UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
The Official Student Paper of the University of Kansas
NUMBER 122
VOLUME XXXI
DENTON NAMED 1933 HONOR MAN AT CONVOCATION
LAUDS TRUTH-SEEKER
Outstanding Service to University Recognized at Eleventh Annual Honors Assemblage
Dr. W, O. Mendenhall, President of Friends University, Is Speaker
A complete list of honor students may be found on page 3.
Harold Denton, now a law student at Yale University, was announced as the "honor man" for the year 1933 at the Honors Convocation this morning. In making the announcement, Chancellor E. H Lindley said that Denton received a $25 million incentive vote of the committee. He is the eleventh man to be honored thus.
"Through sheer force of character this man has placed himself in a high position in the annals of the University." Chancellor Lindley asserted.
A Summerfield Scholar
"Honor men are chosen for their breadth of interest, scholarship, unselfish service, and outstanding achievements."
Denton was a member of the first group of Summerfield Scholars appointed to the University. He majored in economics, and was elected a member of Pi Sigma Alpha, honorary political science fraternity; of Owl Society; Sacchem, senior men's honor society; Phi Beta Kappa. He was also on the dean's honor rolls and was a member of the joint committee on student affairs, the Memorial Union operating committee, and was a student representative on the athletic board. In his senior year he was president of the Men's Student Council, and was active in promoting student affairs.
One hundred thirty nine students of the University were also honored for their scholastic achievement. These students, who occupied a special section in the University Auditorium, represented per cent of all students of the several schools of the University, and the students most outstanding scholastically in other classes.
Ninety-two Seniors honored
The senior list contained 92 names and that of the underclassmen 47. Students in the list who had been elected to Phi Beta Kappa Sigma XI, Pi 81, Della Delta Kappa, and other honorary organizations were so designated on the printed programs.
As the principal speaker of the morning Dr. W. O. Mendham, president of Friends University, said that facts on their own account are important because they arrange our lives for us, and that truth is an interpretation of these facts.
Ninety-two Seniors Honored
"Progress," the speaker declared, "is made through increased knowledge of truth which is obtained from facts which, in turn, are developed from conflict of ideas. In every generation conflicts of some kind are carried on, and thus we get our progress in civilization. Progress also comes through the concept of rules and rules, finally, then, it is made through an increased knowledge of truth."
"Respect Race Opinions"
Dr. Mendenhail continued by saying that society needs for every person to take a broad-minded attitude toward other people's ideas.
"Some men say that war is essential to the race," the speaker declared. "Others say that the only way to obtain peace is through preparedness; still others have other ideas. We should give all the people their chance and allow them to have a life of people who voice their opinions and ideas. This is the method of progress."
"The honor students." Dr. Mendenhall stated, "is the one who will hunt out facts, organize them, see if truth will hold them up, and then throw them into the arena of ideas. They must support them to the utmost of their ability until the issue is decided. It is possible for a student to cram enough facts into notebooks, and later transfer them to an examination paper to earn honors, but the truth seeker has a longer reach. He faces facts without fear and is not intimidated by the passing whims of public opinion. It is he who eventually contributes to expanding civilization."
In concluding, Dr. Mendemhail said that the experience of the races is very
"It is worthwhile to show your idea," he declared, 'but when you do, respect the opinions and advice of the older generation."
Honor Man for 1933
ROBERT HAROLD DENTON, Jewell
Honor Men of Other Years
1932-Claire Lawrence Wood, Liberal.
1932-Marshall Wren Gabel, Larned.
1930-Arthur J. Cromb, Ellis.
1938-Charles J. Haines, Sabenau.
1937-Raymond Nichols, Larned.
1936-Malcolm Welty, Bartlesville, Ok.
1935-Wallace James,
1934-William Baughn, St. John.
1932-Paul Endacott, Lawrence.
Girl Reserve Training Course to Be Offered
Program
National Secretary Will Be Leading Speaker on
The girl reserve training course will be held this weekend at Henley house, Miss Florence Stone, Wichita, national secretary, will be the principle speaker. The first session will be held tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock, with Miss Stone speaking on "Analysis of Small Town Situations and Advisers Relationship to it."
LAWRENCE. KANSAS. THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1934
Saturday the program is as follows:
9-10.45 am. "The Community Y. W. C. A.Kansas District Girl Reserve Clubs." by Miss Stone. At 10:45 am. Dr. Schreiger will speak on the "Phychoiology of the Adolescent Girl" Lunch-eon will be served at 12:15. The afternoon meeting will start at 1:30 p.m. with a model cabinet meeting being held on Thursday, February 27 by Carolyn Stockwell. c35. At 2 o'clock "Organization" will be the subject of Miss Stone's speech. "Personal Relations" at 3:30 will conclude the lectures Miss Stone will give Saturday.
