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i I aria t- 1 If I. I 1 VOL 48 NO 30 UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SALT LAKE CITY UTAH THURSDAY MAY 11 1939 Price Five CenCenta a Pi i Kaps a Land an 3 Offices In Class Voting Paxton Sheffield Weiler Get Posts in Balloting 1 i. i Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity it 11 campus political power landed two I presidents and a treasurer in office last week in annual class elections Wendell Paxton was elected junior class president Val Sheffield was elected sophomore president and Larry Weiler Veiler was elected sophomore sophomore sopho- moremore class treasurer Wendell Jones Phi Delta Theta who withdrew fromthe race for student body president was elected president ofthe senior class DorothyWoodbury Delta Delta Delta achieved the position of senior senior class vice president by a margin of 12 votes over her nearest opponent Elisa Rogers Chi Omega Connie Pi Beta Phi won the post ofsenior class secretary secretary secre secretary taIJ receiving 8481 votes to her- I her I nearest opponents opponent's Gl61 votes Scott Dye Beta Theta Pi was made treasurer of the senior senior class byamargin of 48 votes Beth RomneyKappa Kappa Gamma won the position of junior junior junior jun jun- class vice president by receiving receive ing votes The two opponents LeJeune Brixon Chi Omega and Phyllis Berntson had and respect respectively vely Katherine Stumm Delta Delta DeltaDella won over her opponent Kathryn White Delta Gamma bj a margin of votes the largest margin in theentire election to achieve the position of junior class secretary John Poulton Sigma Chi re received received received re- re the position of junior class treasurer in a very close race by by- the by- the by- thethe margin of two votes Joan Billings Pi Beta Phi won the post of sophomore class vice president by receiving votes otes to her nearest opponents opponent's votes Marjorie Robbins Chi Omega was elected sophomore class secretary secretary secretary secre secretary by a margin of 61 votes Final Master Master- Minds Master- Minds Master- Minds Minds Talk Postponed Due to cancellationof thelecture originally scheduled by the University University Univer- sitysity of Utah extension division for Dr Paul Dengler on May 10 the finalnumber of the Master Minds and Artists series will be presented June 1 in Kingsbury hall it was announced Tuesday by Dr I. I 0 O. Horsfall extension division didi- di rector Charles Hanson Towne famous author and editor has been selected select selected to give this final lecture Noted for his literary achievements and for his success on nationwide radio programs Mr Towne ranks among the most popular modern novelists Adventures in Editing will be his topic in which he will tell the story behind the beginnings of the careers of the literary great Associated Associated Asso Asso- with the life of New York he has served as editor of such leading metropolitan magazines as Smart Set Set McClures Harpers Harpers Har 1 pers per's Bazaar The Butterick Trio and Metropolitan Political events in Central a 1 Europe make it impossible for Dr Dengler to keep his lecture ap ap- Sigma Upsilon Announce Initiates ScribblersScribbler's chapter chanter of Sigma Upsilon Upsilon Up Upsilon national honorary literary fraternity a i initiated five last I Wednesday at the homeof Geoffrey Circuit former vice president Those honored were Roscoe Anderon Anderson An Anderson deron Richard Camp Dan Lomax John Rich and George To Hold Fate of Student Publications in tin 40 39 or fast i 0 Oo yr rY r.

