UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Official Student Paper of the University of Kansas
VOLUME XXXIII
--passed under the huge bridge across the Kaw here and the water was not reported rising. The power company took special precautions at Leavenworth and made sure the water was in a power company there from a water supply. Extra equipment was added. The ice on the river here has been the thickest in years and has meltedrap.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1936
on the SHIN
NUMBER 101
By BUD EVANS, 36
Alpha Chi's Martyr to the Cause
... Whitaker on County Cruise
... Cribbing Not Friendly ...
Cake Instead of Flowers ...
Spring and Things.
It is rumored among the common people that the Alpha Chi's are no mean outfit. A few of them proved their worth ($9) to the time of about three bucks last Friday night when their date went on a break. The girl, being unable to make the grade, called on the girls for a little financial aid, after rationalizing out of the embarrassment by recalling that it was loup year. Nice girls—but please don't think from this that the boys were going to pay off their money! Things ought to pick up over that way now that this bit of news is out!
News comes that Max Whitaker really did a bit of travel this week-end: Seems Max dressed in Lawrencet, attended a dinner at the White House and was last seen sitting in a rocking chair before a comfortable fire somewhere in the town last mentioned. Now, that's we call it -- getting around! How do you do it -passed under the huge bridge across the Kaw here and the water was not reported rising. The power company took special precautions at Leavenworth and made sure the water was in a power company there from a water supply. Extra equipment was added. The ice on the river here has been the thickest in years and has meltedrap.
Understand that Professor J. H. Tast gast spent the morning lecturing to on of his classes on the evils of cheating with reference to cribbing in quizzes of course. The professor urges the students to be careful not to consider a on "friendly" basis—consider him a friend—and as a friend to don't, friend's Seems like this ought to be a pretty good idea as long as the professors don't forget their part of the "friendship" and pull "shoelaces" over their feet. This often happens—friends!
Hear that Margaret Alice Pope, little Alpha Delta Pi gal, received a really fancy cake from her boy friend upon being initiated recently. Had her name on it, and almost everything! Now, isn't she sweet—and practical, too? "Old 'Snoop' thinks that's swell, and did you ever to try to cat flowers?"
Who says chivalry is dead? The other morning between classes some young gent was sent to put his hat on his girl friend in order to keep the snow off her head. That was the other day when she said, so let's talk about something else!
And speaking of spring — it really must be here. Saw Hub Meyer, exigot shot of the Kansan, wearing a pair of air conditioned pants this morning. After looking at said pants a little closer, we noticed that they weren't air conditioned after their school in the rear end. Sort of a back-to-nature movement, but personally, we don't think he'll get anywhere with it!
Wonder what Bette Wasson was thinking about the other day? She was so engrossed with her thoughts that the bus on which she was riding drove past the Chi Omega house and down in front of it. Bette felt like she was. Must be the spring weather we've been hearing so much about!
The Theta's all of are wondering why it was that, out of all the things that are to be put on at the W.S.C.A. with Theta's the "Freak Booth" as their share in providing entertainment for the affair, Well girls, we can't tell you the answer, but no matter how much better than we do Sounds like dirty work to us.
CHARLES HULAC IS CALLED HERE TO Y.M.C.A. POSITION
Charles Hulce of the University of Nebraska is acting as part time secretary for the Y.M.C.A. here at the University. He will be here seven weeks during this semester. He arrived yesterday and will stay two weeks on
Hulac is co-chairman of the Student Christian Movement for Kansas, Nebraska, and Colorado. At present he is traveling through the state to attend the field council of Y.M.C.A. Through arrangements with the field council the board of directors of the organization of Y.M.C.A. has been without a secretary all of this year.
Byrd To Relate Adventures
Eplorer's Five Months Alone Will B Featured in Lecture Tommorow
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd will be the third speaker on the University lecture course series at the auditorium tomorrow night. He will recount the exciting adventures and discoveries of his expedition with an illustrated lecture.
By seeing the new motion pictures which the famous explorer will show, one can get a real glimpse into the Ice Age. The Antarctic continent, where the recent Byrd Expedition was encamped for a whole year, is said to be the most spectacular of what our nearestvent was thousands of years ago before the ice-cap reaped.
Fossils, coal-beds, and sandstone found within 182 miles of the South Pole gave the Byrd Expedition evidence that Antarctica was once a lake. The cold cap ranging from 1,500 to 9,000 feet smothered and froze all life. One of the outstanding scientific accomplishments of Byrd's latest expedition was the measuring of the ice-cap—the first known location by—a seismic sounding device.
