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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
The Official Student Paper of the University of Kansas
Vol. XXVH
We're not appuritions of the number 13 but neither were the Tigers.
No.116
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1930
Campus Gossip
Alphin Speaks to Haskell Club;
Prominent Jayhawks Have
Pictures Taken for Annual;
Senior Recital Is Tonight
Delta Phi Delta, national art fraternity, will hold initiation services tomorrow night at 7:30 at the Alpha Omega home. There will be nine nipledes and three honorary members of the faculty initiated. As a guest speaker, Mr. Mullen, national alumni president from Topela will be present.
Dean S. B. Braden, of the School of religion spoke yesterday morning at the East Side Christian church at Topken, and last night at the Springs His talks were in the interest of the Kanna Bible College.
The Wesley Players presented a three-act religious drama, "The Rock," at the first Methodist church in Kansas City. The play was given at the Methodist church here two times in December and later at two of the Methodist churches in Kansas City. Day evening the players will present the play at the Lowman Memorial church in Topeka and the following day at the Avenue John church in Kansas City.
Prof. Allen Crafton and Prof. Robert Calderwood, of the department of speech and dramatic art, returned yesterday from Des Moines, Iowa, to New York for a visit with directors council, an organization for directors of university theaters, at the fine arts conference. The fine arts conference, 29, 21, 22 at the University of Iowa.
Dr. Hans Ulrich Weber gave a talk on "German Since the World War" at the regular meeting of the meeting of the German delegation in room 430 Pfraser hall at 4:30.
Sunday dinner guest at the Delta Zeta house were Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Taylor and Murjorie Taylor of Yankee Corporals, and Jane Cornelius.
Pictures are being taken this week of 72 prominent Jayhawkers for that section of the 1920 Jayhawk. Each year the editor chooses persons of interest to all fields of activities to comprise this popular part of the year book.
Earnest Boye, associate professor of civil engineering, left last night on a business trip to Arkansas City. He will speak at the conference of oil producers who are meeting to decide what shall be done about the oil industry. He will write tomorrow.
The senior recital of Virginia Lou Barre, piano player at the age of 68, brought in the auditorium of central Administration building at 8,000 pts. on the first this summer.
Robert Kehr, assistant engineer and instructor in the department of sanitary engineering, will leave tomorrow to take him to the western part of the state. He will visit a number of cities he will look over the city water supplies.
Dorothy Wilson, fa20, who is teaching at Leavenworth, and Daria Willem, ed30, who is teaching at Bonner Springs, at the University this week-end.
Charles B. Lipsa, instructor in department of English, will talk to freshmen and other students interested in English Literature, on "Contemporary British Theatre" at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27 in 205 Persham hall This is the third of the lectures sponsored for freshmen each year.
Emily Ferry, assistant in the Bureau of Child Research, spent Saturday at the Boy's Industrial School to investigate the boys. Miss Ferry is making an investigation in regard to the dietary, health and emotional needs of the request of the head of the school.
"Uses of Lumber in Building Construction" is the title of a talk to be given by J. E. Mackie, a rerepresentative of facturers' association, of Washington, D. C., at a meeting of the Architectural Wednesday night in Mar
The third of the series of instructive talks for prospective high school activity leaders will be held at Fraser hall, room 110 Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. Prof. Edwin M. Belles of the University on the sub-team "Personal and Social Tools For the Achievement of Objectives of High School Activity Groups."
Former Student, Jerome Beatty,
Attains Success in Literature.
With 20 Stories Sold in
Jerome Beauty, former student at the University, has sold 20 short stories and four major articles in a magazine. He is also an adjunct faculty member by Chrence Budding Kelland and Frederick Hazzil Brennan, according to an interview obtained by the U.S. government.
Continuously knocking on wood because its all ten new as far he to be is to the table, but PRESS preh how he had attained such success, to leavest to the butterchief and grease it.
