UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
OFFICIAL STUDENT PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME XXXVI
Heiser Takes His Audience On World Tour
★Author of 'An American Doctor's Odyssey Wins Approval with His Wit and Stories
Dr. Victor G. Heiser, famous as a doctor, traveler, lecturer and author, took a large and attentive audience on "An American Doctor" Odyssey* left right in Hoch audition in 1987 and later in the 1990s with his excellent tales of adventure won the enthusiastic applause of the crowd.
After these introductory remarks Heiser started his figurative world tour. Sailing from San Francisco, he took the audience to Hawaii, Japan, Singapore, the Philippines, Borneo Singapore, the holiday states, Ceylon and point west.
Dr. Heir started his address by using the expression, "fellow students." He said in spite of the years that have passed since he was technically a student, he could tell him he was no longer in college and every time he spoke to a college audience he felt at home.
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"Every time I get up to r" a speech, I wish that I wore in the South Seas again." said Dr. Heiser, "for in the South Seas, the host always furnishes his guest with a private orator who speaks for him. All one has to do is eat all he wants and enjoy his own" speech."
Speaking of Japan, Heiser asked his audience to forget the disastrous war now in progress in the Orient and look at the brighter side of the Japanese. He told of the amazing cleanliness of the Japanese and of many of their peculiar customs. The audience enjoyed the story of Heiser's embarrassment when he was forced to remove his shoes at a banquet in his honor given by the J-apanese cabinet and suddenly found that he had a big hole in the toe of his sock.
The Philippines received a great deal of mention, as Heiser spent a considerable part of his career there. He told of how the spread of medicine was hampered by super-sition and how these superstitions were overcome by artificial "miracle"s.
When speaking of the Malay states, Heiser pard tribute to a graduate of the University. This
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 16, 1838
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ON THE
by jimmy robertson
SHIN
Monday nightYe Shimere went to an operetta called "Blossom Time." He then spent nearly fifteen minutes as a critic. By Tuesday morning he was convinced that become public enemy number one.
Frankly, I thought "Blossom Time" was a great show. Fred Lake as Kranz tried very hard to be funny and he succeeded. If credit for keeping the performance alive should go to anyone, then the 3,500 people who saw it will probably agree that it goes to Fred.
It was the first time I'd seen Donna Hughes on anybody's stage but I hope it won't be the last. Her voice has something of a lift to it that was almost as refreshing as one of the intermissions.
Mac Tinklepaugh as Novotny filled the stage with sh-h-h's while the audience filled the auditorium with loud and hearty laughter. He was the kind of a comic who doves quake, quake, quake, madde delighthe.
Ira Scott is a Beta, so when I have to admit that the boy was good in the part of Count Scharomit it hurts me. If Art Waffe
And so that several thousand friends of Jack Laffer will quit sneering at me instead of hissing a hello like they usually do. I'll put an end to this motion by addling he didn't he didn't play Schubert- he was Schubert.
As a matter of fact, after pretending to be a critic, I have about con-
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University Women Plan To Give Dickens Play
Mrs. Waldemar Geltch, president of the American Association of University Women, announced yesterday that the organization will present its second annual production of Charles Dicker's "A Christmas Carol." Dec. 2 and 3 in the Liberty Memorial High School auditorium.
Robert Calderwood, professor of speech and dramatic art, will again be cast in the movie of Screooge. Mrs. J. K. Klinder, Mrs. Fred Ellsworth, and Mrs. Laurel Anderson will take part in handling the presentation.
Kansan Board Selects Staff
Kenny Lewis, c'39, was chosen editor-in-chief of the University Daily Kansas to succeed Harold Adlington, c'39, and George Clasen, c'39, was elected managing editor to succeed Louis Fockele, c'39, at a meeting of the Kansan board Monday afternoon. They will head the staff the remainder of the semester.
The Kansan board, all-student controlled organization of the student body, added five new members in addition to the two new staff heads, making a governing body of fifteen students. These students are Lester Kappelman, c'39; Dick Martin, c'39; Harry Hill, c'49; Jean Thomas, c'39; and Elon Torrence, c'unl.
