UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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The Official Student Paper of the University of Kansas
VOLUME XXXI
Cornhusker Meet Is Last Addition To Track Season
Three Teams Will Compete Here March 31, in Big Double Dual-Triad Program
The Kansas track schedule for 1934 has been increased by the addition of a dual meet with Nebraska there April 14, and by participation in the Tulsa A.A.U. meet March 31. Tentative arrangements were made between Dr. F. C. Allen, and Henry Schulte of Nebraska, when Dr. Allen was in Lincoln Saturday with the swimming team. Final details were arranged today.
Arrangements were completed also today for the double dual-triangular track meet between Kansas, Kansas State, and Nebraska, to be held in Lawrence March 31. In this meet, teams representing all three schools compete. Times and distances are noted for the first from each school, so it will be possible to make computations for dual meets between Nebraska and Kansas, and between Kansas State and Kansas, in addition to the distribution of points for the three in the triangular meet.
These meets complete the Kansas spring track season, with the following schedule:
March 24—Bulker Relays (indoor) at Indianapolis, Kansas will be represented by Glen Cunningham in the mule; Ed Hall in the 40-yard and the 60-yard dash; Elvin Dews in the shot and Clyde Coffman in the pole vault, and in the mile relay by Hall, Schroeder, Graves and Cunningham.
April 7, Gleen Cunningham runs in a special 100-yard race at the state field and track meet sponsored by the University of Oklahoma at Norman.
March 31. Tuba Athletic club indoor meet, under sanction of A.A.U. Entries to be announced.
April 14, Kansas-Nebraska dual meet at Linein.
April 28, Drake Relays at Des Moines.
April 21, Kansas Relays, preceded April 20 by Kansas Interscolastic track and field meet.
April 28, Drake Relays at Des Moines May 5, Kansas, Kansas State, Nebraska meet at Lawrence; to be score also as dual meet for Nebraska and Kansas, and Kansas State and Kansas May 12, Dual meet, Kansas and Mia
May 12, Dual meet, Kansas vs. Missouri at Columbia.
Grading Work Discontinued
Trees and Shrubs to Be Planted During Good Weather
May 19, Big Six outdoor track meet a Lincoln.
The grading in front of Watson library has been temporarily stopped so that trees and shrubs may be planted on the campus during the good weather.
One of the foremost projects is the erection of a fence from the northwest corner of Watkins hospital to the Journey's end. The areas are to be planted along the fence.
When the planting is finished the grading work will be continued. About 2200 yards of dirt remain to be filled in.
In the grass fire north of Snow hall which occurred nearly a month ago about 30 of the 45 trees burned were killed. It is a little early to make a number of trees that will survive but it is believed that 10 or 15 will live.
ANNUAL FRENCH PRODUCTION
TO BE PRESENTED SATURDAY
Students in the French department of the University will present their annual French play, "Les Pattes de moucha," Saturday evening, in Fraser theater.
Prof. J. N. Carman, aided by other members of the department of romance languages, is directing the play. There will be no admission charge.
The following persons will have parts in the play: Robert Loveless, Barbara Jane Goll, Paul Rapoport, Wilma Bullard, Samuel Ericson, Flavia Hay, Rag Miller, Mary Lou Buggy, Dale O'Brien, Barbara Pendleton, Clarence Bridentine, Vernon M. French, and Ruth Barnard.
Pan-Hellenic Dance Friday Night
The annual dance given by the Men's Pan-Hellenic council will be hold Friday night in the ballroom of the Memorial Union building. The dance will be formal for both men and women. Bibs are according to sensitivity which are members of the council. The ten oldest men in each fraternity have date bids and the next five have stag bids. Rudy Baie and his orchestra will furnish the music,
TRACK STARS TO LEAVE FOR NEW YORK TONIGHT
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1934
Coach H. W. "Bill" Hargiss, Glenn Cunningham, and Ed Hall, leave tonight on the 7:25 Santa Fe for New York, where Cunningham will run Saturday night in the Columbian mile of the Knights of Columbus meet. Hall will be entered in a 60-yard dash. Cunningham won the Columbian mile last year in 4:12.