Among the interesting things that Byrd will describe and picture Wednesday night will be his own adventures during the five months he spent alone 132 miles northwest of Vancouver, the most terrifying experiences he had was feeling the fury of an Antarctic blizzard, which Byrd describes as worse than a storm at sea
Typographical Difficulty Delays Jayhawker Issue
Deer, Brown, Stough, Dunkel and Demsey Are Soph Beauties
The Mid-Winter issue of the Jaya-
hawker will be ready for distribution at noon today instead of yesterday as was previously announced. The delay was due to some difficult encountered gold-colored gold ink on the cover.
The cover is done in light blue, white and gold. A modern technique is employed throughout the whole issue.
Appearing in this issue will be the sophomore beauty queens, who were chosen by Benny Goodman, New York orchestra leader. Helen Deer of Chicago, a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma, was awarded first place. The other queens of beauty are Mary Lou Brown, Corbin hall, second; Margaret Stough, Alpha Delta Pi, third; Catherine Dunkei, Alpha Chi Omega, fourth; Dianna Debi, Pi Beta Phi, fifth-full-page pictures of Helen Deer and Mary Lou Brown, quarter pages of the other queens will be one of the features.
A new feature that is expected to be a big hit is "Whirligigs."
Hugh Haddie gives liberally of his views on Hill politics to those who are not so well informed.
A new method of handling personalities in pairs has been adopted in this issue also.
There and many other features along with an increased number of cartoons make up the Mid-Winter issue of the awhawk.
Copies may be obtained from the W.S.G.A. Book Exchange, or from any one of the Jay James.
Those persons who have ordered covers are urged to call for them as soon as possible, so as to avoid any confusion in case a shortage occurs.
The University Men's Glee Club was featured on the program at the meeting of the University Club last Saturday night. The Glee Club sax Schumann's "The Two Grandiens"; a group of Neo spirituals, "Steal Alearn", "Holl Jordan Roll", "Bones Come a Knitint"', and "Laughing Song."
UNIVERSITY CLUB PROGRAM FEATURES MEN'S GLEE CLUE
Other numbers on the program were two selections sung by a quartet composed of Bill Bodley, £39; Jack Laffer, ¢29; Ros Roehert, £37; and Bill McEwan, £36. The numbers played by Prof. Russell L. Wiley. Following the musical program, everyone present told stories or gave a stunt and then in playing games.
Miss Hoopes Will Be Speaker
Miss Helen Rhoda Hoopes will go to Kansas City Thursday as the guest speaker at the annual luncheon of the Browning Society. The luncheon will be at the Mission Hills Country club.
Miss Hoones Will Be Speaker
Miss Ruth Litchen, instructor in the School of Education, is seriously ill at her home. She is threatened with poisoning and has been hospitalized for her class work for several weeks.
Miss Litchen Is Ill
Norman Thomas, Socialist Leader, Flays Capitalism
Dynamic Speaker Dprides
Hoover and Discusses
Supreme Court
Decisions
Speaking dramatically yet sincerely, Norman Thomas, noted social leader, yesterday told students of the University that America, to survive, must give up its superficial political attitude and adopt a system of co-operative collectivism in place of its outworn and unjust capitalism.
An over-capacity crowd jammed Fraser theater to hear Mr. Thomas didder former President Hoover's "hymn to rugged individualism," as the "funeral dirge of capitalism," and denounce the injustice of "a system that allows the complete dominance of one class over another."
"The present system" said Mr. Thomas, "is so unfair that it cannot continue to exist on its merits. It can only preserve itself through violence, not necessarily physical, but through hypnotizing the people with a religion of a totalitarian state similar to the fascism of Italy or Germany."
**Must Adopt New Loyalties**
To forestall such a situation, Mr Thomas stated that Americans must adopt new responsibilities to use their brains to plan for themselves not to plan for the profits of an abstentive owner. They must learn to produce for use if they are to escape the insecurity and security that is present in the modern use.
I once we pay for machinery that can conquer poverty is the necessity of working together as a team, and in machine, man has made it necessary to co-operate or perish, for if we do not control the machine, then our liberties become fewer.
"The failure of our present system is based on our inability to manage it humanely. Cruely must be recursed to to preserve the system and keep men dole. Behind all labor terrorism is a deep, powerful economic order. We have a system that demands planning, but we follow a laissez faire policy."
Mr. Thomas stated that the time to consider ways out has passed. The only solution is co-operative collectivism, he said. If a new plan is not adopted, then the drift toward fascism may be expected, especially in case of another war.
