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University Daily Kansan Friday, March 27.1953
Arbor Day Means More Spring Plants
By TRACY BARNETT
Today is Arbor day in Kansas, but to the buildings and grounds department it is just another spring day filled with frantic planting activity, said C. G. Bayles, superintendent of the department.
The day is set aside in late April or early May of each year in most of the 48 states for the planting of trees and shrubs. It was first appointed in the year 1872 by the people of Nebraska, who were determined to have trees on the barren plains of that state.
Since that time it has been adopted by most other states and even became a legal holiday for school children.
Mr. Bayles said the University had just received a shipment of 110 pine trees from Fremont, Neb.
which will be planted either in the nursery or on the campus.
He said that the department had been ordering plants all winter for delivery at this time and that from now on until early summer the big job of getting them planted will be underway.
Mr. Bayles said that crews are planting at the east dormitories today and that as soon as possible they will begin work around the Union building.
Observance of Arbor day was held this morning at Pinckney elementary school in Lawrence by planting trees on the school grounds.
At 3 p.m. today students of Woodlawn school will take part in the planting of a pin oak and four spreading junipers. Other tree planting ceremonies will be held by the Lawrence schools Tuesday.
Western Defense Line Restored by Marines
Seoul. Korea — (U.P.) — American Marines attacking through a murderous hail of Chinese artillery and mortar shells recaptured Vegas hill last night and almost completely restored the western defense line guarding Seoul. ♢
The leathernecks crashed back onto Vegas after a savage eight-hour fight up its rocky slopes. Chinese still held the nearby outpost Reno.
Recapture of Vegas came only a little more than 24 hours after 3,500 Chinese hit 10 Marine positions 25 miles southwest of Old Baldy which Chinese curtaped this week.
"We are on top," a Marine assault commander radioed from Vegas, "The situation is well in hand."
Early today Marines still had not attempted to recapture Reno, lost along with Vegas to the massed Chinese attack.
The Marine counterattack against Vegas began shortly before noon. It climaxed the week's second battle with a devastating vital invasion routes to Seoul.
The Marines attacked Vegas in two waves. The first jumping off was at 8:20 p.m. Thursday and the second at 9:40 p.m.
The second force ran into two machine guns part way up the steep, rocky slope. The Marines destroyed one of them in hand-to-hand fighting and called in tank fire on the other.
FACTS to Hold Emergency Meeting
FACTS party members are urged to attend an emergency meeting at 9 a.m. tomorrow in the Student Union, FACTS president Dennis Henderson, college junior, said today. The room number of the meeting will be announced on the Union bulletin board.
Henderson said the meeting has been called as a result of the party's conviction in the University-vs.-FACTS libel trial.
Students to Meet Faculty Advisers
"All freshmen and sophomore students in the college are expected to contact their faculty advisers between March 31 and April 2." Gilbert Ulmer, assistant dean of the College, announced today.
"The primary purpose of these interviews," Dean Ulmer said, "is to give students the opportunity to have a private talk with their adviser and discuss such matters as progress toward meeting requirements, program for coming semester, and choice of major."
At their conference students will be informed of any unsatisfactory grade reports which have been turned in by their instructors. Following the conference period, reports will be sent to parents.
The names of all freshman and sophomores in the college will be posted on the bulletin board in the hall outside the college office in Strong hall with the names of advisers and information concerning the advisers office hours.
"Students should plan to have their conferences as early as possible during the three day period," Dean Ulmer said.
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Taiphe, Formosa-U.P. The Chinese Nationalist government officially disclaimed responsibility today for Chinese guerrillas operating in Burma.
Chinese Disclaim Troops in Burma
Dr. Shen Chang-Huan, government spokesman, commented on the guerrillas after Burma demanded that the United Nations act immediately to expel 12,000 refugee Nationalist troops from her soil.
Slim said a number of men originally under Gen Li Mi's command in Yunnan province, who had refused to surrender to the communists, were forced to take refuge in the border regions between Burma and Yunnan in March, 1950.
"Whatever Chinese forces that have remained in Burma to this day form no part of the armed forces of the Chinese government.
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