UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
OFFICIAL STUDENT PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME XXXVI
Z-229
LAWRENCE, KANSAS. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1930
YW-YM Elections Result In Parks-Franks Victories
Franks Heads YM For Coming Year
- Campbell Elected as Vice president; Banker To Serv as Secretary
Kermit Franks, c.40, was elected president of the Y.M.C.A. yesterday over Elijah Cole, c.40, and Edward Wiles, c.40. Franks is a member of the Owl Society and was on the tennis team last spring. He also be a Summerfield scholar.
Brent Campbell, c'41, was elected vice-president in a race with Chas Yeomans, b'40. Campbell has served as freshman adviser for the 'Y' the past year. The successful candidate for secretary was Gerald Banker, who also served in a three-way race with Ernest Klema, c'41, and Kalman Oravez, c'47.
The new cabinet members and the newly elected officers will attend the Stats Training Conference for cabinet members of campus Y.M.C.A.'s to be held at Wichita March 24, 25, and 28.
The newly elected officers will meet soon with senior members of the Y.M.C.A. cabinet to select the cabinet for next year.
More votes were cast in yesterday's election than in any in recent years. The Advisory board members who were renominated to succeed themselves on a new staggered term plan were all elected for terms vying from one to three years.
It costs each student $1.93—the lowest fee in the country—for the use of the Memorial Union building. This fact was brought out in a report at a supper meeting of the Operating Committee last night.
Union Operating Committee Reports
The report disclosed that many Union building fees run as high as $12 while the average is $6.00. The popularity of the building is on the rise and groups have more than doubled the use of the University social center.
The exact nature of the meeting's business, which included such items as the financial condition of the corporation and the status of unpaid pledges can not be disclosed until after the report is submitted to the Board of Directors of the University of Kansas Memorial corporation. Henry Werner, adviser of men, said.
Werner declined to discuss the possibilities of any change in the operating committee set-up that is believed necessary to take care of the rapidly expanding business of the Union corporation.
'Y' Members To Discuss Social Service Projects
A meeting of Y.M.C.A. members and other students interested in social service work will be held in the Y.M.C.A. office Thursday afternoon at 4:30. Gordon Brigham, c'40, has spoken to Salvation Army officials and school heads of Law enforcement to discuss projects in the city. The persons connected seemed much in favor of the idea.
The purpose of the meeting and subsequent action, if the plan is supported by a majority, will be for more active participation in community life of the city.
Regular Geology Seminar Tomorrow Afternoon
The regular bi-weekly seminar of the geology department will be help tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock in room 201 of Haworth hall.
Thad McLaughlin, gr, and Joseph,
H. Lane, gr, will give 15 minute
papers on Sir William Logan
and William Smith respectively.
Norman Plummer, ceramist for the Kansas Geological Survey, will review an article in a recent ceramic magazine, and brief reviews of current geological literature will be given by James Nelson, c'41, Charles Williams, c'39, and Silas Brown, c'39.
Floor Show to be Feature of I.S.A. Dance Saturday
The I.S.A. will hold a dance from 7 to 9 Saturday night in the men's lounge of the Memorial Union building. The recordings of Benny Goodman and Larry Clinton will be featured.
A special feature of the dance is to be a floor show. The nature of the acts is held secret by the entertainment committee, but council members enthusiastically attest to its ninth-provoking utilities.
All owners of membership cards or contract books are admitted to the dance and floor show. The dance is a continuation of the oratory and putting on some form of entertainment each week for its members.
Water Men Gather For Conference
- Registration for Three-Day Meeting Beginning Tomorrow at 8:30 in Marvin Hall
The three day laboratory session of the Water and Sewage School came to a close this afternoon. Registration for the three day Association training session took place tomorrow in room 12, Marvin hall Mr. John P. Harris, of the Industrial Chemical Sales company. Chicago, showed some moving pictures this morning to the group of 20 water works representatives. Mr Harris discussed taste and odor controls in working with visualization of the films.
One of the outstanding highlights of the coming conference will be the talk by C. W. Klassen, of the Illinois State Board of Health. He will speak Friday morning on "Cross Connections and Plumbing Hazards," and Saturday morning on "Stream Pollution Control."