Lewis and Clasen will announce their choices for subordinate positions in the next semester. Goebel, c'39, will continue to serve as publisher until next semester.
Band to Resume Concerts Over Station KFKU
The University Band, fresh from its triumph in Washington, will play its weekly concert over KFKU at 6 p.m. today.
Included in the program are "Russian and Ludmilha" (Glinka)
"From Africa to Harlem, a Rhapso-
dicous Evolution." (Bennett); "Whistling
Farmer Boy y'." (Fillmore);
"Coronation Scent" (the Opera
of Downey.") (Monsieur)
"和"Parade of the Gandamans"
(Lake).
Hawkins To Give Impressions of Famous Persons
Lucy Rogers Hawkins, editor of the "Matrix" national publication on Theta Sigma Phi, journalism sorority, will be the guest speaker at the Matrix table banquet to be held tonight at Evans Hearth.
Miss Hawkins, who has extensive experience in the field of journalism, will give her impressions of several of the well-known persons she has interviewed. These will include such persons as Dorothy Dix, Barbara Berman and Frank Lloyd Wright, Prof Augustine Piccard, and Clemence Dane
Miss Hawkins will arrive in Lawrence late this afternoon. She will remain here tomorrow, and will address classes in the journalism department. She is a member of the lecture staff a Northwestern University.
The Matrix table is sponsored by the local chapter of The Sigma Phi, women's professional journalism society. Alumni members of the organization and other interested persons have been invited.
The banquet will be held at 6:45 this evening. Tickets will be sold at the banquet to those having reservations but have not yet purchased tickets.
Clyde Smith Will Play at Military Ball December 2
Plans for the annual Military hull to be held at Memorial Union building Friday, Dec. 2, have been outlined by a social committee applauding Fort Baldwin head of the division of military science and tactics.
Clyde Smith's orchestra has been engaged for this outstanding R.G. T.C. event. Attendance will be formal and by invitation.
Cleveland, O., (UP)—Nov. 15—Either Frayer, 17, carrying 16-month-old coiffed Elli Williams, caught her heel in the street car track where she was sitting. Her baby girl was knocked down, the baby thrown from her arms.
Freak Mishap Injures Two
List Requisites For Honor Course In Mathematics
★New Classes Arranged By Faculty Committee; Mitchell Recommends Form of Recognition
An "Honors Course" in mathematics was provided through action of the faculty of the College of Liberal Arts yesterday afternoon. To earn "departmental honors" a student must do directed reading and investigation in at least six courses, including one pass a comprehensive examination with high excellence in specified courses.
The honors course in mathematics is in line with a policy of the College faculty to provide in various departments for an outlet and recognition for work of the superior student. The committee headed by Prof. U. G. Mitchell was instructed to recommend some suitable form of recognition in the commencement program for students completing the honors course. Improve New Courses
proved by the faculty, upon recommendation of the College administrative committee, and action of the administrative committee in correcting minor descriptions, numbed to nine, in several courses was approved.
Courses proposed by the departments of journalism, home economics and of political science am-
Newpaper photography, a one- hour course for professional credit to be given in the spring of 1938 and in the summer of 1938 supporting Social Agencies," for the summer of 1939 only, were the journalism courses approved.
For the department of home economics, two new courses in clothing and textiles, one in the freshman and one in the junior-senior classification, were authorized. Order Class Closed
Geology 11 was ordered closed to students who had taken geology 1, but the laboratory work of geology 11 was given a separate designation so that students who have had geology 1 may take the laboratory of geology 1 Course 1. I is a survey course, and I1 for major in the department.
The department of political science was authorized to offer a three-hour course in recent political theories.
Church Sorority Meets Tonight
Kappa Beta, Christian church sorority, will hold a meeting at 6:30 tonight, in the Kappa Beta room of Myers hall. Mrs. George O. Foster will give a travel talk.
Kansas: Generally fair today and tomorrow. Except mostly cloudy today in southeast portion. Continued mild temperature.
WEATHER
To Reserve Officers
Col. Karl F. Baldwin, head of the department of military science and tactics, will present an extension course' problem, "The Reinforced Brigade", to a group school of the Reserve Officer's Association tonight at 7:30.
