UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
OFFICIAL STUDENT PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME XXXVI
Z-229
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1938
NUMBER 59
Gwinn Henry Is Football Coach REPORT GRAEBER IS FREE Will Also Retain Position As Director of Athletics
Dr. Lindley Will Return As Professor
Chancellor Emeritus Is Title Given by Board of Regents; Will Take Year's Leave
Chancellor E. H. Lindley will become chancellor emeritus of the University at the close of the academic year, resulting from the Chancellor's resignation to sent to President Roy O'Neill, chairman of the Kansas Board of Regents, officially announced last night.
Following through with Chancellor Lindley's desires expressed in his letter to the Board of Regents, he will be granted a year's leave of absence and will return to the University in 1940 to take up his duties on the faculty in the department of philosophy.
The Board accepted the resignation Saturday, but did not decide upon the Chancellor's appointment to the faculty until last night.
Expressing his desire to resign after this academic year, Chancellor explained that he would reach the retirement age of 70, next fall, and thus felt that his successor should have the opportunity to acquaint himself with the University before the budget problems arose in 1941.
In the letter to the Board of Regents, the Chancellor asked if he might be permitted to continue service in the field of education by faculty of the University. The Board tonight complied with his wishes.
This action marks the end of the longest term of administrative service rendered the University. He came to the Campus Sept. 1, 1920, and at the end of this academic year, he will have completed 19 years as Chancellor of the University.
Chancellor Frank Strong, who preceded Dr. Lindley, also joined the faculty for several years after his tenure as chancellor of the University.
Dr. Lindley plans to rest and travel abroad during his year of absence before he takes up his duties on the faculty.
While he has been chancellor, the University has had remarkable growth, physically in size and number of students and graduates.
ON THE SHIN
by jimmy robertson
Because Kenneth Posthalewite insisted on throwing nosegays to deserving performers somebody told him he was an anemic critic. Tuesday night Kenneth went to see "Hay Fever" and were a pair of shoes that were a size too small in them, so he sat in an ugly frame of mind.
Even so he could find nothing but amusement in the show, said as much in his review, and resigned as a critic. Because he tried to be fair instead of funny, folks thought he was getting soft—and being a fair critic, Kenny didn't disagree with them.
Putters forth of knowledge in the chemistry department now wear little microphones on their lapel and speak to students through a public address system. Should an instructor pick up a hot test tube with his bare fingers someday, the boys and girls will no doubt be amused at what he mutters under his breath.
Ducats to the Independents
Christmas dance Friday evening
will sell for two-bits each—ann
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Much of Kelly Reward Fund Is Pledged But Still Uncollected
By Joe Cochrane, c'39
Now that Frank Brandon has been convicted for the murder of Russell Kelly, 21-year-old University of Kansas student, persons are wondering what has happened to the reward fund to be given for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the murderer.
Posters have announced the reward as $1000 but a check of the records shows that actually $1,004.00 will be given. Approximately $25 of this amount is in cash in the office of Henry Werner, men's student adviser, and the rest is still in the form of pledges to be collected.
The state of Kansas has contributed the largest amount to the fund with a contribution of $500. Relatives of Kelly and lawyers have contributed $100 each, and the Standard Oil company, of which Kelly was an employee, has pledged the $25 Largest contribution on the Hill was made by the men's Pan-Hellenic group, which gave $73.30. The fund raised from the Daily Journal-World along with several other contributions on the Campus, brings the fund to slightly more than $1,000.
State-Wide Student Group Meets Tuesday
★Chancellor Will Address Activities Commission In Its First Meeting Next Week
Every county in the state will be represented at a meeting of the state-wide Student Activities Commission next Tuesday afternoon at 4 in the Frank Strong hall auditorium.
Chancellor E. H. Lindley will speak to the delegates, impressing upon them the importance of their work. Pamphlets, listing the outstanding needs of the University, will be handed out.
This commission, founded two years ago, is composed of approximately four hundred students. The function of the carefully-chosen members is to represent the University at home. The purpose of the commission, much larger now than it was two years ago, is to gain appropriations for the University from the legislature.
