UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN The Official Student Paper of the University of Kansas VOLUME XXXI Close Game Gives Kansans Tighter Grip on Top Place Jayhawkers Defeat Iowa State 26 to 21; Game With Nebraska Tomorrow Non--Conference Standing | W | L | O | Pct. | Pts. | Opp. | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Kansas ... | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 192 | 118 | | Ia. State ... | 4 | 2 | .667 | 150 | 150 | | Oklahoma ... | 4 | 2 | .667 | 299 | 661 | | Louisiana ... | 1 | 3 | .573 | 188 | 141 | | Minnesota ... | 1 | 6 | .125 | 140 | 244 | | Ks. State ... | 1 | 7 | .125 | 174 | 265 | Big Six Leaders Gns. Gl, Gs. FT Pt PF Tp Bross, Okla. 7 32 13 10 77 Wegnet, Ia. S. 7 32 15 10 77 Wegnet, Okla. 7 26 15 16 67 Lunney, Mo. 7 8 26 16 67 Ebling, Kan. 6 20 22 3 62 Jorgenson, Mo. 7 20 22 3 62 Next Weeks Games Feb. 23—Missouri vs. Oklahoma a Columbia. Feb. 19—Iowa State vs. Missouri at Columbia. Kansas vs. Nebraska at Lawrence. Kansas State vs. Oklahoma at Norman. Feb. 24—Iowa State vs. Nebraska at Lincoln Kansas vs. Kansas State at Manhattan. *Missouri vs. Oklahoma at Columbia. The University of Kansas basketball team increased its margin of leadership in the Big Six Friday by defeating Iowa State 26 to 23 in a game that was not definitely decided until the last few minutes of play. The score was tied at 13 all at the half, but Kansas pulled away to a two point lead soon after the second period began. The Cyclones stubbornly held on and kept the Jayhawkers to that small lead until 15 minutes of the period had elapsed. Cyclones Score in Last Minute Then Harrington scored four points, Ebling added two more and Wells finished the scoring for Kansas when about two minutes remained. Oklahoma State in the middle Iowa State made four points within the last minute of play on free throws by Holmes and Cowan. Ebling scored nine points for high scoring honors, while Harrington and Wegner were tied for second with eight points each. The one-point margin over Wegner in this game increased Ebling's lead in the individual scoring averages of the Big Six. In six games Ebling has made 62 points with an average of 10.3, while Wegner has totaled 71 points in 7 games for an average of 10.1. The Jayhawkers were not in form against Iowa State. Starting slowly, they were tied at the half by the cellar team of the conference. If the Cyclones had made good all their free throws they might have won the game. They missed seven charity tosses to three misses by Kansas. Holmes missed four out of six attempts for the visiting team. Cornbuskers Here Tomorrow The Jayhawkers' victory placed them very definitely in the lead for the Big Six championship. With four games remaining they can still afford to lose one or two and still gain a tie. Iowa State's defense was weakened considerably when Hood, guard, was removed in the last three minutes of play on personal fouls. Tomorrow night's game with the Nebraska Cornhuskers will furnish the Kansans an opportunity for revenge on the only team that has beaten them this year. Nebraska's road trip will have an important bearing on the Jayhawk's championship possibilities because the invaders meet the two leading teams in Oklahoma and Kansas. The box score: G GFT F F Ebling, f 3 3 F 1 Shaffer, f 0 1 2 Allen, f 0 1 2 Vanek, f 0 1 2 Harton, g 3 2 2 Kappel'n g 2 0 2 Harris, g 2 0 2 G FT F Anders, n f 0 0 Cowen, f 0 0 Cowen, f 0 0 Wegner, c 3 2 Cowen, g 2 0 Holmer, g 2 0 Holmer, g 1 0 1 0 0 10 6 11 8 7 7 Missed free throws: Kansas, Ebling, 2:34, Alabama State, Wagner, 2; Hollins 4, Gowen, 2; Score by halves - K.U. 13 13-26 I.S. 13 13-28 Referee: E.C. Quigley, St. Marys. SOONERS SWAMP NEBRASKA Bross Sets New Individual Scoring Record for Season Norman, Feb. 17—(UP) Oklahoma University stayed in the Big Six basketball race tonight by defending Nebraska University S3 to 23 here tonight. The defeat forced Nebraska into fourth place just below Missouri. Ervyl Bross, Sooner forward, set a new individual scoring record by running up 19 points, and led his team in making a new Big Six mark for points seceded in a single game this year, Browning. Sooner guard, counted 17 points to rim Ross a close second. Both were aided by clever passing from Percy Main. A total of 26 fouls were called in the game which was one of the roughest of the 1934 season. Two Oklahoma players, Munson and Hays were forced from the game after committing four personal fouls. Oklahoma fouled 14 times and Nebraska 12. G FFT G B T Dresz, f 8 3 1 Minf, h 5 1 0 Cobh, f 2 1 0 Warron, f 2 0 