PAGE TWO UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30. 1930 University Daily Kansan Official Student Paper of THE UNIVERSITY OF KANASN EDITOR-IN-CHIEP...CLINTON FEENEY Associate Editors Hugh R. Smith Iris FitzSimmons MANAGING EDITOR Lester SULLER Makinen Editor Carl E. Kowalczyk Night Editor Martin B. Schmidt Wilson Nichols Reporting Editor William Gibbs Reporting Editor Mary Gibbs Postscript Editor Mary Gibbs Manual Monitoring Editor Mary Ware Alumni Editor Marcia Corrente ADV. MANAGER BARRIAA GRANVILLE ADV. Admin. Mgm. Associate Adv. Mgm. Associate Adv. Mgm. Assistant Adv. Mgm. District Assistant District Assistant District Assistant Robert Franson KANSAS BOARD MEMBERS NASSAN HOARO MICHAEL Lester Shawler Mary Wooth William Moore Wilmer Moore J. Farnell J. Glavelle Clinton雯雯 C. E. Conner Michael Dearman 19th Ave J. Glavelle Lola Kiddi Telephone Business Office K. U. 66 News Room K. U. 25 Night Connection 27041-7 Pulled in the afternoon, for five times a week, and on Sunday morning, by students in the Department of Journalism of the University of Kansas, from the Free of the Jouets Subscription price. $12.00 per year, available in advance. Single bookets. Enrolled in recounted order. Not accompanied by office at Lawrences Kansas, under the art of March 3, 1875. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1930 MARVIN GROVE Long walks through the autumn un derbrush, the leaves scarlet bright are one of the joys of Marvin grow open to every student in the fall. If the winter the snow lies deep and undisturbed, protected with the trees that splotted with great clots of clinging snow, stand bravely against the wind. In the spring, trees emerge triumphantly from their battle through the winter. Gradually they assume a pay and cheerful appearance. New leaves in delicate green spread out to the warm welcome rain. Students coming through the grove on their way to classes forget the warning whale and linger to enjoy the quiet beauty of the place. DISAPPOINTMENT Boston had its tea party, and the tax was not paid; Gandhi is in the salt business, and seems to be starting a revolution, but joke parallysis still remains merely the reward for foolishness. An announcement has been made that any one who completes his work for a degree in summer school may take part in all the commencement exercises; their names, however, will not appear on the programs, nor will they be permitted to march across the platform for their diplomas. This latter fact must surely come as a disappointment to many whose parent-entered course (or the great event, for commencement is something for which both have long been waiting. It is the one occasion in four years when many mothers and fathers find it possible to come to the University. What is to be done with those students who must attend summer school? To segregate the group or to let them remain seated while the others march forward would certainly be very humiliating for them, for there would be a few people to whom they would indeed be condescended. How will the outgoing seniors be grouped? There should be some way of making commencement might one of joy rather than one of humiliation. Parker in Balance—headline. A new fountain pen ad? METHODS OF STUDY Alexander Meklejohn's experimental college will have to close down the first of June; so states President Frank of the University of Wisconsin, which is sponsoring this college. He says that due to internal friction the college will have to close down and the John principles will be applied to Wisconsin freshmen and sophomores. Under the experimental college students did not take examinations as examinations are generally understood. They were not forced to attend classes regularly. Instead they attended weekly Soratic seminars at which they studied life "whole." That a few phases of the experiment will be continued but is scant satisfaction to those who watched with great interest three years ago when Meiklejohn began his classes. At that time many hoped that the practice would become widespread. It is with dimayn that they see the passing of this one college. now Perhaps the modern student is not ready for that form of work, or perhaps it is the instructors who do not wish it. But, regardless of the barriers in reaching such a goal, we cannot help looking wisely toward a day when such things shall be in education. To "see life whole"—glorious impossibility? Years from now such school methods may come, but not THE JAYHAWKER Recollections of pleasant experiences are the happiest thoughts one can have. Time has a way of smoothing the trail behind and we see things in their own importance. Many of the unpleasant things are forgotten. And it is with such pleasant memories that the Jayhawker deals. When we get our Jayhawkers in a few weeks certain sections will be heavily looked through and criticism made of the book. It will be only after we have left college and our classmates are scattered that we shall come to really appreciate the yearbook. The Jayhawker is not a transitory thing. NO WINGS OF WAX Los Angeles to New York yesterday, Panama today, the Bahamas perhaps tomorrow—Lindbergh flies across the continent to set a new record. Possibly you remember that one time he flew to Paris. Commander Byrd飞es across the north pole, then across the south Capt. Frank M. Hawks journeys some thousands of miles in a motorless glider toed by an airplane. Airports spring up in cities large and small. Activity about them rivals the hubbub of a union station. Mail planes and transports arrive and depart as regularly as the trains. All this is a