UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
OFFICIAL STUDENT PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME XXXVI
Heaviest Snow Storm of Year Covers Campus
Mount Ourea was peeping out from under its heaviest snow blanket of the year today following a 12-hour storm that brought cheer to the farms of Kansas wheat farmers and muffets to the ears of University students.
- Moist Flakes Fall All Day
Yesterday; Digging Out
Work Goes on Today;
Drifts Not Serious
Motor mules were clearing sidewalks this morning and by noon all campus walks were passable. Police announced they were not blocking off streets leading up the Hill from road. Automobiles equipped with four-wheelers move up thirteenth and Fourth streets without much difficulty.
The Kansas Electric power company reported many wires were down. The high line to Topeka was down and officials said it would be repaired by this evening. Repairing crews were working on city lines and a 16-inch Elevent, East Seventh. The K. U. wires were repaired early today.
Moving in from western Kansas where the moisture brightened hopes for a wheat crop, the storm reached Lawrence about 10 a.m. yesterday. The snowfall continued until almost midnight.
Five minor traffic accidents were reported since yesterday noon. None involved University students.
Temperature Neared Freezing
Little wind accompanied the snow yesterday. By evening, however, most of the moisture had left the flakes and a dry layer covered the earlier wet blanket. Flurries of powdery top snow, stirred by a mild breeze, pricked at faces on the Campus this morning. Snow slides off the roofs of University buildings threatened constantly.
NUMBER 102
Blake Clock Stops
The Duke hall clock stopped at 12:30 am, but it was started so after classes convened this morning Heaviest drifting was reported in the West Hills district, where some drifts were to be waist deep. Or the campus and in surrounding districts, trees were heavily laden.
The Mississippi street hill was the scene of considerable commotion this morning when about twenty-five or thirty cars were tied up on the wet pavement. One motorist struggle for nearly half an hour, finally reaching the top with the aid of three fellow drivers.
Snow a Boon To Wheat Belt
Classes were continued on schedule although many vacant seats were noticed.
Kansas City, Feb. 28—(UP) The wheat belt began digging out of the heaviest storm snow of the year to prepare for fair and cold weather.
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LAWRENCE, KANSAS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1939
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by jimmy robertson
Yesterday afternoon a customer at the Union fountain in paying his check discovered he didn't have any tokens. He began yelling to his waiter, "I got a ticket, waiter interrupted with 'Oh that's all right - Pi Phi never use them.'"
Missing: Max, the hitch-hikin pooch, who gained fame when he felt from the stadium and survived to become everybody's pet. Around the building and grounds office he was a special guest, going home with one of the men to spend the night or eat a meal whenever he pleased.
Max knew which of their cars went down town and would wait beside one of them if he wanted to make the trip. When he was ready to come back to the Campus he'd wait for a bus at the Campus drug lab in the basement, let him be'd lie down in the rear, and get out at the Chemical building.
Leave it to an engineer—Herbert Herrmann in this case—to prove (Continued on page two)
Campus Darlings
Vie For Recognition
From Jayhawker
Hill beauties and hopefuls have only until tomorrow to submit their entries for the annual Jayhawker competition. In the spring issue of the yearbook,
Any woman attending the University is eligible for the contest. Competitors should submit their pictures to the Jayhawker office in the Memorial Union building on or before the date. Snapshots will be considered.
Approximately 15 pictures will be selected from the entries to be published in the Jayhawk. Three pictures judged to be "tops" in the group will receive first, second, and third places.
Tom Yoe, c'39, editor of the Jayhawkter, announced that judges had not been chosen.
Merchants Show Contest Posters
★ Placard Used to Indicate To Contestants Where Signators May Be Had
Posters were distributed to Lawrence merchants this afternoon when are sponsors of the University Daily Kansan-Lawrence Merchants' $700 Awards Content. The purpose of the展 is to the student who is already down in town the location stores where he may obtain triple votes.
Placards were also placed on the leaks in the stores of sponsoring merchants captioned "Ads Vallated here" to show the entrances where the signatures of the merchants could be obtained.