rt yb a fr i 2 yr 3 a fy kir r. Cf i i- rti rr 4 i Sy rr i 4 1 r- rl i 7 I Heads of Universitypublications for next year are editors top left to right Hal Harmon Chronicle Grant Mann Robert Dansie Humbug and Robert Price Pen The business managers bottom left to right are Robert McMullin George Robinson Chronicle Richard Camp Humbug Douglas Pen Edgar ar Rescues Humbug From FI Censors Apparently freefrom the rigid censorship which markedthe publication publication publication pub pub- of its last Jast issuethe Humbug Humbug Humbug Hum Humbug campus magazine made its thirdandlast appearance on the university campus yester yesterday Sales were brisk according to editor Glenn Edgar and business business business busi business manager J. George Robinson The issue was replete with jokes that students termed killer dil- dil lers Jers and cartoons classified as wows vows The entire magazine suggested suggested suggested sug sug- that the censors had taken taken- aa more minded broad-mindedattitude on student publications Special commendation should go- to go go- to go- toto Roger Hammondfreshman cartoonist cartoonist cartoonist car car- who drew the cartoon used on the front cover of the maga magazine Hammond is also credited with much of the art work on the inside pages Movie quiz contests purity tests gossip columns and otherfeature articles spiced the issue A poem telling of a college editors editor's encounter encounter encounter en encounter with St. St Peter was considered considered considered con con- especially praiseworthy Two pages of gossip contained in- the in in- the I thethe magazine met with the approval approval appro- valval of some but others termed it the same old goo meeting will be held Thursday May 11 at p. m.

at- the at at- the at- thethe Delta Gamma house Election of officers will take place Elaborate Plans Set For Aida Pl Presentation Hundreds of lovers of grand opera will enjoy the immortal VerdisVerdi's Aida one of the most magnificent and best loved of operatic operatic operatic oper oper- works which is to be presented on the plaza of the Park building on the university campus May 19 and 20 at p. m. With a tremendous cast of over talented students and a symphony sym sym- symphony phony orchestrathe colorful production production production pro pro- the action of which is laid in Memphis and Thebes during Pharoah'stime promises to be the biggestthing ever staged by the university music department according according according ac according to Professor Thomas Giles director This is the first time Salt Lake has ever heard the complete opera Professor Giles said Although the Boston Grand Opera company presented presented presented pre pre- Aida here once and while the university has staged it three times previously the opera has always al always always al- al ways been subjected to the usual cuts which arearc incorporated in the scores and orchestral parts he said Professor Giles stressed the fact that this year owing to the plethora ple- thorathoraof vocal and orchestral talent all of the cuts whichhave heretofore heretofore heretofore hereto heretofore been accepted as validhave been erased and the university mu- mu Aida suc department will present for the first time locally in the original unabridged version The eightprincipal roles will be sung by capable soloists who give promise of magnificent mances Aida an Ethiopian slave will be sung by Vini Winifred red Copling and Barbara Hassing and Kenly Whitlock will sing the part of Rhadames the captain of the guard The King of Egypt will be portrayed by John and Phillip Dalby and Janice will lend her voice to the part of the Kings King's daughter Amin- Amin eris ens Singing the role of Ramfis the high priest of Isis will be Vaughan Bailey Merrill Tew will star in the roleof Amonasro the king of Ethiopia and John Williams Williams Wil Williams will take the part of a ames mes mes- The chorus of voices composed composed composed com composed of the mens men's and women's glee clubs and the a cappella group will be priests priestesses ministers ministers ministers min min- captains soldiers Ethiopian slaves prisonersEgyptians etc During the triumphal return of Rhadames in the second act a 36 piece band will play and the fa famous famous famous fa- fa ballet of Aida will be presented presented presented pre pre- by dancers who are under the supervision of Mrs Myrtle Myrtle Myrtle Myr Myrtle Clancey Knudsen The piece SO symphony orchestra will play throughout the seven scenes of the production Pianists Leave For FOl- Eastern Music Contest Dorothy Kimball soprano and anci Nina Kinghorn pianist former prominent University music students students students stu students leave today forfar Baltimore Maryland to compete in the National National National Na Na- Federated Music Clubs contest contest contest con contest May 15 and 15 They were winners in the National National National Na Na- Parks Dis District Contest held recently in Salt Lake in which contestants from Utah Idaho and Montana competed As winners in the Young Artist division they received each a cash prize df 11 one hundred dollars and the opportunity of representing this district in the National contest in Baltimore Miss Kimball was the featured soprano soloist on the campus for several years before her gradua- tiontion last year Miss Kinghorn was the accompanist for the Girls' Girls glee club last year She is a student of Professor William Villiam Peterson of the music department I Phi DellDeli Officer Visits President of the Xi province pro of the Phi Delta Theta Mr A. A L. Brown visited the local chapter here last week During his stay he was taken on- an on on- an on- anan airplane ride over the city by Gene Seal and extensively entertained entertained entertained enter enter- at the chapter house American College Youth Pick Former University Dean Paul V.

