UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
OFFICIAL STUDENT PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME XXXVI
Z-229
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, SUNDAY, APRIL 2, 1939
NUMBER 126
Delegates Bid Farewell To Hill
I.S.A. Students Name Purdue Convention Site
By Harry Hill, c'40, and George Clasen, c'39
- New Executive Board Also Chosen; Delegates Home After National Convention at University
More than 120 delegates to the national I.S.A. convention were homeward bound today after a three-day program of dining, dancing and discussing on the University campus.
Discussion was completed yesterday afternoon when the convention, meeting in business session at Hoch auditorium chose Purdue University. Lafayette, Ind., for its 1940 confab and selected a new executive board of eight members.
J. F. Findlay, dean of men at the University of Oklahoma, was selected executive secretary. His assistant will be the president of the O.U. independent students, to be chosen fall. Dean Arno Novotny, the University of Texas was named to the other faculty position on the board. Student Speakers Named
The convention voted to issue charters to each college organization and to establish a yearly fee of $2.50 for membership in the national body. There are now 31 member organizations in the M.I.S.A.
Student Speakers Named
Student members of the new gov-
erning body are: Jerry Hinsaw
Purdue, chairman; John Oakson
Kansas; Jack Strong, University
Minnesota; Dan Williams, North-
 Carolina; Ed Roberts, Woodard,
University of Nebraska.
Except for choosing the 1940 convention site, the business session was completed rapidly. On this issue, Texas met Purdue on the field of parliamentary maneuvering, but the engineers from the Hoosier state—with a large delegation and an abundance of books, letters, and signs—15 to 9 majority in a roll call vote.
A "Lone Texan," Gene Saxon, only member of the Texas student delegation to attend the business meeting led the arguments for his school, aided by students from Oklahoma University. Answering a Purdue boast of a two-million-dollar Memorial union building, Saxon said, "I can't say if we got a two-million-dollar Union building. All I know is that it was designed to the other." His Texas drawal and claims of "Southern hospital" all but overcame the geographical handicap of the Longhorn school.
Dancing occupied the final place on the program. Clyde Smith played for the varsity-length shin-snow night in the Union ballroom.
Dining, an important convention feature, was wound up with a banquet in the Memorial Union ballroom. Dr. John Iae, professor of economics at the University of Kansas, was the speaker.
Roundtables Numerous
Roundtable were a prominent convention activity, being principal item of interest Friday afternoon and yesterday morning. Friday night, delegates attended a dinner in the Pine room, at which Dean Newtony and Charles Frederick, assistant dean of men at the University of Illinois, were speakers. The Dramatics Club hosted a special comedy the day before, "Hay Fetcher". In Fraser theater following the dinner, Corbin hall was hostess at a reception which completed the Friday evening program.
Pictured above are the six members of the national LSA, executive board elected yesterday. Back row, left to right; are Dean J. F. Finday, University of Oklahoma; Jerry Hinshaw, Purdue; and Francis Woodard, University of Nebraska. Front row, left to right are: John Oakson, University of Kansas; Dan Williams, Northwestern University; and Jack Strong, University of Minnesota.
After roundtable discussions yesterday morning, the independents heard Kansas students present points in favor of a national independent students organization at a noon luncheon meeting. At 1:30 p.m. yesterday, a "question box" session was held in Hoch auditorium, with Louis Fockele, University I.S.A. president, presiding.
New I.S.A. Executives-yesterday was April Fool's.
Gould Describes Little America
- Academy of Science Hears Speaker Tell of Byrd Expedition in Antarctic
"Why did I go to the South Pole?" questioned Dr. Laurence C. Gould member of the Byrd Antarctic expedition, before the Kansas Academy of Science, in Hoch auditorium Friday night. In answering his own question Dr. Gould said that he had seen a glacier, but never seen before, to explore glaciers never explored by human beings.
Contriary to popular beliefs, the north pole is inhabited and the south pole is known as the "lifeless continent" for there are no human beings or plant life. No woman has ever set foot in this territory and for that reason it is known as the land of silence, explained Dr. Gould.
"Little America was built six miles from the open water. We dug two holes 200 feet apart in which to build our houses for protection from the wind. Our food boxes lined a walkway that passed through Two radio towers were completed above the surface of the ice," described Dr. Gould.
