UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
The Official Student Paper of the University of Kansas
VOLUME XXXI
Council Suggests Changes Be Made In Eligibility Rule
Present Regulation Handicaps Athlete Who Has Work to Do; Plan up to Big Six
That the eligibility requirements for participation in intercollegiate athletics should be lowered was the gist of a resolution passed last night by the Men's Student Council.
The motion was put in the form of a resolution, since the eligibility rules are set by agreement of the schools in the Big Six, and not by the students. In order to be eligible for intercollegiate competition at the present time a student, if he is enrolled in the School of Engineering and Architecture, must be carrying the preceding semesters and must be carrying at least 15 hours at the time of the contest. In any other school of the University the requirements are 27 hours passed in the two preceding semesters and enrolled in 12 in the current one.
According to Alfred White, e34, who introduced the motion, many students, who are working, are not allowed to carry enough hours to make them eligible. He said further that Dr. F. C. Allen was in favor of the change since many good athletes are prevented from playing under the present ruling.
Allen Favors Plan
Kurt Riese, president of the council said, "I believe that student opinion should be given on this plan. The resolution will be sent to other student councils in the Big Six for their action."
Pass Amendments
The resolution follows. "It is the opinion of this council that; whereas many students who work are not permitted to carry enough hours to comply with the present requirements for intercollegiate competition and whereas many men are in this way excluded from varsity events, the eligibility requirements should be lowered to permit these working students to participate more freely in intercollegiate athletics."
The council passed for the third time the proposed amendments to the constitution and a bill was passed to provide for the printing of 100 copies for distribution. However, before they are printed the amendments must be approved by the administration.
Many from K.U. to Attend Informa Session at St. Mary's
A committee consisting of Alfred White, chairman; Robert Slater, fa35; and George Sourk, ph35, was appointed to make all arrangements for the installation banquet to be held soon after the election. The banquet will be attended by the old and new counsels and by several guests.
English Teachers To Meet
The Kansas College Teachers of English, an informal organization of English teachers, will meet Friday and Saturday, April 20 and 21, at Saint Mary's College, Leavenworth. A number of English teachers from the University will attend the meeting.
The teachers meet annually, but are not organized with a president and the usual officers of a society. A chairman for next year's meeting is chosen each year, and on him rests the duty of making all arrangements, announcing the date of meeting, and providing for speakers. Sister Leo Gonzaga Ehrlich of Saint Mary's College, Leavenworth, will preside at the meeting this year.
Class of '84 Urged to Return
The members of the class of $^84$ have been sent special invitations urging their attendance at the University at Commencement time. They will have a class dinner at the Union building, June 10. The class committee is composed of Miss Clara Gillham, Lawrence; Mrs. Mary Gilmore Allen, Eudora; and Miss Agnes Emery, Lawrence.
Several Student Jobs Found
The employment bureau has received several calls in response to its appeal for student jobs. Recently it was asked that persons wishing to have work done, call the bureau as early as possible in the morning of the day that they wish to have the work done, or preferably the evening before.
Class of '09 Plans Gift
Ray Tripp of Herington, chairman of the class of '09, sent a letter yesterday to all members of the class asking for contributions for a gift to be given to the University at the twenty-fifth anniversary of the class at Commencement this June.
Freshmen and Sophomores in the College:
LAWRENCE. KANSAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1934
All freshmen and sophomores should see their advisers within the next few days. Names of all advisers, with their office hours, are posted on the bulletin board at entrance door of the College office.
Paul B. Lawson,
Acting Dean.
Gene Venzke Will Select Beauty Queen for Relays
Keith Davis, gr., will be the solist for the evening. A musical skit under the direction of Henry Miller, fa 37, will be a featured number, and the quartet, composed of Max Murphy, c'35; James Kendall, c'36; Ralph Brewster, fa 36 will also sing. Brewster will give a soft-shoe and tap dacing number.
Winner to Be Honor Guest to Present Trophies at Carnival
The Men's Glee club, which is composed of 40 voices, is under the direction of Howard C. Taylor, professor of Law WayLawson, fa34, is the popemerist.
Gene Venzke, aacer miles of the University of Pennsylvania, will turn from the field in which he has become famous to select from the prize beauties of Mount Oread sororites, Miss Kansas RELays of 1834. The student relays committee announced yesterday that Venzke has consented to select from the photographs which it will send him as queen queen of the Kansas track carnival.
The Relays Queen, besides being a guest of honor at the track carnival, will present trophies to the winners at the conclusion of the meet. No sorority allowed more than one entry and the series must be submitted medially.
Each sorority must select its representative for the contest immediately and send her photograph to Bill Howard, senior manager of the student relays committee. The photographs will be sent to Venkze who will judge them and notify the committee of the winner shortly before the Relays.
A small admission price will be charged.