Nine Sororities Enter Mu Phi Inter-Sorority Sing Wednesday Night
17 Beta Phi Candidate for Cur
Given to Winners Three
Successive Years
The Mu Phi interorosity sing, in which nine nortorites will be entered will be hold at 7:45 p. m. Wednesday n. the University Auditorium.
Each socrator will sing one of its ongs and "Fight for Kansas" which will be judged more on the basis of character than years. The judges are Alice Conniepier, Irene Poebody, and Marian Moore, voice instructors in the school.
A small cup will be awarded to the winning sorority, who, in order to win, must receive at least three successive years. The last two years the small cup has been won.
The aima mater, and "I'm a Jay-hawker," will be sung by all the contestants under the direction of Eugene in the judges' arc.
The sorcerors who are entered are Pai Beta Phi, Theta Phi Alpha, Olda Zeta, Alpha Xi Omeга, and Alpha Beta Phi, Alpha Chi Omega, and Alpha Beta Phi.
Recital to Be Tomorrow
Tau Sigma Will Have Program of Varied Dances
Tau Sigma, honorary dancing as sorority, will give its sixth annual recital in the little theater of Fraser on 8 tomorrow and Wednesday nights.
The program is as follows: An instructional group composed of "imprecipitates" including "The Three Graces," Flora, "Adagio," in "Adagio" in the Field's
Diversion戏剧 is the second group. It will include "Pierrot and Piennette," "L'Orientale," with the goddess balletin, and Faranee dancing girl Balletto, with the goddess rhapsody, gracecinetie, "Yale a Doeze" and "Boston Fancy."
The final group will consist of pop dar numbers; "Waltz Tap Chorus," Polly, "Rag Doll," "Ain't Misbeuvil"; "Military Finale."
Tau Sigma was founded on the Hill by Misa Elizabeth Dunkel in 1922. First it was only a group of women, but it has grown to an honorary organization of 28 members. The following women are members of the Hall: Louise Bradshaw; Louise Nelson; Dorothy Bradshaw, Anna Louise Bondy, Alice Sherbon, Elizabeth Sherbon, Fern Sherbon, Brenda Halsey, Haley Silde, Caroline Rob House, Wilma Taylor, Virginia Derby, Agnes Robert, Margaret Morgat, Rebekah Johnson, Ada McMurray, Maurice Downey, Holen Lawson, Virginia Evans, Mona Munsey, Virginia Krob, Jayne Fleckenstein, Eather Mullin, Jean McGee, Marcia Leo Smith, Dorothy Bella Bryant. Though this is the sixth recital to be presented by Tau Sigma, it is second to be given with staging effec
All heat records for February were broken in Lawrence this afternoon when thermometers disclosed a high mark of 78 degrees, the meteorologist said. The previous record was established in February, 1921, when the mercury reached the 78-degree mark. The reading last Tuesday was 77 degrees, which nearly equaled the record.
Mercury Reaches 83 to Establish Record
This 5-degree increase over the former record follows a period of probably as consistently warm weather as has occurred here
Since Jan. 18, when the temperature descended to a low mark of 19 degrees below zero, there were temperatures that rose above 37. The change occurred in 37 days.
the man who collects the instalments on the radio."
"I always wanted to be a writer," he said. "But for three years as an assistant to Will Hayes and for too many years as a movie publicist man I was so busy getting my friends the best film ideas, didn't have time to do anything else."
Beatty Luses Job
He really uses faces.
"Then on my 42nd birthday, I found myself jobless. Warmer Brothers bought First National and it was a cool little card." I could cry well without it.
"I had a little money, believe it,
not and I had inside enough for six months and resolved to write during that time whether I should write it or not. I wrote to write a book but I didn't know what to write a book about. I merely had a well dedication "To the Warmer Brothers-Who Fired Me with Ennai"
"So I wrote a short story that was terrible. It was a crook yarn with shooting and bombing in every paragraph. Nobody ever bought it."
"Then I got an idea that seemed to be funny and I sold it to Collers. Right then I abandoned dramatic fiction.
