UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
The Official Student Paper of the University of Kansas
VOLUME XXXI
NUMBER 132
Coalition Petition For New Election Denied by Council
Executive Session of Men's Governing Body Says Evidence Is Insufficient
The case of Sol Lindenbaum, c36, recently elected College representative, who was charged with having voted twice at the Men's Student Council election last Thursday was being considered at a hearing of the executive committee of the council late this afternoon.
Five other members of the Pachaeama party were to be tried on similar charges this afternoon, folLOWING that Hawk's hawk representatives last night.
A petition of the Oread-Kayhawk party, contesting the recent Men's Student Council election, was set aside last night by the Council sitting in executive session, on the grounds that there was insufficient evidence to justify a new election. The petition was presented by William Banyan, b3s, cam-master of the Oread Harding club, was signed by Harold Harding, 134, and Jay Wamaker, c34, presidents of the Oread party and the Kayhawk club, respectively.
"1. The chairman of the committee on elections was a candidate for office, and directly interested in the outcome of the election.
The decision to lay aside the charges came on a motion by Frank Thesis, 176 seconded by Gunnar Mykland, c'35. The voting was on stricly party lines
"2 The ballots were printed behind locked doors. the chairman of the elections committee and the president of the same political party, also a candidate in the outcome of the election, were the only ones who saw the ballots for 36 hours. Representatives of the Oread-Kayhawk coalition were not permitted to receive the printing of the ballots from the customary and proper procedure.
The charges presented by coalition leaders read as follows:
3. The ballots were not numbered,
check on the number of ballots entered
the number of ballots entered.
"5 The executive officers of the Council to provide advice on the proper interim and supervision over the mechanisms of the election. Such a mechanism is incapable obligation of such officers
"4. The voting places were not opened at the proper time. It is customary and proper that the polls should be ready to receive votes by 9 a.m. at the latest, regardless of whether it is either unquestioned or willful construct on the part of the election committee.
in the Oread-Kayhawk coalition in "the above listed protests respectfully April 12, 1934, be set aside and the bailouts cast threat be declared null and void."
Kurt Riesen, present president of the Council, said unofficially last night that undoubtedly there had been negligence by his staff. But when it was not intentional nor malicious,
The Pachacamac leaders in partial reification of article two of the Oread-Kayhawk protest, presented an affidavit signed by Earl A. Farris, of the World company, which printed the ballots, to the effect that no student had access to, or was in possession of any printed copies of the ballots from the time they were proof read until they were turned over to representatives of both parties the morning of the election.
"The election," he said, "is run by the men's Student Council, not by the Pachacamac party, and the Council is opposed to be above playing politics."
The executive committee of the council consisting of Kurt Riesen, S3; Lloyd Metzler, c3;5; Alfred White, c3;4; Reed Voran, c3;4; and William Reumy, c3;4, met this afternoon at 2:30 to consider charges of election fraud preferred against six Pachacamac men by Oread-Keyhawk leaders. No charges were brought by Pachacamac men last night, however, but they said they intended to present some at the meeting this afternoon.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1934
E. B. Stouffer, dean of the graduate School, left for Chicago yesterday where he will meet with the North Central Association of Colleges and Universities. The committee on standards, revising the work of crediting of colleges, of which he is a member, is to make a report at the meeting.
Stouffer to Attend Meeting
Jack Jones, of Walters, national inter-
scholastic javelin champion last year,
who threw the spear 201 feet 2 inches in
his county meet at Walters April 7,
weighs only 185 pounds. He will compete
at Norman in the state high school
meet April 28.
Reviews Economic Trends
Dean Davis Traces International Commercial Policies
Dean Robert McNair Davis of the School of Law was the guest speaker of the Lutheran Brotherhood at its April dinner meeting held in the banquet room of the Lawrence Lutheran church on Tuesday evening. Dean Davis spoke on "The Price of International Peace" in which he reviewed the trend in commercial nations during the past decade to establish economic self-sufficiency, which in his opinion will prove to be impossible and daunting.
to be impossible and even disastrous.
