X . MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1931 UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS 1 1. What is the difference between 0 and -1? . 1 --- Many Pay Homage to Thomas Edison Who Died Sunday Body in Simple, Bronze Cas ket Is Placed in Laboratory; Friends Stand Guard FORD IN ATTENDANCE West Orange, N. J., Oct. 19—(UP)—Men long in the service of Thomas A. Edison stood watch today in relays at a downtown parking lot. The public filed past to do the great inversion honor. The man whom death struck was a bronze enamel in the ice-covered laboratory and library building where most of his great achievements were At the corner of the diary, Edison mill middled-saped, with salern face and crown of an emerald-green minute the guard was changed. Moment a flow of Edison workers and amusement rises, for the guard for a last view of the man whose life work was an everlasting monument of art. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at Edmonon, where early yesterday Edmonon succumbed to cancer. Details were kept secret, the family wanted privacy today after it was announced that their spokesman even refused to say where burial would be. Milan and his son, Marco, from the family as Edmonon's final resting place but this was denied positively. A spokesman and funeral services will be held on Thursday. President Holver may come, but that is not yet certain. Harvey Firestone and Henry Ford, close friends of Edison, will be present. Now practically every person in the world in some phase of his daily life depends upon an invention devised by Edison. When Thomas Edison was a boy he used to pedal cewing gun signal chains and made a series of learned telegraph. He started in as concessionaire on the Grand Trunk Edison's life was the true story of successful games. After his invention had brought him until wealth, he had to learn how to work in home at Lilburn Park, Orange, N. J. and there—away from exterior influences—he devised himself to play tennis. The child would play with toys. In later years he spent most of his time developing his previous inventions and learning new ones, and with no more words to compare. Honors were heaped upon him. He did not exactly seem them, but took the opportunity to play with every day in his workshop and puttered about with his wonderful toys taking time off every once in a while to see new animation was dedicated to him. Became Telegraph Operator Ellison in later years was a great friend of Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone, the rabber manufacturer. The family built their home into the country, exploring some new region each year. Barrouds, the naturalist, was one of the party until he Become Telexpert Operator Eilson was listed in "who's who" by his teacher, Mr. Tinker. He was born at Milton, Ohio, Feb. 18, 1847. He received some instruction from his mother. After his experience as a news bulletin, Eilson learned telegraphy and was Morse operator at many points in the United States and Canada. Edison first invented many telegraphic appliances which have made were the automatic repeter, printed telegraph, the quadruplex system, etc. His first workshop was established at Nesquik in 1867 and he worked to Merlo Park, N., J., and then in 1887 to his present place at West Orange where most of his inventions first were made. He married Mary M. G. Stilwell in 1873 and later, Miss Mina M. Miller in 1894. His second wife was the daughter of Lewis Miller, once president of Chautauqua Association and a millionaire manufacturer of agriculturalimple products. Had 900 Inventions His inventions include the incandescent light, the carbon telephone transmitter, the photograph, the megaphone to magnify sound, the microameter to detect small changes in temperature, the detector small battery, the allointe gas bottle. Edison received the patents for more than 900 inventions. During the war he helped invent electric platen plates. He was made chevalier, officer and later commander of the Legion of Honor by the president of France. He appointed honorary chief consulting engineer of the St. Louis exposition in 1908 and was made president of the naval consulting board in July, 1915. He made many war inventions for the U.S. Navy. Although Edison's eyes remain bright and smiling in his later years his ears, always bad, grew worse and he was extremely hard of hearing. every day, or sit upon the big veranda of his Llewelyn home in the twilight of summer time and look out over the stretches of city outward that lie to New York, he was very well acquainted with the incandescent device which himself discovered. Elsison made very few public appearances and took no interest in public speaking. He provided the quiet man who wished to be heard, could walk to and from the house EDISON EMPLOYEE IS DEAL Grief Over Inventor's Fatal Illness I Contributing Cause Co-ed Clubs to Organize at Meetings Thursday