UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
OFFICIAL STUDENT PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME XXXVI
Ten Groups To Compete In Sing
★ Annual Interfraternity Affair Will Be Held Today In Hoch Auditorium at 4 O'clock
The fifth annual inter-fraternity sing will be held this afternoon at 4 o'clock in Hoch auditorium with 30 fraternities competing for the Phi Mu Alpha plaque.
An added attraction will be furnished this year by the Sigma Alpha Mu quarat' which is formed by Irving Kess, c39; Joe Singheim, b39 Pat Barolei, uncl; and Phil Mohr. They will sing two selections.
The judges will be: Alice Moncrieff, associate professor of voice E. Thayer Gaston, assistant professor of education in voice; and OL Monsanto, director of instrumental music of Lawrence Memoria High School
Each fraternity will sing three selections; one fraternity song, the "Alma Mater," and another song of its own choice. A plaque will be given to the winner and the second and third prize winners will be announced.
Allen Crafton, professor of speech and drama, will act as master of ceremonies again this year. He is justly becoming a fixed feature of the "sing" having acted as mass speaker in four out of his five years existence.
The social fraternities entering the contest this year are: Beta Theta Pi, Delta Tau Delta, Delta Upsilon Kappa Sigma, Phi Delta Theta, Pigma Gamma Delta, Kappa Phaa Psi, Sigma Delta, Sigma Chi, and Sigma Nu.
As chairman of the "sing." Douglas Tarbet, c40, will present the Phu Mu Alpha plaque. Tarbet has been chairman for the past three years.
Several years ago, the inter-fraaternity sing was discontinued as a result of some hard feelings that arose, but it was revived in the spring of 1935 by Phi Mu Alpha musical fraternity with the object of stimulating the interest of the fraternities in music.
New Book Published By Professor Beal
A book dealing with "Perspective" for the use of architecture and drawing students has been written by John Paul Lincoln Beal, professor of architecture.
Professor Beal was born and educated in Topeka and came to the University in 1920. Here he has received three degrees in engineering.
NOTICE
There will be an important meeting of the Men's Student Council at 8 o'clock Monday night in the Pine room.
Secretary
CLIFFORD WILLIS.
ON THE
SHIN
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 1939
Alpha Chi's who enjoy sun bathing on the second deck of their front porch have threatened to organize an anti-aircraft squadron unless the many student fliers at the University coverering on wings above their house.
by jimmy robertson
After wowing audiences throughout northeastern Kansas and part of Missouri on the recent glee club concert tour, the Jayhawk Quartet has decided to air its airs via WREN. Henceforth the outfit will be heard as the "Campus Foursome" each Monday and Wednesday at 5 p.m. The four reasons for listening are Art Wolf, Fred Lake, Bill Hayes, and Don Wood, the accompanist and arranger.
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In case you are interested but not dly, the Jayhawker office on the third floor of the Union build offers an excellent point of vantage.
Henry Werner, men's student adviser, has a stock of stories and anecdotes that makes him the Hill's favorite. He was born to that of former Chancellor Snow and
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This Is No Ferdinand
Amerine
By Harry Hill, c'40
Even as Emily Post designed the pattern for our actions and Dale Carnegie prescribed for our speaking, so did Ferdinand appear as the model gentleman cow. But come spring, the "correct thing" as decreed by the famous trio, occasionally is overlooked.
So perhaps was it yesterday with the enthusiastic young bull owned by R. W. Amerine, whose farm is eight miles northwest of Lawrence.
Exhibiting conduct quite unbecoming a blood brother of Ferdian, the bull cornered its owner in the barnyard late yesterday, snorted, pawed, and charged with great grit. Owner Amerine fought off the animal with a pitch fork, the sharp times drawing throaty bellowings
Son Richard Amerine, who has faced as many as eleven human bulls on the gridiron, heard the commotion. With a 12-guage shot gun under his arm, Dick rushed to the aid of his father.
Less than half an hour after the incident, young Amerine, a student reporter on The Kansan, appeared at the criminalism building to relate details.
as well as blood, from the maddened critter.
