UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
OFFICIAL STUDENT PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME XXXVI
Z-229
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1939
NUMBER 75
University Lands U.S. Air School MALONEY CALLS I.S.A. MASS MEETING Selected
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Independents Will Choose New Officers
★ Council Will Cooperate
In Effort To Clean Up
Organization Difficulties
Thursday Night
Susan Maloney, c'39, victim of an unsuccessful attempt Saturday afternoon to force her resignation as president of the Independent Student Association, last night called a mass meeting of all independent students for 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Memorial Unior ballroom at which complete reorganization of the group will be made.
The presidency and contient positions on the LSA. council will be open. Miss Maloney, who has been head of the Campus independents since she organized the LSA last year, said she will not be a candidate for re-election.
May Not Be Eligible
Charles Alexander, fs, whose election to the presidency was sought by the University I.S.A. council in the stormy meeting Saturday, probably will not be eligible for the position next semester. Prof. George Stratton, chairman of the committee on eligibility, said last night that he had asked Association Association are now not subject to University scholastic requirements but that an effort will be made next semester to bring that about.
"They should be subject to the ineligibility rules of the University," he said. "We will hold a meeting of the committee early next semester to consider the matter. If the committee thinks the officers and council members of the LSA. should be placed under eligibility standards, then its recommendation will be referred to the University Senate for final action."
Professor Strainton ruled Saturday night that Alexander would not be eligible to assume any LS.A. position. "And he is once, since he is not enrolled as a student."
Stratton Rules
Charges by Miss Maloney that he had "squandered money" of the Campus association in trips to conventions and meetings were answered by Alexander in a statement yesterday. The charge against Miss Maloney's explanation of her decision to call the mass meeting, appear in today's Kansas.
Vickers said last night the I.S.A. council, "will co-operate whole-heartedly in the mass meeting. This is what we have been trying to assemble."
Ken Postlethwaite, c39, was appointed by Maloney to preside over the mass meeting Thursday night.
The present council appointed Bill Vickers, c'40, temporary chairman of the organization, meanwhile refusing to recognize Miss Maloney's declaration that she still was the organization's president.
ON THE
SHIN
by jimmy robertson
MEMO TO MIR BINGHAM: When you glue identification outrages on next semester's activity books put them on the proper side and please don't squash them again. This semester they loosened up so badly that we had to carry them around in paper sacks and you might temporarily install a mirror near the water of your crimes in the registration line—the last photo you took of me looked like several that I've seen in the post office.
in a sentimental mood last Sunday night in around 12:30, Tom Bowlin and Howard Dunham called up station WBT at Charlotte, N.C., to re-
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Believe
IT
Or Not:
David Whitney, c'42, president of the Freshman class announced last night that he and his fellow officers intend to carry out their campaign promises. The announcement followed a meeting of freshmen office night. Two committees were appointed to put the program into operation.
Whitney named one group which will investigate the traditions of the University and see what can be done to preserve those in existence and resurrect those which have fallen into neglect. The other committee will attempt to put a vocational guideline into operation before February.
Bob Thomas, c' 42, was named chairman of the traditions committee and will work with Paul Wise. c' 42, Gerald Wright, c' 42, Fred Colon, c' 42, Sue Johnston, c' 42, Clarence Peterson, c' 42, and Don Messer, c' 42.
The group which will work on the vocational guidance plan is headed by Joe Brown, c'24, and includes Howard Rankin c'24, Canyer Kberer, c'24, Bob Eidson, c'24, Jim Surface, and Fred Everhard, c'24.
Thief Telephones Tenants to Trot; Then Taps Till
Yesterday afternoon a "perfect" hold-up occurred about 4:15 at the offices of the J. R. Holmes Investment company.
About 3:30 phone calls began to come to the office. One by one the employees working in the office left to go on errands. Finally the only person left in the building was Mrs Evans, a bookkeeper, who soon reopened the office and called the Kansas Electric Power company office to get an insurance policy
The power company office was just next door so the lady went over to get the article. When she came back after being gone several minutes the money drawer was open and $90 had been taken.
It was believed that the robber was acquainted with Lawrence and the investment company because the names he gave through the fake telephone conversations were authentic.
No trace of the thief was reported late last night.
Three Faculty Members Will Help Redistrict M.S.C.
Three University faculty members have been added to the M.S.C. committee on redistricting, Clifford Willis, gr. secretary of the Men's Student Council, announced yesterday.
The men selected are: J. W. Twente, professor of education; George M. Beal, professor of architecture; and Marston McCluggage instructor of sociology, R. W. Madox, assistant professor of political science, is chairman of the committee.
