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Winston Churchill, leader of the conservative party, asked the Labor government to recall Parliament on its summer and autumn recess ot later than next week to consider the devaluation crisis.
e chancellor of the stuerea cared before 400 reporters less than 24 hours after he announced he devaluation.
relationship between it and the oar would help the entire world. As Cripits spoke the round of adjustments of other currencies to the
Cripps showed determination to hold the line against a spiral of infiltration which almost certainly would bring a general election before next summer, with the laborite regime at stake.
the austere financial secretary ap-
confident and the establishment of a
w situation continued. Iceland was the latest to announce a decision to devalue its Krona to its established ratio with the pound.
France tensely awaited an anticipated devaluation of the franc, which was expected to be relatively smal Italy seemed likely to fall in line. Informed quarters at the Hague said the Dutch cabinet had decided to devalue the guilder in relation to the U.S. dollar.
Australian pound—Reduced from $2.22, to $2.24.
Currencies in the sterling area which dropped upon announcement of devaluation of the British pound were;
New Zealand pound – $4.03 to $2.80
South African pound — $4.03 to
$2.80
Irish pound -$4.03 to $2.80.
Egyptian pound -$4.133 to $2.871.
Israeli pound -$4.03 to $2.80.
Indian rupee -$0.30 to $0.21.
Danish Kroner -$0.21 to $0.14.
Norwegian kroner -$0.20 to $0.14.
Burmese rupee -$0.331% to $0.21.
Finnish Finnmark -$0.006 to $0.0043
If you're one of those people who must struggle for hours over a couple of chapters of reading, here's your chance to do something about it.
Reading Lab Is Open
Henry P. Smith, director of the Reading laboratory said today that students who wish to improve their general study skills and reading comprehension should enroll in the course this week. The office is in room 18, Fraser hall. Hours are from three to five p.m.
The program carries no credit and is a free service to students.
In addition to the general program, the laboratory offers a separate reading program designed to help those who wish to improve their reading speed.
Classes will run from six to 12 weeks and will meet two or three times a week.
Mr. Smith said that the particular type of work for whichever student may enroll will be determined by his needs and wishes.
WEATH
Kansas: From and continued moderate tores are forecast for to y and with, high today between 185 and low tonight but on 30. High Tuesday in the 80s.
Spike Jones' Band To Play Here
Spike Jones and his band will present a concert at 8 p.m. October 4, in Hoch auditorium. Proceeds of the concert will be added to the University World War II memorial fund.
The concert is sponsored by the student memorial committee. Tickets will cost $1.25, $2, $2.50, and $3. The place the tickets may be purchased will be announced later.
Medical Center Receives Grant
The University Medical center in Kansas City has been granted $200,- 000 by the U.S. Public Health service for a wing and a two-story building for laboratory and clinical research.
The funds will permit expansion at the medical center in research on diseases of the newborn, poliomyelitis, encephalitis, and respiratory infections, as well as cancer. New construction will also permit expansion of the children's pavilion, which has housed adults since the completion of the building during the war as part of a war emergency project.
This grant is part of a three million dollar grant to nine universities and hospitals in the U.S. to build facilities for cancer research.
The other medical school to receive the service grant is the University of California at Los Angeles. They will receive $700,000 for a laboratory research wing.
Vets Checks Due Nov.10
Many veterans who enter school anytime during September will get payment in October for that part of September that they were in school.
Subsistence checks for veterans should be received by Nov. 10, E. R Elbel, director of the veterans bureau, announced today.
If veterans do not receive their checks during the first part of October they will get them the first of November. These checks will cover payments due from the date of entrance through the end of October.
Veterans should call or write to the Veterans administration only if payments are not received by Nov. 10.
Subsistence checks should be received every month during the first 10 days of each month.
Parking Zones Streets Will Be Patrolled Closely
All parking zones and streets will be closely patrolled beginning today. Donald K. Alderson, chairman of the parking committee, said. Cars must have parking permits to park in zones from 7:30 to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday noon. Zones are free to drivers after 3:30 p.m.
Cars may park on campus streets for 30 minutes from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday noon.
The first violation draws a warning ticket, Mr. Alderson explained. The second violation gets a $1 fine, the third and any after that a $3 fine. Student violators will receive a notice by mail.
Students who intend to appeal the fines to the student court must notify the traffic clerk in 200 Old Fowler shops within 10 days of the date of the ticket, Mr. Alderson said. Fines are to be paid at the same office.
There will be only one warning ticket given from September to September, Mr. Aldgrson warned.
Few Rental Complaints
Few complaints on rental conditions have been registered with rent control offices in the area, it has been announced by Joseph Wilson, University business manager. The Topeka, Lawrence, Ottawa area was decontrolled effective Sept. 14.
Cards for students can be obtained at the dean of men's office, dean of women's office, and the veteran's administration in annex "C" of Strong hall. Cards will be turned into those places also.
To date only 12 cards have been submitted, and only four of those have been from students. It is necessary for cards to be turned in to authorities whether or not there is serious complaint. With many cards, rent control officials can draw a truer picture of the situation, and it is helpful to turn in cards so both sides of the situation can be reviewed in case a request for recontrol of Lawrence is submitted.
The University concert band will present music at 7:30 p.m. tonight at North college hill at the New Student induction activities.
Band Will Play At Induction
The band gave an informal performance Sept. 18 in Fowler grove, playing K.U. songs, marches, and classical numbers. The group also played at the K.U. vs. T.C.U. football game Sept. 17.
