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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
The Official Student Paper of the University of Kansas
VOLUME XXXV
State Refuses Bids For Work on Dyche
NUMBER 86
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3. 1938
State Business Manager Says Prices Offered for Reconstruction Are All Too High; Board of Administrat To Discuss Matter With Board of Regents
No contract. let by the state business manager for the completion of Dyche museum because the bids submitted for the work were too high, according to H. H. Lane, curator of the Museum of Natural History.
Before Dyche museum was close it was one of the most interesting spots on the University Campus. It attracted persons from all over the country, and each Sunday crowds of visitors viewed the unusual display
Bids were opened Monday, but all were found to be unsatisfactory. The board of administration has taken the situation under consideration and will meet soon with the Board of Regents to discuss the matter.
The museum was condemned as unsafe more than five years ago, and the museum articles were removed to archive. It has remained closed since.
On Feb. 16 of last year, Governor Walter Huxman signed
The exhibits, which were packer and stored at various places over the Campus, form one of the outstanding historical exhibits in the world. The unusual manner of display of these exhibits in their natural habitat and in positions true to their age marked the exhibit as unique and authentic.
In 1933, with the combined funds of $25,000 granted to the University by the state legislature and a grant of $10,465 from the PWA, the entire inner structure of the building was removed, and reinforced concrete floors and steel pillars and beams were installed. It has remained in this unfinished condition.
bill which provided $55,000 for the completion and restoration of the museum.
Last summer, architects' sketches for the completion of repairs on Dyche were received from the state building were checked by Cuarator Lane.
HAY by WIRE
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Old pappy ground hog saw his shadow yesterday and according to the best tradition we have six weeks of winter ahead of us. If the rest of the winter isn't any worse then the winter will be lucky. If he wants to be hole hog or none it's all right with us.
The held naming of the Ad and Chemistry buildings is ok with us, but with all due respect we think that the Chem building should be called Strong hall. Did you ever walk on the windward side when the space smelled like rotten eggs? Chemistry Laboratories is too long to fit those little signs that are put out for the benefit of visiting teachers, etc.
The new storm doors at the library have provided one of the best smoking rooms on the Campus. Before the doors were put up it was like striking a match in a wind tunnel. The one library door which survived the hurricane last week opens with average pull now.
Time back up and sat down on Professor Doan's editorial students yesterday afternoon. They were greeted with a curious smile and the magazine. The test quite promptly separated the comic readers from the front-pagers.
An engineering student suffered an accident last week during finals that probably wouldn't happen again in years. He handed in his icro notes with his final paper to a colleague, some kind of danger, but this it dangerous even to look into the matter. Even engineers get on the wrong track sometimes.
An unknown gentleman nearly met his end yesterday morning. He was standing under the balcony in Central Ad. and a notebook descended from above, missing him little. It if not that he had a notebook probably would have been so heavy that it would have pushed him through the
We were reading in one of the latest almanacs yesterday and came on this interesting fact that may ex-
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To Choose Beauty Queen
Editor Robert Pearson, c38, yearend announced the annual Jayhawk magazine beauty contest open to all University women.
One queen and four attendants will be chosen. Results of the contest will be published in the final issue of the magazine.
Contestants are urged by Pearson to submit photographs as soon as possible. The deadline for entries is March 15.
The contest will be judged by Raoul Walsh and LeRoy Prinz, officials of Paramount Pictures, Inc.
"We chose these judges," Pearson said, "because of the widespread interest in the forthcoming Paramount picture, with which both are connected."
Walsh is director and Prinz dance supervisor in "College Swing" starring Martha Raye.
Fifteen photos will be selected here from the pictures submitted and from these the photophy officials will make their final decision.
"We are continuing the idea started last year," Pearson said, of choosing only one official beauty queen for the year. There is no prize other than the honor of winning."
There are no qualifications for entrance, he said.
Mary Jane McCoy, c'40, Pi Phi entrant, won a similar contest last year.
Students Lose To Marauders
Marauders invaded the Hill when three University students at the Phi Delta Theta house host $55 million in cash that was valued at $55 early this morning.
Thomas Cogrove, c'41, was robbed of $5 in cash and Joseph Weaver, c'41, lost $30 in cash a d a wrist watch valued at $10. Another wrist watch, valued at $45, which belonged Valentille Township, c'41, was also taken.
Fine Arts Students To Present Recital
Believed to have occurred at 3 o'clock yesterday morning, the burglary resembled the series of burglaries which ended with the apprehension and confession of two mer recently.
