Kansas Wins Twentieth Conference Championship UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN The Official Student Paper of the University of Kansas VOLUME XXXV Z229 LAWRENCE, KANSAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1938 CUNNINGHAM SETS WORLD RECORD NUMBER 107 Former Kansan Runs 4:04.4 Mile Wearing University Colors. Glenn Beats Former Mark; Bests Wooderson's Time on Each Quarter Hanover, N.H., March 3.—(UP)—Glenn Cunningham, the flame-scarred warrior from Kansas, tonight set a world's record of 4 minutes, 4.4 seconds for the mile. He made the record in a special test at Dartmouth College, eclipsing his own official world indoor mark of 4:08.4 set in 1934. It was the fastest mile ever recorded for a human runner. The next fastest was the outdoor run by Sydney Woodersen in the now official time of 4:06.4. The brilliant veteran clipped an even 4 seconds off his own world mark in a special test conducted with scientific accuracy on the famous indoor track at Dartmouth. Wearing the colors of the University of Kansas, in which for so many years he competed with brilliance, Cunningham bettered Wooden's outdoor time at each quarter. He did the first quarter in 58.8. The half was冠军 in 202.5. The final pole was placed in 304.2, and the final mile mark was hit in 404.4. Planned To Break Record There were seven runners in the event which featured the Dartmouth invitation meet. Stewart Whitman the college's best miler, led for two laps, and then Hal Wonson, who had received a 60-yard handicap, assumed the task of pulling Cummington to a new record. Before the race, it was announced that Cunningham planned to run the first quarter in 60 seconds, the second in 59 seconds and the last "as fast as he could go." Fast Last Quarter The time by quarters announce, over a public address system to a crowd of 7,000 which had come to witness Cunningham's record-breaking performance, bettered his hopes of receiving impressive cheers from the spectators. When the announcement was made that Cunningham had run the first three quarters in 3.042 the crowd rose on its feet and cheered the great miler for the remainder of the race. Continued on page 3 As the gun fired at the start of the last lap, Cunningham took th on the SHIN by Mitchell and Wire Did you ever notice how many doodlers there are? We looked around us yesterday and saw "O" fillers, tit-tu-toors, "X"-ers, sun drawers, and countless others. Our prize catch is Elton Carter, however. He wrote "Happy Days Are Here Again" and then wrote not "all over the page. All of which should prove something, but we doubt if he even remembers doing it. That's the secret of doodling. You do it with your subconscious mind, whatever that is. The next time you talk on the phone, look at the pad. It's a doodler's paradise. POME Mary had an Elgin watch, she swallowed it's gone. And now whenever she walks- Time Marries her day Web, World. This is the second number of the first series of the chorus girl special brought to you by the sponsors of "Spring Swing." Enter Jayne Coats "Hello, Jayne, and how is rus directing job today?" "Okay, fun, and funny." "Okay, but that's that. Now tell us something about how you like your men, music, and me? refreshments?" "I must say I got to have my musi Continued on page 3 Glenn Cunningham Death Toll High In Coast Flood Los Angeles, March 3.—By Mackay Radio to San Francisco—UP) —The death toll of Southern California's worst cloudburst and in 61 years probably will reach the hundred mark, authorities said tonight as the downpour abated and commuting rivers began to recede. Estimates of the death toll, as relief workers moved through the debris of a devastated area 30,000 square miles, ranged from 60 dead and missing to 90. Fifteen bodies have been recovered, and 31 persons were known definitely to be missing. Looting added to the horror of the situation as reports reached police that prowlers were entering abandoned homes and stores in the Santa Monica canyon, San Fernando valley and Venice areas. Property damage was estimated at $25,000,000 and 10,000 were homeless after an unprecedented rainfall of 11 inches during a four-day deluge. WEATHER Kansas: Rain Friday and probably Saturday; not much change in temperature. SWIMMERS NOTICE Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 3:30 p.m. "In full swing" is the phrase to describe the rehearsals for "Spring Swing," musical revue to be presented early in April. Spring Swing Rehearsals In Fall Swing Open hours in the swimming pools for women, according to the department of physical education, are: Tuesday. 