Purpose of the committee is to revive existing men's voting system in order to allow certain schools of education on the men's Student Council.
Kistler To Discuss Franklin as Printer
"Benjamin Franklin, Printer" will be the subject of a radio lecture by Prof. J. K. Jiatler of the department of journalism over station KFKU at 2:45 p.m. today in commemoration of the two hundred and one years since Benjamin Franklin and in observance of Franklin and in observance of Printing Education Week.
Four members of the Council are also on the committee. They are: Clifford Wilks, grb McKay b'40; Richard Müllen, cwr and Richard Müllen, 139.
This is next to last to the series of weekly lectures given by Professor Kistler on "The History and Print of Art."
Will Durant Lectures Here Tonight
- Author and Philosopher Will Discuss 'A Blue Print For a Better America.
Followers of the University lecture series will be given a treat tonight when Will Durant, world-famous traveler, lecturer, and philosopher speaks at Hoch auditorium. Mr. Durant will talk on "A Blueprint for a Better America." He will arrive by train this evening at six o'clock.
The speaker is best known for his genius in the field of philosophy, and has written several books dealing with that subject, concerning especially its application to modern living. He has held a faculty seat at several institutions of learning, and is noted for his ability as a lecturer. His works are similar to those of Walter Lippman.
Durant is one of the famous triumvirate of modern philosophy, the other two members of which are H. G. Wells and John Macy. These three men are famous pioneers and leaders in this field, and have risen to great prominence even in the face of great opposition from members of the old school of philosophy. They are the first men to write philosophical material in a form that is so accessible as to be read by Durant's most famous works are his "Story of Philosophy," which is comparable to Wells' "Outline of History," and his "Transition: A Mental Autobiography."
The program begins at 8:20 o'clock, and student activity tickets admit. General admission prices are 35 and 50 cents.
New England Poet Will Be Judge
Robert Coffin, noted New England poet, has consented to act as a judge in the William Herbert Curruth Memorial Poetry contest, which was commissioned from Prof. W. S. Johnson, head of the department of English.
Survives Massacre But Not Dyche
Comanche, the horse that was the sole survivor of Custer's Massacre, is back into the news again. For the town of Hardin, Mont., wants the horse for use in connection with the sixty-third anniversary of the massacre.
Professor Coffin, who teaches at Bowdow College in Brunswick, Maine, has published several volumes of poetry, the latest of which is entitled "Maine Balbals." Professor Coffin is also one of the light and popular variety.
The Carruth contest which is held each year, offers prizes of $60, $40, and $20, for the best original poems submitted by University of Virginia students. The winner was won by Kenneth Lewis, c'39, with his "Sonnets for Diane."
There will not be a mid-week dance this Wednesday. The next mid-week will be hed on Feb8, and Clvde Bysom will play.
Comanche was the private mount of Captain Myles Keough of Custer troop, the Seventh U. S. cavalry. Two days after the battle he was found bleeding and near death. His declining years were spent in honor at Ft Leavenworth, and he was preyed upon by the warriors he decided the txdisterminator's charge of $200 was more than they cared to assume at that time.
his hide became moist, and cracked when it dried. At least $100 will be required to restore it.
No Mid-Week Tomorrow
"The damage to Commanche whil in storage is typical of what is hap pening to many of the fine apes that we had in captivity before it was closed five years ago.
University authorities say that Comanche, who for many years stood in a great glass case just inside the main door of Dyche museum, is in no condition to be placed on exhibition at Hardin, or anywhere else. After the museum was closed, Comanche was placed n storage in the basement of Hoch auditorium. During his stay there
Dr. H. H. Lane, curator of the museum, said.
"When we had to vacate Dyche, we filled to the rafters, a stone and corrugated iron building we had near the heating plant, but much other material had to be stored under the auditorium and in the stadium.
"After a hot summer following a damp spring specimens under the auditorium started middling and we had a hard time preserving them. The cold and damp under the stadium have practically ruined some of our seals and other water animals. We haven't opened any of the sealed boxes containing mounted birds—we can only hope . . ."
Kansas Leads Nation In Mining Volcanic Ash
Nature many centuries ago pre- prepared material that can be used for pottery glazes, sometimes better than unglazed, is prepared by present-day machinery.
Experiments carried on for the geological survey by Norman Plummer show that the volcanic ash is similar in chemical composition to a mixture of foliage and organic matter in the volcanic sand. Experiments in several commercial products
Dr. Landes, in a study of the origin of the ash, pictures volcanic eruptions, aided by prevaling northeasternly fires, spreading the ash over hundreds of miles of territory. Other winds piled the ash into crevasses in the earth, just as dry snow is drifted. Much of the ash was carried by rains into the rivers and thus to the sea, but other piles were covered with loose earth and preserved.
