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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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The Official Student Paper of the University of Kansas
NUMBER 98
VOLUME XXXV
Jayhawks Leave Tonight For Ames
Big Six Leaders Face
Tough Hurdle a They
Meet Iowa State There
Tomorrow Night
The Kansas Jayhawks, Big Six leaders by virtue of their victory over Oklahoma Friday, leave 0-1 for Iowa State. The Nebraska Iowa State Cyclones tomorrow night
Exciting Game Friday Night
The game with Iowa State will be a real test for Kansas, coming as it does on the heels of the hard fought game with Oklahoma. Iowa State has been a tough team for all op- tions year when playing on its home floor.
RALLY! RALLY! RALLY!
Kansas and Oklahoma played on of the most exciting games of the season Friday night. Oklahoma led 18-16 at the end of the first half and ran their lead to 22-16 early in the second period. Kansas came back to tie the score repeatedly in the second half and finally won 41-38.
Rally tonight at Santa Fe station at 9 o'clock when the Jayhawkers flee for Ames to play Iowa State in basketball. Ku Ku's, Jay Jane, band and everybody is going. Train leaves on Sunday so snow send-off for the conference-leading Kansans.
The game served to emphasize the fact that Kansas does not have a "first five" this season, but instead has eight or nine men who alternate on the vivari quintet. George Golay, whose showing in the previous three games had been unimpressive, broke loose Friday and was the leader of the strong Kansas comeback in the second period.
Loren Florel, another tall boy,
also played a fine game, doing his
best work in the first half. Bruce
Reid, sophomore from Arkansas
City, played his best game of the
year and contributed materially to
the Jayhaws' victory. Reid is an
outstanding ball handler.
Lineup Change if Needed
The fact that Dr. F, C. Allen, Kansas coach, is in a position to switch his lineup around if the starting quinet does not click may make the Iowa State game somewhat easier for Kansas. For the Hawkeyes, I would find some of the Jayhawks stale, but there will be others to take their places if necessary.
WEATHER
In three Big Six games at Ame this season, Iowa State has defeated Missouri and Kansas State and los to Nebraska by only three points. It will be a tough game and the Jay hawks know it.
Kansas' reliable guards, Fred Pralle and Dick Hart, as well as Don Ebling, played the entire game at Norman and stood out as usual. Harp, a senior college player, his college career, while Pralle was a bulwark on defense.
Kansas: Cloudy with rising temperatures Sunday except in extreme northwest; possibly snow or rain in extreme west portion; snow or rain Sunday night and partly cloudy Monday.
James Gillipie, senior manager, announced yesterday the personnel of the student committee for the Kansas Relays.
Relays Committee Announced
The following freshman members were chosen after interviews by Gillisip and Horace Mason, athletic publicity director:
Upperclassmen who will be retained on the committee are: Harry Bullen, Bruce Voran, Ray Davidson and Burke. All are from Northern Illinois and Harry Brown, juniors.
Ray Moseley, c41; Ernest Klema, c41; Paul Heinz, c41; Gerald Raines, c41; James Swinehart, c41; and Larry Wim, c41.
Gillispie, senior class representative, had been named previously by Gwynn Hill, director of athletics.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1938
Mason replaces Ed Elibel, assistant professor of physical education, as general manager of the work of preparing for the relays.
The student relays committee does the actual preliminary work of sending out invitations, classifying entries, and handling public for the meet. Work on the program is also done by the committee.
The first meeting will be held next week, the date to be announced in Tuesday's Kansan, Gillispie said.
Independents Elect Three New Officers
Susan Maloney, c'39, women's president of the Independent student union announced yesterday the election of several new officers in the organization. The president is William Vickers, women's vice-president; William Vickers, c'uncil, mens secretary; and Tom Resmer, engineering representative. The organization plans to hold regular Tuesday evening dances, beginning this week. Features of the event will be boo prizes and a dance content.
Tentative plans are being made for an Independent three-hour dance, to be held sometime in March.
To Present 57th Vespers Today
University Symphony Orchestra and Women's Glee Club Will Offers Numbers
The 57th All-Musical Vespers will be presented by the School of Fine Arts this afternoon at 4 o'clock in Hoch auditorium. The program will include numbers by the University Symphony Orchestra and the Women's Glee Club. Novelty numbers by the University string trio, string quintet and ensemble will be features of the program.
