UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
The Official Student Paper of the University of Kansas
NUMBER 54
VOLUME XXXV
George K. Alumnus Back to Alma Mater
Grads Return To See Jayhawkers Trim Tigers in Turkey Day Tilt and Show Underclassmen How Spirit Was Back in the Good Old Days When They Were Students
By Harry Hill, c'40
George is coming back tomorrow.
He returns to his Alma Mater, with 50 extra pounds and a suitcase full of clothes; minus some of the spryness he had 20 years ago; but still imbued with two instinctive desires: to see Kansas lick Missouri's Tigers and to show Joe College, c'39, what school spirit really is.
day when he joins some 30,000 other fans in Memorial stadium to witness the annual Tiger game. Forgotten Will Dunn Does
The first of these will be realized (he hopes) at 2 p.m. Thurs-
For the second, he will participate in the many activities of a two-day Homecoming celebration preceding the game.
George Will Don Rags
Can't Enter in Big Race
George was never a sloppy fellow, and today prides himself upon the dignity of his appearance, despite the shame of being on the back of hair on his head. But for the sake of "the days that used to be," he will don the rags, forget to shave, and mix with the Joes and James in their Hob Day obeys Wednesday morn-
While he hasn't a trained mouse to enter in the big race, and will encounter some difficulties when he tries to waltz to the strains of "Josephine" at the Hobe dance, George can nevertheless, tell his neighbor that he remembers when the Doc Yak medicine show started and that the queens back in 1915 "were a darn sight cutter."
When his Hobo Day activities are concluded, George will wash his face, shave, and get into last year's suit. The occasion is the alumni gathering for a building. Of course, George considers this one of the few unnecessary parts of the whole Homecoming affair, but the wife said he should not go a step unless he promised to go down to registration, meet his old classmates, and eat like a person present for at least a few hours.
Then comes the climax of the day's festivities. At 7:30, George will trump down to see the annual Homecoming parade. Now this, he thinks, is more like it. Here he will compare the cleverness of the present floats with the ones he used to help prepare. Vocal evidence of school spirit will be featured in the events of the evening, which is right down George's alley. He expects to yell loud enough that Nelly will explain "That's George" when she tunes in on WREN's broadcast of the annual Homecoming rally at 8, following the parade.
Will Have Exciting Day
That night George will swing out at the Relays Club dance at the Eldridge hotel.
LAWRENCE. KANSAS. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1937
Thursday morning, George will duck in at the Relays Club open house for a moment, because it is in the Eldridge and he happens to be there. Then he will struggle up the Hill to help make the informal reception at 10 in the Union lounge more informal. This will last until 11, because George will get into a ball session with John and Frank. He will sneak away just in time to join Junior for the Second and Third Generation Students-Parents picture on the Ad building steps.
Finally comes the time for the game. George will hurry to get down to the stadium by the team's end, and then the tom-tom then. This ceremony was going to be presented between halves, but Missouri wants it before the game.
As if he hadn't yelled enough already, George will rush back to the Union building right after the picture to get in on the last few minutes before the game. From KMBC from 11 to 11:30 o'clock Ceremony To Precede Game
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The Voice of the Peepul
The Voice of the People ..
Did the King have a locket?
Yes, it really gags.
Are we going to have baseball?
Is the Independent Union a groe
Is the Shinster good or lousy?
What of Americanism?
campus Opinions—that voice one,
the students-has become so
popular that today's editorial
page is to say, "I want them to
department. Read what the other fellows have to
say."
Market Drops Aagin
New York, Nov. 22.—(UP) - Wall street margin clerks worked feverishly to tight check their accounts following a new break in the stock market which carried prices down one to nine points to the lowest levels in about two and one-half years.
Long after most of New York's downtown business community had deserted its offices, the spires and towers making up the nation's security market center were pockmarked by gleaming lights as harrassed clerks sent out new margin calls to bolster weakened accounts.
The break, which embraced al. sections of the lists, particularly U.S. Steel, Chrysler Motors, and Ford, would have reduced the dwindling bull frenzies that the market would resist pressure at the previous lows was shattered.
Present Faculty Recital
Mrs. Mervyn Anderson, harpist, and Prof. Klaus Kuersteiner, violinist, were solosists on the faculty recital presented last evening in the Administration building auditorium. D.M. Swarthout, dean of the School of Fine Arts, accompanied the musicians.
