UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
The Official Student Paper of the University of Kansas
VOLUME XXXIV
NUMBER 142
Propose New Honors System
Propose Honors Superior Students May Be Rewarded
Details of the plan are subject to change in committee, or by the faculty when the report comes up for action, but in general the plan proposes that students with a general "B" average in all University work, earn diplomas and obtain a department, may undertake special courses, proper completion of which will earn special honors at commencement. These honors may include an endorsement on the student's diploma that he has earned honors in some field, or there may be endorsement on the Commencement program.
College Faculty Would
Establish Advanced
Courses for T hose
With High Grades
Proposals for the benefit of the superior student were presented at the meeting of the College faculty yesterday afternoon, and were referred to the administrative committee for study and report. The proposals for a report from a special committee of Dr. H. L. Lane is chairman.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1937
Recommend Honor Courses
Recommend Honor Courses The committee's report makes detailed recommendations for the setting up of advanced courses for the students seeking honors, and may indicate the set-up for more advanced general groups as the humanities, the social sciences, or the natural sciences.
Each honors course is expected to consist of readings or investigations in all departments represented in the field, and the student will be expected to choose a wide range of reading. Suggestion is made that the honors courses be enriched by reports and discussions by the students, at intervals, or by faculty lectures, but primarily the honors courses are for original investigation and examination.
Since the College makes provisions
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on the SHIN by Kenneth Morris
Guest Conductor
Virgil Mitchell
Secret Conductor
SCOOP! We stopped the press for this one. One of the Kansan's ever-alert sleuths reports that the University has at last come into her rightful place in the national line-light. The June issue of Ballyhoo magazine, prime poker-爱好者 among American literature, features a full page cut of the Most Alluring She and Most Fascinating He at our own—no less—University of Kansas.
The two secons of the alma mummy who have thus unexperienced had the laurel wreath of fame dropped on their unsuspecting brows are included in the "Eminent American" section. Keeping them company are two strip tease artists, a hosiery model, a girl who achieved undying fame by having her social security number tattooed on her thigh, and a person rather indefinitely identified as "queen of the wild flowers." Ah. Fame! Many are called, but few are chosen.
The Mystery of the Alpha Chi Ca-
nary. Three Taxis and a Plumber
CHAPTER I
A cry broke upon the air of the Alpha Chi house, and the originator tried hard to faint. She opened her adolescent eyes and looked again. Yes, she was dead, dead as a Republican resolution three minutes after birth. Died in all her glory a martyr in a cell.
The sorrowful sisters assembled and silence reigned as they hung a wreath of black crepe beneath the scarlet fever sign on their front entrance. After some time a hade took the skep of the poor victim down the walk, and lowered her gently into the freshly dug grave. Then weeping they stood as a sympathetic Theta Tau played taps for poor
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Large Crowd Sees Air Maneuvers
"The largest crowd ever present at the field." Airport Manager Wells remarked, "viewed the army and navy air maneuvers yesterday afternoon at the Municipal airport." The eight army and three marine reserve pilots from Kansas City, before performing, attended a luncheon as guests of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce at the Eldridge hotel yesterday noon.
Ben Babb, city engineer and chairman of the aviation committee of the Chamber of Commerce, presided. He introduced Capt. H. C. Wisehart, who in turn introduced the army reserve pilots present, and Maj. Alton N. Parker, who introduced the marine reserve pilots.
Others introduced by Babb in included Col. Karl F. Baldwin, commandant of the R.O.T.C. units at the University; Maj. G., Archibald Sunderland, chief of the coast artillery, Washington, D.C.
Dr. Lyle S. Powell introduced the principal speech, Lieut. Kenneth Fairchild, instructor in blind flying for the entire TWA airline system. His subject was "Blind Flying" and his address was broadcast over WREN. Fairchild preferred to call Dr. Powell when he was instrument flying, as he explained, a pilot is not blind when flying by instruments.
The pilots that made the flight were: Maj. Alton N. Parker, Lieut. B. B. Southworth, and Lieut. W. G.oline of the marine reserves; Lieut. Kenneth Fairchild, Lieut. Phares McFearren, Lieut. William Ambrose Lieut. R. G. Francis, Lieut. E. A. Jauqh, Lieut. R. A. Donahoe, and Lieut. Frank E. Busch of the army air reserves. Capt. H. C. Wilhite, division instructor at the army air base in Kansas City, Mo. rode as a passenger in one of the army ships.
