PAGE TWO UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS THURSDAY, MARCH 9. 1933 9 University Daily Kansan Official Student Paper of THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE, KANSAS Editor-in-Chief...PAUL V. MINER Associate Editors Alfreda Brodsky Howard Turtle Watson Managing Editor Hendry SKRONK Makeup Editor Vyner Pillar Night Edition Gareth Greene Night Editor Margaret Beamont Sports Editor Chloe Coleman Exchange Editor Chloe Brown Exchange Editor Marcia Brown Sunday Editor Dorothy Smith ADVERTISING MGR. MARGARET INCE ADVERTISING MGR. MARGARET INCE Robert Whitman Michael Marrengo Margaret Ingel Betsy Kirkons Betty Millington Alfresh Brooks Ira McCann Alison Kettman Arnold Kettman Jenny Smith Jeffrey Smith Business Office ... KU, 60 Business Office ... KU, 60 Night Connection, News Room ... 70KK Night Connection, New Room ... 70KK in the afternoon, five times a week in the morning, two times a partment of Journalism of the University of Colorado at Denver, in the Press of the Department of Journalism. THURSDAY, MARCH 9. 1933 Subscription price, $4.00 per year, payable in advance. Single sign-in, for each. Entered as second-class-mail November 12, 2010, at the post office at Lawrence, Kansas. As one member of the Department of Economies put it, since we aren't off the gold standard we must be on the Woodin standard. There's been quite a lot of agitation lately for a sound dollar. If a fraternity man has one now he keeps it quiet. There are some who have been doing their banking all along in spite of the recent restrictions—the air-mail pilots, for example. And if the bankers get their way, the most popular game this week-end will be scrip game. A NEW SOLUTION The decision of governmental heads yesterday not to issue scrip but to rely rather on currency provided under the expansive powers of the federal reserve system, came as a surprise to most people. In numerous communities banks had already prepared clearing house certificates or scrip, and were only waiting for authorization from the federal government to issue this substitute for regular currency. People whose cash was tied up in banks were looking forward to the time when they could again have a medium of exchange with which to operate their business and go about their daily life as usual. In abandoning the expected scrip policy the administration has upset the preparations being made to receive it. In spite of the loss incurred in printing the scrip and similar anticipatory actions, however, the administration will more than justify its change in policy if the expansion of currency proves sufficient to meet all needs upon the reopening of business. Not only will the latest plans save the trouble and expense necessary in distributing now and later redeeming scrip, but, what is infinitely important, it will give people a solid confidence in the financial system of the nation which will obviate the desire for boarding. The entire country is eager anticipating the opening of normal business under a reliable and adequate currency tomorrow. The new administration has had to cope with a difficult problem at the outset; its solution should have the whole-hearted co-operation of the American people in order that it may have a fair chance to prove its worth. THE SINGLE COUNCIL PLAN A proposed change in student government at Pennsylvania State College would combine the functions of the two councils as they exist now into one council with representation from both sexes. Instead of having representatives elected from the various schools as is now the plan, the new proposal would have members elected from the different classes. Both men and women students would vote on al candidates. The number from each sex would be determined by their proportional representation in the College. Under this plan, there would be twenty-one men representatives and seven women. Of the seven, three would be seniors, two iuniors, and two sophomores. In addition to the new combined council, the proposal suggests a women's honor court to enforce all rulings which have to do with women students. A student board would also be created with executive and judicial powers which would have eight student members and two faculty representatives. At various universities throughout the country the two-council system is being dropped in favor of the one council, mainly at the insistence of the women students that they want more equal representation than is afforded them in a women's council which is recognized as practically powerless. BE EASY ON THE FLUNKOUTS Practically every university and college in the United States has some ruling concerning students who fail in a major part of their work. Penalties range from suspension for a semester to complete dismissal. In practically all cases reinstature in meritorious cases is possible. In times such as the present it is wise that school authorities waive, in most cases, the penalty for flanking out. This has already been done by many schools. According to authorities of an eastern school, failing students who would ordinarily be dropped are able to accomplish more in school, despite grades, than if they attempted the almost futile task of getting a job. Aside from the employment angle it is important in times such as these that a student should remain in college if there is a reasonable chance for him to get his money's worth. From the point of view of society in general, it is important that students who fail in a large part of their work as well as those who have passing grades and better should remain in school. They are among those who will be faced with the problem of carrying on after the present depression. It