THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL. XXV
No.137
Lecture Program to Bring Famous Speakers to Hil
Students May Be Allowed to State Preferences Among Notables Suggested
A series of University lectures by four of the best known men in the country is being planned for next year by a committee appointed by Chancellor E. H. Lindley. The speakers will be significant nationally and will appear in the lecture field, according to John R. Dyer, chairman of the committee.
Independent of Convocation
This series of lectures is to be presented in the Auditorium in the evening and will be absolutely independent of the convocation speakers, being on popular subjects by highly paid speakers.
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"The committee favors a program of the highest quality, made up of no more than four lectures presented at a low price," said Dean Dyer today.
Independent of Convocation
Some speakers who are being considered by the committee are Norman Angell, Angel Bok, Senator Borah, Lewis Brown, Clarence Chamberlain, Will Durant, John Erkins, John Finley, Glenn Frank, Richard Halliburton, Charles E. Hughes, C. C. Little, Enil Ladwig, George Horace Lorimer, Macefield H., H. L. Menken, Alfred Murphy, Bertrand Russel, E. E. Slosov, Wilfjärmar Stenanson, Lorado Toad, and Rabbi Stephen A. Wise.
Suggestions Are Welcome
Suggestions are welcome.
Students may be given an opportunity to participate in a workshop for their favorite speakers soon, it is announced by the committee, and any suggestions concerning the course will be welcome.
The committee on the lecture courses is composed of Dean John R. Dyer as chairman; F. M. Dawson, professor of the department of the department of science; Dearn D. M. Swarthout of the School of Fine Arts; Dean R. A. Schweiger of the School of Education; Prof. E. C. Bushler of the department of speech and language; Prof. E. C. Nelson of the English department; Prof. C. F. Nelson of the chemistry department; Dr. Frank Strong of the School of Law; Prof. L. N. Flint, head of the human sciences division, huma, director of the extension division; Claude L. Scott, secretary of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce; Rose McCollack, c28, president of W. S. G. A.; and Raymond Nichols, president of the Men's Student Council
Gay Crowd Attracted by Flames in Church
A popular diversion was in counting the number of professors gracing the occasion. One ambitious and energetic student discovered ten scattered throughout the rank of spectators.
It it was the outstanding and most successful social event of the year. The whole town turned in its gay holiday gift mask. It passed lightly from mouth to mouth and heartily laughter filled the room with the spectacle of the crackling liking flames detracted from the sociability of the crowd.
The calm, undisturbed manner with which the firemen dispatched their dues came in for its share of good-natured banter. Feminine squint and masculine cheekies greeted the ocean wave of water falling on the inner circle.
The fun lasted far into hours set aside for other pursuits. It is rumored that the cartridges were a short amount of an hour until its audience arrived. We cannot confirm the veracity of this statement—we are afraid of the latter aspect of the matter.
Yes, the fire Saturday evening was quite the big attraction ever offered in Lawrence. Everybody had a good time.
Berkley, Calif., March 19—Some new and different in the way of malted milks and milkshakes has been introduced in California to sustain demand at the University of California, since the experiments conducted by the Fruit Products laboratory of the university has discovered the wonderful food values in it.
Mary Bartram, c'31, is seriously ill in the student hospital. She was admitted for treatment this noon, according to Dr. E. H. Edmiston.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, LAWRENCE, KANSAS,MONDAY, MARCH 19. 1928
Pathe News Takes K. U.
Mens' Rifle Team Picture
The Pathe news reel number 24, which is released this week and is to be seen at the Bowersock theater during the first three days of the week, contains some interesting “shots” of the University rifle team in action against the squad from the University of Missouri. These pictures were taken during the rifle match which was held in the University campus on April 9 and in which the Kansas team won.
The members of the rifle team who will be seen on the screen this week are: Wayne Kerr, c'28; captain, Verdon Westheff, c'29; Lloyd Muller, c'28; Monnell Hill, c'28; Harold Dressen, monnell Hill, c'28; Joe Tominson, c'30; Donald Saureman, c'29; and Joe Matassarin, c'28.
