THE CARDINAL Official Student Publication of the University of Louisville
VOL. 4. LOUISVILLE, KY„ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1936 NO. 20
Freeman’s Suit
Restated Again
For Hubbard
A restatement of Dr. Ellis Free-man’s
$lOO,OOO slander suit
against representatives of the Citi-zens-
Union National Bank and
certain members of the American
Legion was placed in the hands of
Judge Eugene Hubbard of the Cir-cuit
Court Friday, by Beckham
Overstreet, attorney for Dr. Free-man,
following a dilatory measure
by the defense attorneys request-ing
anew petition.
The new petition alleges that
the defendents, Edmund T. Meri-weather,
vice-president of the
bank, Louis A. Duane, book-keeper,
Col. Henry J. Stites, and
Harry V. Davis, Jr., members of
the American Legion, conspired
last April to circulate “malicious,
scandalous, and libelous state-ments”
concerning Dr. Freeman.
It also charges that the defend-ents
permitted a photographic
copy of check, representing divi-dends
on Soviet bonds, to be
made, accused him of being in the
employ o f the Third Inter-nationale,
and of spreading Com-munistic
propaganda on the Cam-pus
of the University of Louisville,
in order to disgrace and degrade
him.
This suit is the culmination of
Stamm Radiocasts
In Series Today
Frederick W. Stamm, of the
economics department, will talk
over radio station WHAS from
11:45 t° 12:00 noon today on
“Business as a Vocation,” in the
vocational guidance series being
sponsored by the University of
Louisville all through the month of
February and half of March.
Next Monday’s lecture will be
given by Dean Bennett M. Brig-man
on “Engineering as a Voca-tion”
on WHAS from 4 to 4:30 p.
m., assisted by the University of
Louisville Trio.
Harold F. Brigham, city libra-rian,
will talk on “Library Work
as a Vocation” Tuesday, February
25, from 11:45 to 12:00 over
WHAS.
Dean Hilda Threlkeld will give
the next talk in the series Thurs-day,
February 27, on “Personal
Work as a Vocation.”
All lectures are given at the reg-ular
U. of L. Radio Hour periods:
Monday, 4-4:30 p. m.; Tuesday,
11:45-12:00 a. m., and Thursday,
11:45-12:30 a. m.
“Bungalow Bride”
Next 1-Act Play
The Bungalow Bride by Edwarcf
and Augusta Kidder will be the
next one-act play to be presented
at the Playhouse. The date of
this play is the February 29, at
one o’clock.
Eunice Timmering, Mildred
Badger, and Maxine Elliott have
been cast in important roles. Three
more members of the cast will be
selected today at 12:30.
Nannie Mae Abell is directing
the play.
A.S.U. Chapter to Be
Formed at Meeting
Next Tuesday Noon
Under the temporary leadership
of a sponsoring committee headed
by Thomas A. Bledsoe, Liberal
Arts junior, the formation of a
U. of L. chapter of the American
Student Union will get under way
Tuesday, February 25, at an open
introductory meeting.
Speakers at the meeting will in-clude
Chester L. Bower, instructor
in sociology, and Lewis M. Cohen,
editor of the Cardinal and a mem-ber
of the national executive com-mittee
of the ASU. It will be
held at 12:30 in Gardiner Hall,
Room 102.
The American Student Union
is designed to be a union of all
progressive, liberal and radical
students, Bledsoe said. He des-cribed
it as independent of anj'
political party and proposing to
unite students irrespective of po-litical
beliefs or religious faith.
The ASU was formed during the
Christmas holidays at Columbus,
Ohio, when 427 delegates from
113 colleges, universities, and
high schools adopted a five point
program: defense and furtherance
of (1) peace, (2) freedom, (3)
security, (4) educational oppor-tunity,
and (5) equality of op-portunity.
Bledsoe said the aims, purposes,
and program of the ASU would be
fully discussed at the first meet-ing.
Membership is open to any
student in the university who is
willing to work for any one of the
central planks in the program.
Granted temporary recognition
by the Liberal Arts student coun-cil,
the proposed chapter is en-titled
to three meetings on the
campus before petitioning for per-manent
recognition. Bledsoe said
the meetings would be held suc-
Ernst Heads Local
A. I. C. E Committee
Dr. R. C. Ernst, professor of
chemical engineering, has been ap-pointed
a member of the legisla-tive
committee and chairman of
the Local Membership Committee
of the American Institute of
Chemical Engineers for 1936.
U.-L. AT MO. INAUGURAL
Dr. William E. Belden, who re-ceived
his M. D. from the School
of Medicine in 1893, will represent
the University of Louisville at the
inauguration of Eugene Stephen
Briggs as president of Christian
College, Columbia, Missouri, on
February 19.
NOTICE!
Anyone who can offer accom-modations
to musicians meet-ing
here for the University of
Louisville Band Clinic are ur-gently
requested to see Rpy
Boesser on the second floor of
the music building at once.
James E. Elliott
Director Band Clinic
Kent’s Salary Ruled Lawful
In Suit Instituted by Taxpayer
Trustees of the University of
Louisville were declared to be en-tirely
within the law in paying
President R. A. Kent a salary of
more than $5,000 a year last Fri-day
by Judge Garnett in answer
to a suit filed by John Garrett, a
taxpayer, who charged that the
Trustees were paying President
Kent more than the constitutional
limit for public officers. The court
ruled that unless the plaintiff de-sires
to amend his petition, his
suit to prevent payment will be
dismissed.
Judge Garnett stated that the
constitutional limitation applies
only to agencies having govern-mental
functions, and that the
University cannot be included in
this category. He regarded the
University as a private corporation
and Dr. Kent as no officer of the
State or City. The fact that the
institution receives tax monies
from the city doesn’t necessarily
make it a public institution, he
said.
