The Official Student Paper of the University of Kansas
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME XXXI
'Showboat' Star To Pick Beauties For Junior Class
NUMBER 115
Lanny Ross, Radio Singer for 'Maxwell House' Hour, Selected by Editor
Lanny Ross, star of the "Maxwell House Showboat" which has been featured on the NBC network for the past two and a half years, has been chosen to select the junior class beauties, accorded honorary status. **53**, editor-in-chief of the *djahawkwer*,
While he was in college, Ross was an outstanding track star. He ran the 440-yard dash in 48.4 seconds in a track meet at the University of Pennsylvania. This time qualified him for the 1928 Olympics, which were held at Amsterdam, Holland. He declined the offer to compete in this meet, and toured Europe with the Yale glee club this same summer. He is proud of his athletic achievements, and claims that because of his chosen profession, his athletic ability tends to take some of the lavender-like atmosphere away from him.
Ross, son of a concert pianist and a Shakespearian actor, holds two college degrees. He received his A.B. degree at Yale and his L.D. at Columbia. He was a leader of the Yale club while in Europe, where he toured Europe with this organization.
Mr. Ross recently completed his movie debut. His first picture, "Melody in Moonlight," will be released soon. He is the lead singer of Ruggles, Mary Bolong, and Am Sothern.
He is to return to Hollywood in April to start work on another movie, "Hen Master's Voice." He received his start in movies when his "Showbout" troupe made a "short" in 1933. His work was well liked by executives, and he was given the opportunity to star in a picture.
Ross says that he will remain loyal to his first love, the radio. He was the "Troubadour in the Moon" for 18 months before he was chosen for the "Showboat" position. He started his radio, which he wille be in college. His sang over the radio to obtain funds to stay in law school.
A Cappella Choir to Sing
Cantata by Westminster Group to Be Sunday Evening Feature
The Westminster A Cappella chair of the First Presbyterian Church under the direction of Dean D. M. Swarthout will offer distinctive musical programs next Sunday at both the morning and evening services.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1934
At the morning service, by special request, the chair will sing one of its finest eight-part choruses. H. T. Burleigh's arrangement of the beautiful negro spiritual, "Were You There?" and the anthem, "Jesus, Word of God Incarcane," by the great English choral writer, Edward Elgar.
The chorus will be accompanied by Karl Kuehrsteiner, violinist; Genevieve Hargias, cellist; Tom Ryan, pianist; and Mrs. C. W. Stafson, organist. The arrangement of the accompaniment for the instruments was made by Dean Sworthbath.
In the evening at 7:30 the choir will offer its most outstanding program of the year with its presentation of the dramatic sacred cantata, "The Seven Last Words of Christ." The Seven Dubois The two soloists have numbers 57 and 68 who as well as soloists Shirley Gibson, soprano, Keith Davis, tenor, and Dale Vilet, baritone.
The public is invited to attend the Passion Week musical service.
A. I. E. E. WILL FORMULATE BANQUET PLANS AT MEETING
E. L.Tree, professor of bacteriology will speak tomorrow night at the regular meeting of the branch of the ALEE at 7:30 o'clock in room 206 of Marvin hall. His subject will be "Bacteriology in Industry."
"Doctor Treece is a prominent professor in the department of bacteriology and this promises to be a most interesting opportunity," the secretary of the ALEE.
A tentative discussion of plans for the forthcoming banquet to be held April 6 will follow the speech by Doctor Trece.
Botany Club Holds Meeting
At a meeting of the Botany club last night at the home of Dr. A. J. Mix, 1134 Louisiana, an entirely student program was given. Kathryn Taggart, c34 gave a report, "List of Leading Annuals," and R. H. Thompson, c34, reported on "Insectivious Plants." Discussions followed the reading of these reports. Refreshments were served.
Resolution Sent to Lindley
Self-Supporting Students Than Chuck-
carrier for His Part In CSEP
A resolution, thanking Chancellor E. H. Lindley for his part in the establishment of the CSEP project was passed at the Self-Supporting Student association party in the Memorial Union building Saturday evening.
The resolution was signed by all the self-supporting students and CSEP members who were present and was sent to the Chancellor early this week by Wray Choate, e35, president of the organization. More than forty signatures were included.