"Qualifications of an Adviser and Her Resource Material," will be given by Florence Stone at 8:30 Sunday morning. The last meeting will be held at 10 o'clock when the closing service and ceremonial will be presented by women students of the University.
Frances Ballard, c34, is in charge of the training course. Mary Louse Heinemann, c34, Frances Hamlin, fa34, and Lucele Weiss, c34, are on the hostess committee. Vivian Gould, c34, Lucie Thompson, c34, Martha Brownlee, c34, and Willella Curnutt, gr., will be in charge of the limehouse to be given Sat. lessons, which will include Oma Mae Larner, c34, and Lem Lenh, ed'34. Charline Armstrong, fa34, and Mary Louise Beltz, fa36, will furnish music.
Those who have neglected to register may do so, but no later than Friday noon. Students receiving teachers certificates this year are especially urged to attend this training course, as it will aid them in applying for teaching positions.
Local Socialists to Hear Thomas Members of the Lawrence local of the Socialist party will meet in the lobby of the Memorial Union to hear Norman Thomas make an address over the NBC network tomorrow afternoon at 3:30. The program will be carried locally by WDAF. Mr. Thomas addressed a convocation at the University in February.
Local Socialists to Hear Thomas
W. J. Engel, "23, m'26, son of Professor and Mrs. E. F. Engel, spent the weekend here with his parents. Mr. Engel, who is urologist on the staff of the Cleveland clinic, was initiated into Alpha Omega Alpha, honorary medical fraternity, in 1947. He was the first paper on the "Urological Problem in Children" tonight in Kansas City.
W. J. Engel Visits Parents
Stover to Address Mining Class
Stolver to Address Mining Class
Rolland Stover, c'33, now employed by the Gypsy Oil company, will address some of the issues this afternoon at 4:30 in room 8, Haworth hall. He will tell of his work as a practical engineer and also describe some of the existing oil conditions in Oklahoma where he is located.
Nominees Are Chosen For 1934 Hall of Fame
Kansas Editors Will Select One Man to Receive Annual Honor
Candidates for the 1934 Newspaper Hall of Fame have been nominated recently by Kansas editors under the supervision of the Kansas chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalism fraternity.
Each year one man is selected for this honor. Letters are sent to the editors of Kansas newspapers, requesting them to nominate candidates. The 10 persons who are most frequently mentioned become the candidates from which the final choice is made.
W. A. Blackburn, Protection Post; John S. Gilmore, Fredonia Journal; Wilson County Citizen; E. P. Green, Window Service; George W. Marble, Fi. Scott Tribune; T. B. Murdock, Scott Tribune; T. B. Murdock, ElDorado Republic; John Speer, August Journal; W. T. Ye, South Kansas Tribune, Independence; Moses Milton Beck, Holton Center
Following is the list of 10 as selected this year:
The list will be sent to the Quarter Century club, an organization of persons who have been editors in Kansas for more than 25 years; the man to be honored will be selected by members of the club
Portraits of the men selected are hung in the news room of the University Daily Kansan offices in the journalism building.
All men selected for the honor must have been dead for at least three years and must have made their reputations in Kansas, although they may have been away from the state in later years.
The Hall of Fame selections were begun in 1930 by Sigma Delta Chi for the purpose of perpetuating the memory of outstanding men of the profession. Six names were chosen that year; Sol Miller, Kansas Chief at Troy; Mayer J. K. Hudson, Kansas Farmer at Topeka, and Topeka Dayal Capital; Mahir M. Murdock, Burlingame Chronicle, Wichita Eagle, D R. Anthony, Leavenworth Township, Nebraska, Noble Prentis, Topela Daily Record, Juntion City Union, K C. Star; and D W. Wilder, Ft. Scott Monitor and Hiawatha World.
Only one man was chosen the next year for the honor, E. W. Hoch, Marion Record. In 1832-35, John A Martin, a player at Atchison, was named.
Gist Sneaks at Washburn
Noel P. Gist, professor of sociology talked before a class of social workers in Topeka last evening at Washburn College under the auspices of the Kansas Emergency Relief Commission, on "The Psychology of Unemployment."
Swarthout Judges Contest Dean D. M. Swarthout of the School of Fine Arts made a trip to Fort Scottsdale to judge a prize of a high music contest.
Stickers for the Twelfth annual Kansas Resale at Lawrence, April 20 and 21 are now ready for distribution. The athletic office announced today. Any one may have them by calling at the athletic office, in Robinson gymnasium.
