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Thanksgiving Dinner Was Bought With Blunderbuss In Good Old Days
By H. W. NICHOLS
UP Correspondent
Back in the old days, a Pilgrim went out with a blunderbuss and at the main dish for his Thanksgiving dinner.
if the wall his job was done.
But Marni's work had
But Mama's work had just begun. She had to chop off the gobble part, dunk the bird in a pail of scalding water, shuck off the feathers and then pin-feather the brute. She also had to bake bread and wait around until it got stale enough for the stuffing.
Once he fetched his fowl home and hooked his fowling piece all his job was done.
For the trimmings, she had to go to the woods and pluck the cranberries off the shrub, drag in the pumpkins and chop them up and make pies. Potatoes she dug, and apples she picked and made into sauce. Celery she didn't have at all, like as not. No olives, either, nor
Music Groups Perform Well At Vespers
By JAMES POWERS
A quiet program for easy listening was presented Sunday afternoon in Hoch auditorium by five University music groups.
Participating in the 109th All Music Vespers were the University band and orchestra, Men's and Women's Glee clubs, and the A Capella choir.
The band opened the program with brilliance and finesse, playing five movements from Handel's "Water Music Suite." In its first concert appearance of the year, the band showed much progress since its earlier programs at the all-student convolutions.
the oboist deserves praise for fine work in the solo parts,
The Women's Glee club, directed by Clayton Krehbiel, instructor of music education, revealed a fine balance, without the usual domination by soprano voices, a fault of many women's groups.
The tone quality was outstanding with much reserve strength in all sections. At times it was difficult to understand the words however
Director Joseph Wilkins led the Men's Glee club in "Hark! The Vesper Hymn is Stealing." "Turn Ye to Me," and "Land-Sighting."
"Bless the Lord, O My Soul," sung by the A Cappella chair under the direction of D. M. Swarthout, professor of piano, was excellently done. Swarthout seemed to control the choir by the tips of his fingers and the words were distinct, as though spoken by one person.
Mr. Wiley masterfully held the group together during the tricky pizzicato passages, which required a great amount of concentration by all the musicians.
The concluding number was an overture by the symphony orchestra, "The Russian Easter Festival." The difficult piece was magnificently played, with Russell L. Wiley conducting.
Now directing the band and orchestra for his 18th year,Mr.Wiley proved again that KU has one of the best university conductors in the nation.
The next Vespers will be the Christmas program with tableaux on Sunday, Dec. 16.
Faculty Dining Room Open Thanksgiving
The Faculty club dining room will remain open through Thursday evening. Meals will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Those planning to eat at the club on Thanksgiving day are encouraged to make reservations.
The dining room will be closed Friday through Sunday but the club house will remain open.
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garlic nor oysters.
Mama was weary when day was done and gave her thanks because it was.
Today, the lady of the house has it fairly easy. She can ring up her butcher a week or so ahead of time and order the modern version of the pilgrim turkey.
Her bird comes minus a head, and most of the time plucked clean and ready for the oven.
There are prepared stuffings for the dressing. The cranberries she buys usually come in cans. Oysters come ready to serve. Pumpkins, for the pie, can be bought locally, or mama can grab a can right off the shelf in her grocery store. She can even buy the prepared crust if she is lazy—or perhaps we should say in a hurry.
But getting back to the big bird, butchers say the sale of pork loins and fresh hams is tipping turkey sales this year.
11 More Enter Military Ball Queen Contest
Eleven more entries have been announced for the 1951 Military Bal queen contest by Leon Stromie chairman of the queen committee
The number of candidates now enter the organization of the organized houses for women
The number will be narrowed to 10 within the next week by a special group of military staff officers. Two staff members will represent each of the services and, by judging entry pictures, will eliminate all but 10 of the contestants.
These 10 women will be guests at a special tea Friday, Nov. 30. They will be escorted by ROTC cadets and midshipmen who will pick the queen and her two attendants.
She will be crowned by Tex Beneke at the ball Friday, Dec. 7. Benedict will be contracted by the Military Ball starring committee to play for the ball.
