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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
The Official Student Paper of the University of Kansas
VOLUME XXXV
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Means Thinks Divorce Is Safety Valve
Judge Gives His Views In Third Lecture of Series on 'Love and Marriage'
"Some people regard divorce as an evil," said Judge Hugh Means of the district court in Lawrence, speaking before a group of students from nearby colleges last night, however, he chose to think of it as a "safety valve."
In this district where Judge Means presides, gross neglect of duty, or extreme cruelty are two of the main reasons for divorce. Money is one of the most general causes.
“Kansas,” said Judge Means, “is more advanced in equality of marital relations than many other states. Both before and after marriage men and women can do as they please, by contract and agreement to give their legal rights, especially in regard to property, are greater than men’s.”
The majority of divorce cases are default cases. Once the divorce is granted, one of the hardest problems concerns the awarding the children to one or the other of the assets. This can be an equitable division of property.
"Where there is no other solution, I think it is a good thing. Without divorce, we would have something entirely different from monogamy, on which marriage rights as given in legislatures of our States are based.
Since most divorces are granted by commissure, Judge Means said he was looking forward to the time when a man and his wife can simply agree to separate, without using "backdoor" reasons for divorce.
Judge Means is a graduate of the University of Kansas School of Law His was the third in a series of lectures on "Love and Marriage" sponsored by the Y.W.C.A. and the Y.M.C.A.
Thursday, April 28, the Rev. Carter Harrison and Mrs. Harris of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, and Mr. and Mrs. Mauk Studiy. University students, will discuss "Marriage Harmony."
on the SHIN by Mitchell and Wire
Senior swingeroo tonight... Hill legend comes true. Coulson gives low down... Spring rushing on now. Shot-puts and bowling alley... "Spring Swing" to City—maybe.
Tonight is the big night for the seniors. They get their last fling at swing in a big way. Bobby Meeker opens up tonight at 9 o'clock and should keep the lads and lashes going full blast until 1 o'clock. Corsages are ruled out, so they tell us. If you have to get the lw. a flower beposed a botted plant, and be sure it the plant. "Lambie Pie," Meeker's comedian in the bull-dildo department, should keep the Cakewalkers in stitches. The music will be sweet and swung but Meeker and his band can tear it down, so you won't be disappointed. Advanced ticket sale is good, so get your tickets early—and we'll see you.
He bought tickets at two bucks a shot To hear Meeker swing 'em fast and
We don't know whether the author is writing from experience or not but we can readily sympathize with the fellow in the pome:
He borrowed a big high-powered car. And kept clear away from her. He had to eat an apricot at the sprout. And had fifty cents for cokes to boot. He got ready early to pot. It was too hot. He broke the
date.
Betty Coulson.
Last night one of the sagas of the Hill came true. Early risers on the Campus were a little non-plussed at seeing the statues in front of Fraser decorated as it was. The "Pioneer" had a abovel tied over his shoulder and there was a pile of dirt behind him. The fixer-upgers got away, but if you really want to know the legend you might ask some Kapsi Sag
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LAWRENCE, KANSAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1938
Bird Paintings
On Display
In Spooner-Thayer
Twenty-seven bird paintings are on display in the north gallery of Spooner-Thayer museum this week. These paintings are the works of John James Fougère Audubon, James A. Brennan American woodman and ornithologist.
Audubon, who lived in the eighteenth century, was regarded as one of the world's geniuses even in his own lifetime. Today he is remembered as the man who taught birdlore to the world. "The Birds of America," the basis for his fame, is no more book of birds, but a set of paintings that accurately capture paintings of birds, drawn and colored direct from nature.
The paintings which have been brought to the University represent some of his most colorful works of both American and European birds Night hawks, sandpipers, warblers, wrens, bohemian chatters and the rose-breasted grosebeak are only a few of the birds shown in the collection. Most of these were painted as he watched the living birds.
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Numerous Audubon bird associations have been founded throughout America for the protection of our birds; thus the thing nearest to Audubon's heart is being carried on a hundred years after his death.