McNutt as Number One Presidential Possibility AUSTIN Texas May 9 9 Ameri Ameri Ameri- cancan college youth have picked a anew anew a- newnew number one presidential possibility possibility possibility pos pos- in their own poll the Student Student Student Stu Student Opinion Surveys of America lIe He is Democrat Paul V. McNutt year old high commissioner to the Philippines and former college professor whose White House louse boom has been one of the first to get under way Running a close second in tho the favor of the nearly one and a half million college students was the even more youthful Thomas E. Dewey the year old Republican district attorney of New York A striking peculiarity of college youths youth's political habits discovered I in this survey is the factthat not only do Republican studentsoften orten favor Democratic candidates and vice versa but nearly a a. third claim no allegiance whatever to either of the major parties Of that third only very few declared themselves themselves themselves them themselves preferring any party Using thetho question If Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roosevelt is not a candidate in 1940 whom would you like to see elected Pr President 1 interviewers for or the the surveys queried a section cross-section of the nations nation's collegiate population which included students of all age sex study geographical and political political political po po- groupings Making no separation of Republican Republican Repub- licanlican Democratic or independent students the survey lists the following fol fol- following ol lowing as leading choices for tho the 19101940 elections 1 Paul V. McNutt lt 2 2 Thomas E.

DeweyDewcy It Rl 6 3 3 John N. Garner 97 4 Cordell Hull D- 83 5 5 Fiorello La Guardia 45 G. Arthur Vandenburg 38 7 Robert Taft aft 22 8 William Borah It 21 9 Harry L. Hopkins 13 10 Phil La Follette All others and undecided Communist Earl Browder was mentioned by only per cent and Socialist Norman Thomasbut by per cent Others who received enough votes to be tabulated were James I Farley Henry Cabot Lodge Champ Clark Bennett Clark Henry Wallace Wal Val Vallace Wal- lacelace Felix Frankfurter Herbert Hoover Alfred Landon J. H.

Bankhead Bankhead Bankhead Bank- Bank head numerous state governors and even Major Bowes who received received received re re- one olle vote In the Illinois territory territory territory ter ter- and several other schools President Robert M. Hutchins of the University of or Chicago was mentioned mentioned mentioned men men- frequently Harmon Mann ir nn Tale Take i Leading Posts Of Ute Publications CouncilSelects Robinson 1 As Chronicle Managers Dansie Price to Edit ach Humbug I Pen EIl Announcement was made late Wednesday night of the appointment of editors and business managers of the four major university student publications The editors and managers elect were selected by a vote of the Publications council and will take office next fall Appointees arearc Chronicle Hal Harmon 1 editor J. George Georg Robinson Robin Robinson manager Grant Mann editor Robert McMullin manager Humbug Robert Dansie editor Richard Camp manager Pen Robert Price editor Douglas Sorensen manager Harmon new Chronicle editor is a junior and a member of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity He has had considerable newspaper experience experience exper exper- knee having served as managing editor on last years year's Chronicle and and- as and- as and- asas editorial assistant this year He Heis He- isis also president of the Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Press As As- Robinson Chronicle business manager elect is also a junior and an independent student At the present time he is he-is is manager of the Humbug and a member of both Chronicle and business staffs Next years year's editor Grant Mann is a sophomore and assistant editor of the annual He Heis Heis He- isis well known as an amateur photographer photographer photographer photo photographer and is a member of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity Appointed to the post of yearbook yearbook year year- ear book business man manager was Bob McMullen Pi Kappa Alpha He has had experience on Chronicle and Humbug staffs Another independent Robert Dansie won the post of Humbug editor over a large field of cants Dansie is a sophomore and joke editor on the present prese-nt staff of the humor magazine Richard Camp independent who won the Humbug is present advertising manager of the Chronicle Chronicle Chronicle Chron Chronicle and last year served as business business business busi business manager for the freshman edition The Pen campus literary magazine magazine magazine maga magazine will have as its editor next year an independent Robert Price Price has had several articles published published published pub pub- in the Pen during the last two years and is now serving as literary editor Douglas Sorensen Sigma Chi was appointed business manager of the quarterly He lIe iscirculation manager of the Chronicle and as assistant assistant assistant as- as Pen business manager Selections were based on publica- tiontion Lion experience scholarship letters of Df recommendation and ability as shown in the resultsof tests given to Lo all applicants by the tIle council Field House May Hit Money one Snag na Complications in the construction construction construction tion of the university field house loomed Wednesday as a delegation of the local builders journeyed to San Francisco to confer with VP W. P. A.

