UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
The Official Student Paper of the University of Kansas
VOLUME XXXI
NUMBER 36
Property Owners Protest Erection of Water Tower
Petitions Against 140-Foot Tank West of Campus Are Being Circulated
Petitions protesting the city's action in proposing to build a 140-foot water tower at the west end of the campus are being circulated today among students and faculty members on the campus. An organization of property owners in the district plans action to prevent the tower from being built.
According to present plans of construction which call for work to be started in 60 days, the city will ask for bids on the work Monday morning at 10 a.m. Assistance in financing has been secured from federal funds.
The tower will be erected on a site just back of the Chi Omega and Gamma Phi Beta houses at the west end of the campus, in the University heights residential district, at an estimated cost of $8,000, 30 per cent of which will be obtained from a federal grant for the purpose.
A majority of the residents of the University Heights district, the property affected, are University faculty members and their families. Several fraternities and sororites own adjacent property.
Capacity of the tank will be 75,000 gallons. The reservoir built two years ago by the city on Oread street has a capacity of 1,000,000 gallons.
The tower will be erected on land purchased by the city from Mrs. W. E. Leogan, who owns the house and lot on Omega and Gamma Phi Beta houses.
Laurel Everette Anderson Will Open Sixty-fourth Series Sunday
Organ Vespers to Begin
Organ vapers for the 1933-34 season will open Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock in the University auditorium when Laurel Everett Anderson, University organist, will present a program of selections from de Grigny, Bach, and Willan
Mr. Anderson, who has his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from Oberlin Conservatory, later studied three years in Paris under the French organist, Vierre. Last summer Mr. Anderson was honored by being selected as one of a small group chosen to present a recital at the national meeting of the American Guild of Organists at Cleveland, Ohio. On his return he was asked to present a program at the Century of Progress exhibition in Chicago.
WATER-COLOR EXHIBITION
TO BE DISPLAYED NOV. 6
The organ vespers were started several years ago, upon Mr. Anderson's university, and the one Sunday afternoon will make the sixy-fourth of the series.
An exhibition of water-colors by American artists will open Monday Nov. 6, at the Thayer Museum of Art Sponsored by the department of drawing and painting, it will feature new works that are best known American water-colors.
Among the works will be those of John Sturair Curry, winner of the second Carnegie prize at this year's Carnegie Institute International Exhibition in Pittsburgh. Mr. Curry is a native Kansas, and had a group of paintings on exhibit in the Thayer Museum two years ago.
WORK OF THREE PROFESSORS
SHOWT IN PAINTING EXHIBITS
Three professors in the department of drawing and painting are represented in national collections of water-colors and oil paintings.
Professors Raymond J. Eastwood and Karl Mattern have works on display in this year's annual water-color exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, while Professor Albert Bloch is represented in a collection of forty-six oil paintings which are exhibited by the American Federation of Arts at Washington, D.C. and which will be shown throughout the country.
Taut Beta Pi Ulans Election
Tau Beta Pi hold a meeting last night at which they considered the eligibility of men for election to the organization. The election will be Nov. 14, and will select members from a group of 27 men who were approved last night. These men were presented to the chapter at a smoker Tuesday evening. They are from the upper one-fourth of the senior class and the upper one-eighth of the junior class.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1933
Attempts Merger
Bill Seeks to Bring Other Colleges Here
Topeka, Nov. 3—(UP)—A bill to prohibit any state school from levying a compulsory activity or athletic fee was introduced in the legislature today by A. O. Delaney of Troy.
Topoka, Nov. 3 - (UP)-Representative L. L. Strong, Republican, of Doniphan county, today introduced in the special session of the legislature a bill to consolidate three of the state schools, moving Kansas State College and the Emporia Teachers' college to the University of Kansas campus at Lawrence
Prior to convening of the legislature, Strong has announced his plan for consolidation as being in the interest of economy.
His bill creates a state board of three managers at salaries of $5,000 each, to perform the duties of the present Board of Regents.