Chancellor Lindley was present at the beginning of the party and was asked to say a few words. He stated that he was glad such an organization as the Self-Supporting group existed because of its great value in securing cooperation among the working students in connection with the CSEP.
Fred Elsworth, alumni secretary, in a peech before the group, intimated that he Self-Supporting Student association has been an inspiring factor in the conception of the CSEP, and that in a sense, his association was the embryo of the SEP idea.
Nine Students Receive Approval for Degrees
Minimum Hours for Work ing Students May Be Reduced
A request from the fine arts department that some courses be counted as non-professional that are now counted as professional, was not granted. Another fine arts request that a course in choral repertoire and advanced conducting which does not now have been given credit was given credit to no longer be perceived.
Nine students who have completed qualifications were voted A.B. degrees last night in a meeting of the faculty. They are Marion Beatty, Kansas City Kan; Ruth C. Cady, Lawrence; Blanche Chrysanthem Foushee, Kansas City Kan; Elmi Hairsty, Kansas City Kan; Roose Sherman Pebley, Kansas City Kan; Cliffford Elton Powell, El Dorado Evelyn Searcy, Kansas City Kan; Grace Sullivan, Emporia; and Richard Davis Wolf, Iola.
Prof. Dinsmore Alter of the astronomy department, brought up a question concerning students who find difficulty in carrying 12 hours work due to other outside work or because they are unable to keep up in their classes. Professor Alter suggested the possibility of lowering the minimum regulations regarding enrollment so that classes would not be held up because of a few students. The lowering of this minimum regulation would allow those students to take less work and make higher grades.
A committee was authorized to look into the matter, but the committee has not as yet been appointed.
Jopeka Is Class A Winner
Takes State High School Debating
Title; Pratt Finishes Second
Topeka won the Class A championship and Mulvane and Canton tied for first place in Class B in the finals of the Kansas High School Debating League, held at the University Monday and Tuesday. Pratt won second in Class A. Topeka negative won unani mously, and Topeka affirmative, 2 to
Mulvane and Canton went into the finals of Class B by defeating Grimnel and DeSoto respectively, and debate to a tie.
The Topeka - Hutchinson - Coffeyvill triangular debate in the semi-finals o Class A had to be repeated, with a new alignment of teams and new judges when the first series resulted in a draw and the second in a win. The second debate Topeka received the vote of five judges, Hutchinson of three and Coffeyville one.
Members of the Pharmaceutical society are to be addressed tomorrow morning at their weekly meeting at 11:30 in room 205, Chemistry building, by Percy Walker, Tupeka druggist and member of the state board of pharmacy.
PERCY WALKER WILL SPEAK TO PHARMACEUTICAL GROUP
Duplicate trophies will be given Canin and Mulvane.
It is expected that Mr. Walker will discuss the annual state meeting of the Kansas Pharmaceutical association, to be held in Salina April 10, 11, and 12. He will also explain to members of the society the details of a prescription drug recall being conducted by the state meeting. Seniors in the School of Pharmacy at the University are planning to enter this contest, for which awards will be made.
ALLEN MAKES REPLIES TO NOTRE DAME COACH
Kansan Justifies Proposal to Raise Baskets to 12-Foo Height Against Criticism of Rambler Mentor; Keogan Called Perennial Rules Objector in Answering Statement
Dr. F. C. Allen, Kansas basketball coach and a member of the national rules committee, today gave out a statement, amplifying his previous suggestion that baskets should be raised to 12 feet from the floor for college competition, saying that this suggestion, along with its support, would be appropriate to propose at the next rules committee meeting, was not necessarily intended for immediate adoption.
"The game is very satisfactory as it is," he said.
Dr. James Naismith, inventor of the court game, who has been a member of the Kansas faculty for 35 years, recalled yesterday that no particular reason for the basket's height being fixed at 10 feet had ever been advanced.
Set at 10 Feet Accidentally
Set at 10 Feet Accidentally "We set the height for the basket at 10 feet at the time I invented the game," Doctor Naismith said, "because there was a running track that attached to Smithfield, Mass, College, and we figured that the floor of the track would be about the right height. It happened to be 10 feet." Doctor Naismith said that, although he had not advocated many of the rules changes made in the past few years, that he could no objection to the proposed scheme of raising the basket. "It might be an interesting experi-
Keogan Ridicules Plan
"It might be an interesting experiment." he said.
