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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
The Official Student Paper of the University of Kansas
VOLUME XXXI
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1934
W.S.G.A.Comedy Proves Successful On Opening Night
Hilarities of 1934 Adopts Campus Atmosphere to Entertain Big Audience
By Elliott Penner
Full of old and borrowed wiscreaks, "Hilarities of 1834," prize winning revenue written by James Patterson, c34, and Stanley Horstman and presented by W.S.G.A. in Fraser theater last night, demonstrated the success of the tried and trustworthy in theatrical enterprise.
Not that the show was not original; it adapted University scenes and legends to old patterns. Even the old Pioneer statue came in for its bid for popularity, in the hands of Bill Inge, c'uncl, with a very, very encouraging report of the present era which does credit indeed to the virtuous observations of that gentleman.
Patterson Stars
In all respects, the revive was more professionally staged and was more enthusiastically received than have been any of the annual musical shows of the past several years. It did not have the fault of some of them in which an attempt was made to hold a threadbare plot together with mediocre talent; nor was it helped by the usual skills. It was chiefly made up of specialties by capable performers, held together by a general campus atmosphere well known to the audience.
Two of the best were presented by single individuals. Jimmy Patterson built up a scene by himself in pantomime which rose to a climax of one laughed upon another. And William Bracke, c34, gave six impersonations of movie stars that established him as perceptible to the cleverest condescension of the show.
In refutation of the well-meaning individual who recently said that Bracke could not act, in criticising a complaint that he had been overlooked in a review of a play, it might be well to state that his interpretation is an opinion of this commentator he can act. His impersonations were among the cleverest bits in the show.
Full of Funny People
NUMBER 109
The revue was full of funny people. The scene which came nearest to rolling the audience in the aisles was one in which Bracke and Tom Page, c'34, "took off" a preceding serious act. Page, in "dead panic," convulsed the audience in his haphazard looper after the raucously feminine lopering. And Bill Inge was quite impressed, an inn of flirtation. Kappa house, in which the situation almost carried itself, and which had the clever ending of any in the show.
The chorus was better trained, had a better routine, and (if it is safe to say so) had more pulchritude in the ranks than any of those which appeared in the past several W.S.G.A. musical concerts. And the tap dancing of Betty Shirk Quantius, Ruth Fyle, and Jo Dunkel was more than adequate.
Particular credit for the success of the dancing goes to Ruth Pyle and Virginia Sterling who directed it. Their ideas had originality, and the chorus showed decided marks of intelligent training. The dancers were fairly brilliant red dresses, was an effective and colorful part of the program.
Bryan Furnishes Romance
Bryan Furnishes romance
There was scarcely any concession to sentiment and romance in the performance except in the act of Chrystalbae Bryan, fa 35, and John Lake, Cuncl, whose singing and general demeanor are inviolable. Miss Bryan, by the way, was the mystery fraternity "sweetheart" who attracted campus attention recently from radio station WREN.
The dancing of Elizabeth Cravens, c'37, in which she dispersed herself in various muscular contortions, and Louise Erdman, c'uncl, in which she also disported herself in various muscular contortions, deserves mention in adding to the entertaining qualities of the show.
A scene illustrating fraternity life as Hollywood sees it, and then as it really occurs at the University was all too true from the local standpoint, in the opinion of a nearby member of the audience. But the history class scene had innovations which might well serve to increase the attractiveness of school life. Administration, take notice. And the editor of the Jayhawker office had better put a new lock on the door to keep out hordes of faculty members after what was exposed of conditions there.
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Theta's Again Entertain 'The Count' Who Now Plans Stage Appearance
"A very smooth-looking and likeable chap" was the comment of Young Bill White of Emporia following his conversation with Count von Leibenitz, alis Henry George Leiby, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, at the Theta house last night, where the Count was a dinner guest.
Mr. Leiby gave the citizens of Lawrence and the students at the University of Kansas a wild story of how his parents were killed by the Hilerites in December, 1931, because they were Jews and refused to sign their money over to the German government, and that he fled from there to Holland and later to the United States, finally arriving in Lawrence.
After his disappearance from the Medical Arts building in Kansas City, Saturday, Mr. Leiby, because of his supposed wager with a friend in Kansas City that he could be the talk of Lawrence for a week, returned to Lawrence where Sunday morning he told his story and established his identity.