A large number of students have already begun the rounds of stores in Lawrence. Any student who is a subscriber is eligible for awards without making purchases of any kind. He merely clips out the ablacks from each issue of the Kansan, and takes it to the merchants on the same days that the blanks appear and receives their signatures.
First awards will be made one week from today.
Letters were mailed to fraternity and sorority house president announcing a subsidiary competition with two awards of six-month's passes to the Granada theater for the man in a fraternity and the woman in a sorority who sells the most subscriptions to members of his or her organization over the number for which they already subscribe.
Current Action Commission To Write Legislators
Congressmen will be bombarded with letters from members of the Y. M.C.A. Current Action commission during the coming semester. The letters will deal with current problems. The committee drive to aid favorable legislation.
Gerald Banker, c'42, chairman of the commission, believes this program to be a valuable one. It will be an aid, not only to favorable legislation, but to the development of citizenship among the members.
The commission will meet in Henley House Wednesday afternoon at 4:30. Members will discuss proposed legislation, and send letters of opinion on the legislation to state and national lawmakers. This meeting is the first of a series of meetings to be held each Wednesday. Outside speakers will frequently be heard at these meetings.
Before his sickness Kimball had competed only in mixed doubles and had no chance to show his mettle in the finals, doubles in which he was entered.
Kimball Forced to Withdraw From Badminton Tournament
After winning their way to the second round of the Midwest badminton tournament in Chicago, Webster Kimball and Miss Ruth Hoover, representing the state of Kansas in mixed doubles, were forced to default because of Kimbali's attack of flut Saturday.
NOTICE
There will be no R.O.T.C. drill tomorrow afternoon.
Beat Mizzou!
Raynolds of Chicago copped the men's singles title while Mr. and Mrs. Marks, also of Chicago, took the mixed doubles crown.
Signed, Col. Karl F. Baldwin.
M.S.C. Increases Representation In Two Districts
★ Sullivan Asks Support of Council for Convocation Recognizing Efforts of University Athletes
Membership on the Men's Student Council from the second and third districts will be increased by one representative each. This action was the result of a report submitted last night to the council by a non-partisan committee and automatically accepted.
District two consists of the Schools of Education, Pharmacy, Fine Arts, and Business which before the redistricting had three members. District three is the School of Engineering which previously had three members. The arrangement of the districts remain unchanged.
The proposal for a library of rental classical records was left unsettled but a committee was appointed to look into the matter. The men also promised to investigate the possibility of co-operating with the Y.M.C.A. in passing out forms to discover whether vocational guidance is desired by the student body. Motions Pass Sweetly
Nelson Sullivan, c'29, addresses the council and asked and receives the support of the MSC in putting across a convocation sometime this spring to give recognition to University athletes.
Motions and resolutions were being passed up to this point with all the unanimity and sweet accord of a rubber-stamp congress in the heyday of FDR. A cog slipped somewhere about the time a motion was brought up to make available immediately $150 of the $350 promised to the engineers for their exposition next year. Some crack was uttered by the "Police Lady" but before the "verb-slippers" could get out of hand a resolution was passed to clear up the matter by the next meeting.
Thanks did get out of hand when PSGL Bob Marietta, c'40, and Pachacamac Andy Hibbard, c'39, got it over it library reforms. Marietta attempt to bring up the discussion tabled at the last meeting was immediately stymied by Hibbard's motion to table it again.
Marietta persisted and was finally heard over the vociferous objections of Hibbard who maintained that Marietta's interest in the library was not altogether altruistic but was slightly guilty of a wish to create an election campaign talking point. Will Send Letter to Baker
In lie of the library's willingness to receive any suggestion from a student body it was finally decided to send a letter to Charles M. Baker.
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Heavy Snow Halts First Outdoor Drill For Spring Gridmen
About 65 spring football candidates checked out uniforms at Memorial stadium last night but were not allowed to perform official workout by the heavy snow.
No workout is planned for tonight but Gwinn Henry, head coach, requests all football men to meet a
the stadium at 4:30 o'clock.
