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The Official Student Paper of the University of Kansas
VOLUME XXXV
NUMBER 97
Dr. J. E. Moore Explains Evils Of Syphilis
Tells Audience T h a t "Conspiracy of Silence" Had Made It Impossible To Fight the Disease
"The conspiracy of silence has made it impossible to do anything about syphilis," asserted Dr. J. E. Moore, '14, associate professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University, last night to members of Sigma Xi and students, in a lecture in Frank强牢 hall.
"From 1905 to 1915, nothing could be done about syphilis because they spread, but since 1915 nothing could be done about syphilis because it was dirty and was acquired by means in polite society," Doctor Moore maintained.
100 Cases to One of Paralysis
"Why, when I attended the University of Kansas no group would dare meet to talk of such a thing as syphilis."
Collage students may stop the march of syphilis, the speaker said, by educate. Our doctors to take blood tests. They may disseminate information about the disease and give it back into the light, and urge legislative bodies to vote money for its control." he urged.
"Money is necessary to fight syphilis," Doctor Moore continued. "It is true that syphilis is more prevalent in the lower economic group, but it filters up into other groups. It hurts all groups if it hurts one."
Insanity Results From Syphilis
Comparing syphilis with infantile paralysis, Doctor Moore said that there were 100 cases of syphilis to each infantile paralysis case. He said that the schools of Lawrence would close today if 40 cases of infantile paralysis should occur in the community, but that there are more than forty cases of syphilis in Lawrence today, and no school will close.
While syphilis is primarily a disease of youth and attacks persons ranging from the ages of 19 to 30, the middle-aged persons are the one who are harmed. Doctor Moore probed the youngest on and on for many years before it silently claims its victim, he said.
Using Al Capone, former public enemy No. 1, as an illustration, Doctor Moore pointed out that syphilis symptoms may appear and disappear without even the knowledge of the persons affected until later life. Stating that Capone was affected by paresis, Doctor Moore said that that is another form of insanity which results from syphilis.
It is possible to discover syphilis at an early stage by using the Wasser-maestrom test, and then 606 may be used to cure the patient. At first mercury was used successfully to cure syphilis.
Columbus Carried Disease
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1938
"Strange to say," he said, "the word 'syphilis' developed from the name of a shepherd, a character in an Italian poet's masterpiece. It was connected with the venereal diseases because it can be transmitted only through wet surfaces on the body, as by kissing and through the genital organs. 'Venerale' came from the word 'Verus', which means love."
Syphilis was carried to Europe by Columbus, said Doctor Moore. "When Columbus came to America he did not know where he was going and when he got there he didn't know where he was going. He had seen it, he had been, but somebody paid for it because Columbus brought back syphilis in 1433."
Doctor Moore was presented through the efforts of the local chapter of Sigma Xi and its president, Dr. N. P. Sherwon, head of the department of bacteriology and a former classmate of Dr. K. M. Shewang, meeting took the place of the regular meeting of Sigma Xi, scientific honor society.
Doctor Moore is the editor of the American Journal of Syphilis and Veneral Disease and associate professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University. He left last night following the lecture for Kansas City, where he will speak before the Kansas City Academy of Medicine.
Kansas: Cloudy Friday, becoming fair in north portion, not so cold in west and extreme north-central portions in afternoon; Saturday probably fair and warmer.
WEATHER
FLASH—
Shirevport, La. Feb. 17—(UP) Several persons were killed tonight by a tornado in the vicinity of Roanoke, according to reports received here.
Announce Two More Town Hall Meetings
Two more Sunday evening meetings of the Lawrence Town Hall, to follow the present series, were announced yesterday by the Rev. H Lee Jones of the Unitarian Church secretary of the forum.
Dean John Warren Day of the Episcopal Cathedral of Topkau will be the speaker on Feb. 27, when the president or discuser will lead to Peace "Epigrammage."
On March 6, two outstanding newspaper men of this territory will lead the discussion on "Propaganda in a Democracy" in the last meeting of the Town Hall winter series. The group, led by the editorial staff of the Kansas City Star and Marco Morrow of the Paparibs Publications of Topeka.
Discusses English Music Marion Snowden Speaks About Queen Elizabeth Period
Mars. Marian Keighley Snowden, who lectured on "The Story of Old English Music" in Frank Strong hall auditorium yesterday afternoon, told her audience that people of the time from Henry VIII to Queen Elizabeth were more music-conscious than the present-day English. Instead of magazine and Police Gazettes, barber shops in those days wished with which patrons whined away their patrons whined away their turns came.