University of Paris Offers Opportunity for Study in France
Full Credit for Foreign Work Extended by American
Colleges
An opportunity to spend the junior year in study abroad at the University of Paris next year, is being offered the students of the University of Kanada according to French Eugène Falcone who will be present in France will be spent in France by those making the tour in intensive study of French language, habits, customs, national and local problems and the like including regular college courses for foreign students. The degree will be offered by the Amercan universities sending students.
The work abroad is not easy in any way, according to those in charge, only those of outstanding scholarship, ability and desire to work hard, and possessing a natural aptitude for the French language are accepted. The French department has been held under the direction of the University of Deceleware and was inaugurated in 1824. It has been conducted for four years with increasing success. The minimum requirement is that the student has to possess a record of having taken at least four courses in high school and college combined.
Many Courses Offered
Many Courses Offered
The courses available for American college juniors are limited to the general fields of literature, economics, philosophy, history, and the French language. No courses at all are available to juniors in the natural sciences, physics, or biology which can be successfully correlated with the same courses offered in the American colleges.
The cost for the year spent abroad, which includes twelve weeks in the UK, is about $1,500. This will cover the round-trip ocean voyage, railroad travel in France, room and board, tuition and necessary expenses, except clothing.
Advantages which may be secured by the year's study are: the ability to read, write, speak, and understand basic language; most impossible in the United States, preparation to teach French, or to fill governmental or business positions in French-speaking countries or in business; an opportunity to broadcast of one's point of view growing out of a year's study of a civilization other than one's own, an acquaintance with n a great literature and acquisition; it will be permanent possess-
Varied Advantages in Study
sion. An opportunity will also be given for the students to see and to study some of the world's greatest collections of paintings and sculpture as well as to hear and see the masterpieces of opera and drama.
Special iprovisions have been made for some of those students who are unable to bear all of the expense of a course aboard and scholarships of $100 each have been established for them. The Committee for these students are highly recommended through their respective colleges and the Committee on Undergraduate Study in France, Institute of International Education, of New York City. One of the best aspects of the foreign study course is that the student is lodged in a private family in Paris, France, where he will be the only English, speaking guest and as a result nothing but French is spoken.
Anyone interested in spending the year of 1928-29 in Paris for study is urged to get in touch with Prof. E. Galloo.
Committee Holds Startling Teapot Dome Information
Serious Nature of Evidence Causes Secrecy Until Investigation Is
(United Press)
Made
The information was obtained in executive session of the Tenpot Special sub-committee and was of such a serious character that the committee approved its trials until it has had an opportunity to test the accuracy of the story.
"Rather than put him on the stand directly," he said, "we had him come to visit with us. His testimony was of such a startling nature that we classified in bringing it out publicly before we had a chance to investigate."
Chairman Nye of the committee, who with Senator Nordeck, conducted the Chicago hearing, told the United States Senate that a "mystery witness" at Chicago
It was said that the man for whom the strange package was intended "possibly" a member of the judiciary, but Nye refused to make any direct comment on that phase of the situation.
The witness told of receiving a mysterious package. Its contents, according to Nye, were unknown. One version, however, was that it contained bonds for a Washington man who was misaddressed in a man in HIlls.
"No one knows the contents of the package, or if it was even actually in existence," Nye told the United Press.
That assertion was taken as indicating that the committee had some doubt about the accuracy of the story they had heard and Nye made it plain that the committee intends to clear the situation as quickly as possible.
E. N. Manchester to Go Director of Libraries to Take Ohio State Position
Resignation of Earl N. Manchester director of libraries at the University for the past seven years, to become director of libraries at Ohio State University, was announced today by Chancellor E. H. Lindley, Mr. Manchester expects to take up his new duies July 1.
During the war, Mr. Manchester was in the service of the American Libraries Association as librarian at Camp Cody and Camp Grant, and overseas. At the signing of the Armistice, Mr. Manchester provide reading matter for the American soldiers waiting to return to America.
When Mr. Manchester came to the University of Kansas from the University of Chicago, the University library was housed in the Spooner library building, and was badly overused to assist in the planning of the new library and the transfer of the thousands of volumes to the new building
Lincoln, Neb., March 21 - "straw vote" poll in which students at the University of Nebraska will have an opportunity to indicate their presidential candidate choices will be taken here Wednesday, March 21.
Daily Nebraskan to Take Straw Vote in Convention
At Ohio State University, library facilities have been outgrown, and one of Mr. Manchester's duties will be to on methods of meeting the situation.