He explained how the men would naturally get on each others nerves during the long winter night, but that they were always kept busy, doing such things as building sledges. For recreation they played bridge and poker and read books from the library. When the children stories were read the most, but "Green Mansions" was the most popular book.
In a sleep trip to the Queen Maud Mountains, food supplies were left every 50 miles for use on the way back. Gould found sediment rocks in this range. After climbing for 5000 feet they found sandstone fragments and a deposit of coal larger than all the rest in the world.
Beyond the 150th meridian was a zone of unclaimed land. The explorers built a cairn topped by the United States flag and left a record of its ownership by the United States. This is the only time that the United States has ever acquired land by exploration.
Tissue To Address Home Ec Club
Tissue To Address Home Ec Club
"Highlights of a European Trip",
will be the topic of an address by
Miss Kathryn Tissue, professor of
Economics at the meeting of
the Home Economics Club at 4:15
Tuesday afternoon.
Stags Are Startled As Barbara Daniels Crashes I.S.A. Dance
Most students forgot. But one coed did not. Barbara Daniels, c/umel, crashed the convention dance of the LSA. last night, dressed as a boy.
Perhaps she thought it was the Puff Pant Prom ... again, she might have not. It was April 1 Anyway, Barbara did it on a dare from the rest of the gals living at 1232 Louisiana.
Barbara entered the Union in an orthodox manner. She did not hide herself in an ice cream container. She was draped in it. And through the front door,
But Barbara, who hails from Kansas City, Mo., did not brave the ticket-taker's stares. No matter they wouldn't have recognized her anyway. Instead, she entered the ballroom by way of the steps that from the front door of the floor into the rear of the dance floor.
Dressed in a chocolate-brown suit, with her brunette hair slicked back, Barbara, sporting a cigar behind the handkerchief in her front suit coat pocket, not only fooled the men, but also the women. She smoked cigarettes, however.
She wore tan shoes. They should have been shined. And her tie; well, it had seen better knots.
John Ise To Head Economics Meet
Professor Ise has arranged the entire program which will include discussions by Joseph Ttagart, professor of economics, who is chairman of the society's session on industrial concentration.
Prof. John Ise, chairman of the department of economics, and president of the Midwest Economic Society, will preside over the meeting of that society in Des Moines, Iowa, April 20 to 22, inclusive.
W. H. Shannon, assistant professor of economics here, will read a paper on problems of accounting. The field of accounting was included in the scope of the society for the first time this year.
W. Baird Taylor, a former instructor in money and banking at the University, is the vice-president of the society.
A special meeting of the Men's Student Council will be held at 8 o'clock Monday evening in the Pine room.
CLIFFORD WILLIS
NOTICE
Educators Make Suggestions In Final Session
★ Kansas Should Have Professionalized Department of Education; L. W. King Addresses Group
By Ruth Timpe, c'39
That Kansas should have a professionalized department of education was the conclusion reached at the closing session of the Annual Spring educational conference today.
Supt. L. K. King of the Missouri state department of education and Dr. John G. Rockwell, state commissioner of education of Minnesota, main speakers at the conference, emphasized the fact that "we have always been the controlling agency in education in the United States."
In his address, "Education and Public Welfare," at the first general session of the conference, Friday evening, Superintendent King declared that the school is the helping agency of other basic institutions, exercising a supplementing function.
Superintendent King, speaking at the convocation for students in education, Friday afternoon, declared that state school administration offers the greatest challenge in education. Superintendent King believes that the state department has four functions, leadership, long time planning, stimulation of educational programs, and promotion.
"Schools are closer to politics declared Dr. Rockwell, chief speaker on yesterday's program." "State departments of education must function within a political organization." Dr. Rockwell pointed out that other schools would be by state educational organizations the indifference of the people.
School Helping Agency
He believes that the state government should cooperate in securing better educational administration by creating civil service requirements in education. "We can't build a professionalized department on the patronage system," he described, adding that it needed to be in state department, teacher training should be improved, academic freedom and job security should be granted and there should be more adequate financing."
