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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1948
Hot Pilots Keep Road Hot From University To Olathe
By CHARLES R. ROTER
A well-beaten path is beginning to appear between the campus and the Olathe naval air base as a small-sized caravan of 150 students make the 60-mile trek two Sundays every month.
"We occasionally do cross-country runs to Chicago, Denver, Dallas, or St. Louis," Shimer said, "but most of our work is on the bombing targets in this vicinity. One of them is down by Osage and the other is near the Lake of the Woods."
These students are members of the former "fly-boys and airedales." The each month on the air base is the little matter of a paycheck for some, and for others, the "kick" of "hanging a Corsair on its nose or snaprolling a Hellcat."
Henry H. Shimer, business junior, is a good example of the men who travel out there. Shimer is a lieutenant commander in the reserve and commands a light carrier squadron such as might operate from a carrier of the Princeton class.
According to Shimer the navy is not too worried about the situation, either. It has recently added a new tarppeo bomber squadron to complement at the Olafie base but very little abnormal action is being taken by the officers in charge. The theory of the program is merely to keep the fliers from becoming "rusty and stale."
Shimer is not too worried about the international crisis. He explained that the group he commands would probably be no more subject to call than the average veteran, "only a little quicker."
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"The reserve program is not confined to flying officers," Shimer said. "We are having a hard time finding enough enlisted men to fill out our ground crews—one of the most important parts of a compact, well-organized carrier group."
Shimer believes that the enlisted men get a "good deal." They are allowed to enroll and not enlist. Should an enlisted man feel like dropping out of the program, he can do so merely by speaking to the commanding officer.
Pay is given at the end of every three months. For each Sunday a man attends he is given two "drill periods," or roughly the equivalent of two days pay. Four drill periods are required each month.
The program is open to any person, with or without past experience. Army personnel who would like to enter the program may retain their old rating.
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Music Frat Holds Initiation Banquet
Pi Kappa Lambda, honorary professional music society, held its annual initiation banquet May 8. Forty guests attended.
Raymond J. Eastwood, associate professor of drawing and painting, was guest speaker. Professor Eastwood's topic was "A Short History of Painting Methods and Materials."
D. M. Swarthout, dean of the School of Fine Arts, reported on the bi-annual national Pi Kappa Lambda convention held recently in Chicago.
Names of the initiates, which include the upper 25 per cent of the graduating class and members of the faculty who have a degree in music or have taught five years in the school, were released at honors convocation today.
Houston, Texas—(UP)—A 52-year-old Houston mailman recently stumped the experts when he disproved the theory that a person can always be identified by his fingerprints.
Postman Wears Off His Fingerprints
Mailman Jefferson C. Banks has no fingerprints.
The millions of letters and thousands of rough mail sacks which have slipped through his fingers for 22 years have worn away the ridges on his fingers.
"There's no place on my fingers for the ink to get a hold," said Mr. Banks.
Federal officials in Washington were forced to accept Mr. Banks' loyalty questionnaire minus fingerprints.
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