Colonel Baldwin to Speak To Reserve Officers
The problem, which contains 12 tectical situations, is the first of 9 series of three lectures to be presented by Colonel Baldwin.
Means Sentences Slayer of Two
Assisted by Irene Peabody
Dean Swarthout Praises 'Blossom Time' Production
With the assistance of Irene Peabody, director of the Women's Glee Club, the cast was chosen with great aplomb to bring to life the training of the main characters of
"Blossom Time," given Monday evening at Hoch auditorium to a near-capacity crowd by the Men's Soccer team, proved an outstanding success.
The tuneful operetta by Sigmund Romberg was presented in a fashion truly professional in character before one of the largest audiences at a University musical event in a long time. All seats on the main stage are balcony seats, too; also a large number in the second balcony.
Ernest Fenstemaker, youthful slayer of the Mrs. Ella Bachelor, elderly farm woman, and Fay Kyle, young woman hitch-hiker, was sentenced to two life terms at hard labor yesterday by Judge Hugh Means, folleter Fenstemaker's piece of crime to the two first degree murder charges.
The jury was hesitant to impose the life sentence because they feared that Fenstemaker might at some later date be paroled or pardoned, and become a menace to society again. They asked Judge Means about this, and the jurist informed them that at any time a governor of Kansas could pardon or parole the slayer.
The jurist passed sentence on the killer after the jury, impaled by him, reported after six hours of deliberation that it could not decide. Firstmember should receive a life sentence of the death penalty.
*renstemaker Receives Two Life Terms For Crimes
To Joseph and Marie Wilkins, who for months have carefully planned the many details necessary to the performance, and who with their splendid singing as Schobert and Mizi won a real triumph, go the first honors of the evening. Their several years of singing in leading roles in the same work on tour in the well-known Schubert opera company gave them a familiarity with an expert staging of the work that reflected itself in every part of the performance.
Upon learning of the deadlock, Judge Meens dismissed the jury, and himself sentenced Fenstemaker, immediately afterward facing him with the charge of murder of Fay Kyle, Fenstemaker again pleaded guilty, and Judge Meens sentence him to another life term.
Fenstemaker was born in Lawrence, and has always resided here.
singing of the many characters o
Frank F. Eckgill, 28; 130, Ethiopia attorney, recently was appointed to the Ethiopian Council of the American Bar Association for the second year.
Former Student Receives Second Bar Appointment
By D. M. Swarthout Dean of the School of Fine Ar
Mr. Eckhall is also chairman the year of a Bar Association committee called Relations of the American Association with law schools and students.
Fenstemaker will be sent at once to the state pentitentary at Lansing, to begin his terms.
R. G. Mahieu, associate professor of romance languages, will continue his talk on his experiences in France at the meeting of Le Cercle Francais at 3:30 today in room 113. Frank Strong hall.
Professor Mahieu Speaks Today
the operetta was a joy to see and hear.
While the large auditorium lends itself poorly to hearing to best advantage rapid dialogue, yet with amplifiers placed above the large stage and with the attention given to the audience, it can be cast much of the clever repartee was caught by the audience even in fairly remote parts of the hall.
Other minor roles were taken by
The action, often highly dramatic, was well timed and the three acts moved forward with a commendable abandon and ease. Jack Laffer as Franz Schubert, the composer, won a signal success, and in acting and singing his work was particularly fine. Equally effective and highly commendable was the work of Fred Lake, as Kranz, the irate old jeweler; and the haughty opera singer, Bella Bruma, a part taken by Arlouine Goodjohn, whose singing as well as her acting was excellent. Worthly also of particular comment was the successful presentation of Hayes, Hayes in Arthur Wolf, and Gordius, in the roles of Kuppelweiser, Von and Schwenberg; of Ira Scott as Count Scharntoft; and especially that of Betty Lou Mecher and Jane Schlegel as Fritzi and Kitzi
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Swing Contest To Hold Puff Pant Prom Spotlight
*Female Jitterbugs Will*
*Give Out*, *Tonight*
While Men Stay Home
To Catch up on Studies
Jitterbugs in women's houses are whipping up their most jitterbug jitters in preparation for the swing contest at the Puff Pant Prom tonight, where the swingest swing will be in demand. The prom will be in the Memorial Union ballroom from 7 until 10.