The purpose of the 12th annual meeting of the Association is to discuss problems pertaining to water treatment and control.
An attendance of more than 100 water plant operators is expected. Many of these will attend the annual banquet of the School of Engineering and Architecture Thursday evening.
On Friday night, Chancellor E. H. Lindley will be guest speaker at the annual banquet of the Water Works Association at the Memorial Union building.
The conference will be climaxed by an election of officers and an inspection trip to the water purification and power plant. Kansas City
Following a lunch会 served at the Kansas City, Kansas Quinardo Plant, at 12:30 p.m., the conference will adjourn.
Tomorrow is bargain day in Lawrence. The merchants are selling the new spring merchandise at bargain prices for one day only. This plan is sponsored by the storekeeper to initiate spring buying.
Some of the stores are featurei fall and winter stocks at reducir The annual spring window unveiing was Thursday, March 9.
Two members of the University debate team will go to South Dakota Thursday where they will meet a team from the University of South Dakota to debate the affirmative side of collective security.
Elden Smith, c'39, and Bob Sullivan, c'40, will represent the University in the debate which will be given before a student convoction. The program will be broadcast over the local radio station.
Travelling Forums Meet Tomorrow "The Causes of War" and "What War Would Mean to the United States" will be the main topics of discussion when the Travelling Forum holds the first of two meet-placeings at the Senate Memorial High School Hi-Y at no clock omorrow morning.
Don Hayman, c'unel, and Keith Schuerman, b'40, will speak on the two subjects.
Re-elect Parks As Y.W. Presiden
Eddie Parks, c'40, was reelected president of the Y.W.C.A., and Mary James, c'41, became vice-president of the organization by receiving the second largest number of votes cast on the result of yesterday's election.
- Returns Announced by Election Board at Seven O'Clock Last Night
Joan Moorhead, c'42, defeated Marjorie Cook, c'42, to become secretary, and Viva Knooche, c'41, came before Anne Dempster, c'41, in the election of treasurer.
The new Y cabinet will be selected next week previous to the cabinet training conference to be held in Wichita March 24 to 26. The present cabinet will meet Thursday to discuss selection of the new members
Parks will continue her duties as president of the W.Y.C.A. Moorhead, the new secretary, has served as program chairman of the freshman commission this year, and Knobbe, newly-elected treasurer, has served as vice president of the Miller hall and treasurer of the Estes commission.
The returns were announced by the election board at about 7 p.m. yesterday after the votes were counted. Voting took place in the rotunda of Frank Strong hall all day yesterday. The board consisted of Lisa Eisenberg, Miss Ellen Payne,ory chairwoman, Miss Ellen Payne, general secretary of the W.Y.C.A., Betty Jane Boddington, c'40, and Margaret Louis Garrett, c'39.
Department of Architecture Sponsors Design Exhibit
Problems in sophomore design sponsored by the department of architecture are on exhibit in the lounge of the Union building this
The exhibit includes "Elementary School" by L. R. Johnson, e40 University Park; "R Goon, c39 and 'Airport Administration Building' by M. Stull, e42
Learned to Speak At Banquet
The School of Engineering and Architecture will hear Stanley Learned, chief engineer of the Phillips Petroleum company, Bartlesville, Okla., at its annual banquet to recognize outstanding Memorial Union building. The topic of the address will be "The Social Responsibility of an Engineer."
Learned was graduated from the School of Engineering in 1924. He is the son of S. Stanley Learned of this city.
George M. Beal, professor of architecture, will preside as chairman at the dinner. The program will also include vocal solos by Barbara Edmonds, c'40, and Den Lucas, c'40, and orchestral solo by Charles Baer c'41.
Blaine Grimes, c39, president of the MSC. is writing a series of letters to colleges of the Rocky Mountain area with regard to their contributing to the Far Eastern Student Emergency Fund.
The School of Education is holding its annual party and dance tonight from 7 until 10 o'clock in Robinson gymnasium and approximately 200 students and faculty members are expected to attend.
The fund is being raised to aid students in China who have been driven from the universities on the coast by repeated bombardments and are carrying on their work in caves and make-shift shelters.
The aim of the fund is to raise $500-000 to aid these students. Many of the universities in the country are contributing.