That Kansas lags behind other (Continued on page four)
New Fish Gobbling Champ-him on he settled down to steady gulping to bring the international Intervocalee Goldfish championship to the University.
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Bob Hannay, cumul, of Arkansas City, ate all the fish in the goldfish bowl at the Grimalda剧院 last night. There were 50-Bob is
Ramsay Sets New Record; Eats 50 Fish in 8 Minutes
"I know how a goldfish feels now," said Bob Ramsay, c'unel, after he had swallowed his fifttish fish in the record breaking time of eight minutes, to establish himself intercollegiate goldfish gulping champion, last night.
The fish were all over an inch Ramsay took them straight— no catup or mustard, only pausing once in awhile for a chaser of grapefruit juice.
The performance was staged before a crowd of more than one thousand students at the Granada theater, many of whom had walked in as disbelievers and walked out converted that "it could be done."
The fish were all over an inch in length and very much alive.
Roseay took them straight.
Before a battery of newspaper cameraman and a news reel, with one doctor, Dr. J. B. Henry of Lawrence, hovering in attendance, two judges picked from the audience, with Karl Rupenthal, c39, doing the fishing for him, several time keepers and with Ronnie Ashburn, WREN's sport snapperbottle giving a gulp by gup description, Ramsey kept on until he had devoured all the fish available.
After Runsay had swallowed the first three it looked for a few moments as though he could not continue. But with the cheer crow-
Kansas Graduate Is Youngest Manager of Housing Project
The nurse that Manager Stan Schwahn of the Granada theater had hired to be in attendance phoned in, and was informed of its absence before the contest started.
At the conclusion of the record breaking event the persons on the stage looked in worse shape than did Ramsey. Ronnie Ashburn, with perspiration on his brow and looking white around the gills was to better 'from now on' be sticking to straight sports announcement.
The distinction of being the Austin, Texas, Mykellan will be 25 youngest house manager of the in June. The student will attend the University.
John Randolph Tye, the kid who started the whole idea at KU, but who gave up almost immediately, was present behind stage. He said he was glad that "someone finally brought the championship to KU."
Coming to the University as a Summerfield scholar, he majored in political science and was graduated with the class of 1955. He held the presidency of the MSC in 1943-55. After serving as a professor, After a year's study at the University of Minnesota on a public administration fellowship, he was sent to Austin in the fall of 1937 for his second year, where he has worked with the low-cost housing project since its inception. The 86-mi unit project will be first of all house projects to be finished and occupied.
to Gunnar Mykland yesterday when he was appointed permanent manager of the Housing Authority at
His wife is the former Mary Frances Barletta who was graduated from the University in 1936. She will receive her master's degree in institutional management from the University of Texas this spring.
Ramsay, before he walked off stage told the wide-crowd crowd that this was definitely his "first and last attempt."
Long Will Lecture on Atoms To Physics Group Monday
C. H. Long, instructor in physics, will speak to the Physics Colloquium at 4:30 Monday in room 203 Blake hall on "Cosmic ray evidence for the existence of a new fundamental particle, the meson."
Recent investigations of cosmic rays have shown that ideas of atomic structure must be revised and extended in order to take into account the existence of a new particle, the mosonot.
Mr. Long will discuss the atomic structure and summarize the work that has been done on the new particle.
Seniors To Give Piano Recital
Ruth Ardis Bowman, fa 39; pianist,
and Ellen Mercer, fa 39; pianist, will give the next in the list of senior recitals Monday.
W.S.G.A. Three-Dav Forum Opens Tomorrow
Concluding sessions of the pre-Easter seige of conventions will be held by the Intercollegiate Association of Women Students, which begins a three-day conclave at the University tomorrow.
More than 200 women delegates are expected to attend the biennial conference, the theme of which will be "Growing up in a Democracy." Registration for the group starts all summer in the Memorial Union building.
Miss Margaret Hickey, president of
During the remainder of the day, and throughout Wednesday Miss Hickey will conduct personal conferences on vocational guidance for women at Henley house. Appointed to the office of the Advisor of Women.
the Missouri Federation of Business and Professional Women's clubs, will speak on "Careers for Women of Tomorrow" Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock in the auditorium of Frank University women are invited to attend.