Henry Kerry, his assistants, Vic Han-
er, his Public Relations and
Harry Lausing who assisted Henry
for nine years at Missouri, arrived
Saturday.
HARRY LANSING
Band Leader To Play Here Famous for Rapid Rise
The advance price for tickets to the Junior Prom to be held Friday evening from 10 p.m. until 2 a.m. at the Memorial Union building will be $2. Tickets are now on sale at the University and Bell's Music the Union building and Bell's Music store. The admission price at the door the night of the dance will be $2.25. The prom, the only formal class party to be held this year, will be played by Count Basie.
Basi's organization is one of the best known bands ever to visit Mount Oread. Many students will remember the Count's music from the days he played at the Reno Club in Kansas City. Mo. The phenomenal rise of the band is now musical history.
Basic went directly to the Grand Terrace cafe in Chicago two years ago from Kansas City after Benny Goodman heard and praised his band. Upon completion of a successful engagement at the Grand Terrace cafe the Count was booked for a stand at the Roseland ballroom in New York. From the Roseland ballroom you can play before enthusiastic audiences at the William Fenn hotel. Since that time the band has played at the Savoy ballroom in Harlem, the Ritz-Carlton in Boston and was
"Missouri Personalities" will be discussed by five speakers over WREN at 8 o'clock Thursday night on the sixth of the speech contest series sponsored by the department of speech and drama arts in cooperation with the Men's Student Forum Board.
Eldon Smith, c. 39, will discuss J. R. Voker of Kansas City, Mo; Virginia Lee Mattingly, c. 1unch, will speak on Bennett Clark, United States senator from Missouri; Mary McAnaw, c. 42, is to discuss Governor Norst; John Oakson, c. 40, will speak on Thomas Hart Benton, well-known artist; and Bill Farmer, c. 39, will discuss General John Pershine.
Speech Contest Thursday Night
Each contestant will talk for five minutes. The combined vote of the judges and radio audience will determine the winner who will receive $5,000.
With the Marsh swing song of basketball rapidly approaching and sportwriters turning their attention to the selection of an All-Defensive guard, the senior Jayhawk guard, is already receiving national mention.
Jerry Brondfield, a New York sportwriter, in surveying the crea of the nation's basketball crop, lists some of his favorites for top-ranking guards in the nation.
Corlis Rates National Mention
Corlis' ability on defense, particularly his work in taking rebounds off the opponents' backboards, and his scoring ability which was outstanding demonstrated in the Nehmer-Solomon line in line for All-American honors.
Emie尼曼, Indiana, and Wibs Kautz, Leylos (Occhiago), are rated as the standouts among the back-court men. Corlis is selected with four others to give Andres and Kautz the greatest competition for their positions. The other four include Jim Willcoxin, a Kansas product from Coffeyville, playing under "Frosty" Cox at Colorado, termed a scoring demon; Dutch Garfinkle, a sophomore at St. John (New York); Grady Vaughn, pace-setting guard for Baylor in the Southwest Conference; and Bernie Opper of Kentucky.
"Outward Bound" a modern fantasy type play is about to begin production by the Kansas Players. This year's nationalization's final production this year.
Count Basic, who brings his famous band here Friday night for the Junior Prom at the Memorial Union building.
found themselves a far cry from the Reno Club.
Tryouts For New Play Tonight
Preliminary tryouts for the play will be held at 7:30 tonight in Room 6, Green hall. Everyone interested is urged by Prof. Robert Calderwood, director of the production, to try for parts. There are no restrictions to further. Further trials will be held tomorrow at 2:30 also in Green hall.
booked last spring at the Famous Door in New York City. In two short years Basile and his band
Reputable sources disclosed this morning that the young ngand band leader will receive $750 for his one-night stand here Friday.
I.S.A. Will Play Cupid for Daisy Mae Come Saturday
Air Yo-kumin' to the Dog Patch hoe-down this Saturday night from 9-12! Clyde (Earthquake McGoon) Smith an his boys, dressed in the latest Dog Patch fashion will be on hand.
Li'l Abner; and Daisy Mae will be there to do some swingin', out, she-nauff. Puppy and Mann Yokum will play around her with care of all the fightin' and rasslin'.
