UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
The Official Student Paper of the University of Kansas
VOLUME XXXI
Jayhawker Gives Prominent Place to Frosh Queens
Second Issue of Campus Magazine Also Covers Grid and Social Events
With freshman beauties, recent social events, and a summary of the gridiron season holding prominent place, the Jayhawker magazine makes its second bow today by the distribution of the Christmas number at the W.S.G.A. book exchange in the Memorial Union building.
The remaining beauty contestants included in the Jayhawker are: Nadine Louise Bishop, Kansas City; Nadine Elizabeth Truxall, Osatowate; Virginia Elizabeth Gosnell, Kansas City, Mo; Jane Benton, Kansas City, Mo; Annette Lawrence, Junction City; Mary Russell, Lawrence; Margaret Elizabeth Jennings, Cleveland, Ohio; Suel Whitzel, Lawrence; Estelle Marie Stevens, Oksaolao; and Martha Jane Shaffer, Kansas City, Mo.
The new magazine has for its covet a picture depicting Mercury, who sees modern travel, in the form of an air-plane, surpassing his own speed, and Dyche museum is shown in one of the scenic pictures. "The Year Continues," written by Harriette Sherwool, c34, is the leading story.
Besides the magazine itself, the permanent binders are now ready, and students may ask for them when they get their Christmas issues.
Christmas Seal Drive to be Carried to Women's Houses
Sigma Alpha Mu Leads Sale
With nine sorcerites and seven fraternities yet to report, the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity, leads the list of contributors in the University Christmas seal sale with a percentage of 133. The percentages are computed on a basis of 15 cents worth of seals per person in the house.
Organizations and boarding clubs which reported to the business office today responded as follows: Newland House, 1142 Indiana, per centage of 85; Delta Tau Delta, 100; Kappa Kappa Gamma, 88; Corinb Hall, 44; Westminster hall, 41; 1736 Louisiana, 80; Delta Sigma Lambda, 22; Alpha Chi Omega, 100; Theta Phi Alpha, 25; and Alpha Phi Alpha, 50.
Dorothy Johnston will accompany Wray Choate and William Robb this afternoon in a canvass of women's rooming houses. "In view of the fact that it will be practically impossible to contact all boarding clubs, we suggest that those students who want their quota of seals get them from the office in the foyer of Watkins Memorial hospital," Choate said today.
FRESHMAN BASKETBALL SQUAD
WILL BE REDUCED SAYS COX
The freshman basketball squad of 40 men will soon be cut to smaller numbers, according to Coach "Frosty" Cox. They have been working steadily on their defense, and are now looking for scrimmage, which will be started some time following the holidays.
A picked group of eight or nine men will be used to scrimpage the varsity after the vacation. Cox said that the squad includes some players who are good varsity prospects for next year.
Mrs. Hood to go to Sedan
Mrs. George Hood, wife of Professor Hood, is planning to spend the Christmas holidays at Sedan, with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John Sears. Both Mr. and Mrs. Sears are former students of the University. Mr. Sears was appointed county commissioner at Sedan last fall.
Tigers Lose to Creighton
Missouri University wound-up its pre-hooliday basketball in Columbia last night with a 24 to 28 defeat at the hands of Creighton University. Englebrock, Creighton forward, solved the Tiger defenses to score 8 field goals and clinch the victory for his team.
Lindley to Return Tonight
Dilworth,
Chancellor E. H. Lindley will return tonight from Wichita where he was a guest at the dinner of the Farm Credit administration at the Hotel Lassen.
Traffic Officer Hears Young Women Lawyers in Their First Case
For the first time in the history of his services as bailiff of the first year law court, George Snyder, campus traffic officer, remained to hear the argument of the case yesterday after he had called the court to order with his "hear ye, hear ye" and had announced the business of the court for the day.
George's unusual action is explained by the fact that the attorneys for the defense in yesterday's case were Miss Marie Wachter and Darlene Anderson, the only women in the freshman law class and, at present, two of the three women in the entire School of Law.