This variity, planned, conducted and enjoyed by women only, will, according to D. J. Willetts, ed39, prom manager, the work of some of the Hill's best feminine swinger-ers, including Maxine Miller, c41; Maurice Jones, c40; Mankiewicz Jones, c4; Sue Johnston, c42; Robert Mitchell.
The Kappa Trio, composed on Helen Gels, c'40, Betty Sayles, b'40 and Jane Waring, e'40 are expected to "give" tonight as in Dorsis Williamson, c'42, Alpha Delta Pi, who will probably do her own special "chug" fresh from Oklahoma. Clyde Bysom and his band will furnish the music with Barbara Edmonds, c'40, taking the solo spots.
Prizes will also be given for the best, or most uniquely dressed couple, and for the best dressed stag. It has been rumored, according to the prom manager, that some members of the University Band will part with their uniforms for the evening in case the fraternities are not allowed. Anyone who wants for their clothes. However, anything will go in the way of clothes for this varisity, and the stags may come as men or women.
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Educator to Talk At Luncheon
Eli Foster, principal of Central High School at Tulsa, will be guest at a luncheon at 12:30 p.m. today in the Memorial Union building. The lecture will be for those interested in educational developments. Mr. Foster will talk at 1 p.m. in the ballroom.
Mr. Foster was chosen to speak because he is principal of one of the few schools selected by the North Central Association for experimental use. By modification of the curriculum and reconstruction in standards of achievement in the modern light, Mr. Foster is attempting to develop experimentally a secondary school more adequately adjusted to the new age than the old type of school.
Phi Delta Kappa, educational fraternity for men, will have a short business session following Eli Foster's speech.
Faculty Kiwanis Members Give Charter to iola Club Several members of the faculty gave a charter to the Kiwanis Club of iola Monday night.
Those Kiwanis members who went to Iola are Fred Montgomery, secretary to the bureau of visual instruction; V. P. Smith, associate proxessor of architecture; J. B Smith, professor of law; Bert Nash, professor of education; Walter Schowe, associate professor in high school, director of the extension division; and Guy Keeler, assistant director of the extension division, who was tauntmaster.
Amerine Rests Much Easier
"Dick Amerine is resting much easier," according to a statement to the Daily Kanan last night by the mayor of Kansas, who was president of Kansas hospital at Kansas City.
The nurse also stated that Dick's room had been literally jammed with visitors most of the day.
According to Dr. Francisco in his statement to the Daily Kansan Monday night "Dick will be able to attend classes Monday."
Colored Swing King
Fletcher Henderson, who will bring his widely-known' dance band here Friday night to play for the Freshman Frolic in the Memorial Union ballroom from 9 o'clock until 1.
Riggs Will Talk To Engineers
★Junior and Senior Engineers to be Dismissed For Lecture Tomorrow
Dr. Henry Earl E. Riggs, 86,
president of the American Society
of Civil Engineers and a prominent
engineer and educator, will speak to
junior and senior students of
the School of Engineering and Achie-
ture at 10:30 tomorrow morning
in room 206, Marvin hall.
Born here in 1865, Doctor Riggs was graduated from the University in 1886. He was a railroad engineer for 26 years, going from that position to the University of Michigan, where for 18 years he served as professor of civil engineering. He is still retained at the University of Michigan and the University At present he is a consulting engineering specializing in rate regulation and valuation of public utilities.
Doctor Riggs will be a guest at a joint banquet of the state section of the A. S. C. E and the student chapter here tomorrow evening.
Junior and senior engineering students will be dismissed from classes for the lecture tomorrow morning.
Freshmen and sophomore students may attend if they have no classes at that time, said Ivan C. Crawford, dean of the School of Engineering and Architecture.
