UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
The Official Student Paper of the University of Kansas
VOLUME XXXI
MILE RUN GOES TO CUNNINGHAM AT PENN MEET
Kansan Wins Special Event in 4:11.8 Despite Poor Condition of Track at Franklin Field
40,000 WATCH CONTEST
Jayhawker Beats Venzke by 15 Yards as Record Crowd Applauds
A large bouquet of roses sent by the University of Kansas to Glenn Cunningham, the university's star miler, was presented to him by Mrs. H. Jamison Swarts Saturday prior to his mile race with Gene Venzelk of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Swarts is the wife of the director of the relay.
Franklin Field, Philadelphia, April 28—(Special to the Kansas)—Running over a cinder track that was transformed from a quamrite to a spike-eaten path only after a night of labor. Glenn Cunningham, University of Kansas' king of the middle-distance route, swept past the Gene Venzie, Pennsylvania star, like a Kansas cyclone here this afternoon to win the special mile feature of the fortieth annual Penn Relaxs.
Passing Venkze on the back stretch of the final lap, the Jayhawner won by more than 15 yards and finished in 4:11.8. His time approach n world's record, but despite the unfavorable conditions of the trade game, he ever run at Franklin field. It broke the Penn carnival mile record by 2.5 seconds.
Record Crowd Attends
Cunningham's victory was his tenth in 11 starts against the Pottstown flyer. Today's race was the only dual-matched affair in the history of intercollegiate amateur athletics.
Forty thousand fans, a record-breaking crowd for the big eastern relays canvail, rose to give thunderous applause to the burly Kansan as he passed Venkze after the first turn of a round and sprinted on to victory.
Both runners found the going slow because of the torn condition of the track. Asphalt burners, borrowed from the streets and alley department of the city and put into use from 7:30 last night until 7 a.m. today, had turned the track, which yesterday was a mass of mud and water, into a hard but rough surface. Good marks by the galaxy of stars assembled have been defied by weather conditions during both days of the annual meet.
Characterized before the race by Johnny McHue, veteran track starter, as the greatest miler in the history of track competition, Glenn Cunningham matched strides with Gene Venkze for more than three laps before he put on his finishing sprint and pulled away from the man who has furnished him his stifter competition during the last two seasons. Cunningham's race today was more impressive than his victory a week ago when he defaced Venkze in 4:12.7 in the featured mile run of the Kansas Relays in Lawrence
Venzke Sets Pace
Venzeke set the pace from the starti-
g gun, leading Cunningham who dropped into stride about three yards
behind him, and finished the first
quarter in the slow time of 649. His margin at the end of the first half had
not been increased although he had
quickened the pace. The time of 208.8
gave indication that the race would be
run in slow time unless the milers
ran themselves into the ground on the
last two laps.
Venake continued to increase the pace on the third lap, but Cunningham apparently willing to let Gene keep the lead, pulled up to within a pace and matched strides as they crossed the line to go into the final lap.
Rounding the turn with only a shadow between them, the two runners straightened into the back stretch where Cunningham made his challenge. Passing Venzeke easily, the Jayhawker swept ahead by five yards as Venzeke made a futile effort to retain the ground he had lost. Failing even to hold his pace, Venzeke dropped back to 10 and then 15 yards behind Cunningham, who was 20 yards behind as they went into the final stretch, 125 yards from the finish. Putting everything he had into a final sprint, Venzek failed to make up more than five yards of the Jayhawk's margin. Cunningham sped across the finish line, an easy winner.
Breaks Penn Record
Winning from Gene Venkze for the tenth time in the last two years, Cunningham covered the mile distance in 41:18 at the Penn Relays yesterday.
NUMBER 139
'Journey's End' to Offer Different Performance
Drama Depicts Hardships
Suffered in World
War Trenches
The presentation of "Journey's End" by the Dramatic club on Monday Tuesday, and Thursday, of this week in Fraser theater will bring an entirely different type of performance from that usually presented, before the University audience.
The play presents a glittering, hard picturization of the World War given in a way to convince one of its stark reality. The setting consists solely of
a British dugout, reeking with fifth and possessed of only one small port; leading to the treches above, which lie on the left side or light into the ill-ventured hole.
