PAGE TWO 2 UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1934 University Daily Kansan Official Student Paper of THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE, KANSAS Editor-in-Chief...JAMES PATTerson Managing Editor ROBERT SMIT Campus Editor Merle Herford Historian E. R. Hayes Russell Editor E. R. Hayes Society Editor Carolyn Harper Lecturer Charles Rannick Annual Editor Charlie Rankin Advertising Manager Clairee B. Mundell Circulation Manager William Leatherman Maraedar Green Chelsea Coleman Arnold Kreutzman ... Jimmy Patterson Paul Woodmausen ... Virgil Parker Advertising Manager ... Charles E. Mund TECHNOLOGY Business Office K-11 KU- 60 Night Education Business Office 2701K Night Connection Business Office 2701K Published in the afternoon of Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and on Sunday morning, excerpts during lectures deeds in this Department of Journalism of the Department of Journalism from the Press of the Department of Journalism Subscription price, per year, $3.00 cash, if advance, $3.25 on payments, Single copies, 15 each. attend as second class matter, September 17, 1910, at the post office at Lawrence, Kansas. FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1934 BASEBALL POSSIBILITIES With considerable interest and hope we view the attempt at renewal of baseball as a University sport. Thus far, there seems to be little chance that there will be a varsity team, but play has been arranged for several campus teams that may grow into varsity scope in another year. Baseball is something like horse racing or fine literature; it is accepted by the majority when other entertainment is not available, but it is kept alive only by fans who are addicted to it. This race of addicts whose members would gladly stand in the rain to hear reports of World Series games, is fast dying out. Baseball, once the national game, is losing, nay, has lost its place to that Roman carnival, football. If it were only to keep alive a class with a great enthusiasm, it would be a worthwhile objective to give every aid to reviving an interest in the ashwood and the horschide. In this day of boredoom and disinterest in many things, we need more fans. So much has the world changed in the past few years, it is possible that there are people on this very campus who have never seen a baseball game. Therefore, it is with high hopes, albeit hiding an aching heart, that we await developments; and, so, sniffing the spring air, we are off to beat the rest to a seat directly behind the backstop fence. If Ann Dvorak developed that beautiful English and lovely speaking voice at Haskell, as one was led to believe she did in the picture, "Massacre," it might not be a bad idea if a few University students took some courses out there for a semester or two. WEIGHING THE MEMORY Ever since bewishkered pedagogues ruled the nation's little red school houses—that is, if school houses ever were red—the problem of weighing a person's mentality and memory has beer one for which no suitable answer has been evolved. If the memory is 5 per cent defective, as it must be for a student who can only rate a grade of 95, then it may be safe to assume that the memory is not wholly dependable. Of what value is an educational system built on a success system which elevates those who have memorized facts and theories that, to them, may be from 5 to 30 per cent in error even at the time of super-concentration? It is of interest to note the announced departure in system of the University of Chicago, by which students in certain courses may use textbooks, notes, and reference materials and books at the time of the examination. If a student has a grasp of his subject sufficient for him to comprehend his text, notes, and references—and it goes without saying that such a grasp is sometimes lacking—then the student will be putting his brain to the test that he will face after college; that of being able to co-ordinate that which he knows in the light of material which he must have at hand and know how to find in order to be without general error. No student can pass such a test by repeating unintelligible notes to his professor; neither can he learn during the course of the examination enough to make up for deficient studying throughout the semester. With such a plan, useless memorizing of detail would go out of existence, and the brain would be allowed to follow a sensible function of comprehension and grasp of knowledge. Count Leibnitz is the first person in several years who has ousted anyone besides the Lawrence police. Those who take their basketball seriously will find all styles of the game on display at the national A. A. U. tournament now in progress in Kansas City. With what are heralded as the strongest teams ever to participate in the tournament in the record entry list, the utmost in thrills is expected in the last rounds. THE KANSAS CITY TOURNAMENT The tournament thus far has run the gamut in wierd and varied basketball displays and the sport fan is almost sure of finding there at least one exponent of his favorite style of play. This will probably be the last time that the national tournament will be held in Kansas City for sometime. It probably will go to Denver next year. As the home of basketball, the mid-west is the logical locale for these tournaments, and they attract attention of other sports interested areas to