Vacation Reading Plan Invalid Details At Douglas County
County Superintendent Harold Fisher announced vacation reading plans for rural districts for the Douglas County Teachers Association and PT A leading by Mrs C E Dunigan. Students in grades 7 and 8 must read five books and write letters listing titles and brief appraisals. grades 4 to 6 must read three books and note an interesting fact. Reports due August 1 with school prizes for top groups and participation. Borrowing options include 50 books from the Kansas Traveling Libraries Commission for $2.50 or books from Lawrence Library at 50 cents each. A recommended book list accompanies the notice for students preparing for high school.
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Harold Fisher
Douglas County Teachers’ Association
PT. A
C. E. Dunican
Asa Colman
C. E. Dunigan
Route Six
Lawrence
Douglas County Teachers’ Institute
Fisher
Kansas Traveling Libraries Commission
State House
Topoka
Lawrence City
J. E. Jacobs
Lawrence Junior High School
Dickens
Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain
Hucklebe
Finn
Connecticut
America
Joseph Husband
McSkimmon
Della Chiexa
Kent Pearl Lagoon
Charlea Nordoff
Byrd
Paul Siple
Zinnor Pruitt Stewart
the Mail
Lewis FE
Theiss
Hull House
Jane Addams
Limberlost
Genestration Porter
Beau Gest
Percival Christopher Wren
James Whitcomb Riley
Daniel Boone
Widerness
Stewart Edward White
Theodore Roosevelt
Herman Hagedon
Anne of Green Gables
L. M. Montworm
Final Examinations Start at K U Tomorrow
Classes for the 1935 36 school year end today at the University of Kansas and Wednesday morning final examinations begin. The exams run through Thursday June 4 with no exams Saturday for Decoration day observance. K U baccalaureate services are Sunday evening June 7 and commencement Monday June 8. Wednesday exam schedule notes morning classes from 8:30 to 11:20 and afternoon sessions from 2:30 to 4:20 for specified class hours.
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University of Kansas
K. U
Tricky Trivia Test: Questions on History and Geography
A compact set of ten general knowledge prompts covering active substances in coca, plant locations, name meanings, rivers, opera composers, capitals, scholars, country locations, coconut product, and royal marriages. Includes Elmira, Tom Bigbee River, Catharine of Valois, and James Cowles Prichard.
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Elmira
Tombighee
Nevada
James
Cowles Prichard
England
Catharine of Valoris
Campus capers. cigaret ad in class and a post mystery
The piece relates a professor challenging smoking in class as a student lights a cigarette to start a tissue paper ad that sequentially reveals a brand name. It also notes a glass of water atop a West Campus post near Sig Alph house, a mystery to be solved before finals. Also mentioned are Poco Frazier with his collie, and Prof Dill's May Jayhawker Press article on US newspaper incomes 1929 to 1933.
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L. N. Flint
K. U. Department of Journalism
Hub Meyer
Hub
Meyer
Professor Flint
Flint
Sig Ph House
Ils
Campus Drive
Sig Alph
Sig Alphs
W. A. Dill
K. A
Campus fashion shift noted in print dresses by coeds
An evaluator reports coeds at the campus are favoring print dresses for daily classes, moving away from fancy frocks. The trend highlights a broader change in everyday attire among students.
Pupils enjoy Cordley passing party at Granada and Wiedemann's
Sixth graders in Lawrence, about 72 pupils, with principal and teachers, attended a 2 line party hosted by the Parent-Teacher Association and S. E. Schwahn at the Granada this afternoon then planned a dinner at Wiedemann's grill. A Lawrence man apologized to his wife after a dispute over tuning into WREN. Also, John Hix and J. E. Metcalf reported eleven eggs from nine Leghorn hens on Lawrence route 5, noting two hens on nests at 6:30 am and more laid later.