Musicians Were Priveged
Mrs. Snowden wore a velvet gown which was a replica of one that Queen Elizabeth wore, and played songs and dances on a virginal, a small forerunner of the piano. The instrument is very small, and the strings are plucked by a lever when a key is struck, giving a tone much like plucking a piano string by hand. Difficult to Tune
Good servants were all musicians. One shemaeker was thought to be an imposter because he could neither sing nor play an instrument. Queen Elizabeth gave one choirmaster a license to kidnap any children in England he wanted to have sing in his church.
"The lute," said Mrs. Snowden, "was one of the favorite instruments of old England. A New Year's custom of the period was the giving of lute strings to young ladies by gentlemen. Because the lute was such a hard instrument to keep in tune, it was said that if a lute player were 80 years old he had spent 60 years of his life tuning his lute."
Mrs. Snowden's address, arranged by the University Concert Course, replaced the regular Fine Arts recital. Mrs. Snowden, who has been lectureing on the Pacific coast, will return soon to her home in London.
Delta Sigma Pi Sponsors Picture at Granada Sunday
Delta Sigma Phi, professional business fraternity, will sponsor the photoplay "Everybody Sing" at the Granada theater *n*ect *s*t Sunday through Wednesday at 10 a.m. in the picture, a MetroGoldwyn-Mayer production, are Allan Jones, Judy Garland, Fanny Brice, and Billie Burke.
Competitive examinations for the following positions have been announced by the United States civil service commission:
Government Announces
Customs examiner's aid, $2,300 a year, U.S. customs service, treasury department.
Civil Service Examinations
Whitcomb Scholarship
Full information may be obtained at the Lawrence postoffice.
Wheelwright, $1,500 a year, wa
department, Ft. Leavenworth.
Junior engineer (various optiona
$2,000 a year.
Junior engineer (various options subjects), $2,000 a year.
Women interested in applying for the Edna Osborne Whitcomb scholarship should make application immediately to Miss Persia 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 1931 for the benefit of needy students who are majoring in English.
Engineers Present Queen Tonight
Today there are five hopeful candidates for Queen of the annual Hob Nail Hop. After intermission tonight at the engineering dance, one will be "Her Majesty."
The coronation ceremony will take place immediately before intermission (around 10.15' o'clock). Stuffard, e'39, president of the engineering council, will announce the winner, presenting her with a miniature vase and flowers. Louka Kuhn's orchestra will play her sorority song.
From the following beauties will come the woman who will reign as queen of the School of Engineering "green shirt" forces in 1938.
Patti Payne, Alpha Chi Omega,
Isabel West, Gamma Phi Beta.
Jane Waring, Kappa Kapp
Gamma.
Roberta Cook, Gamma Phi Beta.
Mary Spearing, Kappa Kappa
Gamma.
Last year's winner was Mary Katherine Dorman, whose machine tactics "sweed up" the Theta Tait's fraternity fraternity, and enabled her to defeat a candidate from the engineering school, and enabled her to win the first contest conducted on the Hill for a Bob Nail Hop queen, Jerry Gaut was elected.
Pre-dance activities in past years have seen bitter feuds between the traditional Campus rivals, the engineers and the lawyers. From their roost on the steps of Green Hall, the laws heckle everybody in general and engineers in the business, the excellent opportunity for such annoying.
Candidates for Queen are determined by a nominating ballot in the school, from which those with the highest totals compete in the final election. Dancing tonight will be rom 9 to 12 o'clock.
However, this year the engineers feel that because they have not molested the laws, the Hop should be allowed to sit, affair, undisturbed by "barbarians."
The secrecy surrounding the identity of the queen has grown out of this feud. In past years it was not uncommon for law students to kidnap the engineers' queen so she could not be presented at the dance. For that reason the winning candidate (known this morning to only three persons—not including your writer) is not revealed until the coronation services at intermission of the dance.
Religious Group Plans Meeting
A new series of meetings for those interested in a religious discussion group was announced yesterday by the W.Y.C.A. and Y.M.C.A. For the next three months the Rev. Harold King of the Congregational Church, the Rev. Carter Harris of the Hospital of Boston, the Rev. G. Barr of the Christian Church, will lead discussions on "The Teachings of Jesus."
The "Olymp" Commission of the Y.W.C.A. and the Reinterpretation of Religion Commission of the Y.M.C.A. have joined and planned this series. The remainder of the meetings this spring will be joint meetings of the two organizations. These meetings will be held at 4:30 on Friday afternoons. Every other Sunday evening there will be a guest which anyone is invited. These Sunday meetings will be held at Henley house from 9 p.m., until 10:15 p.m., and they will be open forums.