is imperative that they should be equipped in the best possible manner. A SWAP OF JOBS Judging by the complaints a job-seeking men who lament that women have usurped all the jobs which they formerly held and have thrown them out of employment, women in the United States must have become impatient with home making activities and decided to find their niche in the world of business. Some men, not to be outdone in this reversal of practice, have started adopting women's habits as fast as they make out the intricacies of them. First it was murcels for the hair, and then manicures for the fingernails. Now these pioneers have come down to the practical aspect of the problem and have taken up cooking. Many colleges and high schools offer special courses in domestic science for men only. If the women are going to bring home the bacon, the men are going to be right there to cook it. Few amateur politicians realize we amount of work that must be at in on a bill before it can be accepted. The point is expense entailed in the procedure. LET'S PASS A LAW Because of the multitude of unimportant bills introduced, if every bill were dealt with by Congress as a whole that body would have approximately three minutes to devote to the consideration and passage of each bill. The committee system takes care of much of the work, but even with that system Congress is forced to pass or reject bills before they have been given the proper amount of consideration. The same condition exists in all American governing bodies. The people for whom the legislators are acting do not know enough about how it is done to know what to expect of their representatives. Each voter should be required to pass examinations covering the basic principals of government. Notices due at Chancellor's Office at 11 a.m. on regular afternoon publication days and 11:38 a.m. on Saturday for Sunday issues. there will be a meeting of the KU. Branch of the ALEE this evening at 7:30 in Marvin hall. The program includes an illustrated lecture on "Electric Arce Welding" by Mr. Simpson of the Lincoln Electric company. The attendance of all electrical engineers is desired. RICHARD FOOR, Secretary. OFFICIAL UNIVERSITY BULLETIN Vol. XXX Thursday, 9月 1933 No. 120 A.I.E.E.: A. S.M.E. meeting this evening at 7:30 in Marvin hall. Interesting talks to hear and interesting literature to be passed out. MAURICE BRUZELIUS, Secretary. A. S. M. E.: KAYHAWK CLUB: RHADAMANTHI TRYOUTS: There will be a special meeting of the Kayhawk club tonight at 7 o'clock in room 5 of the Memorial Union. The business will include discussion of the political policy to be adopted by the club. All non-fraternity men are welcome CONFERS.HERMRY.Via.President Radhamthi tryouts will end at noon Sunday, March 12. Students wishing to turn in manuscripts of not less than 20 lines of poetry should send or bring them to 940 Tennessee. Tryouts should be signed with a fictitious name, accompanied by the author's real name and address. MAXINE LUTHER, President. RHADAMANTHI: Rhadamthani will meet Sunday, March 12, at 4 p.m. in the Green room of Praser hall, to judge tryout manuscripts. Members will please bring an original oem also. MAXINE LUTHER, President. Theta Epsilon party scheduled for Friday evening will be postponed THELMA KRATOCHVIL, President THETA EPSILON: If we were done he would realize that a law will not remedy all conditions which arise, and our legislators could give their time and our money to work on really important questions. ON EXHIBITION There is one danger in the present wave of reductions of school teachers' salaries. It may go to the point where the instructors are unable longer to provide themselves with the smart tools which are a far more important feature than successful pedagogy than some persons think — J.P.H. in the Ottawa Hills. Clover may make the man, but they don't identify him if he has a fraternity brother of the same size. — Pittsburgh Collegio. Members of glee clubs, orchestras, bands, debate squads, and other University organizations which take concert tours and trips that bring them into contact with the public too often forget that they are on constant exhibition and must shape their actions accordingly. Many persons obtain their only opinion of students and the University through such contacts. Then, too, there is a considerable body of people who are prejudiced against the University, and are eagerly waiting to pick flaws, to point out errors. To this type, missteps and mistakes by students are joyfully pounced upon and magnified to major proportions. As a matter of expediency, then, as well as of customary good taste, students who make these trips should be on their best behavior. THE LOWBROW LOWDOWN Nevertheless, it is possible that many students admire accredited art simply because it is the conventional thing to do. If they were honest with themselves they would admit deriving more pleasure from a magazine cover page by Norman Rockwell than from a hazy Rembrandt; or a greater emotional wrench from reading "Cimarron" than "Anna Karinina." Those unfortunate whose aesthete sense is so poorly cultivated as to miss the delight of a masterpiece are, to descend to an old bromide, "more to be nifted than censured." These students have gone faithfully to the University's theatrical productions in Fraser theatre these past few years. Either because they thought they would see a good show, or because the drama was included in their activity book, the undergraduates have rewarded every show with a good attendance. In return the drama organizations on the campus have responded with such classics as "Hamlet," "Juno and the Paycock" "She Stoops to Conquer," "Androcles