Community notices and club gatherings fill local evening
A busy social page reports Rebekah lodge No. 4 meeting at I O O F hall with Miss Lillian Jensen in charge and multiple musical and reading performances. Other events include university Mother's Day planning for May 3, Methodist Student Association reception for a new pastor, and various small club meetings with elections, poetry readings, and dinners at homes around town.
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Rebekah Lodge
No. 4
O. F. Hall
Lillian Jensen
Fay
Miller
LC. Stevenson
Dr. Welch
I. H. Roberts
O. H. Stockwell
Ruth
Ellis
J.D. Adams
Hay Lepper
Julia Johnson
Fay Miller
Irma Waldron
D. Adams
Eudora
Miss Lepper
Methodist Student Association
McKinley. Warren
Eunice Harkey
Arlene Church
Child Welfare Program to Benefit From University Lead
A child welfare program will be guided by Dr. Cora Downs of the University. A joint meeting of the Saturday Night clubs from Topeka and Lawrence will be held at the Wiedemann tea room this evening.
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Ested
Cora Downs
University
Fade
Topeka
Lawrence
Wiedemann Tea Room
PERSONALS AND LOCAL VISITS IN LAWRENCE AND KANSAS CITY
Prof R C Moore and twenty five geology students visited the cement plant and rock quarry at Benner Springs this morning. Miss Sadie McMillan left to spend the weekend in Kansas City, as did Miss Bessie Imel. Mrs M Rice spent the day in Kansas City. Mary Fox and Ann Phipps visited Atchison. Cora Marie Bedgood went to Kansas City for the weekend. Lester Dedo and Rob Glatthar conducted business in Tongandxie and Kansas City. Mrs A M Werkenthin and daughter Anabel Louise spent the day in Topeka. Mrs McKinley Warren travels to St Francis to speak at the Methodist church tomorrow and will visit Miss Josephine Jaqua. Wilma Mayer recovering after an operation. Mr and Mrs Abe Levy to tour the south for five to six weeks. J W Kirby of Baldwin in the city. Dorothy Hanks visiting relatives in Kansas City. Mr and Mrs Clifford Manter of Denver visiting Ad Manter's parents at 821 Michigan. Mrs Mary E Miller of Buffalo visiting Lawrence before returning home with her mother Mrs Harriet Miller. Mrs Homer Ebright of Baldwin attends Alpha Chi Omega convention here. Mr and Mrs H W Fursman, Mr and Mrs C D Cowgill and Mrs A Gifford drove to Kansas City for the day. Senator Charles Curtis of Topeka attends funeral of his mother Mrs M R Fields. Mr and Mrs John C Patterson leave for Springfield Ill after visit with sister Mrs Mary L Rickard. Douglas Lectures Sleeper: three sleepers kept at city hall. a sixteen year old released after advice from Chief Douglas on the dangers of tramp life.
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R. C. Moore
Bénner Springs
Sadie McMillan
Kansas City
Bessie Imel
M. Rice
Mary Fox
Ann Phipps
Atchison
Cora’ Marie ‘Bedgood
Lester Dedo
Tongandxie
Rob Glatthar
A. M., . Werkenthin
Anabel Louise
Topeka
McKinley Warren
St.Francis
Argentine
Josephine Jaqua
Wilma Mayer
McConnell Hospital
Buffalo
Lawrence
Harriet Miller
J. Tyson
Homer Ebright
Baldwin
Edward Hislop
Alpha Chi Omega
Ebright
Omicron
Wigmore to Lecture at Kansas University on World Legal Systems
John H. Wigmore dean of Northwestern Law will speak at the University of Kansas on Monday May 18 about the World's Legal Systems using colored lantern pictures. The talk aims to engage lawyers students and political scientists in legal history and comparative law across sixteen systems including Egyptian Babylonian Hebrew Chinese Hindoo Greek Roman Japanese Mohammedan Maritime Ecclesiastical Celtic Slavic Germanic Omanesque and Anglican. Wigmore travels from Chicago to California on a tour visiting various law schools and bar associations. He arrives in Kansas from Denver.