One of the features of the program was the presentation of the recent concert performance of the recently completed Sonata in F-major for Violin and Piano, by Prof. Carl A. Preyer. The sonata is accompanied by Ruzeniemon, on the violin, and Professor Preyer, at the piano.
Mrs. Anderson's two groups of harp soles were marked by surety and beauty of tone. She played Roussieu's "Variations Pastorales", "Clair de Lune", by Debusy, and Grandjay's "Deaux Chansons Populaire." Mrs. Anderson was formerly a pupil of Grandjay.
Professor Kuersteiner also played the Concerto in D-minor, by Vieux 'emps.
Sunshine and clearing skies brought a sharp increase today in the sale of tickets for the M.U.K. Turu Dayk game, accompanied by entertainment by E.L. Falkenstein, secretary of collegiate athletics.
Clearing Skies Encourage Sales
The advance sale of tickets stands at approximately 16,000. If good weather prevails, authorities expect nearly 30,000, one of the largest crowds in the history of the K.U. Homecoming celebration.
E. R. Elbel, assistant professor of physical education, went to South Bend, Ind., Sunday night. He was called by the death of his friend, Saturday night. Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon.
For the student activity books, 4,515 seats have been reserved in the six sections from the 50-yard line south on the east side of the stadium. Other seats have been sold in this section. Only 50-seats have been sold in these sections, and students have been assured that no more will be sold.
Ed Elbel's Father Dies
ostpone Photographic Lecture
Owing to the rush of Homecoming activities, M. Oren Bingham has postponed the lecture on photography scheduled for tonight. This lecture will be given on Nov. 30, a week from tonight.
Hear 160 Musicians In Vespers
Symphony Plays Piece
In Memory of Former
Student Member, Robert
Ardrey
The opening all-musical Vesper of the year was presented by the School of Fine Arts in Hoch auditorium Sunday afternoon.
A program of uniform excellence was presented, which featured the University symphony orchestra under the direction of Karl Kuesteiner. The orchestra played the overture to "Die Meistersinger," by Wagner, and the final movement of Techaikowsky's sixth symphony, the "Pathetique." Before the symphony movement which closed the program, Mr. Kuesteiner announced to the audience that he had been a memorial to Robert Ardirey, who died last month, and who was, for several years, a member of the organization.
The Westminster, a Cappella choir, with the largest enrollment in its history, totaling 72 people, sang three numbers by Farrant, Van Derman Thompson, and Nikolakis, in direction of Dean D. M Swarthowt
The University string quartet consisting of Waldemar Gelfchl, first violin; Conrad McGrew, second violin; Karl Kuesteri, viola; and Raymond Stubil, played the movement from a Schubert quartet.
Next Program Is Dec.12
"A Requiem for Three Celos," by Popper, was played by Arthur Fielder, c'39; Sarai Mohler, fa'41; Rita Guaatanus, fa'umcl, aecompanied by Mary Jane Bruce, fa'-39, at the piano.
Meribah Maria, soprano, sang Kahit's "Ave Maria," with violin obligato by Prof. Waldemar Geltch and G. Criss Simpson at the
The second Vespers program in the series, the Christmas Vespers with tableaux, will be presented in afternoon and evening performances.
Tom Ise To Be Chief Justice in Trial
Tom lce. 178, has been elected to serve as chief justice for the trial of the five students who raided the Kansas State campus previous to the Kansas State-K.U. football game.
The trial is to be held in the Pine room of the Memorial Union building next Tuesday. A prosecutor for the case met with some admitted sometime before the trial.
Don Voorhees, c'38, president of the Men's Student Council, has received a statement of the damages from the Kansas State authorities.
Dr. Popenoe Speaks At Topeka Meeting Today
Dr. Paul Popeen, secretary and general director of the Institute of Family Relations at Los Angeles, will outline some of the changes in family life and some of the needs for which these changes are responsible when he speaks at the Topeka W.C.A.tonight at 8 o'clock. His theme is "The Changing Family in the Changing World."
The Thanksgiving issue of the Oread Oracle, published by the students of Oread Training School, was distributed this morning. The cover is with a specially designed cover printed from a linoleum block.