DUST STORMS NOW THREATEN
Frontier of Liberty Is Jagged
Chicago, Feb. 24 — UIP) The Kansas and Dakota dust bowl up its normal functions today with the release of dirt and grit held fast all winter by ice and now covered fields.
In illustrating his points, Mr. Thomas commented on current political situations and graphically described the incidents upon which he bases his belief of a loss of freedom in the United States. He condemned a system that depends on the maintaining, a relative coexistence in a land that can more than provide for its people.
"If America is the frontier of liberty," said Mr. Thomas speaking of freedom in this country, "then the frontier is jagged and rapidly receding. The status of liberty in America is not good; it is too bad." We know that, and it is not likely to get better."
"Youth has most to fear," for youth must work out the problems that confront the school system. The school system will not appear as the result of wishing. Young people must develop a new social philosophy, for a planned economy can come about only through education of an organized, intelligent people."
Weather officials expected diminishing wind to alleviate the condition but foresaw no precipitation to settle the dust. Clouds of grit and sand had been reported about a return to starving cattle and demed crop land.
Dust was thickest near Dodge City, Kan., where visibility was but one-fifth of a mile as a 24-mile wind filled the field with air dry. The temperature reached 63 above zero there. At Amarillo, Texas, center of the "dust bowl", visibility was but half a mile.
Thawing Ice Endangers Bridges over Kaw Rive
Structure Collapses Causing Loss of Car Near Eudora
A watchful eye was being kept on the Kaw river all yesterday afternoon and last night as ice jams, caused by the sudden thawing of the thick river ice, threatened serious damage at various points on the river. The greatest damage reported yesterday afternoon was em-hail mine north of Eddon, wide street of a hinge steel structure bridge collapsed under the sudden impact of the
So suddenly dnd but it has to be a bridge that Chipman could have built on Aristotle Creek of Lawrence, formann of a repair crew working on the bridge, was swept into the river with the section of the bridge upon which it was parked. Repair work has been done on the bridge since last spring when the snow had stopped flowing out by the floods. It has been closed to traffic since that time, and was little used as it is on a marked highway. Several jams between Lawrence and Topeka have been reported but at all times there were no incidents by the Kansas Electric Power Co. here were that the sie was moving slowly at all points between Topela and Eudora. About 4 mph, a jam formed above Tecumseh, six miles east of Topela, but broke on 10 a.m. at 4:30 p.m. The ice easily
Damage to the bridge at Eudora was attributed to lee accumulation between here and Eudora, enough of the ice to cause a significant collapse of the bridge to cause its partial collapse.
The long bridge at Eldora had been damaged several times by floods and ice jaws had been dispelled before blasting with dynamite. Its weakened supports collapsed last night before measures could be taken to prevent it.
Although ice that had jammed nearly six feet high west of the bridge here had yet to pass, Eudora, little more damage, was expected.
Simpson Gives Dora Retrain
Mr. Guy Cress Johnson, instructor in the School of Fine Arts, posited a good-sized crowd Sunday afternoon in the University Auditorium. The program featured compositions by American and British composers including Rogers, Williams, Barnes, Kinder, Fletcher, and Archer.
Simpson Gives Ordan Recital
Perjury Charge Against Witness May Save Bruno
Governor Hoffman Say
Hauptmann Facts Are
Being Suppressed
by Lawyers
Explorer Faces the Unknown
He added that prosecutors are "making a studied effort" to suppress facts favorable to Hauptmann who is under sentence to die the week of March 30 for the murder of Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr.
Trenton, N.J., Feb. 24—(UP)-Gov. Harold G. Hoffman charged tonight that a prosecution witness committed a punishment against Rinko Richard Haunstein.
Tonight Hauptmann's chances of escaping death seemed brighter than they have been in two months. He seemed to realize that himself for this afternoon he had been in the house of the death house and said, "Hauptmann is more cheerful."
The man whom Hoffman accused of lying on the Fleming witness stand is Millard Whited, a slow spoken loger from the Jersey hills who cannot read well and who probably cannot define the word "perjury."
Whited swore—at the extrication hearing in the Bronx and at the Fleming trial—that he saw Haippman. "I have seen him here," home just prior to the kidnapping. it was on White's testimony Hoffman contended that Haippman was extraordinarily good.
Mrs. Hauptmann Can Acuse
but tonight, Mrs. Anna Hauptmann
merely was waiting a nod from her
lawyer to swear out a curse in the
matter, and she will challenge
the legality of everything that has hap-
tened to Hauptmann since he was
extradited from the Bronx, New York,
and brought to New Jersey to be tried
Last week Whited was taken into Hoffman's office and questioned. Today the governor told why.
