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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
The Official Student Paper of the University of Kansas
VOLUME XXXV
Glee Clubs Give Varied Program
Concert by Combined Singing Organizations Brings Fine Response From Audience
By "Boh" Beeler, c'40
NUMBER 126
The combined Men's and Women's Gleeb Clubs last night had an excepterally interesting program to a much larger audience than was expected. The arrangement and selection of numbers was such that the entire concert was light enough to be of interest to a person casually played in music, but it showed enough musical taste to satisfy the classics.
The coronation scene from "Boris Godofunov" (Moussorgsky) was a happy selection for the opening number. The solosist, Loren McCain, c38, tenor, and Chauce Dorsey, c38, baritone, were both outstanding.
The Men's Glee Club sang with good dynamics and balance of parts The solist in 'Sylvestre' (Sinding-Baldwin), Bill Arnold, c40, was a little weak but he had a pleasing harmony. The soprano sang the solo in 'Land-Sighting' (Grieg) had a wider vibrato than usual, but it was not objectionable.
The Women's Glee Club, in the second group of numbers, displayed fine training, "The Star of Love" (Albenz-Oliver), and "Swing Low, Sweet Charity" (Burleigh-Page), done well. More Women's Glee Club.
Jack Laffer, c'39, student director of the Men's Glee Club, used a new method of conducting both that organization and the combined glee clubs. He conducted from the side of the semi-circle of singers with his head and eyebrows serving as a baton. The elimination of the necessary band had to be told to the audience was desirable, but the limited movements of the head, while not appearing at all ridiculous, seemed to give but little indication of the volume wanted. The singers were trained, however, so that they sang correctly without the ussa screwing cues.
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The small women's choir's presentation of "Vieni" (Arr.-Nichols) a canella was a good rhythm singing
Two encores to the Jayhawk Quartet were demanded by the audience. The quartet sang "The Animals in the Ark," with "Heigh-ho," arranged by Don Wood, b'39, and "The Musical Trust" f or encores Casual clowning by Art Wool, c'39, was in a large part responsible for the response elicited from the audience.
As was the case everywhere it was presented on the recent glee club tour, Jack Laffer's masterpiece of music skit, "The Serenaders" brought gales of laughter. Laffer himself was the most successful actor, dancing and singing pseudo-Russian words to "Dark Eyes."
The combined chorus sang "Crimson and the Blue" to close the program. The arrangement seemed simple, but the music was obscured by the time obscured by the harmony.
on the SHIN by Mitchell and Wire
The Royalist party has a few new planks to nail to its platform:
The Royalist party took a breather yesterday but party leaders believe that they have learned the secret of machine politics from the Kansas City election. "Boss" Nuckles is scoring the countryside for votes at present. The party sees a sweeping rise in support if few opponents. Support "Brass" Nuckles, the big stick of the Campus.
We advocate a back to nature program: a rose for every bush, a pigeon for every steeple, a tree for every dog.
We advocate reserved seats in the stadium and a side road for every car.
Last but not least the abolition of professors' right to pick off the cream of the feminine crop each year and take them out of circulation. They had their chance when they were in college.
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LAWRENCE, KANSAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 31 1938
News and Editorial Staff of Kansan Named
News and editorial staffs of the Kansan for the remainder of the spring semester were announced yesterday by Martin Bentson, '38, editor-in-chief, and Bill Tyler, c39, managing editor.
The news staff, as chosen by Tyler,
is as follows: Campus editors,
Elon Torrence, c'uncl, and Louis
Fockele, c39; news editor, Harry Hill,
c40; Sunday editor, George Clasen,
c39; society editor, Dorothy Jankie,
c38; editor, Tommy Hunt,
c41; telegraph ' editor, Dick Martin,
c39; re ' editor, Jack McCarty,
c38; 'Hoverstock, c38,
will continue, ' or.
Following . . . editorial stuff as selected by Ben. son: Association editors, Maxine Fischer, c'88, and Ed. son: Editor editor Dorothea Wearninger, c'38,
Dr. Dale Talks Tonight First in Lecture Series on 'Love and Marriage at 8 o'Clock
"Physical Adjustment in Marriage" will be discussed by Dr. Margaret Dale, endocrine specialist of Kansas City, in the Memorial Union ballroom at 8 o'clock tonight. This is the first of a series of four leeches that we are going to see in the next few weeks on the general subject of "Love and Marriage."
