UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
The Official Student Paper of the University of Kansas
NUMBER 140
Four Speak At Peace Convocation
Student Group Planned Meeting To Protest Against Participation in War
An attive audience attended the fourth all-student peace demonstration, held Friday at 10 o'clock in Hoch auditorium. Many other student organizations throughout the United States and Europe held meetings at the same time, protesting against their various countries' participating in any future war.
The meeting was presided over by David Angevine, e39, and was opened by a selection played by the University band, directed by Rex Conner, fa38, due to the absence of Prof. Russell Wiley. A feature of the convolution was a responsive reading, led by David Angevine.
Speakers were: Paul Moritz, c.39, who talked on "The Road to War"; Richard MacCann, c.40; "The Road Bacck"; Elijah Cole, c.40; "The Other Road"; and Rolla Nuckles, of the department of Speech and Dramatic Art, "A Bucket of Ashes."
'We Are on the Brink'
Faul Mortil described the World War as being a great and holy one to preserve civilization. To continue, he said that "during the long and dreary post-war period, we vowed never again, but here we are, once more prepared. Once more we are going to war—are beetles swept helplessly to the brink. We have little reason to believe that war will be averted now. Already we have our mourners proaching to Remember the poppies red, will gleam and glow in foreign fields. We fought in the last war because we were wools. Let us hope that it is true that 'these honored dead shall not have died in vain.'"
Richard MacCann portrayed the reaction from the World War and traced the retreat from the problem of peace. "Psychological distress and fear," stated MacCann. "It is time to stop retreating from the task and establish a foundation for peace. This must be built on justice, fair-deal."
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Kids go home, don't like the hill. . Cakewalle are stood up, not playing. . Boys are gassed. . What is double petunia??
Another Kansas Relays has come and gone and so have the 2,000 or so high school kids who gave the place a short injection of joy by going to have to be done to the hill on which we perch if very many of them come back. "I'm going to look around and find a school that is on the level." we heard one hay remark. Even the trackman preceded and groomed. Our forefather have been so high and mighty.
The Senior Cakewalk was also sprinkled with spring rushes. The girls did their part in putting or the dog so the boys will have more than tired feet to remember when they get home. The Cakewalk suffered the usual jix that they be baunting them; Mee-chan gave a little after nine thinking that he was supposed to play from 10 to 2. Three hundred odd dancers then stood around and watched the orchestra gather itself together. Dress for the dance ranged from leather jackets to muss jackets with red waist bands. The girls added a tounge to the cool dress and they all brightened. One young lady wore an orchid in her hair. We heard several say that they would just as soon have heard a Hill band.
Our nomination for the forgotten man is Ed Elbel. Not only did he keep the Relays moving on time yesterday, but he did much of the preliminary work, which was no small task. We suggest that the next Relays program at least give him honorable mention.
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LAWRENCE, KANSAS. SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 1938
NOTICE
To provide time for the all-
University convention to be held
at 10 o'clock Monday morning,
the class schedule will be observed:
First period 8.30 to 9.50
Second period 9.15 to 9.50
Convocation 10.00 to 10.50
Fourth period 11.40 to 11.90
Fourth period 11.45 to 12.30
E. H. LINDLEY
To Honor Scholars
More than a hundred students of outstanding scholastic attainment will be honored at the annual Honors convocation tomorrow in Hoef auditorium. Dr. William Nietzel will present his lectures at the University of Chicago, will be the speaker. The University Band will play.
Last Year's 'Honor Man To Be Named Tomorrow at Convocation
The names of 38 honor students will appear on the program, the highest 10 per cent of the senior class, the leading students in other classes.
A feature of the convoitation is the announcement of the "Honor Man" of the previous graduating class. Even the recipient of the left unavoided until public announcement is made at the convoitation.
Honor students will assemble at the west stage door and go to the special reserved section in a body.
Business Parties Open Vote Drive
The two opposing parties in the School of Business yesterday opened their campaigns for Thursday's election with announcements of candidates.
The Coalition party, in a meeting Friday afternoon, nominated the following slate of candidates: President, Ralph Elsen, c'uncl; vice-president, Harold Snyder, b39; secretary, Mike Kline, b39; and treasurer, Bill Gossage, b39.