The natural substance is volcanic ash, a natural product mined more extensively in Kansas than in any other state, although deposits have been found in western Oklahoma and Nebraska, a few in eastern Colorado, and a few as far east as Des Moines, Iowa.
Volcanic ash is exceedingly fine glass or lava fragments produced by volcanoes and distributed over wide ureas by the wind. Though rock issues from volcanoes as molten lava, he vaporized rock, hurled into the air, chilles and shatters into fine particles.
The Kansas deposits, scattered at intervals over the western part of the state sometimes in deposits of several hundred thousand tons, originated in volcanoes of northwest-central Missouri, near Capulin, near Fosloum, according to Dr. K. K. Landes professor of geology and state geologist.
Volcanic ash, where it can be used,
has a double advantage. It can be
shovelled from the pit and screened,
whereas feldspar must be quarried
from volcanic rock. Volcanic ash is
expensive sorting and grinding.
Moreover, the volcanic ash glazes
At Miss Maloney's suggestion I did not release the fact that I was a fra-
I was a pledge of Phi Kappa Pai at the time I went to the national convention of the I.S.A. at Norman Okla. But went there at the invitation of Susan Maloney who asked me to try to bring the national convention to Kansas in 1939. This I accomplished.
Alexander Refutes Charges
Miss Maloney, evidently without thought or investigation of my eligibility, placed me on the council at a reorganization meeting last Tuesday in an effort to have a council meeting soon time to independent activity.
I did not announce Susan Maloney's resignation. She Maloney was the first to announce any trouble to the Kansan. She was the first one out of a meeting where the LS. A council met to make the decision.
Herein are presented the statements of the rival factions of the LSA. Mr. Alexander answers Miss Malone's statement which appeared in Sunday's Kansan and Miss Maloney explains her actions in calling a new election Thursday night.
Dr. Lena Chydester Tells About Clinic
Dr. Laena Chydester, 30, of the Alfred Benjamin dispensary in Kansas City, Mo., told Psychology University members of her experiences with the elinic, at a meeting yesterday at 4:30 p.m. in Frank Strong hall.
In her talk, Dr. Chydester, told of the problems met in the handling of the typical people in the clinic which is a public one associated with the Mental Hygiene Society of Kandy and with the more severe cases of people.
Volcanic ash may also be included with advantage in a clay mixture for bricks and tiles, producing a light color and excellentabilities to insulating structural units.
In a like manner, when used in manufacture of glass, there is a slight blue-green tint that makes impossible the production of glass. However, a glass has been developed in laboratories, both in this country and in England, which transmits light but only a small proportion of the heat rays. A glass prepared with volcanic ash would be suitable for glasswork as long as it can be in common use in windows, exposed to direct rays of the sun.
Alexander
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ernity man for the good of the Kansas delegation. Immediately after the meeting I told Miss Maloney that I was going to have to withdraw from the fraternity since I had been elected national chairman.
I attended the national Dean's conference at Madison, Wis., last spring at the request of the National Independent Student Association executive board. I had an official right to attend and because of the interest of the local organization I was in a position as not to be able to refuse the
can be fired at lower temperatures thus saving fuel.
Dr. Chleydeser is a graduate of the department of psychology of the University, and was formerly com- with the Mmeinghion Clinic in Topeka.
Laboratory experiments. Plumme says, have already shown that glazes for pottery, wall tiles, and architectural terra cotta, containing as much as 55 per cent mine-run volcanic ash, compare very favorably with similar glazes containing feldspar. Volcanic ash may also be used to replace feldspar in cast iron and steel enamels for sanitary ware, refrigerators, and other virilized enamel ware. A purified glaze from volcanic ash, due to iron content, but a slightly cremated ivory may be obtained.
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In an effort to be fair and to do what is best for the organization, I secured legal advice yesterday to ascertain the legal standing of the Independent Student Association. I was advised that as the organization executive council now exists, it has no legal standing, but is only a "hangover" from the eagglott which was organized a year ago last November.
Malonev
At that time, election was held in an open mass meeting. The council elected was composed of a man and a woman representing each school in the University, and myself as president. Their tenure of office, as set forth in the bylaws, lasted for a year. Due to difficulties of the organization, reorganization took place early last spring, at which time the present council was set up. This
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State Solons Visit Tomorrow
★ Eighty-three Legislature Members Plan To Spend Day on Campus
Members of the state legislature, who will arrive here by special bus tomorrow afternoon from Topeka, will be guests of the University for the day. Last night, 83 members of the house and senate had indicated their plans to attend, and 52 indicated their wives would accompany them. It is expected that more than a hundred will attend.