this section of the country. In spite of all the political bandbeating, who can remember our Hill politicians of the last couple if years or so? Campus Opinion Editor Daily Kansan: We appreciate very much your kinet interest in publishing news regarding our Filipho students, alumni, etc., in 'be Daily Kansan. Accordingly, we found with regret that those articles published in your Sunday, March 11, 1934, and Wednesday, March 14, 1934, issues are not true. On the article published in your March 11 issue regarding one of our students who left for the islands on February 28, 1935, we have never concerned hardly reached home by the time the article appeared in the Kansan. Again, on page three of your Wednesday, March 14 issue, we read that "Kansas has more Filipinos than any other university in the United States," a report which is misleading and at the same time very injurious to the Filipi students in the University of Kansas. To verify the falsity of such a report, I am inclosing you berewwith a clipping taken from a paper published at the office of the Committee on Friendly Relations Among Foreign Students. Any step you will take in checking these false reports regarding our Filipino students, our country, etc., will surely be appreciated. I regret that the information stated was not true as we have not come to a definite conclusion yet whether or not we are going to have the Comopolitan East-West Revue this spring. Besides, if we decide not to have the Revue, it is not the financial difficulty at all that will prevent us from having one. In the front page of the University Daily Kansan, Wednesday, March 14 1934, I read an article concerning the Cosmopolitan Club Revue. Editor Daily Kansan: The Filipino Club. Also in your previous issues, there appeared some articles about the Cosmopolitan Club which have puzzled the club's members and the members of the club as a whole. Since the Chapter Editor has to answer for all of this mis-information and publication regarding the club, may I therefore, refer you in this letter for information about the person who is making some wise-cracks about the Cosmoplion Club. The Filipino Club, Miguel R. Aguilar, president I shall appreciate any co-operation you can give me in this matter. Miguel R. Aguilar, Chapter Editor. Miguel R. Aguilar, OFFICIAL UNIVERSITY BULLETIN Notices due at Cancellor's Office at 11 a.m. on regular afternoon publication days and 11:30 a.m. on Saturday for Sunday issues. There will be a very important meeting of the Cosmopolitan club this Sunday, March 18, at 1227 Ohio Street, at 4:30 p.m. All the members are urged to attend. CHARLES ALBERT PATTERSON, Secretary. Friday, March 16, 1934 COSMOPOLITAN CLUB: No.112 FENCING CLUB: The Committee on Tournaments has selected a tentative date for the next tournament. The members will vote upon this suggestion at the regular meetin to be held in the Fencing room in Robinson gymnasium at 4:30 on Tuesday March 20. P. RAPOPOT, President. All senior women who wish to take the Girl Reserve Training course given by Miss Florence Stone, state executive secretary, on April 6, 7, and 8, may register for the course at Henley house. FRANCES BALLARD, Chairman. GIRL RESERVE TRAINING COURSE: KAYHAWK CLUB: There will be an official meeting of the Kayhawk club Tuesday night, March 20, in the men's lounge of the Memorial Union building. Meetings begin at 7:15 and will be over by 8:15. Three members of the club will speak on the following subjects, "Brooming House Viewpoint," "Why I am Interested in Politics," and "Is K. U. Ready for the Honor System." All non-fragrantmen are invited. MATHEMATICS CLUB: Picture will be taken Tuesday, March 20, at 12:20. All members please me at the Mathematics office promptly at 12:20. PHI CHI DELTA: Phi Chi Delta will meet Tuesday at 5:30 at Westminster hall, Ruth Riley in charge of the program. Call 844 if you are not coming. Miss Francis is lovely in the old-fashioned hats and gowns which she wears in this picture. Though her hair Twenty Years Ago ELF-SUPPORTING STUDENT ASSOCIATION: A party will be held Saturday night from 8 to 11:30 at the Memorial Union uilding. L. WRAY CHOATE. (Mar. 16-21, 1914) by George Lerrigo Because of the inability of students to understand the significance of the word "approach" in connection with use in the no smoking rule, which forbids students smoking on an approach to a building, Dean J. W. Green, of the school of law, offered a legal definition concerning the term. The term "approach" is applied to sidewalks on the campus which lead directly to a building, thereby making smoking prohibitive on the University sidewalks. The punishment for violation of this rule was temporary or possibly permanent suspension. The Men's Student Council made the position of editor-in-chief of the Daily Kanansa elective by an action which deposed the existing editor at the same time, because of an alleged action taken which was undesirable to the council. The council accused the Kanasa of swearing out warrants which had all members of the Student Council arrested for tacking up signs on personal and civic property without permission. The Kansan and the city attorney Mitchell both devalued the statement saying that it had no authenticity and that the action had been taken wholly on the part of the city attorney. The Student Council planned replacement of the editorship with some person