The story is neither complex nor involved. It is concerned with a young officer, Lieutenant Raleigh, who comes into the mucky atmosphere of the British at the front. He is delighted to be under the command of his school hero, Captain Stanhope, who has been in the thick of the fighting for three years.
long years. Lieutenant Obersee, fathery and experienced, who was formerly a schoolmaster; Lieutenant Trotter, a nerveless chap; and Lieutenant Hibbert, a nerve-shattered weekling, said he had not seen through others pass in and out of the dugout, they do not figure in the story.
There are no featured players in the east to step out and mar the complete unity of the performance.
"Journey's End" will be an added attraction on the activity ticket. Ticket number 15 must be exchanged for a seat at one of the performances at the ticket office in the basement of Green hall.
Moore Speaks at Meeting
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 1934
Geology Department Head Addresses
Kansas Academy of Science Group
Dr. Raymond C. Moore, head of the geology department of the University and director of state geological survey, was one of the featured speakers at the sixty-sixth annual meeting of the Kansas Academy of Science which met Thursday, Friday, and yesterday, in Wichita.
Doctor Moore lectured on his trip through the Grand Canyon with the United States Geological Survey. He was a guide for hikers with latern slides, and motion pictures.
Among those from the University who attended the meeting were Dr. W. C. Stevens, Marshall Mayberry, James C. Bates, Kathryn Styule, Robert Dill, c34. Don Obee, gr, and Rufus Thompson, c34.
George C. Shand, dean of the School of Engineering and Architecture; A. H. Slusso, professor of mechanical engineering; Earl D. Hay, professor of mechanical engineering; and J. H. Taggart, professor of economics attended a summer school at Princeton University the A.M.E. Friday night at the Hotel Kansaun Capan, Kansas City, Mo.
FACULTY MEMBERS ATTEND A.S.M.E. SECTION MEETING
Group Visits Institution
Professor Taggart spoke at the meeting on the subject of "The Financial Aspects of the New Deal."
Bert A. Nash, associate professor or education, took the graduate class in Educational Clinic to visit the State Home for the Feeble Minded in Winfield, last Sunday. The group will return tomorrow.
Minority Leaders Propose Changes In Activity Ticket
Student Control Over Ex emptions Included in Suggestions of
Group
(The proposals contained in the following article were submitted to the Kansan as the non-partisan expresses and the University as the University. They are offered as such and not as the opinion of the Kansan or any members of its staff—Edit.)
Five University students, all members of the recently defeated Oread-Kayhawk party on Mount Oread, yesterday submitted to the University Daily Kansan a list of proposals which they said they believed would prove popular and feasible if put into operation in connection with the much debated student activity plan.
The formation of the proposals was brought about by the recent agitation with regard to the ticket, and the Council proposal which sought to make possible an all-school party to be held in the city. The party left poor from the activity ticket fund.
The suggestions were drawn up and sanctioned by Lyman Field, c34; Jay Wanamaker, c34, president of the Kayhawk club; John Darrah, I35, law school representative on the present Men's Student Council; Harold Harding, co-chair of the Oread party; Floyd Ebergry, ed, graduate representative on the Council.
In a signed statement the students outlined six specific points which they favored.
Six Points Outlined
"In the beginning we believe that the compulsory feature of the ticket in its broadest sense is imperative to the success of the ticket. However, we see no excuse for the imperious and mandatory manner in which this compulsory feature has been enforced," the statement said.
Especial objection was made to the proposed plan of providing a picture of the individual student to be attached to each activity ticket.
Favor Transferable Ticket
As a second point, the students attack the present non-transferable feature of the ticket.
"There are many admitted instances of students unable to attend the various ticket programs who should be allowed to transfer their tickets. Different colored tickets, with reasonable ground for transfer, would be a satisfactory solution. Athletes, who obviously cannot attend games as spectators while playing, should not be forced to pay admission."
The student proposal suggested that entertainment should be selected by
Ask for Basketball
The proposal made by Kurt Reisen, 136, former president of the M.S.C., that basketball should be included on the activity ticket, was described as worthy.
"Basketball is a student sport as much as football or track, and the students should be accorded first choice in the matter of seating and not given alternative of added expense in purging another seat." the proposal read.