Doctor Popeneo's talk is being sponsored by the Swaintee County Mental Hygiene Society, and is open to the public.
Staff members for this issue were: Floyd Burns, editor-in-chief; Travis Glass, assistant editor; Arthur Johnson, business manager; Leonard Rainwater, joke editor; Ruth Alvord, art editor; Thomas Barlow and Marguerite Nolten-smeer, staff typist.
INDEPENDENTS
All independent students who are to be here Wednesday please report to a meeting in the Union building at 8:30 Wednesday
Doctor Popenoe appeared at the University last year under the auspices of the W.S.G.A.
Training School Magazine Will Be Distributed Today
SUSAN MALONEY and
Presidents.
The latest craze of modern dancing, the "Big Apple," will be the feature of the last meeting of the social dancing class this evening in the Memorial Union ballroom, according to a statement made by Elizabeth Dunkel, assistant professor of physical education.
Dancing Class
To Feature 'Big Apple'
At Last Meeting
This hour of dancing, which will last from 7 to 8 clock, is the eleventh of a series of lessons which have been held twice a week for the past five weeks. The major part of the time will be spent on the fox trot and the figures used for it. Fast and paced movements of the time being spent on the basic figures used in the waltz.
All of the members of the Tau Sigma dancing group will be on hand as partners. They will execute a preliminary "Big Apple" as a demonstration to the rest of the class. Following this, the entire class will be given a chance to participate.
Miss Dinkel explained that this was not in the regular class routine, but that it is being performed merely as an entertainment feature which was requested by the girls themselves.
Japan Opens Peace Attack
Chinese Receive Warning Urging Generalissimo's Surrender
Shanghai, Nov. 23 (Tuesday) — (UP) Japan brought her peace of offense into the open but simultaneously redoubled her military attack on Chinese armies in the Yangtze valley in an effort to hasten a war against China. Sheck all-China anti-Japanese front which might make possible an early truce.
A Japanese spokesman revealed that the first Japanese airplane which had flown over Nanking since the Chinese government began to abandon its general capital, dropped a letter at 2 p.m. yesterday addressed to the Chinese generalissimo urging him to surrender.
The plane dropped no bombs, but it was followed by others which "backed the Japanese suggestions" with a roar of Japanese explosives on Chinese lines marching toward the battle front west of Shanghai.
The spokesman declined to reveal the text of the letter to the general-issimo, asserting that it was a "permanent" threat to our nation and an american military and naval forces.
"All we can say is that we asked the general surrender of Chiang and his army. No reply has been received there has not been sufficient time."
Independents Are Organized
About sixty independent students elected officers last night in completing organization of an independent group on the Bill.
Working as a fraternal group to promote social activities for the independents, the organization will not participate in collegiate politics.
The independent organization will have a float and a representative committee for all activities. Their nominees for Hobo queen in Lourraine Long, c. 40.
One man and one woman were elected for each office. Those elected are as follows: Presidents, Susan Maloney c'39, and Leon Rey
othy Flick, c'38, and Weston Wells
cally Fick, secretaries, Alice Haldenman-
Jalius, c'38, and Vance Archer, c'41
and Rav Bibion, Anderson, c'40
and Rav Bibion, b'38.
Keith Corbin, c'38, underwent a tonsillectomy Saturday at Watkim Memorial hospital.
Wednesday, Nov. 24 Closed Date
Authorized Parties
Student Undergoes Operation
Homecoming Varsity dance, 12 p.m.
Alpha Phi Alpha, party, 1 a.m.
Thursday, Nov. 25
sigma Alpha Mu, party, 12 p.m. ELIZABETTE MEGUAI Advocate to women, for the Joint Committee on Student Affairs.
Nichols Addresses Writers
Administration Desires
To Give Kansas Public
Right Opinion of State
University
"We are trying to give the public in Kansas the right opinion of the University," said Raymond Nichols, executive secretary to the Chancellor, at the meeting of the Student Conference Bureau yesterday afternoon.
"There are 3800 students in the University this year who are residents of Kansas. This is a larger number of Kansans than has before attended in one year. One hundred of 100 counties are represented."
