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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
The Official Student Paper of the University of Kansas
VOLUME XXXII
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NUMBER 133
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--six entries are already in and more are in prospect for the decathlon, a special event for the Kansas Relays of April 20. Of the six entrants, only one has competed in previous decathlons. Ray Patterson of Iowa Wesleyan, who finished second last year, with 7630.6749 points, is again in line. Incidentally, Jay Berwanger of Chicago University, who finished fourth last year, will not be in competition this year because of football injuries received last fall.
--six entries are already in and more are in prospect for the decathlon, a special event for the Kansas Relays of April 20. Of the six entrants, only one has competed in previous decathlons. Ray Patterson of Iowa Wesleyan, who finished second last year, with 7630.6749 points, is again in line. Incidentally, Jay Berwanger of Chicago University, who finished fourth last year, will not be in competition this year because of football injuries received last fall.
on the SHIN
BY JOE HOLLOWAY,e'35
Our Chief Gets a Hair cut—the Sissy . . . How Much Have You Shortened Your Life? . . . The Absent-Minded Professor . . . Things and Stuff.
Without doubt our department should be kept out of here as much as possible but when it comes to a little do-bitty concerning the Editor-in-Chief we can't see our way clear to do anything but print it. Here the newly elected editor, the newly elected editor, is sporting what to our nation is the mostest of the finest thing in the hair cuts. Current rumor (you know, the fellow who lives at our room- house) tells us that Charley fell alseep in the barber's chair and when he awoke—man ch man, who that scissor held in his hand —the howland-every-man-for-himself type—it can never be said though that this one isn't a gem in its own field.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1935
From Boulder, Colorado, comes the Silver and Gold student newspaper which prints a scientist's statement that one kiss shortens a life three minutes. The story caused such a stir on the campus that the newspaper had to clarify the story. In a subsequent issue the newspaper recommended 175,000 kisses as a reasonable quota for a life-time because that would shorten one's life by only one year. In another case, the scientist, 48 kisses a week would shorten a person's life by one year, but assured his readers that "it was worth it."
Could anyone tell us who the girl is who asked a companion when it was they put that new tower on Dyche Musician and that Fili was such things as that.
Do we hear any objections?
Comes the story of how Prof. Elliott of the sociology department wired a lady of her desire that she come and speak to one of her classes on the "Child Labor Crisis". . . if that's not right, it's very close to it anyway. Apparently, anyone who knew that he could trifle mixed though—they started to wire the lady to the effect that she was being asked to come down here and speak on the "Chi Omega Crisis"—we don't mind the Western Union getting things wrong but they might at least have played fair with the lady and let her know that she could have been prepared, and that Chi Omega crisis might need a little preparing.
Remember who it was, maybe Ling Po and maybe not, who once disclosed the secret that "All the World Loves a Lover," but people seem to think he had something there anyway. New we plan to offer our little bit to posterity by saying that all the world hates the fellow who has to act smart in the movie. We heard of the best case the other day—a local lad named Bowies who goes over with his friend with a lightning movement, blow his nose in perfect rhythm with one of the records being played at the Dickinson. Observers report that the general effect of the business was . . . how do you give the bird in writing?
Here's the best of the absent-minded professor ditties, at least to our way of thinking. Yesterday morning Prof. Holtczall was making a desperate effort to get to his 9:30 marketing class and at the same time was reading a little pamphlet of some kind or other—so he just walked in a room about a floor too soon and spent a couple of minutes which had been made during his absence of a day. Don't get alarmed then, he made it to class finally, and proceeded to tell the reason for mistakes such as the above. Says he, "Professors do things like that because they're such an intelligent bunch — always thinking about something." He also admitted that sometime ago he had fallen into the rather provoking habit of talking all the time, learned of them and then walking back . . perhaps he thought the grocer would find the car handie for something or other. Then, so he wouldn't get all the laughs on himself, probably, he related the pitiful tale of a prof. who was intensely interested in reading something as he walked home. He walked up to his own front door, rang the bell, and when the maid who was cleaning told him that the professor was not home, said rather vaguely, "Thank you, I'll call again" and walked off. We haven't yet discovered what finally happened to him.