Ridicules Common Idea
Cunningham Does Not Believe That Running "Burns Out" Body
The common belief that distance running causes an athlete to "burn himself out" and results in injurious enlargement of the heart is a "lot of hooey," in the opinion of Clemence Gumpeigh, the rule king.
In an interview with Bill Hargass, Kansas track coach, the former Jayhawker star told more than 200 members of the Co-operative Club last night that athletes who train to run usually develop their hearts to take care of the excess energy produced when running.
Cunningham and Hargis, along with "Foco" Frazier, one-time Kansas distance star, Ralph Conger Jayhawker freshman football coach and Max Replogle, member of the Kansas football and track teams were guests of the Co-opa at a banquet in the Colonial Tea room About ten members of the Topeka club attended the dinner.
Cunningham said there is no harm to young men in distance running and pointed out that the only possible injury to the heart is infection from within, a condition that might well exist in any person. Muscles will give out before the heart, Glenn said.
Married life was a life-saver for him, Glen vowed in answer to one of Hargis' questions, "A steady diet of home-cooked meals and regular hours have been in no small way responsible for my success this year." He assured he advised all Co-op bacharces to weed 'the right girl.'
"Bald" Bill asked Cunningham how he could account for his all-victorious season this year and was told that shorter trips between races and longer rest periods—not the fact that Hargiss was not coaching him—were responsible. He said his excellent condition made him a match at Dartmouth was the reason for the fast time and said he believed the mark would be accepted when the A.A.U. committee meets this summer.
House Presidents' Council Elects New Officers
At a meeting of the House Presidents' Council yesterday in the Pine room, two new officers were elected. Charlotte Stafford, c39, was named as vice-president, and Jean-Bernard Woolsey, both women were urged to save their old clothes for the Y.W.C.A. and also ured to attend Parents' Day.
Double parking in any of the four parking zones is prohibited and renders offenders liable to a fine.
NOTICE
The Men's Pan-Hellenic Council rule penalizes fraternities whose members give corsages applies for all class parties.
Superintendent of Grounds
NOTICE
Signed.
C. G. BAYLES.
O. J. CONNELL, President,
Men's Pan-Hellenic Council
Signed:
Engineering Exhibits Open Today
Large Croud Expected at Exposition; Displays Are Both Surprising and Spectacular
Today at 2 o'clock the School of Engineering and Architecture will open its annual exposition with more spectacular and surprising displays.
The first session of the exposition will close at 5 o'clock for the dinner hour, but will reopen again tonight with a session from 7 to 10 o'clock. Tomorrow the session will begin at 9 o'clock and close at noon.
One of the largest crowds in the history of the exposition is expected today and tomorrow because of the drawing program of the Kansas Reals. Last night many Reals visitors attended the lecture given by A. L. Mallard of the Kansas City Power and Light company, who was speaking for two sections of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in Marvin hall auditorium. Departments Show Exhibits
Arrows planted on standards over the Campus will direct visitors to the four buildings where the exhibits are to be shown. Buildings containing exhibits are the Bailey Chemical laboratories, chemical engineering; Haworth hill, petroleum and chemical engineering; Civil engineering, department of mechanics, mathematics, engineering drawing, and military science. Elec-
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'Spring Swing'
Will Return
Sigma Delta Chi Revue
To Be Presented Again
At Grapada
"Spring Swing," the all-student musical show that thrilled three packed houses during its record-breaking run in Fraser theater April 5, 6, and 7, will be presented once more before University students and Lawrence townspeople next Thursday, April 28.
Final arrangements were completed with Stan Schwann, manager of the Granada剧院, last night, and Sigma Delta Chi will have the facilities of the Granada at its disposal for the presentation of the return engagement of one of the best shows in University history
When stage manager Fred Fleming brought the final curtain down on "Spring Swing" for the third time on April 7 keen regret was expressed in many quarters that such an excellent organization should be allowed to disintegrate after the great amount of work that had been put into its perfection. In re-response to that sentiment and to request that the work presented again, Sigma Delta Chi's representatives have arranged to use the facilities of the Granada in order that more persons might view it.
Only one showing of "Spring Swing" will be given, and the Granada will present no movie that evening. The admission price will be the same as that charged during the revue's Fraser theater run.