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John H. Wigmore
Northwestern School of Law
Chicago
Eil
University of Kansas
Dean Wigmore
University of California
Denver
Reading at Risk Warns of Radio and Film Appeal
London April 25 Associated Press Sir Frederic Kenyon head librarian at the British Museum warns that reliance on radio and moving pictures eases reading effort and threatens loss of taste for literature. He notes people prefer headlines and visuals and that the habit of concentrated reading is fading yet a small, possibly larger than a century ago, minority still reads good books. He cites trustees’ concerns and ongoing efforts at the museum.
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London
Associated Press
Fredric Kenyon
Libratian
British’ Museum
Frederick Avers
Sir Frederic
The
British Museum
Lantern slides and postcards aid study of British history
A proposal to use lantern slides and postcard sets to promote and support the study of British history, arguing that the new dangers can be countered by better use of emerging powers in education and publicity.
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Pt Aes
Sigma Xi elects 12 graduates and two undergraduates
Twelve graduates and two undergraduates from the University of Kansas were elected to Sigma Xi honorary science fraternity at the Kansas Theta chapter meeting. New members include Clarence O. Bare enzymology Leone Baumgartner bacteriology Charles A. Messick mathematics Lloyd G. Henbest geology Olive Gimple psychology Lillian C. Donaldson Fred R. Oaks and Parke Whodward physiology Cameron D. Day and Jean Linsdale zoology Homer P. Smith and Wesley M. Roberts named as undergraduates.
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University of Kansas
Sigma Xiy
Kansas Tata
Clarence O. Bare
Leone Baumgartner
Charles A. Messick
Lloyde G. Henbest
Olive Gimple
Lillian C. Donaldson
Fred R
Parke Whodward
Cameron
D. Day
Jean Linsdale
Homer P. Smith
Wesley M. Roberts
Diploma Examinations Held Across County Schools
Students from Lake View Riverside Walnut Grove White Bismarck Crowder Brackett Number Six Burnett Model Barker Fairview Franklin Oak Ridge and Pleasant Valley reported at the court house today for the second annual diploma examinations conducted in eight month schools across the county.
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Court House
Lake View
Riverside
Walnut Grove
White
Bismarck
Crowder
Brackett
Number Six
Burnett
Model
Barker
Fairview
Franklin
Oak Ridge
Pleasant Valley
Plan B bicycle parade set for county play day
Scout leaders mapped a Friday morning parade from the courthouse to the stadium in connection with county play day. Boy Scouts will wear uniforms and decorate bicycles, and a pennant will be awarded to the troop with the best appearance.
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Plang
Court House
Mrs Coolidge Guides White House Reform on Furnishings
Mrs. Coolidge leads a spring renovation of the White House with a $50,000 appropriation. Project focus is on the Green Room and public spaces, restoring furniture, updating rugs and colors, and modernizing elevators and plumbing while preserving Roosevelt era standards. She saved money by refurbishing existing pieces, including a Jackson era chair and a diagonally inlaid table.
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Washington
Associated Press
White House
Fewer offices hoped as agri department seeks consolidation
Washington April 25 officials hope Congress will authorize continuance of the agriculture department building program begun in 1903. The aim is to concentrate activities under fewer roofs after the department currently uses 45 scattered buildings across Washington.
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Washington
Department of ‘Agriculture
Administrative offices rent and historic site note
The administration office rents 26 buildings totaling 183300 annually with eight story structures for the bureau of agricultural economics and biology and for the forest service paying 35860 and 35060 respectively. A small carpenter shop in downtown Washington rents for 3270 beside a brick stable linked to Wilkes Booth. Construction on a central admin building began in 1903. two wings finished in 1908, but space shortages delayed completion and the department continues renting multiple buildings. Oregon released about 22000 pheasants on game farms over the past two years.
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Department
Bureau of Agricultural, Economics and Biologial Survey
Forest Service
Washington
Wilkes Booth
Lincoln
War Department
Wilson
Alpneta Oer
Green Bros
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