Entrants in the contest other than that announced in the Kansan previous includes
Linda Stormont, Locksley hall; Mary Ruth Anglund, Beth Herre, Gloria Beuttel, Bonnie Roberts and Dianne Miller, Corbin hall; Ardra Stanley and Marilynn House, Sigma Kappa; Betty Barton, Nancy Morsbach, and Ann Sims, Pim Beta Phi.
FRANZ VON PAPEN, one of Hitler's hierarchy when the Nazis were riding high, returns from a visit to Ankara, Turkey, where he once was German ambassador. He was found not guilty of war crimes at the
Nuernberg trials.
'Sophomore Jinx' May Affect Stars
New York —(U.P.)—Fearless Fraule's facts and figures;
Gil McDougald and Willie Mays, the rookies of the year, may look on the honor with mixed emotions considering the ill fortune which has pursued previous winners as they became chief victims of the sopho+more jinx.
The 1500 rookie champions are cases in point. Walt Dropo of the Red Sox was sent down for part of last season and finished his sophomore stint with an anemic 243 average. Sam Jethrohe also had a poor year, even though he batted 280. . . and so it has gone back through the years. . .
Mr. and Mrs. Doak Walker are expecting a little halfback in March. Mrs. Walker was Dynamic Doak's college sweetheart when the Detroit Lion ace was making headlines for Southern Methodist . . .
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Cercle Francais Observes 2,000th Paris Anniversary
The French club, Cercle Francais,
observed the 2,000th anniversary of
Paris at a recent meeting with costumes,
skirts and quizzes—all dealing with Paris.
During the year special celebrations have been going on in France to honor the city which Julius Cacar sirst wrote about under the ancient name of Lutetia.
Lutetia, a humble village built on a small island in the Seine, was the birth place of Paris. Paris developed as the center of the French nation, and with few exceptions, the kings of France, chose it as their residence.
In 1163 the building of the Cathedral of Notre Dame began; in 1265 the Sorbonne was founded which soon became famous as a center of
mediaeval learning; Henry IV undertook to make Paris the finest city in his kingdom by having the Grande Galerie of the Louvre and Place des Vosges built, and the exhibition of the Eifel Tower in 1839 added to the list of famous landmarks.
Since then Paris has become famous as the capital of everything connected with smartness and good taste—particularly its dressmakers, milliners and jewelers.
The center of a great river basin, cross-roads of waters and routes. Paris for centuries has been a vast market place of ideas and tastes. Its appearance reflects the temperament of the city--gay, serious and intellectual by turn.
5-Inch NROTC Gun Is Largest In Kansas
The five-inch naval gun used for the NROTC naval weapons course is the largest of its kind in Kansas. The gun is placed in the Military Science building for NROTC student training.
This type of gun is the main battery for aircraft carriers and destroyers and the secondary battery for battleships and cruisers.
Placing of the gun is the same as though it were placed on a destroyer, Lt. M. D. Becker, instructor in naval science explained.
Though it is not certain where the gun came from, it is believed it was placed at the University during the old V-12 naval program that preceded the NROTC.
This is made possible by the elevation level which can be raised to an 85 degree angle or lowered to a minus 10 degree angle.
The gun, Lieutenant Becker said, is a dual-purpose, semi-automatic weapon. It is designed for use against both aircraft and surface craft.
The gun is hailed by many as the type that was used most efficiently during World War II.
Actually the gun is somewhat obsolete because of numerous modifications but it is still the most modern gun in the gunnery school.
Other weapons include a 40mm anti-aircraft gun, rocket launcher, depth charge release, three-inch naval gun, mines, 50-caliber machine gun, 20 mm. anti-aircraft gun and aircraft torpedo. There are also dummy loading machines for all types of guns in the building.
All the weapons are used in the naval weapons course open to NROTC sophomores.
The five-inch gun holds a 54-pound projectile and a 30-pound powder case. It fires semi-fixed ammunition. That is, the projectile and the powder case are seperate.
"The reason for this is that were the two combined, the weight would be too much for one man to handle," Lieutenant Becker pointed out.
Our blessings today are the ones our forefathers fought and bled for... to think and speak, to live and work, to give thanks to God . . . each in his own way. These blessings, together with our higher standard of living, should never be taken for granted. They can be lost . . if we as individuals fail to do our part in fighting against every threat to our individual freedom,
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