UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
The Official Student Paper of the University of Kansas
VOLUME XXXII
on the SHIN
By JOE HOLLOWAY, c'35
The Pi Phi's Go Child Care . . .
Benny's New Childhood . . .
Sleeper Knits a Couple . . . A
Whole Chorus of Comedians
E. C. Quigley, a man whose striped shirts are a familiar sight to us all at the basketball games, told a good story on Paul Harrington at a banquet Tuesday night after the game at Washburn. It seems that in time past at one game, Mr. Quigley used it necessary to call a foul on Pocchie and, after each foul called, the referee would ask, "Do you understand?" After the third foul was called and the referee again asked his question Pocchi replied, "No, I don't understand, but I'm getting used to you."
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We really wouldn't want you to make anything of this, but we hear that Betty Lay McFearn and 10 other Pillars went in the class in clark care. Tsk, tsk.
Believe it or Not. Haines is mad and I am glad . . . tra la.
And speaking of Haines reminds us that one Werry Wiley Mackie reports that once upon a time when Ben B. the People's Chere, was a bit down on the world, said Benny solemnly stated that he was tired of everything but his "ickle bickle baby durt." Oh for good sake, weake hop he was kidding
Now that about 75 of the medics have been transferred to Kansas City, that city will have a little trouble among the local bootleggers methinks.
We ran into a new prof, today who really seems to be a regular guy . . . why we think so . . . because he smiles all through his lecture and uses a stub of a pencil with the eraser chewed completely off.
'Tis said that boys will be boys and we suppose that the same ding applies to the gels but this situation is practically reversed. What we mean is this; we didn't breez so much when Tence Burmins announced that she was knitting a muffler for Jack Sleeper and showed some to us, but my dews if you know what we meant to me, we saw the other day so she wouldn't wear herself out, and does Jackie ever knit or knit (nm)
NUMBER 88
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1935
Well, we took a little trip to the Union ballroom yesterday to put the double-O on the tryouts for the W.S.G. A musical atroctory, or was it comedy, which will hit us soon—and what do you think? We found at least the best reason of them all for going musical comedies of the W.S.G.A. type. Of course, this reason would necessitate putting the tryouts on the activity ticket if you wanted it to remix success but did not want what price she paid! Here's the dope: Continue to have the tryouts in the Union where there's plenty of room and, just as our enrollment schedule does, appoint a certain day for groups of students whose names begin with Z to attend—that way overcrowding is avoided. Have them bring along their Union cards, etc. and put plenty of chairs around the ballroom. Then—when little Josie Dunkel calls for the chorus tryouts, crane your necks, unbutton your shirt cover, and say "yeah, you need to feel好 of what?" Well of the girls trying to do the simple step Josie shows them. Then later, you can go to the comedy itself (although it won't be half so funny as the tryouts) and think how surprised you'll be at the progress the chorus has made!
Tryouts for speaking parts in the W.S.G.A. musical comedy " Hold That Line" will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock instead of this afternoon as previously announced. No tryouts will be held this afternoon, according to Betty Tholen, member of the W.S.G.A.
Students trying out for singing parts in the musical comedy are requested to bring songs to sing with them. Students who tried out Wednesday afternoon are requested to return on Friday.
TRYOUTS FOR SPEAKING PARTS IN MUSICAL COMEDY CHANGED
CSEP pay checks for work done during January will be ready for distribution at the CSEP office Thursday and Friday afternoon between the hours of 1:30 o'clock and 5 o'clock.
University Students Would Carry Arms In Defensive War
Votes on Whether Country Should Enter League of Nations Are Equally Divided
In the recent, country-wide Literary Digest poll of college students on seven questions relating to war and peace, University of Kansas students showed that they are not to be stamped into either a militaristic or a pacifistic attitude. Their votes were largely indicative of the sentiment of the rest of the country. Approximately 1150 Kansas students cast ballots, which were so worded as to admit of little evasion of the issues. On the general question as to whether the United States could remain out of another Great War, 769 students cast affirmative ballots and 360 students believed it impossible. Eight ninety-eight percent believed they take up arms if their country was invaded by an aggressor, while 211 students were conscientious objectors. There was a complete reversal of opinion when 808 students declared they would not assist in the invasion of a foreign country and 211 signified their willingness to do so.