Realize Discrepencies
Mr. Leibly, in relating to the course of events that took place during his escapade, told of his mistakes. He knew he could not speak German, but that he had been very obvious and emphatic when confronted by someone who knew the German language, saying, "I do not want to speak the Ger-
Field to Be Kansas Orator
University Will Also Be Represented by Debate Team
Lyman Field, c36, winner of first honors in the honor-sophomore oratorical contest held here last week has been chosen by E. C. Buehler, associate professor of speech and dramatic art, to represent the University of Kansas in the annual Missouri Valley oratorical contest and debating tournament to be held at Austin, Texas March 22, and 23, and Field will compete in oratory and extemporaneous speaking.
The debate team which will represent the university in the same contest will be composed of Charles Hackerl, I37, and Samuel James Molby, c¶ 36. Other debate teams announced by Prof. E. C. Buehler include Kenneth Born, c¶ 35, and Gunner Mykland, c¶ 35, to represent Kansas in the triangular debate with Missouri and Kansas State College at Columbia, tonight; John Hackerl, I37, and Kenneth Slocum, I37, to meet the University of Southern California in a debate at St Mary's College驶于 Lennoxworth beach March 18, and Hugh Randall, c¶ 35, and Morris Hildreth, c¶ 34, to debate the Southern California team in Kansas City, Mo., on the same question, March 19
schools belonging to the Missouri Valley include: University of Kansas, University of Texas, Washington University, Kansas State College, University of Oklahoma, University of Missouri, Arkansas University, University of Nebraska, Colorado University, Iowa State College, and Drake University.
UNIVERSITY TEAM TO DEBATE
AGAINST MOSURI TONIGHT
The debate team, composed of Gunnar Mykland, c25, and Kenneth Born c35, will represent the University in Iowa. The University of Missouri at Columbia this evening.
The question for debate is Resolved:
"That the commodity dollar is more desirable than the dollar." The Kansas team will take the affirmative side. The team, which left early this morning, is under the direction of E. C. Buehler, associate professor of speech and dramatic art.
Wheeler Speaks at Colloquium Raymond H. Wheeler, professor of psychology, held a round-table discussion at the regular meeting of Colloquium last night. New members will be elected to Psi Chi, honorary psychology fraternity, at its regular meeting next Monday.
A meeting of the Mathematics club was held yesterday afternoon. Miss Winna Venard, who is in charge of the practice teaching at Oread Training School, spoke on "Conformal Representation."
Mathematics Club Meets
Margaret Lvnn Returns
Margaret Lynn Returns
Miss Margaret Lynn, professor of English, who has been unable to meet classes for four weeks because of illness, returned to school and met one class today.
Group Hears Professor Brown
The industrial discussion group will with
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house. The Brown of the psych-
iology department will speak.
man language, I want to learn the vases and customs of the American people." This immediately aroused suspicion, he said.
Then, while talking to Heinz Puell, the German exchange student here, he insisted that traffic in Germany was the opposite of that in America. Of course Mr. Puell was terribly disturbed and a heated argument took place, because traffic in Germany is the same as that in America.
Mr. Leiby's story of the disappearance of his identification papers in Topeka and of the time at which his parents were supposed to have been killed, soon overthrow the mystic air of a
New Extension Course To Study Natural Gas
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C. M. Young to Publish Text for Correspondence Class Work
The University has installed a new correspondence course in the study of natural gas, according to C. M. Young, professor of mining engineering. Prof. Young will have charge of the course, which will be offered through the extension department of the University.
The American Gas association is considered the most powerful organization of its kind in America, all of the country's leading gas companies being members of the association. The organization has chosen the University for the only course in natural gas that it apportions to a university in manufactured gas at Columbia University in New York City, and this course has proven very popular.
The American Gas association started an investigation about three years ago to see whether the University could give such a course. The final plans were drawn up about a week ago, when K. R. Boyes, secretary of the gas association, visited Lawrence and held a conference with Prof. Young. It was decided that enrollment for the course should begin about Aug. 1.
Professor Young has written the textbook of between 1500 and 1800 pages for the course and part of it has been sent to the publishers. He has obtained help in preparing his manuscript from several of the leading figures in the gas industry today.