Nominees of the Commerce party are: President, Harry Brown, c'40 vice-president, Morton Jones, b'39 vice-president, Martin Foster, and treasurer, Keith Deay, b'39.
Supporting the Commerce ticket is the pledge "to continue the industrial tours sponsored by the school this year; to aid students in finding jobs; to support the petition for a new School of mathematics and related activities scheduled for School of Business Day."
Platform of the Coalition group proposes: "1. Establishment of a School of Business council to consist of three faculty members and three student representatives to be chosen by the elected school officers; 2. Establishment of a permanent employment agency within the School of Business; 3. Promotion of a School of Business dance; 4. Right to vote without payment of a 25-cent fee."
Doctor Cady insisted that Germany, which is now seeking to buy helium for the airship to replace the
"With all due respect to the army and navy, heilum has definite possibilities for use in war. The Germans could take a huge dugged filled with American helium to Germany, pump out enough for storage and return to the United States asking for more helium and dropping it on the round trip. Germany could play a little game like the wife who picks her husband's pocket each night while he refills the wallet daily at the bank."
Sound Makes Civilization Says Perrine
"Id feel more comfortable if they didn't sell it to Germany," declared Doctor Cady, who 33 years ago produced the first two cubic feet of the gas and then turned his findings over to the United States government.
Cady Opposes Sale Of U. S. Helium to Germany
Dr. H. P. Cady, professor of chemistry, and godfather of Helium, the lighter-than-air gas used extensively in airships, declared Thursday that he is "unmerably opposed to the sale of helium to the German government" because he is certain they plan to use it for warfare.
Doctor Cady made his statement in Dallas after delivering a paper on "The Development and History of the Helium Industry" at the closing session of the ninety-fifth meeting of the American Chemical Society.
"To have ideas and to share them that makes civilization. These ideas are shared by means of sound and electric waves," Dr. J. O. Perrine told a packed Fraser theater. "He saw movies, words and Wires." Friday night.
"The world environment has changed because of the development of sound", said Doctor Perrine. Going back to the time of Watson and Bell, he showed exact duplicates of the first telephone and demonstrated how it worked by means of a coil and a clock spring. Following the development of the telephone he showed how the sound of the voice is clarified by changes in vibrations and frequency. The modern microphone is based on the same principle as the first telephone.
Doctor Perrine has been on the faculty of Yale University and has received degrees from Iowa, Cornell and Michigan universities. He is also a speaker awarded by the American Telephone and Telegraph company
'Eight-Ball-Mike'
Featured in Story of Changes Made by 'Waves, Wires and Words'
A 600-pound loud speaker was on the stage and was used to reproduce the sounds of speech and music with certain vibrations eliminated. Such selections as "The Hungarian Rhapsody" and Jules Bledsoe singing "Ol Man River" were used. Doctor Perrine explained how only the low sounds would be reproduced when 5 cycles a second were used.
"Spring Swing" will not be given Thursday night, Jim Coleman, director, announced yesterday. Due to conflicts in dates it was necessary to cancel the Thursday date. It will not be possible to take the show out of Lawrence as was previously planned.
"In order to make progress in the development of sound it is essential that there be a full understanding of waves," Doctor Perrine explained. He showed that the energy expended in picking up an ordinary article, if it could be put into sound waves, would cause an ordinary emplifier to resound for a million years.
The lecture was sponsored by the University chapter of Sigma Xi and the student branch of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers.
'Spring Swing' Engagement Cancelled
From a telephone booth on the stage Doctor Perrine spoke in the microphone and his voice was played over the amplifier at frequencies of from 50 to 9000. The sounds reproduced at 9000 were barely audible to the listener. The "eight-ball mike", which he termed the "electric car", and which is technically known as a non-directional microphone, was also featured in the demonstration. Must Understand Names
Uses Loud Speaker
Doctor Cady added that he would like to see the United States undertake further experiments with lighter-than-air ships and continue testing these vehicles onboard him, which now seems destined for scores of commercial uses.
Another speaker on the program was Dr. C. W. Selibel, of the United States Bureau of Mines, another pioneer in the development of helium. He discussed "The Production of Helium at the Amarillo Plant," which he said now has a monthly capacity of two million cubic feet. This can be stepped up with a few minor changes, he added.
l-filled Hindenburg, could easily pipe out the millions of cubic feet obtained from the United States and inflate the bags of smaller airships for use in bombing and observation work.