Practically all students agreed that the government should assume the job of munitions and armament manufacturer, the vote in this case being 1078 to 52. Most of them doubted the ability of a program of naval and air preparedness to keep America out of war, the vote being just as unacceptable in favor of government control and operation of all industries during war time, 947 to 177.
Probably the most discussed question was left unsolved, 698 students believing that the United States should enter the League of Nations and 418 advising the country to remain out of foreign entailments.
Below are the national figures on the vote. They run about the same as the University vote.
Government control of armament and munitions?
91,166 0,380
Attack into entrance into League of Nations?
32,404 32,329
Can the United States keep out of another war?
2 to 1
Would you take up arms in the war?
4,054 19,650
Would you bear arms in the invasion of another country
11,783 52,350
Universal conscription of wealth in war time?
29,593 11,960
Efficacy of a program of naval
Ratcliffe in Return Lecture
S. K. Ratcliffe, English journalist and interpreter of current world affairs, will give the first lecture of the series for this semester, Feb. 21. His topic has not yet been announced, but he will speak on some important current event.
English Journalist Will Speak on Campus, Feb. 21
Mr. George O. Foster, registrar of the University, yesterday announced a change in the granting of student loan funds to Low C will not be granted the loan.
Debate Team Meets Stanford
The University debate team met the Stanford University team Tuesday night in a non-decision debate at the St. Mary's Academy in Leavenworth. The subject was "Israel" Kan-tertse, an insidious side. The Stanford team composed of Fred Bold, Andrew Bright, and J. M. McFarland, is touring the country in a series of debates. They are spending a quarter of the school year on the tour. The debate with Kansas, however, was unscheduled. Charles Hackler and Logan Lane argued for Kansas.
For five years, Mr. Ratcliffe was editor of the Statenman in Calcutta, India. In that capacity he came into contact with chief makers of Indian nationalism.
There are 75 applicants for the loan fund this year. Last year, there were only 40. The loan fund is to help students with their school tutee school, and unless they do not make the average required now, it would be useless to grant them the loan.
Mr. Racitliffe in his 30 years' journalistic career has been associated with the London Daily News, the Nation, and the Observer. At present he is a member of the editorial staff of the New Statesman.
Debate Team Meets Stanford
This is Mr. Ratticelle's eighteenth consecutive winter of lecturing in Canada and the United States. Three years ago he lectured at the University.
CHANGE MADE IN STUDENT LOAN FUND REQUIREMENT
Alumni Gather in Topeka
Coaches and Graduates Speak After Kansas-Washburn Game
The alumni meeting which was held in the Green Parrot tea room in Topeka following the Kauas-Washurban game was attended by about 75 persons among those present; the memorial service of the football team, coach, hummi, and a few students.
Marion Beauty, '31, president of the Topeka alumni association, was in charge of the informal meeting. The following persons gave short talks: Fewloss Ellsworth, alumni secretary; Dr.F.C. Allen, director of athletics; Mike Getto, assistant coach; Ad Lindsay, head football coach; E.C. Quigley, referee; Ray Pierson, '23, Senator A. O.Daley of Troy; F.C. M.ike '23, "11, of Kansas City, Mo. Senior Sen- tor Wahle Thirte, 10, of Tepeka; and Dr.M. L. Bisholl, assistant surgeon for the Santa Fe railroad.