Doctor Dale received her M.D. degree from the University in 1933. She spent the next two and one-half years in the New York hospital for women and children, and then returned to Kansas City where she met a teaching since. She assists at the University of Kansas hospital.
Wheeler Speaks Thursday
Dr. Raymond H. Wheeler, professor of psychology, will speak on "Emotional Adjustment" on Thursday. April 17.
Hugh Means, judge of district court, Lawrence, will speak on "Marriage and Divorce" on Thursday, April 21. Judge Means has a husband many divorce cases and will present the evidence he accretes a戏剧性 reasons for divorce. He will emphasize the part that temperament plays in marriage.
'Marriage Harmony' Discussed
These lectures are sponsored by the Y.W.C.A. and the Y.M.C.A. They are open to anyone interested Members of the committee in charge are Kenneth Hilton, c'41; Cali Rweeten, c'41; Norton Knight, g betty Barnes, c'39; Velma Wilson c'40; and Mary Jane, c'41.
"Mariage Harmony" will be discussed by the Rev. Carter H. Harrison and Mrs. Harrison of the St Paul's Episcopal church, and by Mr and Mrs. Mano Stukey, University students, on Thursday, April 28.
Fine Arts School To Hold Election
The School of Fine Arts annual election will take place this after 10am in the auditorium which begins at 3:30 in the auditorium of Frank强尚 hall.
Names on the ballot are: President, Orene Yowell, fa38; and Robert Briggs, fa38; vice-president, Barbara Kirchhoff, fa38; and Wilson Fleming, fa38; secretary, Carol Johnson, fa38; and Lewis Levine, fa38; treasurer, Georgia Sue Reuter, fa38; and Carroll Nickels, fa38. The following program will be presented for the recital:
othy Hendrickson, la 41.
Violin; Romance (Svendsen), Mrs
Mildred Hauge, e39
Piano: Danse (Debussy), Arlouint Goodjohn, fa'uncl.
T w o - piano: Gavotte - Musette (Ruff), Ethel Love and George Pierson, fa'40.
Ponce: Langa da caro bere (carlo)
DeLloyd Tibbs, fa 41.
Piano: Island Spell (Ireland), Dor
Jan Chiapusso Play:
Recital Over KFKU
Violin: Alt Viien (Godswyk), and Maid with the Flaxen Hair (Debusy). Voice: Ettie Walla face, Vary: Lannidl corne bene (Sarti).
Jan Chanpuso, associate professor of piano, played a pian recital over station KFKU last evening at 6 o'clock
Mr. Chiapuco played: Rondo (Schubert)、L'aisle Joyeuse (Debusy)、Ondine (Ravel).
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Alborada de Graciosos (Ravel)
Three Die in Plane Crash
Indio, Cal., March 30—(UOP)
Two men and a woman were killed late today when a cabin-type monochromatic vehicle burned a bew f w miles east of here.
Maddox Explains New Voting System
Proportional Representation Favored Because it Offers Free Choice of Nominees
Professor Maddox urged the politicians to instruct their voters to "vote strictly in accordance with your own preference especially on your first choice, and vote as many additional choices as you want."
The new system of electing all Council members by proportional representation to be installed this spring was explained by Prof. W. R Maddox, of the political science department, yesterday to members of both Campus political parties. The amendment changing the election system was ratified by the men students at last spring's election.
The method of counting the ballots will be based on the Thomas Hare plan of proportional representation and it is favored because it offers a free choice of nominees and the number of votes depending on the discretion of the voter. A quota is determined by dividing the number of ballots by the number to be elected plus one and adding one to the resulting quotient. A candidate receiving the quota is elected and additional votes for the elected candidate is credited to the voter's second choice.
If no candidate is elected by the first choice, the person receiving the lowest number of first choices is eliminated and the voter's second preference on these ballots are given to candidates still remaining in the running. The tabulation is continued until the number to be elected has reached the quota. This method is designed to secure a representa-
Lowest Person Eliminated
Moritz Wins Oratory Contest
Paul Moritz will now be eligible to attend the state contest in Wichita, April 8. In last night's contest he earned the $10 cash prize for first place.