Major Parker and Capt. Wischart interviewed a number of University students interested in entering either the army or naval air training.
Book Brings Suit From Windsor
London, April 27—(UP) —The Duke of Windsor today filed a libel suit against the author and publisher of the book, "Coronation and an injunction prohibiting further publication."
The book, a best-seller by George Pomeroy Dennis, called him "a muddling, meddling" king during his short reign as Edward VIII and referred to his fiance, Mrs. Wallis Simpson, as the "itinerant, shopworn, twin-diverse." The libel action occurred 24 hours after William Henniman, publisher, withdrew the book from the market and Dennis reportedly apologized for the comment.
Judge Smith Explains Court Action
Justice William A. Smith of the state supreme court explained the working of the Kansas worker's compensation legislation to the stewardship of the School of Law at their conversion in Green Hall yesterday morning.
The judge also explained the new system of handling compensation cases falling under the state's jurisdiction. Under the old system of jury trial the facts were difficult to determine. In 1927 the state appointed a commissioner, with a board of examiners, to determine the fact. The final question of law still resides with the state supreme court, but all the evidences and facts are determined in the preliminary proceedings.
Judge Smith clarified the legal status of occupational disease under the Kansas statutes, saying that that hill does not consider such disease as legally coming under the classification of "injury."
K F K U
Wednesday, April 28
2:30 p.m. Spanish lesson.
2:42 p.m. News flashes.
2:46 p.m. French lesson.
9:45 p.m. Piano recital, Prof
Jan Chiappuso.
Large Audience Hears Ray Lawrenson's Recital
The second graduate recital of the season, given by Ray LawRENSON in the Administration building auditorium Monday night, was well received by a large audience. Mr. LowRENSON showed a sound musicianship and grounded intelligence in music that places him out of the student class into the young concert artist group.
The program began with Rameau's arrangement of "Tambourin" by Gaudowsky, followed by "Ich ruf zu dir, Herr" (Bach-Buson); and "32 Variations on a Theme in C Minor" (Becthoven). Probably the major offering of the evening was the "Prelude, Chorale and Fugue" by Casen Frank. The remainder of the program included: "C Major Intermezzo, Opus 119, No. 3" (Brahms); "Intermezzo in E Flat Minus, Opus 118, No. 6" (Brahms); "E F latt Rhapsody" (Brahms); "Nocturne" (Seriabine); "Goldfish" (Debusy); and "El Vivo" (Infante).
Setsepooc Plans Laid
Plans for Attendance
To Estes Conference
Discussed
Plans for attending the annual Estes Park Y.M.C.A.-Y.W.C.A. conference were discussed at the meeting of the Stereopoe Sunday evening at Henley house, under the leadership of Catherine Holmes, c'38, and Harold Dyer, gr and m'39, cochairman at the University for the Estes conference
Last year, 46 University students attended the conference, at which 525 students, the largest delegation in the history of the annual meetings, were present. Forty schools from Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska Utah, and New Mexico send representatives annually.
This year, the Sitesepoce of the University plans to send an even larger delegation to the conference, which will be held from June 9 to 19. At Sunday's meeting, cabin accommodations and living arrangements were discussed. Each unit cooks co-operatively in cabins. The this year for room, board, registration, and transportation will be $26.
The headline speaker will be Allen A. Hunter, minister of the Mount Hollywood Congregational Church of Hollywood, Calif. Other prominent speakers will be Author Kirby Page, Goodwin Watson, of the political science department of Columbia University, Dr. and Mrs. Harold Case of Topeka, Helen Morton of New York, executive secretary of the Y.W.C.A., Elizabeth Facht from the International Relations Foundation in Denver, M. G. Miller from the co-operative movement in Kansas City, and Ervin Inglis, Congregational minister of Greeley, Colo., who will have charge of worship services.
Woodring Gets Permanent Post President A s k s Senate To Retain Kansas Man In Cabinet
Washington, April 27. — (UP)—President Roosevelt today asked the senate to make permanent the temporary appointment of Harry H. Woodring, former Kansas Governor as secretary of war, but there was no doubt that possible cabinet changes about which there has been much speculation.