The course has been planned especially for those students who desire to enter the gas industry, according to the program, which will be offered to anyone who desires it.
Professor Young was assisted by Prof. R.S.Tait of the mechanical engineering department, and by Prof.H.C.Allen of the chemistry department in the preparation of the course.
Burdick Speaks on Russia
Soviet Is "A Country Without God." He
Tolls Rotary Club
Dr. William L. Burdick, vice president of the University and professor of law, spoke before the Lawrence Rotary club yesterday noon on "A Country Without God." In his talk, Dr. Burdick pointed out that Russia stood alone as a country without a holy day, prayer, or sacred hymns. The Russians are taught to believe that Russia is the supreme power, unequaled in heaven and on earth.
In speaking of Russia's future, Dr. Burdick said that he believed that there were still men and women of intelligence in Russia, despite conflicting ideas, and that some day the fanaticism, cruelty, and madness of the present order would pass and be supplanted by an entirely different organization. "Then Russia will become a nation worthy of the respect and confidence of the world, and its 160 million inhabitants, enlightened by spiritual comfort, will enjoy a type of freedom unknown in the Russia of today," he said.
French Club Meeting Tomorrow
Le Cercle Francais will meet tomorrow at 4:30. A review of the French play, "Les Pattes de Mouche," which is to be presented by students in the department of romance languages, March 17, will be given. Sally Salalathiel, gr. has been elected treasurer because the previously elected treasurer was not able to attend school this semester.
California Team to Debate Here
An inter-collegiate debate between the University of California and the University of Kansas will be held in Fraser theater Monday night, March 19. The question for debate will be Resolved: "That—the Power of the President Should Be Substantially Increased as a Permanent Policy."
W.S.G.A. Selects Council Nominees At Mass Meeting
Women Will Introduce New Candidates at Teas; Plan Election for Thursday
Fifty-three women were nominated for office of W.S.G.A. council yesterday at the mass meeting held in the University Auditorium. Tees will be given Tuesday and Wednesday in Myers hall at 3 p.m. to introduce the candidates. Election of officers will be held Thursday, March 15, in the Administration building. Virginia Rufi, treasurer of the executive council, gave a financial report at the meeting showing an approximate budget of $348.05.
Those nominated for the offices were as follows: president, Margaret Sherwood, Josephine Marshall, Maria Wachter; vice-president, Iris Olson, Marjorie Hudson; secretary, Annie Green, Virginia Post, Ruth Pyle; treasurer, Dorothy Dertelf, Margaret McNew, Letha Lemon; point system manager, Patricia O'Donnell, Betty Cox, Flavia Hay, Marie Glimore; college representative, Kathryn Williams; legal representative, Williamson, Mary Frances Kavaughan; fine arts代表, Imogene Gaute, Maurine Jessee, Henrietta Bates, Ruth Beary, Clarice Sloan.
Vice-president of senior class, Loreen Miller, Billie Timald, Veina Mae McCoy, June McGinness; secretary, Mary Lou Becker, Cecilia Mitchell, Laura Jane Latner.
Vice-president of junior class, Winifred Koenig, Dorothy Scott, Beulah Stanton, Katherine Hartley, Bernadine Berkley, Julia Jenks; secretary, Betty Ann Staaffer, Kateleen Teagarden, Harriet Sheldon, Bonnie Jean Daniels, Betty Brown.
Vice-president of sophomore class, Mary Wilson, Barbara Goll, Nancy Newlin, Helen Krug; secretary, Annette Lawrence, Martin, Caroline Bliss, Billowen Macoubrie, Ruth Learned, Marie Stevens, Mary Katherine Perman, Betty Tholen.
Gerren Presents Recital
Violinist Presents Varied Numbers From Seven Famous Compositions
A large audience was present to hear the violin recital of Nicholas L'Ouverture Geren, fa24, in the University audition last night.
The program began with the "Sonata in E Major," by Lazzari, and the "Concerto in G Minor," by Coloridge-Taylor. A group of lighter numbers made up the concluding selections: "Nobody Knows De Trouble I've Seen" by Chrence Cameron White, "Andante from Cadenza to Finale," by Beethoven-Kreisler, "Nocturne" by Boulanger, and the "Spanish Dance" by Granados-Kreisler.
