THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1950
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
PAGE NINE
Atomic Age Has Influenced Letters To Santa Claus
Washington—(U.P.)—The atomic age has hit the kids who depend on Santa for the surprises that come down the chimney Christmas Eve.
A snooper in Mr. Claus' catch-all—the dead letter office of the U.S. postal department found these excerpts from letters, most addressed simply, "Santa, North Pole." Like this one:
"Dear Santa! Please send me two atom bombs, a couple of pistols and a good sharp knife." That one was signed in bold printed letters, "One Horse Harry, aged nine."
One kid, who said she was a "plain little girl named Alice," asked for a cannon, a cowgirl suit and a toy A-bomb set, "If you can make it so it will work, please."
The influence of the movies and the horsey films seen on television is apparent.
Scores of children asked for cowboy outfits, toy sidearms and the like. One boy, who admitted frankly that he hadn't been as good as he might have been asked forgiveness plus "two guns, some soldiers, a piaid shirt, saddle bags and a picture of a horse."
A little girl named Edith wrote:
Dear Santa: We don't have any money because my daddy lost his job. So you can forget about me,
but please, Santa, don't forget my two little sisters, Patty and Betty.
A couple of rag dolls would make them awful happy."
A boy scribbled that he would settle for a Chinese checker board. "There are a lot of other things I need bad," he said, "but I don't deserve them because I have been hitting the kid next door, but I don't
do it very often around Christmas time because it ain't nice."
Most of the letters which wind up at the dead letter office here come from the Washington area, but District Postmaster Roy North said the samples contained here are typical of those arriving at post offices all over the country.
Unless some charitable organizations come to the offices and sift the letters for worthy cases, they are destroyed. A smart kid would make a carbon of his letter and see that it somehow landed in a conspicuous spot around his home.
In this area, the influence of congress is prominent. One little boy asked the jolly old fellow to send him a "toy senator and a picture of Harry Truman."
The one which caught my fancy, though, was written by a 10-year-old girl who didn't sign her name. She said:
"Dear Santa: My daddy is a congressman, or rather he used to be.
"Something happened and he got beat in the last election. My mommy and me like Washington very much on account of the cherry blossoms.
"So I don't want much. Just send me another daddy—one who works in Washington. Thank you, Santa."
parment:
This year the German choir will not only go caroling but will be included in the special Christmas program of KFKU Clayton Krehbiel, instructor in education, who directed the choir in 1949 will also do it this year, and after caroling on Saturday, December 16, the choir will go to the German club Christmas party. The songs of the choir are all old German Christmas songs
General Semantics Club Will Meet Today
The students who gathered in 306 Fraser hall started their first German choir practice by listening to the Christmas singing of last year's choir, recorded by the German department.
The next practice will be held at 5 p.m. today, in 306 Fraser hall. Students may still join the choir.
German Club Choir To Go Caroling
The General Semantics club will meet at 7:30 p.m. today in the East room of the Union building.
Edward Robinson, associate professor of philosophy, will discuss the differences between an Aristotelian and a non-Aristotelian system. A discussion period will be held after the talk.
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Persons who did not get a chance to play in the first round may compete in the second and third rounds and be given a full score for the tournament. The final scores are figured on a percentage of two or three rounds, as the player prefers.
The second round of the University Bridge tournament will begin at 7:15 p.m. today in the ballroom of the Union.
Bridge Tourney Set For Tonight
More than 70 persons competed in the first round, which was played last Thursday. Scores of the first round are posted outside the Student Union Activities' office in the lounge of the Union.
James Burgoyne, director of S.U.A., said that over 90 colleges from 30 states are now participating in the Intercollegiate Bridge tournament. The four winning teams of the University tournament will represent K. U. in the intercollegiate contest.
Oklahoma Wildlife Expert Inspects Bird Specimens
Fred N. Baumgartner, associate professor of wildlife conservation at Oklahoma A. and M. college, Stillwater, inspected Oklahoma bird specimens in the Museum of Natural History recently.
Awards To Be Given For Cancer Research
Dr. Baumgartner is writing a book on the birds of Oklahoma. He was graduated from the University of Kansas in 1933 with a master's degree in zoology.
Three research awards for medical students, amounting to $500,$300, and $100, have been announced by the Kansas division of the American Cancer society.
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These awards are offered annually for outstanding research in fields related to the growth, cause, diagnosis, or treatment of cancer.
Dr. Paul G. Roofe, chairman of the anatomy department, said that about six students from the departments of anatomy, biochemistry, and physiology will apply for the awards.
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Printing Rarities On Display
A facsimile page of an old German psalter, printed by the 300-year oak塞尔berg press in Mainz, Germany, is now on display on third floor of Fraser hall. The page, with its clear and decorative print, aws printed for press exhibition in Chicago in 1933.
cago in 1833. His essay has arranged by the department of Germanic languages and literature and includes rarities like an early advertisement for books from 1483, and a leaf from a Luther Bible, printed in 1541.
Another feature is an original page from the hand-colored Nuremberg Chronicle of 1433, which was the first book to mention the discovery of America.
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The first Bible printed in the U.S.A. was in Indian language. A page of it, dating from 1685, Cambridge, Mass., can also be together with a leaf of the first Bible
printed in a foreign language in this country. It was a German Bible from Germantown, Pa., from 1743.
Move Electrical Engineering Office
The office of the department of electrical engineering has been moved to 212 Electrical Engineering laboratory, Donald G. Wilson, chairman of the department, announced today.
The office telephone number will remain unchanged.
today. The office was moved to the laboratory from 108 Marvin hall in order to keep the department centralized and to enable Professor Wilson to be more readily available when needed by the department staff.
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