"I am absolutely certain that the Germans intend to use the helium for purposes of war, whatever contract is made between the United States and Germany. I can't believe that the lighter-than-air transportation is absolutely essential. The huge airplanes being developed in this country will do the job quits well."
"Helium has unlimited possibilities." Doctor Seibel said. "The com-
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Independents Choose Lawrence for Meeting
Norman, Okla. April 23. (UP)- Delegates to the first conference on the National Independent Students Association today chose Lawrence Kan, seat of the University of Kansas, as their next meeting place in 1978.
About one hundred delegates from 23 colleges attended the conference here. Dean J. E. F. Findlay of the University of Oklahoma was made national secretary of the organization.
Charles Alexander, c38, who attended the independent student's meeting at the University of Okinawa, was chosen a member of the national executive committee of the newly formed association, according to information received in Lawrence last night. A meeting of the committee will be held at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, next week.
Many Attend Play Day
Alice J. Peden, ed29, expressed satisfaction yesterday evening at the competition of the sixteenth annual "Play Day," sponsored by the Women's Athletic Association. "The chief aim of the undertaking," she said, "was the instilling of sportsmanship in interscholastic athletics."
Fourteen High Schools Were Represented by 130 Girls
Approximately 130 girls representing 14 high schools registered in the various sports events. They were accompanied by 20 graduate and teachers who acted in the capacity of chaperones. All exposure to these activities is part of purchasing Relay tickets as a part of their registration fee.
NOTICE
The entire group was divided into twelve teams with at least a representative from each high school on each team. Nautical names were given each team and each member was presented with small life-savers distinctly colored and patterned. Twelve women, physical education majors of the University, were selected as captains for the various teams.
Aice Padeen commented upon the friendly feeling which existed during the event. She stated, "Each school had a school rule; school rather than against school."
Divided Into Teams
First honors went to the group headed by Ruth Mercer, c. 40, which had a score of 33 points. The teams Santa Maria and Leviathan, tied for second place, were filled into port with a team scored 25 points and third place.
Mary Elizabeth Cole, Lawrence of the ship Santa Maria was elected the queen of Posture. Verna Pepian Haskell, was awarded second place for the ship Mayflower.
A buffet luncheon was served informally by the girls during which three representatives from Eflingham ham executed a tup dance specialty Jerry Ulm, ed40, and Lenore Grizell, ed41, led all teams in a grouping before the meeting adjourned to the Relays.
Serve Buffet Luncheon
The high school represented yesterday were: Lawrence Memorial Lawrence; Oread Training School Lawrence; Haskell Institute, Lawrence; Wyndote, Kansas City Kan; Tonganoxie; Iredale City, Kan. Aransasville Kansas City, Kan. Ellingham and Valley Falls
The success of yesterday's meeting has influenced the sponsors to formulate tentative plans for holding the Kansas Days' during the Kansas Relays.
Commencement invitations are now on sale at the business office. The last day on which invitations may he bought is May 6.
A Kansas alumni meeting held last night in New York City was presided over by James O'Bryan, 24, at present in charge of radio publishing for the Rubiae advertisement agency. Chester Woodward, p16, returning to Topela from a South African trip, stopped over to meet with the alumni. A highlight of the meeting was the receipt of a bunch of iliacs sent from the Campus by air.
Alumni Hold Meeting In New York City
GRANT COWHERD.
President, Senior Class
San Romani Wins Special Mile Race
Eight Relays Marks Fall; Cunningham Loses Mile
Slow Time of 4:23 Is Bettered by Six Miters on Same Track; Glenn Is Second
nX college milers, much less publicized than the crack quartet which competed in the Kansas Relays invitational mile, yesterday turned in faster times than this entire field of picked distance aces.
A "Glen nen Cunningham Day" crowd of 10,000 saw the former Kansas star fall for the second straight year, to win his special before a home gathering when Archie San Romani nosed ahead in the last two years and broke the tape with a six-inch martin.
