* PAGE TWELVE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE. KANSAS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20.1950 Study Draft Plan For Top Students Washington—(U.P.)—Scientific and professional leaders have given the government a plan to balance the numerical inferiority of American manpower with superiority of skill and know-how. The proposal is intended to assure the country of a reservoir of bright young men to carry on vital scientific, industrial and professional operations. It was prepared by six advisory committees to Selective Service Director Lewis B. Hershey. They presented their recommendations yesterday after two years of study of problems raised by drafting college men and the need for trained specialists. Dr. Charles Odegaard, executive director of the American Council of Learned Societies and chairman of one committee, put the problem bluntly: The plan prepared for Hershey calls for draft deferment of "promising" young men during their college years. They would get further deferment after graduation if they take essential jobs. The United States "cannot match the Soviet Eurasian giant" by sheer manpower. To win, this country must "be better," he said. The program is intended to produce 65,000 specialist graduates a year. Men who do not go into essential jobs would be liable for military service for as many years after they reached the top age draft bracket (now 26) as they spent in college with deferments. Eligible men would be screened out by a general aptitude test taken by all draft-eligible youth. Students would have to keep up their grades to maintain their "specialist trainee" classification. Hershey has not formally endorsed details of the proposal. He is on record, however, as favoring deferment of qualified men on the basis of aptitude tests and scholastic performance. He said he will relay the proposals to the new congress in January and will seek the money to give the aptitude tests to one million men next spring. Requirements Cut By Naval Academy Washington—(U.P.)-Entrance requirements for the United States Naval Academy will be relaxed slightly to allow a greater percentage of applicants to enroll on the strength of their secondary schooling alone, the navy announced Tuesday. It added in a statement, however that present rigid graduation standards will not be relaxed and that these two subjects will be required of students for graduation. Effective immediately both plane trigonometry and elementary physics will be eliminated from the preentry list of mandatory subjects required for entrance, the navy said. Official Bulletin Wednesdav K.U. Dames bridge and canasta, 7:30 tonight, Mrs. Jack Sensintaffar, 530 Louisiana. Students desiring rides or riders to share expenses for Christmas vacation travelling, contact Student Union activities office between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Women's Rifle club will not meet tonight. Students planning to take Western Civilization examination 1:30 to 5 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 6, register at Western Civilization office Wed. Jan. 3, to Fri. Jan. 5. Place of examination assigned at registration. Examination admittance card must be presented at time of examination. Chess club organizational meeting and tournament, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 4, East Room, memorial Union. Parking regulations in effect on Jayhawk Drive and Zones H, U-G, and L-G during Christmas vacation. Pershing Riffes, 5 p.m. Jan.4, Military Science lounge. All members attend. 1 Hospitalized For Christmas The only student who will spend Christmas in the University hospital is Kenneth Stevenson, engineering sonihomore. It will be a nice Christmas for Kenneth though. He already has a decorated Christmas tree in his room and since his parents live in Lawrence he will be able to spend quite some time with them. His Christmas dinner will feature turkey and all the trimmings. Virgil Wenger, business junior, who has been in the hospital since the latter part of September with infantile paralysis, will leave the hospital for the first time this weekend. Virgil will travel by car to Salina his home town, for the holidays. He will return to the hospital for further treatment after the vacation. Cable Display To Engineers The case measures 26 by 36 inches and contains 35 different types of cable, varying in diameter from one half inch to 3.33 inches. The samples are labeled to show the use, amount of resistance to electric current, and the weight for each one-foot length of cable. A display of power and communications cables has been donated to the department of electrical engineering by the Kansas City Power and Light Company of Kansas City, Mo. Among these samples are