KANSAS RELAYS STICKERS READY FOR DISTRIBUTION
ALUMNA TO SEEK STATE POST, THOUGH UNDER AGE
Lillabella Stahl, 331, of Burlingen, has asked Attorney General Roland Boyton if she could seek an elective office even though she will not become of legal age before the primaries and election are held. She will be, however, of legal age to take office, and she would be sworn in office, if elected.
The primaries are in August and the election in November, Miss Stahl will not reach her legal age until January. Attorney General Boyton ruled that she may seek the office.
PERSIS B. COOK ACCEPTS JOB
SECRETARY TO WERNER
Mrs. Jane Plummer will now have charge of the Union desk in the afternoons, and someone will be chosen later to take charge in the mornings. Mrs. R. D. McKim is now in charge of the cash register of the Union Journal.
Persis B. Cook, who was formerly in charge of the main desk of the Memorial Union building, has accepted the position of secretary to Henry Werrer, men's student adviser. Mrs. Ida Walker who previously filled the position has gone to Garibaldi, Ore., to join her husband.
FORMER STUDENT'S ARTICLE
IS PUBLISHED IN COLLIER'S
Miles W. Vaughn, a graduate of the University in 1955 and a major in the department of journalism, has written an article which has the leading position in the current issue of Collier's magazine. The title of the article is,"Must Russia Fight Japan?" Mr. Vaughn gives his reasons why he thinks a conflict between the two will not occur.
Mr. Vaughn has lived in the Orient for many years and studied conditions there.
Campus Leaders at the University
THREE SENIOR LAWS VOTED
HONORARY GROUP MEMBERS
Three senior law students have been elected to the Order of the Coif, national honorary legal society, it was announced this morning at the annual honors convocation.
The following senior law students were elected: Paul V. Smith, Paola; Leonard O. Thomas, Springfield, Mo.; and Richard A. Barber, Lawrence. Not more than 10 per cent of the senior class members are eligible for this honor. The local charter was founded in 1924.
Women leaders at the University of Kansas; Ruth Riley, gr, was president of Westminster hall last year and at present is historian of Phi Chi Delta, Presbyterian women's organization at the University; Frances Ballard, c34, is the retiring president of the W.Y.C.A. and a member of Mortar Board; Winnirored Koenig, c36, has recently been elected vice-president of the junior class; Betty Cox, c36, has just been elected point system manager of the Women's Self-Governing Association; and Margaret Gregg, c34, is president of Theta Sigma Pho, Cotbin hall and a member of Mortar Board.
Telegram States Dr. Allen Is Trying to Persuade Bonthron to Compete in Kansas Race But Is Doubtful of Success; Cunningham Will Participate in Penn Relays
Gene Venkze, University of Pennsylvania miler, will compete in the Kansas Relays, April 21, running a special mile, against Glenn Cunningham, Kansas miler, and present holder of the world's indoor mile record at 4:08.4.
VENZKE WILL ENTER MILE RUN AT RELAYS
In a telegram, from Philadelphia, Dr. Allen says:
News that Venkze is to come to Kansas was received this afternoon in a telegram from Dr. F. C. Allen, director of athletics, who is attending a meeting of the Basketball Rules Committee for the United States and Canada, in New York.
"I have just arranged with Gene Venkze to race Glenn Cunningham in the Kansas Relays in one mile special feature, Cunningham to enter the Penn Relays April 28. Am making strenuous efforts to get Bonthrom to race Venkze and Cunningham at Lawrence but am skeptical as to outcome."
Venkze's decision to enter the Relays gives assurance of a spectacular performance in the events which are expected to excell those of any previous relays carnival here, both in the number of contestants entered and their chances of breaking records. Recent communications from schools in various sections of the United States have given relays officials reason to suppose that crack teams will be entered in every event on the afternoon's program.
"I have just arranged with Manager H. Jamison Swarts for
Runners Met Two Years Ago
Runners Met Two Years Ago
Venzke, who has been a relentless opponent for Cunningham during the past two seasons, first met the Jayhawker star in Chicago in June, 1952,
during the tryouts for the United
Fill Kansas Engineer Posts
Waldo Shaw Elected Editor; John
Shepard, Advertising Manager
"two staff vacancies on the Kansas Engineer were filled last night at the regular meeting of the Engineering Council in Marvin hall. Waldo Shaw was elected general editor and John Board was elected advertising manager.
A tentative program was arranged for the annual Engineers' banquet to be held April 12, T. J. Strickler, employee of the Kansas City Gas company, will preside as toastmaster. Stanley Learned, *e*'ll be the principal speaker of the banquet, and the new employee by the Phillips Petroleum company at Bartlesville, Okla.