The same crowd later saw the first five men to finish in the university mile team race and the anchor man of a victorious relay team beat 4 minutes 25 seconds the winning event. His Second Rival Victory
His Second Rival Victory
It was Sam Romani's second successive Kansas Relays victory over Glenn. Don Lash, University of Indiana, was third, and Gene Vendze formerly of the University of Pennsylvania, finished fourth.
The invitational mile was thrilling and it was disappointing. After the first quarter, in which Lash set a pace of 62 seconds, it was apparent that each of the quartet was running for a victory and not a record. Cunningham led a great drive down the home stretch and was all but home when the little Italian stuck his chest ahead.
Conditions Are Poor
The fastest mile of the day was run by "Lone" John Mansuki, Missouri sophomore who was cloaked in 4.15.5 in anchoring the Tiger distance medley relay team. Previous to Mansuki's feat, Blaine Rideout of North Texas State Teachers University in 4.16, followed by four who also eclipsed San Romani's time in the feature event.
Conditions were hardly ideal for a record performance, however. The race was run on a fast track but with cool temperature and in a
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New Major To R.O.T.C. Here
Major Carleton Smith, who until recently was attached to the fifteenth infantry in China, has taken over his new duties as a staff member of the University RO.T.C. he replaces Major Eastwood and is referred to the command and general school at Ft Leavenworth.
The fifteenth infantry was ordered back to the United States a short time ago after spending nearly twenty years in China. Major Smith was attached to the regiment in Teenant during most of the past two years. Prior to that time he was staked in Washington, D.C.
Major Smith says that life in the American concession of the large Chinese city is very similar to that at home. There are several fine clubs, English and American theaters and facilities for the sea coast and part of the department went to the sea coast each season for maneuvers.
Despite the present Sino-Japanese conflict farther south, Major Smith said there was little military activity in and around Tienbian, although there was some movement of troops. The territory around Tienbian is under the authority of a Chinese autonomous government.
This is Major Smith's first visit to Kannas since he was called to FT Leuvenworth in 1919 during an outbreak in the disciplinary barracks
Isms Commission
To Snonsor Discussion
The Isa Commission of the Y.W. C.A. is sponsoring a discussion Tuesday afternoon at 4:30. The subject to be discussed is "The Political Implications of the Teachings of Jesus."
John Hunt and Miss Ellen Payne will lead the discussion. Everyone is invited to participate.
Kearns Wins Decathlon Second Time
Colorado Man Becomes First To Take Event Two Years in Kansas Relays
Dick Kearns, senior at the University of Colorado, staged a breathtaking finish yesterday to become the first man in the history of the Kansas Relays Decathlon to win that event two times in succession. Far back in the running at the close of Friday's events, he forged steadily ahead with a determined drive that landed him the victory with 336 more points than he had last year; he won the event for the first time.
Kearns' total score, 6,840, does not, however, come close to the meet record which was set by Glenn Morris, another Colorado man, in 1936. Competition was a great deal stuffer this year than in the past. The first four men bettered Kearns' 1937 total
Kilday Led at Half Way
At the halfway mark it appeared as though Kilday of Occidental College was the winner. He led the field by a comfortable margin and had a total of 3,300 points. Kilday pulled a muscle in the second event, the broad jump. The injury did not bother him Friday, but yesterday he was practically dead, however, with his upper leg tightly bound. While Kilday fell back, Kearns continued to forge ahead. Kilday still led by a narrow margin when the seventh event was over, but Kearns was coming up with a rush. Kilday looked as though he might stay out ahead when he took a third in the javelin and Kearns got a fourth. In the pole vault Kearns soared 13 feet, 3 inches to force ahead.
As the two entered the final event, the 1500-meter run, Kearns was leading by 140 points. Kidlay realized the importance of winning the race. The two were in the same heat and when the gun went off Kidley took the lead, running more with sheer determination than with strength and form. He led to near the finish, where he found a brilliant burst of speed and over him. Kidley's final total was .9298
William McLane of Cape Girarreau Teachers was in third place most of the way, by virtue of its consistently good performances, but through his failure to take any interest in the students he was less to Lese Todd of Elmcreek, Neb Todd's total was 6.599 and McLane finished with 6.540 points.