Each member, while home for Christmas vacation, is to see his legislator and explain to him the need for appropriations for the University. After the vacation each member will report to the commission, telling what his legislation made toward the appropriations.
If it can obtain permission from the Ways and Means Committee the commission will send a delegation, chosen from its members, to work with the committee and follow up the individual requests for appropriations.
An added purpose of the commission is to establish good will toward the University. Its members, while they are home, will establish KU Clubs, and supervise other events in which the University figures.
Faculty advisers are: Prof. W. A. Dill, of the department of journalism; Prof. Beulah Morrison, of the department of psychology; Ross Robertson, assistant instructor of economics; Henry Werner, adviser of men; and Raymond Nichols, secretary to the Chancellor.
Members of the executive committee of the commission are: C. H. Mullen, c39; chairman; Velma Wilson, c40; John Stolec, c42; Gevene Landrift, c39; Blaine Grimes, c39; Wilbur Leonard, c38; Kelly, i4; Marvin, Goland, Flynn, i4; Owen, b3; Ted North [i4]; Rain Trip, c39; Susan Maloney, c39; Robert Marietta, c40; Bill Hayes, b4; Floyd Smith, c42; James Surface, c42; Phil Raup, c39.
Two student speakers will be featured at the meeting of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers on August 14 at the Marvin hall from 7:30.
A.I.E.E. Meets Tonight
Louis S. Shuey, e'40, will speak on "Ultra-Sonic Waves" and Ferris R. Summers, e'38, will lecture on "Air Conditioning."
According to Miss Persis Cook, secretary to Mr. Werner, there has been no effort made to collect the pledges still outstanding and none will be made until some person has been proven definitely guilty. Brandon has been judged guilty but his plea for forgiveness so the person who gave information leading to his arrest is not yet entitled to the reward.
Fred Boslevac, senior guard, and Ferrel Anderson, senior tuckle, had a bonfire yesterday morning at 10:30 and approximately nine "anti-Lindsey" signs, placed in front of Fowler shops by Max Louk, c'41, and "Rusty" Frink, c'42, went up in flames. Warren Gray, a member of the freshman squad, assisted in destroying the posters.
Anti-Lindsey
Placards Disappear
In Bonfire
Students, loitering between classes, stopped to read the "wittiness" on the posters when the players rushed up to tear them down and start the fire. In a few moments the placards were asked. Captions on the poster are red but our coach has not got it, and "This is no coaching school," which the posters flaunted will not be preserved for posterity.
Education School Revises Courses
★New Requirements For Teaching Certific a t e Necessitate Change
New courses which are required by the state board of education for the new 60 hour elementary teaching certificate were approved by the faculty of the School of Education in a recent meeting.
Other courses which make up the work for the new certificates are Methods of Teaching Rhetorist, Engg. and Communication, Principles of Geography, Soci
Friday
These new courses, with three hour credit each, are: Essentials of Reading, Elementary School Music Methods, Elementary School Art Methodist, Elementary School Playground Activities, Personal Hygiene Education, and Humanitarian Other changes had to be made in the existing courses for application on the new certificate. Elementary Education was reduced from three to two hours credit. Practice teaching in the elementary schools was raised from three to five hours credit to meet the stipulation of the state requirements to be reintroduced into the curriculum beginning next summer. The other new courses will begin during the two semesters next year.
Independent Student Association Christmas Semiformal at Union, 12 Miller Hall, Christmas Formal a Hall, 12.
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Authorized Parties
Alpha Kappa Psi, House. 12.
Delta Unsilon, House. 12.
Phi Delta Theta, House, 12.
Phi Kappa Psi, Dinner-Dance a
'Youse, 12.
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, House, 12. Saturday
Christmas Varsity (Owl Screech), Union Building, 12.
Sigma Phi Epsilon, Dinner-Dane at Eldridge and House, 11:30 p.m.
Kansas Youth Is Believed On Way Home
★Former Student Here Was Fighting In Spain With Loyalists; Accompanied Don Henry.
Kenneth Graeber, one of two University students who enlisted with Loyalist forces in the Spanish civil war, today is believed heading homeward or preparing to sail for the United States.