Dr. Alter Will Lecture On Parabolic Mirrors
Discovery by Kansas Alumnus to Be Explained in Discussion
Dr. Dinsmore Alter, professor of astronomy, will speak Monday evening at 7:30 in the lecture room of the observatory, on methods used in the mission of the Solar System to be a special meeting of the Szyggy club but will be open to the public.
Dr. Alter will speak especially of the recent discovery by Dr. John Strong, a Kansas alumnus, who has devised a method whereby an aluminum coating is substituted for silver, with the result that the power of the astronomer's reflector is doubled in power.
"Dr. Strong's method of coating mirrors has done as much for astronomy as the life-work of an astronomer," said Doctor Alter.
Doctor Strong has recently re-coated the Crossley reflector at the Lick observatory in California. Doctor Strong, who received his A.B. degree from Kansas in 1926, was for a time on the faculty of the University of Michigan, where he received his Ph.D. degree, and is now teaching at California Institute of Technology.
In connection with the discussion of parabolic mirrors, Doctor Alter will use a number of slides, and he will also exhibit the 27-inch reflector which he and William Pitt of Kansas City, Mo. have made for the University observatory. The Pitt reflector was completed several years ago, but it has been impossible heretofore, to finance the mounting of it. However, it is hoped that the reflector will soon be in use.
Engineers' Banquet Planned
Independence High School Students Expected at Exposition
The date for the engineering banquet was definitely set for April 6 at the regular meeting of the Steel Key last night at 9 o'clock in Marvin hall. Tentative plans were formulated concerning the forth-coming engineers' exposition on April 29 and 21.
Prof. F. A. Russell announced that he had received a letter from the superintendent of schools at Independence, stating that about 15 or 16 high school students who plan to enter the field of engineering, accompanied by two faculty from Independence high school, expect to attend the engineering exposition.
They intend to spend afternoon preceding the exposition in an inspection of the University. An inspection of Kansas State College is planned by these students after they have seen the exposition here.
Joe Myers assistant pastor of the Linwood community church in Kansas City, Mo., will speak to an open meeting of the Lawrence Socialist Local tomorrow evening at 7:30 in Myers hall.
SOCIALISM WILL BE SUBJECT
TO RACISTICS, TALKS AND ECON
"Socialism; Past, Present and Future," will be the subject of his speech. The speaker is well-known as a leader of liberal thought in Kansas City, and has spoken on the campus before. He is editor of "The Christian," nationally known journal of liberal religion.
The meeting tomorrow evening is open to all students, faculty members and townpeople who are interested. A address by the Reverend Mr. Myers.
U. S. C. to Offer Flying Course
U. S. C. to Other Flying Course
Courses in flying are about to be offered to students at the University of Southern California. Officers of the naval reserve force at Long Beach would be the instructors according to the plans. Ground classes will be held on the campus, while flying lessons will be given at a nearby point, all for moderate tuition.
C. K. Hart with Mores ASA, E.
C. K. Hart with Bursa & McDonell Engineering Institute tomorrow evening members of the American Society of Civil Engineers tomorrow evening at 7:30 o'clock at a regular meeting of the society in Marvin hall.
Engineer Will Address A.S.C.E.
NUMBER 110
Dyche Museum Is Being Dismantled for Repair
Workmen began yesterday morning clearing Dyche Museum in preparation for the letting of contracts for a new concrete floor. The museum was condemned some months ago by an order of the Board of Recents.
Immediately before the natural habitat display is a rectangular space cleared through the old floor; other such holes knocked in the floor are found all through the building. The unrustworthiness of the old floors is seen in the way they have curved up at the edges, sunk in the middle, and separated like blocks of mud drying in a stream bank.
Workmen on the main floor, since yesterday morning, have cleared away most of the wall ornaments, and obstructions to the work of rebuilding the floor. For the yast two days steam-fitters have been tearing out the old basement steam heat connections. Eight or 10 men are employed in their off hours in the work of clearing the building for new floors. Workmen expect to complete their work in five or six days.
Engineering Societies Meet
Group From University Department Will Go to Kansas City
Dean Whitehead will speak on "Liquid Dielectics." According to R. W. Warner, professor of electrical engineering, this is a new and fascinating subject and Dean Whitehead, having done much research work along this line, is well qualified to handle it.
J. B. Whitehead, dean of the School of Engineering at Johns Hopkins University and president of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, will address a joint meeting of the Kansas City engineering societies Friday at 8 o'clock at the Hotel Kansas Citian, Kansas City, Mo.