They will stop at the Memorial Union building and make a tour of selected points on the Campus with Chancellor E. H. Lindley. Dyche museum, Watson library, the anatomy and Haworth hall will be included.
The board of directors of the Alumni Associations, which will hold its regular meeting and luncheon on Monday, will accompany them on the tour.
Chancellor Lindley will address the solons on the needs of the University at 4 o'clock in the lecture room at Haworth hall.
Fraternity and sorority members, and students living in organized houses have invited senators and representatives from their home counties to be dinner guests, and they will be guests at the Kansas-Missouri basketball game, which takes place at 7:30 p.m. in Hoch auditorium.
Miss Elizabeth Mequiar, adviser of women, heads the committee to entertain the wives of the legislators in the afternoon.
Band Broadcasts Last Night over Kansas Network
The University of Kansas band opened a busy week last night with a broadcast on the Kansas network. This broadcast was the first of a series of programs to be carried by the stations of the Kansas network. Station WIBW of Topeka was the basic station. Other stations which carried the program were KSAL, Salina; KANS, Wichita; and KCKN, Kansas City. Director Russell L. Weir conducted.
Wednesday night the band will make its regular broadcast over KFKU and later will play for the Missouri-Kansas basketball game. The band will put on some feature acts and band will put on some feature acts for the entertainment of the crowd.
Skinner's Condition Shows Much Improvement
Charles Skinner, b39, was reported as somewhat better last night by the attending physician. No transfusions were given yesterday and he is better than at any time since his operation.
Skimmer underwent an appendecty last Tuesday at Watkins Memorial hospital and the operation revealed an acute case of peritonitis.
Kansas: Cloudy, snow in the west.
Snow or rain in the east. Somewhat
colder in south and north
central portions today. Tomorrow
partly cloudy, somewhat warmer
in central and west portions.
WEATHER
Selected To Instruct Aviators
- Civil Aero Authority Plans
To Train Twenty Pilots
Here Second Semester,
Says Earl D. Hay
By Reginald Buxton, c'40 The Civil Aeronautics Authority has selected the University as one of the 13 schools which will put into effect next semester the first part of the government's plan to give flight training to 20,000 college students in the next five years.
Out of the 300 students that will be trained next semester the quota of the University will be 20 students between the ages of 18 and 25. These students must pass two physical examinations, a preliminary examination to weed out a few of the applicants, and a final examination by the Air Corps' flight team to determine the 20 students.
Earl D. Hay, professor of mechanical engineering, will give full details of the course at a special meet on June 102 in the Engineering building.
Instruction will consist of a ground course given by the University and actual flight instruction given by civilian instructors paid by the government at the rate of $5 an hour. The ground course will consist of 10 hours of flying instruction, aeronautics, air-navigation, and Department of Commerce regulations. The flight instruction will require from $3 to 50 flying hours. Students pass the course successfully will receive private pilot licenses.
Kansas Pioneered Aviation
"Since there are a great number of schools applying for the flying instruction, the University is very fortunate in receiving the appointment," Professor Hay said. "We received the appointment because the students were pioneering work in aviation that has been done w the University."
According to Professor Hay, the work done next semester will be considered as an experiment. If it is successful 20,000 students will be trained throughout the country in the next five years.
Five $20 Laboratory Fee
The only added expense to the student will be a $20 laboratory fee hat will be used to purchase life disability insurance for the student.
The pioneering work that has helped to bring the flying instruction to the University started back in 1919 when a group of former飞行 officers formed a club called the KU. Air Service Club Late; in the 1920s, a group of students from the School of Engineering and Architecture formed a club called the KU. Aero Club which received its bachelor in May of that year.
Charlene Barber Presents Recital
Presenting her senior rectal before a capacity audience in Frank Strong hall last night, Charlene Barber, *39*, played the difficult "Concerto Ramantique" (Godard) to climax her evening of triumph. It was the same concerto by which Miss Barber played a movement when she appeared as violin soloist with the University Symphony Orchestra at its mid-winter concert.
Her program included numbers by Wagner, Dovrak, and Kreisler, and Debussy's lovely composition, "The Girl with the Flaxen Hair." A number in the modern style of writing, "Movements Perpetuels," by Poulene was especially well received.
Miss Barber, who is a student of Prof. Waldermal Geltch, was accompanied et the piano by Jeam Elchenberger, fa'39.
Immediately after the recital a reception was held in Miss Barber's honor at the Kappa Alpha Theta sorochouse.