The vespers are open to the public without charge.
The program:
The program.
Chorale Prelude, Walter Mourand
(dedicated to Mr. Cunkle), Frank
Cunkle.
Trio, Op. 87, Brahms, Andante con moto- Ruth Curet, piano; Karl Kuersteiner, violin; Raymond Stuhlu ceil
"Thus Then, the Law of the Spirit," Bach; "The Skylark's Song," Mendelssohn; "Swing Low, S weet Chariot," H. T. Burleigh-University Women's Glee Club, Irene Peabody, director.
Quintette in C Majo, Op. 163.
Schubert, Allegro ma non troppo-
Waldemar Gelfch, first琴曲; Conrad
McGrew, second琴曲; Karl A
Kuersteiner,琴曲; Raymond Stubb
cello; Rita Guausen,second cello
Ensemble: Andante and Variations, Schumann—Allie Merle Conger, piano; Ruth Orcutt, piano; David Fielder, Fielder Culler; Stall mill, Carter Ullert.
Overture—"A Russian Easter," Rimsky-Korsakoff—University Symphony Orchestra, Karl Kuesteiner director.
The new portable orchestra and band stands recently purchased by the University will be used for the first time at this program.
Fitzgerald Is New Physician
Dr. Thomas B. Fitzgerald has been appointed assistant physician in the student health service, according to an announcement from the chancellor's office. Doctor Fitzgerald takes the place of Dr. Wade, assigned Feb. 1; to become a member of the staff of the Santa Fe hospital in Topoka.
Doctor Fitzgerald received his B.S. from Rockhull College in 1928 and his M.D. from St. Louis University in 1930. He served his internship in St. Joseph hospital, Kansas City, Mo.
He was in general practice in Kansas City, Kan., and assistant county physician of Wyandotte county from 1931 to 1934. During the following two years he was a physician for CCC camps. Since then the doctor has been in general practice in Topeka.
RALLY
MORNING SCHEDULE
To provide time for the all-University convocation to be held at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, the following morning class schedule will be observed.
Roberta Cook, President.
All Jay Janes are also requested to attend.
All Ku Ku's are required to be all present at the rally tonight at 9 p.m. at the Santa Fe站 Bill Bailey.
First period ... 8:30 to 9:05
Second period ... 9:15 to 9:55
Convocation ... 10:00 to 10:50
Third period ... 11:00 to 11:35
Fourth period ... 11:45 to 12:20
E. H. LINDLEY
E. H. LINDLEY
Cooke To Be Convocation Speaker
President of Presser Foundation To Address Assembly at Tomorrow Morning Service
Dr. James Francis Cooke, president of Presser Foundation, will address University students at a speech on "Encounters With Genius."
Doctor Cooke has received honorary degrees in music from Ohio Northern University, Cincinnati Conservatory, and University of Pennsylvania; LLD. from Ursusian College and Ohio Northern University; and LH.D. from Bethany College.
The Presser Foundation is a financial organization which sponsors the building of auditoriums and halls throughout the country. This organization was endowed by the Theodore Presser publishing company, of which Doctor Cooke has been president since 1925.
Doctor Cooke also is the editor of the musical magazine Etude and has written several books on music. He wrote "The Musical Foundation since 1918."
The convocation which begins at 10 o'clock will cause the shortening of the morning classes to 35 minutes.
Concludes Convention
Officers Are E lect ed
At Meeting of Kansas
Engineering Society
The Kansas Engineering Society closed its thirtieth annual convention Friday with the election of the following officers: George S. Knapp, of the division of water resources state board of agriculture, president A. M. Meyers, chief engineer of the Kansas City Structural Steel company, Kannan City, Kansas; F. W. E. Wipps, senior designer for the Kansas highway Commission, secretary and treasurer.
The high points of the convention were the talks given by Ivan C. Crawford, dean of the School of Engineering and Architecture, on "National Water Resource Planning"; P. A. Hodges, lieutenant-colonel of the Engineering Corps, U. S. army; on "the Missouri River Development"; D. R. Knowton on "Petroleum Engineering Practice"; George A. Mills on "Rural Electrification of Kansas"; and the discussion which followed led by R. J. Paulette, consulting engineer, of Topeka.