Wooding, a poor farm boy who once sold popper on the streets of his native Elk City, KIan, to gain the education which rided him in becoming a bark president and later the chief executive of the United Nations, then the Minister of September by President Roosevelt to succeed the late George H. Dorn.
He is 47 years old and served as Secretary Derr's assistant following his appointment in 1932. As assistant secretary, Woodring was credited by high ranking officials with completely reorganizing the war department's purchasing system and with equipping the army air service with the most efficient fighting planes in the world.
An astute politician and well liked in Kansas, Woodding played an important part in turning the home state from a Republican opponent, Gov. Al M. Landon, into the Democratic column in the 1993 presidential contest.
University Band Pleases Audience
Seventy - five Musicians
Gave Annual Concert
In H o c h Auditorium
Last Night
By Morris Thompson, c38
Seventy-five well-trained musicians presented, under competent direction, the annual spring concert of the university band last night in the Auditorium. The musicians played as a good concert as this reviewer has heard in years, to twenty-odd rows of empty seats followed by the average-sized audience for such an event.
The first number was the familiar "Marche Militaire Francee" (St. Saens). Next was a spirited trumpet trio, "The Three Solitaires" (Victor Herbert), which was well-presented by the three trumpeters, Paul Smart, Clarence Mills, and Clyde Smith, "Komm, Sussen Tod" (Bach-Leidgen), brought deserved applause from the seats.
The audience might have carried its end of the concert better by grouping nearer the stage, but University audiences seem to be reluctant to get nearer than the balcony unless they have the satisfaction of paying an exorbitant admission charge. Director Russell L. Wiley's presentation of the balanced and interesting concert of his well-disciplined charges was, however, well received by the auditors.
"Entry of the Gods into Valhalla"
(Wagner) was a massive piece, even for a band, but it was pleasingly presented, with an especial citation to the percussion and wood wind sections.
Curtis Johnson's tuba solo, King Carnival (Kryl), was another interesting feature of the program, presenting tone and wind acrobatics with the massive brass. Next came "Coronation Seene." From the opera, "Boris Godoumow," followed by a baritone song, "Fantasia Original" by David Wylde. Dykes executed the piece well, but he was indebted to the band, especially the trumpets, for adequate and well-timed support.
The inevitable marches included, "Valor and group victory" (De Forrest Cline), and a novel descriptive march, "Skyler" (Aldford). The band achieved sound effects in this piece that even the less imaginative have identified as an airplane. "The Flight of the Bumblebee," sheerly from the opera, "The Legend of the Tzar Salar" (Rimsky-Korsakov) and "With the Romanian Gypsies" (Gypsie). The latter feature clarinet solos by Richard Gage that made the piece vividly descriptive of a day—or a lifetime—among the gynses.
Bouquets: To the band, the soloists, and Mr. Wiley for a thoroughly entertaining evening
Brickbats: To those in the audience who feel that the band needs companiment.
Engineers To Dine
R. C. Allen, president of the American Institute of Mining and Metalurgical Engineers and A. B. Parsons, national secretary, will visit the University Friday to discuss how they will build a banquet in their honor at the Memorial Union cafeteria Friday evening.
London, April 27—(UFP)—Jack Doyle, the Irish thrush, won a 12-round decision over Kingfisher Leigh. The British-led bidder, in Womble Stadium tonight.
GRETE STUECKGOLD
Doyle Wins Over Kingfish
*Famous soprano in the Metropoli tan Opera company who will apear here during Music Week.
R.O.T.C. Inspection Tomorrow and Thursday
The coast artillery corps and infantry units of the R.O.T.C. at the University of Kansas will undergo the annual training and administrative inspection tomorrow and Thursday. Col. R. H. McMasters, R.O.T.C. officer of the seventh corps, will make the administrative report. As representatives of the commanding general, Colonel McMasters will go over the entire department and make a rating.
Training inspection will be held Thursday with Major E. C. Mead in charge of the Coast Artillery corps and Major Richard Kochman in charge of the Infantry. The officers will conduct a general inspection of the units.