Mr. Nichols continued by giving the students some facts about the University of Kansas, some of which are:
"Interesting to note are the occupations of the parents of students. The most common are merchants, salesmen, physicians, bankers, teachers, surgeons, some unusual occupations are actors, curators and yacht captains."
The five professional fields which are most popular in the students' interest are business, engineering medicine, education and law.
Taxes Aid Little
"You do not have to be the son or daughter of wealth to attend school Approximately 54 per cent of the men and 39 per cent of the women attending school this year are self-supporting."
As to the financial backing of the University, he stated that "less than 60 per cent of the money is appropriated by the state, and only $1,000 is appropriated by the federal government. The rest is taken from fees and tuition. Taxes play very little part in the finances of the university. The most important part of the tax-payers' money goes to the upkeen of this school."
Cites Needs of University
Mr. Nichola concluded his tail with the announcement of two urgent needs of the University. The first is more space in the library for the books which are now stored in the sub-basement and in the additional laboratory space for the Educational Medicine and Pharmacy.
There are now 150 correspondents covering 90 counties in Kansas, with one correspondent for Tulsa, Okla. The bureau hopes to have all 105 counties in Kansas covered by the end of the semester.
Prizes are being offered this year by the Men's Student Council and the W.G.S.A. for work done during the year. Eight prizes will be offered, the first being $15 and the second $20. Faculty members clipings of their work, which will be turned in to a committee of judges chosen from the faculty and students
Chancellor Lindley Returns From East
Chancellor Lindley returned late Sunday evening from New York and Washington, where he spent the last week. While in Washington he attended meetings of the National Association of State Universities and of the State-Universities Association. In New York he attended meetings of the alumni of the University of Indiana, and the trustees of the Carnegie endowment for the advancement of teaching.
The Chancellor also visited him on, Ernest K. Lindley, who lives a Washington and is Washington in the New York ferald-Tribune.
Union Managers To Go on Trip
Miss Hermina Zippie, director of food services at the Memorial Union, and Jack Townsend, assistant manager of the Union, will leave Nov. 29 for LaFayette, Ind., where they will attend a conference of college union managers at Purdue University. En route, they plan to visit several college unions, including Iowa State University. The two also plan to visit the University of Indiana, at Bloomington, during their stay in LaFayette.
CLOSING HOURS
Closing hours for all University women will be 12:30 t. night, Nov. 23.
DORIS STOCKWELL President W.S.G.A.
Ed and Co-ed Plan Homecoming Spree
Joe and Jane To Have Many Holiday Festivities During Celebrations for Turkey Day Game Preliminaries Which Include Rallies, Dances, Parades, Broadcasts, and Races
By Harold Addington, c'uncl
Joe and Jane aren't going home tomorrow
Which is another way of saying that students of Kansas University will remain in Lawrence for a two-day Homecoming celebration which will feature all sorts of traditional annual rallies, parades and programs.
Return From Trip
Senior Engineers Visit Three Cities on Annual Inspection Tour
Seventy-five senior chemical, electrical and mechanical engineers of the School of Engineering and Architecture returned Sunday from their annual inspection trip.
The chemical engineers went directly to St. Louis, where they attended the annual convention of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. While in St. Louis, they visited the Mansato Chemical company and the Anheuser-Busch company.
Not that Joe and Jane don't want to see Mom and Dad. They do. But this year, Mom and Dad, who were Jane and Joe, in
From St. Louis, they traveled to Chicago, which served as their headquarters for the rest of the trip. They visited the Inland Steel company at Indiana Harbor, Ind., and the Western Electric company's factory at Hawthorne, Ill.
Visit Points of Interest
In Chicago, they visited the chemical department of E. I. Dupont de Nemours and company. Liquid Carburetor and Steamers. Shewrin-Williams Paint Company.
The electrical and mechanical engineers traveled in one group and while in Chicago, visited the Chicago Art Institute; Adler Planetarium; the Field Museum; the Stat Line power plant, which contain the world's largest solar energy world; Rosenwald Industrial Art Museum; the Marshall Field store and the studios of the Nation Broadcasting company.
Trin Is Required
The mechanical engineers also visited the factory of the International Harvester company and the electrical engineers the Chicago Lighting institute and sub-stations the Commonwealth Edison company.