Student Control of Exemptions In the matter of exemptions, the students favored student control which they said was in keeping with the opinion of the administration. They were accustomed to such a plan upon the fact that other Hill activities as the Jayhawker magazine, the Memorial Union building, Varsity dances, etc., were capably conducted under student supervision.
The students did not mention any difficulties which might come up in the handling of the court sport, nor did they advocate a method as to how it would be divided between semesters. Matters of seating arrangements were similarly not taken up. The present seating capacity of the auditorium is not much greater than that of the student body of the University.
"Further, with regard to exemptions," the proposal read, "we are in accord with the system now in use at South Dakota. Graduate students there are not compelled to purchase a ticket, and men in athletics are refunded money from the year's surplus up to the amount of each ticket allotted them for the sport in which they participated." As a last point, the students declared themselves in favor of the annual publication of financial statements which would include a careful itemizing of money received, money expended, allotments to various departments, surplus, and refunds.
Home owners around Lawrence this year are having their worries with their blue grass lawns. This is the first year, according to Dr. H. B. Hungerford of the entomology department that the lawns in this part of the country are being injured by plant lice, the green bug of wheat, and the grain aphis.
Remedies for Pests Injuring Lawns Offered By Dr. Hungerford
The yellow patches in the lawns are the work of the plant lice, and the green bug of the wheat causes the pinkish spot. These otherwise green sapotles of grass.
a spray of black leaf 40, one part to
portion of water, or nicotine dust, can be
used.
Emporia Choir to Give Vesper Concert Today
Group Is in Sixteenth Year With Hirschler as Its Director
The a Cappella choir from the College of Emporia will present a vespas concert this afternoon at 4 o'clock in the University auditorium.
The choir which is limited to 100 voices is now in its sixteenth season under the direction of Dean Daniel A. Hirschler, Visitors from all over central Kansas have been attracted to the monthly choral vespers which the group presents in the Memorial Chapel of the college.
Daniel A. Hirschler has been engaged in choir and organ work for many years. He has been concert organizer, giving recitals in many states of the middle west, and acting as organist in San Diego at Balboa Park outdoor concerts for several seasons. He is also conducting festivals, twenty of them in succession, at the college with his venero chair.
He has performed numerous classical and modern works with chorus and orchestra, conducting such orchestras as the New York Symphony, the St. Louis Symphony, and the Minneapolis Symphony. He was also the governor of the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia fraternity, honorary musical fraternity for men.
The vesper program will be as follows: "Now Let Every Tongue Adore Thee," by Bach; "Exultate Dec," Palestrina; "Magnum Musterian," Vittoria; "In Mirth and in Gladness," Niedt; "Cherubim Song," Tschesnokoff; "The Brook," Arkhangelsky; "Let Thy Blessed Spirit," Tschesnokoff; "Hospodi Poniili," Lvovsky; "In Pride of May," Cadman; "The Wind of March," (composed for the Twentieth Annual Spring Music Festival and dedicated to the Vesper Choir and Dean Hirscher), by Cadman; "Sing We and Chant It," Murley; "To Maelsil" (Inventor of the Metronome), Beethoven; "Australian Up Country Song," Crainger; "From Heaven Above," Christiansen; "Exalation," Christiansen; "Jedes Is Ruben" (Spiritual), arr. by Gaul; "Cross it Foh Yohse" (Spiritual) arr. by Clokey.
Dinner at the Manor to Follow Initia tion in Marvin Hall
Scarab Will Initiate Four
Formal initiation of four new members into Scarab, honorary architectural fraternity will be held tonight in Marvin hall. Mock initiation was held last night. Following the initiation services, the meeting will adjourn to the Manor for a dinner. Lieutenant E. H. Cooper, professor of military science will speak.
Searab is a national professional architectural society, Abydos Temple, the local chapter, was established at the University in 1921. Members must have been members of the Association before they are eligible for membership in the fraternity.
The new members who are to be initiated this evening are Curtis Bessing, e36; Horbert Cowell, e36; Ravyn Sherer, e38; Cormier, e38; and Kenneth Scherrer, e38.
An annual prize is awarded by Scarab each year to some member of the sophomore class who completes the best design problem. The problems are given out by the faculty and are judged by five senior members of the Scarab. This years winner will be announced early next week.