Graeber's name appeared in Monday's New York Times on a list of American volunteers in the Spanish conflict who are now encamped in Havre, France, awaiting a ship for the United States.
Held up since Friday by labor troubles which prevented their sailing on the French liner Norman-Irene, one group of the Americans sailed from France yesterday. Deserved time for the rest was not known.
No Word Since September
Latest reports from Spain state only about 51 Americans now remain in that country—all of whom are too severely wounded to be moved. Gleiser has not been told about the conflict, as far as is known here.
Graeber's mother, Mrs. G. A. Graeber, 433 Ohio, said last night she believed he is in one of the two American groups in France, that he either has sailed for the United States or will make an early departure and has been taken from him since September, Mrs. Graeber said.
Along with Don Henry, also a University student, Graeber went to Spain in June, 1937, to join the American volunteers with the Loyalist army. Henry died Sept. 3, 1937 from wounds received during the Spanish Loyalis drive on the Arason front.
As a result of Henry's death, the Board of Regents conducted an investigation of alleged communistic and fascist activities on the Campus, on which a report was made this fall. A similar probe, proposed in the state legislature last winter, passed the house by a large majority but never came up for a vote in the senate.
Was Journalism Student
Reason for the investigation was charges by Henry's father, Edward Henry of Dodge City, that the two youths became sympathetic with the Loyalist cause through contact with radical groups on the Hill.
While attending the University, Graeber was a student in the department of journalism, serving as associate editor of the Kansas.
Will Coach Football
"I am very strongly in favor of any organization encouraging social affairs at the students. It is important to me to be an independent Student Association to
Tomorrow evening is Independents' Night;
step forth and become leaders o-
the university in such activity"
Henry Werner, adviser of men,
last said night. "I would like to sup-
gest that Friday night be declared
Independents' Night, honoring this
occasion as a definite step forward
n their activities"
I. S. A. To Provide Swing On Independents' Night
In accord with Mr. Werner's suggestion, the evening will be known as Independents' Night.
Chancellor Emeritus
A distorted conception of Christmas, New Year's eve, and other juetile events form the nucleus of the fourth issue of the "Sour Owl," campus hump publication, to be released early next week. The magazine went to press yesterday and will be on the campus next Tuesday.
Christmas Is Theme Of New Sour Owl
Dr. E. H. Lindley will return to University in 1940 after year's leave of absence.
"It is my sincere wish that the I.S.A. Christmas party may be an evening of fun and cheer for every-
Gwinn Henry, who was named head football coach 1 st night. He will retain position of Athletic Director.
Feature stories this month include another installation in the "screwball" ants of "Herman Addington," basic build of Homer Pelletier.
The regular photographic center spread will be pictures taken at the recent Freshman forlie. Many well-known campus personalities are shown through the eyes of Tom Bowls' candid camera.
son, a review of the coaching situation at Nutsta U., by FitzBizerad and work by Vincent Davis, Frieder Cowen, Helen Beth Faubion and
me. I hope that all students will join together in this party in a spirit of good cheer and fellowship. I know that anyone who misses the LSA. party will miss a good time and one of the most joyful festivities of the season "Julie's Ulule season." Elizabeta Mergui, Megan of women stated yesterday.
"I'm glad to hear that the admission charges are to be low and I think that a good many of my friends are of the same opinion," Bill Vickers, c'40, remarked late yesterday.
"It's going to be a swirl party and our night to step out," Lloydates, c42, commented.
The dance, with Clyde Byson's orchestra, is to be semi-formal, and an all school dance. The admission is 25 cents.
★Names Victor Hurt of Tulsa University as Assistant; Henry Lansing of Pittsville, Maryla n d. Also on Coaching Staff; Regents Commi t ee Withdraws Ruling To Allow Incorporation of Two Jobs
By Marvin Goebel, c'39 Daily Kansan Publisher
Gwinn Henry last night was named head football coach of the University.
The action was taken at a joint meeting of the Athletic Board and a committee representing the Board of Regents. The session, held in Frank Strong hall, lasted five hours.
