UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
The Official Student Paper of the University of Kansas
VOLUME XXXIV
Nation To Have A Breathing Spell From Politics
Hydde Park, N.Y., Nov. 4, (UP)—The President is epected to give the nation a "breathing spell" from politics until Congress convenes next January 5th. Then he must offer his legislative proposals for the sesquicentennial already will also unveil his future plans in his inaugural address, Jan. 20.
President Roosevelt tonight accepted the nation's overwhelming vote of confidence in his administration as a mandate to carry forward the New Deal policies written into his platform four years ago.
"We are going forward together," he said in a formal statement thankening the country for its support and asking that his remarks be regarded with respect. He added to the thousands who wired their greetings to the Summer White House.
The statement was interpreted as an indication that the President is prepared to go before the next Congress with recommendations for several changes in his present program and a request for action on social reform which he believes will benefit the nation.
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The Sigma Chi boys cut their latest dido Tuesday noon when they cooked up an election-day band. Seemingly not content with disturbing the Beta and other rooming and boarding clubs along Tennessee street, they perambulated through several of the sorority halls. They framed horns, etc., though stinking in every key, marched around the dining rooms while the girls were at lunch. The idea paramount in the minds of the band members was the display of a pretention Landon banner. The lads went to the hospital to recuperate yesterday, according to reports, and most of the band members various houses are doing their lunches out for fear of recurrence.
The report comes that Margaret Alice Pope is getting a trifle bored with her boy friend who takes her to all the University functions, and she wants to find another guy, not quite to fat, to squat her around. She says, though, that the new boy friend must expect last-minute breakage of dates in case her real boy friend from the city shows up unexpectedly.
The latest lick comes from an abnormal psychology class. It seems Betty Lou McFarland, of Pie fight and Beta fame, was telling all the kiddies about how shy and bashful her younger brother was. In making her point clear she mentioned one occasion when she was leaving home and had to give him a dollar to kiss her. But she was among those present, mentioned to the class that he would sell out for 50 cents.
It has been suggested that the Beta Delt's take a tip from the Beta's and the Pi Phi's by putting "Weather Forcasts" on their bulletin board. The latter lodge uses said "Weather Forecasts" to list the happenings of weather in the city. The Beta Delt's could go far in learning who their fraternity brothers are if they would just post a list of their names on said bulletin board.
It has been rumored about the campus that there has been a recent engagement and that the party of the second part is a member of that distinctive and elevated group of girls called Kappa's.
I have been inquiring into the authenticity of this rumor, but it availbeth me nothing. However, I did see a sparkler on Buff Hannah's left hand. Now I know nothing whatsoever about her. I am gagged, folk, but if ties that bind are worn on the ditus annularius of the left hand, Buff must do it.
Somewhat seemed wrong with the Mid-week last night. Everyone was dead from listening to election returns the night before and even some of those who were on the right side of the fence were too tired to
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Republicans Will Play Part Of 'Militant Minority' Following Yesterday's Democratic Avalanche
have carried only Vermont an Maine.
But the men who will control the GOP for the next four years lifted their eyes from the ballot boxes toward the future.
In Royal Oak Mich, today someone asked Father Coughlin what the future held for his National Union for Social Justice and his reply was:
"What is the future of the Republican party?" It was a rhetorical question addressed to no one in particular, but in Chicago red-hairie John D. M. Hamilton, chairman of the United States National Committee, an sworn it.
"Under our form of government," he said, "a militant and vigorous minority has a vital service to render to the nation. The Republican party with the co-operation of those Democrats and independents who find common cause with us will not fail in that opposition."
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5. 1936
There seemed to be little doubt on the basis of a tabulation of more than two-thirds of the nation's voting precincts that the G.O.P. would be minority party. Mr. Rosewell apparently was assured of 523 of the 531 electoral college votes. Governor Rick Santorum and other presidential candidates - Norman Thomas, Earl Browder or William Lemke - carried a state.
The popular vote gave Roosevelt 23,333,724, Landon 14,721,135.
With many precincts unreported it appeared that Mr. Roosevelt might
Janes Conclude Homecoming Plans
Homecoming activities were out-
lined and two committees for the
promotion of those activities were
meetings of the meeting of the Jay
James last night.