Dr. Irving Fisher To Speak Tonight In the Auditorium
Noted Yale Professor and Economist to Talk on Money and the New Deal'
Dr. Irving Fisher, professor of political economics at Yale, will talk tonight in the University Auditorium promptly at 8:20 on "Money and the New Deal." This is an added attraction of the community lecture course and activity tickets and season tickets will admit. General admission will be 25 cents.
Dr. Fisher is credited with the authority of administration monetary policy under the New Deal, involving such items as "managed currency," "compensated dollar," "commodity dollar," and others.
Although he has for several years been recognized as one of our greatest economists, the monetary crisis and the vindication and acceptance of many of his doctrines, have placed him in the forefront of financial leadership. He is now said to rank in the first half-dozen nonexpertains in the world.
He has recently been called upon to advise several foreign governments in assisting them to recover from the depression and it has been predicted that within a few months the entire Western sphere will be on the "Fish Dollar."
He has made repeated public defenses against attacks upon the Roosevelt money policies. The Fisher point of view is that the President's policies are actually beneficial to "sound money," ather than detrimental to it.
Dr. Fisher is the author of many recent books on money and economics. Among his more recent one are: "The Money Illusion," "Purchasing Power of Money," "Why Is the Dollar Shrinking?" "Booms and Depressions," "Inflation," "Stabilizing the Dollar," "After Reflation What?" and "Stable Money."
The lecture tonight will be of a popular nature and will probably include discussion about the gold clause, price levels, inflation, and other subjects of interest to the average citizen and in terms that he can understand.
This added attraction was made possible by the unusually large sale of season tickets and because of the increase in enrollment.
Attend Sociology Meeting
L. D. Jennings, assistant professor of Economics, will introduce the speaker.
Dr. Elliott to Preside at Sessien of Kansas Social Welfare Convention
Several professors and students from the departments of sociology and education will go to Salina today to attend the thirty-fifth annual meeting of the Kansas Social Welfare organization. The meeting will extend through Saturday.
The professors who will attend are:
Dr. Carroll Clark, professor of sociology;
Dr. Mabel Elliot, assistant professor of sociology; Mr. Bort Nash, associate professor of education of students; and Mrs. Norman Clummer, sociology; and Mrs. Norman Clummer, secretary to Dr. Clark.
Dr. Elliot will preside at the first general session of the Kansas Conference of Social Work which will meet this evening. At a banquet session of the same group Friday night, Dr. Clark, president of the State College Medical public meeting Friday night, Dr. Nash is to speak on "What Mental Hygiene Works Means to a Local Community."
The nominating committee for Pi Lambda Theta, honorary educational sorority, has been appointed. The members of the committee are: Ruth Stout, gr; chairman; Ruth Barnard, c'35; Marion Fisher, ed'35; Mrs. Eileen French Steele, gr; and Ruth Kerney, gr. The committee is to report at the meeting April 25, in order to elect officers.
A regional education conference will be held in Lawrence April 19 and 20, for the Northeast portion of the state. The committee in charge of the conference is composed of Dr. F. P. OBrien; Willard N. Van Slyk, principal of the Topeka School; and Irene J. Bright, the superintendent of schools in Lawrence worth.
PI LAMBDA THETA CHOOSES NOMINATING COMMITTI
Will Hold Education Conference
The committee to investigate and report on petition for membership into PiLamba Theta is composed of: Ruth Keeney, gr, chairman; Frances Ballard, and Ruth Wittengr, gr. The petition from Clarence College in California.
Yale Professor to Speak
Dr. Irving Fisher, professor of political economics at Yale, will speak tonight at the University auditorium on "Money and the New Deal."
Inventor of Basketball Discusses Rules Changes
Naismith Says That Some Problems Still Remain Unsolved
Unsolved
Dr. James Naismith, who returned yesterday from Chicago, believes that the national basketball rules committee in adopting the rules regarding the pivot post play and partial elimination of the 3-point basket, said he has never missed have missed their intended solution.