A member of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition holds aloft a light to guide his path around such bottomless pits as are portrayed here. Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd will give an illustrated lecture tomorrow evening in the Charles Darwin Institute and numerous peril encountered by his brave band of explorers.
Witness Has Been Lying
"I did not question this man upon whose identification Hauptmann was brought back from the Bronx to stand trial in New Jersey because I thought he was not telling me truth but being told him that I wrote record shows that he was lying.
On April 26, 1932, he gave to the state police a signed statement in which he said he had never seen any suspicious persons in the woods or in the vicinity of the Lindbergh home. He also stated that Oct. 6, 1934, after having been repeatedly shown photographs of Hauptmann and having been promised payment and a part of the reward, he went to the Bronx County Jail and identified Hauptmann as the suspect of the Lindbergh home prior to March 1, 1932.
"I have both signed statements in my possession. The alibi boys may try to hatch this off but if these records were not given, the trial is given by Whited at the Flemington trial are not significant, then I do not know just what is important in this
Should perjury charges be filed against Whitted it would open up two possibilities—Hoffman could convene the Court of Pardons for reconsideration of the case or Hauptmann's lawyers could ask for a new trial.
LAWSON WILL BE SPEAKER AT K. U. DAY CELEBRATION
Dean Paul B. Lawson will make a talk on "Insects, Friends and Foes" at the celebration of K. U. Day in Kansas City by the Chamber of Commerce and its local branch at the host Hotel. The celebration is sponsored by Lyle Stevenson, and the people in Kansas City who are interested in natural history and the possibility of a Natural History Museum there. The University of Kansas offers a program. The members are: Ross Robertson, c37; bass, Claude Dorsey, c4c; burt, Martin Wright, fa37, second tenor; and Roy Finley, c37. They will sing two numbers: "Dedication" by Franz and "John Wick." Claude Dorsey will sing a solo, "Ringers" by Lohr. Lucile Wagner, fa36, will be the accompanist.
Peace Meeting Is a Failure
Anderson Band To Play at Varsity
Preston Anderson and his 14-piece band will furnish the music for the recital. The band is headed by this Will be Anderson's first mid-week appearance. The amateur program will be continued with the Sig Ep fraternity and a sorority whose name will be announced later, providing the entertainment.
Italians Are Against Armx Limitation Because of Sanctions
London, Feb. 24- (UP) Italian delegates dealt a possibly fatal blow to the World Naval Arms Limitation Conference today.
Bluntly they told the British delegation their government is not interested in naval arms agreement until the League of Nations sanctions against Iran will be imposed, and fleet re-inforcements have been withdrawn from the Mediterranean.
The Italian move follows recent similar action by France in informing Britain that enforcement of any new naval treaty must be contingent upon conclusion of a western European air path and other safeguards for French security.
The Palans revealed their attitude officially for the first time in a two-hour conference with the British naval conference delegates at the Admiralty
Hope for a four-power agreement as a result of the Naval Conference which has been proceeding since Dec. 9. The meeting is in the face of the Italian position.
Freshman Council Wants Representation on M.S.C
Political Leaders Express Satisfaction with New Proposals
the freshman council, under the tutelage of Pachacamac and Progressive Student Government League party leaders, has finally decided to vote on a class representation on the Mera's Student Council. At a meeting last night addressed by Sol Lindenbaum and Ross Robertson, the council appointed committees to approach the inner council of both parties and sound out partisan opinion on the issue.
Don Henry, chairman of the council has been striving all year to achieve representation, and Robertson and Lindenbaum have showed him a number of proposals whereby both freshman and sophomore classes will have voting representatives. At present, all members are von-士oring members of the MSC, Phil Buizk is freshman president, and Phil Raup heads the sophomores.
The most feasible plan, according to Robertson, would be merely to award the council vote to the two presidents, and this would not change the situated situation which might involve changing the whole council setup. The constitution of the MSC provides for a specified number of members, but this would not require an athletic representative and two additional college representatives not provided for. This would obviate the necessity of altering the constitution which now requires members to show their support.
Robertson also pointed out that the whole council membership could be elected by proportional representation, but said this might result in a lower number of members. Due to their larger number, another proposal would award a certain number of representatives to each school, as appropriate, with the assistance of the sophomores. But both Robertson and Lindenbaum agreed that the simplest plan would be to continue electing the freshman president in the fall and the sophomore president from the freshman class in the spring, and give them both their positions. They would also alter the constitution to suit their requirements, members of the freshman council said they would be ready to submit their plan to all the men students at the general election to be held later. Party leaders said that in the absence of any formal decision by the legislature certain that both parties would support the measure.