Issuance of bonds to finance the cost of consolidation would be authorized, as is sale of college property at Manage-ing School, and would be effective before Jan. 1, 1936.
Kansas Teachers Hear Dr. Cooper in First Session
Education Professor Tells of Adjustment Problems in Public
Schools
How best to adjust the elementary and the high school curriculum to the changing needs of civilization was discussed at the first meeting of the seventh annual session of the Kansas State Teachers Association this morning by Dr. William John Cooper, professor of history at the University ofiversity, Washington, D.C., in his answer to the question: "What shall we eliminate?"
"Before 1800 and the coming of Horace Mann, education in the common school consisted of training in reading, writing, and arithmetic." Dr. Cooper said. "We have learned to save time in the teaching of these fundamental subjects. We no longer use Webster's blue-backed speller in the grade school with its Greek medical words. We have changed out attitude toward spelling. We no longer spell that we use. We have found that we can learn them in 10 minutes a day. We segregate the demons and drill upon them.
Should Change Curricula
"In 1876 home making and manual training were added to the common school curriculum. If they are there now we want to consider very carefully whether they belong there nor or not," Dr. Cooper warns, "Personally," Dr. Cooper says, "I do not think they belong there at all. They came in when people had to get them in the grade level of their left school at the end of the sixth grade, these subjects ought to come now in the junior high school."
"We must think in terms of the boys and girls who will be the active citizens of this country in 1950. How can they think clearly about conditions in 1950 if they have to be trained according to the standards of 1900? Conditions are going to be immensely different." he said.
"Democracy will only work if we can get it to work in a national and international system. I think that is going to require more social science. I expect to see high schools require three years of home-making education, for both boys, and girls, probably three years of social science, not ancient and medieval history, but really social science," he said.
Pageant by Haskell
The students of Haskell institution presented a pageant of Indian Education to the Kansas State Teachers Association for陀尔蒂rium following Dr Cooper's address.
The music for the war dances was composed by C. S. Skilton, professor of organ. More than one hundred fifty Haskell students took part in the pageant. The story of the pageant concerned the evolution of the Indian, from his primitive state, to his modern advancement in the fields of education. He was the teacher and leader of the pageant was prepared by R. Cloud, superintendent and Margaret Pearson Speelman, Dean of Women, of the Institute.
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At the opening of the pageant Chancellor Lindley welcomed the teachers to the University.
Oread-Kayhawks Name Candidates for Fall Election
Coalition Announcement
Completes Preliminaries
for Balloting
Thursday
The Oread-Kayhawk political coalition last night selected a ticket of candidates to represent the two parties in the freshman election to be held next Thursday. The announcement by the coalition completes the preliminaries for the election, as the other political party, which announced its candidates yesterday.
The election Thursday will mark the naming of the entire group of first-year officers, as the freshmen women, who choose the vice-president and secretary, made their nominations yesterday in a meeting, and will elect Thursday also.
The men chosen by the Oread-Kay-
hawes are: president, Wayne Parcel;
treasurer, John Stratt; dance man-
agers, Horace Mason and William Shaw.
Two polling places have been designated for the men's election. Booths will be placed in the basement of the Administration building and in Marvin hall. They will be open from 9 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.
All petitions, both party and independent, must be filed by 6 p.m. Monday with Robert Hartley, secretary of the Men's Student Council. Independent petitions must contain the signatures of 25 qualified voters of the class.
Voting this year, for the first time, will be by the Australian ballot, in both the men's and women's elections. Activity tickets will be required for identification. The election will be supervised by a committee from the Men's Student Council, but will be under the direction of a committee of freshmen.
Coe Speaks to Engineers
Tells of Problems of Long Distance Air Flights
Lieutenant E. H. Coe, assistant professor of military science was the speaker last night at a regular meeting of the student branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Lieutenant Coe's topic was "Navigation Charts for Long Distance Air Flights," a discussion recounting problems encountered by Lieutenant Coe and others in doing this line in Hawaii several years ago. Lieutenant Coe learned in this type of work when the Dole flights were made, and when the successful Maitland and Hagenburger flight over the Pacific was completed.