Marriage customs among the different Indian tribes will be discussed by six Indian girls from Haskell at Preshmish Commission 4:30 Monday afternoon at Henley house. These girls are members of the W.Y.C.A. at Haskell, which is affiliated with the University W.Y.C.A. Eleanor Halfmann and Rachinda Cordelius will be in charge of this discussion. Some of the Indian girls will be dressed in native costumes and tell Indian stories as well as marriage customs of their own tribes.
At the last meeting the Rev. Mr. King gave a talk on the political background during the life of Jesus. He will continue to lead the discussions during the next three meetings.
The meeting this Friday will be in the Pine room of the Memorial Union building at 4:30 p.m. and is open to the public.
Evelyn Brubaker, c'39, and Donald DeFord, c'urel, are co-chairmen of the new joint committee on religion.
Indian Girls From Haskell To Discuss Marriage Customs
Engineers HoldTwo-Day Convention
Eighty - N i n e Register
For Thirtieth Annual
Meeting, H e l d H e r e
This Week
The thirtieth annual convention of the Kansas Engineering Society began yesterday morning with formal presentations. Eighty-nine registered yesterday.
The two-day convention was called to order in the auditorium of Marvin hall at 9:30 yesterday morning by President G. M. Shelley, chief engineer of the Winkler-Coke company of Wichita. This was followed by an address of welcome by Dean Ivan C. Crawford, of the School of Engineering and Architecture.
The next section to hold a meeting is the "Mechanical and Electrical" division, at which Chairman Linn Helander will preside. A sideway on tractor fuel will be presented by E. L. Barger, assistant professor of agricultural engineering at Kansas State College.
The program for today opens with a meeting of the "Water Resources" section at 9:30 a.m., with Chairman R. E. Lawrence presiding. A discussion of "National Water Resource Planning" will be given by Dean Crawford. This will be followed by a general discussion, with George S. Knapp in charge. Mr. Knapp is connected with the division of water resources of the State Board of Agriculture. "An Engineering Approach to the Analysis of Hydrological Data" is the title of the next talk by J. O. Jones, professor of hydraulics at the University.
Luncheon at Eldridge Hotel
A luncheon will be served at 12:15 at the Eldridge hotel, at which the annual meeting of the Kansas state section of the American Society of Civil Engineering will be held. "Society Affairs" will be discussed by R. C. Gowdy, vice-president of the society.
Business Session in Afternoon
At 2 o'clock, the meeting of the "Mechanical and Electrical" section resumes with a talk on "Rural Electrification in Kansas" by George A. Mills, president of the Kansas Electric Power company of Lawrence. Also at 2 o'clock the section on "Mining, Oil and Geology" meets with Chairman Earnest Boyce presiding An explanation of "Petroleum Engineering Practice" will be given by D. R. Knowlton, general superintendent of the Phillips Petroleum company of Bartlesville, Okla.
A luncheon was held at 12:15 yetday, at which there were group meetings for the various sections. Entertainment for the wives of the attending engineers was provided by a luncheon at Evan's Hearth and afternoon bridge at the home of Mrs Ivan C. Crawford.
Following this a business session will be held, which will include special society business, reports by the committee on professional relations the auditing committee and the nominating committee, and an election of officers, after which the convention will stand adjourned.
Students Represent University in Debate
The meeting of the "Transportation" section was held at 2 o'clock, with Chairman F. F. Frazier presiding. A discussion of the Missouri river development by P. A. Hodgson, lieutenant-colonel in the engineering corps of the United States army, was then given, after which "Research and Railroad Operation" was reviewed by R.C. Gowdy, of the National Railroad company and vice-president of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Following this was a talk on the "Trends of Highway Construction in Kansas" by A.B. Nuss, state highway engineer, and a report of the committee on safety by George Knap, chairman. A film entitled "Safety on the Highways" was next shown through the courtesy of the Kansas Electric Power company. A short resume of "Engineering Regis-
Eldon Smith, c'39, and Keith Schurman, c'40, will represent the University in a series of debates to be given in Texas, Feb. 24, 25, and 26. Nine debates are scheduled to be given in Denton, Temple, and Austin, Texas. Five of them will be tournament debates.
Annual Social Banquet Held
Continued on page 3
Radio station WOAI in San Antonio, Texas, will broadcast the debates given on Thursday afternoon.
Members of Debate Team Speak in Winfield and in Iowa
John Stewart, c'38, and Omer Voss, T'39, will return today from a debate contest which has been held in Iowa.