The speaker stated that the modern development of transportation has brought about greater and greater international trade upon which the world economic structure has come to be based. To obstruct international trade is but to destroy the foundation of national prosperity which in the long run is based upon world prosperity.
The speaker drew an analogy from the narrow commercial policy of the 13 American Colonies upon attaining their independence, whereby they undertook reprisals and retaliation against each other in their regulation of commerce. It was pointed out that out of that unwise policy the Constitution of the United States was born, wherein the regulation of interstate and foreign commerce was vested in a central body and not left to the anarchy of conflict.
Betty McFarland Chosen Queen of Kansas Relays
Beauty Selected by Venzke Is First to Reign at Annual Event
Betty Lotu McFarland, 'c37, is the beauty to reign queen of the Twelfth Annual Kansas Relays to be held here Saturday. Chosen from eleven entries by Gene Venzke, world famous middle distance runner of the University of Oklahoma, McFarland will be ceremonially presented during the meet Saturday afternoon.
The judging was made from pictures which were sent to Venkee early Sunday morning: He made his selection and then wired the result this morning.
Miss McFarland is affiliated with the Pi Beta Phi sorority and lives at 105 N. Courland street in Topeka. She entered school here the second semester this year. The other entries in the contest were Betty Gibson, Kappa Alpha Theta; Crosby Seymour, Kappa Alpha Gamma; Beverly Chiuns, Chi Omega; Lorraine Linville, Gamma Pi Phi; Helen Winchell, Alpha Chi Omega; Pat O'Donnell, Alpha Pi; Lois Lippett, Alpha Omicron Pi; Gladys Edwards, Sigma Kappa; Helen Kissel, Alpi X Delta; and Maxine Boyle, Wattkins hall.
This is the first time in the history of the Relays that a queen has been chosen to rule over the event. It may be the beginning of a long succession of queens—Relays dynasty, for if the queen rules successfully this year, other queens will follow in her foot-steps.
One of the duties of the newly chosen sovereign is to present the cups to the fortune winners of the many relay events. This duty is made far more exciting by the presence of the news reel cameramen who will be on hand to "shoot" the most important parts of the day's events. In all probability the queen will be photographed and her picture will be subsequently flashed on innumerable screens throughout the country.
Miss McFarland is the second queen to be presented in the Memorial Stadium this year. The first was Lucy Trees, Chi Omega, elected queen of the Homecoming by the varsity football squad, who was presented between halves at Missouri-Kansas football game here last Thanksgiving.
Psychiatrist to Address Forum Dr. G. Leonard Harrington, psychiatrist of Kansas City, will talk before the Westminster student forum, Westminster hall, Sunday night. Albert McCullough, gr, is to be chairman of the meeting and John Holmes, c36, will lead the devotional service.
Psychiatrist to Address Forum
Relay Demand, Union building, 12
Phi Gamma Delta, house, 12
Delta Upsilon, house, 12
Fellowship Forum, Congregational church, 12
Saturday, April 21
AUTHORIZED PARTIES Friday, April 20
Saturday, April 21
Kappa Sigma, Union building, 12
Sigma Alpha Ipsilon, house, 12
Phi Beta Pi, house, 12
Corbin Hall, house, 12
Chi Deltasigma, Eldridge, 12
Delta sigmaLambda, house, 12
Dean of Women, for the Joint Committee on Student Affairs.
Agnes Husband
Dr. Allen Reports Eastern Interest In Kansas Relays
Athletic Director Returns
From Basketball Rules
Meeting After 3- Weeks Tour
BULLETIN
Philadelphia, April 19. — Gene Venzie, Pennsylvania miler, left here late yesterday for Lawrence, Kan., where he is to compete against Glenn Cunningham, and others, in a special invitation mile at the twelfth annual Kansas Relays.
Manager of Relays
Glenn Dawson, Tulsa A. C., who is also entered in the special invitation mile, arrived at the University early this afternoon.