The next recital in the fine arts series occurs tomorrow evening, when Everett Fetter, head of the violin department at Ottawa University and a pupil of Waldemar Gelch, professor of violin, will play a program in the Central Administration auditorium. Mr. Fetter is a candidate in June for the Master of Music degree, and has done previous study with Mr. Bunson of Kansas City. He has his bachelor of music degree from Ottawa University.
Four new pledges will be initiated at the Phil Delta Kappa, men's educational fraternity, dinner and meeting at the Memorial Union cafeteria at 6 o'clock tonight. Those that will be initiated are: Milo Clawson, c35; Ralph Lud-塞利, c35; Harold Peters, g and Robert Keith, e36. E. A. Collins of Warrenburg Teachers College, national historian of the Phil Delta Kappa, will be the guest speaker.
Phi Delta Kappa to Initiate
Stone Case Continued
The case against John Stone who was charged with passing a bad check at Brick's Saturday, was continued this afternoon until tomorrow morning in the court of Justice of the Peace Charles A. Springer. The reason given for the continuation was that Stone's lawyer was out of town.
Freshman Commission Entertained Freshman Commission meeting was held yesterday afternoon at 4:30 in the Spooner-Thayer Art Museum. Miss Spooner skipped up through the museum, and afterwards served them to punch and wafers.
Summer Session Catalog Ready
Summer Session Catalog ready.
The regular summer session catalog is not available and may be ready for distribution by the end of this week or the early part of next week.
Five-Layer Cake Is Birthday Present of Aged Worker
Monday being the eighteenth birthday of John Angley employee of the building and grounds department, his fellow co-worker together and gave him some presents.
At noon the workers got together and presented him with a five layer cake, a big bag of salted peanuts and a wailer to pick up papers around the campus.
Mr. Angney has been working for the University for more than 20 years and despite his age is still one of the most active workers on the campus.
Today Mr. Angney brought his cake back to work with him and ordered his co-workers to gather at noon and help him eat it.
New Chandeliers Arrive For University Ballroom
The chandeliers for the Memorial Union ballroom arrived yesterday and work was begun to install them this morning. They are expected to be ready for use by tomorrow night for the midweek varsity.
Rutledge Expects to Use Lights at Next Mid-Week Varsity
There are two large chandeliers that are to hang from the high ceiling in the main part of the room. Then there are 22 small ones that will be placed in the wings of the room on the north,east, and west sides.
The chandeliers are made of polished aluminum and bronze. They have small glass rods on them that have a peculiar property that reflects the colors of the dancers' costumes as they pass under them.
The two large lights have plates of apestry engraved glass around them. They hang about 15 feet from theloor in front of the orchestra platformn the main part of the ballroom.
The chandeliers will be filled with red, yellow, and blue bulbs. The two large ones contains 57 bulbs each; while the small ones will have nine each.
Any color effect may be obtained from these three primary colors by the use of fadeout and dimmer controls.
"The lights will all be installed by Wednesday night, but unless the bulbs arrive today or tomorrow they can not be used for the mid-week vartery toorrow night," said C. Ozwin Rutledge, manager of the building, today.
Fraternity Gives Concert
Annual Program of Music by American Composers Presented Sunday
The annual program of composition by American composers given Sunday afternoon by the members of Phi Mu. The concert was attended by a fair-sized audience.
Those present were offered a program of merit, including numbers for organ, voice, piano, two pianos, and a male chorus.
Ray Lawrenson, president of the chapter, was in charge of the program arrangements. Members from the School of Fine Arts faculty who assisted on the program were Laurel Everette Anderson, associate professor of organ; Karl Kuersteiner, professor of viol; and Roy Underwood, associate professor of piano. Members of the fraternity taking part in the performance were William Beck, *f*35; Milton Webster, *b'unel*; William Gray, Russell Worman, *f'aunel*; Lyle Bailey, *f*34; Cloyd Vermilion, *f'aumel*; Rex Shaver, *f*35; Frank Gray, *T35*; Dale Vilet, *c*35; Harold Simmert, *e*37; Sterling Porter, *c*37; Joe Buehler, *f*34; Maurice Cater, *f'umel*; and Ray Lawrenson, *f*34.