2:30-3:00 p.m. Saturday: 10-12 a.m. Jayne Coats, c30, is putting her dancing chorus through intensive rehearsals several times a week to the catchy title song of the show, "Spring Swing," especially written for the revue by Hill composers. Costume designs for the chorus are being worked out. "Red" Blackburn, director of instrumental music, is reading the arrangements of the music for his orchestra, which will play for the revue. The other large group of musicians in the show, Ross Robertson's chair, is preparing steadily for its part of the presentation. The two are taking quite actively under the direction of Martin Maloney, gr. Solo dancers, dance teams, and two vocal quartets are rapidly progressing in developing themselves to take their places in the revue. Will Start Charity Drive Tnight at 7:30 an intensive drive will be made by the Social Service League to obtain old clothes a n d shoes, and to help the poverty stricken of Lawrence. Moe Etterson, b38, who was appointed chairman of the University division of the drive, hopes that the University will show the city that it can do its part in this drive. The main group that will be helped by the League are the Lawrence people who are extremely poverty stricken but who have managed to keep off relief rolls. Moe Etterson in Charge Of University Division; To Cover City Tonight Porch Light Signal for Stop The beginning of the drive will be announced by the screeching of sirens and the tooting of whistles. At this time trucks and cars will move out in a network over Lawrence and will completely cover the city in 25 minutes. Everyone does their duty on the porch light when they hear the signal and d leave their bundles beside the door. All organized and unorganized houses of the University are urged by the League to give their fullest co-operation with this drive. It is being sponsored by the American College of Dental Medicine Seabard and Blade, the boy scouts and volunteer workers are assisting in the drive. Any student wishing to help in the drive is asked to meet at the Social Service League headquarters promptly at 7 o'clock. If anyone can furnish a car or truck he is asked to call 909, Legion headquarters. About one hundred cars and trucks are needed. Part of the clothing will be sold and the money used to repair and purchase shoes and to operate the canning kitchen. The food collected will be used to furnish meals for students of grade school age. Need Hundred Vehicles Pralle and Schmidt Finish Kansas Court Career Amid Frenzied Jayhawker Enthusiasm Pralle Takes Big Six Scoring Title ImPRESSions of one in the stands at last night's Kansas-Missouri game: Tenseness of the crowd throughout Fred Praile's last-half drive to win conference scoring honors. . Fans urged the team to "give it to Pralle". . Cheers which rocked the hall as Fed bagged his twenty- second point on a high arching shot from near the center line. . Teammates and Missouri Titers congratulated him when he left the game soon after. . Obvious sighs of relief throughout entire crowd as everyone calmed down for the "anti-limax" final three minutes. Shouting at the half drowning out Jayhawk Star Closes Career Amid Ovation Fred Prahl closed a brilliant basketball career as a Jayhawk last night amid a tremendous evation from the crowd in Hoch auditorium. Pralle's 22 points were enough to give him Big Six scoring honors over Bibbink, Iowa State formation and average of 12.1 points per game to Bibbink's 119 points, or a 119 average. | | G | GF | FT | TP | Avg | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | 1. Praello, K | 10 | 45 | 31 | 19 | 8.6 | | 2. Parra, M | 10 | 45 | 31 | 19 | 8.6 | | 3. Farnows, N | 10 | 43 | 19 | 105 | 10.50 | | 4. McNatt, O | 10 | 43 | 19 | 104 | 10.50 | | 5. Wheesley, KS | 10 | 40 | 22 | 102 | 10.20 | | 6. Wheesley, KS | 10 | 40 | 22 | 102 | 10.20 | | 7. Harvey, M | 10 | 41 | 17 | 99 | 9.90 | | 8. Martin, O | 10 | 36 | 29 | 89 | 8.90 | | 9. Martin, O | 10 | 36 | 29 | 89 | 8.90 | | 10. Amen, N | 10 | 32 | 28 | 77 | 7.70 | During his three years as a Jayhawk, Hawker made a total of 292 points in conference play, and a total of 154 goals. The conference titles. The Jayhawks won By Harry Hill, c'40 Final Individual Scoring The star Kansas guard will join the Kansas City Healy's, immediately and play in the National A.U. meet in Denver. Ray Noble a former Jayhawker star, is a member of that team. Another unique record held by Pralle is that he started every game in three years on the varsity squad with the exception of the Kansas-Baker game this year. He was on the floor every minute of conference play this year with the excepteurs, who won Oklahoma game here when he fouled out, and the last minutes of the Missouri game last night. the conference title twice and were co-champions the other year when Pralle was in Kansas uniform. His scoring record at the University is as follows: 1936 1937 1938 Tot Conference 77 94 102 292 Non-conference 45 76 95 216 Olympic trials 31 — — 31 Ed Elbeel's last few words as he announced Glenn Cummingham's record-smashing mile. . Boy Scouts mobbing Praille for autographs after the game. . Fred's boyish blush when Mrs. Allen kissed her congulations. . Huge pile-up of players in the exhibition game between halves, with Lewis Ward, Jayhawker football star, on the bottom and hanging onto the ball. . Ernie Ponti interviewing Golay, Schmidt et al on WREN after the game and having a hard time getting anything but "Pralle'a a great guard". . Phog and Fred so excited they could hardly talk to the radio fans. Totals ... 