The vote is being sponsored by the Daily Nebraskan, and information concerning the candidates is being made available to the department of political science.
Some of the same kind of work he came to. Mr. Manchester, both at Brown University, where he was an assistant librarian, and at Chicago where he was reference librarian at the Harper Memorial library for 16 years.
"Too many students are indifferent to everything except that directly related to campus life," the Nebraskan editor believes.
Student opinion in regard to the choice of a model for the mock presidential convention seems to favor the Republican plan. The Kansas's inquiring reporter received the following answers today?
Mock Convention
Arthur Circle, c30, 1336 Vermont: "Republican would be better as there is more direct interest in that direction due to the nearness of the Republican convention in Kansas City next summer."
Embree Jailhouse, c 30, 1621 Edgillich,
"Republican will be more bess-
satisfactory because it will help us under-
stand the national convention when it
takes place."
William McBee, uncle, l'850 Miss 165,
"Democratic would be best, I think."
Tom Carper, "29, 1238 Tenn., "Republican saws me."
Jay Wells, uncle's, $11 Ll.," Make it Republican, there's more chance for a big fight there."
Clarence Higer, e'29, 1300 Tenn.
"Because of nearness of the coming national Republican convention, that would be the best convention for us. More interest would be attached to it," he said in an interview in K.C. next summer better."
William Turner, c'30, 204 W. 14th "Ought to be a Democratic convention."
Clinton Calvin, c'29, 1137 Indiana,
"Republican convention would be more interesting."
Bernard Carlson, 1008 Maine — "A Republican convention would be more interesting because of the way the 'candidates are lined up this year."
dilates in the Republician field now." Lemel Wright, 1541 Tennessee "It would be interesting to have both parties hold sway in turn, but I think the majority rule of the Republican party is best."
Emilia McClure, Route 2, Lawrence,
"I would like to have it be Repub-
lan, probably because the Repub-
lan are generally in power in Kansas."
Clarence Birny, 1700 Mississippi—"The Republican would be easier to have, and would not take so long to elect a nominee."
Betty Ann Henderson, Corbin hall—"It should be Democrat, not Republican."
Announcements
Jauet Fleishman, 1011 Indiana—"A Republican convention would be more interesting than a Democratic one because Coolidge is Republican and may or may not be the final choice of the Republican party."
Ralphol Yøger, 1145 Indiana—Ralphol Yøger, 1145 Indiana—because the two-thirds rule gives a better chance for a dendrobit to survive and being to break it and get a candidate.
Birthday to Be Observed
Cervantes, Spanish Novelist to Be Honored April 21
--ere eight schools contesting.
In the morning the annual spring meeting of the Kansas chapter of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish will be held.
"Dona Clarines," an Spanish play, will be presented by students of the department of Spanish in the auditorium of Green hall in the afternoon. The cast for the play will be announced later.
The annual banquet will be held in the evening at the cafeteria in the Union building. A more or less extensive program is being planned for this. Part of the program will probably be given by visiting students.
Arrangements are being made by the department of Spanish for the annual celebration of the birthday of Cervantes, the great Spanish novelist of the 17th century, April 21, at the National Museum of Art and the instructors of Spanish from all over the state of Kansas and Kansas City, Mo., will be present.
There will be an important meeting of Pen and Scroll Tuesday, March 29, at 7:30 p.m. in the rest room of central Administration building. Pledge service will be held—Dorothy Kuerter, secretary.
Tau Sigma pynecite will be held Tuesday night at 7:15 in the gymnasium.
Kansas Debaters for Second Time Win Valley Title
K. U. First School to Win
Highest Award Twice
Since Beginning
of League
For the second straight year the Kansas debaters have won first place in the Missouri Valley Debate League, according to a unanimous decision granted by the board of governors Monday. The team will compete Friday, March 16. This is the first time that any school has won the honor for two years in succession. Those who debated this year to bring the victory to the University of Kansas, are:
Rice Larden, at present a freshman in the School of Law, a political science major, c28; George C. Chumis, c29, also a political science major; Frederick S. Anderson, uncl. political science major; Martin B. Dickerson, A. B. 26, '128, and David J. Bentley, A. B. 26, '128. Second place in the league went to the Kansas State Agricultural College at Manhattan.
