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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1927
Page
3
A fragmented note from Kansas University reports a mail ballot may decide the track captaincy for the year. DF J Huff, team leader, was declared ineligible, and no captain will be chosen until the track season starts next year.
A rolling college exhibit train operated by Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe in partnership with Rock Island and Kansas State Agricultural College will visit Kansas Wheat belt farmers. The three coach exhibit train will promote the college's five year wheat belt program with an audio car and dining space for about twenty five accompanying personnel. Stops and schedule accompany the Santa Fe itinerary with the Rock Island lines. A second item notes a Cleveland grocery store robbery with fear among clerks and customers and a London Royal Society meeting displaying a microscope capable of 5500x magnification.
Helen Filkey, a 17 year old Chicago high school girl athlete, holds seven world records and an American mark. She plans to study sport writing at Northwestern University, using athletics as a tonic for fragile health. Filkey has set world records for women in four hurdles and three dash events, including the 100 yard dash in 11.9 seconds, the fastest feminine time in the United States.
Bowdoin College unveils plans for a large athletic complex including 21 tennis courts handball courts four football fields two soccer fields a quarter mile track four baseball diamonds lacrosse field four hockey rinks and a golf facility funded by Erick W. Pickard of Pittsburgh. The project aims to free Whittier Field for football and track while expanding sports capacity across multiple disciplines.
Advert reads that Freezone on an aching corn instantly relieves pain and allows lifting the corn with fingers. A druggist sells a small bottle for a few cents, claimed to remove hard or soft corns or corns between toes without soreness or irritation.
Advanced students in the school of fine arts at Kansas University present two recitals tonight and tomorrow in Fraser Hall. Performers include Brna Hepler Emilie Greenman Janet Cotlson Hazel Hays Laura Rankin Dorothy Enloe Helen Stockwell Marjorie Evans Lindith Geery Helen Beard Virginia Arnold Melvin Geist Ray Lawrencon Louise Florea Ruth Fits Metal Murphy Ruth Ashtoff Babare Sapple Alice Fearing Louise McCurdy Ruth James Selma Klemp Mareene McLaren Luther Leavengood Kzaeth Shaw Eleanore Tinn Florence Beamer John Moore Thera Collis Ethel Hicks Mildred Meek Clifton Mott. Tuesday night features organ and vocal selections with works by MacDowell Liszt and others.
In St. Gall Canton Switzerland a Swiss tradesman sought a divorce from his wife alleging abnormal obesity. He claimed she ate as much as four adults and wasted money on food. She reportedly tried a dozen medicines to lose weight. The jury dismissed the case in Geneva.
Seventeen advanced students from the University School of Fine Arts will perform at Fraser Hall at 8 o'clock tomorrow. The program features solo piano violin voice and organ numbers with Ena Hepler on piano and D M Swarthout on organ. Highlights include Beethoven Concerto in C minor and works by Griffes Gauguin and Tankin among others.
London smokers press a campaign against pines theaters and urge more restrictions on smoking in first class areas and halls. The note mentions cooperative associations in the United States with over 20 000 members and a 1996 business volume surpassing 8 000, listing states where chapters exist and noting widespread activity.
The Rock Creek bridge on the Clinton Belvoir road opened to traffic Saturday. Royal Neighbors will meet in Holloway hall Thursday afternoon for regular business session.
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