0 Munson, c 1 4 0 Munson, c 1 4 0 Browng, b 1 4 0 LeCrane, f 0 0 2 Tylger, f 0 0 1 NUMBER 93 Nearshore Lunney, f 0 GFT Whitaker, f 2 1 Loder, f 1 0 Dursey, f 0 0 Sideline, f 0 0 Sodine, n 1 4 Parsong, n 1 0 Nathan, n 1 0 23 7 14 7 12 Referee—John C. Olds, Kansas. Iowa State Loses Game Kansas City, Feb. 17—Rockhurst College defeated Iowa State in a non-conference game here tonight 35 to 26. This was the second lost for the Cyclones on this trip, they having lost to Kansas at Lawrence last night 32 to 26 Co-Operative Meal Plan Will Start Tomorrow Twenty-six Students Have Definitely Signed; Fifty Are Expected The CSEP co-operative meal plan, which it was feared would not materialize because of lack of interest, will go into operation tomorrow morning at 7:45 in the cafeteria, Henry Werner, men's student advicer, announced yesterday. Twenty-six students have alarmani-suity meals, and there will be a total of fifty who will eventually qualify under the plan. the meals are not limited to CSEF jobholders, but will be served only to those who are unable under the press or otherwise themselves of regular eating facilities. The cost to the student for 17 meals a week under the plan has been set at $238, an average cost per meal of approximately $14.00 served on Saturday night or on Sunday. The students will eat in the cafeteria proper, and will be served from a special service table. Anyone enrolling in the plan must contract for three meals under the student supervision of Mrs. E, M. Evans, director of the cafeteria. Application blanks for the meal plan are still available at Mr. Werner's office, the alumni office, and at the office of the president, the assistant to the dean of women. Men's Rifle Team Selected Eighteen Given Positions on Sqund by Sergent C. E. Engle Members of the men's rifle team have been announced by Sergeant C. E. Engle of the department of military science. According to Sergeant Engle this team will compete in telegraphic mkets, tactical warfare and combat States. A match is also scheduled with the University of Hawaii. The members of the team are as follows: Robert Neale, 'c5; Jay Wanaker, 'c3; Edgar Leigh, 'c8; Stanley Marietta, 'c7; Chevy Shaw, 'e5; Richard Cook, 'c7; James Mandigo, 'c4; Loren Muench, 'c7; James Looney, 'c8; Donald Smith, 'c8; R. H. Graves, 'cunc; Donald Alvord, m'3; Herman Williams, 'cunc; Walter Klinskick, 'cunc; George Dilow, 'c5; Frank Holtzapple, 'c4; E. Barker, 'c3; Murrel Finton, 'c7. Sergent Engle asks that all members of the team report for practice this week LAWRENCE, KANSAS, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1934 HOW THEY SCORED Kansas Harrington—1 1—Doty 2—Holmes Shaffer—2 4—Cowen 6—Wegner Kappelman—4 Kappelman—5 Wells—8 8—Holms 10—Wegner 11—Wegner Ebling—9 Ebling—11 Harrington—13 13—Hood Half 15—Wegner Ebling—15 Ebling—17 17—Cowen Harrington—19 17—Cowen Harrington—20 18—Wegner Harrington—22 Ebling—23 Ebling—24 19—Holms Wells—26 21—Holmes 22—Cowen 23—Cowen New Officers Announced Ten Students Given Promotions by Major W. C. Keenig Major W. C. Koenig, head of the department of military science and tactics, recently announced the appointment of 10 students for cadet noncommissioned officers and cadet first class privates in the coast artillery battalion of the R.O.T.C. here. The appointments were as follows: Cadet sergent, George C. Lemon c'37; James B. Edson, c'36; Thompson C. Lawrence, c'uncl; and Charles Sternberg, c'35. Cadet platoon sergeant, Edward O. Willeford, e'35, Nathan C. Cooksey, luncel. Cadet first sergeant, Robert G. Bruden, c.35. First class cadet privates, Ross M Robertson, c'37; Earl H. Dearborn, c'37 and Eugene C. Schwarz, c'37. Four Police Suspended Through Mayor's Action Mayor W. E. Spalding yesterday morning ordered the suspension of four patrolmen pending investigation in connection with the theft of $3,000 worth of merchandise from Rowlands college book store late Thursday night. City Commissioners to Hole Inquiry Into Rowlands Theft James Messer, Henry Smith, Oscar Peterson, and Howard Moore were the officers who were temporarily suspended. They will appear before the city commissioners tomorrow for a hearing. Shortly after Prof. R. L. Grider, who lives just west of Rowlands, had called the police Thursday night, four officers arrived and surrounded the book store. They questioned a man whom they found inside the store and were told that he was a guard hired to watch the building at night. When they asked to be admitted he told them that he slept there every night but that the building was always locked and that he could not open the doors. The officers, when questioned after the robbery had been discovered the next morning, admitted that they had conversed with a man inside the building, but said they saw no reason to doubt his story. When questioned yesterday police said that they had no definite clues which would lead to the apprehension of the bandits. After further questioning, the officers left but failed to call C. W. Nuffer, manager of the store, to verify the man's story. ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY BOOKS PUBLISHED BY UNIVERSITY Two hundred extra activity books are being printed to accommodate students for the second semester. There are two reasons for this additional number: first, the increased enrollment caused by the CSEP workers and the new students and second, the requirement that all students buy books when paying their fees. Applications for exemption may be made before. Students to Attend Conference Those who will attend the T. Z. Koo conference which is to be held at Park College Sunday are as follows: Frances Ballard, c'34; Wanda Edmunds, fn'34; Josephine Lee, c'35; Edna Turrell, c'35; Eleanor Frowey, c'35; Margaret Mayet, c'44; Miss Helen Titsworth, Mrs. Charlotte Walker, secretary of Y.W.C.A.M. Miss Ehel Hornbuckle, 32, will join the group at the conference. Meeting to Solve Kappa Sig Housing To Be Held Today Members Will Convene at 10:30; Meanwhile Other Fraternities Offer Hospitality No definite plans for the rebuilding or remodeling of the Kappa Sigma house, 1537 Tennessee, which was destroyed Friday afternoon by a fire had been made early today. Later estimates placed the loss near $50,000. Several meetings held by members of the destroyed fraternity house yesterday failed to make any headway, and a meeting of all members has been called for 10:30 this morning at the home of James Asher, b35, 1601 Kentucky street. Plans for housing of the 29 members who were left homeless by the fire will be made at that time, The Valentine varsity at the Memorial Union Friday night was almost completely disrupted about 9:30 when copies of the University Daily Kansan fire extra were distributed there. Long lines formed to receive copies of the paper which was the first to carry stories of the $5,000 configuration which completely destroyed the Kappa Sigma house Friday afternoon. KANSAN EXTRA PROVES POPULAR ON MT. OREAD Several hundred copies of the extra edition were distributed at Hill student centers and without the baser parts of town. it was learned. Members were cared for at the Sigma Chi, Phi Beta Pi, Kappa Eta Kappa, and Beta Theta Pi houses last night. Pledges and members worked all day yesterday, carrying out any belongings which had not been completely destroyed by the flames. A few books and a little clothing, sheltered by heavy timbers which fell upon them or hidden away in corners which were not completely destroyed by the blaze, were salvaged, but for the most part they were in ruins. Spectators were not permitted to enter the house, because there was still some danger from falling plaster and heavy wood on the upper floors. Members of the fraternity who were not in town at the time of the fire returned yesterday to find their lodgings had been destroyed. Several pledges had moved into the house only a day or two before. Following is a list of members who will have to be cared for in temporary quarters until definite plans for future housing are made: Kenneth Rankin, Wellington; James Hitt, White Cloud; John Redmond and Sam Redmond, Salina; Kenneth Slovak, Martin Grolan; Kenneth worth; Martin Groot, Ian; John Clay Kansas City, Mo.; Robert Lindley, Sainz, Tex; Ralph Brewster, Atchison; Robert Brewster, City, Mo.; Irmah Inman, Joplin Moe, Bertrand and Atchison; Richard Sleeper, McLouth. CHARRED AND FALLEN DEBRIS MARKS SITE OF FIRE DISASTER Gilbert Campbell, McCraeKen; Virgil Parker, Robinson; Earl Sturgeon; Lyons; Richard Lyon, Coldwater; Gene Schutz, Kansas City; Mary Monkwardt, Kansas City; Charles Locka-Netawas, Paul Rogers, Arkansas City; Donald Fulmer, Elkhart; Fred Kunka City, Mo; Merwin Rector, Scott Perry; David Mundson, Kansas City; Albert Speath, Kansas City, Mo.; and Wilmut Smiley, Norton. Only Framework of Former Kappa Sigma House Remains Few Personal Belongings Are Saved Only a shell remains today of what two days ago was the Kappa Sigma house in which 29 members and pledges were housed. Mud and water, charred wood, fallen debris is all about. Students' clothing and other personal belongings, what remained of them, have been carried out, practically useless, and