Robt. W. Warner, head of the University department of electrical engineering, was elected chairman of a new section which boreer will deal with electrical matters of the society. The new chairman was requested to select a committee to formulate in the future a policy for the general welfare of the Kansas engineers.
R. J. Paulette, secretary of the state registration board, made a brief report regarding the registration of engineers in Kansas. Approximately 350 are now registered for the eh state law.
Blackburn Is New 'Spring Swing' Director
Roberta Cook, f'a39, crowned queen of the Hobnail Hop Saturday night, feels the "same as ever" following her coronation. The ceremony took place before intermission when Ed Stafford, e'39, president of the engineering council, announced the winner and presented the queen with a miniature slide rule and flowers.
"Red" Blackburn, m'40, popular Hill band leader, has been selected to replace Laym Hackler, fau'cl, a director of instrumental music for "Spring Swing," musical revue to be presented April 5 and 6 under sponsorship of Sigma Delta Chi, professional journal fraternity. Hackler resigned because of a heavy course of studies this semester.
When asked how it felt to be "Queen," she merely laughed and said, "Just the same as ever. I was thrilled, though, and it was a great surprise. I didn't leave the play until 10:30, and wasn't informed of the honor until just two dances before the announcement."
Roberta is the second successive member of Gamma Phi Beta to win this honor. La last year's winner, Evelyn Dorman, was a sorority sister.
Karl Kruger, born in New York City, achieved early fame as a member of the staff of conductors of the Vienna Imperial Opera and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Since returning to the United States in 1925, he has won wide acclaim as a conductor in this country. He was instrumental in founding the Kansas City Philharmonic orchestra of which he has been conductor since 1933.
Roberta was crowned in the Memorial Union ballroom to the cheers of a large crowd of engineers, who had forgotten slide rules and compasses to swing out in their big spree of the year.
Blackburn is director of one of the leading Hill dance orchestras, and has directed the instrumental music for previous musical shows on the
Louie Kuhn's orchestra, which furnished music for the dance.
The school children of Lawrence will have an opportunity to hear the orchestra Wednesday afternoon at 2:15 o'clock when it will give a special program dedicated to them. This program will be open to others wishing to hear the orchestra in a concert of somewhat lighter selections than will be offered in the evening.
The Kansas City Philharmonic conductor has been director of the New York Music Guild since 1932. Under his direction the Guild has produced American premieres of six operas, among them "Pulcinella" (Pergolesi-Stravinsky) and "Savitri" (Holst).
Intensive chorus rehearsals for the show were begun yesterday.
For the fourth consecutive year, the Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra directed by Karl Kreuger will play before University students Wednesday night at 8:20 o'clock in Hoch auditorium. This is a regular attraction on the University Course and activity tickets will ad-
Mr Krueger has been guest conductor in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, at the Hollywood Bowel, and at the Swift pier during the Century of Progress Exposition, as well as in most of the European cities. He is a native of Seattle and has had engagements with the NBC studies in New York.
Queen of Hobnail Hop Uses Slide Rule as Scepter
Director of Music Guild
Ochestra Directed by
Baton of Celebrated
Krueger; Plays Here
For Fourth Year
Philharmonic Treat Comes Wednesday
Karl Krueger is a product of the Vienna Imperial Opera, an organization which has produced many famous conductors. As a young man he was a protege of Nikisch who, feeling that the youth had great potential, enrolled Franz Schulz, director of the Vienna Opera, Nikisch himself had gone forth to his career from the Vienna Opera and it was natural for him to
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Election Was Surprise
Three-fold are the talents of this attractive student from Aspinwall, Pa. She played the feminine lead in "Spring Dance," Dramatic club play which closed a four-day run Friday night in Fraser theater. She is a student of arts, studying in the School of Fine Arts. Topping these honors is the testimonial to her beauty and popularity given by en-
played the Gamma Phi sorority song in honor of the winnerr.