The Missouri Valley Debate League is composed of eight colleges and universities: South Dakota, Drake, Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas State Agricultural College, Kansas, and Colorado.
Sewall Vovan, c29, won fourth place in the Missouri valley oratorical contest which was held at Washoula High School and served meetings that Kansas was granted the unanimous decision of first place in the debate league. He gave his oration "Walls and Wings." He played in the local University context.
Other results of the oratorical contest were as follows: Washington University, first; Missouri, second; and Kansas Aggies, third. There
Teachers to Visit Here
Department of Latin to Give Roman Style Show
The department of Latin of the University will have as its gates Saturday, March 24, the Topeca High School Latin teachers who will exam- mine equipment of the department and of its service bureau for Latin teachers.
A Roman style show will be presented by the department to display Roman costumes at 10 Saturday morning in Fresno chapel. The costumes will be explained in English will be public is invited to attend the show.
The women's costumes will be shown in a scene portraying the dressing of a bride. Those who will take part are: bride, Edith Adams; slavegirl, Amelia Woodward; bride's mother, Marine Mourie; mike's friend, Maxine Witt; a little girl, Marguerite Whitesley.
The second part of the program will be a number of costumes in review. The men's costumes will be shown by: Austin Van der Slice, Leeley Tollain, Charles Seitz, Forrest Jackson, Leslie Jones, and others. An elaborate costume of a woman of the empire will be displayed by
K. U. Stompers to Play for Saturday's Varsity
Welch-Simmond' K. U. Stompers will make their first appearance playing for the varsity, Saturday, Marcel Welch. The Stompers are organized with a combination of players who formerly played with the K. U. Sundogers and Jetownets' orchestra. One or two of the members are members of the Stompers playing in Lawrence for the first time.
The orchestra has 11 pieces and most of the players are well known, having appeared here before. During the Easter holidays the orchestra will play four engagements in Tulsa, Okla.
Eudora Church Burns
Endera, March 19. — The Catholic church here was completely destroyed by fire at noon today. Equipment was removed and the water mist in a wintry attempt to save the building
Four hundred ninety-six students at the University of Washington failed in the fall term, according to reports.
Richard Rushton Dies at 4:30 This Morning
Richard C. Rushton, c'21 died at 4:39 this morning at his home in Rosedale. Rushton went home Tuesday morning suffering from a case of tonsillitis which, with complications caused his death.
He was a member of Delta Sigma Lambda fraternity, and a son of R. W. Rashut, of the Rushut bakeries of Kansas City. A sister, Daisy Rushut, is a sophomore in the School of Fine Arts at the University.
Dr. R. H. Edmiston, in charge of the student hospital, said this morning that records showed that Rushton was responsible for the hospital since the hospital was filled, he was advised to remain in his room. The next day when the hospital called to advise Rushton there was a room he had started for Kansas City.
Scientists Recognize Hereditary Difficulties in Evolution Theory
Too Much Emphasis Is Placed
Today on Survival Value,
It Is Believed
New York, March 10—The frequent statement of critics of the evolutionary hypothesis, that Darwinism is dead and that scientists are rejecting it, has been lended by Prof. T. H. Morgan of Columbia University, one of the foremost of living biologists. Writing in the April issue of the Yale Review, Mr. Morgan said that misconception apparently has arisen out of a confusion over the several distinct meanings that Darwinism has come to have. In its broad sense, as meaning evolution in general, the doctrine remains firmly entrenched every year.
In its more strict sense, as meaning evolution caused by natural selection at work on small, fluctuating variations in a given plant or animal stock. Darwinism has come in for more or less criticism in recent years, but it means that it has been totally rejected. It merely means that scientists have recognized certain difficulties that were not clearly seen in Darwin's own day.
Professor Morgan calls attention to one of these, which makes it difficult to derive one species from another. He says:
If any particular character, such as size or color, is measured in a large number of individuals of a race or species, it is found to vary. Some of the individuals will be smaller or smaller than the darker, but the great majority will be average or middle class. If the smaller individuals are destroyed and the larger ones become the parents of the next generation, the resulting population will be much larger range of variability, but the middle class will be a little taller than was that class in the parental population.