and the Lion," and "Uncle Tom's Cabin." No one denies that the foregoing are all fine plays, chuck full of drama and entertaining—at least to the audiences, and the times, for which they were But- . The Black Box of Silence By Francis Lynde Illustrations by O. Irwin Myers (WNU Service) (Copyright by William Gerald Chapman.) CHAPTER I - Having demonstrated the blackjack ability of an innocent silencer, the "Black Jack" which owned, ed, tenen Lanois, young inventor, in his house, on a street where he clums, Walry Mackay, that he used the device, if explicated, might be safe. The blackjack box is stolen from a safe in a bl THE STORY CHAPTER II A Blind Lead "It wasn't my imagination, after all—that feeling I told you about last night, the feeling that some one was spying upon me as I worked," he said. "I was building this." "This is just as I found it a few minutes before I 'phoned you.'" Landsl was waiting at the driveway gate when Markham's roadside came to a stand, and his thin face seemed to have grown haggard overnight. Markham stooped to look into the safe, the door of which was standing open. to really, adding, "As you say, Betty probably forgot the figures as fast as you called them off to her. So far as that goes, there is now and then an alarm by the door, but it was like this by putting an ear against the door and listening for the sound of the tumbles as they come around into the room. And did it in this particular instance." "of course-it had to be. The thief knew what was inside and knew that he couldn't dynamite the safe without killing it. Then something else he was doing. I found it just as it stands now; the botts shot, and the dial standing on the final figure of the room." "I'll tell you, and you'll see that there's nothing to it—that there can't be. One day, a few weeks ago, I developed an electric toy that is dingering on. I was keeping the thing in the safe, as I do anything that I don't want to leave lying around in sight, and when I began to spin the dial she knelt and moved it, always been curious to know how a combination lock on a workered." "It was opened on the combination" he said. The question seemed to plunge the inventor into a deep pit of embarrassment. "Come clean," said Markham, with his good-natured grin. "If I'm going to help, Ive got to know the insides—all you need is who. Who is this person who may know?" "I can't say positively, Wally. But—but the one person who may know the combination is as far above suspicion as the stars are above the earth." "Um ; that brings on more talk, right at the beginning of things. Somebody know your combination?" "Of course. I explained how the tumbers were made and put together as a single unit, but I should also prove the proper figure one of the tumbers would be left in the 'open' position." "And you showed her?" "Not quite. To illustrate what I meant I inspected the back plate of the lock and called off the series of screws that locked it in. Then see for herself how the mechanism worked. It was only a bit of byplay, as you might say, and there isn't a lot of screwing involved. Betty forget the figure before she was an hour older. But even if she didn't, she is out of the question; she isn't the one to repair it. You know that as well as I do." "There is one thing certain, Wally. Whoever opened the safe knew what was inside it and he was ready. Which means that the I feel I most has come to pass. The thief must have done so and it will be used to swell the sum total of crime in this crime-fidden "Don't you shut that window at night?" he asked. Markham straightened up, and as he did so he found himself facing the window directly over the laboratory bench. "It is left shut all the time, excepting on hot days, and it is always fastened at night, as you see it now." "Naturally," Markham agreed, rather "Yes, I see the fastening; but took hee- **pointing**—in this crack he **tweaked** his spy has been listening in. Suppose we go outside and see if he left The clew—or a clew—was there—a deep footprint in the soil under the window. Most unmistakably it had been made by a woman's show. "I say, Owen, this thickness things up, bit, doesn't it?" said Markham. "I saw a magnifying glass on your bench just now; go to it, will you?" Lanols was back in a few seconds with the glass, and Markham studied the footprint. When he looked up it was to say, "You've got pretty neat ears." And there were 10 of yours. Owen; does the list include a haunted or so of plaster of paris?" "Why, yes; I use it sometimes for making small casting molds." "Right. Wet up a pound or so and bring it here." Lands obeyed, and when the plaster came, Markham poured it into the footprint and left it to set. "So much for a small preliminary," he said, as he got upon his feet. "When that plaster set, we'll have a cast of the lady's foot—or shoe." "I can't see what you want to do with that plaster east. Earl, do it better." The laboratory, "A woman's shoe~any shoes, for that matter~would have to be broken." "The footprint is a claw, a slender one, I'll admit, but still a clew. The clew, you see, it wraps it for what ever it may be worth it. It just nothing at all. Let's dig out a few more details, if we can. Was she the one who came here this morning?" "It was; but that proves nothing. It has only an ordinary lock which anybody could pick with a bit of bent wire." "Sure. Getting into a building—any building—is the easiest part of a burglar's job." "You think the woman who made the footprint was the burglar, as well as the spy?" "As to that, it's all guesswork, of course. Markhamkass厦, "but one of us knows the footprint we are embling wasn't it spy, what ever else she may