ROBERTA COOK
GAMMA PHI BETA
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Students Meet Today For Protest Consideration
Hunt Calls Meeting Today
To Discuss and Organize Protest Against Legislative Resolution
John Hunt, secretary of the YM-CA, announced yesterday a meeting in the men's lounge of the Memorial Union building this afternoon for discussing and organizing a protest against the legislative resolution to set up an investigation of criminal activities at the University.
The meeting will be held under the joint sponsorship of the Y.M.C.A. and the American Student Union. The Y.M.C.A. originally called the meeting but later its cabin approved a request to present 98, ASU, president; that the ASU. be allowed to act as co-sponsors.
The meeting, open to all University students, grows out of the proposal of the state legislature to appropriate $7500 for a committee to devote conservative activities<sup>a</sup> in Kansas, especially with reference to the University.
"It was a small band of indignant and radical revolutionists who made possible our United States despite the opposition of the anti-Semitic radical of Galilee was executed on a cross, but he now has 250 million followers.
Will Be Open Meeting
Hunt in a signed statement issued to the press yesterday said, "I believe that the proposed investigation of communical activities by the Kansas legislature is a good thing. It means that the forces of reactionary thought are pitting themselves against each other and have grave thought. History has proved that when such a conflict occurs, the so-called radicals always win out.
Investigation Approved
"1. That communism, as such, is practically non-existent;
"In brief, this is what I believe the committee of investigation will find at the University:
2. "That a small, but strong, minority of faculty and students are intellectually honest enough to face academic pressure in 14 eighth search for a solution;
"3. That certain religious groups have been brave enough to apply the ethics of Jesus to our own social scene.
"Some of the results of the investigation will probably be as follow;
1. The minority group, now scat-tered, will be united and re-inforced by sympathizers, both locally and throughout the nation;
"2. Nation-wide publicity in progress journals will point a finger of amused scorn at the legislature of Kansas;
"3. That suppression will give rise to expression."
Services Of Hospital Are Utilized
Dispensary at Watkins Memorial hospital totaled 32,378 during the 1936-37 school year. Dr. R. L. Causton announced yesterday following tabulation of the hospital records for the year.
The health fee was paid by 4.270 students for the first semester last year and by 3.192 for the second.
Upon entering the University last year, 1,522 students, 95 per cent of them, received physical examinations. For the second semester, 83 students were examined. During the first school term, 43 patients treated at the hospital and 34 were treated during the second term.
For the first five days of this semester, the hospital treated an average of 190 patients a day. The staff, which consists of three full-time doctors, one interne, and one doctor who comes two hours each day, also attended 20 patients confined in the hospital.
Ten years ago, 14,000 dispensary patients were treated. From 1919 to 1935, students were assessed $3 for the hospital fee. When the fee was raised to $4 in 1935, the only student who complained received 28 days' treatment in the hospital and was assessed only $23.
Added features to the health ser
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Donald Voorhees Calls Eleven Organization Heads Together for Discussion of Proposed Letter To Be Sent to State Legislature Concerning House Resolution on University 'Red' Probe
Eleven students, including the presidents of the W.S.G.A. and the Men's Student Council, will meet today at 2:30 in room 223 in Frank Strong hall to consider a letter to the legislature protesting the proposed appropriation of $7,500 for investigation of "Red" activities here.
The letter was drafted yesterday by Don Voorhees, c'38, M.S.C. president, Doris Stockwell, c'38, president of W.S.G.A., and John Pierce, former Campus liberal leader. Presentation for
May Air Charges Of Communistic Acts Before Committee
The house today voted 32 to 4 for the investigation. The senate will vote next week.
Topela, Feb. 19. (UP) — Charges that the University of Kansas is a "bat bed of subversive propaganda" from which students go forth imbued with communistic ideas which pass on to "gullible" high school friends at home, apparently will be aired before a legislative committee.
Two Kansas alumni, Donald Muir and Clay C. Carper, brought the matters to a head in the house yesterday. Last fall the Board of Regents—governing body of state schools—conducted an investigation of state schools on behalf of the university of Kansas student, was killed fighting with Loyalist troops in Spain.
Reads From Henry's Diary
Henry's father charged his son was influenced by older men he met at the University. He said he did not know young Henry intended to fight in Spain. Money for his transportation was arranged by Kansas City, Mo., people, he said.