Make Own Choices Malott Advises
By FRANKIE WAITS
Think for yourselves and make your own choices, urged Deane W. Malott this morning in the 84th annual all student convocation exercise in Hoch auditorium.
All those whose names begin with N-Z meet Tuesday, Sept. 27 in the same room.
Tryouts for women interested in the A Cappella choir and the women's glee club are being conducted this week and next in Strong hall.
Choral Groups Tryout Today
Former members must enroll in the glee club if they plan to retain membership. They are requested to report to Corbin hall at 7 p.m. today to join the men's glee club in singing K. U. songs for freshman induction.
Women's glee club tryouts begin Monday, Sept. 26. Women whose last names begin with A-M must meet in 130 Strong hall at 3:30 p.m. Monday.
All women enrolled in the glee club and the A Cappella choir will receive college credit toward graduation.
"We cannot succumb to those who would control our thinking," the chancellor said.
A. Cappella choir tryouts under D. M. Swarthout, dean of the School of Fine Arts, will continue through Saturday, Sept. 24. Persons interested in trying out today through Thursday should meet in 128 Strong hall from 4 to 6 p.m. Those who wish to try out Saturday should meet there between 10 a.m. and noon.
Old members of the choir must sign new blanks to hold their places.
AWS Announces Closing Hours
Closing hours for women during the remainder of the year have been announced by the Associated Women Students.
On Monday through Thursday, closing hours will be at 10:30 p.m. Closing hours Friday will be at 12:30 a.m., and on Saturday at 1 a.m. On Sunday, closing hours will be at 11 p.m.
These closing hours become effective today.
8,593 Enroll,160 Expected Late
Enrollment for the University's 84th year stands today at 8,593 students registered and an expected 160 late enrollment.
The number of veterans is 3,626, which is 1,360 less than a year ago. The number of non-veterans increased to an all-time high of 4,533 on the Lawrence campus, and about one of every eight veterans is paying his own way.
There are 8,159 registered at Lawrence and 434 in the Kansas City division of the School of Medicine. This total is 1,000 below the all-time high set the past year. However, the 10 per cent decline is in conformance with the expected.
There are 1,988 new students, of which 1,071 are freshmen and 817 are transfers from other colleges. The
decline in the enrollment of veterans.
campus is still predominantly masculine with a ratio of 3.17 men to each woman.
Two schools, the Graduate School and the School of Education, show an increase in enrollment. There are 761 graduate students, and 510 students in education. The Graduate School is now the University's third largest school, the College with 3,308 remaining first and the School of Engineering and Architecture second with 1,700.
However, 1949's new students number about 600 more than in pre-war groups, and very few new students are veterans.
All new enrollments and changes in enrollment must be made in the College office from 2 to 5 p.m. Wednesday.
Junior, senior, and graduate enrollments are 200 below the 1948 level. The smaller student body shows the ending of the doubling up of college generations in the freshman and sophomore classes. Mr. James K. Hitt, registrar, said, "It is hard to tell now what the next few years will bring, but we expect enrollment to continue dropping off until all the veterans are graduated, then a levelling off period."
"The proper atmosphere for a free university is always a creative force, searching for new ways of using knowledge of the past in fresh situations.
"The responsibility of our faculty to you is to enable each one of you to think for himself, to make wise choices among ideas and values, settle doubts and urgent questions by appeal to honest evidence and democratic principles."
Drew McLaughin, member of the board of regents, who gave the greetings to the convocation, said:
"This University is owned by you student and your parents. It is your school. All of you be kind to your own property."
With a feeling of hopelessness abroad and destructive attitudes on either side of us, the Chancellor pointed out what a difference it would make in the psychology of the nation if we could be assured that people would be enlightened prevail, that people would be enlightened to do and how to do it, and to influence others to have a happier state of mind.
The University cannot educate its students; its students must use their own efforts to educate themselves, he said.
Quoting from remarks of Hamilton Holt, president of Rollins college, in Florida, Chancellor Malott said: "Budget your time and money. Get happiness from your contemporaries; get wisdom from your elders; cultivate both your college mates and the faculty.
"Men will probably always value the freedom of choice more than anything else. We have the right to do what we please, within decent limits," Chancellor Malott explained.
Since our University operates under the civil laws of the community and state, to learn to live amiably in the world of law is another facet of your education, Chancellor Malott said.
"Major in the courses that you like most and come easiest; minor in the courses you like least and come hardest. Seek truth wherever truth is found; follow truth wherever truth may lead. Choose the professor rather than the course. The professor may be alive."
Reinhold Schmidt, associate professor of voice, song "Pilgrim's Song (Tchalkovsky) and was accompanied by the pianist, platinum-sensitive reading was led by Rev. Harold G. Barr, dean of the School of Religion.
Reds To Put Slovakians On Trial
Prague, Czechoslovakia, Sept. 19
(U.P.-Slovaks who fought with fist and scythe in defense of their priests last June will be tried for "crimes of rebellion", a Communist lawyer's journal said today.
The Brastislava legal publication Prava A Zivot (law and life) which reached Prague today indicated that trials of the Slovaks might already be going on. It gave no hint of how many were arrested.
The maximum penalty for "crimes of rebellion" is death.
The journal said the clashes were a result of "a centrally organized intentional misuse of religious feeling." That appeared to be a sign that the Catholic heirarchy would be blamed for the rioting. Communist spokesmen have accused church leaders repeatedly of misusing religion for political aims.