Plans include uniformed participation in the pep rally starting at 9 o'clock this morning in front of the Memorial Union building, and also participation in the radio rally station KFKU it 5:45 this afternoon.
Tomorrow morning a float sponsored by the Jay James will carry the Homecoming Queen in the parade down Massachusetts avenue and tomorrow afternoon the Jay James will cooperate with KuKu's team to be held between the halves of the Kansas-Nebraska skis.
Following the game, the Jay Janes will hold a ten in honor of the visiting members of Tassal, Nebraska women's pep organization. They will also have charge of visitor's registration today and tomorrow.
Friday evening the Society will hold the first roundtable conference since its formation at the national convention last spring. Professor E. D. Kinsey will preside a chairman.
Chemical Engineers Hold First Conference Here Starting Friday
Mrs. Hay Better Following Accident
The Society for the Promotion of Chemical Engineering will meet at the University Friday and Saturday Nov. 6, 7 and 8. During the meeting the new chemical engineering lab will undergo rigorous inspection.
Mara Earl D. Hay, wife of Professor Hay of the School of Engineering, who was injured Saturday when she fell out of a car, is improving rapidly and is now allowed to have visitors at the Lawrence Memorial hospital. She expects to return home today or tomorrow.
The Republican party, scrapped by the four years, crawled out from under to the nation as a "militant minority" and became an abhorrent update in recent years and appeared to
AUTHORIZED PARTIES
Mixer, Memorial Union Building. 10-11 p.m.
Pi Kappa Alpha, party, 11:30 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 7 Limited Date
Sigma Alpha Mu, party. 12 p.m.
Alpha Phi alpha, party, 1 p.m.
ELIZABETH MEGUIALI
For the Joint Committee
on Student Affairs.
win with a plurality of ten million votes over Governor Landon.
Democrats retained control of Congress and seemed to have a good chance to gain 20 seats in the House, although many congressional contests still were undecided. On the basis of available returns the next House probably will lift up this way: Demarks 340, Republicans 84
Democrats 74, Republicans 18,
Farmer-Laborites 2 (Shiphead and
Lundeen), Progressives 1 (La-Follette),
Independent 1 (Norris).
Progressives 7, Farmer-Laborites 4.
With several contests undecided the voting point pointed to this lineup in the Senate:
A royal Hobo kingdom with the University campus as the setting, and honest-to-goodness hoobes and hoboeses in supreme power will come forth Friday morning. Elegant mouse races, duck races, Dey Yak's Medicine Show, a free variegated performance and other events of entertainment are scheduled to take place on the "royal" playground.
'Hobo Day, Oh Hobo Day,' Will Be Students' Theme Song Tomorrow Morn
A brilliant array of colors and fashions will be, without doubt, the brightest part of the entire affair. The man and woman most correctly attired in true Hobolan costumes will be awarded gifts from the "royal" treasury in the form of cash prizes.
A program has been outlined similar to the one given last year. The events of the program, though unusual in nature, thrombotological order is new know.
With events beginning in front of the Memorial Union building at 9 a.m. Friday, a short rally will be held, followed by the band and hoboes joining in a parade to the Auditorium where they will hold a celebration. The football team and new school songs will then be introduced.
Next will come the ducky duck race that will take place on the calm and majestic waters of the king's pool, commonly known as Potter's Lake. The privilege to participate in this event is reserved to all fraternities and organizations for men.
Starts at 9 a.m.
Something new and different!
Colorful mouse (mice, to some people) race will be run with entries acceptable from all sororities.
Although absolutely no restrictions are placed on the color of the mouse
The K-Club, in their meeting last Tuesday night, appointed committees to act as escorts to the honor guests at the Homecoming game Saturday. Plans were also disbanded on Wednesday, 14 which the "K" men sponsor.
Dr. Emil Ludwig, internationally famous author, will open the University Lecture Course tonight in the University Auditorium at 8:20 p.m., speaking on the subject "Living Makers of History," many of whom he has had the opportunity to interview personally.
