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MAY, 1936 337 THE JAYHAWKER The end of the trail by JAMES COLEMAN THE past few months have seen feverish activity on the Hill, as the year ' s affairs have meandered toward a dose and the pre-rush season on athletes and musicians has moved on apace. The Kansas Relays and the thirty-second annual In- terscholastic Track Meet drew a swarm of visitors of the first category, while the recently-held Mid-Western Band Festival brought so many high school students as to make some Uni- versity men and women even succumb to the lure of the yo-yo and the tin flute, perhaps under the mistaken impression that everybody had them. In truth, it did appear for a while that even ' man and his friend was fighting a yo-yo with one hand and fingering a tin horn with the other. And there are even some who say that the library was even noisier than usual, if possible. But the main bout of the year was held on April 21, when the representatives of the Society of Pachacamac and the Pro- gressive Student Government League stepped into the ring armed with a variety of weapons of the political variety and battled for the right to run the student government, such as it is, for next year. In a spirited contest marked, yes, even marked, by extra- ordinary peace, quietness and absence of mud, Pachacamac rode in on a wave of unexpected power, flooding all class offices with its candidates, but failing to gain a majority of votes in the Student Council, where, after all, votes are counted according to their political affiliation. John Milton Phillips, who is as well known for his abilities as an orator as for anything else, evidently outtalked Bob Thorpe, winner of several University speaking contests himself, and won by a close margin the Council presidency. Hubert Anderson de- feated Ross Robertson for the vice-presidency, while William Zupanec, another orator and an engineer, won over Frank Allen in the race for the duties of secretary. In the contest for control of the Council ' s finances, however, it was touch and go. Bill Townsley won on the first count, held the office for four days, and then lost when the election board suspected a miscount and after close scrutiny found it, awarding the of- fice to Dave Conderman, P.S.G.L. Other Council representatives elected were: Pachacamac. Martin Withers, Ferdinand Pralle, Dean Moorhead, Bill Smiley, John Coleman, Vee Tucker, Tom Brown : and P.S.G.L., Jack Townsend, Cordell Meeks, Stanley Marietta. Phil Raup, August McColIum, John Paul, Henry Parker, Dale Cushing, and Lawrence Smith. With two two-year representatives left over from last year, P.S.G.L. enjoys a slight margin of power in the Council, which fact, coupled with the fact that the president is a Pachacamac, should create some interesting situa- tions in attempts at legislation. Two amendments, one giving freshman and sophomore class presidents a vote in the Council, and the other creat- ing a student court, were passed. No sooner had the student court been established, or perhaps it was sooner, a case arose which demanded all the power and depths of the justices ' judicial perception. The situation, lest it be forgotten, was this: a crowd of students was gathered on the lawn in front of Fowler Shops, the scene of the weekly demonstrations of military technique staged by the R.O.T.C. Glaring signs pro- claimed to passers-by that a demonstration for peace held the stage, while Kenneth Born, one of a group of five speakers, exhorted the curious and the interested to fight for everlasting peace. Suddenly a peculiar smell was detected, a cloud of gas was seen floating over the crowd, and the meeting was thrown into confusion. Then the cloud lifted and there was Clyde Nichols, head cheerleader, sprawled on the ground, the result of a right to the head from one Ed Young, whom it was said he had accused of releasing the tear gas bomb. You will face
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338 THE JAYHAWKER WELDERS DEMONSTRATE THEIR WARES worse than this in war, shouted Born with rare presence of mind, and the meeting was resumed while the remnants of the battle were taken to the student hospital. Witnesses said the bomb was released, however, by August Anneberg, a member of the National Guard, and the hastily organized Court held its first session amid a maze of conflicting evidence. Its decision, handed down three weeks later, was a masterpiece of legal composition frpm which a discerning reader might have gathered that the defendant was adjudged innocent of the heinous crime. Track fans had little opportunity to see University teams in action this spring, but the fourteenth annual Kansas Relays on April 18, provided a full day of entertainment for those ath- letically inclined, as a galaxy of stars from colleges and uni- mm versities all over the country gathered to compete for honors from the hand of Isabelle Perry, Relays queen. Two new records were set: the Emporia Teachers medley relay team set a new world mark in their event and Northwestern ' s sprint medley team turned in the fastest time ever recorded for that event. However, there is no recognized world record in sprint medley relay. Alma High School won in Class B and Summer in Class A as three meet records fell in the Inter- scholastic relays. The second annual Mid-Western band festival, sponsored by the University of Kansas band, opened on Thursday, May 7, to bring to a grand finale the annual Music Week. After excellent and well-attended concerts by William Harms, young concert pianist, the University a cappela choir, Roland Hayes, outstanding Negro baritone, the University symphony orches- tra, and a recital of chamber music by the University string trio, string quartet, and woodwind quartet, a horde of more than 2000 high school musicians descended on the city to participate in the festival which Russell L. Wiley, conductor of the K. U. band, inaugurated with outstanding success last year. Three days of competition for individual and group trophies were climaxed by a concert by a massed band of 500 young musicians, conducted by Prof. Wiley and other na- tionally known musicians, including Dr. Edwin Franko Gold- man, Earl D. Irons, Walter M. Smith, and Harold Bachman. Any questions existing in the .ninds of University students as to the relative merits and popularity of professors on the Hill was dispelled with the announcement of the Daily Kan- san ' s poll, on April 24. The Kansan ' s progressive manage- ment conducted a grade-your-prof campaign, and the results, although gratifying to a few Hill pedants, was on the whole a bit disappointing from the professorial standpoint. Dr. J. F. Brown of the department of psychology was named Honor Professor of 1936 with a grade point average of 2.8, with Dr. John Ise and Dr. A. M. Lee close behind. The sad part of the affair was that nine professors received grades of F, and were notified of their low standing in the hope that they would rectify the condition. On April 5 came a long-awaited announcement. The Board of Regents, probably as a result of student agitation and THE LAST DAY THE CRESCENT CLUB ENJOYS A HOLIDAY
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