Preceding the meeting a dinner will be held in honor of Dean Whithey by the College's alumni and friends.
The Kansas City sections of the A.S. M.E, A.S.H and V., A.S.CE, and A.I E.E are participating in the meeting and students of the School of Engineering and Architecture at the University have been issued a special invitation to attend both the dinner and the meeting following it.
Dean George C. Shaad, Prof. D. C. Jackson, Jr., Prof. R. P. Stringham and Prof. R. W. Warner, accompanied by several students in the department of electrical engineering, plan to attend the meeting.
Professor Warner is chairman of the Kansas City section of the ALEE.
Smith Heads Sociologists
Professor Clark Will Speak on "Genesis of Race Attitudes"
Mapheus Smith, assistant professor of sociology, will the chairman of the sociology section of the Southwest Social Science association's fifteenth annual meeting at Dallas, Tex., March 30 and 31. Professor Smith will have charge of the program for this section of the meeting.
As the guest speaker of the March meeting of the Kansas chapter of Sigma Xi, Dr. F. D. Darrell, president of the Kansas State College at Manhattan, will present "Three Views of Social Progress." The meeting is to be held for lecture room of Sigma Xi in the main lecture room of Blake hall tomorrow night at 7:30.
On March 31, Carroll D. Clark, professor of sociology, will read a paper entitled, "Geneis of Race Attitudes," to the sociology section.
Leading instructors in social sciences throughout the Southwest will attend the meeting. Several well known educators are planning to attend the gathering.
Dr. Farrell is expected to arrive in Lawrence tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 and will visit the campus during the afternoon. At 6 that evening, a special informal dinner in his honor will be given at the University club. The entertainment committee consists of Prof. W. Foster, Prof. J. K. C. Saad, Prof. G. L. Knight, Prof. K. C. Doering and Prof. Selma Gottlieb.
KANSAS STATE PRESIDENT
TO ADDRESS SIGMA XI HERE
Interracial Club Holds Meeting
The Interracial club met at the home of Wanda Edmonds, fa34, last night for its regular meeting which was postponed from last week. The meeting was given over to a group of Negro women under the direction of Anna Marie Tompkins, c'35, who gave a musical program. The women sang Negro spirituals and modern music. This music was arranged by Miss Tompkins.
W.S.G.A. Hears Lindley At Meeting Last Night
Election of W.S.G.A. council members will be held tomorrow in central Administration building. All women students are urged to vote between 8:15 a.m. and 5 p.m. "There is to be no electionering and houses will be checked for combines," announced Lila Lawson, president of W.S.G.A.
Lila Lawson Warns Women Against Combines at Election Polls
Chancellor E. H. Lindley talked to the council expressing his appreciation for its work throughout the year. "The council has done effective and intelligent work in sustaining and advancing government at the University," he said.
"A well known literary man wrote to me a few days ago saying that he is making a study of student life," asserted the Chancellor. "University life is typical of mid-western life, and he writes in letters about his students here will be called upon for confidential conferences, which will be quite a tribute," added Doctor Lindley.
"In Washington one can learn how to keep civilization alive. There are many organizations with many plans, trying to keep people from starving, helping them to keep up their self-respect and morale, developing personal lives, such as we have had to do," added Chancellor Lindley.
Installation of new council members will be held Thursday, March 22, at 6 p.m. at the Manor.
In closing, the Chancellor said, "As we go into complicated affairs of the world, we must spend more and more time on public missions."
Students Invited to Party
Self-Supporting Group Will Entertain in Memorial Union
The Self-supporting Students association will give a party for all working students of the University in the main lounge of the Memorial Union building. Saturday evening at 8 o'clock
"We wish to issue a special invitation to all CSEP employees," said Dean Werner, chairman of the program committee. "I believe that the program is designed to be enjoyable and the party will enable working student to become better acquainted."
One of the features of the entertainment will be a treasure hunt. Trails have been laid on the campus and the treasure hunters find the treasure will receive a prize.
"We request that all students who plan to attend the party call 636 no later than Friday afternoon, so that we may be able to order the refreshments," said Dorothy Johnston, c35, vice president of the organization. "Everyone is requested to bring a dime to help pay the expenses of the entertainment."