Mr. Venuzke is expected to reach Lawrence by way of the Union Pacific.
He is expected to reach Kansas City, Mo., at 9:30 p.m. Thursday, and to reach Lawrence at 10:57 p.m.
Especially pleased with the enthusiasm and interest exhibited by Eastern and Mid-Western sports fans over the University of Kansas' great middle distance runner, Glenn Cunningham, and the Kansas Relays as well. Doctor Allen had only praise for the athletic officials he had met.
Dr. F. C. Allen, director of athletes at the University and manager of the annual Kansas Relays, returned to Lawrence just before noon today after a three-weeks tour through the East and Middle West. During his extended tour, Doctor Allen attended basketball rules committee meetings and secured the entrance of Gene Venzke in the special mile event of the Relays.
"In both New York and Chicago," Doctor Allen said, "I found that the Relays were being discussed with no little degree of interest. Eastern sportsmen were keeping themselves well informed when the program was gradually completed."
Doctor Allen left Lawrence on March 27 for Atlanta, Ga., where he attended a meeting of the basketball coaches association. There he proposed several changes in the present court rules which he had advocated earlier this season. They were laid aside for further consideration.
Power Company Owner to Speak
A. L. Maillard, of the Kansas City Power and Light company, will address the American Society of Mechanical Engineers tonight at 8 o'clock. Mr. Maillard will speak on air conditioning
From there he went to the University
Georgia at Athens, addressing + cr
from the University of Georgia.
On April 12, 13, and 14, he attended a meeting of the National Basketball Rules committee of which he is a member. One the night of April 12 he attended a meeting of Kansas alumni in New York City.
Night before last Doctor Allen was the principal speaker at a meeting of the University alumni in Chicago.
Power Company Officer to Speak
Dr. F. C. Allen returned yesterday from the East, where he arranged for the coming of Gene Venzke to the Kansas Relays.
Kansas English Teachers Will Convene April 20,21
Four members of the department of English will speak this Friday and Saturday before the annual meeting of the Kansas College Teachers of English. The convention this year will meet at the St. Mary's College, Leavenworth, April 20 and 21.
Four From University Division to Speak at Leavenworth
Friday evening the organization will convene in Xavier auditorium to be welcomed formally by D. L. Leary, president of St. Mary's College. Helkn Rhoa Hoopes, assistant professor of English, will address the evening meeting on the subject, "More Kansas Poetry."
At 6 o'clock Friday evening, dinner will be served the group in the St. Mary's College dining hall.
Saturday morning at 9 o'clock meetings will continue in the Little Theater, Leavenworth. A business session will first occupy the calendar; bids will be received for next year's meeting, and decision is to be reached on this question.
After the business meeting, Joe-p晕 M. Burnham, professor of English, will direct discussion following the report of R. H. Ritchie of Ottawa University on Leonard's "Current Usage." Miss Margaret Anderson, assistant professor of Art, is scheduled probably to address the Saturday morning convention.
The following teachers plan to make the trip to Leavenworth: Prof. E. M. Hopkins, Dr. L. E. Sisson, Prof. W. S. Johnson, head of the department of English, and Mr. Hankins. Women teachers who will attend the conference: Miss Josephine Burham, Miss Morgan, Miss Laird, Miss Miriam Smyth, Miss Helen Rhoda Hoopes, and Miss Winston.
L. E. Sisson, professor of English, will preside over discussion following a talks to be given by T. Reese Marsh, Southwestern College. Winfield.
Leaving the earth at this speed, one would pass Pluto, the most remote planet in our solar system, in approximately 1-2 second. The nearest star in our galaxy would be reached 20 minutes later and within two weeks large globular star clusters would appear. For nearly a month one would travel among the stars of our own galaxy before entering the black intergalactic space entirely devoid of stellar material. ...
Dr. R. H. Baker Takes Audience on Trip Through Space to "Exterior Galaxies"
While in reality nothing travels faster than light, he explained that such a speed as this would be necessary if one were to reach the outlying galaxies in our universe during the course of a lifetime.
