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VOL. 9 LOUISVILLE. KENTUCKY. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 14, 1941 NO. 17
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Quartet Takes
Law Honors
Law School’s top honors will
go this year to Athol Lee Taylor,
Edgar Simon, J. Linwood Kenner,
and Jesse G. Moore. They will
argue the final Moot Court case
of the year before a court com-posed
of judges of the State and
Federal bench, Prof. A. C.
Russell, director of the court, an-nounced.
Selection for the final case is
on the basis of Moot Court work
done while in Law School. Stu-dents
honored this year were all
admitted to the bar by the Ken-tucky
Court of Appeals last Oc-tober
and some have already had
cases in court.
They will prepare briefs and
oral arguments on an important
legal question. The two outstand-ing
students picked by the judges
when the court is held in May
will have their names inscribed
on the Moot Court Cup, kept per-manently
in the Law School.
L. A. Council
To Consider
New Plan Today
Probable adoption of anew
Student Council Constitution was
scheduled for 12:30 today at a
special meeting called for that
purpose by the Council. Proposed
constitutions have been put for-ward
by both Council president
Milton Cantor and by member
Maurice Tenenbaum.
Both planned proposals agree
to limit the Council to nine
voting members as compared to
the present nineteen. Class presi-dents,
while still ex-officio mem-bers,
would be deprived of pres-ent
voting powers and presidents
of the Women’s League, Pan-Hel-lenic,
and of the Inter-Fraternity
Council have been completely
omitted.
Outstanding leature of both
plans was the provision for elec-tion
of Council president by the
student body as a whole previous
to the time set for general elec-tion
of Council members. Presi-dents
have previously been
chosen by the body itself so that
the new system represents an
apparent democratization of cam-pus
procedures.
Great point of divergence be-tween
the two submitted papers
lay in Cantor’s plans to give the
power of veto to the president.
Except for several other minor
details, they are essentially the
same.
WarwickSays
Hitler’s End
No Solution
By JOE E. DUNCAN
Opening the second annual
Fortnightly Series of lectures as
a part of U. of L.’s “extension
work in the transmission of cul-ture,”
Dr. Sherwr ood Warwick,
Associate Professor of History,
spoke Tuesday night on “The
Twentieth Century Returns to
Medieval Barbarism.” “Let us
take off our hats to the dark
ages,” declared Dr. Warwick. In
his opinion, medieval individual-ism
and social responsibility have
laid the basis for democracy, and
now furnish the only bulwark
against “stateism.”
Now and again indulging in a
mite of forensic acrobatics, per-sonable
Dr. Warwick explained
that stateism, the glorification of
the state at the expense of the
individual’s “rights against gov-ernment,”
was the “villain” of
good government, from the “de-mocratic
stateism” of the Athen-ian
city-state to the present-day
autocratic Nazi regime. This sys-tem
was demolished during the
medieval era, and a swarm of
“Little Hitlers” took control. But
from this feudalistic structure has
emerged the tradition of “mutual
contract and consent—not force,”
as the basis for government.
Dictator's "Mass" Mind
Nazism, Fascism, Communism,
and American democracy all
share this same heritage, and all,
according to Dr. Warwick, are
democratic; for the mob psychol-ogy
of the people is expressed
through the common-place “mass
mind” of the dictator, who has
shared their common origin.
“Nazism backs into democracy,”
declared Dr. Warwick. Stateism
has robbed them of their “rights
against government,” and, says
Dr. Warwick: “Government with-out
rights against government—-
that is despotism.”
Asked if he believed the re-moval
of Hitler would doom
Hear Ye - Sadie Hawkins Day
Gals Get Set For February 24 Contest
THE DAY
On Feb. 24, enny gal in the hole universitie kin chase enny boy
and if’n she ketches him (by phone or in persin), the said boy haster
take the said gal tu the danse. Accordin to the very stricktust tradish-uns
of S. Hawkins day (from Heziikah Hawkins himself, founder, 1803)
the boy who is kotched is gotta fork out the price of admishun which
is six bits. All gals kin obtain free official identificashun tags to tie on
the boys (hu are kotched) frum the Cardinal In or the Frat Hous. Also,
gals who kin not run fast and ketch a man will be admitted, and men
who kin run fast and who do not get kotched will be admitted at the
danse. This is gonna be fun.
THE DANSE
The danse will be held at the U. of L. Jimnashum from 9 till 1 on
Fri., Feb. 28, and Jimmy Skaggs will furnish musik. Everybody is
GOTTA dress up DOGPATCH STYLE at the danse, else hairless Joe
will club them tu their knees and Black Rufe will fill them full of
lead. Therefore, tu make it fair, nobody will be admitted hu does not
wear a pear of overalls, old britches, etc., or a reasonable faksimilie.
A prize of three bucks will go tu the best dressed cuple. In addit-shun
to the reg’lar no breaks, there will be two Sadie Hawkins Spe-chuls,
whereby all the boys will line up on one side of the gym and
all the gals on the other. At the signul, the gals will chase and ketch
the feller they want tu danse the next piece with.
Come on, Dogpatchers, Skunk Hollowers, Bad Landers, and resi-dents
of Happy Valley, let’s really turn on and have a lot of fun!
Vanderbilt Prof
Next McDowell
Series Speaker
The second annual Ephraim
McDowell Lectureship of the
University of Louisville School of
Medicine will be presented Fri-day
afternoon, March 7, in the
amphitheatre of the Louisville
City Hospital.