chosen by themselves until such time when a new editor could be elected by the student body. Plans to start a publication which would be printed for engineers alone got under way at a meeting of all departments of the engineering school. The publication would be devoted entirely to the activities and interests of the engineers and would not be a rival to the Daily Kansan. In carrying out this plan Dean P. T. Walker, appointed a committee of four who will draw up a constitution, for the publication and supervise its writing and印记. An issue is planned for spring, and if it proves successful will establish the journal as a regular monthly publication. On seeing The House on Fifty-Sixth Street you will be reminded of several pictures of the past year or so, in particular "Madame X" and "Night After Night." The plots of all three are similar and the adventures of their respective heroines follow somewhat the same pattern. Current Screen Kay Francis has the role of the adventures-herine in *The House on Fifty-sixth Street*, a difficult one to put over. She is, as usual, charming, but this heavy dramatic picture more than charm to make it a good show. We might, appropriately, say here that we feel Miess Francis has never been given a really strong picture to test her acting ability. The story concerns a young woman whose home, which she had given up on being sent to prison, becomes a gambling house and she, with an inherited taste for cards, is the blackjack dealer. Her grown daughter, who also has a passion for gambling, brings about the ruin of Miss Francis and almost sends her to prison for a second time. When the daughter kills one of the gamblers, the unknown mother takes the blame. The proprietor of the house promises to protect the blackjack dealer if she will remain in the house, virtually a prisoner. --ages beautifully, like most heroes, the rest of her seems little affected by time. The showing of *Nana* at the Varsity introduces to Lawrence movie goers the new Russian star, Aman Sten. And in our humble opinion she is worth all the publicizing that Samuel Goldwyn has given her, for she appears to be a winner. The producers might have chosen a better vehicle for her debat than Emile Zola's story, because, although an interesting enough tale, it does not suit the popular modern tempo. But the choice may not have been entirely unfortunate, for one is left wondering what Miss Sten will do with other roles. Those who go to see Anna Sten expecting an actress with foreign manners and accent will be surprised. Except for a slight trace of continental brugue in her speech she might easily be mistaken for an American product. Either she is so cosmopolitan as to readily adapt herself to new conditions, or she has been well Hollywoodized. In appearance Miss Sten is beautiful (as far as can be ascertained under the handicap of modern photography) and personable. Her face easily passes the test of a glaring close-use, and her figure will not prove a handicap in any role, in so much as this picture allows one to judge. Just judging from this one piece of work we should say that her characterizations will be better than those of most cinema actresses. The trouble with the story is that it drags in the last half. Somchow one wishes that something will happen to bring the thing to a climax. A humorous, yet regrettable, slip in direction was the allowance of Garbo's line, "I'm so tired; I want to be alone." Our Contemporaries WORLD SUICIDE Daily Californian. The assistant city editor of a Los Angeles newspaper was sitting at his desk, a short time ago, carrying on his daily routine. The telephone rang; he took down the receiver and answered it. The assistant city editor was dumb-founded. "What can I do to save this man?" he asked himself. "Is it a hoxe he really intend to kill himself?" "I'm going to bump myself off," the voice on the other end of the wire announced in a cool, quiet manner. "I'm holding a pistol against my head and I'm going to pull the trigger." Taking no chances the newspaper man kept the stranger on the line and ordered one of the boys in the office to call the police. Another reporter grabbed his hat and rushed off to the address the telephone operator had given him. The problem before the assistant city editor was to keep talking to the mnm on the phone until someone should arrive at his house and thwart his attempt at suicide. He did his best. But after several minutes had passed—minutes that seemed like hours—he heard a woman calling him from the line, and then silence. Needless to say the police and the reporter arrived at the scene too late to do anything. Perhaps his suicide means something to the whole world which is now considering suicide by means of another world war. The forces intelligently working for peace may be compared to the assistant city editor at the telephone—begging and pleading with a world that has a gun pointed toward its head and threatens to pull the fatal trigger any minute. There are many people talking over the phone, but the world seems to be determined to pull the trigger and close its ears to the pleas of those trying to halt the suicide. Have You Tried Our Breakfasts? . Fruit 05c Bacon and Egg 05c Toast 02c Drink 05c Cakes 08c Waffles 10c at the CAFETERIA --with Watch for Our World Premiere VARSITY King of Theatres NOW! 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