OBJECTIONABLE FILMS BLAMED ON PRODUCER
Say Distributing Agencies Prevent Public Opinion From Setting Standards
San Francisco, April 12. (United Press) — The real reason so many objectional films are forced on the public is due to the film producing trust, which is controlled by the big producers, according to the New York, distributor and original organizer of the Paramount Company.
Hodkinson has been organizing the California exhibitors with a view to building an organization of exhibitions which will eventually be able to do business quickly.
"The public get poor films because the producer forced them on the exhibitor against his will." said Hod kinson. "The exhibitor, to maintain his standing with the trust distributor, is forced to accept six objectionable films in order to one master piece the distributor controls.
"Thus the producers and their distributing agencies prevent public opinion, working through the distributor, from setting the standard for films. The public wants better films than the present system, can't get them."
"The exhibitor does not want these poor films and often has to run them at a loss in order to get the one pie that will make good money by packing his house.
"In my opinion there should be a few great selective distributing agencies to handle the entire output of information between them and the public control between them and the public."
"This would inaue healthy competition between producers, which is lacking now. The quality of pictures that were taken cost to the public would go down.
"There are too many producers to day when either fall to understand American ideal of life and conduct, nothing about maintaining them."
"The present fifteen or twenty distributing companies, practically all of them, trust-controlled, mean terrific waste. Over $40,000,000 is thrown away annually through lack of co-ordination of this work. If the 1500 exhibitors in the United States comply with the bill, big neutral distributing organizations, tremendous saving to the public and to the industry would result,
Onill Club to Hold Meeting
"The exhibitors must organize and exert their buying power force this issue. As soon as they do they will bring the producers to terms and will force the present large output of more objectionable films off the market."
At the National Exhibitors Convention in Washington, D. C., in May, Hodkinson hopes to swing the discussion around plan which will insure better films.
Quill Club will hold a meeting tonight in Triser Rest Room at 7:15 a new editor for the Oread Magazine will be elected and an interesting program has been prepared for the rest of the evening. The program will be held in the courthouse, Daisy Hughes, Geraldine Pettit, Mary Hess, and Theresa Baum.
Doctor Walker is the editor of the association's official journal. He will meet again with his classes after the holidays.
Prof. Arthur Tappan Walker, head of the department of ancient 'languages, leaves Wednesday to attend the convention of the Classical Association, meeting at Madison, Wis., April 13 and 14.
Prof. Delbert Mann's class in Remedial and Corrective Agencies spent Tuesday afternoon inspecting the State Hospital for the Insane.
Don Ellis spent the week end in Kansas City with his parents.
Ray Theis, 123, spent the week end in Kansas City, Mo., with his parents.
Association Holds Banquet
The Women's Medical Association of the University of Kansas held its third annual banquet at the Wiedemann ten room Tuesday evening. Appointed by Mrs. Walter Murray, Educational Director of the Girls' State Health Department, and Dr. Martha Bacon, of the University of Kansas, Powell Mattheau, president of the Association, was tom巾 mistress. Bequets of yellow jonquilles helped carry out the evening's activities. Four course dinner was served to twenty-four members and guests.
Women of Nation Are Making Rapid Progress in All Kinds of Athletics
Chicago, April 12. (United Press)—Girls dashing down the track, between the chalk lines, skimming over the hurdles and tossing the weights in mid-field may be a feature of the -928 Olympic games.
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
GIRL'S TRACK TEAM
MAY GO TO OLYMPICS
Within a year, the A. U. may recognize a subsidiary body to control track and field athletics. Dr. Harry Eaton Stewart, coach of Oakesmere School and chairman of the National Women's Track Athletics Committee, has already approached the union officials for recognition.
William C. Prout, president of the Amatute Athletic Union is one of the authorities who not only believes that women's sphere in sports is widening to this point, but is getting ready for it.
Intercollegiate track meets between Vassar, Bryn Mawr, Sweetbriar and other elite schools for girls may be one additional feature of the outdoor course.
While it is a generally known fact that women have become important figures in outdoor sports in England, France and Germany, the advances made by American girls in the same lines are comparatively a secret.
In the rush of other big sporting events three big girl's meets were virtually lost in the dust last year. Preparatory Schools meet at Mamaison Park, N.Y., England Y. W. C. A. meet at Harvard and the Grammar School meet at Los Angeles with 5000 entries were huge successes.
Because of the financial problem arising from the fact that the girls compete practically in private without gate revenue, it is impossible to hold national championships. Stewart is making plans now to hold a telegraphic meet in May in which
he hopes to have entered about twenty large schools for girls.
Standard events under the existing rules are the 30, 50, 75, 100 and 220-yard runs; 60, 65, and 100-yard hurdles (2.1-2 feet hurdles); 220 and 440-foot hurdles; 80-foot standing broad jumps; running high running broad and hop-step-and-jump; pault vault; 6, 8, and 12-pound shot puts and throws of baseball, basketball, hurlbait (six pounds), lavelib, llympic) and discus (youth's official).
Women already have invaded the tennis, swimming and gymnastic branches of the Olympic games. The American team $ ^{t} $ that made the trip to Antwerp in 1920 included a large group of elite swimmers, Swedes and Swedens, in addition to the girl swimmers had an equally large number of gymnasts.
Cross country running and hurdling long have been a field of activity for French and British girls, who were urged to track and field athletics during the war. This has helped for the hard work that the exigenes of the times forced them to do.
The European girls are making more of their advances because they compete in public, but the same advances, are being made by the American girls and when the time comes that women's events are added to the Olympic schedule. Uncle Sam can send a worthy reply.
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the faculty of the Home Economics department entertained with a tea yesterday afternoon for Miss Marian White, who was a former instructor of mathematics in the University. They met and the meetings of the A. A. U. W.
Thomas O. McClung, f14-17 and it was in Lawrence Monday to attend the funeral of William Spitzer and to visit Mr. Spitzer's office as the insurance business in Manhattan.
Stanley Pennell, c25, spent last week at his home in Junction City due to the illness and death of his father.
Fred McElmithen and Everett Bell of K. S. A. C. attended the Sigma Kappa spring party, April 8.
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