Keogan Kurenesh Tian
Doctor Allen also replied to a state ment issued through newspaper channels yesterday by George Keogan, Notre Dame church, which ridiculed the proposal to raise the baskets, and blamed the 10-second rule for the alleged massing of players under the basket. Keogan's comment in relation to the proposed change follows:
"This proposal is as absurd as the existing 10-second rule. If they want to legislate against big men, they can abolish the 10-second rule. This rule has legislated the uninteresting zone defense into basketball.
"Big men now jam in under the basket. If the 10-second rule is abolished, these big men will wear themselves out trying to follow the smaller men. The game will become faster and more interesting. Fourteen of the sixteen teams in the Indiana high school tournament used the zone defense, and it was genius. The next year, the teamment was the least interesting in recent years."
"Coach George Koegan is running true to form as a perennial objector on basketball rules. Coach Koegan attended the basketball coaches meeting at Chicago two years ago where the 10-second rule was recommended by the coaches to the rules meeting, and he was one of the 100 university coaches who voted unanimously for the change.
Alen Answers Criticism
Concerning Kooguart's criticisms De
Allen has
"I fear when Koegan flaps the center line across the court rule, he can count
his supporters on the digits of his hand.
This rule has revived the indoor sport and made basketball play more popular than it has ever been before." In commenting on his prow
The game of basketball today is splendid as it is. There is nothing wrong with it. However, there is nothing sacred about the rules. Is it not thinkable that an improvement can be made upon anything.
Changes May Come Later
"I do not ask that these changes be made this year. I am just offering suggestions for trial and research investigation for the future. However, I do believe that some of these changes will be incorporated in the national rules in three years. Some of them undoubtedly will bear investigation and trial."
Continuing, Dr. Allen said, "I have asked President Roy Mundoff of the Georgia Tech at Atlanta, where the coaches meeting is to be held, to install two 12-foot baskets for a trial game during the coaches meeting. I am sure the coaches will be surprised how very much the congestion under the basket will be cleared up by raising the height of the baskets two additional feet.
In commenting on his proposed changes, Dr. Allen continued.
"Four teams of national reputation have been invited to Atlanta to demon-
Juniors Seek Editorship Of Jayhawker Magazine
Interest Aroused Early
Mr. Patee's interest in moving pictures was first aroused by Jerdot, a Frenchman, who came to him in the late '70s and wanted to sell him a mechanical toy which he claimed would
Applications for 1934 Staff Must Be Entered by Tomorrow
Candidates for the editorship and the management of next year's Jayhawker are filing their applications with Prof. L N Fliat, chairman of the Jayhawker advisory committee is 5 o'clock tomorrow. Any student, in the University, who will have a junior standing next fall, may file an application, but preference in the past has been given to applicants who have done good work as assistants on the Jayhawker staff.
Interest Aroused Early
Four candidates for the editorship, and five for the managership have already filed their applications with Professor Flint. Others were expected to apply today.
Sessions of the advisory committee for the purpose of interviewing candidates will be held in the near future.
"At a recent meeting of the committee, reports from the editor and business manager showed that the Jay-hawker, in its new form, is meeting with the approval of the student public," said Professor Flint today. "It begins to look as though the Kanss year-book has solved the problem as to how to satisfy the changing taste of the public as regards its college annuals."
SECOND MOVING PICTURE HOUSE IN AMERICA WAS LOCATED HERE
Records show that Mr. Patee moved to Lawrence in 1903 because his wife's mother was seriously ill and he and his wife wished to be near her. After several attempts to get a theater building he finally located in the 700 block on Massachusetts. He later erected a new theater at the present location in the 800 block. He arranged for a circuit of houses in this vicinity in order to use his films more than once, but later sold them, and the one in Jersey City, so he could devote all his time to the theater in Lawrence.