Lieutenant Coe explained and sketched through the mathematical computations in connection with a chart of his own, used during the Dole flights from Wheeler field, San Francisco, to Crissy field, Hawaii.
Ann Kell has been appointed to replace Margaret Mayt Miley who recently resigned as chairman of the industrial and social service committee of W.Y.C. A. This group is working under the direction of Miss Mable Elliott, assistant professor of sociology, on a project with girls of junior high school age.
New Y.W.C.A. Chairman Named
Women students expecting to make the trip to the Nebraska game at Lincoln next Saturday must file with the dean of women a statement of the planned time of departure and return, and the duration of the deportation. Parents of such students should give permission to the office also.
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Baptist Student Organization,
Barn Party, Tanner's barn, 7:30-
10:45, Friday.
Westminster Student Foundation, Westminster, 12
Wesley Foundation, M. E.
church. 11
LILA LAWSON,
Delta Tau Delta, house, 12
AUTHORIZED PARTIES
Young Peoples' Christian Endeavor, Christian church, 11
Jayhawk Wabble, Memorial Union, 12
President, W.S.G.A.
Delta Sigma Lambda, house, 12 Young Peoples' Christian En-
Delta Chi, house, 12
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Hayride, Brown's Grove, 5-9
Kappa Kappa Gamma pledges,
steak roast, Brown's grove, 5 to 9
AGNES HUSBAND
Alanis.
for Joint Committee on Student Affairs.
AGNES HUSBAND, for Joint Committee on Student
Professor N. P. Sherwood of the department of Bacteriology escaped injury yesterday when the motor car in which he and his wife were riding sid into a ditch and lost a wheel just west of Eudora.
RALLYTONIGHT TO SPEED TEAM SOUTHWARD
They were returning home from Rechester, Mim., where Professor Sherwood has been attending the American Medical College convention.
PROFESSOR ESCAPES INJURY
AS CAR SLIDES INTO DITCH
W. S. G. A. Selects Women Nominees for Class Offices
Eleven Changes in By-laws and Constitution to Be Voted On at Same Time
A reading of the proposed revisions of the constitution of the W.S.G.A. and nominations for vice-president and secretary of the freshman class were made yesterday afternoon at a mass meeting in Central Administration auditorium.
Eight women were nominated for vice president. They are: Anne Lawrence, Margaret Jennings, Jane Allen, Betty Bell Tholan, Eunice Ufftz, Vonda Helfinstein, Marie Russell, and Vivian Deichert. The nine put up for secretary are: They Campbell, Mary Janet Sawyer, and Kathleen Mason, Rachel Shelter, Jane Case, Mary Wilson, Betty Newcomer, and Ruth Esther Purdy.
Election of the candidates will be held next Thursday. Only freshmen women may vote for the officers but at least one-sixth of the total women student body must vote on revision of the constitution, and the changes must be approved by a three-fourths majority to become valid.
A tea for the nominees will be give Wednesday from 3 to 5 in Central Administration rest room in place of th the S.G.A. tea sponsored by sorority.
Some of the proposed revisions to he constitution and by-laws are:
To require only one annual meeting instead of two.
To invest legislative powers in an executive council instead of the associative council.
To resate the composition of the council to conform with present价-
To change the date of installation to agree with new business meeting.
To permit the council by two-thirds vote to raise the salary of the bookkeeper.
To permit the judiciary committee to file its report in the office of the Dean of Women instead of with the executive council.
To eliminate the presentation of the budget at the fall meeting.
To change the number of faculty women on the advisory committee from
To chair the number of meetings
to change his office positions council from one to one month.
To permit the executive council to fix closing hours.
To change the membership fee to agree with the activity fee.
Burton Holmes Speaks Next
Burton Holmes, world lecturer and traveller, will give "Around the World" as the second speech of the University in Oxford this evening, in the University auditorium.
Second Number of Lecture Course Comes Next Wednesday
Original motion pictures and illustrations in color accompany Mr. Holmes talk. This season completes the fortieth travel lectures, which are world famous.