Five Nominees Chosen For Journalism Award
Four Women and One Mar to Receive Sigma Delta
Four women and one man were announced today as nominees to receive the 1925 Scholarship Award of Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalistic fraternity, by Prof. John J. Kistler of the department of journalism, and adviser for the local chapter of Sigma Delta Chi. Those named are: Julia L. Markham, Parsons; Loreen Miller, Lawrence; Carolyn B. Harper, Lawrence; Joseph C. Campbell, Bronson; and Iris Olson, Kansas City, Kan.
Chi Honor
The award, which has been made annually since 1929, represents the highest ten percent of the seniors in journalism at each university and college in the United States where there is a chapter of Sigma Delta Chi. Election is made by the National scholar-afforded solely in the basis of scholarship.
Last year the award went to four men: Marion Beaty, Armbold Kretzmann, Maurice S. Rice, and Lawrence Sterling. Mr. Rice was also elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
Reserve Officers Hear Coe
Military Objective Not to Attack Civilian Property, Lieutenant Says
"Attack on civilian property or person is faulty, tactically speaking, is not a true military objective." Thus did Lieut. E. H. Coe, ass. professor of the department of military science "debuted" popular concepts of civil war in time of war in link to the debate Officers Association last evening.
The bugaboo of chemical warfare is a remainder of the World War hysteria plus the product of highly imaginative scare writers who for worthy or other purposes may want to prejudice public opinion against the use of chemicals, Lieutenant Coe said. In event of attack by hostile forces using chemicals, "gas discipline" is all that is necessary to protect civilian or military groups from serious damage by these agents, he said.
Efficiency of plans for protecting cities and valuable areas from attack by air were cited in a report of a tactical mission. A Knox given by Col. Dismore Alter.
Glee Club to Sing at Chanute
Glee Club to Sing in Chanture
Alumni at Chanture are arranging to give the Glee Club a free concert when they are there. The concert will be given in the Memorial Hall. The alumni will pay all of the expenses of the Glee Club.
Decision on Gold Will Cause Action By U.S. Congress
Governing Body Must Prevent Situation From Becoming Worse, Says Howey
Labor Leader Goes to Jail Rather Than Pay $75 Fine
"If the Supreme Court of the United States does not uphold the present gold clause made under the Gold Reserve Act of 1934, Congress will find a satisfactory lophile in order to protect the debtor.
"This is the opinion of Professor R. S. Howey, of the department of economics of the University in an interview yesterday as to what effect the decision would have on local interests. "No matter which way the decision goes, Congress will have to act to prevent things from happening." Professor Howey pointed out.
Powers Hapgood, last night's LLD. speaker, described the general textile strike to a Kanser reporter, as a victory for labor in that it caused 250,000 men to join unions, and also raised wages in some localities. Mr. Hapgood was in charge of the strike for the United Textile Workers in central Massachusetts.
"We sent from 5 to 50 men in cars
"The legal angle of the thing," he stated, "is that the Supreme Court may uphold the gold clause in the Government debts and will not in private debts. In that case private firms cannot be sued and the government cannot be sued without its own authority." No matter what the Supreme court decides there will have to be found a way of keeping the present status."
Gold Content Changed
"In many bonds," Professor Howey continued, "there is a clause which states that they be repaid in 'gold of present weight and fineness.' Up until March, 1933, all United States Government bonds had been payable under this clause. Not only Government bonds, but also many private bonds with government category. So if the Government compelled these contracts to be fullfilled all obligations would have to be met in old gold dollars."
He went on to discuss the press... status of the dollar. "Before the Gold Reserve Act which was passed the latter part of February, 1934, the dollar contained 25.8 grains of gold and the metal was used as currency. Under that act the dollar contains 15.21 grains of gold and an ounce of gold is worth $35.00."
Debt Might Be Raised
"If the Supreme Court decides to make these payable," he went on, "or contracts collective, it would mean, enforcing the debtors, all who insisted, bonds, and the government itself, would have an impossible burden. The total national indebtedness at present is greater or at least as much as the amount goods in the country. If enforced, the Gold Act would increase the debt until it became considerably in excess of our goods. That would mean a most unfair imposition on the debtors."