They represented the University of Kansas in debates which had as subject "Should the federal government crop production control program?"
Four University men went to Winfield yesterday to participate in a sophomore tournament. Kansas will be entered in oratory, extemporaneous speaking, and debating. The four entries from Kansas are Ivy Baldwin c'40; Robert Hebden c'40; Robert Sullivan c'40; Robert Sullivan c'40; and Rhoeides c'40.
Presents 57th Vespers
Orchestra and Women's Glee Club on Sunday's Program
The School of Fine Arts All-Musical Vespers, the 57th in the series, will be presented Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock in Heuch auditorium. The program will include the Orchestra and the Women's Glee Club, besides several other numbers.
Frank Cinkle will open the program with an organ choral prelude by Walter Mourant, a number dedicated Professor Cinkle by the composer.
The orchestra, directed by Prof. Karl Kurtsteiner and now numbering 90 selected musicians; will play the symphony in Russia Easter ("Himsky-Korsakoff").
The University Women's Glee Club, with 52 voices, under the direction of Miss Irene Peabody, will sing a group of three numbers from Bach, Mendlessohn, and H. T. Burleigh.
The University String Tri, composed of Ruth Orcutt, pianist, Karl Kuersteiner, violinist; and Raymond Stull, cellist, will play the sustained melodious slow movement from the 'Trio Op. 87' (Brahms). The Allegro Movement from the 'C Major Quartet' (Sublert) will be played by the University Strings Quartet, assisted by Rita Cumlaini. Another feature on the program will be the 'Variations' (Shumann) for two pianos with two cellos and one French horn. Solo pianists will be Ruth Orcutt and Allie Merle Conge, assistant professors of piano.
The new portable orchestra and bard stands recently purchased by the University will be used for the first time at this program. The vescers are open to the public without charge.
'Spring Dance' Ends Tonight
Making a bid for the attendance record and for the fun record of the year, "Spring Dance" will be pre-recorded on video from Foster auditorium to a full house.
Every available seat in the auditorium has been sold, according to a statement by Gerhart Tonn. ticket manager, yesterday. The chairs that will be placed to accommodate students will also be taken. Tonn assured.
Tonight's presentation of the Philip Barry comedy of sorority girl life will close a four-day presentation of the play. The leads are being taken by Bill Fey, c'40, and Roberta Cook, c'39.
All men interested in golf are requested to meet with Gwinn Henry in the K Club room in Robinson gymnasium Monday for a meeting in regard to the 1938 University golf team.
Golfers Will Meet
Authorized Parties
--inside track to an undisputed championship.
Friday, February 18, 1938 Limited Date
Hobnail Hop, Memorial Union,
12 p.m.
Saturday, February 19, 1938
Saturday, February 19, 1938
Delta Chi, chapter house, 12
p.m.
Phi Gamma Delta, chapter house, 12 p.m.
Sigma Nu, Hotel Eldridge, 12 p.m.
Sigma Phi Epsilon, chapter house. 12 p.m.
ELIZABETH MEGUAR,
Adviser to Women for
the Joint Committee on
Student Affairs.
It's Do or Die For Kansas Tonight
Jayhawks 'Must Win' at Norman To Clinch Inside Track for the Championship; A Deafat Will Make It Hard for Allen's Men To Catch the Fast-Moving Sooners Again
By Harry Hill, c'40
Kansas' hopes for a seventh Big Six basketball championship will either "boom" or "bust" tonight in Norman, Okla.
New Group Moves Into Demonstration Home
By defeating Oklahoma's "boy scats" with whom they are co-leaders in a hotly-contested court race, Kansas will be virtually certain of a tie in the final standings and will have the
Tied for the conference lead with four games to go, the Jayhawkers invade Soonerland with the "must win" sign hanging over their title possibilities.
A new group of women has moved into the Home Management house, and will live there for the next six weeks. This house is for the use of majors in home economics. The women are: Virginia Cairn, c 38; Lois Sholander, c 38; Josephine Lawc, c 38; and Mildred Messheimer,
Convocation Next Monday J. F. Cooke, President Of Presser Foundation Will Speak
University students will be treated to stories about great men next Monday in conversation when James Francis Cooke, president of the Presser Foundation, will speak on "Encounters With Genius."
At one time he made a study of teaching systems in European conservatories. He has been editor of Etude, musical magazine, since 1897, and was chair of the group since 1918. This is a financial foundation which sponsors building of halls and auditoriums throughout the country, and was endowed by the Theodore Presser company, music publishing house, of which Mr. Krauss was chairman.