The regular Fine Arts student recital will be held in Frank Strong auditorium this afternoon at 3:30.
The program is: "Concerto in D Minor," adagio religioso and (Vieuxtemps), violin solo by Paul Stoner, fa '40; "Euides Melodique" (Mozkowski), piano solo by Martha Jackson, fa '40; "Air" (Purell-Popper) and "Scherzo" (Van Goons), cellos solo by Rita Gusaulta, fa 'uncl; and "Am Meer" (Schubert-Wilhelm) and "Prelude et Allegro" (Kreisler), violins solo by O1 g aft, sta fp.
Authorized Parties
Phi Delta Theta, Memorial Union. 12 p.m.
Aspiring Announcers To Try for Position
Tomorrow
Fireside Forum, Congregational Church, 12 p.m.
Pi Kappa Alpha, chapter house, 12 p.m.
Varsity Dance, Memorial Union, 12 p.m.
Triangle, chapter house, 12 p.m. ELIZABETH MEGUIAR.
Adviser to Women, for the Joint Committee on Student Affairs.
Truyots for positions as announcer for the University's radio station, KFKU, will be held at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10. Miss Mildred Seaman, assistant program director for the station, asks that young men interested in trying out confer with her within the week. She will be at her office in room 109 Fraser from 1:30 to 1:30 daily.
Judges of the tryout will be Prof. Allen Crafton and Prof. Robert Carlwerd of the department of speech, director of the meritorious associate professor of voices.
Prime requisites for a radio announcer, Miss Seeman said, are a good radio voice, and a good language sense. Familiar with French, Spanish, and German is desirable. Ability to meet possible emergencies in the studio also is desirable.
Preference has been expressed for students who will be in the University at least two years more than those expected to go on to law or medicine.
Late Wire Japan Makes Vicious Attack
Shanghai, Feb. 3 (Thursday)—(UP) Japanese troops were reported today to have launched a whirlwind attack in northern Anchorage, some of the most toxic cities, shattering Chinese resistance south of the Ewair river, and bringing an area of 275 square miles under their control. The Japanese news agency, whose correspondents are the only newsmen permitted at the front, reported that the Rising Sun flag of Japan had been raised after a military exercise in Yuzhanz, Peng Peng and Ping Yuan, culminating a five-day drive.
No Warning Before Attack
Carthagena, Spain, Feb. 2, —(UP)
—Four survivors of the British steamer, Endymion, torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean with a ship from Gibraltar. The ship was attacked without warning by a “pirate” submarine.
Ice-Breaker To Aid Scientists
Moscow, Feb. 3 (Thursday).—(UP) The ice-breaker Taimir was ordered at 1 p.m. today to rush to the rescue of four Soviet scientists and a little dog adrift on a fast-crumbling fce boe off the Greenland coast.
The departure of the steamer was ust ahead of schedule following a radio message from the helplessly frifting scientists last night stating hat their foe was breaking into maller chunks almost hourly.
Severe Bombardment in Madrid
Madrid, Feb. 2. — (UP) Insurgent artillery bombarded the center of Madrid tonight in one of the most violent shellings in months. Shells crashed among homeward -bound crowds, causing 20 casualties.
Rebels Take British Steamers
Barcelona, Feb. 2. —(UP) -I was reliably reported here tonight that two British steamers carrying carriages sailed in a burned by Spanish侵航 cruisers.
Announcement of the annual "Alluring She and Fascinating He" contest will be made in the February issue of the Sour O w l magazine, James Coleman, c'38, editor, said yesterday.
Sour Owl Will Conduct He-She Contest Again
Details of the contest will be contained in the Valentine's Day edition. to be available Feb. 15.
Prizes, while not yet definitely set probably will be trips for the winners, Coleman said.
Bill Grant, c'39, business manager of the magazine, will direct the contest. Voting faults, which were rumored捕断 last year's contest, will be eliminated in a new round to be announced if the next issue.
R. W. Warner, professor of electrical engineering, will be in Atchison today to address the noon meeting of the Rotary Club and tell of some of the developments that have taken place in the electrical industry during the past year. He will also demonstrate a few pieces of apparatus that have recently been perfected.
Jody Stewart, c'40, and Anthony Onofrio, c'40, were elected last year.
Professor Warner To Speak in Atchison
The magazine will contain pictures of freshman women who are outstanding as prospective winners.