The speaker this year will be
Dr. Barr y Brooks of Nashville,
Tenness 5. Dr. Brooks is Profes-sor
of Surgery at Vanderbilt
University School of Medicine.
He has written many papers over
various fields of surgical research
and is recognized as- an authority
nationally as well as internation-ally.
The subject of the lecture will
be “The Principles Involved in
the Treatment of a Contaminated
Wound.” In a letter advising the
lectureship committee of his sub-ject,
Dr. Brooks says, “I chose
this subject because of the pos-sibility
of men now in medical
school having to deal in the fu-ture
with wounds of war.”
Last year marked the inaugura-tion
of the Ephraim McDowell
Lectureships, which are sponsor-ed
by the Phi Beta" Pi Medical
Fraternity.
Tau To Hear Dr. Kent
President Raymond A. Kent
will be the next scheduled
speaker for the Sigma Tau sym-posium
at 11:30 a.m. next Thurs-day.
The subject of his address
will be “Problems of Tomorrow.”
The public is invited.
The next speaker in the series
will be J. P. Ferris, chief of the
commerce division of the T. V. A.
who will discuss “Defense Manu-facturing
Expansion in the
Southeast.” The talk will be
given March 13 in The Playhouse.
BEAT THE BAND
TED WEEMS
Religious Body
Formed Here
A constitution forming a Uni-versity
Religious Council of five
religious groups was ratified
Tuesday by the Methodist Stu-dent
Union. Leaders predict that
the four other groups will o.k. the
plan next week.
Through cooperation between
the Newman Club, the Canter-bury
Club, the Y. W. C. A., the
Methodist Student League, and
the Baptist Student Union—the
Council expects to have an
annual religious convocation to
be held during religious emphasis
week, joint action to secure ac-curate
church affiliation records
of all students to be available to
the groups, and better speakers
through the cooperation of the
groups in the Council.
The idea was suggested by
Burlyn Pike who has been active
in its support. The representa-tives
agreed that this Council will
afford an opportunity to discuss
common religious problems and
speak with one voice on general
religious lines when necessary.
The Council will have fifteen
delegates, three from each group,
who will elect a president, vice-president,
and treasurer.
Mothers’ Forum
The regular monthly meeting
of the Mother’s Forum will be
held in The Playhouse, Tuesday,
February 18, at 3:00 p.m. “In-teresting
Projects in the Speed
School” will be presented by rep-resentatives
of the faculty and
student body. The mothers of all
University of Louisville students
and their friends are cordially in-vited
to attend this program.
Ted Weems’ Orchestra Engaged
For U. of L. Junior Prom On March 7
Ted Weems and his orchestra, one of the outstanding
musical aggregations in the country, have been obtained to
play for the second U. of L. Junior Prom on March 7 at the
Madrid. Feature of the occasion will be the announcement of
Junior Prom Queen.
Ted is one of the most famous
dance band leaders in dance his-tory
and his organization has a
list of featured entertainers that
would make the Great Ziegfeld
jealous. They include the roman-tic
baritone, Perry Como; the
“Whistler’s Mother’s Boy,” Elmo
Tanner; the comedian, “Red”
Ingle; the charming songstress,
Marlyn Thorne; and Ormond
Downes, king of “drumatics.”
This celebrated orchestra has
been a long-time favorite in ho-tels,
theatres, night clubs and
dances all over the country,
among which are the Palmer
House. Bismarck Hotel, Aragon
and Trianon Ballrooms, in Chi-cago;
the Waldorf-Astoria and
Pennsylvania, New York City;
the Hotel Roosevelt, Hollywood;
and recently the Edgewater
Beach Hotel in Chicago.
Now on WLW
They appeared in the movie,
“Swing, Sister, Swing,” are best
sellers on Decca records, and are
found on NBC, CBS, and MBS
network commercials. Their air
appearances include such pro-grams
as Fibber McGee and
Molly, Walter Winchell, Jack
Benny, and Phil Baker. They are
currently being featured every
Sunday night on the “Beat the
Band” radio program, 5:30 p.m.
over WLW and the NBC hook-up.
Advance tickets for the Prom
are now on sale in the Bookstore,
Cardinal Inn, the Med School
Bookstore, and the Frat House
at $2.00 per couple; they will be
$2.50 at the door. There are also
a limited number of stag tickets
for sale in the Bookstore at $1.25.
The advance sale closes March 5
at noon.
Stressing that this is an all-
U. of L. Junior Prom, not just
Liberal Arts, Student Council
president Milton Cantor advised,
“Get those dates early, boys.
They’re going fast. Energetic
students selling 20 couple tickets
will receive their own ducats
free.”
Election of Queen
Nominations for Junior Prom
Queen will be by petition con-sisting
of 25 signatures of bona
fide, accredited students of the
four campus schools. Deadline for
the petitions, which should be
presented to Leonard Jones or
Dean Hilda Threlkeld, has been
set for Feb. 21.
Voting powers, possessed by
men students of the four campus
schools only, will be exercised in
the Alumni Rooms through secret
ballot. Chosen Junior Prom
Queen last year was Stacy Hall.
Last years band was Little Jack
Little.
Valentine Dance
At 9 p.m. tonight University
students have the privilege of
terpsichoring to music of Univer-sity
of Kentucky’s Blue and
White orchestra with your favor-ite
valentine. The dance is the
Valentine Sweetheart Dance, and
the price is one dollar. Most of
the boys are literally drooling in
anticipation of the proposed
Sweetheart Special, which will
be danced without lights. The
time of the dance will conclude at
1 a.m.
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