Heinz Puell, German exchange student, and Professor E. F. Engel of the *German department will speak at a German banquet sponsored by the Promethean club at the Uitarian church Sunday evening at 6:30. Catherine Owen, C33 and Dale Underwood, C37, who are aiding in the arrangements, declare that *German food, music, and entertainment* will compose the program. All students are invited but are asked to make reservations by phoning 478.
Mr. Holmes will arrive in Lawrence
Wednesday afternoon from Chicago.
Puell Will Talk at Banquet
'Mary Rose' to Begin Promptly
- Professor Allen Crafton, director of the Kansas Players' production of "Mary Rose" announced today that the play will begin promptly at 8:15 tonight.
* At that time the doors will be closed and no one admitted except between acts.
Unbidden Pest Drives Guests Away From Sorority
What might have been a very entertaining hour dance at one of the leading sororites last night, was indefinitely postponed because of the impromptu appearance of a pole cat. It is believed that the animal was placed in the baseboard and was then woken by a morning boring fraternity, as a result of a "war" being waged between the two.
Those arriving at the dance were greeted by that peculiar odor which is so characteristic of the skunk. Many of the guests took leave immediately; others stayed, and tried to counteract smell with cigarette smoke.
Lawrence police were called and the animal was killed. It was necessary to shoot the skunk five times before it died.
It is believed that last night's episode will end the "war" between the sorority and fraternity involved; for the time being at least.
Brown Announces Jayhawker Staff for First Number
Underclassmen Are Included in List of Sixty-five Student Members for 1934
"The Jayhawker this year is necessarily under a new policy as to staff members," Brown said last night, "for with the book appearing five times during the year, and with different types of work required on each issue, a great many students will have an opportunity to take positions. Although the list given today is current, for as far as the first issue goes, there will be a chance throughout the year for interested students to help on the Jayhawk."
The names of 65 students appear on the present staff of the 1834 Jayhawker, headed by F. Quentin Brown, c'35, editor.
The list includes many sophomores and freshmen, but Brown points out that all University students are eligible for positions, which is not according to previous Jayhawker policy. Not only are these students admitted to the Jayhawker type, but also snapshots of campus life will be given consideration.
three divisions comprise the Jay-hawker staff headed by Brown; the literary, editorial, and art and humor divisions. On the literary staff are: Loboria Brahant, Robert Braden Beverly Berne, George Callahan, J Alan Coogan, Charles A. Deardorf, J Randrick Flick, Margaret Gregg, Jessamine Jackson, Partner Lindsay, Catherine Marsh, Ray Miller, Dillard Orbison, James Patterson, Harriette Sherwood, Lena K. Wright, Wild Wright, Charles Zeskey. The art and human staff includes: Jim Donahue, Russell Field, Robert Lamar, Forrest Moore, Ray C. Senate, Ed Sharpe, and Keane Tifford. On the editorial staff the students are: Dorothea Watson, Dorothy Foster; the juniors, Emily Margaret Allen, Patricia Arnold, Mary O'Donnell, Iris Olson, Raymond Reed, Karl Scott, Kathryn Springer, Don West, and Frances Wilson; the sophomores, Alfred C. Ames, Vernon French, David Hamlin, Fred Harris, Lawrence Leigh, Joe Mallory, Herbert A. Meyer, Jr., Franklin Murphy, Joseph Pryor, Marlow Sholander, and David Tripp; freshmen, J. R. Battenfeld, Ben Bordner, Tacey Campbell, Ben Copley, Jr., Jack Denney, Harry Epperson, K. B. Gonser, Salim Halper, Ruth Keller, John Lake, Stanley Mariettie, Morgan Jack, Hine Rector, M. R. Robertson, Jack Schilfacher, George R. Sitterley, Edward V. Smith, and Isabel Townley.
MORTAR AND BALL PLEDES
ARE READY FOR INITIATION
Having carried paddles all over the Hill for the past week in an effort to secure the signatures of certain military men, the Mortar and Ball pledges will meet in Fowler Shops tonight at 12 for the formal initiation ceremony.