Britain Asks Aidin Sub Quarantine
London, Feb. 2.—(UP) —Great Britain tonight asked France, Italy, and seven other nations to agree to a "quarantine" of all mariners in the Mediterranean in order that all maurading undersea craft might be sunk on sight in case they attack the neutral ship.
Plan Advanced To Stop Submarines By Firing On Unidentified Boats In Mediterranean
The plan prepared by Britain's foreign secretary Anthony Eden was conveyed to Premier Benito Mussolini of Italy and Premier Camille Chauptemps of France through the French and Italian ambassadors who were called into consultation to find a means of halting a new wave of "piracy" in the Mediterranean. Orders Will Be "Shoot To Sink"
If the quarantine plan finds favor with Italy and France as well as Britain—the they are responsible for the "anti-piracy" patrol established last Sept. 12—any submarine along the v.s.l Mediterranean trade route will be confined to identity and remains on the surface will be the target of "shoot to sink" orders.
The other adherents of the anti-piracy accord, signed at Nyon, Switzerland, will be asked to cooperate in the plan. They are Soviet Russia, Roumania, Bulgaria, Egypt, Jugoslavia, Greece, and Turkey.
They will be asked to sign pledges agreeing to keep their new boats in ports or in territorial waters. The idea was discussed when the anti-pirate patrol was set up five months before the invasion. Bolivia Plains Checking Methods
Orders Will Be 'Shoot To Sink'
The British proposal for steps to wash out the "pirayce", was precipitated by torpeding and sinking of the British steamer, Dendymion, off corthegana, Spain, Monday with a loss of 10 British lives, followed angry demands in behalf of common decency for wholesale seizure of Generalisimo Franco's Spanish insurgent warships.
Britain Plans Checking Methods
Under the "quarantine" plan any submarine found outside Spanish territorial waters would "automatically be released to allow liability to attack as soon as located."
The British plan also provides for methods of checking on the movements of all submarines of the Mediterranean powers, enabling the "anti-piracy" warships to track down their identity without delay.
Develops New Explosive
For several years now the student, Wendell Zimmerman, has been working on the problem. There are at least 12 explosives in the RPX group, but the most powerful have not been carefully tested, he avers.
Berkeley, Calif., Feb. 2—An explosive four times as powerful as TNT is the jealously guarded secret of a tail and bespectacled graduate student in physics at the University of California.
Although they showed four times the power of TNT, the recent tests did not develop the full power of the group, he said. Strength of the explosive has not been exaggerated, however, he added.
"The explosive or explosives submitted to the United States and England are not the strongest of the group." Zimmerman said, "and are different from those I think would be most successful. My reticence toward these two governments was deliberate."
Meanwhile, the department of physics wonders about Zimmerman's project. He has never revealed it to them, but possibly his computations may shed light on unsolved problems of atomic structure, it is said.
Commercial possibilities of the material may be considered when the inventor obtains a patent. He has none now. He can't pay for one.
Because he has been "misquoted by various newspapers," Zimmerman requested the Californian, student newspaper, to make these points clear.
Difficult, but not dangerous, to make, the explosives are made from inexpensive materials obtainable in the United States, Zimmerman said.
"First, foreign governments and the U. S. War Department have never been informed by me of all the RPX explosives, of which there are many. Nor have I at any time disclosed any information about the formulas or formulas of the RPX group. In fact, I have no desire to inform any government of complete details."
ALL NEW STUDENTS
All new students must take a psychological examination at 2:30 p.m. Friday in Fraser theater.
NOTICE
Students who plan to apply for scholarships (gift or loan) for 1938-1939 should file their applications before March 1 with Miss Persis Cook, executive secretary, room 1, Strong强 ball.
mittee on Aids and Awards U. G. Mitchell, Chairman.
Applications for Watkins hall and Miller hall residence scholarships for 1938-1939, or for the renewal of such scholarships, will be made by March 1, 1938, with Miss Elizabeth Megiaur, chairman of general scholarship committee, room 20, Frank强 Hall.
NOTICE
committee on Aids and Awards U. G. Mitchell, Chairman.
NOTICE
All members of the Women's rifle队 who have been called are to report today at the rifle range in Fowler shops. There will be no meeting of the team tonight.
Helen Ward Denlinger,
President, Women's
Rifle Team.
NOTICE
There will be a special meeting of the W.A.A. today at 4:30 in Robinson gym.
Protest 'Flunk Fees'
Ruth Baker, president.
University of Oklahoma
Students Petition f o r
Removal of $3 Fine
Norman, Okla., Feb. 2.—Reviving opposition to the much-debated "funk fee" at the University of Oklahoma, a student political party is circulating petitions against the measure and has notified the administration that letters of protest will be sent to parents of students and to state officials if the petition is ignored.