Grimes Asks Rocky Mountain Aid in Far Eastern Fund
School of Education Holds Annual Party Tonight
Merchants to Give Prizes to Captain And Queen Friday
All kinds of entertainment will be furnished during the evening. A buffet supper will be served during the evening. Miss Matee Rich, assistant to Alberta Huffman, will be in charge of the rehearsals committee.
Local merchants will award four prizes to the athletes and their girls at the K-Club ball Friday night, Nelson Sullivan, c39, president announced today. The club hopes this will establish a precedent for future innovation in this sport and innovation this year. Formerly the title-holders received nothing but the envious jibes of their less 'fortune competitors.
Prizes will be awarded as follows:
Honorary Captain of basketball team
Weavers; Most athletic boy—Carls
and most Athletic girl—Hirzel
NUMBER 113
Tupela, March 15—(CP-The Board of Regents, charged with the selection of a new University of Kansas Chancellor, was rumored to have narrowed the field to three. No member of the Board would discuss the matter however.
Dr. J. M. Morrill, vice-president of Ohio State University, and Dean Malott, Harvard, formerly of Abilene; Kan, reportedly were two of the three now under consideration.
Regents Narrow Field to Three
Lester McCoy, a regent, conferred with Governor Payne Rainer earlier this week. It is reported he is seeking assurances that the men selected by the present Board would not be overturned by the Board Rainer may name shortly.
All students interested in trying out for the all-University orational contest to be held April 4, are asked to submit a formal entry to E. C. Buehler, professor of speech, or Oron Moss, 179, before March 28, to be received by the freshman committee annual freshman-sophomore a high junior-senior contests.
Oratorical Contest Is Announced
The contest will be limited to nine students who will be required to write an oration not over 1,400 words. The three winners will be awarded cash prizes of $15, $10, and $5.
The purpose of the contest is to determine the student who will represent the University in the Missouri State championship to be held April 13 in Boulder, Colo.
"The best orators produced in the Missouri Valley have been determined in this contest," Omer Voss, freshman debate coach, said. "The place of the content has not yet been determined." Further, the interest shown whether it will be held in Fraser theater or in Hoch auditorium."
Record Is Broken As Kappas Win
The University women's relay record was shattered last night by the Kappas in the first division of the intamural swimming tournament.
The Kappa time of 38.9 seconds is 4.8 seconds better than the former record of 41.7 seconds, made by the Pi Phis last year. The Kappa won with a score of 44 points and with a score of 44 points and the Thetae were second with 38 points.
Of the nine events, the Thetaus took six first places, the T.N.T. two, and the Kappas only one. The Kappas piled up their score by taking second, third, and fourth in a number of events.
Jane Blaney and Mary Am Dillon were high scorsers with 16 points each. Winners of the various events: Relay, Kappa team; breast form, Jane Blaney; free style; Mary Am Dillon; diving; Mary Learnard; back stroke; bracelet; breast form, Jane Learnard; crawl form, Jane Blaney; breast stroke Jane Blaney; and the 50 yard free style, Mary Am Dillon. The second division will swim to tomorrow night, and the winners will swim Wednesday night, March 23.
Chemistry Club Meets Tomorrow Chemistry club meeting will be held tomorow afternoon at 4 o'clock in the chemistry lecture room Principal speaker will be Dr. Elvira Weeks, assistant chemistry in-
Education Group Will Meet Here March 30-April ]
\* Administrative Problems
A Rea Discussion Subject
for Annual Spring Meet of
State Teachers
The annual Spring Education Conference will be held at the University this year from March 30 to April 1. The conference will emphasize as its theme the important administrative problems in the improvement of education in Kansas.
The opening meeting will be a convocation for all students in education in Fraser Tower on Friday, March 31, at 4 p.m. Raymond A. Schweigler, dean of the School of Education, is chairman, and the address will be "Teachers Look to the State Department of Education by the State Department of Education State Department of Education Jefferson City, Mo.
An exhibit of charts will be shown on the first floor of Fraser presenting the type of organization in the history of Education in various states.
The first general session will be Friday evening, March 31 at 7:30 in room 206 Fraser. Chancellor E. H Lindley will give an address which will be followed by "Education and Public Welfare" by Supt. L. W King. The School of Fine Arts will be in charge of the music.