The first shot peppered the bull's head. The bull scrambled. Ferdinand was avenged.
Army Air Corps Officer Here To Interview Would-Be Fliers
University men interested in becoming flying cadets will hear Major Cronan of Randolph Field, discuss requirements of the Army air corps Monday at 7:30 p.m. in Marvin hall. Capt. E. J. Kendricks, medical corps, and Lieut. J. E. Smart, air corps, will accompany him May 1 to 3 to interview the students.
"I heard the bull bellowing ran from the house," Amerine said. "Seeing it had the old man corroded. I went back for a shotgun which we keep to use on the coyotes which get after our sheep.
University men must be in perfect physical condition to be eligible for enlistment in the famous United States air academy, known as "The West Point of the Air." They must be unmarried citizens of the United States between the ages of 20 and 27 years. A mental examination will be given to applicants who do not have at least one-half the credits required for a degree from a recognized college.
Position* of editor and business manager of the Jayhawk magazine will be chosen soon. Applications are now being received by the Jayhawk department headed by Prof L. N. Flint, chairman of the department of journalism.
"While usual procedure is that students desiring positions should work out on the Jayhawner," said Mr. Flint, "both are open to any student who can convince the com- plete his qualification and ex-perience."
Students who have not been on the staff this year should get in touch with Professor Flint tomorrow to submit applications in due form.
Applications for the the position of next year's business manager an editor of the Sour Owl magazine must be left with Stewart Jones, c'40, not later than noon Wednesday at the Journalism building.
The Sour Owl is sponsored by Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalism fraternity. Harry Hill, c'40, president of the organization, announced yesterday that the fraternity will hold a meeting to decide a date to interview applicants. The date will be announced Thursday.
Applications for Sour Owl Positions Due Wednesday
Estes Park Meet To Be in June
The annual conference at Estes Park, Colo., sponsored by the Y.M.C. A. and W.Y.C.A. will be held this year from June 9 to 19. Students from Kansas, Nebraska, Utah, and Colorado are expected to attend.
Alice Ann Jones, c'41, Walls Campbell, c'40, Eddie Parks, c'40 J. Moore, secretary of the YMCA A. and Miss Payne.
Forty students from the University attended the conference last year and more than 50 are expected to attend this year, according to El Paso University.
A. Those already signed up to go are: Doris Twente c'41, Brent Campbell c'41, Charles Yeamans, c'41
Charles Yeamans, c'41, Arlene Melchert, c'41, Helen Rolfs, c'41, Bernice Zuercher, ul, margaret June Gray, c'41, Mary Piercy, c'41, Mabel Yeaton, c'41.
The Bull
Classes in actual training will probably begin on July 1 for the men who make the grade. They will be furnished transportation by the government from their homes to Randolph Field and will receive $75 a mouth pay.
"I yelled for dad to jump back, and when about 15 feet from the bull, pulled the trigger. It hit it in the head.
"Dad wasn't hurt badly, just bruised where the bull had brushed him a couple of times."
The course will require about one year to complete during which 14h cadet will receive 280 hours in the air, instruction in airplane engines, navigation and other academic subjects necessary for the military pilot.
Upon completion of the course, the cadet will receive his "Wings" and the rating of "Airplane Pilot." He then will be called to active duty in all six units of the regular Army air corps as second lieutenant, Air Reserve.
Amerine said he needed the story for credit in his reporting class but admitted he was too shaky to write it. Besides Denny Lemoine, petite fiancee of the football star, had to be considered.
You who swear by Emily Post can ridicule the ill-mannered person; you whom Dale Carriephile has convinced can gymnastike with the inexperienced, and only lingo a charging bull can save is buckshot, pardhail?
I.S.A. Council To Name Slate Of New Officers
Independent students who are ambitious to hold ISA. A office next year must appear before the executive council when it meets at 7:30 Tuesday night in the lounge of the Memorial Union building.
The Council will draw up a tentative slate of nominees, including a president and a council of 10 representatives who appear at the meeting.
Applicants must be paid members of the organization.
Qualifications for the position of president include junior standing at the time of election and membership in the council.