KANSAS ALUMNI IN HAWAII
HOLD KANSAS DAY BANQUET
University of Kansas alumni and ex-Kansas now living in Honolulu, Hawaii, observed Kansas Day Jum. 29 with a banquet, wearing sunflower corsages and swapping tall stories about Kansas heroes.
Ralph Cole, fs1',192, served as toast-master, and read a congruential radiogram from Gov. Al F M. Landon, which was sent collect. Among the speaker was one by Col. Ada G. Clarke, 197 who spoke of Kansas man's history.
College Officials Visit Campus
Couch Hugo Otokapil, wrestling coach,
and Merle Rose, financial secretary at
lowe State college, where she
pursues his minor and spent a short time with F. C. Allen, director of athletics.
Dr. Anna Strong, Communist Editor, To Address Forum
Soviet Journalist To Speak On 'Dictatorship and Democracy in U.S.S.R.'
Since 1921, Dr. Strong has been an organizer and journalist in Russia, where she helped found the "News," to be published in English "in the Soviet."
Dr. Anna Louise Strong, associate editor of the "Moscow Daily News," will speak on "Dictatorship and Democracy in the Soviet Union," at the sixth Student Forum of the W.S.G.A. on Friday at 8 p.m. in Fraser theater.
Has Written Several Books
She also helped found an organize the John Reed Commune and the American Educational Workshops, which became the first watch factory in Russia. Although at first her work in launching these projects seemed doomed to failure, a half-hour conference with Joseph Stalin, Russia's ironman, and the museum established them. It was after this conference that Dr. Strong decided definitely to remain in the U.S.S.R.
Has Written Several Books
The author of numerous articles and books, including "Change Worlds," "Russia Conqueres Wheat," and "China's Millions."
Born a minister's daughter, Dr. Strong attended three colleges in the United States and traveled abroad. When she returned, she became interested in welfare work, later becoming a journalist in New York and serving as the "Seattle Union Record." It was then that she engaged in the Seattle general strike.
To Russia as Correspondent
Lincoln Stiefina, author and liberal, urged her to go to Russia, where she acted as correspondent for the Heart papers and as a relief worker. During the 1821 famine she strove to aid the children, especially a colony of starving children.
Her idea of bringing the American and British engineers and tourists into close relationship with the Russians in their hometowns, she made a Russian-American club. When the club failed for lack of support, she realized her original idea by founding the English-speaking "Moscow News." She conducted weekly which later became a daily.
Three years ago she married Noel Shubin, an investigator for the U.S.S.R.
Students Go To Conference Christian Movement Has Religious Meeting at Bethel College
Nine representatives of the University of Kansas YWCA, YMCA, and MCA attended the Student Christian Movement in New York and Bethel college in Newton, Kan. Two hundred thirty delegates from colleges throughout Kansas participated in the conference.
Representing the University's organizations were Nancy Calhoun, c.36; Dorothy Hodge, c.37; Virginia Hardesty, c.37; Matthew Peterson, c.37; Bethish Pittman, c.37; Michael Schoenig, c.5; F. Walker, secretary of W.C.W.A.; William Fuson, c'unel, and David AngVEine, c'.98. William Fuson and Dorothy Hodge were on the panel discussions of "Religion in the Colleges"? Frisby evening. were on Sunday afternoon to Lawrence.
TAU SIGMA FINAL TRYOUTS WILL BE TONIGHT IN GYM
Tut Sigma will hold final tryouts tonight at 7:30 o'clock in Robinson gymnasium. The following girls are asked to enter: Jessica Emerger, Beth Walter, Bette Wasson, Margaret Simmons, Charline Barber, and Mary Ellen DeMotte. Any girls who wish to try out are also in position to chance they will have this semester.
Reba Corbitt and Arleen Irvine were elected to Tau Sigma after their solo-tryouts last week.
Sell Tickets for Show
Torch chapter of Mortar Board is sponsoring the current picture at the Granada theater, entitled "Petrified Forest," which stars Leslie Howard and Bette Davis. The picture is taken from Leslie Howard's famous stage play of the same name. The supporting cast includes Genevieve Tobin, Humphrey Bogart, and Dirk Fronk. It is directed by Mortar Board and alumni members are selling tickets at the same price as at the ticket office.