Heinz W. Puell to Speak
A comparison of the American and European systems of education will be made by Heinz W. Puell, German exchange student, Sunday night at the Westminster student forum. The program of the meeting will be presided over by Duvall Gee, Bunch. A devoir on the subject is that Miller, fa35. The forum is held at Westminster hall, 1221 Oread, at 7:30. A social period will follow the forum.
Enlarge Anatomy Building
Medical Department Will Use Exten sion for Laboratory and Storage
An extension is being added to the Medical Commons building in order that the balance of the anatomy department may be moved from Dyche museum where it is now lodged, to be housed with the rest of the anatomy equipment.
The addition will extend the west wall of the building so that it will be in line with the north front of the structure. When completed, the building will provide space for underground storage tanks and equipment and storage room, an animal room, a dark room for the development of photographs, and a laboratory and an office for H. C. Tracy, professor of anatomy.
The space cleared in Dyche will be used for receiving and preparing natural history exhibits when the museum is opened in the fall. The removal of the anatomy laboratory material will also do away with the discontinuity between which preved the air of the museum and was unpleasant to visitors.
The construction on the Commons building is scheduled to be completed about the middle of June, in time for use in the summer session.
Prize-Winning Parents' Day Poster Announced
Martha Ann Pauline Gill
Wins W.S.G.A. Prize
in Contest
Martha Ahn Pauline Gill, a senior in the department of design, has been named the winner of the Parents' Day gift for 10th grade. The prize of $2 offered by the W.S.G.A.
The prize winning poster, which will be on display in the lobby of the Memorial Union building, carries out a modernistic theme with whirled lines in the background. A picture of a mother, father, and son are outstanding with lettering "Give Mom and Dad a whirl on May 5-6. Parents' Day." Outline pictures of students are used as a border to the poster.
Other students participating in the contest were Anna Katherine Stevens, fa35; Wanda Edmonds, fa34; Frances Hamlin, fa34; Edith June Ritchie, fa34; Cooke Mae Myers, fa35; Robert Cooke, fa34; Harriette Daniels, fa35; Margaret Julia Bailey, fa35; Betty Agnes Schwartz, fa35.
Posters on Display
These posters have been or will be posted in the Fine Arts office, the library, Fraser hall, the campus map bulletin board, the college office, the Spanish department bulletin board, and on the bulletin boards in East Administration building.
The poster content is held each year in connection with the University celebration of Parents' Day. Invitation programs to be enclosed in letters, have been delivered to the organized houses so that students may inform their parents of the international enclosure programs may be secured at Dean Husband's office.
Tickets for the Parents' Day banquet, aSaturday evening, May 5, will be on sale, beginning tomorrow, at the business office. In order to make reservations at the Memorial Union cafeteria, tickets must be secured by 1 p.m. Friday, Dean Husband, chairman of the committee, said yesterday.
Mrs. E. H. Lindley will preside at the banquet and Mrs. Mabel McLaughlin Beck of Holton, president of the KU. Alumni association, will be the main speaker. The combined glee clubs will furnish music during the dinner.
University Band to Play
As an addition to the general program, the University band, directed by J. C. McCanles, will play from 4:30 to 5 p.m. Saturday on the Dyche museum steps. The visiting parents will attend the reception tea in Spooner-Thayer the same afternoon.
Rae Stoland, c'34, has been appointed to replace Isabel Tuke, fa'34, on the dinner committee because of Miss Tuke's illness.
JOGWOOD TREES IN BLOOM
ATTRACT WIDE ATTENTION
Two English dogwood trees, uncommon to this community, are attracting their annual crowd of admirers in the yard of the Beta Theta Pi house at 1425 Tennessee street. The trees were planted by J. P. Usher, original owner of the house, who was a member of Abraham Lincoln's cabinet. The large, white blossoms have appeared each year since that time, attracting botany classes, townpeople, and out-of-town visitors.
KANSAS PLACES SIX IN SCORING AT DRAKE MEET
Hall Takes First in Broad Jump and Second in 100; Coffman Ties for First in Pole Vault
WHITE MAKES A THIRD
McGuire and Dees Fourth in High Jump and Shot Put. Respectively
His legs swathed in tape, as a result of a bleeding muscle in his right thigh, Metalea edged out Hall in the last ten yards after running abreast of the Jayhawker from the gun. His time was 9.7 seconds, two-tenths of a second short of the meet record of 9.5, made by Roland Locke, Nebraska, in 1927 and equaled by Metcalfe in 1932. Croons, Kansas State Teachers, Emporia, finished third, and Hunter Russell, Illinois, fourth.