Henry will also continue in his present position of Director of Athletics. At the suggestion of the Athletic Board last night, the committee of four from the Board of Regents rescinded the ruling that an Athletic Director could not be active in coaching at the University. After the ruling had been withdrawn, the Athletic Board voted, by a large majority, to incorporate the two jobs and selected Gwinn Henry.
The committee representing the Board of Regents, with power to act for the board, were Maurice Breidenthal, Howard Payne, Lester McCoy and Ralph T. O'Neill. Dr. H. L. Snyder, a member of the Board of Regents, was also present.
Henry Names Assistants
Henry has been in contact with Victor Hurt, Tulsa University coach, and has secured an option on his services as line coach. Hurt has indicated that he will wait until tonight before resigning at Tulsa.
The new coach will have full power to hire his assistants, it was decided at the meeting.
Henry signed a five-year contract and Victor Hurt was signed up for a three year tenure. One year contracts were provided for both Lansing and Getto.
Henry last night phoned Hurt who accepted the position as assistant coach. The third man in the Varsity set-up will be Henry Lansing, a Mary-land farmer, former Missouri football letterman, who assisted Henry for nine years at Missouri.
Henry Makes Statement to Kansan
. Henry made the following statement this morning after being notified of the committee's action.
Henry stated last night that Lansing is the best football scout that he has ever seen and will be used in this capacity here. He is also a remarkable judge of football material, Henry said.
Gwinn Henry made the following statement this morning after
"I appreciate very much the confidence which has been shown by the athletic board of the University and by the Kansas Board of Regents in
Action of the Athletic Board was made possible by a motion of the Regents at Topeka last Saturday rescinded the motion of two years ago which prevented the director of athletics from being a coach of a major team. This action was made possible by a managing committee of three and of a business manager of athletics.
"The Board of Regents went the limit in co-operation with the Athletic Board last right," Professor Davis, chairman of the board said. The student members of the board voiced the opinion of the student body as they found it which influenced the selection of Henry as head football
Getto Will Coach Freshmen
Mike Getto, present line coach, will be Freshman coach. It is assumed that Bill Hargiss will put in all his time on the track team. Ad Lindsay, football coach here for seven years, Dick Crazy, completing his first year as head coach, will take over as head and head basketball coach here for the last two years, will not be re-hired.
In the nine years Henry was army at Missouri his teams won three conference championships, was runnerup twice and defeated Nebraska three years in a row when the Huskers had one of their greatest teams. Missouri defeated Nebraska in 1925, 1926, and 1927. It was during these years that Nebraska defeated Notre Dame when the Irish had the great Four Horsesmen, and Illinois when they had Grange.
Henry also coached five years at the College of Emporia, his teams winning 40 out of 43 games. He coached the St. Louis Gunners in 1933 when they ranked second in the nation among professional grid teams. They tied the champion Chicago Bears 0 to 0.
He coached the University of New Mexico teams in 1934, 1935 and 1936, winning the Border Conference championship in 1934 by winning eight out of nine games. New Mexico lost only two games in the conference in 1935.
Hurt Has Good Record
It was at the College of Emporia that Henry first met Victor Hurt. The Tulsa coach was then center on the team. On graduation from college, Hurt went into the coaching game. He was first heard of nationally as assistant coach on Matty Bell's Southern Methodist team, which played Southern California in the Rose Bowel game. As head coach at Tulua University he has won three Valley championships in a row. He has been there only three years.
Lansing, a three-year letterman at Missouri, was scout for the Tigers for a number of years. The past few years he has spent on his farm in Mary-
Dr. R. C. Moore, faculty member of the Athletic Board, returned yesterday from Tulsa where he had interviewed Hurt in relation to his signing a contract with this University.
Hurt indicated his willingness to sign by stalling off renewing his contract with Tulsa University until last night. Dr. Moore reported that Hurt is extremely well liked at Tulsa and that officials there would hate to lose him.
The president of Tulsa University, when questioned about Hurt said that Kansas would be passing up a good man if they did not make him pay.
Hurt will be line coach at the University with Henry devoting his efforts to supervision of the backfield and the line. Henry's system of coaching employs the use of the backfield and the line together in daily practice.