Muir yesterday read a few lines from Henry's diary in which the youth told of attending a communit meeting at Lawrence and being "surprised at the number of faculty members at the University refused to discuss the matter today.
Muir declared on the house floor that the Kansas WPA also was infiltrated with communist propaganda and workers. There are 600 commuters on the WPA train station in the city said. The Y.M.C.A. at Lawrence also was accused of fostering subversive views.
"Faculty members and students alike are spreading communistic doctrines at the University." Muru told a crowded house chamber. Members became curious, appalled to be tapped from their seats as they leaned forward to catch every word.
Brand Kansan Editorial
"Thousands of boys and girls are exposed not only by the instructors but the Y.M.C.A. This legislative committee is appointed to represent who will resign and some who will be fired."
Carver wawed a copy of the University Daily Kansan, student publication before the legislators and told them it contained an editorial that made derivative reference to bombing of Japanese citizens. The American flag into the Wanjoo river by a Japanese.
"If we pay our instructors to teach that rot, we need a new journalism instructor." Carper that man should be proscripted.
The inquiry also would extend to Kansas State College at Manhattan and other states schools, Muir said.
Mitchell To Attend Meeting Of Math Association
The council will be in session Feb 23. 24. and 25.
Prof. U. G. Mitchell, chairman of the department of mathematics, will leave tomorrow evening for Atlantic City, N.J., to attend a meeting of the Mathematical Association of America. He will also attend the meetings of the joint committee of the Mathematical Association and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. This committee is completing a report on the plans of schools in secondary education in America.
signature will be made this afternoon. If approved and signed, it will be sent to the legislature for consideration.
Signing Virtually Certain
"We know that a fair-minded committee would entirely clear this institution," the letter states, "buthe very magnitude of the appropriation forces the committee to justify its existence." The actuary was prompted by the house yesterday by the house of the Muir-Carper resolution proposing a committee to investigate alleged "subversive activities" at the University.
Signing of the letter today by the student leaders was virtually certain last night, although no one had given formal approval. Voorhees said that in discussing the protest with those who have been invited to sign, he discovered anmanship approval of the proposed letter.
The letter follows:
"We have read in the press that the state legislature is considering an investigation of "red" activities at the University of Kansas—at a cost of $1 million. We feel that this appropriation is not only unwarranted by the facts, but is doing the University irreparable harm. Until today this rumored incident was finally acknowledged, we found it hard to believe that any credence was being placed in the many unfounded accusations against the University. We cannot believe that anyone is proposing to investigate realize the seriousness of such action.
"We know that a fair-minded institution, but the very magnitude of the appropriation forces the commitment to justify its government, ban bounties for every every, every innocent action will be scrutinized for ourusement, with a willingness of unjustified insignificance result. Calling people red these cases is very common. We even believe it should be the President of the United States, and could as easily be applied here."
'Inijustice to University
"The waste of money is of negligible importance when compared to the great injustice which is being passed through such an investigation without being subjected to endless criticism and without a criticism will be hailed down upon Kansas for its threat to academic freedom—freedom for which Kansas was so proud. The absolute tolerance, the absolute essentials of education, will be placed in the gravest jeopardy by this investigation. We are in the unanimous confidence in its faculty, and we deplore this shadow of suspicion them, as well as upon ourselves.
"Because we feel that this bill will "because we feel that this bill will not block but the name of the University and foster a feeling of distrust and fear among its faculty and students, we plead with all real students to the University to prevent its message."
Following are the students who will consider the letter in today's meeting:
Doris Stockwell
Doris Stockwell President, Women's Self-Government Association
Donald Voorhees
President, Men's Student Council
Dorothy Caldwell
President, Mortar Board
Chief Sachem
President, Y.W.C.A.
President, Y.W.C.A.
Paul Moritz
President, Y.M.C.A.
Lester, Kappelman
President, Owl Society C.H. Muller
C. H. Mullen
Chairman, Student Correspondence Bureau
EARLY STOCKHOLDER
President, Student Christian
Federation
Telephone: 612-583-0000
President, Young Republican Club
Mark Hewerton Past-President, Young Democratic Club
Student Forum Board
A special meeting of the Stu-
ent Forums board will be held in the Pine room tomorrow after-
ternoon at 4 o'clock.
Dean Moorhead, president.