Concert in Lawrence to Be Given at Memorial High School
The Men's Glee club will present its only complete concert to be given in Lawrence this year at the Lawrence Memorial High School, Tuesday night at 8 p.m. The men's group, which was presented on their spring tour of 15 Kansas towns.
Men's Glee Club Will Sing
PROFESSORS OF PHARMACY
ATTEND STATE CONVENTION
L. D. Havenhill, dean of the pharmacy school, L. L. Boughton and H. Spencer, professors of pharmacy, left yesterday for Salina where they will attend the annual state drug convention. They were accompanied by two members of the graduating class, Samuel S. Freed and Ennis D. Sandburg, who was recently awarded honors as the highest ranking student in the graduating class.
Despite the fact that outside a terrific windstorm was in progress those in the train did not notice it. In fact, when the train reached Kansas City, members of the party looked for dust on the wall sills, but were unable to find any.
Faculty Members Enthusiastic About Trip On Super-Speed Train
At only one time did the members of the party pay any attention to the cars on the highway. That was near Bonner Spring where the highway parallels the railroad tracks. Two Ford V8 were driven and the third but were finding it hard to do so, as the train was doing about 75 miles an hour.
Dean Shaad who would be expected to be more interested in the mechanical performance of the train, instead was a kind of gentle harmony of the interior decorations.
Each member of the senior class has entered pharmaceutical preparations in the contest. Any pharmacist in Kansas may enter this contest and prizes are awarded the entrants having the best compounds.
George C. Shaad, dean of the School of Engineering, and George O. Foster, registrar, and W. A. Dill, associate professor of journalism, were among those who made the trip from Lawley to New York to meet the new Union Pacific super-speed train.
Relays Committee Decides to Retain 1500-Meter Event
Mile Run for Cunningham and Venzke to Be an Added Attraction on Program
A one man high school track team in the person of "Cricket" Cline will represent Linwood High School in the Relays. He is now at work conditioning himself for the meet to be held April 20 and will be entered in the century, 220, hd44-vard dashes.
B. M. Irwin, Texas A. and M. College, will serve in the same capacity for his team. The lone college entry will take part in the shot put and discus throw. He has put the shot over 50 feet in three meets this year, and has thrown the discus 156 feet and 11 inches which is better than the present relays record.
A special invitation mile event was added to the Kansas Relays program today, featuring Glenn Cunningham of Kansas, and Gene Venkze of Pennsylvania. Invations have gone to Glen Dawson of Tulsa A.C., Ray Sears of Butler University, Indianapolis, and Harold Manning of Wichita.
Sears, already entered for the 1500-meter run, and Manning, have written letters expressing their willingness to enter the invitation mile. The 1500-meter event for which there are all entries, will be retained in the program.
The special mile will be inserted in the program immediately after 3 p.m. The official entry list for the decathlon was swelled to four today with the addition of Russell Pearson of the Warrenburg Teachers College. The master of Charles Childress, Kansas Relay decathlon winner last year.
Announcement was also made last night at the University of Chicago that Jay Berwanger, would enter this event, though his official entry had not been received at the athletic office this morning. Berwanger, a sophomore, was voted the most valuable player on the Maroon football squad last fall.
The addition of these two men to Coffman, Patterson, and Prehheim insures a full field for the decathlon events.
All five of the men listed for the special mile have outstanding records, and the event promises close competition. Cunningham recently set a new world's mark for the indoor mile, bittering one held for two years by Venzke, and Sears holds the indoor mile record. With the weather and a rain coat in the weather, track fans may see the hoped-for new outdoor mile record.
Illinois, winner of the four-mile relay six times in the past 11 years, and holds the relines relay at 17:37.8, will enter teams this year in the mile, half and quarter-mile relays, Carroll, Hell-mich, and Christianson who were here last year, will be on Illinois teams this year.
The election of four seniors and five juniors to membership in Tau Beta Pi, honorary engineering fraternity, was announced by Chancellor E. H. Lindley at the engineering convocation held this morning.
Arizona sent entry blanks today for eight men. Entry blanks were also received this morning from Friends University at Wichita and from the Springfield Teachers College.
The newly elected seniors are John Shephard, Raymond Norris, Leonard Lewis, and Riley Woodson. Juniors who were elected are Loren Craig, Robert Morrison, Carl Kindswater, Henry Benjies, and Howard Pankratz.
LINDLEY ANNOUNCES ELECTION
OF TAU BETA PI MEMBER
Tau Beta Pi which is one of the oldest Greek letter organizations on the Hill, was founded in 1885 by Dr. Edward H. Williams, professor of Lehring University. It is often referred to as the "Phi Beta Kappa of Engineers."
Prize Offered for Poster
"The Life of the Tree," was the subject of a talk by W. C. Stevens, professor of botany, before the weekly colloquy of the pharmacy club this morning. The talk was illustrated with slides.