Dr. Naisem maintains that "the purpose of the center jump at the beginning of basketball was to equalize the chances of both teams to get the ball. The rules committee in the adder described the equalizing obtaining possession of the ball, but this I think they have failed to do. I haven’t heard one suggestion to equalize the opportunities for each team to get the ball, with the exception of the proposal to roster a player so the team can come more nearly to equalizing the thing than any I have heard so far.
The restrictions made against crowding around a jump ball, Dr. Naimith believes, are commendable and should improve the game.
"I wonder why prohibiting the pivot post man from shooting goals while in the questioned area would not solve the post problem," questioned Dr. Naimith. "There is only trouble when the pivot post man is shot forward, advances forward, then shoots. The man occupying the post should not be allowed to shoot. He should be required to pass the ball. I think the rule will be of some help but I can't see anything that will prevent the pivot post man from being shot into the free three blues."
Dr. Naismith is the opinion that Dr. Alien's nomination for Olympic basketball coach of the American all-star team was a positive decision to the Olympic committee without any delay.
At the meeting of the National Association of Basketball Couches in Chicago Dr. Nain Smith was awarded a wristwatch and his services to the game of basketball.
GEOLOGISTS TO MAKE FIELD
TRIP INTO MINING DISTRICT
Members of the economic geology class and geology mining students will leave this morning on a geology field trip. They will visit the coal mining district of Southeastern Kansas, the St-State lead and nine district, the strip mine, coal washing plants, lead mining operations, the Mines and Oklahoma. They plan to attend a banquet given by the A.L.M.E at Pittsburg, Saturday night.
Prof. A. H. Turney Returns
TRIP INTO MINING DISTRICT
Professor Knight of the department of physics will be in charge of the trip. The students who are going on the trip are: Louis Parsons, 33; George Cook, 34; Curd, 35; and Virel MacInnis, 36. The above are members of the AILM.
A. H. Turner, associate professor ... the School of Education, returned today from Albany, N.Y., where he attended the meeting of the committee which is preparing the next year book for the national Society in the study of education.
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To provide time for the all-
University Honors Convocation
Friday morning, April 12, at 10 o'clock, the following class schedule will be followed:
First period   8:30 to 9:05
Second period   9:15 to 9:55
Convocation   10:00 to 10:50
Third period   11:00 to 11:35
Fourth period   11:45 to 12:20
E. H. LINDLEY.
Chancellor.
Decathlon Event Draws Half Dozen Entries to Relays
Additional Track Stars Expected to Bring Total of List to Ten or Twelve
Others who are entered this year are Lee Casida, captain of the Ottawa University track team; Loyette Burk and Elmo Hewes, both of the University of Oklahoma; Victor Pahl, St. Ambrose College; George Linden, St. Ambrose College; Sister of Enterprise, a former student at Kansas State College, but competing unattached.
Decathlon competition starts Friday afternoon during the high school track meet, when the 100-meter run, the broad jump, the 16-pound shot put, the high jump, and the 400-meter run are to be held.
The remaining events of the decathlon which will be held Saturday morning are: the 110-meter high hurdles, the 300-meter javelin throw, and the 1500-metre run.
Efforts are being made to obtain particulars of the new method of scoring decathlon competition, but thus far the athletic union authorities in New York have not sent the desired information. If it is not received shortly, the competition at the Relays will be under the oil rules.
Rice Institute of Houston, Texas, expects to bring a team north for the North and Drake Relays. Rice has a fine mile relay race that takes 163 feet do better than 163 feet.
College class entries before the closing date include Carleton College Northfield, Minn., where Ray Congen is coach; Missouri State Teachers of Education, Tulsa University; Southern Louisiana Institute and Haskell Indian Institute.
Glee Clubs to Give Concert
Annual Program to be Presented by Combined Groups Sunday
The annual concert of the combined glee clubs of the University will be held Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m. in the University Auditorium. The program, one of the outstanding musical events of the year, will be given in the form of a waper service. Numbers from the concerts of both glee clubs have been selected for the concert here. About 100 students will sing.