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Palice Moritz, c'39, won the annual Peace Oratorical contest held at Green Hall last right by a unanimous vote. The title of *Moritz*'s topic was "Horatio's Brave New World." The general idea brought out was that social science has not kept up with physical science because of this, man has been wandered.
The second place winner was Addison I. West, 'cunel. West's speech was "A Call to Arms". Irving Kass, 'c39, spoke on "War Drums and Introverts". Saul Grosberg, c'39, orated on "Plea for Peace" John Uskons, c'40, topic was "Is War Inviable."
The judges were: Fred Montgomery, Martin Maloney, and Prof. W. J. Brockelbank. A small gathering attended the contest.
Featured tunes from "Spring Swing" will take to the air this afternoon over radio station WIB in Kansas City, when several of the show's outstanding performers ap-
Arranged by Producer James Coleman, in co-operation with WHB officials, the broadcast will take the form of a “preview” of the show's hit tunes. It is the first in a series of broadcasts arranged ten-times, starting from "Swing" through which all the "Spring Swing" tunes will be aired.
Music to be used on today's broadcast will be "Illusion," and "Halfway to Heaven," both written by Bill Miesson, c28, and either Led With My Heart, by Ernest Browne, or You're Tired at Tarbet fa 40, or "You're My All," by Morris Thompson, c38, and Carol Nickels, fa 38.
Spring Saving Stars
'Preview' Show Today
In Radio Broadcast
Appearing on today's program which will be included as a part of the regular WHB "stuff frolic," he is Dorothy Fritz, frit. Alice Meyn, fa40, and "Bud" Frink e38.
Mademoiselle X will be the Sixteenth Kansas Relays Queen!
Identity of Mademoiselle X will be announced when the Texas track team has selected a queen and two attendants from the photographs of potential queens, turned into Michelle office during the next week.
Last year the Indiana team chose Isabelle Bash, c40, a Gamma Phi Beta. Her attending queens were Mary Jane McCoy, c40, P1 Beta Pi, and Verda Amea, c33, Alpha Omicron Pi.
Previous to last year the queens were selected by artists or entertainers. For the 1935 Relays Sophie Tucker, radio and wadeville star, chose Iabelle Perry. The year before that it was Ted Husing, sports commentator, who made the selection. In 1934 Gene Venkzo, world champion middle distance runner picked the queen.
Ma'm'selle X Will Reign Annual Relays Queen and Attendants Await Choice by Texas Team
The queen, whose name will be announced in approximately two weeks, rules over all the festivities featured place in the Rulers program.
This year, as last, the names of the visiting teams which will participate in the Relays were put in a hat from which one was drawn. Photographs of the candidates are to be sent to the team for the selection
All CSEP fine sheets must be signed by next Monday. Sheets signed later than that date cannot be acceded.
MUST SIGN CSEP SHEETS
Jim Haughey is that rare type of individual who enhances a fine first
As a small town boy from Concordia, however, Jim came to the University filled with an interest in law primarily, but more than that, with a genuine interest in student government. His was always a detached viewpoint, rather than that of a politician. "I was extremely interested in the then new party of P.S.GL. for it seemed to me to be the expression of real student interest." Jim said, "free from minority dominance." Then we all saw something upon which student government could progress toward worthwhile objectives." But let's get back to Jim Hauhey.
Executive Secretary.
MARTHA TILLMAN
P.S.G.L.'s Jim Haughey Is Honor Student, Idealist
Honor is idealist, but real fellow is Jim Himbler. P.S.G.l's presidential candidate in the approaching spring election. To get our information about him, however, it was necessary to go to others, for in explaining his reluctance to talk about himself Jim was emphatic in declaring that, "it's not a personality that is being chosen Thursday, but an ideal of student government." The principles of P.S.G.l are the main thing to me and to all those who have been so much how much the level of Hill politics has been raised in the four years of P.S.G.l's existence."
By Bill Comer, c'38
impression with every additional contact and further association. Very capable, as every one who has known Jim for any length of time will say, he has always gone quietly about his task and done a good job of it, without a thought to personal importance. Jim has repeatedly demonstrated that he gets things done, and when called upon, comes through with an unusual degree of leadership and d personal magnetism. His personality
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Tornadoes Rip Through Five States
Nine Dead in Columbus
After Black Twister
Hits Area; Martial Law
Declared
Kansas City, Mo., March 30—(UP) Tornadoes that ripped through five states northwestward from Oklahoma to Illinois, today killed at least 18 persons and injured hundreds. Property damage was heavy.