NOTICE
To provide time for the all-
University convocation to be held at 10 o'clock this morning,
the following morning class schedule will be observed:
First period 8:30 to 9:05
Second period 9:15 to 9:50
Convocation 10:00 to 11:25
Third period 11:00 to 11:25
Fourth period 11:45 to 12:30
University Alumni Group Opens Drive
E. H. LINDLEY
The alumni association yesterday opened its annual drive for members from the senior class when Fred Ellsworth, secretary of the Association, conferred with about 72 students of the graduating students.
Bidding for amicable relations with the seniors through a continuance of the non-railloading policy established last spring, Mr. Ellsworth outlined the plan of voluntary joining by which a one-year membership may be obtained for two dollars.
Fred Ellsworth Confers
With W. Senior Group;
Dolph S. Simons Also
Gives Talk
A senior member from each social fraternity and sorority, honorary society and other Campus organizations was invited to the meeting at which Grant Cowherd, president of the class, presided.
A membership in the Alumni Association, under the new program, includes a subscription to the Graduate Magazine and the opportunity to continue with the association at the end of the first year.
With the exception of 1934 and 1957, senior classes have joined the association in a body, membership being compulsory. In 1934, largely through the efforts of Gumar Mykland, '34, who led opposition to the plen, the class voted down compulsory membership.
Last spring, seniors again overruled the association in voting voluntary joining at two dollars, a redefinition one dollar from the traditional fee.
Dolph Simons, business manager of the Lawrence Journal-World, explained the work of the association in urging graduating seniors to continue their contact with the University through alumni affiliations.
- use the army and navy to blockade an aggressor nation
Relays Beauty Queen Is Active Athlete Herself
Attending the queen will be Patt
The United Student Peace committee, sponsoring organization for the Peace Convocation tomorrow, is attempting to discover the nature of student sentiment. Marked ballots should be placed in the box provided for that purpose in the periodical room of Watson library, before 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
personally (mark (a) or (b) or (c); if (a) is selected, check one on both subdivision.)
Charming Elizabeth Short of P Beta Phi will reign tomorrow as queen of the sixteenth Annual Kansas Relays.
Chosen from a field of 15 Campa-
beauties by the University of Texas
track team, "Shorty" will be pre-
presented to the crowd and contestants
by Don Voorhees, c38, president
of the Men's Student Council,
during tomorrow afternoon's Relays
program.
urge my government to (mark only one)
Peace Ballot
(a) $ \Box $ take up arms abroad
use economic sanctions
By Mary Lou Borders, fa'39
- remain a non-participant in any sanctions and any war
- to protect American citizens and capital
- to defend America's outlying possessions
nation
(b) □ take up arms only to protect the forty-eight states
Place your ballot in the box provided in the periodical room, Watson library.
(c) $ \Box $ take up no arms
declare war against an aggressor nation
□ to defend America's outlying possessions
Hold Peace Demonstration This Morning
Nuckles Heads List of Speakers; Students Who Are Taking Part Include Cole, Moritz, MacCann
The fourth all-University peace demonstration will be held this morning at 10 o'clock in Hoe audium, emphasizing the need for united student action for world peace and the effectiveness of a nationwide refusal of young men to participate in foreign wars.
In further observance of the day a banquet will be held at 5:30 p.m. in the Memorial Union building On the program will be numbers by students from Westport High School Kansas City, Mo.; from Kauaian City, Kan.; Junior College; from Baker University; and from El Ateneo, Spanish club of the University. There will also be several musical num- bers; J.J. Chiapusio, associate professor of painting for Fine Arts, and short addresses will be made by Mere Simmons, c'ulen, and J. M. Osma, professor of romance languages. Professor Osma will act as toadmaster at the banquet.
Spanish students will hold their seventeenth annual celebration of Cervantes Day, tomorrow. The Kansas chapter of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish will meet at 10 a.m., at which time papers will be read by Miss Virginia Melvin, gr; dwight Bolinger, Miss Mary Louise Smith, and Miss Elza Perez.