The case was set in the Supreme Court of Kansas with Dean R. M. Davis presiding.
Miss Wachter and Miss Anderson are said to have presented an excellent case which won the commendation of even the most critical of senior laws.
Former Kansas Student Writes of New Germany
Leonard O'Bryan Tells of Efforts for Peace Under Hitler
Word was received recently by Professor E. F. Engel from Leonard O'Bryan, '28, former German exchange student of the University, concerning new developments in Germany, Mr. O'Bryan this year is his completion of a doctorate from the University of Marburg where Professor Engel studied in 1810-11.
He is specializing in European history and international relations under a fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. This is his third year of study in Germany and in his book he makes interesting comments of political policies which have been adopted during the Hitler regime.
"There has been a rewakening in Germany and the spirit of the people is entirely different from what it was," Mr. O'Bryon asserted. They again beaten back by the Russians their country. Peace is being preached more in this country than any other.
"I happened to take a bicycle ride shortly before the last vote out in the country surrounding Marburg, and in each little village banners were stretching across the street proclaiming all the people and peace for peace. For the development of the plans of the government peace is an absolute necessity.
LAWRENCE. KANSAS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1933
"The new Germany is a Germany of youth, and to wipe out the youth even in a war which could be won, and no war can be won, would be suicide and the people and government realize this. In Germany one hears no talk of war."
DRASTIC STEPS TO BE TAKEN
TO FIND STOOL PAINTINGS
No word has been received from the souvenir hunters who took the three nude paintings from the permanent collection of student paintings in the art department. Mr. Bloch and Mr. Eastwood, professors of painting and drawing, reported that drastic steps would be taken to recover these pictures.
According to Professor Eastwood, one of the main objects of this department is to exhibit the work of the students, but if such acts are continued, this will have to be done away with. The three paintings that were stolen by former students in this department. Two were by Frank Cooper, who was in charge, and one was by Miss Clara Hatton, instructor in the department of design.
Thirteen men on the campus are willing to give up their Christmas holiday and remain in Lawrence if some work can be secured. Jobs of all kinds are badly needed. "With the second semester in view many calls have been received at the employment office for jobs," said Mr. Ellsworth today.
STUDENTS ASK FOR WORK
DURING VACATION HOLIDAYS
These students cannot return to school unless some jobs are found. Eleven men have been given jobs later, but that does not supply the demand. Also there are many men living in Lawrence that need work. Any suggestions or plans for securing work for these students will be welcomed at the employment office. Mr. Ellsworth will be glad to talk over any such plans.
Business Paper Out Soon
The J-Hawk Business News will be published in a few days. This paper, edited by James Christy, b'34, is the official publication of the School of Business. It has no regular date for publication, but has been issued irregularly for the past eight years.
Mental Alertness Vital to Success, Robnett Declares
In Speech at Fraser Hall She Says Women Can Make Business Contribution
"The two chief personality habits which make for success in professional and business fields are health, and mental alertness," said Florence S. Robnett, dean of women at Northwestern University, in her adjective "fruity." "Succeed" given before a group of University women at Fraser hall yesterday afternoon.
"Education," Mrs. Robbett stated "consists of acquiring knowledge, and correct habits and attitudes. The professors have the responsibility of the former, but ours is the responsibility of he latter."
"There are more keen eyes on this campus than on most of the other campuses I have visited," Mrs. Robbett continued. "This may be due to cold weather—I won't make it seem quite flattery—but the girls appear alert and ready for anything which offers success."
NUMBER 62
"1833 demanded females; 1883, ladies; today we are women and we must have womanly characteristics or we can not succeed in the business world," Dean Robnett said. The women who entered the business world in the '90s she thought they must imitate masculine mannerisms; that she must dress masculine for a job. The girl of today who would assume these mannerisms probably loses out before she even begins, for she is wanted for what she can contribute.
Some of the notable things which make for an admirable personality, Dean Robnett explained, are poise, charm, a cultured voice and the ability to meet any situation with ease. "You owe it to yourself to show your most efficient, artistic, and very best side," she added, "It pays because of your own happiness in knowing that you are achieving."