The American composers whose works were used were Charles Sanford Skilton, professor of organ; Howard Hanso; H. A. Matthews; Charles Griffe; Blair Fairchild; Cecil Burleigh; Francis Hopkinson; Geoffrey O'Hara; Percy Grainger; Charles Reper; and Deems Taylor.
Former Student Is Visitor
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Rutledge, of Topekn, visited over the weekend at the home of Prof. G. M. Beal. Mr. Rutledge was graduated from the School of Engineering in '91, and was formerly president of the Alumni Association. He is now employed as an engineer in Towkea.
Y.M.C.A. Will Elect Officers
Y.M.C.A. Will Elected Officers
The advisory board of Y.W.C.A. met last month and members be present. The new officers will be elected at the next meeting.
Logan Lane to Leave Hospital
Logan Lane, 137, who has been confined to the hospital for several days will be released tomorrow.
European Turmoil May Bring Decline In Our Civilization
Ise Says Present Barbarous Trends on Continent May Become World-Wide
Professor John Ise in answer to questions concerning his Kansan editorial, "The Coming Dark Ages," recently replied that he did not necessarily predict the decay of our present civilization, but that he did point out the atrocious barbarisms now being enacted in Eastern Europe. They are, he said, an indication of what quite possibly may become prevalent throughout the world if conditions do not divert from their present trend.
He asserted that one has to go back at least 100 years in history to find duplicates of the brutalities which are being committed in Hungary and Austria, against the Jews in Germany, and those reported of the Polish in Ukraine. Mussolini and Hitler, he said, are behind the Austrian upheavals, each backing a different party and each desiring the spoils of the country after it has been smashed by internal revolution. A great deal of Eastern Europe, according to Mr. Ise, is actually moving backward toward barbarism.
Dictators Called Madmen
"Fascism," Ise declared, "is not a healthy form of government; it is primitive, barbarous, silly, and inevitably crumble. Yet there are strong Fascist movements in practically every European country. There is no such thing as a benevolent court and courtwork, working for personal and national aggrandizement, will surely head their countries into war."
That, if Europe becomes involved in another war, European civilization will certainly disappear. Mr. Ise is positive. According to him, their only hope is to prevent a nuclear war. "Mennon" dictators may yet get some sense and steer them clear of catastrophe.
"Whether it be war or the spread of Fascism," said Prof. Ise, "the United States will inevitably be affected by the decline of European civilization. In fact, already we are building a navy which is good for only one war—lain. And it is a good guess that our navy officials think that this expansion is looking toward a clash with Japan. The stand of our country against these forces," he continued, "depends largely upon our internal stability."
Concerning these conditions, Mr. Ise stated that the American farmer, particularly the southern cotton grower, is at present headed toward a peasantry even worse than that of the oneule peasant of southern Bavaria.
AAA Plan a Small Help
Our high tariff walls, according to Ise, have practically destroyed our foreign markets and the plan for regulating planting will either cut the farmers' incomes to about half or will throw two million or more men out of work. At the same time, he believed the AAA plan for buying up marginal lands relieves this condition very little, for the money goes to the landowner and not to the small tenant farmer who is thus left in the position of a farmer. He then worked on practically all of the proceeds from his reduced acreage in rent and receives no government compensation. Yet Ise said, that without this government regulation of crops, the farmer would live still more miserably, looking forward indefinitely to selling his crops for nothing.
"Capitation is *Climbing*
"The only remedy," Dr. Ise asserted, "is a lowered tariff which will regain for us our foreign markets. Secretary of Agriculture Wallace is trying hard to get the farmers to see that the high tariff has caused tremendous injury to them, and that unless it is lowered they must be subject to even further government regulation."
"Canitalism Is Crumbling"
He explained that President Roosevelt has already asked for a 50 per cent tariff cut but that financial interests which hide their protected industries behind tariff walls have opposed tariff cuts so that without the aid of far-sighted farmers, our leaders are helpless to relieve the agricultural situation. He asserted that until better measures are adopted that the government will spend more on agricultural plans are essential. Should we abandon them, we would return to the situation of a year ago with people hungry and jobless, he said, and panic and rebellion would probably arise to produce almost any sort of disastrous results.
"Our system of competitive capitalism is crumbling." Prof. Ise declared
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