The Women's Glee Club, under Miss Agnes Husband, has just returned from a successful tour of the state. They gave concerts in Topkake, Wamago, Clay Center, Abilene, Chapman, Enterprise, Woodbine, Herington, Marion, Florence, Newton, Hutchinson, St. John, and Dodge City.
The Men's Glee Club, under Professor Howard C. Taylor, completed their tour three weeks ago. They sang in Leavnorth, Ottawa, Gannett, Pleasant, Chanute, Arkansas City, Humhold, Independence, Cedarville, Sedan, Ellendorf, Hutchinson, Newton, and El Dorado. The Men's Glee Club this year box 65 members.
The student activity ticket will admit students. The change to outsiders will be twenty-five cents.
A. L. E. E. JOINT MEETING WILL BE HELD TONIGHT
The Kansas State College branch of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers will be the guests of the Kansas University branch of the A.I.E. at a meeting to be held tonight at 7:45, in the Marvin hall auditorium. The feature of the meeting will be the showing of a film on "Electrical Power Distribution," which was prepared in the electrical laboratories of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Prof. D. C. Jackson, of the University, will comment on the film as it is shown. After the film, a tour will be made of the electrical engineering laboratory.
Schwegler Leaves for Pittsburg
Dean R. A. Schwegler, of the School of Education, will go to Pittsburgh today where he will speak at 2:30 before the state conference of the Kansas Federation of Women's Clubs. His subject will be "The Changing Trends in Education."
PEACE STRIKE GROUP APPEALS TO FACULTY
K. S. Lashley to Speak Here
University of Chicago Professor Will Deliver Annual Sigma Xi Lecture
Dr. K. S. Lashley, professor of psychology, at the University of Chicago, will deliver the annual Sigma Xi lecture in the chemistry lecture room on the third floor of the Chemistry building at 8 o'clock, Thursday, April 11. The public will be admitted free to the lecture, which is entitled, "Functional Reorganization for Brain Injuries." The lecture will be of especial interest to students in psychology, physiology, neurology, and medicine.
Dr. Laeshley is an international authority on the effects of experimental injuries of the brain, especially of the brain from a car accident, and work on the brain of the monkey.
A dinner in honor of Dr. and Mrs Lashley will be given at the University Club, at 6 o'clock Thursday evening, by several faculty members and their wives.
Swaney and Love Present Finished Graduation Recitals
Emma Jo Swaney, pianist, pupil of Prof. Howard C. Taylor and Margaret Love, violinist, pupil of Prof. Waldemar Geltch, last night appeared in a joint-senior recital. Clarice Sloan, fa35, accompanied Miss Love.
Miss Love opened her numbers with the difficult "Concerto in G Minor" of Bruch, to which she gave an interesting interpretation.
Miss Swainy opened the program with the typical Mozart composition, "Pastorale Vark." She continued with the oriental sounding "Heter Sonate" by
The lively "Fugato-Humoresque," on the theme of Dixy, by Mana-Zucca, and the realistic "The Dripping Tap" (Benbow), were next played by Miss Swaney. The beautiful "L'Auror sur le Lac" (Chapius) and Liste's well known "Cantique D'Amour" concluded Miss Swaney's second group.
"Guitarre" (Mozzokwiw - Saraste)
open Miss Love's second group of selections. This was followed by the delicate "Lotus Land" of Cyril Smith. Miss Love's ability as a violinist was well brought to life in her film "Bird as Birdspar" (Schumann-Auer) and "Introduction and Tarenelle (Saraste).
As the concluding number of the program, Miss Swaney played Schumann's "Concerto in A Minor, Allegro affectuoso," with Professor Taylor at the University of Virginia, and interpretation that made the number and high light of the program.
UNIDENTIFIED PERSON ROBS
KAPPA SIG FRATERNITY HOUSE
The money had been placed in a strong box in Spaeth's room the evening before. The lid was torn off of the box and the entire room left in a disorderly condition by the marauder. Several items of clothing were also taken from the room. The entire living quarters of the house wreathedly ransacked. Several spring suits and seven pairs of white shoes were taken from other rooms in the house. The doors of the fraternity were not locked.