Des Moines, April 28. — (Special) — Ralph Metcalfe, Macaulay's Nesro foyer, holder of the world's record for the 100 yard dash, won the century in the silver anniversary of the Drake Relays for the third consecutive time to win the championship and close chill with Ed Hall of Kansas in 9.7 seconds at 15,300 feet looked on.
Run Against High Wind
Officials announced that runners in the 100-yard dash and 120-yard high hurdles competed against a wind blow- off course, officially measured on an ascentometer.
Hall also took a first in the broad jump defeating Earmum of Oklahoma A. and M. by 9 inches with a leap of 23 feet, 11-1-8 inches.
Coffman of Kansas, a member of the United States Olympic decathlon team in 1923, tied for first in the pole vault with Seely, Illinois, at 13 feet 4 inches. White of Kansas who tied for first in the event at the Kansas Relays on April 21 was third with a vault of 13 feet.
World's Record in Shot Put
Dees, Kansas weight-man, took a fourth in the shoi put with a heave of 48 feet 10 inches, one-ball inch less than Cook's toss. His throw was far behind the new world's record set by Jack Torrence of Louisiana State at 55 feet 1-1 2 inches in the preliminary rounds Friday afternoon.
McGuire, Kansas high jumper, was fourth, clearing the bar at 6 feet 1 1-4 inches.
Two-mile relay—Won by Louisiana State (Lehman, Sanders, O'Neil, Hardin); second, Purdie; third, Washington State; fourth, Notre Dame. Time, 7:48.3 m, New mec record. Former record, 7:48.3 m, made by Notre Dane in 1932).
100-yard dash—Won by Metcalf,
Marquette; second, Hall, Kansas; third,
Crooms, Kansas State Teachers,
Emperor; fourth, Russell, Illinois.
Time.
120-yard hard hurrles—Won by Allen, Oklahoma Baptist; second, Ward, Michigan; third, Fisher, Louisiana State; fourth, Hexa, Texas A. and M. Time, 14:45
Two-mile run-Won by Bears, Butler; two-second, Fieffer, Grimley; third, second, Fieffer, College (South Dakota); fourth, Eye, Eyre College (Nebraska). time: 9:39.3
Two-mile relay (colleges)—Won by Kansas State Teachers, Pittsburg (Erwillinger, Bell, Brown, Smith); second, Carleton College (Missouri); third, Kansas State Teachers, Emporia; fourth, Knox College (Illinois). Time, 7:59.
440-yard replay—Rewon by Marquette (Phillips, Booth, Jessel, Metcalf); second, Illinois; third, Oklahoma A. and M.; fourth, Missouri; Time, 41.8
Discuss throw-Won by Torrance, Louisiana State; second, Irwin, Texas A. and M. third, Tichner, Oklahoma B. and M. fourth, South, Minnesota Distance 150.95 meters
Four-mile relay—Won by Nebraska (Ayers, White, Story, Funk); second, Drake; third, Kansas State; fourth, Wisconsin. Time: 18:17.3.
Broad jump—Won by Hall, Kansas; second, Baltimore, Oklahoma and M.; third, Emporia; fourth, Newell, Louisiana State. Distance, 23 feet, 111-8 inches. 880-yard relay — Won by Texas (bookerholm), Iowa, southeast Iowa State; third, Illinois; fourth, Nebraska. Time, 1:26.6. (Tues meet record made by Michigan, 1930.) Third, Arkansas; between Coffman, Kansas, and Seely, Illinois; third, White, Kansas; tie for fourth, Tingley, Kansas State Teachers, Putschke, Carriage, Height, 13 feet, 4 inches.
High jump—Tied for first place, Philson of Drake, Stumbach of Pittsburg Teachers, Watkins of Adleene Christie of Naperville, Height, 6 feet, 3-14 inches.
Shot-up- Won by Torrance of Louisiana State; second, twintown of Texas A&M; fourth, Dees, University of Kansas. Seet 1-1-2 inches. (New website record.)