University Daily Kansan Mondev. Sept. 21, 195 'New Look' Reserve Room Makes Required Reading More Relaxed At last the library reserve room seems to have lost its reserve. "But I thought the Kinsey report was finished!" The large basement reading room, formerly tenanted by a lot of heavy, dark, rather monastic-looking "study tables" and chairs and a number of studious students (obviously too bleary-eyed from study to protest the room's lack of beauty) is no more. Over the summer workmen have wrought a tremendous change for the better in the room. Open book shelves seem designed to encourage the browser—the sampler—not necessarily the person who needs to go through the tiresome routine of filling out cards to check out the books. Decoratively speaking, the decor is decorative. That is, the room is a combination of pleasant pastels—but not a blend. pastels—but not a blend. Not one, but four colors are used to ease the tired eyes of the reader who decides to stare at the wall for a change. The colors progress from green to blue-gray to grey to dusty-rose. Sounds ghastly, but it's not too bad. Tables, lighter in color and weight than the old ones, are spaced widely enough apart so that the room doesn't look completely regimented as before. There are a few smaller round tables scattered here and there to break the monotony of rows of long ones. Even a few easy chairs appear in the Western Civ alcove. Required books for history, Western Civ, social science and other courses are there-plus several new selections of classies in the Modern Library, Viking Portable and other moderate-priced series. The books are handily arranged so that almost anyone can find what he wants without the help of the librarian: Western Civ books in alphabetical order according to authors, others according to the Dewey decimal system. Our only objection to the whole new setup is the super-market effect gained by the installation of "in" and "out" turnstiles. Even worse, there's only one "out," but two "ins." The "out" is past the librarians' desk, so that even though a student may be trusted among the books, he could scarcely cart out an armload of them undetected. Mary Betz Stolen Crown Jewels Recall Past Days of Prussian Glory Prussia, a kingdom that is no more, came back to the news recently when thieves escaped with the royal Hohenzollern jewels of Germany. In their loot, inestimable in historic value, were diamond-studded snuffboxes of Frederick the Great; gold plate given Kaiser Wilhelm II by his mother; coronation robes of German emperors, and the baton of Hector, in *r h a l s* Strangely, the Prussian crown itself was left behind. Twenty generations of Hohenloherns built and ruled Prussia over a span of 500 years. They consolidated the German kingdoms, intrigued against Hapsburgs, Bourbons, Bonapartes, and Russian czars, marched into Europe, and made the name "Prussia" synonymous with militarism. Today Prussia does not exist as a geographic or political entity. Blood-and-iron heart of the pre-World War I German Empire, it became a Länder of the Weimar Republic after 1918 and was merged in Third Reich by the Nazisis after 1933. It finally was broken up entirely following World War II. The Hohenzollern family fell with the Kaiser's abdication in 1918. The various remaining branches became private citizens in a changed world. Hohencolllern Castle, their ancestral home, stands like a story-book fortress at the summit of a 2,800-foot-high mountain near the town of Hechingen in southern Germany, with its vast border. Soaring towers and turreted oversized walls rise from precipitous rock. A "Zollern" castle has stood on that spot since the ninth century, although the present structure, built by Kaiser Friedrich Wilhelm IV, dates from the 1850s. The two lowest of five stories were specially designed for defense, yet the modern day thieves succeeded in scaling the walls and cutting the inch-thick iron bars with pincers. Germany's crown jewels have passed through a stormy decade, The German High Command of World War II, facing defeat, buried the treasures in a salt mine 2,000 feet underground. Beside them were the coffins of Frederick the Great, Frederick William of Prussia, and Marshal von Hindenburg, draped with the regimental banner of the old Prussian armies and flanked by masterpieces of French art. Had it not been for the alertness of an American GI, the secret hiding place might have gone undiscovered. A sapper removing dynamite from the mine noticed the concealed concrete wall, six feet thick, protecting the deposit. 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Kan- ery afternoon during the University year except Saturdays and Sundays, Uni- teresting classes only. Entered second class matter Sept. 17, 1916, at Lawrence Kan. Post Office Abundance of Natural Resources Causes 'Boom' in Lower California Baja California has an array of vacation attractions. Sun-swept white sand beaches nestled in mountain-rimmed bays offer fishing, swimming and yachting. Hunters bag deer, wild turkey, quail and mountain sheep. Stores are stocked with duty-free and untaxed European and South American goods as well as native silver and leather products, pottery, baskets and textiles. Fishing and canning industries have stepped up production, and irrigation projects promote agriculture. Resorts and dure ranches have sprung up along both coasts. Nine airfields are in operation. Throughout the 810-mile-long "back door" to the United States, sandwiched between the Pacific and the Gulf of California, a development boom is underway. In less than a decade the population has doubled. Towns are expanding, and paved highways are being rushed to completion. Mexico's Baja (Lower) California, one of North America's most scenic yet least known regions, is emerging from its wilderness state. The Northern District of Baja California, covering almost 500 miles of the fingerlike peninsula, is the Republic of Mexico's newest state, its 29th. It contains about seven-eighths of the region's estimated 270,000 population and three of its four main towns. under act of March 3. 