Writes for Many Magazine
**Written for 'Ivy Magazines'**
Every writer must turn out pieces for other magazines, including the American Counterculture Guides and a magazine called Post. Some kindly philologists have considered it amazing that philosophers did not smack at it. At 42 I had accumulated a store of experi- ences in my dorm room, interesting stuff modeled into fiction.
"I have no illusions about my writing. It isn't art. To me a good story is necessary." A few months ago I wrote what I thought was a magnificent yarn. It had an unhappy ending and I thought it was a significant achievement in any significant thing about the enterprise is that stories with unhappy endings are no good, for this house has a great conservation bill. "Advice to new writers? I can't give advice. I need it myself. I will say, however, that I love the horseshoe doe that harm. And it's a good thing—at the start of your career—not to see the new moon over the wrong shoulder. I don't like hall things, beware of ladder."
Sociology Meeting Feb. 26
Marsh and Wilson Will Speak at Lindsborg
Coolidges Receive Warning
The second regional conference of the state sociological department will meet at Lindstrom, Wednesday. The general topic for discussion will be "The Relation of Home to Social Welfare Work and the Relation of Workers in Whole."
Dr. R. L. Sutton Publishing Articles in Sunday Star
Dr. Richard L. Sutton, professor of dermatology at the Rodeo branch of the University is publishing an article in this week's *Kansas City Star*. The first installment appeared in yesterday's paper is concerned mostly with Doctor Kate Gillard, though most of the hunting was done with a camera, various wild animals were killed and according to the Kansas City Journal it was presented at the University of Kansas.
Donald C. Marsh, assistant professor in the department of sociology, will speak Wednesday morning on topics including Parental Rights. This is an open conference and all students of sociology are invited to attend.
Los Angeles, Feb. 24—(UP) A letter warning Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge that an attack would be made to kill the Colorado lawmaker received by the Coolidges here today.
Doctor Sutton, famed explorer, hunter and doctor, left Kansas City late in the spring of 1925, accompanied by his son, Dr. K. L. Sutton, Jeeves, who took 7000 feet of motion pictures in addition to hundreds of photographs. He has named his narrative, "The Long Tread" and it is to appear among the greatest photographs in Africa, India and Indo-China will constitute the bulk of the story
Robert S. Wilson, instructor in the department of sociology, will speak at the banquet Wednesday evening on the topic "Gasoline Gypsies."
Two forward steps were taken recently at the University of Oregon toward the formulation of plans for Song week, set for October 21. A appointment of a chairman of the general committee in charge of plans and the other was the donation of W.B. Betts to the Women's Women's organization in the singing contest.
Sour Owl Literary Copy Must Be Turned In Today
"All literary copy for the 'Bottom Up' number of the Sour Owl must be shown on the cover to appear in the new issue." Embrey Jailline, *c*30, editor, announced
The content for the best literary and art copy is being carried out as in the past, and origination and treatment of idea are sought in the context.
Announcement has been made of the appointment of Stewart Newlin, c22, as associate editor.
The "Bottom Up" number will appear March 6.
Fireside Forums Begin Tonight With Nine Hill Fraternities Included
Announcement of Speakers and Subjects Made for First Four Nights
The first fireside forum of this semester begin tonight, according to Sam Carter, secretary of the Y.M.C.A. At present nine houses have requested requests for speakers. These requests have been granted and the speakers assigned to the different houses. Five more houses indicated requests. All they have not filled out their cards according to Mr. Carter.
Four Nights
The houses which have filled on cards are the following: Pi Uplosion, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Cosmopolitan Club, Acacia, Alpha, Beta, Delta Chi, Alpha Sigma, Beta Theta Pi, and Alpha Kappa Lambda. These houses which have indicated that they wished to participate but have not filled out their cards are called the Freshman's House, Sigma Pi, Epsilon, Phi Kappa Psi, and the Freshman "V" club.