The hoe-down was planned to be the climax of Sadie Hawk's day but as Marrin' Sam is over in Skunk Hollow and can't make it over because of the snow the chase had to be postponed. The idea, which got underway last month, was ripped out. If the Independent women "will ask him, he will be glad to go."
Everyone save the Skunk Hollow boys are invited to the dance. Membership cards of the L.S.A. faction of Dog Patch will admit. However, Hairless foe says he'll be there, membership card or no. Manny will not get in so there promises to be a bit of fun when he gets there.
Tombstone Jake figures as how he'll also get around to the dance so there ought to be plenty of brake knuckle fightin', rasslin' and other romantical things takin' place at the building in building next Saturday night.
This hoe-down will be the first of three three-hour dances to be held by the U.S.A. this spring. Membership in the U.S.A. will admit to all dances.
No More Film or Murpms Last Week
Twenty-nine patients were in
Watkins Memorial hospital Monday
according to Dr. R. I. Canuteson,
director of the student health serv-
ce center, which has been
have been reported in the last week.
Blood Chilling Issue Of 'Pulp' Sour Owl On Sale Today
Blood curdling issues of the Souw Owl, termed by Dick LaBar, c39 as the only issue of its kind in the works of William Ware, weer on sale today on the Hill.
"This time we have attempted to lampon the various pulp magazines that flood the news stands, drug and cigar stores over the country thus preventing people from reading such excellent literature as is afforded by the Sour Owl 'Laban' explains. Contributors include James Robertson, c40; Harold Addington, c39; Harry Hill, c41; Frieda Cowles, c40; Roger Ludeneman, c41; Vincent Davis, c14; uncle; Gordon Faid, da' 49; Dick Hardaw, fa' 38; Bell Fitzgerald, c39; Roderick Burton, ca' 40; Marvin Gelein, c39; Wayne Huff, c41; an George Michael, fs.
Four Students To N.Y.A.Meet
Although the students have been selected and are attending classes
- Moritz, Farmer, Wilson And Parks Will Attend Topcka Conference
The purpose of the conference is to promote an expression of opinion by youth on current youth conditions and problems, and to provide ideas for planning and developing the NYA program of the future.
A small matter of no textbooks didn't bother the University's future birdmen as they filed into the engineering laboratory at 7:30 yesterday morning for the first class meeting in ground work.
The University debate team, composed of Omer Voss, T39, and Leo Rhodes, b40, returned yesterday noon from the regional debate tournament held in Austin, Texas. They participated rounds in which they participated in a corded second best in individual debating honors.
Debaters Return From Tournament
The University representatives are: Paul Moritz, c'39; William Farmer, 142; Velma Wilson, c'40 Eldav Mav Parks. c'40
When all the work is completed in this course, another one will be designated and work will continue until it is completed.
Outstanding speakers at a banquet Friday night, March 3, will be Governor Payne H. Ratter, Chancellor E. H. Lindley, member of the NYA National Advisory Committee, and Richard B. Brown, representing New York's educators at the American Council on Education, Washington, D. C.
'Will-be' Aviators Begin Ground Training Class
The question debated was: Resolved: "That the State of Texas should adopt a sales tax." The debaters left Feb. 19 and took part in several debates with the University of Texas before the Texas Teachers' College in Denton, the Temple High Temple, and in a radio debate over WALM IN Tennessee, before the tournament which began Feb. 24.
Four University students will attend the National Youth Administration conference in Topeka on March 3 and 4. Fifty-seven delegates representing 45 colleges, and 17 youths employed on out-of-school NYA projects will be present at the meeting.
Despite the fact that the newly formed department is still in swaddling clothes, the "will-be" aviators are more than willing to roll out early in bad weather to attend classes with the thought in mind that some day the department will come into long pants.
Three separate courses are offered as suggested by the Civil Aeronautics Authority. A two-hour course in meteorology, a two-hour course in air navigation, and a one-hour course in air commerce regulations However, the latter is the only class being taught at present under the direction of H. J. Henry, instructor of mechanical engineering.