A officials on a reported movement movement movement move movement to forcethe university to provide provide provide pro provide over a formerly formerly- upon agreed-upon figure The is proposed to add bathing and other facilities to the field house Contractors said the field house would be completed by July 19 one month prior to the contract dead deadline But university Pre President sid i en George Thomas said Wednesday that a possibility the building would not be completed hinges upon the San Francisco conference The university which university which matched a federal grant of with a appropriation for the field field- househouse construction could construction could not provide provide provide pro provide an additional President Presi- dentdent Thomas sa said d. The new field house rapidly being constructed on thesouth end of the the- campus near the stadium designed by Ashton and Evans will be one of the most attractive and useful features on the university university univer- sitysity grounds Finished in light buffbrick and ornamental concrete the new building building building build building will have large steel Windows Under contractors George A. A and Sons 4010 men arcare working They will use sacks of ce cement cement cement ce- ce ment tons of steel and one million bricks The building will be fireproof and will have a copper roof It will be feet long and feet wide containing 13 entrances entrances entrances en entrances themain one being on the west Tunnels will run from each endof the south side of the field- house field field- house field- househouse and will join a common entrance entrance entrance en entrance in the stadium On the first floor will be the lobby ticket office dressing rooms and showers Upstairs in the main I section of the house will be the basketball floor This floor will be removable in sections so that other activities may take place According to coaches in the athletic athletic athletic ath athletic department spring football practices track meets basketball games fames and other activities will beheld be beheld be- heldheld there The basketball stands I will run north and south The seating capacity will be at least If sufficient funds are available as many ninny as seatsscats may be installed The building will first be bo used when the University of Utah bas- bas basketball basketball players meet a team from the University of California on January 2 Official dedication will will- be will- be will- be about January 4 4 Tick Tiel Bite Vaccine I Offered to Students for spotted fever will be given free to any student Tuesday from 3 2 p. m. at the Student Student Student Stu Student Health Service The vaccine gives one years year's protection against the he tick bite and there is only a slight reaction at the time Tick season begins in April and lasts to August Any student going going going go going to any tick infested area area rea during those months is advised to get the German Dept Sponsors Skiing SIding Movie German club members of the university university university uni uni- invite all to attend a program program program pro program of GermanGennan pictures to be presented presented pre pro in Kingsbury hall Thursday An afternoon performance is scheduled at pp.

m. with student student student stu student admission at 15 cents A re repeat repeat repeat re- re peat performance will be given at 8 p. m. with student tickets at 25 cents The program consists of a a. full- full length film ausnus dentdem The Love Letters from the and two movie shorts Und Nature Nature Nature Na Na- Na- Na ture and Technology and Das Paradies du The Paradise of Horses The full length picture features Luis one of the leading exponents of skiing in Germany Germany Germany Ger Germany as both bothi the director and the main actor The main picture is particularly particular particularly outstanding for the thrilling and beautiful skiing shots taken in the Swiss Alps sai said Dr W.

T. ler of the German department.