Stevens Talks to Pharmacists
The W.S.G.A. Council is offering a $ prize again this year to the art student who makes the best poster for Parent's Day which is to be May 5. It has not yet been decided the exact event for which the poster will be awarded.
Following an annual custom the Daily Kansas office will present election returns to University students who have submitted them as any information is available.
DAILY KANSAN TO GIVE RETURNS OF ELECTION
The Kansas will not close until complete unofficial returns have been announced.
Persons interested may call 2702K3,2701K3,or 2703K2.
'Flunk-Proof' Courses To Be Offered in Missouri University Curricula
Unfunkable courses is the aim of the University of Missouri next year. The faculty has just approved a plan whereby courses in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences for students of approximate freshman and sophomore standing will be offered for the following types of students:
1. The "poor risk type" for those students who, through quality or quantity of high school work, are not prepared to carry college courses.
2. For students who do not want a college degree and who expect to remain in school not more than two years. This type of student would be able to avoid the heavy freshman-sophomore required courses.
One of the purposes of this move is perhaps to bolster the enrollment of the university which has dropped more than a thousand students in the last few years. Also this new project furnishes the answer to the question of whether, as a publicly supported institution, it owes a college education to every Missouri child seeking it, as opposed to the "take it or leave it" attitude assumed by the more independent and endowed universities.
Pianist Back From London
Evelyn Swarthout Returns After Two Years Study Abroad
Evelyn Swarthout, daughter of Dean and Mrs. D. M. Swarthout, arrived in New York Monday after nearly two years of piano study in London under Tobias Matthey. She will come on to Lawrence the latter part of this week.
Miss Swarthout broadcast from London on March 25. Her performance brought praise from Percy Scholes, well known British learnt artist and composer on music and music appreciation. Mr. Scholes also wrote Dean Swarthout at that time.
During her stay in New York City, Miss Swarthwout has been staying at the Mu Phi Epsilon house with Caroline House and Marguerite Koch, former Lawrence women. She also has been visiting her cousin, Gladys Swarthwot, famed Mezzo-soprano with the Metropolitan Opera Company.
NOTRE DAME ALUMNI LIST
MANY CAUSES OF DIVORCE
Alumni of Notre Dame recently took their minds off football long enough to take a poll of the causes of divorces. In listing the causes of marital discord the Rambler alumni found the following: impatience, jealousy, temper, difference of opinion, clash of temperment, selfishness, religion, mixed marriage, social activity, bridge, drinking, in-laws, relatives, wife's mother-in-law living at home, depression, tardiness at meals, illness, outside activities, laziness, mystery stories, ego, food, stubbornness, and what happened to the button on husband's shirt.
Prof. E. A. White gave a talk on "Solid Carbon Dioxide" this afternoon at 4:30 before the weekly meeting of the Chemistry club. The commercial term for solid carbon dioxide is "dry ice." Professor White has done considerable research work on the manufacture of this product.
White Addresses Chemists
"Values" Lee's Dr. K. Lee Landau of the Kansas state geological survey, was the speaker at the Snow Zoology club dinner in the zoology laboratory, snow hall, Tuesday night. Dr. Landes discussed his trip to Alaska, which he illustrated by lantern slides. A business meeting was held following the dinner.
Dr. Landes Discusses Alaska
AUTHORIZED PARTIES
Friday
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NUMBER 127
Cake Walk, Union building, 9 to 1 o'clock
Saturday
Kappa Alpha Theta, Union build to 12 o'clock
Alpha Delta Pi, house, 9 to 12 o'clock
AGNES HUSBAND,
For the Joint Com. on Student Affairs.
Will Appear Tonight
Cornelia Otis Skinner will give origi-
nial characterizations on Auditorium
stage.
Cornelia Otis Skinner Appears Here Tonight
Character Sketch Actress Will Present Program in Auditorium
Cornelia Otis Skinner, in her famous original sketches, will appear at the original character sketches, will appear at the University Auditorium at 8:20 tonight.
Miss Skinner's sketches began with the simplest of stunts. When she was sent to the Baldwin School in preparation for Bryn Mawr, it was expected that she would show a flair for acting, but long before she essayed any kind of part, she used to give regular performances in the dormitory by imitating the funny characters encountered during the day. It was not long until these were written and composed into actual character sketches.
The training that Miss Skinner had in France probably made her realize what an important phase of acting this "solo drama" is, for in Paris, where she studied with Jean Herve and Dehely, both of the Comedie Francaise, the monologue is regarded seriously, and as a very high type of theater.
Although these character sketches have evolved into new theater form called by the critics, "tolo drama," or actress continues to present them.