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Cordley
Parent-Teacher Association
Granada
Wiedemann's Grill
Wren
Betty Browning
Kansas City
Lawrence
John Hix
J. E. Metcalf
Lawrence Route 5
Metcalf
Dr Allen to Give Talks at Cherryvale and Augustana
Dr Forrest C Allen director of athletics at the University will deliver the commencement address for Cherryvale high school tomorrow evening. His subject will be The Need to Dream and to Play. Monday June 1 he will speak at Augustana college Sioux Falls S D in connection with a campaign President Clemens M Granshau is starting for a new gymnasium Mrs Allen will accompany Dr Allen on the Sioux Falls trip.
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Cherryvale High
Augustane Colerge
Forrest C. Allen
Cherryvale High School
Monady
Augustana College
Sioux Falls
S. D
Clemens M. Granshau
Allen
Dr. Allen
Clyde Beatty Arrested on Cruelty Complaint
Clyde Beatty, noted animal trainer, was arrested in Pittsburgh on a Humane Society cruelty complaint filed today. The arrest follows allegations of mistreatment of animals linked to his circus acts.
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Clyde Beatty
Pittsburgh
The
Humane Society
New Arab Revolt in the Holy Land
The article reports a new Arab revolt in the Holy Land threatening the Pan Arab dream. It notes 250,000 Jews and 850,000 Arabs in Palestine, cites Italy's Ethiopia conquest as a factor, mentions 5,000 British troops, and states the permanent mandates commission will meet in Geneva under Marchese Theodoli of Italy.
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Lawrence of Arabia
Palestine
Iraq
Arabia
Italy
Ethiopia
Permanent Mandates Commission
Geneva
Marchese Theodoli
City council agenda notes hearings and underpass costs
City council set June 9 at 8 p m for a hearing on appraisers report for damage allowances related to the Union Pacific underpass. A hog wire purchase was approved for the city dump to prevent litter. Budget estimates include underpass lighting about 86 50 monthly and pump operation about 9 25 monthly.
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North Lawrence
Union Pacific
State Highway Commission
Ernst, & Sons
Ruby Fairbairn
State Highway Department
Brown, Berger and Gray
Lawrence
L. M. Allison
W. H. Wella
Willard’ Larkin
Frank E. Willey
Department
Absent Professor Gives Final Exam on Telephone
Professor Gerald H. Wood of Friends University Wichita conducted a final exam by long distance telephone from the home of Rev. C. L. Nellis in town. Delayed by University of Kansas endowment fund matters, Wood sent questions to a stenographer who delivered them to the class for the students to answer, part of which instructed writing a news story about remote testing.
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Gerald H. Wood
Department of Journalism
Friends University
Wichita
C. L. Nellis
Friends Church
University of Kansas
Wood
Wood Went To A Telehone
Ichita
Jayhawker Contract Awards For 1937 Yearbook
The Jayhawker advisory board awards engraving to Burger Baird Engraving and printing to Grimes Joyce Printing, both Kansas City firms, for next year’s yearbook. This year Wichita handled the work.
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Jayhawker
K. A
Kansas City, Mo
Burger-Baird Engraving Company
Grimes-Joyce Printing Company
Wichita
Burger-Baird
Landmarks of Kansas and Ottawa University History
Miss Jane Kelly, a college bred Baptist missionary, married Ottawa halfbreed Tony Jones. He built a stone house near Ottawa used as a mission school where Abraham Lincoln once visited. Jones left ten thousand acres to Ottawa University, founded 1856, later renamed Ottawa University in 1863. The university’s origin involved Ottawa lands donated for education and a treaty lineage.
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Kansas
Jane Kelly
John Tecumseh Jones
Tony Jones
Ottawa
Fort Scott
Abraham Lincoln
Ottawa University
Market News From Chicago and Kansas City Grain and Livestock
Markets closed amid weak price signals with May wheat tumbling as sell orders swamped brokers and trading halted briefly. Kansas City hogs and cattle showed mixed to firm bids, while other commodities like corn and soybeans edged lower or held. Wall Street rallied late on utilities and rails, amid a broad market uptick.