West Orange, N. J., Oct 19—(UP)— Wendy Bentley, 46, a former employee in Thomas A. Silberman's tertiary died today. He had been an invalid five years and had greedied over the years. New Social Events Will Be Included in Program This Year The social program for this year of the Coed club, social organizations for non-sorority women, sponsored by W.S.G.A. and Y.W.C.A., will include new items, ten dances, and mixed par- ties. All programs will feature wade supers, and bridge turtles. The leading social events of the season are the Guildhall Fellows, which have been visiting the school which will be sometime next semester. The first meeting of the club will be on Thursday, Oct 22. Personal inquiries should be made to the club which will last from 7 to 8 o'clock according to Bernice Clare Snyder, c22, second vice-president of the W. S. G. A. and chairman of the Coxed Group, which formerly the W. S. G. A. group system, have been successful, and are worth while because of the acquaintanceship with them. Six districts are automatically formed but any individual who desires is at liberty to change to the club of another district. The separate clubs are free and, please, are arranged their own social programs and connective other activities. The women in charge of the Coe-club are Jane Corollis, c. 133; Irène Conley, c. 33; Neil Rose, c. 329; Wilma Coulson, c. 32; and Mary Margaret Hastade fa32 They are assisted by Mary Brennan c32; Nettie Jane O'Brien c33; Wanda Edmonds, fa 34; Marian Kline e32; Helen Tomlinson c33; Freda Merrick c23; Evelyn Wenchen cundi; Dariene Perry; Evelyn Jackson and Jessica Jackson c44. The meeting place of the various districts are as follows. following honest names: laintna street, district I, Mrs. H. B. Lattner, 1210 Louisiana Street; district II, Mrs. H. B. Hodder, 1115 Louisiana Street; district III, Mrs. H. B. Hodder, 1115 Louisiana Street; district IV, Mrs. H. B. Hodder, 1115 Louisiana Street; district V, Mrs J. Mende, 540 Louisiana street; district I, Mrs. E. B. Soulard, 1019 Maine KFKU FKU was on the air this morning, with a talk "The Meaning of Visual Instruction," by Elwisworth C. Dent, secretary, bureau of visual instruction. The program was arranged by Miss Ruth Orcutt, of the School of Fine Arts and she will be assisted by Miss Allie Merle Conkling, also of the school. She will consist of "Serenata" (Monzkowski), "Dance of the Clowns," (Mondelshoen), "Heart Wounds" (Grieg), and "The Last Spring" (Grieg) and the "English Department will talk on "Pioneer Writers of the Middle West" and tomorrow evening, Prof. H. B. Chubb will give talk four of the series Tales from the Southern Ap Each Tuesday morning from 11 to 11.5, talks will be given by members of the American Literature Association ranged by Pref. W. S. Johnson, head of the department. Miss Myra Hull will give the first series, beginning to end, with lectures on the national subject, "The Pioneer Theme in American Literature." Her talk to children includes "Pearl's Tale" of the Middle West." Oct. 27, she will talk on "Hamilton Garland." Nov. 3, "Herbert Quick," and Nov. 10, "Willa Beginning Nov. 17, C. B. Lira will begin a series on the general subject present in Music # 9. For piano, Nov. 17, he will present folk songs of vocalists on the ballad, Nov. 24, The Carol, Dec. 1, "Beginner's Song," Dec. 3, "The Gospel" on sacred music from 600-150 A. D. Dec. 8, The Musical, the greatest contribution of English vocal music in the world. Members of the home economics department will open a series of broadcasts Nov 3 over KFRU, arranged by the Sprague Head, head of the department. Prof. J. E. Hankins will begin the next series on Jan. 5, on the general subject, "How Poets Write." His first talk will be on Jan. 5, "The Poet Idea." On Jan. 12, he spends on "The Rhythms of Poetry," and on "Poetry of Words"; Jan. 26, Poetry. - the first group of the series, "Safe-guarding the American Home in an Era of Depression," will include three episodes on his book *Ben will speak on 'Family Philosophy in an Era of Depression,' Nov. 10* Molly Olge Healy will speak on "Dividing the Family Dollar," and Nov. 17 she will speak on *Getting Your Money's Word.* Hill Society Kappa Phi To Present Two Plays at Meeting Call K. U. 25 before 12:30 p.m Kapua Phi, Methodist church sorority, will give a dinner tomorrow evening at 5:30 at the suftera preceding its regal典礼 at Myers by At Myers m. d. m. to 7:15. At the meeting two plays will be given. The first is "The Two Masters" and is a foreign missionary play. The second is "Zenna Tewsau," c. 1981, Margaret Benedict, c. 1921, Ellis Stillman, f. 353, Veva Marinus, f. 461, Margaret Maurine Brunner, f. 32, will direct the play. The second play will be given called "The Challenge of the Cross." Westminster Forum Enjoys Musical Program "Shall We Eat, Drink and Be Merry?" was the subject of the discussion which led to a minister forum had evening at Westminster