Dealing in numbers and dimensions of inconceivable proportions, Dr. Robert H. Baker, director of the Illinois observatory and professor of astronomy at the University of Illinois, took his audience on a trip through space at the amazing rate of 8 million times the speed of light, in his lecture on "Exterior Galaxies" in central Administration auditorium yesterday evening.
Headed in the direction of the great extra-galactic nebula or exterior galaxy in the constellation of Andromeda, one would again enter a starry region after eight months of travel and at the end of the ninth month might settle down on a planet similar to the earth
That these nebulae are outside of our jen galaxy was proved 10 years ago by observing a certain type of stars, in the gas tables, which are to be found in them.
After the photographic plates have been exposed for three hours in the telescope they are developed and examined carefully with a small eye glass. "As one looks at a tiny black dot on one of these plates," says Dr. Rennick, who is 260 million miles as heavy as the sun."
Dr. Baker's lecture was profusely illustrated with lantern slides many of which were familiar to students of the field, and he used a book in the astronomy department.
While the galaxy in Andromeda, to which the trip was taken, is the only galaxy visible to the naked eye, they are, in reality, very numerous. With the aid of a 24-inch photographic telescope located in South Africa, the department of astronomy at Harvard is making an astroimaging amount of the sky
in the center of that immense watch-shaped cluster of stars some 800,000
to determine the number and distribution of such bodies. "It is a poor photographic plate which would not show 200 of them in a patch of the sky the size of the bowl of the big dipper," said Dr. Baker.
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New World Record Looms
Cunningham's Chance of Lowering Mark a Relay Attraction
Possibility of Glen Cunningham making a new world's record in the special mile event looms as the main activity on Saturday's program of the Kansas Relays.
If weather permits, as indications now show that it will, Coach H. W. Hargis predicts that Glenn will set his spikes toward a record when he lines up against Gene Venze in the feature event of the relays.
If the weather is nice, it will be a fast race," Hargiss said. "You can depend on it that any time Venze is in there, the pace will be speedy."
Hargiss discounted the contention that Cunningham will have a better chance to lower the record at the Penn Relays. Cunningham who recently set a new world's mark in the 1,500 meter indoor race has a good chance to lower, as he did last season, by Jack Lovelock which was made in a meet at Princeton, N. J., last summer.
Besides Cunningham and Vanze, the field in the special mile will include Glenn Dawson, Tulsa A.C.; Ray Sears, another holder of the two miles; Harold Manning of Wichita, former national collegiate 2-mile champion.
Seniors to Plan Class Memorial at Meeting
Report of the invitations committee and discussion of plans for a class memorial will be the order of business at the meeting of the senior class tonight at 7.30. The meeting will be held in room 105 Green hall.
Several projects are under consideration for the memorial. The committee, headed by George Brown, will report, and ask for discussion tonight, but final decision on the project will probably be delayed until a meeting sometimes in May.
The executive committee of the class, which consists of the four class officers and the chairmen of all major committees, met yesterday afternoon in the Memorial Union building to make plans for the meeting tonight, which is the second the class has held.
Several Projects Are Proposed; Invitation Samples Available
Few orders for Senior invitations, which were placed on sale two days ago, have been received, according to the business office, where orders are being taken. Samples of the invitations are now available there, and posters displaying the samples will be placed in Central Administration building, in Watson library, and in Marvin hall within a few days. The invitations will be sold at prices of 10, 25, and 45 cents for paper, cardboard covered, and leather covered styles respectively. The 40 cent price for the leather-covered invitation recently announced was an error.
"I wish to emphasize again, Howard Hoover, president of the class, said today, "that absolutely no invitations can be obtained after the deadline, which is May 4, at 5 p.m. It is necessary that the complete order be in the hands of Elliot and company the next day, and late orders cannot be filled."
WOMEN'S GLEE CLUB CONCERT
IN CHANUTE IS SUCCESSFUL
Members of the University Women's Glee Club concert tour, which presented its program at Chanute last Tuesday, scored a tremendous success when more than 1,200 junior and senior high school students sat through the presentation for an hour and a half and at the end of that time were calling for more. The program was splendid according to word received from L. H Petit, superintendent of city school of Chanute.