Rules of the university provide that a student must pay a fee of $3 for each credit hour of work failed.
The move received an icy reception when it was made known to President Bizzell.
"The students are wasting their time," he stated flatly. "The fee will be collected."
Leon Davis, Oklahoma City, the spokesman for the Sooner party, said that support of the Administration party would be sought in circulating the petition, which will be presented to the board of regents next Monday.
Board Will Not Rescind Action
"We believe that the university should try to better its relationships with the students," Davis said, "and the flunk fee is not the way to do it."
Asserting that the party did not wish to embarrass the university unless forced to, Davis said, "We hope we will not have to resort to bad publicity for the university, but we want it to be a big enough to warrant such a fight."
President Bizzell stated that the board has set an unalterable course and would not rescind its action to collect the fee.
"I have been instructed to collect the fee," he said, "and I will collect it."
Failing students who can show the board just cause for failing a course will be relieved of paying the fee.
Money collected from the fee will be applied to a tutorial system to help students who are in danger of failing.
No One Wants To Flunk
David stated that if such a plan were put into operation to keep students from falling, there would not be enough money to pay the tutors the next year. This would cause a great amount of failures again, he said.
"It is a vicious circle," he remarked.
Davis said levying such a fee is a legislative function, not a function of the board of regents, and that if the university needs money it should go through the regular channels of the state legislature.
Attacking the flunk fee itself, he accused the administration of assuming "students want to flunk."
"No one wants to flunk," he said, "and there is no point in adding insult to injury."
Jayhawks Win Tilt From Huskers; 48-33
Kansas Quintet Outplays Taller Nebraska Team To Remain in Running for B i g S i x Conference Title; Fred Pralle and Don Ebling Star in Fast-Moving Game
A fighting Jayhawk basketball team last night showed Nebraska and the rest of the Big Six that Kansas is still very much in the running for the championship by trumping a tall but impotent Cornhusker five in Hoch auditorium. The final score read 48 to 33 after Coach "Phog" Allen's team had led only 24 to 16 at half-time. The victory put Kansas firmly in second place with 4 games won and 1 lost as the Jayhawkers ended their first round of conference play.
Running Score-with Parsons, Nebraska guard, for scoring honors of the game. Parsons also had 6 field goals and 3 free throws. However, it was Don Ebble, sophomore forward, who stole the spotlight, scoring 3 field goals and 7 free throws for a total of 13 points, and in addition holding Amen, ace Husker forward, to only 3 points. Ebble also played a good floor game, intercepting passes, taking rebounds, and often steadying the Kansas team when it had a tendency to "go wild." Game Starts at Fast Pace
Fred Pralle, veteran sharpshooter, led the Kansas scoring with 6 field goals and 3 free throws for a total of 15 points, to tie
FIRST HALF
**KU NU**
| | | SECOND HALF |
| :--- | :--- | ---: |
| 1 | Parsons | 26 | Ebling |
| 2 | Pralle | 28 | Pralle |
| 3 | Ebling | 29 | Pralle |
| 4 | Ebling | 17 | Ebaugh |
| 5 | Eblingen | 31 | Corlis |
| 6 | Parsons | 33 | Harp |
| 7 | Parsons | 19 | Harpmann |
| 8 | Ebling | 36 | Harp |
| 8 | Thomas | 38 | Harp |
| 10 | Schmidt | 31 | Harp |
| 12 | Pralle | 22 | Parsons |
| 12 | Schmidt | 29 | Ebling |
| 9 | Dohrmann | 23 | Kowanda |
| 16 | Corlis | 41 | Eblingen |
| 13 | Corlis | 41 | Eblingen |
| 11 | Dohrmann | 42 | Praille |
| 19 | Corlis | 42 | Parsons |
| 21 | Corlis | 44 | Parsons |
| 22 | Grillum | 46 | Corlis |
| 22 | Eblingen | 26 | Ebaugh |
| 15 | Parsons | 27 | Parsons |
| 23 | Eblingen | 47 | Parsons |
| 24 | Eblingen | 29 | Parsons |
| 16 | Amon | 31 | Ellott |
| | | 48 | Florell |
'Red' Probe To Continue
Ralph T. O'Neil, Topeka, and Dr. H. L. Snyder, Winfield, members on a committee appointed by the Board of Regents to investigate rumored rape cases, arrived on the Campus yesterday to continue the investigation.