hall. Joe Vogel, 134, led the The Westminster quartet composed of Alton Kau, cunel, Frank Euston, c33, Dale Violet, c35, and Irwin Douglas, accompanied by Mr. Irwin Douglas. Major Koenig Speaks At Anniversary Dinner Major W. J. Koeing, commander of the Reserve Officers Training corps at Fort Bragg, gave a dinner given in celebration of the thirty-fifth anniversary of the Betty Washington chapter of D. A. R. at the Press House on Friday. Betty, who served as a lieutenant in the World War as a member of Gen. Warshling's staff spoke on "National Defense." Chancellor Lindley To Speak To Women's Club Tuesday Chancellor E. H. Lindley will speak at the October meeting of the Women's Club, and he will be at the Hotel Eldridge His subject will be "Why Stop Learning?" Musical numbers are under the meeting agenda. Meeting is open to all interested women Bridges-Rugge M. Lorraine Bridges announces the marriage of her daughter, Josephine, to Mr. Raymond Mugel. Mr. Ruge received his degree in engineering at the University of Kansas in 1920. The University William Woods College at Fallon, Mo. The wedding took place yesterday afternoon at the *First Christian church* in Winston, Mo., the home of the bride. Mim Dotryosh Hyma, a former student at the University, and a member of Pi Beta Psi sorority, sat at the service. Pi Lambda Theta to Give Tea Pi Lambda Theta, honorary education a good day for a teenager at a tea Tuesday to 4 to 5 p.m. home economics dining room in Frozen hall. About 20 guests have been in These on the social committee will be Miss Mattie E. Crumrine, instructor in French, chairman; Isabel Neale, gril Rita Ridson, and bety Harper, 20 Announcement has been received of the marriage of Miss Edna Ray Har伯茨, a graduate of New Haven, Conn., Mr. Koerber was graduated from the University of Kansas in 1827 and has been taking his first job as a teacher and Yale since his graduation. Harterv-Koerber Triangle held initiation services yesterday morning for Sterling Clutton, e34 Kansas City, Mo. Edgar Gift, e14 Catherine, and Ivan Shul, e2, Oka, 104 Pen and Scroll To Hold Open Meeting Pen and Scroll will hold an open meeting for all freshman and sophomore students in the University who are enrolled. Students can attend tomorrow evening in the rest room in Central Administration building. Chancellor and Mrs. E. H. Linden entertained with a tenafter the Kansan convention for the tentoon honoring Mr. and Mrs. J. C Nichole of Kansas City, Mo., and the McCormick family. Triangle Initiates Three The Home Economics club will have a picnic Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 instead of a regular meeting on that date. Mr. and Mrs. Email H. Klooz, both sisters, moved recently from room rowing in Glendale, Chall attended the Aggie game and spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Karl Kirk. Lindleys Entertain With Tea Syngenta for CIS Consulting Philippines national church security, will not hold its regi- national banquet, but will be held a banquet to be held Friday. Definite plans for the banquet will be an- lyzed soon. Phi Chi Delta Meets Tomorrow Fhi Chi Delta, Presbyterian church sorority, will hold its regular meeting at Westminster hall tomorrow afternoon at 5:30. Sigma Eta Chi Meeting Postponed Prof. Mabel Elliott, of the sociology department, has gone to Iowa because --of the death of an aunt. She is expected back Wednesday. Dinner guests at the Kihpa Kappa Museum and the Gunn Games, c84 Miss. and Mrs. Demmy Kenny, Seldon Swipe and Charles Neil, Kaint City, Ms. Edward Lodge, Eureka Hale, Mr. Robert Owen, old Hauer, Martion, Tom Rooney, Haddam; and Richard Fleming, Junction Alpha Kappa Psi announces the pledging of Richard Ayres, c'35. Kansas City, Mo. Alpha Kappa Psi announces the initiation of Marvin Johnson, c.32; McPherson and Lawrence Agers, b.32 Kansas City. Out of town guests at the Alphas were the Mrs. Nelle Parker, and Bernie Winnike Independence, Mo.; Or- ganize International; Emma Connor and Ketil Cresbain, Masha Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Alexander, Manhattan, were dinner guests at the Alpha Kappa Psi house Sunday. Mr. A. R. Young, Albert Callahan, Jack Averill, Chester Kuchin, and Henry Gould, Kansas City; Herbert Prater, St. Joseph, Mo; George Eope, Topsia, Clair Williamson, Wichita, and Professor William Lutchett, Litchfield, during the weekend and at the initiation banquet held Sunday in honor of the initiates. Sunday dinner guests at the Kappa Sigma house were: Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Speth, Wichita; Miss Catharine Al- sley; Miss Christina Crawford; Sublette, Cabaret; Dr. and Mrs. H. Evens, Dodge City; the Rev. and Ms. Theo. H. Azizmany, Lawrence; Prof and Mrs. Theo H. Maddox, Ione Fleming; Mr. Theo H. Maddox, Ione Fleming; Getter, Arkansas City; Mary Bass, Chantee, Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Kennell, Newton; Don Kustner, Sullivan; Jane