The roaring black twisters struck first in Oklahoma and Arkansas, moving into southeast Kansas where they swept down on Columbus, a town of five thousand in the tri-state mining district. Nine persons were counted dead in Columbus tonight. Martial law was declared to facilitate relief work and search for additional bodies.
Tornadoes Strike Missouri
It was reported that 12 children of the 174 in the Highland Consolidated School at Columbus were either injured or killed. The scene at Columbus was chaotic. Aid was rushed into the building and filled with more than a hundred injured and many were standing for at homes still left standing.
Following the sweeping path, the tornadoes swept into Missouri and struck at the central part of the state near Columbia. Later the storm dipped into Rushville, South Pekin and Astoria, Ill. Six were dead and hundreds injured at South Pekin. One was dead at Astoria.
At the village of Ogliesby, Okla. four pupils were buried in the wreckage of a school house from which 56 others escaped a few minutes before the fumel-shaped tornado struck. The children were not seriously injured. Few houses in the village were left standing.
Toll Services Halted
The storm, truck just before noon in Columbus, tearing a path of destruction a mile long and a hundred miles wide. Toll services were halted. Hurried calls for aid brought physicians from nearby Chicago, Maryland and Ga-
Several of the injured in Columbus and in Columbia, Mo., hospitals were not expected to live.
Torrential rains and hall followed the tornado and interfered with relief work. Physicians were operating by candle light in Columbus, where the light plant was damaged and power cut off.
The Kansas City weather bureau said the storms resulted from a low-pressure area which started early today over western Kansas and the tornadoes, the tornadoes were expected to subside as the pressure area dissipated.
SASNAK ELECTION TONIGHT
Sasnak Club will hold its annual election tonight at 7:30 in Robinson Gymnasium in room 292. All members are required to attend.
MAURICE KENNEDY.
Women interested in applying for the Edna Osborne Whitebill scholarship should make application immediately to Miss Peris Cook, executive secretary of the committee on aids and awards, in room 1, Frank Strong hall. The scholarship is awarded from a fund established in 1831 for the benefit of needy women students who are majoring in English.
WHITCOMB SCHOLARSHIP
Authorized Parties
Friday, April 1 Limited Date
Delta Tau Delta, party, 11 p.m.
April Fool varsity dance, Memorial Union, 12 p.m.
Saturday. April 2
Phi Delta Theta, Memorial Union, 12 p.m.
Phi Mu Alpha, chapter house 12 p.m.
Ricker hall, house, 12 p.m.
Church Organizations' Parties
Roger Williams Foundation,
hike. 10 d.n.
Wesley Foundation, Engleheim, 9 p.m.
Forum of Christian Church, party. 12 p.m.
ELIZABETH MEGUIAR.
Adviser of Women, for the Joint Committee on Student Affairs.
Action of the Men's Student Council Tuesday night, in allowing a petition from P.S.G.L., is contrary to an interpretation made last fall by the M.S.C. of the amendment establishing a new election system, Charles Springer, Douglas county attorney, declared last night after considering the amendment and be present Council constitution.
Charge M.S.C. Move Tuesday Night Void
Forum Board To Show Films Students Will Have Chance To See Varied Features
Douglas County Attorney Declares Petition Passed by M.S.C. Invalid; Questions Interpretation of the Men's Governing Body of Amendment II Passed in 1937 Election
Through the co-operation of the Student Forum Board and the Bureau of Visual Instruction, weekly motion pictures showing features on current affairs and education will be presented to students for the next five weeks.
By Charles Alexander, c'38
Semi-permanent sound equipment has been installed in Fraser theater for the purpose; and each picture, lasting from 25 to 40 minutes, will be shown free two or three times each day presented, in the hope of prodders with entertainment during vacant periods in class schedules.
Either the petition concerning the examination of the proportional representation of the schools in the University pre-
Idea Has Proved Success
The action of the Forum Board in sponsoring this entertainment is a
The idea has been tried before in the past two months and has proved to be a success, as audiences of 400 to 700 have attended during the day
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The material which has been selected is considered the best to be found in the local bureau as well as the large commercial bureau. Ed. Doyle, who had a reputation for turbidity, but the majority of these are to be treated in cartoon fashion or in some other way which will add to their interest much as the "Popular Science Pictorials" are presented. In addition to this type of material, each entertainment will contain two items, such as drawings and features of general interest.
