they think the School of Business uses; and a story on the leaders on the Campus who are enrolled in the school.
French Club To Sponsor Showing of 'Grand Illusion
The eight-page newspaper, form-ly called the Jayhawk Business News, will sell for 5 cents a copy.
Dialogue in the film is in French with an occasional German sentence. For those persons who cannot un-
know English, they are shown sub-titles are shown in English.
Install New Men's Council At Banquet
- President Mullen and 20 Members Take Oaths of Office; Willis Presides &t Services
The formal induction of new members of the Men's Student Council took place last night at a dinner given by the outgoing members for the new men. The dinner was served in the Pine room.
Clifford Willis, e39, presided at the banquet. Guests included the faculty advisors of the Council, Professors E. O. Stene and W. R. Maddox of the department of political science. Blaine Grimes, e39, retiring president spoke birefy on the work of the Council over the past year and C. H. Mullen, president-elect, addressed the gathering on October 16 by the Oral Court livered the oath of office to president-elect Mullen, who in turn, gave the oath to the new members of the Council.
The new Council members installed were President Mullen, c'49, John Oakson, c'40, Edward Edwards, c'41, Irving Kuraner, c'40, Bill Overton, c'39, Milton Meier, c'39, Weaver McCaslin, c'39, Brewster Powers, c'40, Lester Olmsted, gr, James Postma, l'42, Harold Roberts, l'40, Leen Hordicks, b'40, Emerson Park, Jake Bruce Vrordan, b'40, Sam Sifers, c'40, Lewis Thompson, c'40, Dave Whitney, c'42,Edmond Page, l'40, Ray Napier, c'40, Edward Sholey, c'40.
Ellen Payne To Attend Creative Leisure Meeting
Elen Payne, Y.W.C.A. executive secretary, will leave Saturday for Southwestern College, Winfield, to meet with the regional Creative Leisure Commission to plan the creation of a new Eles Conference this summer.
Part of the staff for the summer program has already been announced. Hilda Slentz, c' 10, is in charge of the modern dance class John Hunt, former Y M C A. executive secretary, is the recreational director, and Irone Mall, gr., is his assistant.
John Semony, professor of design at Baker, will have charge of the crafts.
Journalism Faculty, Students Are Guests at Picnic
Richard B. Eide, assistant professor of journalism, entertained members of Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalism fraternity, at a picnic at the State Lake near Tangonoxic yesterday. About 20 students and members of the department of journalism faculty attended.
James B. Smith, professor of law,
and Dean F. J. Moreau of the
School of Law left by train today
to attend the annual meeting of
the American Law Institute in Washington,
D.C. They will remain the rest of the week and will return Sunday.
Smith and Moreau Attend
Washington D.C. Law M
The delegates, who will stay at the Mayflower hotel in Washington, will discuss amputations to the re-evaluation of various phases of the law.
He Goes in--comings and longcomings are exposed.
C. H. Mullen, c'29, who last night became the third P.S.G.L. president of the Men's Student Council when the group held installation services in the Pine room. His party predecessors were Lyman Fields (1935-36) and Don Voorehles. (1937-38).
He Goes Out--comings and longcomings are exposed.
Blaine Grimes, c. 39, the retiring M.S.C. president, who is the most recent of a long line of Pachacamac Council heads.
Unknown Thief
Steals, Strips Car
The thief evidently stole the car about 7 o'clock last night and ditched about town. No trace of shriru it about 10 o'clock after crusing about town. No trace of the thief has been found as yet.
A 1839 Chevrolet sedan belonging to Rex Darnall, c'41, was stolen from in front of the Sigma Chi fraternity house last night, police reported today. It was found stripped of nearly everything deprived of housing a little south of highway 10 about two miles east of town.
Hi-Home Night Celebrated By Oread Training School
Approximately 322 persons attended Hi-Home Night held by Oread Training School in the Union ballroom last night. Greetings were given by R. A. Schweigler, dean of the glee club, directed by Rose Eleman Black, 'fa'umel, presented the number "A Brown Bird Singing" (Haydj Wood), and the boys' glee club, directed by Lawrence David, 'fa'umel sung the "Street Urchins" Song sometimes were given by the st dents.
Refreshments were served, and dancing provided entertainment for the rest of the evening.
Inside Stuff
As school draws to a close, the Jayhawne magazine makes its fourth appearance this year on the Campus tomorrow to let everybody in on "the inside" of a few things that have been going on.
An article debunking Hill politics, written in the "H. L. Menchen" style, appears in the issue for those who thumb down on Campus politicians.
Campus Politicians Take Ribbing in Jayhawker
In another dissertation, fraternity life is bared and both its shortcomings and longcomings are exposed.
"The Damning, Indicting, M.S.C." is an additional bit of literature in which the Winchell-like author flets out the damming that all that is wrong with the council.
The dramatic hits of the year,
"Outward Bound," and "Cum
Laude," are cleverly reviewed for
the publication. A feature article
on the L.S.A. and series of spring
pictures also plug for the magazine
Convocation Speakers See Varied Ways
By Roscoe Born, c'41.
\* Collective Security, Isolation,
and Pacifism Are Presented in Fifth
Annual Meeting
By Roscoe Bern, c'41
More than 1,000 University students, gathered in Hoch auilatorium this morning for the fifth annual convocation, heard a tangled international situation unravelled in three conflicting ways.
The three ways, collective security, isolation, and pacifism were presented by Hilden Gibson, instructor in political science and sociology, Theodore Paulin, instructor in history, and Donovan Smucker, of the Institute of International Relations.
Sandwiched between the isolationists and pacifist speakers, Gibson told students that he was a "hard-boiled realist" and believed in collective security as the only realistic program for peace.
Gibson defined collective security as "co-operative action by the United States government with all peaceful and democratic powers to resist international aggression whenever and wherever that aggression may occur". Collective security would be to build a front large so and large enough that cannot dare to agress, said Gibson. Hard-boiled realist's view
Gibson pointed to the long list of European ways which have involved the United States in the past. "The economic forces which dragged us into these wars," he said, "are no less likely to force us into the next." "From the hard-boiled realist point of view," Gibson emphasized, "the intelligent thing, the realistic thing, the practical thing, is to prevent war before it ever begins." He contended that it was useless to try to keep out of a war when it breaks out generally.
No infallible peace policy is collective security, Gibson admitted. "But," he said, "collective security is the only policy which has a chance to preserve peace for the United States."
Paullin, advocating isolationism, held that we must refuse aid to all belligerents and remain entirely neutral if we are to preserve peace in the world. We also against giving the president any discretionary powers because of the apparent lack of judgment in the Chinese and Spanish conflicts.
In defense of isolationism, Paullin said: "Collective security is merely a new system of alliances by which the democratic idea is taken as the only possible point of view. It is a group of powers attempting to de-arm them, they have, the other group attempting to get what they have not."
"We stand today in practically the same position as that of 1914," the speaker continued. "Europe is composed of two armed camps." We entered the last war in a spirit of Paulin sud, and the advocates are confident that security are speaking of the present situation in similar terms.
Paullin took a stand against huge armaments also, because, he said, when we have them there is a temptation to use them.
A similar attack on collective security was made by Smucker, who said that any such action depended on Chamberlin, who he, has said, already betrayed democracy. Diktatism Anc. Republic of Wien
"Collective security is truly a myth today." Smucker assid. "It simply does not exist. Any attempt to choose wisely choosing sides in the next war."
Smucker defined an aggressor as "an opponent of the status quo" and said dictatorships were the results of war.
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