the latest type communications cables in which oil-filled tubes are used as a medium of insulation. Auto Must Be An Austin Memphis — (U,P) — Two-year-oil Jimmy Wright was johnny-on-the-spot when his mother snapped "I'm losing my patience" and turned the car out of another jam-packed parking lot. "I'll hold it for you, Mommy," the youngster volunteered. Tiptonville, Teen.,—(U,P)—A little girl from the nearby Hornbeak community couldn't wait until she got home and told her sister how she "sat in the attic" at the motion picture show. This Girl Likes The Balcony Read the Daily Kansan Daily Crisis Lectures Will Be Given In Kansas Towns Seven of the World in Crisis lectures will be given in Wichita during January and February, said Fred Ellsworth, alumni secretary, at an alumni meeting Dec. 14 in Wichita. The Wichita talks will be given at 8 p.m. on Monday nights at the Twentieth Century Club. The same series of talks will also be given in Dodge City and Colby, Ellsworth said. The scheduled Wichita lectures: Jan. 15—"The World on Your Door-step" by Chancellor Deane W. Malott. Jan. 22—"From World War I to Korea" by Ambrose Saricks, assistant professor of history. Jan. 29—"Balance of Power-Yesterday and Today" by C. B. Realey, professor of history. Feb. 5—"Communism and Russian Foreign Policy" by Oswald Backus, assistant professor of history. Feb. 12—"American Foreign Policy" by George Anderson, professor of history. Feb. 19—"The Marshall Plan-Working Reality or Utopian Dream" by John Ise, professor of economics. Feb. 26—East Asia in Turmoil" by Orient Lee, visiting professor of history. Season's Greetings From The UDK Although this Christmas vacation finds the future of K.U. students in a very uncertain state, there is still reason to hope. At any rate, Christmas is a time for rejoicing and a time to spread good-will. We believe that K.U. students have a right to set aside the burdensome troubles of the world for these few days. The Staff. The staff members of the University Daily Kansan join in wishing all of you a very merry Christmas and a noisy, happy New Year. Women's Rifle Team To Fire In Contest The first shooting match of the season will be by the K.U. Women's Rifle club Jan. 3 to 6. Sgt. Harold G. Swartwood, director of the club, said the match will be with the University of Wyoming. Girls with the highest scores during the four days of the match will comprise the team. The five highest scores out of ten will be added and compared with the five highest scores sent to K.U. from Wvoming's rifle team. This type of match is called a "postal" match because the scores are exchanged by mail. A fire at Don Henry co-op, 1425 Ohio early Monday afternoon was confined to the basement ceiling and resulted in only light smoke damage to the interior. Fire At Don Henry Co-op Anchorage, Alaska. -(U.P.)- Military bases in Alaskan seaport towns were under continuous blackout conditions today. A complete nighttime blackout such as was imposed during wartime was instituted at the army port of Whittier near here. Other bases in the Aleutian islands and on the Alaskan mainland also were under continuous blackout. The offering was $55 less than a year ago, according to Harold Swartz, K.U. activities funds treasurer. This reflects some decline in attendance, probably resulting from the presence of about 1300 fewer students on the campus, Swartz said. Blackouts For Alaska Military authorities refused comment on the blackouts, but Maj James K. Bryan, public information officer for the Alaska command, said the move was not censorship. The entire offering will provide scholarships in art and music. The vespers, now in their 28th year, are financed by the School of Fine Arts budget as a semi-curricular activity. The record-high offering is $804.92, received in 1948. The School of Fine Arts vespers scholarship fund received $617.32 in free will offerings taken at Sunday's two performances of the Christmas vespers. Maj. Bryan added his office would no longer release information concerning troop movements or troop disposal in Alaska. Also under the new "ban" was information concerning the Pacific airlift, he added. Vespers Fund Receives $617.32 Christmas Package Is A Real Surprise Many Departments Open Over Holiday Hungnam, Northeast Korea—(U.P) —A young American G.I. struggled back to his billet with a huge Christmas package. Most University students are homeward bound today to spend the Christmas holidays with their families, but there are many students who will remain in Lawrence. His mother paid $24 to ship it to him by air. It was a bushel of apples. In Korea, a bushel of apples costs 15 cents. THE WEATHER KANSAS-Partly cloudy today, somewhat warmer northwest half of state, high today in 30s east to 40 west. 