Emil Ludwig To Appear Here This Evening
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Biographer of "Napoleon," "Goeth," "Hindenburg," books which have been translated into several languages and which were among the first to appear in the late vogue for popular biography. Ludwig has gained high repute as one of Europe's most successful interviewers.
'K' Club Homecoming Committees Appointed
"Mums" will be sold at the game Saturday by the Ways and Means Commission of the Y.W.C.A. All women who will help to sell them at the game call Dena Krehbiel, e'unel.
In a recent article Ludwig tells of his work in interviewing diplomatic and cultural entanglements. Breaking the reel, he writes, is often a difficult feat,
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Y. W.C.A. Will Sell "Mums" at Game
Men on the committee and their guests are as follows: Gov. Alf M. Landon; Elmer Humphrey, c37, and Christine M. Husband; A. Huxman; Harry Wiles, b38, and Gordon Clucas, c38, Harry Colmery, National Commander of the American Legion; Newton Howstock, c38, and Bob Holmer, c37, and John Fitzgibbon, c38, and Marvin Cox, c38, Home-requencing Queen; Fred Harris, c38, and Ray Noble, c37, Roy Holliday, c37, and John Fitzgibbon, c37, were appointed to meet the Nebraska team and escort them to the dress-
Creative Leisure Commission of the W.C.W.A. will not have a regular meeting this week. Friday afternoon may meet at Henley House after 3 o'clock.
Creative Leisure Cimmission Postpones Meetings
entered, any mouse that measures more than seven inches from stem to stern will be barred from the track. Colors contrasting to that of the mouse are barred on the back of the mouse from each house, the Greek letters of its particular sorority. Also, in the form of a bow of ribbons, the sororities colors will be tied around the neck of each mouse, but three or four feet in length will be used by the mouse trainers to allow the mice to start evenly. The race track will be a plot of ground about 100 feet in length in front of the Administration building. Prizes are awarded the winning mouse and sorority.
The "count jester" is none other than "Doe Yak" and his famous medicine show "Doe" is going to up Friday morning on the campus.
The closing event for the hoboes will be the free variety to be held at 11 a.m. in the Union ballroom. The hoboes are expected to exhibit some fancy dance steps. All students are expected to be present in their most ancient and deli-apid garments.
HOBO DAY CALENDAE
9:00
Parade from Memorial Union to the Auditorium.
Rally at the Auditorium, 9:15.
Duck Races on Potter's Lake.
Rally at the Aud
Doc Yak's Medicine Show.
Free dance in Memorial Union building.
LATEST STATE RESULTS
With approximately 150 prescents yet reported out of 2,690, the following are the results from the State of Kansas for major national and state offices: President—
NUMBER 41
Landon 358,222, Roosevelt 409,
481.
Capper 374,296, Ketchum 252.- 836.
William Allen White, editor and publisher of the Emporia Gazette, will be the principal speaker at the dinner to be given by the Chamber of Commerce tomorrow evening, for the editors here in Lawrence for the roundtable being held Friday and Saturday, Mr. White has chosen for his topic, "Apoprosa the Recent Unpleasantness."
Editors To Hear William A. White Friday Night
CLAUDE PARISH
West 370,179, Huxman 395,236.
A special meeting of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers will be held in Room 1036 of the Houston Research Reports of the Dallas convention will be heard. An invitation is extended to all new electrical engineering students. The meeting will be adjourned in time after the meeting.
Kansas Associated Press will meet Saturday foroonen in the Pine room of the Memorial Union building. This group is to be the first outside group to use the recently completed room. The Lawrence Journal-World, local member of the Associated Press, will meet Saturday at the AP members at the University Dining Room in the Memorial Union building Saturday noon.
A recent addition to the speakers list for Saturday morning is Bob Reed, news editor of the Kansas City State office topic will be "Pictures the News."
NOTICE
The following schedule will be followed for the two-day meet:
Fridav Morning
9:00—Registration, University Daily
Kansas newsroom.
10:00 — Roundtable, for editors of weekly papers, room 102, and for editors of daily papers, room 107, journalism building
Friday Afternoon
1:10—Roundtables for editors of weekly papers, room 102; roundtables for editors of daily papers, room 107.