not being kept in their hands temporarily being utilized as housing quarters for the unfortunate men. Charred and discolored by the terrific blaze which reduced them almost to ashes books, desk lamps, small articles of all sorts, are lying about, some twisted and bent, others littered by the debris and heavy composition roofing. The entire upper story of the structure presents a picture of desolation. Furniture and beds have been reduced to more masses of stiffened and water-scoused ashes. Remains of beams and roofing lie all about, half burying the contents of the rooms. The dorsitory for the most part is a scene of total wreckage, particularly on the southwest end which was the first to succumb entirely to the ravaging flames. A few beds in the north end, which were protected from flame by the roofing that did not fall, are water soaked but may be salvaged from the wreckage. Bedding has either been entirely consumed by the fire or has been drenched by the heavy streams of water which poured upon it from the hose. The large sky-light which hung in the center of the upper story has fallen partly from its position and threatens to drop completely if aggravated by pressure exerted to any considerable degree on the supporting walls. The second story, one of the last to break into actual flames, tells too well (Continued on Page Four) Bayles Hires 100 Students CSEP Workers Will Assist in Departmental Work The auditing and grounds department of the University has been assigned 100 CSEP workers to assist in departmental work there, C. G. Bayles, superintendent, said yesterday. Of this number 88 are men and 12 are women. The women will work in the offices and in the telephone exchange. In order to provide work for the men, Mr Bayles has selected ten of his men to act as foremen in charge of workmen to be assigned to different projects. Raymond Nichols, secretary to the Chancellor, said that the projects had been arranged so that the students could work on one or another of them without interruption from the weather. One crew of men is working on the road southeast of the power plant Another is continuing the work in front of Watson library. Yesterday this gang trimmed the bushes north of the Journalism building and laid a new sidewalk in front of it. A partial list of the projects to be completed by the student workers this semester includes: Filling in and land-scaping of ground in front of the library, digging out a heat tunnel near the base of the power plant, crushing rock, and building four new tennis courts across the road from the intramural field. Successful Applicants Assigned to CSEP Jobs A bulletin listing the names of successful applicants for CSEP employment and the type of work which they will assume was posted in Central Administration early yesterday morning The quota provided under the CWA administration has been filled. Workers Are Notified b List in Administration Building A mern's waiting list of 119 has already been reached with new applications still coming in. Only 22 denials have been made so far. Denial or acceptance of a student's case is based primarily on two requirements: the student must establish the fact that attendance in school is impossible without CSEP employment, and he must show a record of good scholarship. The building and grounds division of the project, which is the largest, will have 100 workers. Some of the approximate members in other departments are library 13, entomology 10, geology 8, cafeteria 7, journalism and education 6, and Fine Arts 4. All Kithos of Work Assigned Successful applicants are assigned to all types of work over the campus. The University is not allowed to replace its own employees by CSEP workers, but it may use them to supplement University workers. Jobs assigned include secretarial work, book binding and repairing, printers, research assistants, dishwashers, waiters, draftsmen, catalogers, filing clerks, and insect mounters. A committee headed by Dean E. B. Stouffer and Dean George C. Shaad reviews the special qualifications of the applicants and assigns them to work in departments for which they are particularly fitted. Chancellor E. H. Lindley in his letter to heads of departments called special attention to the importance of providing an increased number of hours over the regular schedule for the remainder of the month. The earnings of the students in question shall approximate their monthly allotment. May Fill This Month's Quota That is, since the month is now more than halfway to summer, you are permitted to fill their monthly quota if