Scores of the other contestants
A. Cain 6,401 Stark 5,198
Clapham 6,341 Plummer 4,672
Bane 6,120 Mannino 4,027
E. Cain 5,652 Parks 4,024
Garcett 5,538 Sheenns 3,178
Dill 5,489 Sheenns 3,178
Dill 4,498 Whitacre 2,955
Committee Announces Kansan Board Member
The appointments committee of the Kansan board yesterday announced the members for the year 1938-39
The new members are: Tom Yoe, c'umel; Harold Addington, c'umel; Harry Hill, c'40; George Clasen c'39; Jean Thomas, c'33; Leester Kauper, c'35; Michael Mansell, c'39; Louis Fookele, c'39; Uar Sherry, c'40; Dick LeBan, c'39; Mary Jane Sigler, c'41; David Angevine, c'39; and Edwin Browne, c'38.
Kansas Relays Draw Crowd Of 10.000
New Meet Records Set in Pole Vault, High Jump and Six Running Events
By Newt Hoverstock,
Kenton Sports Editor
Despite the handleap of a cool, drizzling rain and threatening skies, the sixteenth Annual Kansas Relays yesterday set new records in attendance, entrants, two field events, and six running events. During most of the day, overcast skies and a cool breeze made it difficult for the competing athletes to hit their full stride, but the broken records bear witness to the appearance of a superb field.
After the finish of the decathlon competition and preliminary rounds for the regular Relay events, during the morning yesterday, the Relays got under way seriously when Fred Woolcott, Rice sophomore, flashed over the 120-yard high hurdles in 14.2 seconds for a new meet record. This betts the meet mark set by Sam Allen, Oklahoma Baptists, in 1935. Wolcott had also done the event in under record time as he chalked up 14.4 seconds in the morning semi-final.
The second record of the day to suffer a relapse came in the half-mile College Relay, run on the basis of elapsed time in two heats, with men from California cut three-teths of a second off the Oklahoma Baptist mark of 1.27 in 1930. The Oklahoma Baptist quartet was second in this event, pushing hard to overcome the odds. The Shuttle Hurdle
Offering the third smashed mark of the day, the Oklahoma A. & M. 480-yard shuttle hurtle relay team took the second heat and the final victory in skimming the timbers at 1:01.6 to undercut the former meet mark of 1.01.7, set by Kansas State in 1934. In the first heat of this event, Michigan State was the only team finishing, as a man fell in each of the other two quartets in that beat and failed to carry on.
Blaine Rideout, North Texas Teachers, sprinted in at 4 minutes, 16.3 seconds, just a fraction of a step ahead of his twin brother, Wayne, in the University Mile team race to shatter the 1837 record of 4 minutes, 23.2 seconds, made by Don Lash of Indiana. This mark was almost 7 seconds fast! Invitational Mile race yesterday afternoon. The North Texas team finished in 1, 2, 4, and 7 order in the field of 16 entrants, or four teams. Klamm, of Kansas, finished fifth in this event.
Running off with the second heat of the Junior College Spirit Medley relay, the Connors Agricultural College won the event and set a new Relays mark of 3 minutes, 22.3 seconds to break the old time of 3:27.8 by set Fort Scott in 1936. Bire Wins Medley Relay
In the sixth record-breaking ceremony of the running events, the Rice Institute quartet raised a new high for the University Sprint Medley relay when it flashed over the course in 3 minutes. 27 seconds, and then a old trick of Northwestern of 3:27.4. The Jayhawker team placed third in the Rice heat to draw fourth for the event.
The first of the two broken marks in the field events featured Cruter, Colorado, bettering the high jump mark of 6 feet, 6% inches made in K.S.T.C. with sixteen of K.S.T.C. Pittsburgh, with jump of 6 feet, 7-19 inches.
The eighth and last broken record of the day came when Bryan, of Texas University, cleared the bar at 13 feet, $11\%$ inches to lift the table at 13 feet, $9\%$ inches by Tom Warne of Northwestern since 1900. All men except Bryan had 13 feet, and Bryan kept raising the bar in attempting to break the record as much as possible.
Don Bird of Kansas, winner of last year's RELays pole vault, dropped out yesterday when the bar was raised above 12 feet, 6 inches. Bird was not seen in a jump and could not seem to get full use of the injured arm in yesterday's event.
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