Memhers Discuss Evolution from Various Points of View
Zoology Club Is Entertained
Members of the Snow zoology club were entertained by a discussion on "Evolution" by three members of the club at a meeting in Snow Hall last night. The discussion was presented from three different views. Norman Preble, c'35, presented his information from the paleontology viewpoint; Bill Stone, c'uncel, discussed the subject from a comparative anatomy point of view; and Vernon Gentry, gr., presented his views from the embryology standpoint.
Further entertainment was presented by the Snow zoology club trio, composed of Albert McCullough, gr; Don Lomax, gr; and Steve Koehler, which sang several spirituals. Prepared the regular meeting, a dinner was held in the main zoology laboratory.
Lindley to Speak in McPhrerson Chancellor E. H. Lindley heads a group of prominent speakers for the annual booster banquet of McPherson College. The banquet terminating a campaign to raise funds for the institution will be held March 23. For some time college, officials and the Chamber of Commerce have been laying down plans to wipe out a deficit which has been hanging over the college.
Lindley to Speak in McPherson
Kirby Page to Speak Here
Kirby Page to Speak Here
Kirby Page will be the speaker at he No. 1anchored event on friday. From here, Mr. Page will go o Emporia for the W.Y.C.A.-Y.M.C.A. conference where he will be the prin-ipal speaker.
Directory Supplement Out Friday The directory supplement for the spring semester will be off the press Thursday, and ready for distribution Friday, it was announced Tuesday.
Michigan State
Maintains Rat Room
for Research
The chemistry department of Michigan State College maintains a rat room, the inhabitants of which are used for extensive surveys. Two projects of special interest are carried on with the rats. The first is the assay required by the health department of all milk distributed in Michigan cities.
These assays are made monthly and in the course of a year have required nearly a thousand rats. Studies in the seasonal variation of the vitamin D content of the milk from the college dairy herd involve several hundred more rats.
The other study, which has been in progress for several years, is the experimental study of finding the bacteria responsible for tooth decay. These and other experiments keep the rat population of between five and six hundred busy day and night.
Interscholastic Debate Finals to Be Held Here
Kansas High Schools Will Finish Tournament March 19-20
The finals of the Kansas High School debating league will be held at the University of Kansas Monday and Tuesday, March 19, and 20. Previously, dates of March 23 and 24 had been announced, but as some of the schools winning in the district tournaments could not come later in the week, the earlier dates were selected.
H. G. Ingham, secretary-treasurer of the debating league, and director of University extension division, is advising the winning schools of the change in dates, and is arranging for the entertainment of the visiting debaters by University organized houses.
All 12 of the districts of the state will be represented in the class A debates, and 10 of the 12 in Class B. Most of the districts held tournaments to determine their representatives, but some used dual debates on an elimination program.
Class A schools in the final are, for the several districts: Topeka, Ottawa, Coffeyville, Osage City, Junction City, Omaha, Boulder, Hutchinson, Colby, and Dodge City.
Class B, with the third and fifth districts not represented, will have the following entries: Valley Falls, DeSoto Reading, Palco, Haviland, Mulvane Canton, Pretty Mulrave, Grinnell, and Speville.
Each school is to be represented by two teams, an affirmative and a negative, and may bring alternates. The debate coach is expected to accompany the team.
On Monday, a round robin schedule will be followed to give each school in each of two groups an opportunity to debate all other schools of its group. The two ranking schools in each group will be matched Tuesday in an elimination tournament, and the winners in the two classes will thus be determined.
The question which has been used throughout the winter debating season, and will be used in the final tournament is "Resolved that the essential features of the British control of broadcasting should be adopted for the United States."
ROSEMARY KETCHAM TALKS
ON CZECHO-SLOVAKIAN ART
Rosemary Ketchan, professor of design, gave an informal talk on Czecho-Slovak peasant art last night in studio 315, in Administration building. The Baločian was used to illustrate her ballet, showing cards on costumes, cottages, and other arts of Prague and the country district of Czecho-Slovakia. It was given especially for the benefit of the city school teachers.
Sixty of the city school children visited the department this morning and were shown the cards on costumes and Easter egg decorations of Czecho-Slovakia. They were pleased with the colorful effect of the designs.