Mr. Cooke should have many interesting reminiscences, for he has lived an active life both in America and Europe, and has known many famous persons on both continents. He was educated under many teachers here and abroad, and was a teacher of piano and voice in New York and Brooklyn for several years.
He is also the author of several books on music, and a member of various dramatic and music clubs. He has been honored with degrees of doctor of music from Ohio Northern University, Cincinnati Conservatory, and University of Pennsylvania; and LLD, from Ohio Northern University and Ursinus College, and LH.D. from Bethany College.
The convocation will begin at 16 o'clock, and morning classes will be shortened to the usual 35-minute period.
Many Attend Late Rally
There was lots of noise at the Santa Fe station last night and it wasn't all made by shivering bones of chilled rallrers.
More than 150 Kansas fans saw the crusading Jayhawk basketball team begin its journey to Norman. Okla, home of the Sooners.
Hearty cheers through chattering teeth featured the first rally in honor of a traveling Kansas cage squad. The University band played despite the frigid temperatures and the entire crowd was enthusiastically responsive to the yell leading at the Ku Kui's and Jay James.
Dr. F. C. Allen, varsity basketball coach told the ralliers that their numbers were "a wonderful tribute under most adverse circumstances." He said that he did not, however, share the crowd's optimism when he thought of facing a capacity partisan Oklahoma crowd.
Fred Praille and Sylvester Schmidt,
co-captains for the game and Don
Ehling also spoke.
Graduate Injured in Collision
Miss Cecelia Robinson, 21, o Lawrence, suffered head lacerations in an accident north of Pleasant Grove yesterday afternoon. She remained unconscious for six or seven hours, but regained consciousness a about 11 o'clock last night and showed improvement. David Bryan Baldwin, also was injured in the crash, which was a head-on collision
-ination of the weights on both sides reveal a near perfect balance of the prediction scales.
Although some dopesters choose to term the Jayhawkers as *uorbdogs*, a careful exam. What advantage there is in playing before a home crowd—6,000 fans
A loss to the high-scoring Sooner sophomores, however, will remove all but an outside chance of overtaking them again.
BULLETIN
The Kansas - Oklahoma basketball game will be broadcast over radio station WREN from 8:15 to 10:30 tonight. Ronnie Ashburn, WREN announcer, will broadcast the game from Norman.
re expected to jam the Snooner field house—will be Oklahoma's. If there an advantage in the coaching of B. P. C. Allen, that belongs to Kan-
While the Jayhawkers fall short of the Oklahoma offensive record of 287 points in six games, they may counter with a defense which has limited opponents to 52 less points in the same number of contests. And the relative mottles of offensive and defensive strength long have been unchanged among basketball followers.
Martin and McNatt Threats
With 4 men in the 10 high Big Six scorers, there is no disputing the Sooner basket-making supremacy. Each man on Coach Hug McDermott's quintet is a potential high-point man. Jimmy McNatt, who is third among individual scorers, was the chief factor in Oklahoma's 49-64 victory over the Jay-hawkers in the opening conference game, and has been the most consistent point-gatherer.
Two other sophomore stars, Walker and Mesch, have at times set a burning pace and Mullen, Sooner center, has displayed a steadily improving basket eye. Lastly, there is Bill Martin. For two years he was a bulwark in Oklahoma's offensive. This season, he was concentrated on steadying a brilliant but erratic sophomore crease and has sauntered his basket honors. He then he has a deadly aim from the tree throw line and with fine dribbling he is a constant threat. 'Gallons of Fowl' for OU.
One fact which prevents Oklahoma from being a heavy pre-game favorite is a simple sentence of six words: Freel Praille will play for Kansas. Not that the star Jawshaker guard won't have able support from Corli, Ebling, Harp and Schmidt. A third point is that the season, he has been the one dependable scorer and the most effective defensive player.
His running mate at guard, Dick Harp, has recovered from an injury received last week in practice and should be in top form for the game. Corlis, who has shown new life in recent workouts, may be the deciding facker against the Sooners. Don Ebling, who besides Pralle is the only Kanan in the first ten scores, can very easily cause Hug McDermott six gallons of worry (in terms of Doctor Allen's trouble remedy).
John MacGregor, Oklahoma business manager, said last night that sale of tickets to the game exceeded capacity of the Sooner field house.
The probable starting lineups:
Kansas Ebling F Oklahoma
Corls F McNatt
Schmidt C Mullen
Praille G Martin
Harp G Mesch
In its drive for W. funds, the University of California Y.W.C.A. organization sponsored a series of no-date nickel dances held at noon.