It is not known what program has been prepared for the evening's entertainment by Miss Skinner, but in the past she has appeared in "White Collars," "Band and Sand," "Will Shakespeare," "Tweedledee," "The Wild West-cottes," "In the Next Room," and "In His Arms" among many others.
After the performance tonight Mr. Allen Crafton, professor of speech and dramatic art, and Mrs. Crafton, will drive Miss Skinner to Ottawa where she will take the midnight train for Tulsa to fulfill her next engagement. She has requested that no receptions be given for her.
Activity tickets will admit students to the performance.
alowists Attend Conference
Sociologists Attend Conference Mabel Elliott and Mapheus Smith, assistant professors of sociology, went to Kansas City today to help plan the program for the National Probation association, which meets as a section of the National Conference of Social Work to be held May 20-26.
Lindley to Speak at Convention
Lindsey to Speak at Convention
Chancellor E. H. Lindley will leave
City where he will speak
at the seventh state district con-
vention of the Building and Loan
Association. He will return to Lawrence
Saturday morning,
Strong Wind Sends Clouds of Fine Dust Down Over Middle West
With a strong northwestern wind boosting it on, a great dust storm enveloped a large part of the middle west yesterday.
The air was filled with fine dust which considerably affected visibility. When the sun managed to shine above the blue cloud, it appeared a phenomenal blue.
In some sections the dust began to fill the air late Tuesday night and con-
ducted a strong wind.
Mount Oread collected soil from the counties north of it, and in turn gave soil to the counties south of here. The soil is in a fine haze, and settled everywhere.
It was the worst dust storm Kansas has seen for some time. Lack of moisture in the northern states made it easy for the wind to pick up great quantities of dust.
Balloting Is Light In Annual Election For Council Posts
Squabble Early Today Between Hill Politicians Fails to Stimulate Slow Voters
By Chiles Coleman, c'34
Party Leaders Attacked
As frolicosome April breezes tossed this morning's quota of campaign circulars to every nook and cranny on the campus, the men of the University today went to the polls to elect their student officers for the next school year.
Following a campaign featured by a radio debate, egg-throwing, and a torchlight rally last night, Pachacamac and Oread-Kayhawk, the two competing parties were this afternoon concentrating their final efforts on getting every possible man to the polls.
That their success was not marked was indicated by the fact that less than four hundred ballots had been cast at 1 p.m. in the three college boxes. The votes in the other schools were correspondingly light.
Partisan feeling was again exhibited this morning as workers for the two parties appeared on the campus with circulars. Reports from leaders of the two factions indicated that workers for each had been attacked and their campaign literature taken away from them. No serious injuries were reported from any of the mix-ups.
When the polls opened at 9 a.m., it was discovered that the official ballots had not been numbered in the printing as is specified by the Men's Student Council election regulations. Election officials were numbering them ink, and then clipping the numbers before depositing the ballots in the boxes in the same manner that the printed numbers were clipped, but each party interposed objection to the oppositions method of marking. The disputes were finally settled by arbitration, with members of the two factions keeping eagle eyes on each other every time a ballot was numbered.
'Ghost Vote' Still Alive
The "ghost vote" momentarily disorganized by the requirement that activity tickets be presented at the polls, showed indications of making a comeback early this afternoon. Every possible means of getting a ballot in the box without a ticket had been brought out, hashed over, and prepared for use. Five o'clock was set as the deadline for voting. At that hour the boxes were to be locked and sealed by the elections committee. About 7 o'clock, the three members of the elections committee, six watchers from each party, and a representative of the Kanan will lock themselves in the Council room in the basement of the Memorial Union building, and the work of counting will begin. If the experience of past years is any indication, it will be long past daylight before the final—but unofficial—count is available. First returns should be issued about 11 o'clock this evening.
More Campaign Literature
The two pieces of literature passed out this morning on the campus continued in the vein of the previous attacks and defenses. The question of justice to the non-fraternity man was still the main concern of both parties, with Oread-Kayahays advancing a list of fifteen questions attempting to show just what they thought of Pachacamec's non-fraternity stand, and the "Rising Sun" forces countering with statements telling what part non-fraternity men had in their party. But the April breezes, with amazing impartiality, whisked each and every handbill about playfully, paying absolutely no attention to the claims of either party. The politicians didn't seem to mind.
Student To Play Semi-Pro Ball
Francis Kappelman, c36, has just signed to play as catcher on a semi-pro baseball team being organized in the vicinity of Newton it was recently announced by Dr. A. E. Hertzler of Halstear, backer of the team. Kappelman will join the squad at the end of the school year. He will also coach the Junior Boy Scout team which D. Hertzler is sponsoring at Halstear.
News Reels To Record Relays
The Kansas Relays will be recorded in news reels this year. Fox Movietone announced today that they will have a sound truck and news cameras on hand for the Relays to be held here April 21. They are expected to attend the event, but as has made no definite announcement as to whether they will be here.