153 170 216 539 Mary Jane Bruce, piano pupil of Prof. Carl A. Preyer, will appear in her senior recital Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock in the auditorium of Frank Strong hard. She will present a program of numbers from Schuubler's book *The Classical Coachs* Bert, and Severa, as well as one of her own compositions. Missouri's team standing at attention while the band played "Crismon and the Blue (Tiger) alma master has the same tune). . Doe Llan's professional bow when confident Kansas fans gave a big hand more than five minutes before the end of the game. . Mitt Allen, Ray Noble, Roy Holiday and Paul Rogers of 195 undefeated team in the stands and cheering hands of freshman. . he watched "K" men demonstrate, roughly, basketball as he invented it. . Student yell session shouting itself hoarse in its best performance of the season. . Sylvester Schmidt's father, a picture of joy after seeing his son end a glorious Kansas court career. Mary Jane Bruce Will Give Recital Miss Bruce for the past three years has been prominent in musical affairs at the University and in Kansas City, Kan., where she resides. She has already appeared as soloist before the Kansas City Musical Club, the Women's club of Topka, the Capp Musical Club of St. Joseph, Mo., and with the University of Kansas symphony orchestra. Miss Bruce has been heard numerous times over the radio on station while the band played "Crismon and the Blue (Tiger) alma master has the same tune). . Doe Llan's professional bow when confident Kansas fans gave a big hand more than five minutes before the end of the game. . Mitt Allen, Ray Noble, Roy Holiday and Paul Rogers of 195 undefeated team in the stands and cheering hands of freshman. . he watched "K" men demonstrate, roughly, basketball as he invented it. . Student yell session shouting itself hoarse in its best performance of the season. . Sylvester Schmidt's father, a picture of joy after seeing his son end a glorious Kansas court career. Miss Bruce has been heard numerous times over the radio on stations WHIEN, WDAP, KMIC, KFKU, CABO and as KVOR in Colorado Springs. FERDINAND PRALLE Mass Meeting To Precede Election Names of W. S. G. A. Candidates To Be Read Before Women in Auditorium Monday A mass meeting of all University women will be held Monday afternoon at 4.30 in the auditorium of Frank强壮 hall. The names of participants will be for the W3, G4 election Thursday will be read at this meeting. To be eligible for election to any office on the W.S.G.A. council a candidate must apply in person to the nominating committee. Anyone desiring to apply who has not already done so may see the committee at 2:30 Saturday afternoon in the Pauschal Memorial of the Memorial Union Building. Several amendments have been drawn up to be presented to the student body at the election Thursday. The include the following: An amendment to provide for a representative of Miller hall to sit on the council without a vote. The constitution to read as follows: Art. VIII Sec. I. In order to secure the women's organizations and the three women's dormitories, one representative each from the women's cabinet; one representative each from the cabinet; from Corbin hall, Wattkins hall and Miller hall, elected by the girl's committee, Miller hall at Council without vote. An amendment to provide that the office of treasurer shall be a two year position. The constitution to constitute this office of the executive powers shall be vested in an Executive Council, which shall consist of the president of the Association, a treasurer, who shall hold office for two years, and a manager of the point system whose office is the treasurer, who is the organization of the point-system manager and treasurer to be in alternate years), representatives from the College of Agriculture or other school registering fifty or more women, and two representatives from each class, a manager of the book exchange, with the college without a vote. Authorized Parties An amendment changing the requirements for secretary from five semesters to three. The Constitution to read as follows: "The Vice-President, the vice-president, and representatives of the schools shall at the time of the election have credit for five semesters' work, of which the two immediately preceding must have been done at this University. The secretary, treasurer, and the managers of the point system and of the book exchange have been done at this University. All immediately preceding semesters' work of which the two immediately preceding must have been done at this University. All immediately preceding semesters' work of which the two immediately preceding the election. Friday, March 4 Varsity, Memorial Union, 12 n.p.m. Saturday, Maren a Men's Pan-Hellenic Council, Memorial Union, 12 p.m. ELIZABETH MEGUIAR, ELIZABETH MEGUIL, Adviser to Women, for the Joint Committee on Student Affairs. Jayhawkers Rout Missouri Tigers 56-36 'Phog' Allen's Quintet Gains Undisputed Crown In Final Victory; Crowd of 3,500 Cheers as All-Star Guard Makes Successful Bid To Top Iowa State's Blabhnik Bv Elon Torrence, Kansan Sports Editor Baseball Movie In Fraser Today The Kansas Jayhawkers, paced by brilliant Fred Pralle, won the undisputed Big Six title last night by defeating the Missouri Tigers 56 to 36 before 3,500 thrilled Kansas fans. The outcome of the game was never in much doubt, so the