INDUSTRIAL DISCUSSION CLUB
HEARS WAR TALK BY BROWN
The Industrial Discussion group met yesterday at Henley house. Doris Westfall, c'34, was chairman of the meeting The group had for its speaker, J. F Brown, assistant professor of psychology, who spoke on "The Social Phases c War."
This group was organized a short time ago for the purpose of discussing current economic topics. The meeting yesterday was only the third for the group which is being sponsored by Mrs. Charlotte Walker, secretary of the Y-W.C.A.
Friends' President Will Make Address At Honors Session
Dr. W. O. Mendenhall to Be on Annual Scholastic Convocation Program April 5
Selection of the "honor man," is based on character, scholarship, breadth of interests, unselfish service, and leadership.
The eleventh annual "Honors Convocation" of the University of Kansas, at which the "honor man of 1933" will be announced, and credit will be given outstanding students in all departments of the university. April 5. Dr. W. O. Mendenhall, president of Friends University of Wichita, will be the principal speaker.
From the senior class, the deans of the various schools of the University select the 10 per cent ranking highest in scholarship, and from other classes, name outstanding students. About 140 in all are listed.
The honor men of previous years were 1923, Paul Endacott, Lawrence; 1924, Howard Firebaugh, St. Louis; 1925, Wallace James, Prett; 1926, Malcolm Welty, Bartlesville, Okla; 1927, Raymond Nichols, Larned; 1928, Balfour Jeffrey, Topeka; 1929, Charles S. Haines, Sabeth; 1930, Arthur J. Cromble, Ellis; 1931, Marshall Wren Gabel, Larped; and 1932, Clair Wood, Liberal.
Recreation Leaders Sought
Further Work Planned for Junior High
School Project
In a meeting held yesterday afternoon at Henley house by the social service group, plans were made for additional leadership group work with the Junior High recreation project. Ann Kell, c35, is chairman of the social services group, and Marc Maryne assisting in making outline of the plan.
Miss Meriam Murray, graduate student, who has had experience with the Good Will industry camp near Kansas, is planning to assist in the program for outdoor recreation, aiding Beulah Hjelm, Duane Coe, and others. Jessie Peck, fa'33, will assist in the entertainment and handicraft group, which meets on Tuesday evenings. Dorothy Johnston, Alberta Chayne, Mrs. Mildred Lashbrook, Mrs. Margaret Messhimer, Mary Bishop are also working with Miss Pamela Plumley, has charge of the dramatic group, and is assisted by Miss Mary Adalyn Rockwood and Miss Frances Fussman, Mrs. F. Kell and Ann Kell are in charge of the sewing group for girls that have dropped out of school.
The groups vary in membership from 15 to 35.
STUDENTS WILL PARTICIPATE
IN MUSIC RECOMMENDED TOMORROW
Seven students will participate in the regular Thursday afternoon student recital to be given tomorrow at 3:30 in the Administration auditorium. The program is as follows:
Piano: Trosieme Etude (Sternberg)
Dorothy Fry, Voice: "I Heard A Lady
Mouvements Perpetuels", (Poulene),
Fred Parkes, Violin: "Romance", (Wiennsky),
Fred Lindsquist, Linden Lindquist. Piano:
"Pessimises", (Beethoven), William
Gottke.
Voice: "The Russian Nightingale," (Josten), "Dawn Ghosts," (Treman), Coatman, Piano: "Sonata," Op. 31. No. Allegro, (Beethoven), Harald Dolgenow.
COSMOPOLITAN CLUB REVUE
DISCONTINUED THIS SPRING
The East-West Revue, which is sponsored each spring by the Cosmopolitan club with the co-operation of the University of Kansas Enterprise Activities, will not be presented this year because of financial difficulties.
The show, which is specially staged by foreign students attending the University, has become a tradition on the street of Amsterdam to the students' activity program.
Wheeler Talks to Botany Club
Dr. Raymond H. Wheeler, professor of psychology, was the guest speaker at the Botany club meeting last night at the home of Dr. A. J. Mix, 1134 Louisiana street. He spoke on organisational psychology and its relation to botanical science.
Missouri Boxers Defeated
The Missouri University boxing team went down to defeat before the Kirksville Teachers' college glovemen last night at Kirksville by a score of 4 to 1. The only Tiger victory came in the 155-pound class.