Miss Irena Rhoda Hopes, of the department of English, will speak at the first Fireside Forum at the Kappa Sigma house Tuesday night on Wednesday. On Wednesday night Dean Paul B. Lawson will speak at the Pi Upiion house on the subject of "Evolution." Dean Robert M. Davis will speak at the Pi Upiion house on the subject of "The Function of Law and Lawyers." Professor Jens will speak at the Acacia屋 on the subject of "Emigrant." Prof Joseph H. Taggart will speak at Chi Delta Sigma on the subject of "Business Man's Ethics." Prof Otto Kraußman will speak at the subject of "Education for What."
Chairgoing to be the next Apa
On Tues. a club will speak at the B公院
Lawson will speak at the C公院
club on the auditorium at the W. R. Taylor will speak at the Altai Tau Omega home
group on Wednesday.
Students in Auto Wreck
"It is not too late for any other house to fill out its schedule, conclude this week and proceed this week in order that the schedule may be arranged."
One University student was seriously injured and another slightly Saturday night in a motor vehicle accident on the west side of Lawrence. Dorothy Beth Cochrum of Kansas City, a senior at Texas State University, suffered from a concussion of the brain and several severe body bruises. She was expected to recover, attendance said.
The accident occurred when the muddy car crashed at the Lawrence River bridge, and one other car occupied by Walter Walfk Irvin Burleigh and Ester Herd
One Suffering From Concussion Expected to Recover
In Congress Today
Thomas Vernon Hill, freshman b,
the College from Logan, also was
working in the Office of his
condition is not serious and he
will probably be released from the
hospital tomorrow. Dr. Clementi
Gibert Graham, b'30, of Almea and
Florence Edmonds, c'30, of Lawrences, were
shaken up but both are attending
Hughes Becomes Chief Justice
Washington, Feb. 24 — (UP) —
Charles Evans Hughes became the
eleventh chief justice of the U.S.
during his dignified ceremony
today. The new chief justice will be 68 in April.
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Senate continues tariff debate. Judiciary committee considers prehensibility of the bill to a District of Columbia bill. Labor committee resumes hearings on oil-age laws.
Sororities Select Prom Candidates for Queen Titles
Popularity Contest Is New Move for Junior Party; Johnny Johnson
Candidates for junior prom queen have been selected by their respective houses and the contest will be well under way within the next few weeks. For more information today by Owen Cox, c21, and Paul Stattis, c23, prom managers.
this something new and different for K. U. students; however a great number of them are from the Middle West sponsor a popularity and beauty contest at is largest party day.
An extensive campaign will be staged on advance ticket sales. Each student buying a ticket before 10 o'clock on the night of March 7, re
The prom managers are exerting every effort in making this the best event possible. Oread. It will not only be a formal two o'clock affair with Johnny and Katie, but also entertainers, but also something new in the way of decorations will be
the candidates as chosen by their respective sororites are; Pi Beta Phi, Virginia Doby; Alpha Kappa Omega Revely; Gamma Phi, Beta Launcel Henderson; Sigma Kappa, Anneette Barletta; Alpha Kappa Omega Delta, Wilma Tilman; Alpha Omicron Pisora Dorothy Atwood; Alpha Delta Pisora Loraine Mace; Kappa Kappa Omega Chirchia; Chi Omega, Dixon Diosn.
Will Hold Music Contest
Kansas Federation of Women's Clubs Is Sponsor
An audition for young musicians of special talent will be held in the building on Friday morning, March 14, from 10 until 12 under the auspices of Women's Clubs. The contest will be for those talented in voice piano.
the only university students who may take part in the auditions are under 19 years of age. This does not apply to students who have attended university.
Four types of prizes will be given including certificates of merit and $5 (first year award), certificate of second year award), certificate of advancement and $10 (third year award), and the youngest certificate and $10 (year award).
The following vocal numbers are to be given in the audition: "How Beautiful Upon The Mountains" (Baker), "Fear Not Ye, O Israel" (Buck), "Come Upon Me" (Buck), and "Come Unto Him, All Ye That Labor" (Hauel). These are listed in the order of the above-mentioned prizes offered.