far cry from the days of Icarus, or Doealatus, in ancient Greek mythology, whose flying ambitions ended in disaster because of a muddled astronomy. Icarus was inventive, but not prudent. He fastened his wings on with wax, and then flew too near the sun. The wax melted, and Icarus made the first foreced landing known in history. His parachute failed to open. But today wings are not made of wax. INDEPENDENT KANSAS One of the biggest thorns in the side of the Federal Farm board is none other than our own state of Kansas. She is becoming about as popular with Alexander Legge and his colleagues as Secretary Jardine was with the advocates of the equalization plan several years ago. Kansas have gained an extreme independence, acquired perhaps by long struggles with scorching winds and blizzards. They follow no precedents. They were in the lead in the adoption of prohibition, they have been among the first to adopt the referendum and other means of direct legislation, and now as ever they would rather work out their own salvation in the farm problem without advice or criticism from those who have been inclined to make Kansas the butt of their jokes when speaking of prohibition, woman suffrage and other radical departures. THE SENATE WARMS UP The senate is getting warmer in its attempt to find the real objection to the confirmation of Judge Parker. From a futile wrangling as to his personal integrity and absence of bias Senator Fess has stated that the opposition comes from those opposed, not to Parker, but to the court. Perhaps it would be better to say that the opposition is not against the court as such, but against the methods of the court as they have tended to form themselves in the past decade or two. Those supporting Parker reiterate the necessity for the court to be a cold, impartial tribunal that will force all legislation to conform to the time-honored prizes of the past. In their opinion the court shall not keep itself open to enlightened progress. The men opposing Parker believe that the court should be more than a mere brake on legislation. It should be a body with an eye on developments, capable of making decisions in the light of present day needs. Both of these functions of the court should be in evidence; it should not both as a brake and as a progressive body with its eye to the future. In order that they may both be adequately balanced, there is a balance on the bench between liberal and conservative. Judge Parker would only add one more to the large majority which the conservatives already have. At The Play Bv Carl Cooner Since the World War there has been a great influx into the United States of royalty and nobility from various countries, including the American dollar, and although the herof "Royalty" is an American prince he still has monetary tendencies. It seems that the Phi Gamma Delta are getting ready to do a little running when one of their number sees in the paper that the Prince of Al-Asad is planning to conceive his plans are conceived to lure nobility into the fraternity. But it is Freddy Prince who enters on the scene and is forced for the more distinguished person. The possibilities for a good plot here are true and there are moments when the action becomes more complex but at other times these monetize become minutes when the action slows down. Mr. Prince and his companion, Jimmy Allen, who has the much-sought-after-four-bits are pledged in a letter to Mr. Allen that it is a case of mistaken identity. Freddy falls for Gloriaan, one of the reasons for his joining the social organization, so however, the enemy of Dan Alton, former boy-friend of the girl in the case, is invaded. From then on he was given to a happy if not logical conclusion. Honors should go to George Callahan not only for writing a plausible story, but also for making it the object of the audience's attention all the while he is on the stage. Dan Burrell is the singing star of the production and Virginia Evans as the violinist. Ben Joffre smiles and daleet beauty, Jack Frost in the male lead is obviously miscast The specialties seem to click, especially those of Callahan, who incidentally is the hit of the evening, the solo of the music. Thompson, Robert Haitk stomp. Chorus numbers have too much repetition in them except the I 'Want My Man' Arie Simmons and his music add a great deal of color to the show. Personally we don't like the show, but then we don't like watermelon The sororities at Ohio State University are planning to meet to discuss doing away with the spending of so much money and big display during rush week. Norman, April 28 - (UP) -The Oklahoma University team is preparing to repulse the invasion of Arizona on Saturday and Monday. Continued rains forced postponement of the second round of the NCAA tournament was to have been played yesterday. Oklahoma Polo Team to Play Daun, Germany — (UP) — Quarry workers have uncovered a Roman burial place near Berndorf. It contained four stone collisions and one of lead and bronze artifacts that were removed abelstein. The coffins are said to date from the first century A.D. Send the Kansan home. UNION OPERATING COMMITTEE OFFICIAL UNIVERSITY BULLETIN Vol. XVII. Wednesday, April 26, 1830 No. 168 WEDNESDAY DANCE. There will be pledge at 7-85 tonight. Immediately following this the diving tryouts will be held for Quack and Major Quack membership. There will be a Wednesday dance from 7 to 8 tonight in the Memorial Union building. QUACK CLUB: HARRIET ADAMS, President. There will be a meeting of Delta Phi Delta at 2 Thursday evening in room 235 Administration building. Important