Higher education for women is exactly 100 years old today, according to Dean Robnett. Oberlein College was opened to women in 1833.
In an address at Watkins hall Mrs. Robnett told the women that, according to statistics, the divorce rate among university people is only one failure out of 75 married women, while one out of 60 marriages non-university people ends in divorce.
Mrs. Robnett will conclude her engagement as vocational leader leadee
RIFLE TEAMS TO BE CHOSEN AFTER CHRISTMAS VACATION
Practice shooting has been slowed up considerably for the rife teams because of so many examinations coming at this time in the candidates' various courses. Sergeant C. E. Engle thinks it will be necessary to wait a week or two before making the annual Christmas holidays before making the final elimination in the women's team.
The women's team has had one elimination, which left 66 candidates remaining with the squad. The men will have only one elimination and that will be allowed if they are not probably be reduced to 18 or 20 members, according to Sergent Engle.
Drawings for the semi-finals in the contract bridge tournament will be made tonight at 7 p.m. at the Union Building. At present four teams are tied for first place, the Independents, Corbin, Acees-Up, and Alpha Phi Alma, each with three teams tonight. Teams tonight will play a 16-hand match tomorrow to determine the winner. Any team failing to appear for the drawings tonight will forfeit its standing.
RIDGE TOURNAMENT REACHES
SEMI-FINAL ROUND OF PLAY
Seven students were elected last night to Sigma Xi, honorary scientific fraternity. They are Robert Bridget, gr.; Ruth Cady, c$4; Norma Evans, gr.; Philip Hambleton, gr.; Neil Shell, gr.; Hilly Somes, gr., and Gilbert Ulmer, gr.
Sigma Xi Elects Seven
Taggart to Visit in East Professor J. H. Taggart of the department of economics will spend the Christmas vacation at his home in Fall River, Mass. He also plans to attend the economics conference at Philadelphia
Professor Gist IS H.
Noel P. Gist of the sociology department has not been able to meet his classes this week due to an attack of influenza. He expects to be back in school next week.
Professor Gist Is Ill
Taασart to Visit in Eas
Campus Favorites Rehearse Sweet Smiles and Shy Demeanor
The Hill's "most fascinating" man and "most alluring" woman are going over their stock of well-turned phrases in the news, but Hill's coming outarty Monday morning.
Although the student body does not know who has been chosen as the University's Harlow and Gable, the individuals themselves are very much aware of it, and are more about to assume. It is no easy matter to bear the burden of such a title.
One of the salient cares of the office of "most popular man and woman" is that a modest decorum must be preserved when speaking of their honors. It is necessary that the winners maintain a proper balance between a warm thankfulness and a sophisticated indif-
According to Arnold Kretzman, c34 business manager, and Paul Woodmansee, c34 editor, the magazine will be on sale Monday at the reduced price begun with the previous issue.
Besides revealing the identity of Miread O'Meara's royal couple, the Sour Owl is scheduled to appear with many new occasions as well as its regular departments.
County Clubs Make Plans
Groups to Operate on Smaller Scale This Year
Plans for a modified form of the county clubs were to be made at a meeting this afternoon at 2:30. The committee which will discuss these plans consists of: Bla Varye, c;35 Chevy White, c;35 Helen Russell, c;35 Loberta Brabant, c;34 Clyde Coffman, c;36 Raymond Nichols; Professor W.A. Dill, director of University publicity; and Fred Ellsworth, alumni secretary.
The county clubs will not operate on such an extensive scale as they have in the past. In the old days University students played basketball with the various high schools in their counties during the Christmas holidays. Several county clubs together would send a faculty member to various sections of the country where they would speak to the high schools and local clubs.
"But the motive of the county club plan is not to round up a lot of students. It is something broader than that." Ellsworth said today. Contacts of this sort with the public help to offset the sensational publicity that is sometimes found in the newspapers."