In addition to the securing of 28 signatures, each pledge must learn the ten receipts of a soldier and be able to re-verify them of the Constitution of the United States.
Those to take the initiation vows are:
L. T. Dellor, L. D. Alvor, F. L. Beard,
L. M. Coin, Kenneth Willey, George
W. Warren, H. E. Miller, and C. E. Willford.
Jayhawker Squad in Good Condition for Sooner Game
Mehringer Appears to Be a Probable Starter in Oklahoma Encounter
Probable Starting Lineups
Officials: Referee: E.-C. Qiugley, St. Marys; umpine C.-E. C. MeBride, Missouri Valley; head lineman—Lee K. Anderson, Southwestern Kan.)
Casmi | le | Harris
Melinger | lt | Cason
Kernink | lg | Gear
Watkins | c | Flectwood
Sklar | rg | Bashara
Clawson | rt | Gentry
Croll | re | Dunlap
Harris | q | Dunlap
O. Neasmith | rb | Robertsen
9each | rfb | Poynor
Students will meet at the Santa Foep depot tonight at 7:10 to give the members of the football team a peppy sendoff in preparation for their Big Six encounter with the University of Oklahoma Sooners at Nernam tomorrow afternoon. The special train will leave in early November and be the one which sent the Jayhawkers to Tulsa two weeks ago has been planned for this evening.
Woodrow Painter and Henry Quigley, co-head cheerleaders, will be on hand to lead the students in a series of yellos w-i-l-s-wikers for the Jayhawk squad.
Coach Ad Lindsay and Dr. F. C. Allen, director of athletics will give brief talks and indicate their impressions of the probable outcome of tomorrow's game in which the Kansans will seek to annex their first conference victory.
A cold driving rain greeted the team on the practice field yesterday as it took the last hard workout before entraining for Norman tonight.
Mehringer Again in Line
Coach Lindsay named three teams yesterday, and each group devoted much of their time to running signals. In the first team lineup Casini and O'Neil were at ends, Clawson and Mehringer, k艇, Kvaternik and Sklar, guards, center. Men chosen for the backfield were Beach, Dunn, Nesmith and Harris.
Mehringer appears to be a probable starter in the Oklahoma game after being held out of practice most of the week after an injury sustained in the Aggie game.
Last Week's Loss a Fluke
The Kansas team is going to Scouer-
land knowing they have a hard game,
and that the loss of this game would
complete from the Big Six conference race.
Oklahoma presents a strong team this year although it has not made a very impressive showing. Its last week's game with Nebraska was lost more or less on a "Fluke." The difference between the two scores came as a result of a touchdown when the kickoff when the recovered ball behind the goal line.
When the Jayhawkers and the Sooners clash in this conference tilt Saturday, both teams will be battling for a spot. The Warriors can hardly remain in the Big Six race.
Coach Hardage of the Sooners, has the two Panzers in the light but shiny back-field that showed its heels to Kansas and led the year's game, which the Sooners won 20-6.
The Kansas probable starting lineup has a weight advantage of five pounds over their rivals. The Kansans average 183 to 178 for Oklahoma.
A squad cut to 23 members will make the trip, as follows: Ends, Casini, O'Nell, Hayes and B; Hammers; tackles, Mehringer, Clawson, D. Nesmith and Does; guards, Kvatnern, Skhar, and Farris; centers, Watkins and Phelps; backfield, O Neasmith and O Neasmith ford, Plaskett, Peterson, Brinkman, Weaver and White.
Because of injuries received in practice the past week Bloom Logan, Kell, and Manning will not be able to make the trip.
In addition to the squid, there will be the coaching staff, consisting of Coach Lindsey, Line Coach Mike Getto, Dr.F. C. Allen, director of athletics; Jimmy Cox, trainer, and Dr. Anderson, team physician.
Eldridge to be Forum Speaker
Henry Werner, director of the Unitarian forum, announced that Professor Seba Eldridge of the department of sociology will speak Sunday morning at 10 on the topic, "The Sociological Consequences of Isolation."