business matters. Attendance is required. DELTA PHI DELTA: Kappa Phi will meet at 7 Thursday evening in Myers hall, THELMA CAULTER, Publicity. Tennis Rackets Restrung Promptly EL ATENEO; Tendría lugar la última session regular de El Avento en este semestre juev el primer de mayo. Es preciso quitamismo. SQUARE AND COMPASS; J. RAYMOND EGGLESTON, Secretary. Miss Sara G. Larder will give an illustrated lecture on "Present Day Language for Students of Literature" on Thursday, May 14, in room 305 in the Library. Square and Compose Internship will hold a business meeting at 7:30 pm Thursday, May 1, in room 211 Fraser, for election of officers. LECTURE FOR ENGLISH MAJORS MACDOWELL FRATERNITY; muchwell fraternity will meet at 8 p.m. on Thursday, May 1 in the exhibition room on the third floor of west administration building. There will be an exhibit of the work of members of the fraternity. Attendance is required. WILLIAM VANDEL, President. ROSE MORGAN, Chairman, Committee on Meetings. NEW FACTS CHANGE OLD IDEAS ABOUT CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION Countries Around Tigris and Euphrates Had Culture Older Than Tribes in Fertile Crescent Philadelphia—"Recent archaeological discoveries, and a better understanding of the ancient literary and artistic movements, have brought about a new sense of nationalism as to the beginnings of civilized life," Dr. E. A. Spenser, of the University of Pennsylvania, emphasized here recently in address before the American Philo- Ezpi, Crete, and Mesopotamia have been the three recognized cradle lands of civilization, until now. But centuries ago, the Tigris and Land and the land of the Tigris and the Eubaira have broken into that old, oldest civilized tribe, he explained. Scholars have arrived at the remarkable and rather unexpected conclusions of the land uprising eastward from the Mediterranean coast of Palestine across the Mediterranean Sea, where highlands of Persian were people of a single racial group. Doctor Speiser "We need no longer be surprised by the off-raft fact that the modern inhabitants of all the district in question are trained in certain traits, such as dark complexion, hawk-nose, and abnormal short skull." he continued. "This is an inheritance from ancient times, when these men and women were larger extent, as may still be seen from numerous ancient monumentals." The one remaining question—who were these men and women who founded the civilization of the Near East? The effect of this on to the effect that they were not Semitic, nor Sumerian, but were of the Spring fever may be defined as a desire to outfit yourself with new clothes from Ober's. Spring Suits by Society Brand and other good makers $35 and no. ? Anatodian or Armenoid branch of the Alpino race. They were people of great ability, who spread over a vast section of the ancient world, apparently from the Ganges to the Sea and the Caspian. They came, judging by archaeological discoveries at Pertite Crescent, and their most epoch-making discovery was the use of copper. They made painted pottery, so they were able to eat fruit. It was not rivaled until Greek vases of 2,500 years later intercede. Names of 10 kings who ruled in cities of the Middle East were cited by Doctor Speiser as showing that their language was not spoken. The first settlers must have spoken. On Other Hills An excellent duplicate to the largest meteorite ever found in the United States is on display at McClure Hall at the University of Oregon. It will be left three permanently on exhibition. The meteorite is 10 feet thick, feet thick, and weighs 31,107 pounds. In an effort to wipe out all secret societies at the University of Oklahoma, an order has been lashed by the president and found guilty of being a member of any secret society will be immediately dropped from school. The action followed the activities of the D.D.M.C., at a banquet of the Sigma Delta Chi. Michigan State fraternities initiated over 20 pledges in the past spring term after a fall semester that started last Tuesday at 5 o'clock and terminated on Friday at the same hour. Most of the fraternities had only 2 pledges, so they have to live being the general average. The hope that sometime in the near future a fire department school might be added at the University of Missouri has been discussed. The Missouri fire department inspector of the Missouri Inspection bureau, at a demonstration of fire fighting methods held recently at Fulton. This school would allow more of interest to volunteer departments. Read the Kansan want ads Have You Tried Our 10c Lunch at Noon or Our 30c Dinner at Night? Both are proving popular. at Nothing is good enough but the best FEATURE SECTION is that pretty girl in the second row in that picture of the crowd at the Missouri State Fair know that a picture was being made; and why that peculiar expression as she gazees right? What has he said or done? And why is the faculty sitting so quiet, never resisted? Do they have he there? in the 01 11C Are You the Girl? Are You the Man? There Are Pictures of Thousands of Students 1930 JAYHAWKER May ---? CHOICE CUT FLOWERS Whitcombs Greenhouse Phone: 275 Ninth at Tenn. St. Owlie says— It's the Woman Who Plays BANG !! Tomorrow the low-down on your roommate will be blazed across the campus when the SOUR OWL with its big POPGUN section appears upon the campus for the last time this year. READ About the social life of a Dove agitator. What happened to old "Poker Joe" Boggs. The inside story on Salome and John. SEE The biggest art and literary section of the year. BRING Your two bits with you!