3. 10- General session will be held in Fraser theater, at which time there will be speeches on:
"Fashions in Typography," by J. J. Kistler, assistant professor of journalism.
the alternate process in jurisdictions.
"Squee Odd Election Practices," by W. A.
"Europe's Front Pages," by Dr. V. Rover West of the Municipal University of Opalua 3:00—A half-hour meeting of special rooms
"Some Odd Election Practices," by W. A. Dill, associate professor of journalism.
Dill, Associate professor of journalism,
"Dictators Three," by L. W. Hullinger
online professor of journalism
6:00—Dinner at the Eldridge, under the auspices of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce.
8:30—Adjournment to attend pre-game festivities.
Secretary
Learn to read rapidly. Force yourself alone. Do not read every word, and do not move your lips or the muscles of your throat while you read because it slows you down. Practically any college student, or instructor, must create his reading rate from fifty to more than a hundred per cent by conscious trying, and that without any loss of understanding.
ties.
2—Called meetings of special groups
Saturday Morning
Nash Blames Faulty Reading Habits For Majority of Freshman Failures
"The greatest cause of failure among students in college is inability to read effectively," said Prof. Bert A. Nash in the lecture on "Correct Reading."
5:10—Roundtables for editors of weeki papers, room 102; roundtables for editors of daily papers, room 107.
do not know what the author is talking about. In reading we should ask ourselves what is the major point in this topic. Another reason for asking this question is the fact that most students fall to look at charts and diagrams.
Out of the 1500 students tested at the University of Indiana, some could read $17\frac{1}{2}$ times as effectively as others.
9:10-10 Kansas Associated Press meeting in the Pine room of the Memorial Union build.
Some students can't read as well as eighth grade students. Many have advanced only a little in reading effectiveness. One reason why so many are poor readers is that we do not pay attention to topic headings and start with little background before criticizing the author what says we because
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Swayze To Speak Before Colloquy Club
John Cameron Swayze, who broadcasts news daily from the Kansas City Journal-Post over radio station WHB in Kansas City, will be guest speaker when the Colloquy club meets for its weekly session at 11:30 a.m. today. Mr. Swayze's subject has not been announced, but it is assumed that he will discuss some of the issues. He attended the University for two years and has returned to speak several times.
Don McCoy, president of the club,
will speak on "Advertising." The
meeting will be held on the second
day of the industry building.
Everyone is invited.
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NOTICE
Dr. Bert A. Nash's Psychology of Reading class held on Thursday afternoons will he dismissed
Pef. F. O. Russell's Educational Sociology classes of 9:30 and 18:30 Thursday will be dismissed.
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PUBLICATION NOTICE
There will be no University Daily Kansan distributed tomorrow morning.
BUT a special oversize tabloid Homecoming edition of the University Daily Kansan will be distributed Friday afternoon in lieu of the regular morning edition for that day in order that the Hobo Day festivities can be adequately covered.
Homecoming Calendar
Friday
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Dinner hour rally over station KFKU.6 p.m.
8 p.m.
Torchlight parade from South Park to WREN 8:30 p.m.
Reception in Union lounge.
Pep rally over WREN, 9-9:30 p.m.
Football: Kansas vs. Nebraska
Free mixer dance at the Memorial Union building, 9:30-12 p.m.
Saturday
Reception in Urban Juvenile Group picture of second- and third-generation students.
Boubili, Kalsai v. Westcrawk at the Memorial Stadium, 2 p.m.
Homecoming Varsity, Memorial Union, 9:12 a.m.
Union, 9-12 p.m.
Freshmen women will vote today for the election of the secretary and vice-president of the freshman class. The ballot boxes will be on the second floor of Central Administration building. The boxes will open at 8 o'clock this morning, and close at 5 o'clock this afternoon.
Frosh Women To Elect Class Officers Today
Every freshman woman is urged to cast her ballot for these two officers. The nominee for the office of vice-president are Margaret Gray and Reynolds玛丽·格雷德玛丽·格雷德
The candidates for secretary. Sar-
iou Smart, Velma Wilmau, Denis
Lemione, Peggy Lynch, and Isabe
West.