have "What makes you think that?" "The position of the print, for one thing. It was made by the left foot, and it is parallel with the house wall that would have been if the owner of the foot had been facing the window. Apart from this, it was made by a wooden footrest standing still; or I guessing, we just held the heel than at the ball of the foot." "Not quite it," Markham denied with a grin. "Just one of my little sisters by somebody coming from the ninethrough the passage between this shack and the fences; walking, and not going to the alley? Is there a gate in the alley forces?" "Let's go and have a look at it." "They together we went around to the alley gate. It was properly hooked, the mail man. He made nothing mention, since the hook could be reached from the outside for its replacement. Upon opening the gate and stepping into the alley they came upon more footprints, in which a man's were interwoven with those of the armour, and the track of an automobile. "There is; yes." "Who uses the alley for a driveway?" "Nobody, that I know of. All the houses in both streets have driveways from the front, both for their own auto's." "How about these?" Markham asked. "Who uses the alley for a dressroom." "All right; then we may venture another guess. Then their thief—or rather, there were at least two of them, and a woman—came here in a car, got out, passed through the gate, and went through the passage on their way to the house." "None at all, that I can see. But why were there two of them, Wally? Why would a crook double his risk by fetching a woman alone?" "That is the mystery, or at least one of them. Or wait; maybe the woman went in alone. Let's see about that." A careful examination proved that the man and the woman had gone in opposite directions, on the woman's right and in the weed, which accounted for the fact that both were wearing similar ham made a close examination of the sole of the plaster-copied shoe. By this time the plaster cast had hardened audiously to permit its re-creation, and it was brought into the laboratory and dried it slowly in the glow of the electric stove. When the casting had dried, the plaster "What are you looking for?" Landis wanted to know. "See that faint line across the ball of the foot?" "Yes; I can see it without the glass." "Good. Now all we have to do is to find a woman whose left shoe is marked in the same way, and we have at least one of your two housebreaks." Troubled as he was, Landis had to smile. "of course," he said; "Just as easy as that! There are only some twenty girls at our school. Carriage, and only a due proportion of that number of women. Do we sweat out search warrants and make every woman in town produc her "No; the only thing I've done was to call you up." "Well," Markham returned good-tempered. "We shall see what we shall see. Meanwhile, we'll preserve this bit of clemensault evidence—put the dinner card into his pocket. "You have the police of your location, have you?" "I guess so," said Landis, with the aid of one who is still finding it difficult to remember. "I'll do as you advise, but the waiting is to be desperately hard. You'll have to ask." "That's sensible; let it continue to be the only thing for the present. If you don't want it, you have to tell them what was stolen; describe the black box and give it a name. If you should do that, you'll probably want to know what thing to do is to silt tight in the boot and wait. Something may turn up if we don't and the water too hotly. "Surest thing you know!" Markham returned heartily; and with that, he started his motor and drove away. (To be continued tomorrow) Declare a moratorium on worry and treat yourself to another DICKINSON HIT SHOW! DICKINSON Where Students Meet Last Times Today WILL JANET ROGERS CANNYOR demand demand “STATE FAIR” Producers Demand F 10, 25-126. After 10-46 To mernow - Saturday JOAN BLOENDELL RICHARDO CORTEZ GINGER ROGERS in one of the sauciest and peppiest stories to date - "Cm, Mom, who makes 'em: "BROADWAY BAD" Economy Prices Till 7,5-20c.After 7,15-25c Mat and Eve 15c VARSITY TONGUE TONGBOW Everyone Is Trying to Solve "THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY" with Jean Hersholt Wynne Gibson Stuart Erwin Added Vest With a Tail Southern Rhythm SOON CROOKED CIRCLE WHY PAY MORE? NOW! Mat 20c to 7. After 7, 25c PATEE WHERE BIG PICTURES PLAY CHECKS ACCEPTED in Payment for Theater Tickets ENDS SATURDAY They Broke Her Heart— They Called Her "Bad" They Said That She Was "Unfit For Society" Every Woman Has a Love Secret IRENE DUNNE The Star of "Cimarron" and "Backstreet" in a New Soul-Stirling Role. "THE SECRET OF MADAME BLANCHE" with From the Play "The Lady" by Martin Brown LIONEL ATWILL UNA MERKEL PHILLIPS HOLMES Starts SUNDAY "The Mystery of the WAX MUSEUM" HURRAH! Good Ol' PENNY Who ever thought that of Penny would amount to anything? Now he's a winner, a big shot, someone worth knowing! Why a penny today is important money. Participation in the electric car race veniences it buys in electric current. That's where he gives you the most for your money, Your Wisest Cent For Current's Spent You actually buy more for your electric penny than you get in any other commodity. You can do all the hard tasks about the house electrically—your cooking, dishwashing, washing, ironing, sewing, cleaning. You can also get yourself a conditioning, radio. It makes living more enjoyable. All for a few cents a day. Good of penny. Give him give nine more "Rahs." And don't step with the choring, To know what a hero Penny really is you must put him to the test by willing electricity [fully] On your calendar mark dates for the Relays April 22, and the Lawrence Trade Eagle.