ELLIOTT IS CO-AUTHOR OF NEW SOCIOLOGY TEXT
Dr. Mabel A. Elliott of the department of sociology announced recently that Chancellor Lindley has approved the change in the pathological text. The new book to be used will be "Social Disorganization" by Miss Elliott and Frances E. Merrill of the University of Chicago. The book will be released Jan 1, 1934.
Another new text to be used in the sociology department next semester will be "Introduction to Sociology" by Cooley, Angell, and Carr, Dr. Carroll D. Clark, head of the department of sociology announced yesterday.
KANSAS HIGHS TO GRADUATE
17,000 STUDENTS THIS SPRING
The principals of the high schools in the state of Kansas send in lists of their graduates annually to the Registrar, upon request from that office. This year there are more than 17,000 students who will graduate from Kansas high schools in May and June. In the early spring circulars and newsletters are mailed to these students from the Alumni office. The newsletters tell about the University and also suggest that there are correspondence courses for those persons who cannot go to college.
Chi Alpha Hears McCullough
Roy McCullough, secretary of the Y.M.C.A., spoke to Chi Alpha, ministerial fraternity, at Westminster hall last night. Chi Alpha announced at its meeting last night that it would not meet again until after the Christmas vacation, when it will have as speaker, the Rev. Charles W. Thomas, instructor in the School of Religion.
Chi Alpha Hears McCullough
Officer Visits Local Chapter
Officer Visits Local Chapter Mrs. Anna Miller Knoer, of Mansfield, Ohio, executive secretary of Alpha Xi Delta, is visiting the local chapter this weekend. Mrs. Knoer is on her way home after visiting chapters of Alpha Xi Delta in California, Oregon, Washington, and other western states.
Ise to Speak at Conference
Ise to Speak at Coherence
Professor John Ise of the department of Economics and Professor Lee of the economic conference to be held Dec. 26 to 29 in Philadelphia.
Professor L. D. Jenings and Professor J. H. Taggart will also attend the conference.
Writes on New Germany
LEONARD
O'RRYON
Former German exchange scholar of the University is now completing his work for a doctor's degree at the University of Delaware. E. F. Engel studied in 1910-11.
Student Loan Petitions Required at Early Date
Fall Payments Have Been Especially Prompt, Says Foster
With the second semester coming on, the student loan fund is again important. Mr. Foster said today that the payments on the previous loans have been especially prompt this fall, indicating that the depression is on the wane. The committee in charge of the loan fund has requested that all students who desire loans should place their applications at least two weeks before the loan is to be made, as the applications must have the signatures of their parents, and references also are necessary.
The first semester of this year there were 103 student loans made from the fund. The committee in charge of the loans is composed of Henry Werner, Agnes Husband, Karl Klooz, Mike Getto, Professor G. H. Ashton and has as its chairman George O. Foster, registrar.
The fund consists of about $30,000,
most of which is loaned out at this time.
The aim of the fund is to help
those students who do not have enough
money to stay in school. The average
loan is for the amount of the student's
fees. Interest is paid by the student
and it goes back into the fund.
Officials Seek Rule Change
Football Arbitrators Appoint Coaches to Change Substitution Methods
At a meeting of Big Six officials held in Excelsior Springs, Mo., the Big Six football coaches were appointed, as a special committee, to plan a better method of recording substitutions, thus lightening the work of the umpire.
Dr. F. C. Allen, in a letter to the directors before the meeting, suggested that they use the basketball system of recording substitutions, namely, that each new man going in the game should report to an official checker instead of the umpire. This method required him to meet and it was also proposed that each coach keep his own records and be responsible for the men he sends in.
No action was taken at the meeting. However, the coaches were invited to attend a meeting of Big Six officials to be held early in May in Lincoln, Neb. The directors will make a decision at that time.
FORMER K.U. PROFESSOR WRITES JOURNALISM TEXT
Ivan Benson, teacher of journalism here during the years 1923 to 1927, has published a book on the "Fundamentals of Journalism." The book is written on the premise that the purpose of high journalism is to present it effectively.
Besides covering the standard material on editing, this book includes chapters on propaganda, newspaper law, and crime news. There is also a chapter on headlines, supplemented by a typical headline schedule in the appendix.