Y.M.C.A. Assembly To Meet Tonight
Beginning its drive to introduce prospective members to the program of the Y.M.C.A., the "Y" is holding its first bi-monthly assembly tonight at 7 o'clock in the men's lounge of the Memorial Union building, according to a memorial made yesterday by Charles Malen, c38, program chairman.
Phil Raup, c29, who attended the economic conference of the Student Christian movement last June 15-21 at Eats Park, Colo., will speak on "College Co-operatives." Paul Moritz, c39, chairman of the new citizenship commission, Charles Coadbaugh, c39, past chairman of the personal adjustment commission; Dano Voehrec, c38, chairman of freshman council; and Don Hoppe, Yale University admissions commission, will report on the activities of the four commissions. Joseph F Wilkins, professor of voice, will furnish special music for the occasion.
The meeting will be adjourned in sufficient time to allow those attending to hear the Ludwig lecture.
The American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical engineers will have their regular meeting this afternoon at 4:30 in Haworth hall.
Engineers to Meet
Athletic Situation Over Country Portrayed in Granada Picture
Apropos the current discussion of the status of football and football dayers, the picture "The Big Game" the Granda has come to the force an attempt at showing some of the problems that beet football games.
The cast includes last year's All American football team, Jay Brewinger, William Shakespeare, Monk Monscript and others. The story is woven around one of the "subsidiary" players of a mythical college. The gambling racket, the training table, and the commercial aspects are dwelt upon as commonplaces in the plot.
Frosh Election Will Determine M.S.C. Control
Polls at Engineering And ad Buildings Will Be Open From 8:30 to 5:00 Today
The judges for the men's election were chosen from both the Pachacamas and P.S.C.L. freshman organizations of the Men's Student Council.
Polls for the freshman election will open at 8:30 this morning, and close this evening at 5 o'clock. Voting places for the men will be in the basements of the Engineering and Administration buildings. Women will vote at the second-floor Rooms of the Administration building
Votes will be counted at 7 o'clock by a member of the department of political science, assisted by two officers from each of the Hill parties.
The election today, which climaxes an active campaign by both parties, will not only fill the key positions in the freshman class, but will also determine control of the M.S.C.
At the present, P.S.G.L. has a 13-11 majority in the Council, but Pacachacam has the sophomore representative to be seated following this election, and should Pacachacam place the freshman president that party would have control by virtue of the Pacachacam vote of John Phillips, president of the Council, who may vote, tie or no tie.
Students Will Show Old Grads a Swing Time At Homecoming Varsity
Two strenuous days of homecoming activities will be climaxed by the annual Homecoming Varsity Saturday night. Old grads will get a sample of the famous swing music which has proved so popular this year with Billy Gibbons and his band, the best in the Big Six, will furnish the music.
The Homecoming Varsity has always been one of the best dances of the year, since it is the culmination of the basketballasm of the preceding two days.
Advanced tickets for the Freshman Frolic, Dec. 4, at which Fletcher Henderson and his band will be featured, may be purchased at the Business Office according to John Paul, dance manager. Because of the apparently large sale of tickets it is asked that University students buy their tickets now, since it may be necessary to limit the sale.
A.S.U. Not to Sponsor Publication of the Dove; Wish Student Support
Don Henry, c39, president, was empowered on behalf of the A.S.U. to invite the University Peace-Ac-tion committee, charismated by Henry Barker, c39, to join the A.S.U. in its peace program in an effort to ultimately solidify peace sentiment into the single organization In preparation for Armistice Day, the Union appointed Henry to petition the extension of the Army G. Ingham, director of the extension division, for an all-University conventation Nov. 11.
Turning down a motion to sponsor the Dove, the University's beet-red to blond-blush publication, the American Student Union moved definitely to the right in the hope of enlisting greater student support at meeting in the more leaner Memorial Union building last night.
One of the goals of the national organization of the A.S.U is 25,000 new student members in 1936, and it was felt last evening that the better had played "a hands-off" play officially in regard to the Dove.
NOTICE
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There will be no classes in the School of Education Friday afternoon because of the State Teachers' convention.
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