"It would be unfair," Mr. Howey explained, "because when the money was borrowed it was used to purchase a certain amount of goods, and if the borrowers were forced to sell them, the money at a lower price level, they would have to pay back in larger quantity dollar for debt dollar. It would merely add injury to injury. One of the greatest obstacles in the way of recovery is our fixed debt problem and we need to pay more money would increase our burden."
"If it were possible to enforce the payment of contracts and debts in old dollars the government would have to take immediate action to prevent such a catastrophe," Professor Howey declared. "One of the major obstacles to legal sitation to be in possession of gold so if the Supreme Court decided you did have to pay in
"When we started," he said, "only 10 per cent of the textile mill workers in Massachusetts were organized, and at the end of the strike, more than 75 per cent belonged to unions. We went to mills before the strike, and although workers were afraid to join unions because against them, they promised to quit work if flying squadrons picketed the mills.
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to the plants. When these were met by police, who threatened to fire on them, the squadrons called the bluff and broke through to picket the mill. Only in places were the police impartial during the strike.
"Another fellow and myself were arrested on a charge of intimidating 500 men. In a band of 30 we had picked this plant, protected by police with guns and tear-gas, and by us we were given the payment of paying the man for prosecuting costs or spending 10 days in jail. We went to jail."
The reason for the strike's breakdown Mr. Hapgood gave as failure of all workers to come out consistently. The great increase in casualties during the strike will make success for any future strike, inevitable, he thinks.
Debate Coach
Debate Team to Make Four Out-of-Town Trips
Prof. E. C. Buehler, debate coach has scheduled four trips to foreign territory for his debate team. The first trip will be made to Drake university, Feb. 21.
First Forensic Conduct to Be Against Drake on February 21
Four trips to foreign territory are being scheduled for the debate squad within the next few weeks, according to Prof. E. C. Buehler, director of forensic, in addition to several local events.
The first trip this semester will be to Iowa, where the squad will compete with Drake university, Feb. 21, and with Iowa State, Feb. 22. Following that, the team will participate in Mar. 1 at Iowa University, when 20 schools will compete.
The third trip will include a debate Mar. 6 with Nebraska, and another with the University of South Dakota, Mar. 8. The squad will go to Austin, Texas late in March to compete with Texas University.
Local events already scheduled include the freshman-sophora oratory contest Feb. 26, and the junior-senior oratory contest Mar. 7. Kansas will host to Missouri Valley schools for the oratory-extremepersonal speaking contest and debate tournament Mar. 21, 22, and 23, and a debate with the University of Southern California is planned here early in April.
Men's Council To Investigate Ways of Improving System
Enrollment Plans Discussed
An immediate and thorough investigation of the systems of enrollment at the University and of other schools, notably Stanford University, with intent to simplify the existing conditions here, was discussed at the semi-monthly meeting of the Men's Student Council in the Union Building last night.
in the university building. The enrollment employed here last semester is superior to those of previous years, much can be done toward its further simplification and betterment, Gunnar Mykland, c35, president of the council, the chief difficulty with existing conditions as seen by the council is the delay caused by the necessity of obtaining the consent of the several advisers, chairmen, and deans before appointment. It is suggested that a plan similar to the system under which complete responsibility for selection of courses, filling of groups, and arrangement of hours is left to the student, combined with our present plan in which the major responsibility for enrollment of the students is in the hands of the students, would furnish a better-working arrangement and would be advisable to eliminate certain prerequisite courses which the council does not entirely necessary so as to allow a greater freedom in the selection of courses. The student upon entering the University would be assigned an adviser for his entire college career. It would be compulsory to consult with the adviser at least twice a year to him in the process of enrollment the student would have his schedule ready and would enroll in a much shorter time.
A committee composed of Norbert Anschuetz, c'36, chairman; William Beck 'aulc, John Darrah, T'35, William Hazen, T'37, and Lloyd Mertz, b'37, has been appointed to discuss the changes with the University Senate.