Pilferers Steal From Cars Parked on Campus
Pilfers are entering motor cars parked on the Campus, George Snyder, campus traffic officer reported yesterday. Blankets and other loose articles are being taken, and some reports have come of car accidents where people locked themselves to persons to lock their cars securely even when marked in the daytime.
A revolver was stolen yesterday morning from Sergeant Roy's car parked west of the library, and Monday night officers frightened away persons attempting to steal gasoline from cars parked south of the Chi Omega house, abandoning a five-gallon can. A few days ago a hubcap was stolen from Officer Snyder's car.
Freshman'Y'Groups Hold Joint Meeting Today
The first joint'meeting of the year between the Y.W.C.A. and M.Y.C.A. Freshman Commissions will be this afternoon at 4:30 in the men's lounge of the Memorial Union building.
The Rev. Dr. James Chubb, of Baldwin, will be the guest speaker. His topic is "The Art of Silence." Dr. Chubb is pastor of the Methodist Church at Baker University, professor of psychology and counsellor for students at Baker, and a former professor of psychology at Southwestern University. He has spoken to University students several times and is acclaimed a magnetic speaker.
George Waggoner, instructor in English, will speak on "The Contemporary British Novel" at 3:30 p.m. today in room 205, Ferras Hall. He will discuss authors as John Galsworthy, Arnold Bennett, H. G. Wells, and Joseph Conrad, their styles and methods of writing.
The meeting is open to everyone
Waggoner Will Discuss British Novelists Today
German Jews Lose Third Of Holdings
★Persecution Will Increase if Anti-Nazi Agitation in United States Continues
"The nation's 700,000 Jews," he said, "will be completely obliterated from the business world."
Berlin, Nov. 15-(U.P.)-Economic Minister Walter Fong tonight announced that $800,000,000 of Jewish wealth, or nearly one-third of the holdings of all German Jews, had been taken from them in the drive to eliminate Jews from the Reich's economic life.
Funk said the Jews will receive German bonds as "indemnity" for their business properties which have "passed into Aryan hands."
Meanwhile, Adolph Hitler's alleged storm troop organization, angered by American indignation over the Reich's anti-Semitic drive, warned that German Jews will suffer further penalties if anti-Nazi agitation continues in the United States.
He said that, "of a total Jewish wealth of 7,000,000,000 marks, the equivallant of about $2,800,000,000; that 2,000,000 marks had passed into Aryan control, largely as the result of Bokov's violent anti-Semitic ideology.
"All necessary measures will be taken to maintain the value of the stocks and merchandise which will be placed at the disposition of the population in a useful and reasonable fashion."
"The Jews will receive German bonds as indemnity while the Germans will regain their property."* in an address to a Nazi meeting.
Funk warned against investment of funds for the "Aryanization" of the Jewish business to such an extent that the Reich money market suffers to the detriment of "other investments and German loans."
F. D. R. Denounces Jew Persecution'
Washington, Nov. 15—(U.P.) Imminence of a diplomatic break between the United States and Germany was believed strengthened today, when President Roosevelt forcefully denounced Nazi persecution of the Jews and said that Ambassador Hugh R. Wilson had been ordered home from Berlin to give a personal report.
Mr. Roosevelt parted from White House custom and allowed himself to be quoted directly.
"Such news from any part of the world would inevitably produce a similar profound reaction among people in every part of the nation.
"I myself could scarcely believe that such things could occur in a twentieth century civilization.
"The news of the past few days from Germany," he said at his press conference, "has deeply shocked public opinion in the United States.
"With a view to gaining a first hand picture of the situation in Germany, I asked the secretary of state to order our ambassador to Berlin to return at once for a report and consultation."
Kennedy Seeks Homes for Jews
London, Nov. 15.—(U)—United States Ambassador Josef F. Kennedy, undertaking a bold plan to find new homes abroad for many of Germany's 700,000 terrorized Jeans, tonight was understood to help the U.S. electict to throw open her colonies to larce scale immigration.
Informed persons described as "disappointing" the results thus far of Kennedy's efforts to induce Britain and other nations to join in a practical plan of freeing thousands of Jews from Nazi wrath.
Kennedy has been conferring with Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and other cabinet ministers, the dominions and colonial cities.