1879. Mexicali, the northern capital, lies in the fertile irrigated delta plains watered by the Colorado River. Cotton, grapes, olives, tomatoes and peppers are leading crops. Cotton ginning and cottonseed oil production are major industries. Tijuana, on the border near San Diego, and Ensenada, 65 miles farther south, are the most popular resorts with visiting Americans. La Paz, near the southern tip, is the peninsula's other important center. Capital of the southern district, the port was world-renowned for its pearl industry until a mysterious blight attacked the oyster beds 15 years ago. The southern district, is still administered as a territory by the Mexican $ \textcircled{3} $ Congress. Although Baja California extends southward into the tropics—its southernmost latitude matches that of Arabia—the climate is generally temperate. In the Ensenada area, the average temperature is 68 degrees in summer, 60 degrees in winter. Rainfall is rare between May and November. Peninsula waters have long been recognized as one of the world's finest fishing grounds. Commercial fishermen harvest tuna, sardines, mackerel, shrimp, lobsters and turtles. Sharks yield valuable vitamin oils. Sportsmen battle deep-water marlin and swordfish. Along both coasts yellowtail, corbina, striped perch, bonita, and white sea bass abound. Baja California is also rich in minerals. Gold, silver, copper, iron, manganese and semi-precious stones have been found in the cactus spiked hills. Gold rushes of 1870 and 1889 took out some $15 million worth, but lack of adequate transportation facilities has hindered large-scale mining attempts. Cops Nab Women Pickets Pusan, Korea —(UP)— Pvt. Edmund J. Naddoff, of Boston, Mass., is mighty careful whom he talks to these days. Last April Naddoff, while stationed at Camp Breckenridge, Ky., enjoyed a date with an attractive WAC. During the evening he casually remarked he "wouldn't mind at all being on for Far East command orders." Two days later Pvt. Naddoff was on his way to Korea. The WAC was a special orders clerk in the Adjutant General's office. Never Fool With a WAC New York —(U.P.)— Police arrested six Pennsylvania women picking a textile mill office on fashionable Fifth Avenue yesterday. The officers said they had no objec- tives from police were not wearing enough clothes. They were pacing the sidewalk in bathing suits. Economy Program Urged for ROTC Washington, D. C. — Assistant Secretary of Defense John Hannah has proposed that the armed services investigate the possibility of saving money and manpower by developing a common first two years for their reserve officers training programs in the nation's colleges. The suggestion, the former president of Michigan State College said, is particularly applicable to ROTC training for future army and air force officers. He also agreed with suggestions that the Pentagon consider permitting civilian faculty members to instruct ROTC courses not directly related to military problems. Hannah declared that the demand for junior officers in all the armed forces will continue to be so large that even with no selective service law the need for ROTC programs will continue unabated. He also pointed out that the number of 19-year-old drafttees is increasing, and that persons in this group generally are not mature enough to assume junior officer responsibilities at an early date. In this situation, he said, the ROTC assumes an even greater importance as a means of screening, training, and maturing young men to assume officer responsibilities upon their graduation. Old Folks Get the Breaks Columbus, Ohio — (UP)— The marriage license clerk waived the five-day waiting period when James A. Mape, a retired salesman, and Mrs. Pearl C. Lapham applied for a license. "After all," clerk Charles Mack said, "when a man is 83 and his girl friend is 73, they've waited long enough." Battles race in both the National and American leagues are close during the final two weeks of the season. Mickey Vernon, Washington, leads Al Rosen, Cleveland, by .336-.331 in the junior circuit, while Carl Furillo, Brooklyn, leads a pair of New Yorkers, Monte Irvin and Don Mueller in the National league. Furilio has a .344 mark while Irvin and Mueller have .342 and .336 averages. 'Don't Bother Him, He's Busy' San Francisco —(UP)— Passersby on busy downtown streets apparently mind their own business. Police said that while the sidewalk was filled with shopper yesterday someone jimmied the hood ventilator of a parked automobile, reached through and opened the window, unlocked the door, and then walked away with $1,100 in coins weighing more than 100 pounds. No one reported seeing anything unusual.