UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
The Official Student Paper of the University of Kansas
VOLUME XXXI
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, SUNDAY, APRIL 22, 1934
NUMBER 134
FIVE NEW RECORDS MADE AT RELAYS
KANSAS MILER BEATS VENZKE BEFORE 10,000
Featured Special Mile Goes to Cunningham as Penn Star Takes Second; Dawson Third
RACE TIMED IN 4:12.7
Loose Track and Low Temperatures Make New Record Impossible
Ten thousand persons sat silent but hopeful yesterday afternoon as Glenn Cunningham, University of Kansas record-breaker, outdistanced Gene Venczke of the University of Pennsylvania in a special mile event of the twelfth annual Kansas Relays.
Cunningham's winning time, as he led Venzie to the tape by between 15 and 20 yards, was 4:12.7, far from the outdoor world's record time that the huge crowd had expected.
Faced by a slight wind and lower temperatures than are conducive to record performances, Cunningham paced around the track, never seriously threatened by any of the other three entrants. The Memorial stadium track was loose and dry, and made swift running difficult.
Manning Takes Lead
Venzie had expressed an opinion Friday afternoon that the weather was too cool for Cunningham to crack the mark set by Jack Lovelock of Oxford at 4:07.6 last June. The Pennsylvania, however, failed to do the thing that he had said in two speeches Friday he would do help Cunningham to a rehearsal on Saturday before longer than third until the third lap Venzie failed to get close enough to the Jayhawker runner to push him at any stage of the race.
Cunningham Gets Ovation
Harold Manning, formerly of Wichita University, now running unattached, took the lead at the start of the race, closely followed by Glen Dawson of Tulsa A. C and Cunningham lagged in third behind him. The quarter of the race appeared slow, but Cunningham covered the distance in 61 seconds.
Dawson swept past Manning at the north curve of the track on the second lap, only to be passed by Cunningham who opened up on the southeast turn.
Drake Entries Announced
Venzie followed Cunningham up, but did not slip into second place until another lap had been completed. Cunningham put on a last lap sprint, but failed to further outdistance Venzie He was given a great ovation by the crowd as he ran down the west side of the track on the last lap.
EDUCATION STUDENTS MAKE ANNUAL TRIP TO WINFIEL
Running the first and third quarters in 61 seconds, the Jayhawker fell on the other two laps. His second quarter ended with a 59-second second, and the last lap 64.7 seconds.
Members of the class of graduate students of the department of education will go to Winfield Sunday, where they will spend eight days working in the State Training School. This work is part of the regular work of the educational clinic class, which makes an annual faculty visit and conducts examinations to all cases which have been admitted during the past year.
The group, which will be conducted by Prof. B. A. Nash, is composed of the following members: Desse Cox, Nes City; Martha Heaton, Topeka; Evelyr Armstrong, Lawrence; Mrs. Margaree W. Rice, Lawrence; Walter Varvel, Laurie Lewis, Lawry; C. Morrow, McLouth; Marcia Sercuks Kansas, City, Kan.
Monday afternoon Professor Nash will address all the teachers in the Winfield City Educational system on the subject of Mental Hygiene in
Alumnus to Broadcast
Harold D. Smith, '22, president of the American Municipal association, will speak over the NBC network Tuesday evening at 6:15 on "Local Government and the New Deal." This is one of a series of broadcasts being presented by the National Advisory Council on Radio in Education.
Hargiss Names Nineteen to Participate in Relays Next Week
Coach H. W. Hargiss today announced the following Kansas entries for the Drake Relays, April 27-28.
440-relay: Coffman, Pitts, Gough, Hall,
larrington. Schroeder.
Mile relay: Schroeder, McNown,
braves, Hall.
880-yard relay; Coffman, Pitts, Hall,
Schroeder, Harrington.
100-yard dash; Hall, Pitts, Gough.
120-high hurdles; Harris, Reed
Discus; Beach, Gray.
Shot: Dees, Beach.
Javelin: Harrington, Beatty, Coffman
Pole vault: Coffman, White, Gray
Basketball: Coffman
High jump: McGuire, Neal, Coffman
Broad jump: Coffman, Pitts, Hall.
Two-mile run: Pankratz, Borel.
Pittsburg Teachers Star Takes Decathlon Honor
White Is Closely Followed by Coffman and Patterson
(Complete tabulations of decathlon scoring will be found on page four.)
Delbert White, whose interscholasti
discus throw made here in 1930, sti-
stands, and who came to the Relays last
year to win the discus for Kansa
Teachers of Pittsburg, returned fro-
m that school this year as a decathlon
entrant and won the event with a total o
7678.8995 points.