Tryout for Tall Chorus in W.S.G.A. Comedy Held
The tryout for the tall chorus of the W. S. G. A. musical comedy was held this afternoon at 4 p.m. in the theater c130, and the W. S. G. A. Committee were in charge. Miss Elizabeth Dunkel, who is a senior, received the rites. Marie Van Denze, c135, assisted her. The results of the tryout will be published in tomorrow'.
Troffouts for the men's chorus will be held sometime this week. This is the first time in several years that a chorus will be in the musical comedy, so all the men, whether they have talent or not, are asked to try out when the announcer suggests it. The chorus will do just two or three dances, where in previous years they have done five or six numbers. Miss Duncan and her band dance perfect in its way.
each double perimeter in the figure.
Regular rehearsals will begin the last of this week or the first of next
M. U. Professor Resigns, Interference Is Cause
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Columbia, Mo., Feb. 24—(UP)—Failure of the administration of the University of Missouri to allow unattended academic freedom at the school was issued an international known economist, in his letter of resignation from the faculty. The resignation becomes effective Sept. 1. In a letter to Dr. Stratton B. Brooks of the University to the board of curators he refers to administration policies in this connection. He will return to Yale
connection. He will return to The University, his alma mater, he said.
K.U. Professor Celebrates Forty Years of Service
Forty years of service as an instructor at the University and his sixty-ninth birthday made professor W. C. Stevens of the botany department eligible for university party dress by being in possession of Snow hall and their wives.
The following guests were present:
Gregorius Brayer, K. H. Lindley,
Christopher Birch, K. H. Lindley,
B. Stevens, son and daughter-in-law
and Lyle Brown and Jlys Brown
of Kansas City.
Chancellor Announces Committee to Outline Commencement Plans
Faculty Student Group Headed by Brewster; Hold First Session Thursday
The members of the committee which will handle the graduating exercises of the senior class were attorney R. Q. Brewater, professor of chemistry, is chairman and other members of the committee. Professor R. Q. Brewater, professor of chemistry; Florence Black, assistant professor of mathematics; J. L. Newton, assistant professor of mathematics; Freed Elsworth, secretary of the Alumni association; W. A. Dillate associate professor of journalism; Paul Jones, c30; Paul Osborne, c30
Plans for the 1930 commencement
with the new lecture under way
with the newly appointed commitee
committee meeting for the first
truncation Thursday at 4:39 p.m., m. the
Members of the Alumni committee will meet with the commencement委员会主席 for the commencement committee. This panel will comprise a committee is composed of Cora M. Downs professor of bacteriaiology Elizabeta Elisabeth Krause educational education; L. N. Flint, professor of journalism; George O. Poster, representative of nursing education; Philip Readle, associate professor of entomology; R. Q. Brewster, professor of chemistry; and Fred
Further plans will be announced after Thursday. Wants of the area will be announced soon. The area will be made known soon. Baccalauren exercises exercisees exercises exercises June 9.
Fellowship Remains Open
Graduate School Makes Offer to Many Colleges
All applications for the Graduate School fellowship must be filed at the graduate office before March 1 as applications from Kansas at that time.
Fellowships are based on open competition throughout the United States and are given to students with the best scholastic record and ability.
First-year graduate students will receive $400, second year students $500, and third year students $600, announcement of awards will be mailed to the winners on April 1. Other school offering awards, this year include: Wellesley College, Radcliffe College, Mills College, and Northwestern Syracuse, Yale, Brown, New York Island Stanford, and Washington, at St. Louis, universities, and colleges. First-year Wisconsin Washington, North Carolina, California, Virginia, and Chicago.
Fellowships from these schools range from $150 to $1,200.
Two Former Professors Teaching in New Jersey
Two former members of the faculty of the School of Business and a member of the Seth Boyden School of Business of the New Jersey Law School
George Esterly, bum'23, is professor of accounting and chairman of the accounting department of the St. Louis stressor, professor and head of the accounting department of the School of Business here in Missouri as a lecturer in accounting as well as holding the position of assistant treasurer of the University from 1986 to 1994. Mr. Moser is professor of finance in the School of Business here in the University from 1995 to 2001 and is with the Vacuum Oil Company.