candle; cunegi; Paule Raiwong; c35, Fraser c35; c34 and Jack Hammont c35. Week-end guests at Corbin hall were Fern Hawkman and Frances Doornbos, El Dorado; Justina Brenning, Florence Jones, Hazel Brooks and Mary Ann Thompson, Manhattan; Ruth Meors, Bollett; Margaret Davenport; Drew Hale, 30 Kansas City Kan; Verne Wagon, 31, McFarland and Ruth Bell, Lyndon. Fraulein Caroline Scholz of Upper Silesia was the guest of Alpha Chi Omega for the week-end. Fraulein was the only a short time. She attended her first football game Saturday, Upon her return home she expects to write an article on sorority life in American college sports, a different from that she is accustomed to. Miss. Pearl Anna Briggs of Wichita took her examination for her master's degree in English at the University Saturday. NOW! Sunday's Kansas City Star carried an architect's drawing of the new house which the Alpha Tupu Omega fraternity had designed. The definite site has been selected for the house, although tentative arrangements have been made and more detailed plans are expected. Alpha Tau Omega Plans to Build New Home Soon who Charmed You in "The Royal Family" will Thrill and Delight You i INA CLAIRE The building design is marked by the influences of the Tudor period in England, and it has having 26 combination study and dressing rooms. On the ground floor they work in the sunroom, and dining room, service room, and housemother's suite. The second floor is the library T which is the second of the three Greek letters comprising the order letter T. Jayhawks Flown In the back of the house will be a formal garden, including a baskery pond in the middle. On the left is the fraternity. There will be two entrances, one at the back for delivery people. The alumni association of the fraternity with Alan Boatyte, Tunguenoian students of the College of Architecture of the new home, and expects to be in shape for opening late summer. Shows 3 - 7 - 9 --with— Robert Ames Myrna Loy A Sparkling Comedy Drama Of Modern Marriage. It's Smart-You'll Love it REBOUND Lavon Besse, '31, is teaching English Latin, and French in Webb City high school this winter. George H. Cady, '29, is teaching this winter in the Massachusetts School of Technology. .with— From the Stage Success By Doneld Ogden Stewart Carl E. Pausen, e3, is now employed as structural engineer in the division of architecture by the New York state department of public works. Margarite Shaken. 28. is employed as director of the home service work for the Tennessee Electric Power company of Chattanooga Tennessee. Lucius Eckles, 28, is resident bacteriologist at the Children's Hospital, Boston. Mrs. Jennie A. Mitchell Gallier, 29, is student diettian in the Research hospital at Kansas City, Mo. Added—Cartoon and News Ed Parker, '31, is working for the New England Mutual Life Insurance in Boston this year. soon— Ann Harding "DEVOTION" Jim Smith, 29, is attending Harvard School of Medicine in Cambridge Mass. Herb Parker, 28. is employed by the Westinghouse Electric Co. in the New England retail sales division. Tundercaple Causes Dog's Suicide Wax, Tex. (UFP) - Frightened by a dog that bit him, the dog here," Lady, "big German police given by G. A. Bone, committed suicid. No farewell messages were left so some of Lady's friends contended that it was an accident. She had been tied for the night when a thunderpack caused her to leap out of the window. The rope was not long enough to keep the ground so she strangled to death. Want Ads LOST. Near Seatron Saturday, a yellow gold P. K. A. pin with rubies in each corner. Return to Pi Kappa Alpha house, or phone 655. —38 LOST: Saturday night, a brown leather key holder. Call Dale Vliet at 3069. -24 LOST. Near Potter's Lake, a Delta SigmaLambda fraternity fratern inscribed "Windfried Gathreth, B. 94"78, or Kansai Baun Office, or phone 732. 708 RENT. Desirable modern apartment with private sleeping porch for men, women, or married couple. 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Reporters in a mad race for success . . where anything goes as long as you win! The newspaper girl who got his goat and won his heart JAMES DUNN LINDA WATKINS "Burglar to the Rescue" Comedy Riot Directed by ALFRED SANTELL A FOX PICTURE ALSO "Strange As It Seems" Screen Treat Shows at 7 - 7 - 9 ?? ?? ? When the Home Town Folks Ask Questions about what is going on at K. U. can you answer them intelligently? Are you a "knowing" student or an "also went"? If the Kansan comes to you daily you can't help but know your school, and you will be able to tell the folks back home what's interesting about the University you are attending. In Ten Years You'll Still Remember --how the folks back home always swamped you with questions at vacation time. You may realize then that your ability to answer their questions depended on how well you kept in contact with all school activities through the columns of The Kansan. ?? ?? ?