Roy Patterson of Iowa Wesleyan was second with 7630.6749; and Clyde Foley of Kansas was third with 7594.903. Other contestants scored as follows: Jay Bewerwang, Chicago, 7441.6821; Arnold Prechin, Yankton, 7482.6821; Ursula Wieth, Wichita University, 6808.7056; and Russell Pearson, Warensburg, 6246.9475.
At the close of the first five events, Friday night, White was more than 100 points ahead of the record made by James Bausch two years ago, when he broke the old record. The winger was second Friday night; Patterson third; and Coffman fourth.
Coffman made an auspicious start by doing the 100-meter dash in 10.5, thereby rating 1023.8 points, since he exceeded the Olympic "par" that rates 1000 points for an event. Berwanger and McLain made that "par."
In addition to the 100-meter run, Coffman finished first in the pole and javelin. Patterson was the winner of the 400-meter run, the 1500-meter, and the high hurdles. White was first in the 200-meter race, and Berwander was first in the shotput.
Coffman finished second in the broad jump and tied with Berwanger and McLain in the high jump.
Y.W.C.A. Cabinet Meets
At a meeting of the Cabinet of Y.W.C. A, held yesterday afternoon at Henley house, Edna Turrell led a discussion on Y.W.C.A. work. Plans for the trip to Estes park at the end of the school year were also discussed. The annual dinner given by the Advisory Board and Council of the university will be held next Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the home of Mrs. R. C. Rankins, at 724 Indiana.
Electric Counter Shows 3000 Viewed Engineer Display
Rare Tiger Beetle Among Many Peculiar Insects in Collection of Snow Museum
Prizes in Beam Breaking Contests Awarded to .. Ruth Beatty and Bob Lingo
The re-discovery of the tiger beetle, an unknown species in collections in the museums of the world, by Prof. S. W. Williston and Dr. H. A. Brous, was one of the most valuable finds in the history of entomology.
A western prairie dog village, in the last century, was discovered to be the home of one of the rarest of insects, the blind tiger beetle. This unusual specimen, with hundreds of equally queer creatures will be on display in the park this weekend, where Snow hall all next week, where the public may view them.
Each department was well represented in the exhibit. An attraction which aroused considerable interest was the testing of two wooden beams, an I-beam and a box-beam, by the civil engineering department. The I-beam withstood pressure up to 11,770 pounds, and the box beam broke at 24,890 pounds. Bob Lingo, e35, received a prize for his best guess on the I-beam. His guess was 12,000 pounds. Ruth Beatty, fa35, won a similar prize for estimating the weight that the box beam would withstand. Her estimate was 25,001 pounds.
The discovery of the tiger beetle, which sold for fabulous prices, gave the initial impetus to the University Entomological museum, which is today one of the most complete of new world insects in connection with any university in America.
About 3,000 visitors attended the ninth biennial Engineers' exposition held this weekend. This number is conceded to be reasonably accurate because of a photo-electric cell counter which was so arranged by the electrical department that each visitor passed through a ray of light which in turn caused tabulations to be recorded.
Some particularly interesting exhibits were presented by the electrical department, including a jacobs ladder, tesla coil, lightning generator, and physical foundations of actual electrical apparatus as it is pre-catered applied.
The Tesla coil proved especially interesting. It may be plugged into an ordinary light socket and works on the principal of an air-core transformer. The voltage was so high that only one wire was used. Sparks shot out from it seven or eight inches in length. These sparks may be drawn from the coil by the bulb, or lighted with practically no sensation of shock. A light bulb may be lighted by a ring of seven or eight people contacting both the bulb and the coil.
Feature attractions of the other departments included the flourescent minerals on display in Haworth hall by the mining engineers, the liquid air demonstration by the chemicals in the Chemistry building, the welding display by the mechanicals, and the carillon tower exhibit by the architects.
The extensive welding displayed by the mechanicals was made possible through the co-operation of the Air Reduction Sales company of Kansas City.
Show Unusual Displays
To many people, insects are a drab lot of dead specimens stuck on pins in a tray that only scientists would examine. But the number of known species of insects are more numerous than the number of known species of all other animals. The United States government recently appropriated $8,000.
To Award Sigma Tau Cup
"The awarding of the Sigma Tau cup to the department which presented the best exhibit will take place some time next week," said Fred Epeps, e35, president of Sigma Tau.
Conforming to the present plan o. the School of Engineering and Architecture, the next Exposition will be held in 1936.
000 to combat a single insect—the corn borer. These facts, in a measure, show the importance of what may ordinarily seem tiny, insignificant beetles.