Burt to Address Student Class
Roy E. Burt, 19, a Methodist minister and member of the Socialist party, will be guest speaker at the University class at the First Baptist church, Eighth and Kentucky, at 9:45 Sunday. Mr. Burt will also be on the campus Sunday and Monday where he will talk at various points.
Schwegler Named Grand Orator
Dean Raymond A. Schwegler, of the School of Education, has been named grand orator for the 1934 annual communication of the Grand Lodge of the Masons. Registrar George O. Foster, grand master, made the appointment Dean Schwegler's address will be given Wednesday, Feb. 1, 1834 at a meeting of the Grand Lodge in Topeka.
University Alumni Have Been Victims of Money Racket
Grafters Pose as Former K. U. Students to Get Donations From Graduates
It appears that the University of Kansas has developed a new racket and not one that is sponsored by monetary wizards of the business school, either. The racket is panhandling, otherwise characterized by the borrowing of money from Kansas alumni after approaching these unfortunate and pretending to also be Kansas alumni or relatives of the faculty or alumni.
Many such reports have reached Mr. Elsworth here, but the latest concerns a man who works around St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minn. A letter from William H. Mason, '96, of St. Paul, tells the story this way:
The only catch in the otherwise not unusual process is that the recipients of any cash obtained always forget to repay it. According to Fred Ellsworth, alumni secretary, it is a nice ricket—for the racketeers—and a profitable one.
"A young, dark-complexioned man of rather slight build passed through St. Paul about three weeks ago. He introduced himself as the son of Robert H. Pearson, '96 of Joplin. He stated that he was traveling from California to the Toronto General hospital at Toronto, Canada, where he was to take up the duties of an interne.
"He had graduated, he said, from the Harvard Medical College. He also stated that he had attended Leland Stanford University at Palo Alto, Calif. He said that in passing through St. Cloud, Minn, he had had a collision with another automobile. When the occupants grew abusive and cursed him, the panhandler said that he knocked him down in retaliation.
Tells 'Hard Luck' Story
"I have written his pastored father, Robert A. Pearson, and he denies having a son by the name of Robert A. Pearson, Jr. The chief of police at St Cloud University has been charged three of any occurrence similar to the one described by Pearson, Jr."
"As a result of the affray, he was arrested and was requested to post a $100 bond. He had barely enough money left to buy a ticket to Toronto, without a pullman privilege, he said. He mentioned the magic name of Gomer Thomas and also attached it to the money with the University of Kansas. On the strength of this seeming identification I loaned him some money.
In recalling similar occurrences, Mr Ellsworth said that these persons usually can cite historic instances at the University and speak with an assumed careless abandon of faculty members.
Sometimes he had found it necessary to make a forced landing with his private airship at a nearby flying field; he has run out of gas, he borrows money to buy more. At other times he says he is working as a salesman for a certain company; he has failed to receive his tax refund and has returned the money as soon as he receives it; no doubt it will be wired to him at the next town.
Arguments Sound Convincing Such a policy usually secures them loans of from $10 to $25, for they often manage to sound convincing in their arguments. Mr. Ellsworth said, however, that he did not believe many of the men were actually K.U. graduates or that they had ever had any connections with the University on its former students.
There are notable exceptions, notwithstanding. The case of one individual, believed to be a graduate here, is often quoted. The man has gone all over the eastern part of the United States, visiting Kansas alumni and "borrowing" money.
One Poses as Allen's Nephew
One Poses as Allen's Nephew
Another more daring individual once posed as the nephew of Dr. F. C. Allen, director of athletics here. After being received into the home of a New York woman who has connections with the University, he was made a member of the dinner party then in progress. Later he secured a loan from his hostess who immediately became suspicious. The fellow was later apprehended by officers.
Warnings which have been printed in the Kansas Graduate Magazine have had little effect, according to Mr. Elsworth. The pandahandlers continue to find unsuspecting victims of their game. The Kansas alumni board of directors has several times considered taking action on the matter but have been advised against it by lawyers.