Clair Patee Bought First Projecting Camera to Make a Profit During Lax Months
By Elton Carter, c'36
The first moving picture house was of the Mississippi and the second in America was established in Lawrence in 1903 by Claire Patee, "the daddy of the movie houses," as he was known to those in the theatrical profession. The first house was opened by Mr. Fatee in Jersey City, N. J., in 1900.
When the troupe of which Mr. Patera was a member would leave Broadway after a summer, he found that he always had limited opportunities for engagements and that his bank account would dwindle during the summer months. With the contrivance which Jerdot offered for sale he believed he could bridge his finances over the dull economy. He then Jerdot promised to send him a new and better machine which was being built.
project pictures with action upon a curtain. He had other novelists which he readily sold and since his purpose in visiting America was to watch an auto race in which his brother had contested, he was anxious to return to his country.
Opposition in New York
Opposition in New York Mr. Patee planned to rent a building in New York City and have his show. About the same time a celluloid collar factory in that city was greatly damaged by an interior explosion and many persons were killed. Opinion immediately made celluloid an explosive mu-
(Continued on page 3)
Council Holds Last Meeting
Lawson and Sherwood Will Represent W.S.G.A. at Convention
At the regular meeting of the W.S.G.A. council held yesterday afternoon, it was decided to send Lilla Lawson, c34, retiring president of the W.S.G.A., and Margaret Sherwood, c35, the incoming president, to the district meeting of the Intercollegiate Association of University Women, of which the W.S.G.A. is a member. The meeting will be held from April 18 to 21 in Tuscan. Ariz.
The organization voted to give the $50 scholarship, which is dependent each year upon the success of the musical comedy.
This was the last meeting of the W. S.G.A. council which has functioned all year. Installation services for officers elected last week will be held tomorrow night at the Manor.
Commencement Program Arranged by Committee
Several Changes in Procedure Advocated by Group
A commencement program similar to the schedule used in the past was informally decided upon at the meeting yesterday of the regular standing committee in charge of commencement exercises. Only a few possible changes in the program were suggested.
The Sachem meeting and the West-
minster Guild reunion are to be
included in the program. Other possible
changes are: calling the Chancellor's
reception the University reception; having
a winding academic line instead of
the former straight one.
The group decided to authorize the senior president to name two seniors for the reception dance committee. The senior class must arrange and carry out the Senior Breakfast, and also the ball game with the faculty if they wish it
Dr. P. A. Readio, chairman of the committee, is to name the sub-committees for arrangements, and he will negotiate with Prof. Allen Crafton for the commencement play. He will also edit the instruction book.
Members of the committee are: chairman, Dr. Readio, associate professor of ontology; George O. Foster, registrar; R. Q. Brewster, professor of chemistry; A. W. Davidson, associate professor of chemistry; Florence Black, associate professor of mathematics; Wealthy Babcock, assistant professor of mathematics; Raymond Nichols, executive secretary to the Chancellor; Fred Ellsworth, alumni secretary; W. A. Dill, associate professor of journalism; and J. J. Wheeler, professor of mathematics; of the faculty, and Walter Simmons, c'34, Howard Hoover, c'34, and Robert Dill, c'34, of the senior class. Josephine Pyle, c'34 is chairman in charge of the Senior Breakfast.
Recital Program Announced
Seven Students Will Appear in Thursday Afternoon Concert
The regular School of Fine Arts student recital will be presented in the Administration building auditorium tomorrow afternoon at 3:30. The program is to be as follows: Piano: Include in A. Minor (Debussy)
Piano: Prelude in A Minor (Debussy)
David Grindel.
David Grindol.
Piano: Sonata, Op. 10, No. 3 (Bee-
Plano: A Humoresque (Sternberg)
Helen Harman.
Cello: Mazurka, Op. 3 (Popper) Walton Linton
Plano: Prelude in A-flat (Chopin) Margaret Overall.
Piano: Hark! Hark! The Lark (Schu bert-lest! Marguet) Holecker. Holecker.
lano. The Mirror Lake (Nevada).
Toccata (Paradies) Ruth Miller.
SOCIALISM WILL BE SUBJECT OF ADDRESS BY ROY BURT
Roy E. Burt, '19, a Methodist minister and member of the Socialist party who spoke on the campus last semester, will talk at a noon luncheon forum tomorrow on "Why Change the Social Order?" in the cafeteria in the Memorial Union building.