Plan Course In Leadership
Details for Women's Training Arranged by Committee
Details for the Leadership Training course for women of the University, which is being sponsored by the Y.W.C.A. and the School of Education, were arranged last night by the student committee in charge, consisting of Martha Peterson, c37; chairman, Ruth Esther Purdy, c37; and Velma Markham, c37.
All of the meetings will be held in the basement lecture-room of the Snooner-Thaver museum.
Certificates will be awarded at the end of the series of six meetings, which will include four talks and two laboratories, to these women who have attended the meetings and satisfactorily completed the work. A registration fee of 75 cents has been set to cover the expenses of the conference participants material. The GLR Reserve headquarters, the certificates, and the picnic at the end of the series of meetings.
Women interested in registering for the course are asked to call Henley house by 5 p.m. Friday; payment of the registration fee may be made either at the time of registration or on Saturday morning at the first meeting.
The course is designed to give women training in types of extra-curricular work which high school teachers are generally called upon especially recommended to senior women in the School of Education.
Flood Sweeps Ohio Valley
Pittsburgh, April 27—(UP) —The crest of the worst April flood in 131 years rushed past Pittsburgh down the Ohio valley tonight where the metropolitan district of Wheeling, with a population of 200,000 inhabitants, awaited a stage of 45 feet-9, feet above flood level.
Late today the stage at the "point" where the Allegheny and Monongahela join to form the Ohio, had fallen to 33.6 from a crest of 35.1 feet—10 cm, as they were carefully cut today. A drop to 30 feet was expected early tomorrow.
Coast Artillery Chief
Paus Visit to Campus
At least 800 were homeless in Schapburg, Aetna, and the "bottom" district of McKee's rock and hundreds of others were forced to move to upper floors as the water crested.
General Archibald H. Sunderland,
Washington, D. C. chief of the Coast
Artillery corps of the United States
army, paid an informal visit to
the University yesterday. He was
accompanied by Mrs. Sunderland.
General Sunderland met with Lt. Col. Karl F. Baldwin, commandant of R.O.T.C. at the University, and the needs of the Artillery Corps unit were discussed. He also visited Chancellor E. H. Lindley.
Dick Test for Scarlet Fever Given To Alpha Chi's and D.U.'s
The general, who holds a distinguished service medal for valor overseas during the war, is considered the foremost authorities on railroad artillery.
A vacation is being enjoyed this week by 12 men of the Delta Upsa fraternity and 21 Alpha Chi women. All members of both chapters were invited to participate and they were shown to have a positive reaction to the test. They will have to stay in until Saturday to await any further developments.
Seniors Upset Tradition
Article by E. O. Stene Published in Magazine
A study of the relative importance of newspapers in the 1936 presidential campaign has been published in the April edition of the magazine, Social Science, in the form of an article by an important professor of political science.
The article summarizes the results of study made by one of Professor Stine's classes in which 21 prominent newspapers were considered from the point of view of the prom. In each case of space given each major candidate,
Of the 21 papers considered, it was found that 15 gave more space and attention to Landon, five gave the advantage to Roosevelt, and one, the Baltimore Sun, virtually a 60-50 ratio. Nine Kansas dailies were pro-Landon while two backed Mr. Roosevelt.
It was concluded that because in the great majority of the papers considered, more space was given the candidate favored in the editorial columns, partiality was the dominant practice of journalism during the campaign, not only in editorial stand but in news display.
W.S.G.A.
Group Meets
Council Offers Festival
Assistance: Accepts
Forums Bill
The Women's Self Governing Association last night decided to type their own minutes. The women, who held their session in the Pine room in the Memorial Union building, discovered that the constitution of the organization required that minutes be typewritten, and also discovered that their secretary, Bette Wasson, is no typet. The decision to pass the records among the several members of the board was made after discussion on whether to employ a stenographer with association funds.
The housing inspections problem which has had the attention of the Men's Student Council, the University Senate, and the Women's Student Governing Association for several months, was approved by the legislators, and an appropriation of $100 was voted.
There was short but intense deliberation over the report of the bookstore committee, which they reported, had done nothing. The women decided that the National Band festival which is to be held on the campus next week is an admirable thing, and that all their influence and support will be given to the undertaking.