Professors E. D. Hay, R. W. Warmer, and I. H. Marshall of the School of Engineering and Architecture, supervised the trip. The annual inspection trip for seniors is a requirement from graduation from the School of Engineering and Architecture.
To Dance
In Christmas Play
This play, which is being sponsored by the local chapter of the American Association of University Women, will be presented primarily for the children of Lawrence. Miss Elizabeth Dunkel, assistant professor of physical education at the University, will direct some of the dances.
Members of Tau Sigma, honorary dancing sorority, will assist in the presentation of Dickens" "Christmas Carol" in the auditorium of the Lawrence Memorial High School on Dec. 3 and 4.
The Tau Sigma group will present two numbers; one being an abstract interpretation number called "The Spirit of Christmas," in which they put into dance the same quality that the Christmas carol puts into song. The women taking part are Sally Harris, 'cunel; Mary Green, 'cunel; the Neibstadt, 'cunel; Kathleen Brown, 'cunel; and Carolean Green, 'c40.
Six University women are being used in this presentation. They will form three couples and will dance a did the aristocrat of Dickens' times. Danielle Dames, bunuel; Barbara Goll, Cay; Ether Gulter edison, 69'; Patti Payne, c41; Betty Sayles, c40; Glenda Speakman, c39.
The other number being presented by the group is entirely different from the first in quality and time of movement. It is an old English representation, presented with old English music in order to produce the atmosphere of a Christmas in the days of old England.
the days when Faser hall was the University, are coming back to their alma mater. Jashkhs to Carve Tigers
The happy family will eat Thanksgiving dinner at 2:00 Thursday afternoon, served on the gridiron of Memorial Stadium, with the Missouri Tiger for meat, and Ad Lindsay's Jay-bawks doing the carving.
One of the big events for the Jay-hawker juveniles is the Hobo Day celebration Wednesday morning. On this occasion, Joe and Jane will disguise themselves as Lil Alnur after Days' Mass. Mays Oread and finally swing with Red Blackburn in Robinson gym. Of course, they will attend the
Unfairly it is understood that a victory over Missouri might temper the administration's aversion to such concessions to the extent that an extra day might be added to the Thanksgiving vacation. So it is "Beat Missouri! No School Monday!" that students will about it really around the track. The Ku Kui will carry large plaçards around the track in the stadium between halves bearing this inscription.
annual "Doc" Yak medicine show in Hoch auditorium, which will feature a torch singer, a jam band, a troupe of trucks, and the selection of the Hobo Day Queen.
Queen Will Watch Relays
Then the pair will go to the races, where Jane will have an entry in the sorority mouse race, and Jesse will play in the fraternity play masc. race.
The mouse race outside the auditorium will be held immediately after the program there. The queen and all of the crowd, except Joe and his brother Joes, will snake dance to the Union building, where the Hobo Queen will judge the finish of the fortunity relay bag race.
In running the race for the fraternity, Joe will start at the auditorium, give the bag to the second man at the Commons, who, in turn, meets the third man at Fraser. The third man finishes the race in front of the
The relay team from Joe's fraternity will win the trophies of the race, which will be the gungy sacks from all the other entries inscribed with the fraternities' Greek letters. First, second, and third place where students will emerge the Quietman will be crowned. After the ceremony, Joe and Jane will swing off for a little truckin' before luncheon.
Will Parade at Night
Given a chance to get their breath in the afternoon, Joe and Jane will grab colored flares and march down the stairs. Homecoming parade that evening.
Strung out either before or behind Joe and Jane will be more than thirty floats, the band from Haskell Institute, and a group of about twenty costumed Indians. Hundreds of other Joe and James had flares and kerosene lamps, which have been used in the past.
Contestants in the beauty queen contest, the winner chosen by the Missouri football squad, will ride "limousines completing the parade." The team will be a detachment of the National Guard convoy from Haskell.
Prizes Given for Floats
At 7:30, three large bombs will start Joe and Jane, announcing the assembling of the parade. With participants in line by 7:30, the parade moves between Eleventh and Thirteenth, which is to be cleared of all traffic at 6:30 o'clock. After 7:30, and every 30 seconds thereafter until 8 o'clock, bombs will be fired, creating a colorful effect in the sky over
After the floats have been placed,
they will be given identification
placards in order that the judges
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