One may also see in the museums, gold metallic bugs which are probably identical to the one of which Edgar John Poe wrote his famous 'Gold Rush'
Some of the most beautifully transparent butterflies in the collection have the peculiar characteristic of being so mirror-like that the natives of Africa, which is their native habitat, use them to signal by sending flashes.
The Snow hall museum contains insects of the United States, valuable not only for their economic and biological use but also because of their exotic beauty.
It is a valuable experience to see the numerous notable insects which belong to the Entomological museum. The museum also contains the collections of Doctor Snow together with his desk. Dr. R. H. Beamer, instructor of entomology, will explain the collection, giving information concerning the most outstanding insects to observers this week.
NEW KANSAS RELAYS RECORDS
480-yard Shuttle Hurdle Relay, Kansas State (unofficial world's) 1.017.
University Two-Mile Relay, Indiana, 7:46.
Shot Put, Irwin, Texas A. and M., 50 feet, $ 3 \frac{1}{2} $ inches.
University Half-Mile Relay, Texas, 1.26.3.
University Mile Relay, Indiana. 3:16.5.
120-yard High Hurdles, Allen,
Oklahoma Baptist; 14.6 (Equals Relays
Record.)
University Pep Group Plans Reorganization
Ku Ku's Elect New Officers and Adopt Revised Constitution
Accepting the challenge which has been placed before it for some time, Pi Epsilon Pi, national pep organization at the University of Kansas, better known as Ku Kui's, has instituted a complete reorganization, in an attempt to regain its former prominent position on the Campus.
In a meeting held Thursday night in Fraser hall, a revised constitution was adopted and new officers elected in the first major step of reorganization.
Among the aims of the new constitution are those of maintaining and increasing the present membership, a provision for increased activity within the organization itself, a system of recall of officers and the dismissing ofactive members, and a general plan or the betrement of the organization. Formal adoption of the institution was made at the Thursday meeting.
Feeling that efforts in directing student enthusiasm has been suffering from lack of organization, the Ku Ku's are placing especial emphasis on the provision of the constitution which provides for increased activity in the organization itself. Under this provision the development of stunts and the forming a definite policy in the leading of student pep rallies before, as well as during, athletic contests are the key steps in the redevelopment of the school's annual arm swing election which was held following the formal adoption of the new constitution, the following officers were elected: president, Walter Lyman, T3; vice president, Ralph Brewster, fa 36; secretary, Powell Awbey, c'35; treasurer, Richard Mason, c'36; cergenter-at-arms, William Hazen, c'35.
Under the new organization, the fraternity will hold its first regular meeting Thursday, April 26.
Sigma Xi Selects Members
Five Persons Elected to National Honorary Science Fraternity
Five persons were elected to full membership in Sigma Xi, national honorary science fraternity, and five were chosen for associate membership Friday evening.
Those elected to membership are as follows: Dr. Earl Padgett, assistant professor of surgery at Bell Memorial Hospital; Vernon Gentry, gr.; Lee Horstman, junior gnr.; and Marvin J. Rumolli, instructor of surgery, at Bell Memorial hospital.
Persons chosen for associate membership are William Edison, e34; c4: Robert Ganourng, e4; Malvin Griffin, f34; C4: Frederick Wheeler, e34; c4; and Frederick Wheeler, e34.
EDUCATION SORORITY NAMES
COMMITTEE FOR NOMINATIONS
The initiation services and annual banquet of the organization will be held May 17.
the nominating committee of Pi Lambda Theta, honorary education soority, was selected at a recent meeting. Members of the committee are Miss Mary Fee, chairman, Allena Hicks, gr, Carol Hunter, c'34, Leota Wagner, c'34, Mary Grant, and Ruth Lichen.
Candidates for officers of the sorority for the coming year will be nominated by the above committee, which will report on his nominees at the May 3 meeting of the organization.
Oklahoma Hurdler Ties Another Carnival Mark
Irwin, Lone Texas A. and M. Entry, Outstanding Contender With Two Firsts; Indiana Scores Dual Victory in Distance Relays; Texas and K-State Top Previous Marks
Honored at Relays
GLENN CUNNINGHAM
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The annual track and field program was dedicated to a famous runner who defeated Venzke in the special mile event yesterday.
Phi Sigma Chi Meets Here
Five new records were established and one mark was equalled yesterday afternoon as nearly 600 athletes from all sections of the country competed in the twelfth annual running of the University of Kansas Relays.
National Officers Chosen by Group in Annual Convention
A crowd of more than 10,000 persons, the largest in recent years, watched a picked field of stars as they threatened many more of the standing marks.