Saturday morning at 9:00 in Fraser theater J. W. Gowans, superintendent of school at Hutchinson, will be chairman of the meeting. John Rockwell, State Departments of Education Should Sponsor" will be discussed by Dr. John G. Rockwell, State Commission of Education, St. Paul, Minn.
A fifteenon at 12:15 satiu the Memorial Union. Hill will have Government Kentucky State Superintendent of Public Instruction, as toastmaster.
The last session will be Saturday afternoon at 2:00 in Fraser theater. The chairman of this meeting is M.F. Stark, superintendent at Hiwatah. Dr. John G. Rockwell, State Commissioner of Education, St. Paul, Mo. The address of the Professionalized State Department of Education."
At the conclusion of the conference Dr. Earl Hillbrand, University of Wichita, will give a "Critical Evaluation of the Conference." The entire conference is under the direction of F. P. O'Brien, Bert A. Nash, and J. W. Twente, professors of education.
Journalism Sorority Gives Dinner for Pledges, Officers
Following pledging services for four girls and the election of officers for the alumnae chapter, Theta Sigma Phi, honorary journalism soriority, held a dinner at 6 p.m. yesterday in the Sky Center to follow up with following the dinner Miss Margaret Lynn, professor of English and author of several books, spoke informally about her knowledge of newspaper women.
The girls pledged are: Mary Garrison, 'c40; Frieda Cowles, 'c40; Maurine Mong, 'c40; and Elizabeth Kirsch, 'c40.
Officers elected for the alumnae group were: President, Mrs. J. J Kistler; vice-president, Ms. O J Kistler; treasurer-treasury Miss Ruth Stolland.
Miss Weeks to Address Chemists The Chemistry Club will hold its weekly meeting Thursday afternoon at 4:30 in the Bailey Chemical Laboratory. Miss Elvira Weeks, associate director of the charge of the program, her subject will be "Chlorine and Silver Determination, Past and Present."
Present Composition By Miessner
A vocal work of Dr. W. Otto Miessner, professor of public school music, was presented by a chorus of 350 children at a session of the Southwestern Music Association, held in Louisville, KY, last week.
Doctor Miessner returned Sunday from the conference.
Hospital Activities Again Normal
Activity at Watkins Memorial hospital was more quiet Tuesday and Wednesday than it has been for the past month, announced Dr. R. I. Canuteson, director of the student health service. There were 27 patients in the hospital Wednesday.
Frank Forman, c'43, underwent a appendectomy Sunday night.
Journalism To Be Topic Of Vocational Forum
Employment prospects of journalism will be the topic of the first vocational guidance forum to be held in Frank Strong auditorium, March 23, David Whitney, c'42 president of the freshman class announced yesterday. The forums are sponsored by the Freshman Vocational Guidance committee headed by Joe Brown, c'42.
Authors on news photography and the business side of journalism will address the forum in short speeches. The remaining time of the meeting will be used in answering questions from the floor.
Joint Committee To Aid Seniors
- Project To Be Sponsored by Alumni Association and Class of 1939
To aid seniors in securing jobs after commencement will be the purpose of the Vocational Forums committee according to John Lintner, c39, chairman. The project will be sponsored jointly by the Alumni association and the class of 1930.
According to the policy of the Vocational Forums committee, members of the senior class will meet with faculty and alumni to discuss the advisability of having students in the University to speak to the seniors and advise them as to vocational opportunities at the present time.
Plans for such a movement were begun yesterday by the senior class executive committee with Clyde Smith, b'39, as president, when it met at 4:30 p.m. in room 103 Frank Hall.
"We might get a personnel director from some big firm in Kansas City or a placement director from a large University in this section of the nation," Ellsworth, secretary of the Alumni association, said this morning.
Senior Pianist Plays Tonight
Jean Eichenerberg, fa39, piano pupil of Dean D. M. Sawrotch, will present the fourth senior recital of the Juilliard ensemble at the auditorium of Frank Strong hall.
The program will be divided into four parts. Part one will consist of Bach - Rummel's the choral - prelude "Mortify us by Thy Grace," and Tchaikowsky's "Theme and Variation, Op. 19. No. 6."