packed house turned its attention to the efforts of Pralle to capture the individual scoring championship for the season. Going into the game against the almost insurmountable odds odds of scoring 20 points even to the Blahmin, Iowa State guard, for the conference scoring crown, Fred put a blazing finish to a Highlights of the American League baseball season of 1937, including plays from many of the games, with the most dramatic picture today in Fraser theater. The film is the official American League movie record, and is described by Hud Husing. It will be on television in am, pm, and 3:30 pm. Admission is free. The picture contains shots of Cochrane, DiMaggio, Gehrig, Gomez, Feller, Fonseca, and other American League stars, illustrating their respective batting and fielding techniques. Virtually all of the record plays and outstanding plays of the 1937 season are depicted in this film, which Time magazine has listed as among the notable non-commercial productions new in circulation. If sufficient interest is aroused, a series of short features of this type will be arranged for showing about the remainder of the year. The picture, brought to the Campus through the efforts of a group of local sports fans, will be exhibited at the Montgomery office of Fred Montgomery, secretary of the bureau, was instrumental in securing the picture for showing here. Want Cast For Movie Short The Creative Leisure Commission will begin filming a short moving picture, "A Death in the Family," Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Memorial Union lobby. Tryouts for parts will take place at that time. Make-up, re-hearsals, and filming the play will follow immediately. The cast will include Peg Allen, a college girl, her roommate, three good looking men, and eight of the rowd. The Rev. H. Lee Jones will direct and photograph the playlet. He will explain the work step by step. The (following are needed in producing the picture: an assistant director, a camera man, a still photographer, a lightning technician, a make-up artist, a tine keeper, and a script man). None other than the still photographer need be experienced. The aim of the commission in producing this motion picture is two- fold—to learn how motion pictures can be used to have a couple of, hours of fun. To everyone that comes there will be many things of interest such as make-up, lighting, the camera angle, and principles underlying mountage and titling. There will be plenty for all to do. Elizabeth Meguiar. Adviser to Women. LIMITED DATE Owing to the change of the date of the Junior From month 4 to March 11, March 4 is considered a limited date. The closing hour for March 4 is 12:30 p.m. *scintillating collegiate career by sinking 8 field goals and 6 free throws, a total of 22 points. This gave the great Jayhawk guard a total of 121 points in Big six play to Blahnik's 119. Schmidt, the only other Kansas senior on the squad, also played a whale of a game in his last appearance in a crimson and blue FINAL BIG SIX STANDINGS Team Sets Scoring Mark W L Pt. 405 OP. 329 KANSAS . 1 1000 408 329 Oklaahoma . 5 800 459 491 Missouri . 8 600 438 391 Nebraska . 4 600 438 391 Kansas S. . 3 700 348 295 Iowa State . 2 700 348 295 uniform. "Smitty" scored 6 points on 3 field goals, two of them being long, beautifully arched shots. The game also saw the Jayhawkers establish the high scoring mark of the present season with 56 points, but little did the crowd realize or care; it was busy pulling Fred through. By the end of the first half Praille had gathered 11 points and the fans realized that there was a chance. In the second half five minutes went by before Praille could connect. A long shot then made it 13. A side shot and a free throw threw the total to 10 points, and the team were given permission to shall be given to Fred. Then the Kansas ate took one from out near the center that went through without touching the backboard or rim. Crowd Cheers Pralle The two points needed to tie Blahnik were made following a foul by Harvey. Coach Allen withheld his reserves to give his star pupil a chance to break the tie, and he chance came when Fred got the "Phor" savs: "I'm might tickled that the boys won tonight, for I didn't expect them to come through the game so easily. As for our winning the championship, truthfully, I didn't expect to place better than third before the season started. The morale of the players is what carried Kansas through to the title. Pralle? He's one of the greatest players I ever coached, and he is a mighty fine fellow to work with." ball just over the center line and uncooked one of his specialties. When the ball slipped through the rim, the spectators rose, almost to a man, gave the great guard a great ovation, and settled back into their seats with a sense of satisfaction and relief. Although the show was Pralle, Schmidt and the others cannot be overlooked for their splendid play. Playing great ball and following in the scoring points and Golay with 9. Harp and Reid also gave fine performances although not ranking high in the scoring. Ettinger Takes Tiger Honors Ettinger took high honors for Missouri with 4 field goals and 4 free continued on page 4