Asman Named to Head
Medical Fraternity:
Dinner February 26
Henry B. Asman
v
was elected
presiding-senior of the Alpha Al-pha
Chapter of the Phi Chi medi-cal
fraternity at a recent meeting
of the chapter. Other officers are:
Jack Chumley, presiding-junior;
Howard Molony, secretary; Wil-liam
Waugh, treasurer; Carlos
Fish, judge advocate; William
Duffendock and Tom Giannini,
guides; Keith Smith, sentinel; and
William Preston, chapter editor.
During the Christmas holidays.
Asman attended the Grand Chap-ter
convention of this international
medical fraternity organization, as
a representative of the local chap-ter.
The annual Founder’s Day
Banquet of the Phi Chi Medical
Fraternity will be held on Febru-ary
26th, in the Roof Garden of
the Brown Hotel at 7p. m. 150
actives and alumni are expected
to attend.
Kent Attends New
York, Atlanta Meets
President R. A. Kent was in
New York last Thursday for a
meeting of the Committee on Test-ing
of the American Association
of Colleges. This was one of a
series of meetings of the Commit-tee
which investigates and makes
a study of the testing methods
used in American colleges and uni-versities.
From New York Dr. Kent
traveled to Atlanta to attend a
meeting of the Curriculum Study
and Research Committee of the
Southern Association of Colleges
and Secondary Schools.
2 New Groups
Get Council O K
On Constitutions
Two new campus organizations,
the Student Religious Federation
and a university chapter of the
Commonwealth League, had their
constitutions approved by the
student council of the College 01
Liberal Arts at a meeting Tuesday,
and a proposed chapter of the
American Student Union was
granted temporary recognition.
The Student Religious Federa-tion
is a non-partisan group in-tended
to make for a mutual toler-ance
of different religious beliefs;
a common understanding of the
nature and aims of religion; and
study of matters of religious im-port.
The Commonwealth League is a
state-wide yon-partisan organiza-tion
devoted to better government
administration and a critical study
of methods of attaining it. It
aims at allowing students the ut-terance
of student opinion on mat-ters
dealing with local and state
government.
Charter members of the organ-ization
include Robert L. Leopold,
Joseph C. Landau, Carl A. Warns
11, Kaufman Bell, and Emmet V.
Mittlebeeler. Plans of the organ-ization
include a trip to the Gen-eral
Assembly in Frankfort within
the near future.
Under the grant of temporary
recognition the proposed ASU
chapter is entitled to hold three
campus meetings. An introductory
meeting is scheduled for Tuesday,
February 25, at 12:30 in Gardiner
102.
Student Federation
To Meet March 4
The Student Religious Feder-ation,
a newly organized campus
group, will give a luncheon meet-ing
Wednesday, March 4, with
Rev. Richard W. F. Seebode as
the principal speaker presenting a
survey of the possible aims and
potentialities of such a religious
organization and various sugges-tions
for the Federation’s pro-gramme.
Watch the next issue of
the Cardinal for announcement of
the time and place of the meet-ing.
WANTED!!
3 ACTRESSES: to play in
one-act production February 29
at one o’clock. Must be regular
student of the University and
not on probation. Attractive
appearance most desirable for
two of the applicants. Previous
experience not necessary. Ap-ply
in person today at 12:30 in
the Playhouse. Nannie Mae
Abell, director.
Band Clinic Opens Today With 225
Ky . High School Guest Musicians
225 musicians from 30 Kentuc-ky
high School bands and orches-tras,
accompanied by their direc-tors,
will assemble this afternoon
at the University of Louisville for
the second annual Band Clinic.
High points in the Clinic pro-gramme
are: registration at 7:30
tonight, a smoker for the directors
at 10, a tour of the music classes
of the various city schools Friday
morning, a rehearsal of the 250
musicians, including those from
the University of Louisville, to be
held at 7:00 p. m. Friday, two ses-sions
of the Vocal Clinic, being
held in conjunction with the Band
Clinic, at 9:30 a. m. and 2 p. m.
Saturday in the Playhouse, a pub-lic
concert by the combined bands
and orchestras at 8:00 p. m. at
Halleck Hall, and finally, a dance
and social in the gym for all the
guests.
Interspersed throughout the
programme will be recitals by sev-eral
instrumental groups from
Western, Murray, the University
of Kentucky, Eastern, and More-head.
“The Band Clinic was institut-ed
to acquaint the high school
band directors and students of the
state in studying contest numbers
and latest information on new
materials in preparation for the
State Music Contest to be held
in Lexington May 2.
Oppenheimer Slated
For Talk To N.E.A.
Dean J. J. Oppenheimer, Dr.
Ernest Hassold, Miss Elva Lyon,
and Miss Lily Detchen are leav-ing
for St. Louis this week-end to
attend a meeting of the National
Education Association where Dr.
Oppenheimer will make a report
before the American Educational
Research Association, a branch of
the N. E. A., on the “Induction of
Senior High School Juniors into
College.”
The meeting of the N. E. A.,
the largest educational meet of the
year, is being held from Fberuary
22 to 27.
Trustees Examine
Larson 100-Yr. Plan
Frederick J. Larson’s 100 year
development plan for the Univer-sity
of Louisville was presented
for the approval of the Trustees
as a meeting held in President
Kent’s office yesterday afternoon,
along with detailed specific plans
for the remodeling of the Admin-istration
Building into a library,
the Humanities Building, Natural
Science Building, a structure for
the Law School, the gymnasium
enlargements, the University
House, Music and Drama Center,
and the Fine Arts Center.
Consult your last week’s Cardi-nal
for a diagram of the whole
plan.
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