The banquet will be held in the Memorial Union building. The guests will be seated around a table in a large oval form. Just inside the table a miniature railway track will be erected. A Toomerville trolley and one of the latest modern stream-lined passenger trains will be used. This feature electric railway will later be used at the Engineers' exposition April 20-21.
French Club to Hear Play
It was also decided that letters would be mailed next week to the high schools throughout the state inviting the students and faculty to attend the expo-
Faculty Women Hear 'Messiah'
Members of Le Cerule Francais will hear a French play at the meeting of the club next Wednesday. Either the "Cid," "Corneille" or "Le Malole Imaginaire," by Moliere will be given. These plays are given by noted French actors and are reproduced for the club members on phonograph records. A similar opportunity to hear a French play is given to Le Cerule Francais members each year.
Faculty Women Hear 'Messiah'
Miss Kathryn Tissue, Miss Elizabeth Sprague, and Miss Viola Anderson of the home economics department drove to Lindsburg, Easter Sunday, to hear the "Messiah." Who was in Lindsburg, Mrs. Sprague, formerly of the mathematics department of the University of Kansas, but now a member of the mathematics department at Bethany College.
AUTHORIZED PARTIES
Friday, April 6
AUTHORIZED PARTIES
Friday, April 6
Engineers, Memorial Union,
Holdings 120-90
American Institute of Electrical
Baptist Young People, Church, 8-11.
building, 6:30-9.
Pbi Kanna Pci. Stock Fru. State
AGNES HUSBAND,
For the Joint Com. on Student Affairs.
Phi Kappa Psi, Steak Fry, State Lake, 4-19
States team of the Olympic games. Cunningham won the mile run elimination events to become the U. S. representative in the Tenth Olympiad.
He finished fourth to the record-breaking time of Lugui Bucelli in the mile event in the games, and was the first American to breast the tape. Venzek, beaten by Cunningham in the trouts, did not compete.
Cunningham returned to the University as a sophomore following the Olympic games. Venko entered the university of Pennsylvania the next year.
The two great runners did not meet again until early in 1933, when Cunningham won two of three races from the Pennsylvania star. In the Wannamaker mile of the Milrose games in New York, Cunningham won in 4:13, three seconds slower than the record time Venzke had set for indoor competition the year before. Venzke was second.
Venzke Wins Only Race
Cunningham avenged his defeat a short time later by winning the Baxter mile of the New York Athletic club games in 4.14.3. Venkze was second. The Penn star did not enter the Columbian mile which Cunningham also won. This year Cunningham has raced against Venkze on four occasions, beating the Pennsylvania each time. Cunningham set new indoor world's records in two of the events, breaking the records previously held by Venkze. Venkze was second to Cunningham in the Wanaka miler, on Feb. 3, as he was the year before. The winning time was 4:11.2.
Later in the season, Venkze won his only race, to date, from the Kansan in the 1500-meter of the N.A.A.U. games in New York. Cunningham got off to a poor start when he was accidently struck by a runner's elbow and was momentarily stunned. Venkze's winning time was 3:55.
On Feb. 17, Cunningham was defeated by Bill Bonton of Princeton in the Baxter Mile of the New York Athletic club games, and Venzke finished third. The winning time, 4:14, was slow.
Cunningham Sets Record
Cunningham Sets Recoba
In the American Indoor Championships held in Madison Square Garden on Feb. 1, the new indoor world's record in the 1500-meter run, defeating Bontonron by a stride. Vendee was third.
On March 15, at the Knights of Columbia meet, Cunningham set a new world's record for the indoor mile in an hour and a second, running the race in around 4:11.
Considered one of the ablest runners in track competition, Venkze has exhibited rare courage in continually attempting to dethrone the Jayhawker track king. Venkze, although not a winner this year or last, has furnished competition keen enough to cause both Bognham and Bontonron no little anxiety.
Venzke Hard to Beat
Cunningham recently pointed out in an interview that Venzke is one of the hardest men to beat in the game. Cunningham said that fans might have lost interest in the performances of Venzke because he had failed to win consistently. Venzke has, however, continued to run his races in less than 4:15, a mark once considered almost unbestable.
Venizek's appearance at the relays will insure stiff competition for Cunningham who otherwise would have raced only against such runners as Glen Dawson and Hornbostle. Both of these men are good runners, but they were not very well prepared in Indianapolis that they could not force the Jayhawker to extend himself.
Recent efforts to get Bonton to the relays failed, although Kansas Relays officials offered to underwrite the Tiger runner's expenses up to $1000. Dr. Cohen asked what amount of Venzke's expenses, the Relays committee would bear.