Elect Two New Jay Janes
Y. W.C.A. Group To Meet Friday There will be a meeting of the Social and Economic Discussion Group of the Y.W.C.A., Friday, at 4:30 at Henley House.
Elect Two New Jay Janes
Ruth Bordner, c36, replacing Patricia O'Donnell, p14, Pi and Pi, and Caroline Bruce, c37, replacing Carolina Bliss, c38, Pi Beta Phi, were elected members of the Jay Janes at a meeting held yesterday afternoon.
Organized Labor Lifts Depression Says LID Speaker
Hapgood Thinks Consumers
Must Be Paid Ample
to Buy Goods
They Make
"Organized labor is one of the main factorsFactors in helping to get us out of the depression today," said Powers Happold, labor leader and third speaker in the League of Workers. "At least we are speaking on "The March of Labor."
"The organized labor movement is the chief factor which is tending to increase the consumer's income of 45 billion dollars to a point where it may purchase the 90 billion dollars' worth of goods produced in the United States yearly," Mr. Happood told his audience. "The labor union fights this uner-consumption in fighting for higher vages."
The speaker believes that sooner or later labor will realize that the capitalist profit system, having reached a point where it cannot expand further, can never pay labor enough to purchase its produce, for profits would be eliminated. Heretofore capitalist profits have been invested in business, but this is no longer possible. These profits are now kept from the consumers' hands, according to Mr. Hapgood.
"There is no solution for the depression under capitalism," Mr. Happgood explained. "When labor realizes the ingrained discrepancy in the capitalist system between production and consumption, caused by profits, labor will work for socialism." On this depends the working man's future, he thinks.
The necessity for the labor union as a means of increasing purchasing power was sketched briefly, and figures were given illustrating the huge increases in the number of organized workers during the depression. One factor that contributed to this need be organized now belong to American Federation of Labor unions.
Mr. Hipgood then criticised the NRA.
He said that maximum hours too often become minimum hours under the codes, and minimum wages tend to be the highest paid. "Section 7a is not being enforced. Although fines and imprisonment are provided for intimidating union members, no employers are in jail and only a few have been fired. Meanwhile workers are jailed for breaking injunctions in court or 'Custing'. The Episcopal church was Harrison of the Episcopal church was in charge of the meeting. Newman Jeffries, '32, an organizer for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, introduced the speaker. Before the talk Nicholas Gerron, fa'35, violinist, played the mantle of Lalo's "Spanish Symphony."
Reid Addresses Chemists
Department Is Host to Kansas City
Chemical Society Members
The department of chemistry was host last night to the Kansas City section of the American Chemical Society, Dr. E. W. Reid spoke on the subject, "Recent Developments in Aliphatic Organic Chemistry." Although a young man, Dr. Reid is a fellow of the Mellon Institute and is in charge of the laboratory of the Carbide and Carbon Chemical corporation.
His company is manufacturing chemist to nearly every American industry, from cosmetics to fruit growing. His talk dealt with new discoveries and new uses of compounds of ethylene, a complicated substance which assumes inumerable forms at the will of the war effort. It also makes those of a solvent, fumigant, refrigerant, and emulsifying agent. It is also used in medicine as a carrier in ointments.
The meeting, held in the chemistry building, was attended by about 125 persons. It was preceded by a dinner at the University Club at which members of the Kansas City section obtained the members of the Kansas City section. Dr. Wildish and Mr. Rice of the Kansas City Junior College faculty, Dr. Brown, head of the chemistry department of Kansas City University, and several members of the faculty were present. An open forum was held after the meeting.
Elected to Committee
Prof. Bert A. Nash, Mrs. C. D. Clark and Mrs. Dismore Alter were elected directors of Lawrence community service committee at a meeting held Tuesday afternoon in the assembly room of the Chamber of Commerce. Nahua Nahe was elected for a two-year term and Mrs. Alter for a one-year term.