Nominations may be made from the floor, provided the nominee has appeared at the Tuesday night meeting.
Councilman F. A. Russell, chairman of the armory and community building committee, also announced that the committee was now studying what type of contract should be entered into with the Kansas National Guard in regard to the use of the building.
Another step in the formation of plans for the new armory and community building was made Thurs-
Election of the new officers will be held at 7:30 Thursday night in Fraser theater, at a mass meeting of independent students. Voting
Plans for Armory Go Forward; Traffic Signals for City
privileges will be extended only to students who have membership cards.
day at a meeting of the Lawrent
city council. The board of education
presented a petition asking that the
old Quincy school site be made suit-
able for the construction of the
building as soon as possible.
Councilman Willard Brown, chairman of the streets and alley's committee, reported that two companies had been given permission to submit plans for downtown traffic signals on siz intersections of Massa chusets. Approval of the installation of these signals was voted by the people of Lawrence in the last city election.
Spanish Teachers Donate to Libraru
- Fund of $200 Is Given To Watson; State Spanish Group Honors Corvantes
At the annual banquet of the Kansas chapter of the Teachers of Spanish last night a fund of $200 was presented to the Spanish department to buy books for the Watson Memorial library. The money was donated by former students of Prof. A. L. Owen, and the presentation was made by Dorothy Higgins Wilson, '24.
Dr. W. H. Schoemaker, head of the department of Romance languages at the University, spoke on "The Role of Spanish and the Teaching of American Education" at the afternoon meeting in Frank Resthall hall.
"Textbooks" were discussed by Mr. Francis Arganbright, of the Hutchinson High School.
"Puerto Rico" was discussed by Miss Mauce Elliott, assistant professor of romance languages, and Miss Viola Garrett from the Kansas City, Kan., Junior College spoke on "Guatemala."
The banquet held in the evening at the Memorial Union building was in honor of Cervantes Day, the anniversary of the great Spanish writer's death. The program was sponsored by the Spanish department and students from Kansas City. Kan. Junior College, Mo. Hudsonson High School, and Baker University
Miss Margarita Madrigal of Kansas City described and sang characteristic songs from different parti
ties in the performance at the plae
by Eather, Cepner, c. 1939.
El Ateneo, the University Spanish club, was in charge of the play presented.
Le Circule francais se reemplace lundi le premier mans dans 305 Fraser a quatre heures et demi. Il y aura une representation de quelques scenes de Corsica accompagne d'une lecture en Anglais. Cest un au sujet qui consiste à connaître ces exemples ceux qui connaitsemble le roman de Prosper Merimee, "Colomba."
About 125 teachers attended the meeting, said Miss May Gardner associate professor of romance languages and president of the Kansas chapter of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish.
If You Can Read This;
Meeting Might Be Enjoyable
- Eighty Representatives From High Schools and Colleges Attend Second Annual Group Meeting
Witan College Conference Here Over Weekend
Eighty representatives from five Witan labs attended the second annual two-day conference of the service organization at the University this weekend. Prime motive of the group was to assist high school seniors to plan vocations and select a college.
Hosts for the conference were 10 members of the University lodge of Witun. Major speakers were four: William J. Hunt, and Henry Werner, advisor of mgn.
Represented at the convention were the lodges at Emporia, Leavenworth, Kansas City, Lawrence, and the University. Paul Gillis and Selbe Seward, both of Kansas City, served secretary and secretary of the meetings.
Vocational interest periods conducted by Dean Paul B. Lawson General College, Dean Cwain C. Crawford, Engineering; Dean F. J. Moreau, Law; Dean Frank T. Stockton Business; and Henry Werner, student adviser, were the main features for the entire conference.
Each Witan member attended a discussion led by deans of the schools in which he was interested. At the conclusion of these* periods, each dean was presented with a stiff-bound copy of the new edition of "Manners Make Men," official etiquette book of the society.