'Good Will Toward Men' Still Practiced Washington, (U.P.)-Here is evidence to prove that we still practice "good will toward men" in America. In Washington, and elsewhere. Here in the capital, a group of auto supply firms has done a daring thing. Instead of passing out gifts to their customers like they used to, the outfits are taking the money and buying food and clothing for the needy. This year, about a dozen other supply outfits have joined the parade. And a lot of customers, instead of expecting and getting gifts, are adding money and presents to the pool. Another small group around town is quietly doing good by practicing It's an informal organization of six fellows and their wives who have palled around together since they were kids. the "do unto others" slogan. It's called, properly, "The Golden Rule" club. As Christmas time approached, the folks put their heads together—plus all the money they could spare. On Sunday night a few needy folks in Washington will get Christmas baskets. In Durant, Okla, Miss Ora O'Riley, a native Choctaw Indian, has been working since 1939 on a worthy project she thought up all by herself. "I want my home town to be the one city in the United States where a picture of Christ is displayed in Once Durant is 100 per cent for the idea, Miss O'Riley hopes that the thing spreads around the coun- "There should be something done to call our attention to what the occasion is" she said. "The season of the year has been commercialized until the real purpose of celebrating the birth of Christ is lost entirely." every home," she said. "Also in every school, business office, and public building. This dream has almost come true." Miss O'Filey also thinks it would be swell if each town would sponsor a "Christ the Prince of Peace" Christmas parade. Then maybe some day in our time the world would have peace," the Indian woman said. To accommodate students wanting to use the library, the Union and other University facilities during the vacation, many K.U. organizations will observe special hours. Watkins hospital clinic will be open from 10 a.m. to 12 noon during the vacation. Doctors will be on call for emergencies at all times as usual. Operational hours for University libraries during the Christmas vacation have been announced Charles M. Baker, director of libraries. The schedules are as follows: Main Library 9:00 A.M.-5 P.M. LINDLEY HALL LIBRARY Main Library Dec. 20 7:45 A.M.-6 P.M. Dec. 21 9:00 A.M.-5 P.M. Dec. 22 9:00A.M.-5 P.M. Dec. 23, 24, 25 Closed Dec. 26-29 9:00 A.M.-5 P.M. Dec. 30 9:00 A.M.-12 Noon Dec. 31 Closed Jan. 1 Closed Jan. 2 9:00 A.M.-5 P.M. Engineering Library Dec. 20 Close at 5:00 P.M. Dec. 21, 22 9:00-12;1:30 P.M. Dec. 23, 24, 25 Closed Dec. 26-29 9:00-12; 1:30 P.M. Dec. 30 9:00 to 12 Dec. 31 Closed Jan. 1 Closed Jan. 2 9:00-12; 1:30 P.M. Cafeteria — Beginning Thursday, Dec. 21 through Jan. 2 Hours for the Union for Christmas vacation are: Dec. 21 through Jan. 2 Breakfast ... 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Lunch ... 11:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Dinner ... 5:15 to 6:15 p.m. For Sundays and New Year's Breakfast ... 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Dinner ... Noon to 1:15 p.m. Supper ... 5:15 to 6:15 p.m. will be observed Christmas day but no evening meal will be served. The Ballroom and Hawk's Nest will close Tuesday, Dec. 19 The fountain will close Wednesday, Dec. 20. Parking regulations on Jayhawk drive and in sections H, LG and UG, will remain in effect during the Christmas vacation. All other parking rules will be relaxed, Donald K. Alderson, assistant dean of men said today. Section H is behind Strong hall, Upper G is behind Robinson gym and Lower G is behind Hoch auditorium. The guidance bureau will be open to students wishing to take tests or use the Occupational Information library during the Christmas vacation. Counseling, however, will be only by appointment. $1,250 In Prizes Offered In Contes The bureau will be closed on Christmas and New Years days and Saturday, Dec. 23, and Saturday, Dec. 30. It will be open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on all other days. Juniors, seniors and graduates at the University are to compete for $1,250 in cash in the Robert S. Marx f automobile accident constudy. Single prizes each of $150, and $100 will be give will also be three $50 awa Essays must be between 15,000 words in length. entry must be filed by M 1951, and the finished es smitted by September 30. 195 More complete details is obtained at the offices of the Cate school and the Schools of ness and of Engineering and Architecture. Student Has Tonsillectomy Martha Jean Thomson, College freshman, underwent a tonsillectomy at Watkins hospital this morning.