The Reverend Mr. Burt will speak to several small groups tomorrow afternoon and will address a meeting at 8 p.m. in the courtroom of the court house on "Socialism in the New En." He will speak to a dinner meeting of members of the Socialist Local at 5:45 p.m. for private dining room of the cafeteria.
Forrest Moore Recovering
Forrest Moore, c'unel, who was taken to the Watkins Memorial hospital yesterday, suffering from acute appendicitis, appeared today to be recovering.
Minnesota Dean Asked to Deliver Porter Lectures'
Dr. R. E. Scammon Is Graduate of University and Former Member of Faculty
Richard E. Scammon, dean of medical sciences at the University of Minnesota, a graduate of the University of Kansas and a former member of the faculty here, will deliver the Porter lectures for 1954. Two of these lectures are to be at the University's School of Medicine at Kansas City, Kan., and one will be in Fraser theater at the University, Tuesday morning, April 3.
Dr. Scrummon, who is a native of Kansas City, Mo., received degrees from the University of Kansas in 1904 and 1906, and his Ph.D. in medical science from Harvard in 1909. He was instructor in zoology at the University of Kansas in 1906-7, and held a teaching fellowship in Harvard while studying there. He returned again to the University, where he met Mr. Burkard and of匀any 1908-10. The next year he went to the University of Minnesota with similar rank, rapidly rising to a full professorhip, and later becoming head of his department.
The Porter Lectureship was established in 1918 by Dr. J. L. Porter of Paula, who bequeathed to the University a sum of money t ostigate scholarship and research in the School of Medicine. A portion of the income is used to pro- tribute to a worthy student, and the rest is used to defray cost of the lectures.
Monday evening, April 2. Dr. Scammon speaks in Kansas City on "The Plague in Western Europe." He is at the University Tuesday at 11 a.m., to speak on "The Guild of Medicine," and that evening at Kansas City he talks on "How Measurements Came Into Medicine."
Finish of Columbian Mile to Adorn
Wall of Fieldhouse at Norman
Sooners Honor Cunningham
Norman, March 21—Sooner sports heroes of past and present are the chief motif of murals now being painted on the walls of the University of Oklahoma fieldhouse by Doug Barham, Oklahoma's "Big Six" conference high jump champion, an art student.
Already Barham has sketched action pictures of Glen Dawson, great distance runner, in a close finish against Cunningham of Kansas in the 4.12 Knights of Columbus mile last March at New York City; "Nig" "Bug" Robertson, sooner halfback, cutting around end for a gain against Justin Hawkeye and outlaying into a Jayhawker; "Hippo" Howell pushing the shot, etc. All are sketched from actual photographs.
Barham is doing the work as a class assignment for a course in mural painting and plans to reproduce a scene every Sooner sport before he finishes.
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
CHAMPIONS TO HEAR ALLEN
On invitation of C. M. Harger, chairman of the Board of Regents, Dr. F. C. Allen will go to Abilene Friday to speak at the noon meeting of the Rotary High school basketball team. That evening Dr. Allen will go to Quivera Lake, Kansas City, Kan., to speak at a dinner given in honor of the Kansas city basketball players of Wyandotte High School who have just completed a run of 45 consecutive victories. Percy Parks, a University of Kansas graduate, will address at Wyandotte High School, Sunday morning Doctor Allen will address the Bible class of the Linwood Boulevard Baptist church, Kansas City, Mo. This is the "world's largest" Bible class.
RADIO STATION WIBW WILL FEATURE FAMOUS MUSICIANS
WIBW radio station of Topeka announces a new series of broadcasts of the best-loved American songs of yesterday and today. Rosa Ponselle, world-famous soprano who gave a program here last fall; Nino Martini, noted radio tenor; and Grete Stueckgold, popular concert singer, are featured in this new broadcast which will begin Monday, April 2.
Andre Kostelanetz, nationally known CBS conductor, will direct the 40-piece orchestra and the 15-voice chorus that is to accompany the vocalists and to present unusual arrangements of modern dance tunes and ballads. This program will be heard every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday from 8 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. over the Capper station.