College life questions were the topics discussed in forums led by Witan members. Cost and expenses of learning, the group led by Bruce Johnman, c
Said Chancellor Lindley yesterday: "If every student at the University of Kansas contributed the cost of an ice cream soda, the total would maintain 67 Chinese students for a year. These Chinese are the chief hope for the future of China. And the case is desperate. It needs a strong sympathetic team with China's struggle for existence will be glad to help."
'41. Ed Linguist, c42, presided as chairman of a discussion group on the various activities in the life of a university student. The curriculum available in a university was the "History of the United States," Evans, b'uncl. all groups then met for an informal talk with Henry Werner, men's student adviser.
In recognition of Chinese college students who continue their pursuit of knowledge in the face of machine-gun fire and unexpected airrads, all uni-University drive to attend the event will be held; participants will begin with the "Bowl of Rice" supper at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Memorial Union ballroom.
After the Saturday noon lunch, Jim Sussex, m42, spoke on "Table Lore" as presented in "Manners Make Men." This was followed by an oral appearance of personal Appearance Meno to You," by H. B. Lawrence cloisther.
The Kansas City Lodge team won the regional basketball championship of the Witan society with a close victory over the University quintet. In the bowling tournament held Friday evening, the University society became the champions when Linquit, Prior, Glassmire, and Mott, all of the University, finished in the first five places.
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Eighteen Kansas City Policemen To Be Questioned
Kansas City, Mo., April 29—(UP)
-The 18 members of the police force whose fingerprints are in the federal bureau of identification files will be questioned today by William Boyle, acting police director.
'Bowl of Rice' Supper Opens Student Aid Drive
Boyle, who ordered a check of every man when he took charge of the department, said the FBI report stated 15 of the men had been arrested before on liquor violation charges, two on grand larceny charges and one on a charge of assault with intent to kill. He refused to reveal their names, however, because he said none was convicted.
Paul Moritz, c 39, president of the Y.M.C.A., will supervise the "Bowl of Rice" supper. Chancellor E. H. Lindley and Jack McMichel, widely travelled lecturer, will speak following the meal. Moving pictures from McMichel has taken China will be used to illustrate his lecture.
Sales for Tag Day will be in the charge of representatives from all sororites and fraternities and other campus organizations. More than 50 students are actively supporting the drive as organization committee member and tag sales chair. Cheller Kindley is a member of the national committee which is promoting the drive throughout the country.
Proving That Birds Go For Chancellor In a Big Way, Too
If you want a bird's-eye view of a bird's nest, there's one that really is a "bird" outside the east window of Chancellor Lindley's office.
A few weeks ago Mamma and Papa Robin took a trip up north from down south in view of making their summer home somewhere near good company, so they looked like their Chancellor's place for a 'location.
Much to their delight they found a cozy, well protected last season's nest that really wasn't in bad shape. A remodeling job would fix it up fine, and since times are hard, such a task is not always possible. The work was started and now
The work was soon started and now the latest in robin's nests sits in place of the old one.
A blessed event took place Quadruplets came into the bird world. The Chancellor was told of the great news, and was heard to say that he had been taken to an institution." This same story has been retold for the last four years.
Musician Visitors Perform in Mass
- Seven Conductors Lead 700 High School Players Through Difficult Program
Seven conductors, several of them nationally known, directed the massed bands and orchestra present for the Music Festival in a concert last night in Hoch auditorium. The musicians were a feature of the Music week activities.
A massed orchestra of 200 members was under the baton of Karl Krueger, conductor of the Kansas City, Mo. Philharmonic orchestra and Prof. Karl Kuersteiner, associate professor of orchestra. The massed band included 500 musicians under the direction of Mr. Karl King, composer and band director from Fort Dodge, Iowa; Gerald Prescott, director of bands at the University of Missouri; M. Dr. Klassen, composer and orchestra leader from Kansas City, Mo.; and Dr. Frank Simon, director of the National Broadcasting company's "Armeo" band.
The two organizations were composed of high school musicians from the states of Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma. More than two thousand persons were present to hear the concert.
Highlighted during the playing of Star Dust were the trombone and trumpet solos by Jack Krueger, of Westport, Kansas City, Mo., high school, and Boy Bob fa'39, of the University band.