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Chicago
Kaneag City Livestock
Kansas City
USDA
Bonday
Ught
Nebraska
Arizonas
Arizona Area
Government Bonds and Market Notes From New York and Kansas City
Government bond prices listed for Treasury issues with fractions and dates. Agricultural market snippets cover Chicago potatoes with current stock, demand, and price ranges. Idaho Russet and Minnesota Russet figures. Kansas City hay and livestock receipts estimates. cash grain bids including No 2 dark hard and red varieties with prices and quotes.
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Chicago
API
USDA
Bisa
TOG SS
Louisiana B
Texas
U.S
California
Idaho
Minnesota
U. S
North Dakota
Kansas City
Roy Lawrence Market Weekly Grocery Specials
Roy Lawrence Market lists a wide range of meats and groceries with daily specials and bulk pricing. Items include Fancy Home Grown Strawberries two boxes for 25 cents, Boneless Rolled Corned Beef 20 cents per pound, home cured bacon squares 15 cents, Frankfurters 25 cents for 2 pounds, and various produce and canned goods. Delivery available citywide via Stop and Shop or phone 272.
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Hollywood
Lawrence
Monarch
Market Session Sees Mixed Action Across Stocks and Bonds
Buyers flooded in after the first 15 minutes as transfers neared 1,100,000 shares. Advancing issues included Santa Fe New York Central Northern Pacific Great Northern Southern Pacific Southern Railway American Telephone GM Chrysler Public Service North American Columbia Gas Consolidated Edison Allied Chemical Westinghouse International Harvester and Omnibus. Steel oils mines and merchandise stocks were cautious. railroad shares saw some buy interest amid lower passenger fare hopes. Forecasts of freight car roadings hint at a peak since October 1835 with around 690,000 cars. Wall Street expects strong earnings from major motor firms in Q2 and investors await the new corporate tax bill and clarity on European issues.
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Chicago
U. S
Santa Fe
New York Central
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
American Telephone
General Motors
Chrysler
Public Service of New Jersey
North American
Columbia Gas
American Power and Light
Consolidated Edison
Allied Chemical
Westinghouse
J. I. Case
International Harvester and
Omnibus Corporation
Carrier
Wall Street
Card of Thanks for Nelson T Joy
The children thank all who were kind during his illness and death and for the beautiful flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson T. Joy
Lawrence Business College Summer School Enrollment
Advertisement urges enrollment for summer sessions at Lawrence Business College with a call to action and fee notice. Mentions buying safe auto truck and fire coverage fees and a directive to contact Gall him now. Includes a stray code line 892 and advisory note.
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Lawrence Business College
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University of Kansas Peoplen
Atchison
Trinity Episcopal Church
Paul B. Lawson
Fred Ellsworth
Walter Thiele
White House
Washington
UPI
Roosevelt
Senate Finance Committee
Gambie
Helen Dawes
Rufus Dawes
Century of Progress
Charles Dawes
Louis F. Watermulder
G. A. Watermulder
Associated Press
K. U—Poco Frazier
VOGUE
Frazier, Dyche Dioramist
Albert Payson Terhune
Eral
Jamestown
N. D
National Publican
Cleveland
U?1
Eastern
Watch the Journal-World
Holy Land
KMBC
Excelsior Springs
Oswald Jacoby
Ted Husing
H. V. Kaltenborn
Columbia
Landon
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Barber's Drug Store
Landmarks OF
Margaret Whittemore
Topeka
Springs
New York
Government
Treasury
Hay Market
Hay
Prairie
Roy Lawrence Market
United States
Manley
Agency
Ohio Street
Hemphill Land and Investment Co
Gross Auction CO
H. M. Justice
Real Estate Dept
Main St
6Th
New Jersey
Kaneass
Ed Anderson
C. C. Stewart
Gross Auction Company, Inc
Real Estate Department
Main Street
Mor
Hemphill Investment Co
Funk
Mass
Studebaker
Schneider Bros
Schneiders
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