The first inspections will be made this summer by graduate students, the association announced. The inspection, however, is to be supported in part by a fee of 50 cents to $1, and the inspections will not be compulsory. According to the bill, the inspectors will issue rating cards to inspected dwellings, to rate A, B or no rating. The administration will aid in the inspection plan, by allowing students to move from an unapproved house to an approved one at any time.
Bob Thorpe's forums bill, which had been submitted to the women, was adopted by a unanimous vote. The bill provides for a continuity of forums board members, with the chairman of the board to be elected by the selected members of the group.
Oread Senior Class Will Present 'Be Yourself'
The senior class of the Oread Training School will present "Be Yourself," a three-ace force by Wilbur Braun, tomorrow at 8 p.m. in Fraser theater. The play is modern in character, and depicts the matrimonial adventures of two young women in a present-day metropolis.
Included in the cast are: Nellie Anderson, Betty Grant, Bernard Westerhaus, Mary Thomas, Naomi Jean Rumage Frieda Cowles, Jewell Anderson, Fern Mitchel, Jimmy Mitchel, Laurence Osmond and Ralph Malo. Anne Marie Hoehn will be the stage manager and Karl Bahneim will be the stage manager and Wayne Weed will be in charge of the lighting.
Kansas: Fair today and Thursday warmer in east portions today.
The Weather
radition Won't Join Alumni En Masse
Memorial Committee's Proposal Is Deferred: To Meet Again
The row of a unanimous vote sent the Alumni Association to the canvas for the count in its annual bout with the senior class in Fresher theater yesterday morning. Not the first break with the custom of must-wear the class of 37 followed the example of the class of 52 which also rejected the proposal.
After opening remarks by Charceler E. H. Lindley, the meeting was addressed by Ed M. Boddington, '14, chairman of the membership committee of the Alumni Association. The association's salesman tried to interest the seniors in his wares, but the enthusiastic manner in which these present received arguments of seniors opposing the mass membership proposal indicated the predestined fate of the plan.
Proposes Optional Member希
raph Hoke delivered the fire blow to the motion when he proposed an amendment making membership optional. William Downs next took the floor and won vociferous support with his account of the expenditures entailed in the effort to get out of the University and the difficulty the less prosperous students experienced in meeting the expense. His closing statement pointed to the Graduate Boat's solicit subscriptions in the same manner employed by other publications drew an outburst of applause and cheers.
Hoke's amendment was further amended by Downs to provide for an outright assessment of $1 to take the place of the dollar which the Alumni Association was to turn back from each $3 subscription. Laughter and calls the question followed facetiously remarks by students, including that the association membership. No discusing voice followed the loud "aye" with which the class responded when Bob Childl, class president, put the amendment.
Harry Epperson, chairman of the senior memorial committee, next presented that committee's recommendations for the expenditure of the estimated $1100 with which the seniors will wind up the year. More discussion followed the proposal to spend what was necessary for the institute and the apparatus in the Union ballroom, devoting any money left over for the construction of more diramics in Dyche museum.
Discuss Class Gift
The most telling arguments were Sam Kimble's objection that a system which only changed the air and did little to lower the temperature was a bad investment, and the prediction of another student, evidently in the know, that proper installation was impossible and that within two years the model would probably default to In spite of scattered approval of this possibility, a motion to refer the matter back to its committee was passed. The class will meet later, an unannounced date, to consider the memorial.
Senators Start Work on Court Bill
Washington, April 27 - (UP) The senate judiciary committee today began consideration of President Roosevelt's supreme court reorganization bill with administration forces seeking a two-week limit on discussion, thus bringing the measure to the floor in mid-May. But other members seemed doubtful Senator Fredrick Steier, R, Oregon, doubted that two weeks would be sufficient time, and Senator George McGill, D. Kansas, thought it would be more than enough.
"The most vivid thing about today's meeting," Steier said, "was the complete confusion of ideas and the divergent views among us. It showed with remarkable clarity the difficulties of a 15-man supreme court."
Chemical Engineers Have Jobs
Two chemical engineering students have accepted positions which they will work in. Robert Manuel will work for Crane and company of Chicago, and Joseph Robertson has employment at Petroleum company, Bartlesville, Oka.