No action will be taken by the Board of Regents until a complete and detailed report has been submitted by the committee.
Hitler Seeks Army Leader
Berlin, Feb. 2. — (UP)—General Walter Von Reichenburg, commander of the seventh German army corps in Bavaria, was summoned to Berlin tonight as Adolph Hitler struggled to find a successor for War Minister Werner Von Blomberg and solve a growing crisis.
Should the post go to General Von Reichanen, a stubborn and ardent Nazi would be placed in supreme command of Germany's vast armies, for he is one of the nation's outstanding military leaders who have not joined the army "clique" in opposing Nazi party policies.
It was stated reliably tonight that the 59-year-old Baron Blomberg, whic is on a hongyuan on the Italian island of Capri with his 25-year-old bride, he has been be "reliaved" of him but had not yet submitted a formal resignation.
General Von Reichenan arrived in Berlin from his Munich headquarters amid a flurry of reports that he would be selected to succeed Baron Blomberg or would at least be elec- tors of some other high office in the army.
Hilfer was in almost constant conference today over the situation precipitated by Baron Blomberg's retirement.
Hospital Notes
Joe Van Sickel, fa'41, who is ill with pneumonia, was reported last night as slightly improved.
Fredericka Dorothy Seaver, c'38 has recovered from pneumonia and was released from the hospital yesterday.
The condition of Allen Dean McCoy, c'41, who recently underwent an operation for removal of a bullet, accidentally shot two weeks ago, continues to improve. McCoy was been confined to the hospital ahead.
Hunter Finds Field Gun
Cleveland, Feb. 2. - (UP) -Hunting with his dogs, Anthony Battaglia turned up a 150-pound anti-airstair gun lying in a field near his home. Police scratched their heads and said probably it had been stolen and then abandoned when the thief could find no buyers.
Standing of the Teams
Lyman Corlis, junior forward substituting for Golay, also played good ball, getting 9 well earned points on 4 field goals and a free throw. Harp
W L. W. Pct. T.P.O. P.
Oklahoma' 3 0 1,000 151 102
Kansas 4 1 800 103 125
Missouri 2 1 500 103 119
Indiana 2 2 500 103 127
Iowa State 4 1 200 151 187
Kansas State 4 1 200 142 102
played a fine defensive game with the difficult job of guarding the towering Ebauh. Harp also scored 5 points, all in the second half Schmidt, playing in the "quarterback" position, turned in a good floor game and scored 4 points before going out of the game on fouls.
The game started out at a fast pace and seldom dragged during the entire contest. Nebraska had a big weight advantage over the Jayhawks, but superior Kansas ball handling and cleverness made it appear that the Cornshuakers would do well the tail. Nebraska came into the Kansas players slip around them and take away rebounds, or else Nebraska would fumble the ball out-of-bounds.
Lead Changes Quickly
Parsons sent the Huskers off to an early lead by converting on Golay's foul. Praille then crossed up Apen, better known as an end on the Nebraska football team, by dribbling around him for a setup.
Amen countered by sinking a side shot, his only field goal of the game. Here Ebling made two free throws on Werner's foul and Kansas went back in the lead 4 to 3. Parsons scored a field goal, followed by Pralle's driving around Amen for another setup. Parsons got another goal and Ebling matched it with a setup, followed by a free throw by Thomas. This tied the score at 8-all. "ralle Makes Long Shot"
Kansas sparted forward with a goal by Schmidt, followed by one of Pralle's long swishing shots from out near the center of the court, shot as only Pralle can shoot them. Schmidt made another as Nebraska called time out. This made the score 14 to 8. Dohrmann made his entry into the tame and a little later sank a free throw. Corils and Ebling added goals for Kansas before Dohrmann made a field goal for the Huskers. Corils made a free throw and field goal, followed by Grimm's setup. Nebraska called time out with the score 21 to 13.
Ebling made 3 free throws for Kansas after this, and Parsons hit a field goal. Amen ended the half with a free throw.
Lead Is Never Threatened
The Jawbawers opened the second half with a rally that gave them a lead that was never threatened. Ebling and Praille made field goals and Praile a free throw before the Huskers started their second-half scoring with Ebaugh's charity toss, making the score 29 to 17.
Kansas came back with goals by Corlis and Harp, while Nebraska ran its score up 3 points on Dohrmann's then-harpoon. The Raptors then Harp and Prule hit the basket from the field while Parsons counted on a field goal and free throw.
As the game progressed it became Continued on page 4.