"Suppose again in the next generation, the smaller individuals are destroyed and left to breed. The same result follows, and the average may again be somewhat larger. Experience has shown in fact, that the average population may in most cases be changed by eliminating individuals through a few generations. But then the process shows down rather quickly and soon comes to an end. Further selection fails to produce further change. The upshot has been not to produce a new race, but to produce a taller than the tallest of the original race, but only a race in which the average individual has become taller. The tallest may be no taller than before. This fact was not known to the researchers, but the great majority was not given due weight."
Professor Morgan is inclined to believe that the force which gets new species past the limits of the old is to be sought in the phenomenon of mutation, in which sudden and relatively large changes occur. When such changes are hereditary, as they frequently are the case with natural selection of natural selection can work in the manner postulated by Darwin.
Students of evolution, Professor Morgan thinks, have concentrated too much attention on the "survival value" of visible body structures, such as claws and teeth, at the expense of less tangible but perhaps more important things such as inherited ability to run or fly fast, which are of obvious importance in the struggle for survival.
Funeral Services for Prof. Boynton to Be Tomorrow
Class Dismissal to Permit Student Attendance at Last Rites Tuesday
Professor Boynton's death was so sudden that it came as a complete shock to all but his closest associates, who were amazed by the numbers and these are many for Professor Boynton through his large classes came to know more students than any other man on the staff of the School and was recognized as a great loot.
Funeral services for Prof. A. J. Boyton, head of the department of economics for many years, and number of the faculty of the School of Business, who died at his home in Lawrence Saturday night following a stroke. Mr. Boyton will be the Plymouth Congregational church tomorrow afternoon at 2:30. The Rev. Alfred D. Gray will officiate. In order that all students who may wish to the funeral may do so all afternoon classes will be dismissed Tuesday.
Well Known by Economists
Dennie Franck, T. S. School of Business, in speaking of his associate said, "While Professor Boynton was not given to publishing a great deal of his work he was nevertheless well known by economists and business people along certain lines of his field as witness his course on investments which was the first ever to be taught in the United States. He also started banking courses in the American Institute of Banking in Vansas City, Mo.
Professor Bayton was a man who was highly honored and greatly respected by all of his associates in the School of Business. Every one congratulates him upon him as being a man of sound training and remarkable teaching ability. He was essentially a kindly man and a thorough gentleman in every respect. His loss comes as a direct shock to all who knew him. We extend his kindness of his heart in imparable from economics here in the University."
Was 57 Years Old
Arthur Jerome Boyton was born at Janneville, Wise, in 1871 and was 57 years old at the time of his death. He received his preparatory education at Debit academy. In 1001 he received his A. B degree from Harvard university, and in 1002 he was admitted to A. M. degree at Columbia university.
While attending the Harvard graduate school in 1902 and 1903 he beid an assistant professorship in the department of economics. When he was a professor in 1903 he was made an assistant professor in economics and in 1910 was made an associate professor in that department. He held that rank until 1915 when he was advanced to a full professor and made head of the department.
Married in 1920
In 1920 Professor Boynton married Miss F. Shoklin, whose mother, Mrs. Flora B. Shoklin, was housemother of the Kappa Alpha Theta house for 17 years. Mrs. Shanklin died suddenly in Denver last August. Mrs. Shanklin's sister is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Flora Bowler of Morris, Ill., and C. E. Smith of Beloit, Wise, and three brothers, L. R. and C. S. Boynton of Janesville; and E. R. Boynton of Beltol, Wise. Professor Boynton's two have already arrived in Lawrence, but the brothers has not yet arrived.
Had Many Outside Interests
Professor Joepton was a member of Beta Theta Pi, social fraternity, and Beta Gamma Sigma, honorary business fraternity. He was a prominent member of the athletic board of the University, where matters outside of his department. He was also a director of the Lawrence Building and Loan Association.
Professor Stevens Entertains
Professor Stevens 'sherlans'
The young people of the Untarian
club were entertained Sunday co-
nclave, vens. 1121 Louisiana, Mrs. Stevens,
assisted by Miss Martian Stevens,
served supper, after which Professor
Stevens read a paper entitled, "Beside
Still Waters." Twenty were present.
Tau Gamma announces the pledging of Peggy Perkins, fa'31, of Lawrence.