It is yet uncertain when the men will start receiving flight instruction at the local airport because of a con- fusion of flight rights to operate for the instruction.
their names will not be printed until a later date.
A solution to the problem is being worked out by Donald J. Ashcraft, manager of the airport under contract with the city, and Major William B. Robertson, president of the Robertson Aircraft corporation of St. Louis. Mo., the company that was awarded Feb. 20 the government award for providing flying instruction to the University students under the CAA ulan.
Although the work at the University and that at the airport are both a part of the Civil Aeronautics Authority plan, the University hire its staff while the government allots $247.50 per man to the flight trainers.
When a definite program has been worked out, the men will begin classes to fill out a 38-hour plan of work. They will also have the five- hour ground training
Gorin's Voice Highly Praised By Audience
Two Thousand Hear Personality Singer Present Selections in Four Different Languages
By Muriel Mykland, c'39
Igor Gorin sang. Women sighed and men listened, admiringly envious
Singing in Hoch auditorium last night to an appreciative audience of 2,000 persons, the young Russian baritone demonstrated the power of personality from the minute he walked briskly onto the stage till later when his enthusiastic audience reluctantly let him leave.
R. O.T.C. boys envied his carriage and stride; fine rats students, his voice and interpretive genius; Hill Romes, his looks and winning smile; older men, his energetic youth. Women, let it be said, cast black memories of a large blood borne figure a regret. Personality Singer
Gorin is a personality singer, but he also has a voice firm, round, flexible, and well controlled, which promises an even greater career with full maturity. His deep feeling for expression made every song significant; he "gave himself" in each one, at times closing his eyes in concentration. Quick, confident, and at ease, he sang for the joy of singing and not as if for the fee, although that toe, probably put more joy into the performance. A hand-over-heart gesture fittingly characterize the bow of this sincerely singer.
In a program designed to please a college audience he included a wide range of song-types, which showed his versatility voice, artistic skill and interpretation, and his own ability as a composer. Twenty-two numbers in four different lagenages, Italian, German, Russian and Eng- lish, are presented in five groups. French, German, English and private of looking更加 superior as is their wart at most concerts. Sings Three Italian Sones
Opening with the "Invocazione di Orfee" (Peri), one of the earliest operatic number, he sang three Italian songs in his first group, which closed with the popular and hearty, "La Danza" (Rossini). An aria from Verdi's comic opera "Falstaff" was his encore.
Five German songs constituted the second group which opened with the Franz Leider, "Widmung," well known to every student of voice and his long-suffering family. The audience murmured its approval when he announced Wagner's "Evening Star" as his encore.
A single aria, "Nemicole Della Patra" from "Andrea Chenier" (Giordan) was outhose by his rendition of the old baritone standby, "Figar" from the "Barber of Seville". His natural yen for acting demonstrated during this number promises something good for opera.
The glum, unbending Mr. Baller,
his accompanist, after the intermission,
entertained with a Chopin "Nocheur in B Flat Minor" and a tuneful, ornate and lively "Paraphrase on Johann Strauss Waltzes." He compiled to the audience's wish for an encore with a Schubert air. Mr. Baller furnished the correct contrast for Mr. Gorin--perhaps two glad boys would have been too much.
Rusisan Group Is Best
The Russian group was his best, as might be expected. A deep, minor Gretchenainoff number, 'Over the Steper' opened the group, followed the highly amusing "Burlak" or song of the drunk peasant which was sung unaccompanied and with appropriate action by Gorin. The favorite of low voices. Tschaikowsky's "None but the Lonely Heart" was intoned in English. Gorin's own composition "Cucasian Melody" was a number of greatly varying moods.
The idealistic "My Lady Walks in Loveliness" was followed by a short facetious tune, "One Little Cloud" (Tyson). Gornin's own very realistic "Within My Dreams" was a pleasing libretto with passionate lyrics. "Upstream" a Negro spiritual by Malotte closed the program proper, and the rest was a burlesque, "Old Mother Hubbard" The Lord's Prayer in its familiar musical setting concluded the concert on a quiet note.