E. H. Lindley's Son On Radio Program
In a special broadcast over the NBC network Friday night, Ernest K. Lindley, of Chancellor E. H. Lindley and columnist for Newsweek magazine, reviewed and commented on Hitler's Friday speech.
Mr. Lindley was a member of a round table discussion group made up of Washington and New York columnists and correspondents.
"The speech," said Mr. Lindley, "was an adroit presentation of the German case. It contained an air of realism that makes a definite impression on the listener. Hitler has undoubtedly indicated, in my mind, that he does not want a war, but he has given up none of his aims."
Dean Lawson To Attend Wisconsin Alumni Meeting
Aeronautics Authority Sends Greetings to Russian Flyers
Paul B. Lawson, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, will leave Wednesday to be guest at honor at a ceremony in Milwaukee, Wisc., May 4.
Washington, April 29. — (UP) — Robert H. Hinkley, chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Authority, to teach students a message to the Russian filers;
"The Civil Aeronautics Authority congratulates you and your associates in making the first non-stop flight over the North Atlantic from Russian to North America. I hope we may have the opportunity of seeing you in Washington to personally congratulate you on your fine flight accomplished under difficult conditions.
Robert Frost Appears Here Tomorrow
- Famous American Poet Will Lecture in Hoch as An Added Attention to The Concert Course
Robert Frost, American poet whose line "Something there is that doesn't love a wall" 'moused the world, will speak to' w night at 8:20 in Hoch audit.
Activity tickets will i it students to his lecture, *American Poetry," which dled attraction on the Uni concert course.
Three times the winner of the Pulitzer prize for poetry, Frost also received the Loine· wize for Poetry and the Mark Twain medal in 1937.
He was born in 1875 in San Francisco. At the age of 10 he _vowed to New England, which had for generations been the home of his ancestors. He entered Dartmouth in 1914 and graduated from an academic routine. Later he attends_1 Harvard, but "his interests were with farming."
In 1912 he went to England where he published his first volume of verse, "A Boy's Will," and "North of Boston" which have the flavor of England. He returned to America 30 years later, as a famous poet.
Receives Praise from Critics
Frost received his M. A. at Amherst, his L. H. D. at the University of Vermont, and his Lt.D. at Yale University.
R. P. T. Coffin in "New Poetry of New England" said of Frost, "This man is the best reader of his own work there is. No so honest a voice for poems that are sheer honesty may ever be found again.
Hs was professor of English at Amberat, College from 1916-20, taught psychology at New Hampshire State Normal School, Plymouth, N. H., and then went to the University where he was poet in residence. In 1933 he was a member of the faculty at Yale.
"Bedrock poetry needs a bedrock voice, and this man has it. He makes his lines sound as if they had always been there and he had only gone to the pain and to pick them from the stone of a New England pasture."
The poet is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the National Institute of Arts and Letters, and the American Philosophical Society.
His works include "New Hampshire," "West-running Brook," and "urther Range," "Birches" and "Menton." Are there of his better known poems.
Has Written Much Poetry
He has four children and has spent most of his life in New England. He is a member of Theta Delta Chi, social fraternity.
The lecture was arranged for by Raymond Nichols, chairman of the University Concert Course committee, with the help of Prof. W. S. Johnson, chairman of the department of English.
French Department To Show Slides of Corsica in Fraser
The French department has received a set of 50 slides from New York portraying scenes from Corsica, a small island in the Mediterranean, and an ancient place of Napoleon and for its traditional "wendettia" of family feuds.
The Carcie Francais is sponsor the showing of these slides tomarow in room 306 Fraser at 10:30, for the benefit of the general public. Instructors of the French department will lecture, pointing out interesting details about the places shown.
Professors Write Book Reviews
The March issue of the American Economic Review contained book reviews by several University faculty members. "The Brandies Way, A Case Study in the Workings of Democracy," by Mason, was reviewed by E. B. Dade, professor of economics. Prof. John Ise reviewed "An Introduction to Economic Analysis and Policy" by Mead; and R. S. Hewey, associate professor of economics, wrote an article on Piron's "Theories of Economic Equilibrium."