Protests will be aimed chiefly against the Roosevelt naval building program, the May bill to conscript all labor in time of war, and the keeping of American battleships in foreign waters.
The University Band, under Prof. Russell Wiley, will play briefly at the opening and closing of the convocation.
Heading the list of speakers who will be Rola Nuckles, instructor in speech and dramatic art, who will discuss "A Bucket of Ashes" Student speakers will be Paul Moritz, c'29; who will speak on "The Road to War"; Richard MacCann, c'40; who will discuss "The Road Back" and Zeke Cole, c'40, whose topic will be "The Other Road."
Spanish Banquet On Cervantes Dav
Payne, Alpha Chi Omega, and Betty Martin, Kappa Alpha Theta.
The party will be driven to the center of the field where Miss Short and the two attendants will take their places on the throne. There the winners will be introduced by Voorhees and flowers will be presented by Governor Huxman. Outside the room, a stage and speeding dashmen, the Queen will present cups and other awards to winning contestants.
Governor Huxman, Dr. John Outlaw, father of the Kansas Relays, and James Gillispie, phd, will participate, will participate in the ceremony.
Miss Short was a logical choice for Relays Queen, for she is active in women's sports. She is a member of the Quack Club and was selected for the freshman all-school baseball team last year. She is also an accomplished golfer and wields a potent tennis racket.
First recognition of Miss Short's beauty came in her freshman year when she was chosen as one of the queens by the Jayhawk magazine.
Relays queens the past three years have been Betty Lotu McFarland, c'38, Isabella Perry, '36 and Isabel Bash, '33, respectively.
Canuteson and McClure The American Student Health
To Attend Student Health Meeting
Dr. R. I. Canuteson and Dr. Gail McClure of the University hospital will leave today for Columbia, Mo.
Dr. Canuteson will give a paper Saturday before a meeting of the south central section of the American Student Health Association.
Moreau Speaks Before Council
Frederick J. Moreau, dean of the School of Law, spoke at the council meeting of the Christian church in Chicago on March 16 as "law was a Cultural Art."
Leisy and Derby Will Address Teachers
Dr. E. L. Leisy, who was graduated from the University in 1913, and Dr. J. Raymond Derby, who received a degree from the Graduate School of the University, will be the principal speakers at the twenty-second annual conference of Kansas college teachers of English to be held at Southwestern College this afternoon and tomorrow.
Doctor Leisy will speak on "Mark Twain" and "The Place of American Literature in the College Curriculum."
"Adapting College English to a Changing World," and "Motoring Through British Literature" will be discussed by Doctor Derby. He will talk about the Relevance of the College to the Tennessean of English in High School."
Electrical Demonstration Tonight
Doctor Perrine Will Use 600-pound Microphone in Lecture on 'Waves, Words, and Wires'
Dr. J. O. Perrine will speak tonight at 8 o'clock in Fraser theater on "Waves, Words, and Wires." Dr. Perrine will use in his lecture *a 600-pound loud speaker to reproduce the sounds of speech and music, presenting also during the electrical demonstration its novel ability to produce sound effects* like "Prelude in C Sharp Min" inside out and upside down.
Dr. Perrine has been on the engineering faculty of Yale University and since receiving degrees from Iowa, Cornell, and Michigan Universities, he has become as noted a speaker as a scientist. He is now affiliated with the American Telephone and Telegraph company.
The "eight-ball mike", or, more technically, non-directional microphone, will be featured in the speech and demonstration by the scientist. Dr. Perrine's voice recorded by the "hill and dale" method will be played into the loud speaker in frequencies varying from 50 to 9,000 cycles a second. The fact that some members of the audience are unable to hear sounds over the 7,000-cycle mark will be proven.
The lecture is being sponsored by the University chapter of Sigma Xi and the student branch of the Am. Institute of Electrical Engineers.
Texas Dean Inspects Campus
Miss Dorothy Gebauer, dean of women at the University of Texas, visited the Campus yesterday as a guest of Miss Elizabeth Maguiar, adviser to women. Miss Gebauer was her student at the University's student health system; also was interested in the type of student housing conditions here.