Mr. Petit said further, "In this program I was very pleasant and agreeably surprised. It was well chosen and each number was well rendered. We were happy to have the organization here, pleased with the program, and proud of the fact that the University is rendering this service to us."
ACTIVITY BOOK ADMITS
TO HIGH SCHOOL MEET
University students who wish to attend the high school track and field meet held in Memorial Stadium Friday in conjunction with the Kansas Relays will be admitted upon presentation of their student activity ticket, the athletic office announced today.
No students will be admitted to the Relays on Saturday, however, unless they have exchanged their student activity ticket stub for a reserved seat at the athletic office.
MODERN EXHIBIT SHOWS MARVELS OF ENGINEERING
All Departments of School to Be Lavishly Represented in Ninth Biennial Exposition
LARGEST OF ITS KIND
Loud Explosions Will Mark Grand Opening at Marvin Hall Early Tomorrow
A loud explosion or a sharp eerie wall tomorrow morning which seems to come from the west end of Mount Oread and which swells in volume as it booms or peals across the campus will not mean the end of the world but the start of something new, siren announcing the opening of the ninth biennial Engineers Exposition.
Several hundreds of dollars and much concentrated effort has been expended by the engineers in an attempt to make this year's exposition the best in the history of the school. Each department has been attempting to outdo each other in effort to present a most worthwhile and most interesting exhibition tomorrow.
The exhibits in the laboratories of the school were placed under the surveillance of an armed guard last night. The guard will be maintained throughout the exposition because much valuable equipment and many expensive exhibits will be accessible to the general public.
Six Department Exhibits
The six departments of the School of Engineering and Architecture, and both Coast Artillery and Engineering units represented in the Exposition tomorrow.
The mechanical and Industrial group have prepared a rather extensive exhibition. A demonstration to be conducted by the welding class, will show welded specimens and also demonstrate pipe welding, airplane welding, and electrical welding. A test and comparison between welded joints and screwed joints will be made. Oxy-acetylene cutting by radiograph machine and pipe cutting by a special切割 machine will be demonstrated. Various equipment used in testing welds and in welding, and the different materials used will be on exhibition in the mechanical laboratories.
The mechanical engineers have arranged a cut-out Wasp airplane motor, a cut-out automobile, an automatic coal stoker for a furnace in a modern home, several types of motors ranging from 2-cylinder to 12-cylinder in sit, and many models of motors and airplanes, to be placed on exhibit.
Continuous Moving Pictures
dimensions.
The industry group will exhibit a correctly air-conditioned and air-cooled room. A model airplane dye-casting machine will be used to manufacture model planes which will be distributed to the spectators.
A continuous moving picture show will be conducted by the mechanical and industrial divisions throughout the auditorium, room 210, Marvin hall.
A folding wing airplane owned by the local airport will land back for the engineering building Friday morning and after the wings have been folded it will be wheeled to Marvin hall and placed on exhibit.
The miners will show an ore dressing mill in operation in the mining laboratory. The complete process used from the time the ore is taken from the mine until it is milled into concentrated ore will be demonstrated.
The petroleum department of the mining group will set up a small model off rig which will be in actual operation. It will be placed in front of Marvin hall.
On the other side of the entrance to Marvin a small model geyser, demonstrating the air-lift method of lifting oil to the surface by use of compressed air, will be in operation. Water will be used as a substitute for oil.
From Cave of Modern Home
Twenty models showing the evolution of the house from cave to the modern home of today will be exhibited by the architects. Designs of a special built Carillon tower will also be displayed.
Aside from the regular exposition exhibits, student drawings, paintings, and designs taken from the department will be placed on display.
The chemical engineers will present many features both in Marvin hall and the Chemistry building. The assay laboratory and the metallography laboratories are open for public inspection. Demonstration on the liquid air machine will be
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