Approximately $150 and personal belongings of unestimated value were stoles from the Kappa Sigma fraternity house by some unidentified person who entered the house around two o'clock yesterday morning. The loss was discovered by Albert Spahil, treasurer of the fraternity, and Charles Klucken, president.
Alumni Meet at Spokane
Three K.U. alumni were present at a Phi Beta Kappa breakfast recently held in Spokane, Wash. They were: Dr. W.D. Vincent, superintendent of the city schools at Boise, Idaho, and the first Phi Beta Kappa to play football, he being captain of the 1902 team; F. W. Clower, assistant professor of economics at Washington State College, at Pullman; Mrs. Marion Lewis Huerlin, Spokane news correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor.
Student Teaches at CCC Camp
Will Hold Initiation
Student Teaches at CCC Camp
Arthur P. McKinsey, gr, has started a class in biology at the CCC camp southwest of Lawrence. The course will cover portions of entomology, micro technique, and systematic botany.
Phi Delta Kappa, professional educational fraternity, will hold initiation this afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Manor. A dinner will be served at 6:00.
Charles Sheldon And Paul Harris Favor Movement
Meeting Will Be Held on Grounds in Front of Fowler Shops at 11 o'Clock
The committee for the strike against war last night issued this statement to the faculty:
"If the professor exists to teach the student something about the society in which he lives and how to function, then it is vital to the purpose of the strike committee.
"It was not lightly that a class hour was chosen for this protest. But the value for the student, the contribution to his knowledge, should be great. Face with the world's greatest evil, mass slaughter, a strike which teaches students the value of a mass protest. We are fighting in a victiously against war, is you will agree, greater than the value of an hour 'lecture.
The Spectacle Will Compensate
The Spectacle Will Compensate
"When we threaten again, the spectacle of individuals and thousands of others here and abroad, demanding that we be more armed, will amply compensate for this hour."
"When students feel strongly enough to take an hour off from their work to apply their knowledge in effective action, you, as teachers, should no doubt, be highly gratified that they have so well learned the lesson of humanity you taught them. All the mass of knowledge a student acquires is useless if he does not apply it, make it 'live'. We propose to make it live."
"Professors will support the strike if they love the academic freedom that war strangles, and if they have enough respect and regard for their students to desire that they live and carry on their knowledge.
Protest Worth One Class
Protest Worth One Class
"Surely, one hour of effective protest will be worth one class."
Otis Brukerman, c'35, will be chairman. The speakers who have been definitely chosen are Lyman Field, c'33, Bonner and Edward Bennett. Torpea attaches.
The strike definitely will be held Friday morning at 11 o'clock immediately following the Honor convocation, on the grounds in front of Powder
Mr. Rooney gained prominence early this spring when he with Charles M. Sheldon of Topaek defended those students at Manhattan who were protesting against a state rulng for compulsory R.O.T.C. training at that school.
Paul Harris, director of the Youth Movement for World Recover., a branch of the National Council for the Prevention of War, and Charles M. Shelden, author of "In His Steps," and nationally known peace worker, sends letters to the committee encouraging him to make, excerpts of which are quoted:
Said Harris "Not placidity, but protest should mark American youth today in a world of lightening tensions. This year should find the young citizens of the nations demanding less war threats, and wherethey can act to symbolize their battled for war they should welcome the opportunity."
Charles M. Sheldon: "My best wishes for the success of the strike. The most encouraging feature of my own campaign is the growing protest of the young people against war and militarism. The old folks start the wars of the world. It is about time they fought them."
PEACE STRIKE BROADCAST TO FEATURE ANTI-WAR TALKS
Two speakers will discuss the national student strike against war on the eve of the strike, which is scheduled for April 12, in a special broadcast over the WABC-Columbia network.
The speakers, who will be heard from 3:45 to 4 p.m., CST, on Thursday, April 11, are Joseph P. Lash, editor of the Student Outlook, and Albert Hamilton chairman of the Student League for Industrial Democracy and the Student Society. Also one of the National Council of Methodist Youth. Hamilton will speak first from Chicago, followed by Lash, in New York.