Eugene Christy Will Sing in Tulsa Opera March
Professor Eugene Christy will sing the role of Turrido in the Cavalleria Rusticana opera which will be given in Tulsa March 4. The opera consists of four acts and was brought to Tulsa under the aupices of the University of Oklahoma.
Professor Christy will leave for Tulsa Saturday night in order to be present for rehearsals Sunday and Monday.
Koenig Announces Spring Semester R.O.T.C. Officers
Artillery
Unit Reorganized Into two Companies, Engineers, Anti-Aircraft and Artillery
The organization of the University is administered by military officers applying to it, have been annuated by the department of military science and tactics for this course.
Under the present organization, the unit has been divided into two companies, "A" and "C", and the battalion or drum company, consisting of court artillery and put-aircraft division, consists of four platoons, and Company "C", the engineers, has three platoons. The drum and bugle corps comprises one
The cadet officers for this semester have been appointed by recommendation of the Director, or, in favor W. C. Koenig, and through approval of the Chancellor of the University, for their final capacities at all drill periods or other periods of formation. The officer's grade is determined.
Honorary Colonel, Adela Hale; cadet major and battalion commander, Jack E. Worrner; cadet captain and cadet captain and artillery battery commander, Engene Nirlinger; cadet captain and battery commander, M. S. Fleether; cadet first lieutenant and battery executive, G. A. White; cadet captain and liaison and cadet captain second lieutenant and assistant liaison and communications officer, H. A. Whitin; cadet first lieutenant and assistant liaison and Kuester; cadet second lieutenant and assistant artillery engineer, J. C. Gibson; cadet first lieutenant and artillery officer, E. A. Warz; cadet second lieutenant and assistant ordnance officer, J. C. Gibson; cadet first lieutenant and signal officer, V. A. Warz; cadet first lieutenant and unmasterer, R. H. Bettis.
The company officers are: Company "A", captain, H. G. Dresser; first lieutenants, T. D. Woodward, J. W. Loomberg, V. S. Jones, G. E. McKennan; second lieutenants, N. A. Cohen, H. L. Shultz, T. A. Johnson.
Company "C", captain, J. G.
Barnez; first lieutenant, H. J. Ellis,
L. H. Woolley, W. M. Powell second
lieutenant, L. F. Van Duenge, H. E.
Gould, W. L. Williamson. Drum and
captain and leader, H. G. Hurges.
The color guard! Color sergeant,
G. E. Decker, color corporal, D. F.
Squireman, color bearer sergeant,
G. E. Decker and color bearer corporal,
F. S. Lakin.
Engineers Will Try Jobs
Ninety Graduates to Pick Work After Experimenting
comedy engineers from the engineering schools of the course, but they also know the type of work they wish to do by experimenting; according to word received by the comedian.
The Bethelchem Steel company has made this offer to college graduates who are looking for summer work. The work is open for those interested in chemistry, metallurgy, allure, and also non-technical graduates.
rme men are to be taken into the company the first of June, and all other rme men are required departments of their section for ten weeks. In addition to the work they will do at home during each morning, and to be allowed to interview heads of departments in
At the end of the period the men make their choice as to what department they wish to enter, and if they have been found to be suited for that department they are hired. In some cases that time may be transferred, and their salary fixed according to the ability they have shown.
New Students May Get K Books at Y.M. Office
The Y.M.C.A. has 100 "K" books which will be distributed to the new students who enrolled in the University this semester if they will call at room 121, Fraser hall, according to Sam Carter, secretary of the Y.M.
Students who wish to secure jobs through the M.Y.M.C. should fill out their class schedules so that the officials in charge of the employment department can assist the student can work. Change of addresses should also be handed in.
"I is important that this be done because we cannot secure jobs unless we know all what he needs can work," said Mr. Carter today.