Two of the new records set were better than the recognized interscholastic records, but one, a time of 1:01.7 in the 480-yard shuttle hurdle relay, made by Kansas State College, was far behind an unofficial mark set by the University of Southern California at the
Evaigneal Clarke, c'25, was elected national vice president of Phi Sigma Chi, women's pep organization, at the annual convention held here yesterday. The other national officers are Louse Hassock, Nebraska, president; and Rue Womer, Kansas State College, secretary-treasurer. After the meeting the delegates were guests of the local chapter formerly known as the Jay James, at the Relays.
The purpose of the meeting was to discover what advancements had been made in the encouragement of pep in schools represented by the organizations. Pins were also selected by the convention to be worn by members.
Delegates from the local chapter were Evangaline Clarke and Mildred Ingram, c.35, Wanda Edmunds, fa43, a national officer last year, also attended
INSTALLATION SERVICES HELD
FOR NEW COUNCH, MEMBERS
Guests will include Chancellor Lindley; Henry Werner, men's student adviser; the members of the old and new councils; James Donahue, freshman president; Phil Bramwell, sophomore president; Handie Harding, 34, poser; Karen Ormond, party leader; and Jay Wannaker, c'34, president of the Kayhawk club.
Installation ceremonies for the new Men's Student Council members will be held Tuesday evening at 3:30 in the Colonial Tea Room. Kenneth Slocum, T'36, will act as toastmaster at the banquet.
West Coast Relays in 1932. The California mark which has not been recognized by the Amateur Athletic Union was 59.2 seconds. The Relays record broken was set by Minnesota last year. Ohio State held the official interscholastic mark.
The other new intercollegiate mark was the University half-mile record in which the University of Texas set a new mark of 1:26.3, two-tenths of a second better than the Relays record which was also an interscholastic mark. The University of Kansas team of 1931 set the old record.
Indiana Breaks Two Records
B. H. Irwin, long entry from Texas A. and M. College, was the individual high scorer of the Relays, winning firsts in the only two events he entered, the shotput and the disc throw. Irwin's heavie of 50 feet, $3\frac{1}{2}$ inches, broke the Kansas Relays shot put record in 1928. Herbert Schwarze, University of Wisconsin, in 1925. It was one of the oldest records in the books.
Boulinia Breaks Two Records
University of Indiana broke two relay records, the two-mile and the mile; they were defending champions in the latter event. The new times were 7:46 and 3:16.5 respectively. The first performance clipped more than six seconds from the existing record, and the second bettered the old mark by seventenths of a second. Hornbostel and Fuqua, Hoosier distance stars, ran in both of the record-breaking races.
Sam Allen of Oklahoma Baptist University, former Bristol High School star, equalled the 120-yard high hurdles record set by Lee Sentman, Illinois, in 1930 and equalled by George Saling, Iowa University, in 1932, at 14.6 seconds.
Other Marks Threatened
Records were threatened in at least three other events. Cameron College of Lawton, Okla., defending champion in the Junior College One-Mile Relay, missed the record by one-tenth of a second when they covered the distance in 3.27.4.
In the field events, Stumbach of K.S.
T.C. Pittsburgh, cleared the bar at 6
feet, 5/4 inches in the high jump. The record
set by Shaw of Wisconsin in
1930 at 6 feet, 6-13 inches is only 15-16
of an inch better. Stumbach used the
scissors form in the high jump, now
more or less unusual.
Ripper of Iowa State barely missed new record in the javelin throw, then his first heave went 206 feet, 5 inches. The record held by John Kuck, LSTC Emporia, at 206 feet, 81 inches better. The average was 14½ meters better ban today's throw.
Complete results follow:
University Four-Mile Rehay, (two cams entered), won by Drake (Gallan- Sheoaker, McGee, Thompson); record, Minnesota, Time, 18.325.
University Two-Mile Relay, won by indiana (Fuqua, Chattin, Hobbs, Hornstoe) second. Washington State State Chargers at Kansas State. 46.0. New mec meet.
University Mile Relay, won by In-Beam (Boston); second, Kansas, (Schroeder, raves, Hall, Cunningham); third, New York, Grenell, Time; 3:16.5. New Relay冠培。
University half-mile relay, won by Tobacco. Grandma Walters; senior womens third; second; middle; Missouri; fourth. Illinois. Time: 1.263 (new relays and intercollegiate record.
University Quarter-Mile Relay, won by Illinois (Russell, Carroll, Portman, Hellmich); second, Texas; third, Oklahoma; and M, fourth, Oklahoma. Same 417
University medley relay, won by Kansas State Hall, J. B. Nixon, Whee-
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