Upon arriving here Miss Gebauer was not interested in the student hospital system, but after going through Watkins Memorial hospital she became convinced that the University of Texas needed something similar. She investigated every section of the hospital.
Miss Gebauer, being active in housing conditions at Texas, also visited Watkins and Miller halls. The conditions of these buildings appended to her because of the idea of apartments in which the women lye.
R. R. Slagel, who received his master of education degree in 1932, has accepted a position in Oaklaosa as superintendent of schools. Worth Blair edfSS will hold the position of professor of music at Erie next year.
Alumni to New Posts
Authorized Parties
Friday, April 22 Closed Date
Senior Cake Walk, Memorial Union, 1 a.m.
Fireside Forum, hike, 9 p.m.
Saturday, April 22
Phi Gamma Delta, chapter house, 12 p.m.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon, chapter house, 12 p.m.
Sigma Alpha Mu, chapter house, 12 p.m.
ELIZABETH MEGUIAR,
Adviser of Women for the Joint
Committee on Student Affairs.
High School Meet Opens Today
Laurence Enters Group:
Wichita North, Kiowa
To Defend Their Titles
Won in 1937
With a total of 180 high school entries, 49 more than in any previous year, the thirty-fourth annual Interscholastic track and field meet will swing into action with the preliminaries at 9:30 o'clock this morning. These 180 schools represent a total of more than 2,500 individual athletes, and races and attempts will be rushed all morning to enable the running of the finals starting at 1:30 in the afternoon.
Although the events for the high schools will be completed by this evening, the high school athletes have been invited to stay over to college and university meets tomorrow as guests of the Kansas Relays.
Two classes of high schools comprise the meet—class A and class B, divided according to the size of the schools. In the top class, Wichita North will be on hand to defend its title against the 55 schools enlisted in the class to uphold its class B honors against 127 high schools from over the state.
Both champions are expected to have a difficult task in preventing themselves from being unseted, and competition promises to be much stiffer today than in past meets, both by numb and by ability.
As referrer of the high school meet,
Coach H. W. "Bill" Hargiss of the
University will be keeping
the University in his wield at Tahot.
Kansas city sports goods sales-
man, will serve in the capacity of
starter.
Business Parties Form Coalition
Members of two political parties in the School of Business last night formed a Coalition party in preparation for a election action in that school next Thursday.
The coalition is a combination of the Independent and Progressive organizations, both of which entered candidates last year. This group will oppose the Commerce party in Thursday's voting.
The following officers were chosen at the meeting last night:
Harry Wiles, b'38, president; Martin Cox, b'39, vice-president; Jimmy Sund, b'39, secretary; and Chuck Arthur, b'39, treasurer.
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Wiles announced a meeting of all interested School of Business students for this afternoon at 3:30 at the Memorial Union lounge, at which candidates will be chosen and a platform formulated. "We urge all interested independent and fraternity men to be present," Wiles said.
W.A.A. Elects New Officers
Mary Kay Lattner, c'39, was chosen president of the Women's Athletic Association yesterday after a fielding held in Robinson gymnasium.
Geraldine Ulm, ed 40; was elected vice-president; Ala biglow, c'39; secretary; and Alice Paden, ed'39; treasurer, for the coming year. These women were nominated in a business meeting held last week.
D. J. Wilcutts, ed 40; was elected business manager and Lois Wisler, director of the women's department. The following women were elected managers for the various sports: hockey, Irene Moll, ed'38; volleyball, Jane Irwin, c'38; basketball, Margaret Van Cleave, ed'40; baseball, Virginia Bell, c'41; tennis, Betty McVey, c'41; swimming, Mary Ann Edgerton, c'39; minor sports, Lenora Grizzell, ed'41. These officers will be installed as school leaders on campus to quet. At this time awards, including the women who have earned a sufficient number of points.
Elect Gordon Editor Of Kansas Engineer
George Gordon, e39, was elected managing editor of the Kansas Engineer yesterday afternoon by the Engineering Council. This publicite is the official magazine of the School of Engineering and Architecture.
Other members of the staff who were elected are: Leo Johnstone, Erik Hodgson, Ben King, e39, business manager; and Bob Williams, e39, advertising manager.