Gevene Landrith, c'39, W.S.G.A
president, who was elected president of the I.A.W.S. at the regional conference in Pullman, Wash., last year, will greet the delegates at the luncheon in the Memorial Union ballroom tomorrow.
A buffet supper at Corbin hall, with Chancellor and Mrs. E. H. Lindley acting as host and hostess, followed by a performance of the play "Outward Bound" in Fraser's theater at 8:20 will close the day's activities.
Panel discussion groups will hold sway Tuesday, with orientation, rules and regulations, point systems, and
union building activities under con- dication. Following the discussion groups, Dr. Walterudd, med. clerk in missionary from China, will speak.
Attending delegates and members of the W.S.G.A. Council will be guests Tuesday afternoon of the Haskell Institute at a tea given on Saturday. The students will include a marionette show and an exhibition of Indian dancing.
men is to be the key speaker at the Tuesday night dinner in the ballroom of the Memorial Union building.
Miss Blanche Dow, president of the Missouri division of the American Association of University Wo-
A round table discussion conducted by Miss Anne Laughlin, Topeka; Wiss Mimie Lowrance, and Mrs. Fred Harris, Ottawa, will be included in the Wednesday morning session.
Miss Lula Benington Greene, Topeka capital columnist, will speak at building Wednesday evening which will close the three day convention.
Schoewe Stresses Conservation Of Natural Areas
By Shirley Smith. c'39
- Addresses Scientists at General Meeting Yesterday; Effort To Make Rock City a Park
Conservation of our natural areas was stressed by Dr. Walter H. Schoewe, retiring president of the Kansas Academy of Science, in his address this morning before the general meeting on the third day of the annual science congress here.
The efforts of members of the Academy to secure a national monument status for Rock City, in Ottawa county, were revealed in Dr. Schoewe's 48-page address.
"I do not know how long it will take to have 'Rock City' set aside either as a state park or national monument," asserted Dr. Schowew, "but this movement is undoubtedly the most important project ever undertaken by the Academy's committee on conservation and ecology."
"I believe Kansas has everything to gain and nothing to lose in developing a state park system," emphasized Professor Scohew. "I would like to see a well-planned park system with the park areas well selected in all parts of the state and all connected by good roads and linked up with transcontinental highways.
"Certainly all unusual topographic and geologic features, such as Rock City near Minneapolis, the Monument Rocks, the Sphinx and the Castle Rock should be included in our system. The state parks and bookshops should also be described in booklet form and widely distributed."
Prof. Lewis Lindsay Dyche of the University was prominent for his activities in helping this movement, according to Dr. Schoewe.
Awards to the Junior Academy were presented in the general session of the Academy meeting. Manhattan won the cup for presentation of the program with the best ideas and good general effect. Lawyer, a judge, and a judge (or second) The ribbon for third place went to Independence.
The following officers were elected to the Senior Academy; President, H. D. Hall, Pittsburgh; presidenti-elect for 1940-41, E. O. Deere, Lindsburg; vice-president, Roderick C. Smith, Manhattan; treasurer, H. A. Zinsnzer, Hays; executive council members, W. H. Schoe, Lawrence; L. D. Bushnell, Manhattan; and R. H. Wheeler, Lawrence; associate editors, R. E. Mohler, Mcconnison; R. B. Cardwell, Manhattan
Dr. Schoowe was elected to life membership in the Academy.
The speech on conservation of natural areas to have been given at the banquet of the Academy in the Memorial Union last night was postponed until the general session Sat. 18th December, and Pittsburg was toastmaster at the banquet, and Chancellor E H Lindley made an address of welcome.
Lenten Cantata To Be Sung At Two Churches Today
"The Seven Last Words of Christ," DuBois, dramatic Lenten capella will be sung today in the First Presbyterian churches.
The Wesleyan Chorus of the Methodist church will sing the cantata in the morning service which starts at 10:45.
Dogan D. M. Swarthout's West-minster A Cappella choir of the Presbyterian church will sing the vanta Sunday evening at 7:30.
NOTICE
Closing hours for University women Monday night will be 11 p.m. and for Tuesday night 12:30 p.m.
GEVENE LANDRITH President W.S.G.A.