The second section will include
*Ballade in A Flat, Op. 47* (Chopin)
*Gondollera* (Listz), *Toccata op*
46, No. 5 (Lesetzkihy), and concerti
*culture* by the Seashore*, Op. 11
(Smetana).
In the third part of the program in a string quartet composed of Olga Elnuer, first violin; Edna Givens, f42, 2 second violin; Carroll Nickels, fa sp, viola; Rita Gusallauas, fa39, cell will present "Andante from Quartet in A Minor" (Schubert). Lastly Miss Eichenberger, will play the allegro moderato of Grieg's "Concerto in A Minor."
The next senior recital will be that of Rita Gunsaullus, cellist, on March 22.
Music and Speeches Feature German Club Meeting
More than thirty persons attended the Tuesday afternoon meeting of the University German Club. The program consisted of a group of musical numbers followed by several members of members of the organization.
Representatives from Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska will be at the conference.
Miss Hoesly to Attend Conference
Miss Olga Hoesly, associate professor of home economics and education, will attend a tri-state conference called by the Federal board for vocational education to be held in Kansas City on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
Nazis Assume Protectorate Over Czechs
\* German Troops Are Hisced in Prague as Hitler Leaves Berlin To Join Forces in Triumph
The European situation at a glance:
Berlin, March 15—(UP)—Adolf Hitler, assuring a protectorate over the Czech provinces of what had been Czechoslovakia, sent an army into them today and left Berlin to join it and share its triumph. The European situation at a
Prague-German troops marched into the Czech capital without resistance but were booed and hissed by residents. Stringent measures, using a curse law, were ordered and a military governor pointed.
Berlin—Fucher Adolf Hitler nie Berlin for a trifiemal entry into his new czech "protectorate." Birther willingly and by force of circum-circum-Hungarian dominance in Carpatho-Ukraine for the time being at least.
Bucharest—Rumania was reported to be mobilizing upwards of 600,000 men. It was reported abroad that she might attempt to seize 14 villages on the edge of Carpatho-Ukraine.
Warsaw-Polish frontier troops were reinforced. Warsaw recognized the newly independent Slovakia and helped soldiers had crossed the frontier.
Bupadest—Hungarian troops penetrated farther into Carpatho-Ukraine and Bupadest sent an ultimatum to Chust demanding the surrender of the Carpatho-Ukraine government by 8 p.m. (2 p.m. EST). Hungarian troops were reported to have suffered serious losses in clashes with the Carpatho-Ukrainian Sithch guard. Reports from Chust said 10,000 guardsmen were battling the Hungarians.
Bratislavin—The new independent Slovak state mobilized the Hlinka guard to opposed Hungarian troops which swept through Carpatho-Ukraine and flowed over the border of Slovakia.
London-Great Britain with France maintained a "hands off" policy. A debate on the central European developments was arranged in the British house of commons.
Paris–France is made an inquiry as to Berlin's intention in regard to Carpatho-Ukraine without indicative mention of doing anything about it.
Education Profs Confer in Topeka
Three members of the School of Education faculty went to Topeka yesterday to confer with state officials of education on the social studies curriculum. R. A. Schwenger, dean of the School of Education, J. W. Twente, professor of education, and C. B. Althaus, associate professor of education, discussed this week's issue of McCoy State superintendent of public education, W. A. Stacey, assistant superintendent of education, and C. O. Wright, secretary of the State Teachers Association.
The question discussed was how much and where could the University carry on a program on the state study of educational improvement. Should the University work through the curricular library in high school education or should an effort be held by the university to elementary schools? Dr. Twente remarked that they did not know much about this question yet because there is a great lack of money and personnel to carry on this work.
To Discuss "Manners Make Men"
Miss Helen Rhoa Hoda帮助ist-
ant professor of English, will discuss
the importance of reading, cem-
centently published by the Witan,
on her Books and Reading program over
KFKU at 2:45 tomorrow afternoon.
Haskell Indians Speak To Y.W.
Ida Botone and Eleanor Halmonpour,
Haskell Indian students, will speak before the freshman commission of the W.C.A. at 4:30 tomorrow afternoon. The meeting, scheduled to be at Henley House today, was postponed.