they have the time to work. Students failing to earn the quota one month cannot be compensated in the succeeding months. The regulations specify that no CSEP student may work more than eight hours in any week or more than 30 hours in any one week. Reports are made either monthly or bi-monthly to the federal government at Washington. These reports tell of the number of students employed, the type of work done, and the amount of money paid. SECOND NUMBER OF GALE FEATURES STORY CONTEST Some of the contributors for this issue are Dr. E, H. Taylor, associate professor of Zoology; Maurie Rice, c'34; Harriet Sherwood, c'34; Margaret Lawson, gr; and Norman Jacobshagen, c'35. The second issue of The Gale will appear on the campus tomorrow morning. It will contain announcement concerning a short story contest, in addition to the usual short stories, short-short stories, and poetry. KANSAS RUNNER BEAT BY INCHES IN BAXTER MILE Bonthron Takes Classic of New York A. C. Meet in Slow Time of 4:14; Venzke Places Third WINS IN LATE SPRINT Jayhawker Leads 25 Yards From Finish But Is Defeated at Tape The winner's time of 4:14 was four seconds short of the world's mark established in these same games two years ago by Gene Venzke who tonight took third place. New York, Feb. 17.—(UP)—Bill Borthron, Princeton's barrel-chested distance runner, tonight established himself as America's premier miler, both indoors and out when he defeated the supposedly invincible Glenn Cunningham of Kansas in the classic Baxter mile of the New York Athletic club games at Madison Square Garden. Twenty-five yards from the finish line Bonthorn was two yards behind, apparently doomed for second place. He had rated himself perfectly, how-well he did. The jump was a pound of strength which sent him flying past the judges into first place. A rousing cruise of 17,000 saw Bon- thron turn loose a burst of speed 25 yards from home when enabled him to reach the finish of a second in front of Cunningham. Cunningham came east two weeks ago for his first appearance of the winter season, and handily the Wannamaker mile in the Milrose in 4:18.8. A week later, at the Boston A. C. games, where he was entered in the Hunter milte, because it had been expected that Bill Bonton would also appear, he ran away from the field and met the comparatively slow time of 4184. Cunningham ran no less than five races in New York last year. He won the Wammaker mile last year in 4:33, with Venzke second and Eric Ny third. He won the Baxter mile and also the Columbian mile, with Glenn Dawson of Tulsa first. The time in the Baxter mile, which Cunningham lost to Bonthron by inches, was somewhat slower than other races Cunningham has won this year and last, in New York. Two weeks ago he did the Wanamaker mile in 4:11.2. He won the Baxter mile last year in 4:14.3. Cunningham is scheduled to race twice more this year in New York, once in the American championships on March 17, and in the Knights of Columbus meet. Whether Bontronh and Venzike are to be entered in these races is not known at this time. Bonton was originally scheduled to meet Cunningham in the Boston A. C. meet, but was later transferred to the 1000-yard race. New York papers declared Bonton's trainers were "scouting" Cunningham. DRAMATIC CLUB WILL HOLD SECOND SEEMED TRYOUTS Second semester try-outs for the dramatic club will be given tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. in Fraser theater. As this is the only try-on to be given this semester it is important that all of those interested attend. Foundation to Emphasize Lent Foundation in Emphasis Left The season of Lent is going to be set aside by the Westminster student foundation as a period for emphasizing personal religion. A study group to consider problems of personal religion will be held every Tuesday afternoon from 4:30 to 5:30, beginning Feb. 20 and extending to Easter at Westminster hall. This group will be led by the Rev. T. H. Azzman, minister to the First Presbyterian church. Platt to Speak at Service The Rev. Ferry Platt of the Congregational church, Manhattan, will speak at the morning service of the Plymouth Congregational church. Reverend Platt was a member of the class of '29 in the Chicago Theological Seminary, and he studied in Germany for two years. He is a student and speaker of unusual ability. Reverend Platt also speaks at the meeting of the Fireside Forum. French Play to Be Presented Students of the department of Roman languages will present their thirty-third annual French play, "Les pattes de Mouche" by Victorien Sardon, March 17.