Il Duce Throws Scare at Europe
London, March 30—(UP)–Premier Benito Mussolini's顽强 speech in Rome today announcing that Italy is ready for war an “implacable and rapid war”—and will carry it through the air to the en- ternal cities and towns, trust a new war-scarpe upon Europe and the world.
Immediately after the defiant address to the Italian senate, II Duce told his close advisers that a "new political system" would racism. Victory Puzzles Europe
Where this victory would be attained and who the vanquished would be was Europe's puzzle. But France, at whom Mussolini has hurled an open threat of war in warning against any French intervention in Spain, met his bold boasts with quick action.
The secret national defense committee in Paris met and arranged for a speedy hikking of all French war industries while the naval committee of the senate moved forward to 100,000-ton building program casting more than 91 million dollars. Insurgent Armies Advance
Mussolini's guto was probably largely influenced by the sweeping advance by Generalissimo Francisco Prorss' insurgent Spanish armies with support of Italy's black-shirt legionaires, tanks and planes—through Catalonia to the Mediterranean seaboard.
Tonight France's vanguard was outside the gates of Lerida, 84 miles west of Barcelona, and Loyalsain east of Barcelona, with an ancient city was being abandoned.
Henry Werner. Men's Student Adviser.
Get Voting Identification
Because of the confusion on previous election days at the office of the men's student adviser, all identification cards or other credentials to vote, other than classification slips from the registrar, must be procured next Thursday, election day.
Interpretation May Be Doubted
- sented to the Men's Student Council is invalid or the replacement of vacancies of the ineligible members of the present Council was illegal, according to Springer.
"If the interpretation of this amendment is doubted," Moe Etterson, b'38, M.S.C. secretary, said, "the action of the Council concerning the replacement of vacancies verifies the fact that the amendment affects Section 6 of Amendment II of the Constitution. No. 9 of the Constitution of the Associated Men of the University of Kansas. This was declared by the present Council as invalid until after the spring election of 1838, when they replaced the vacancies accorded to the Constitutional provision. This knowledge by the Council that the amendment is not yet in force."
Explaining his decision, Springer said:
"In my opinion, the entire Amendment II, passed April 8, 1937, is not in effect until after the election to be held in 1938 because Section 8 provides: 'This amendment shall take effect for the spring election of 1938. The amendment shall permit all members along the council of 1937-38 shall terminate with that election. All bills, or parts thereof, which are repugnant to this amendent shall be null and void for 'wing this same election'. Therefore, Section 2, Bill 2, of the Constitution of the Associated Men of the University of Kansas is authorized to member on March 29, 1938, to the president of the M.S.C. is not in conformity with Section 2, Bill 2, said constitution."
Petition Is Out of Order
Henceforth, it is charged, the petition which was presented to the president of the M.S.C. is out of order as the yet valid Section 2 of Bill 2 of the Constitution states: "That all general petitions memorializing the Men's Student Council to take certain action, or refrain from taking certain action, shall be addressed to the Student Council and shall be delivered to the Mayor of the Men's Student Council at least two days before the regular meeting at which it is desired that they be presented."
Moe Ettenson, in a signed statement, said:
"At no time previous to the M.S.C. meeting on March 29, 1938, was the P.S.L.G. petition presented to me as secretary. It was not until two hours after said meeting that said petition was placed in my hands. As provided for in Section 2, Bill 2, of the Constitution of the Associated Member of the University of Kansas, a petition memorializing the M.S.C. to take certain action must be presented to the secretary two days prior to the meeting at which it is to be presented.
"With this in mind, and believing Amendment II not to be in effect until after the spring election of 1938, and not binding upon the present council, and in the best interests of the students of the University, it was my duty as secretary of the M. S.C. to check the constitutionality of the petition presented by P.S.G.L. and to obtain impartial, unbiased, and expert interpretations of Amendment II.
Checks Must Be Enforced.
"Unless such checks are enforced the opposition majority party, over-enhusiastic with sudden power, may cause, by such impulsive action, the governing body of the men students to be asked to relinquish its privileges of sane self-government."
The petition refutes the Pachacamac plank which states: "Due to the increasing size of the Business school, the Men's Student Council rejoices"
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