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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1943
The Editorial Page
Come On, Prof, Take It Easy
Come on, prof. take it easy.
We're just back from vacation with a load of work to do, and you're piling on more assignments than ever staggered the eagerest of beavers. Yeah, you've got the jump on us all right--you came back from vacation a couple of days early, graded all those papers you've been owing us, and now you're fresh and ready to slap it to us.
We can just hear you saying,
"Good for 'em. Lots of work down
the homestretch. Make 'em think.
Gotta cover the course. Can't let
the dean think I give a 'pipe' course."
Please, prof, loosen up. Just for once, cut out a few assignments and give us a chance to study intelligently for finals. You know perfectly well that you've gotta give 'em and we've gonna take 'em. And you know just as well that we'll cram like the deuce the last few nights—that is, unless you give us a chance to prepare now.
And prof, just between us, how much of a hastily and grudgingly done assignment will we remember five years from now?
Come on, prof, take it easy.
UMT As Education
Universal military training, although overshadowed by European aid and high prices, still remains a major issue. Discussions that date back to World War I and pre-war days of World War II are still being continued on this vital question.
When many of us think about U. M. T. we face a paradox. While we may realize the need for a well-trained reserve, we hesitate to recommend such an extensive program as universal military training, military leaders tell us that a strong reserve of trained fighting men would strengthen our position in world affairs and secure us against overnight aggression. Other leaders point out the dangers to civil rights and the general welfare of our young men under such a military plan.
Argument Will Start Soon
When Congress considers passage of a universal military training plan early this spring, strong arguments will be heard on both sides of the issue. Before we decide to promote or defeat this military program, we should attempt to understand all the issues involved.
We can begin discussion on one small part of one issue. Will men drafted into the armed forces develop generally, or will they only become "good soldiers"? Educator Commands Army Schools
Educator Commands Army Schools Early in November of 1946, Dr. Alonzo G. Grace, state commissioner of education for Connecticut, stated that the United States needs a universal plan of schooling if illiteracy is to be eliminated in all parts of the nation. He commended the work of the armed forces during World War II for their success in eliminating illiterary among trainees. He explained that armed forces training methods used in World War II made it evident that there is a need for national planning in education.
Dr. Grace based his comments upon his interpretation of an extensive report made by the Commission on the Implication of the Armed Services Education Program for Civilian Education. Although he was not discussing universal military training, Dr. Grace did imply that military training acts as common denominator concerning the educational backgrounds of the trainees. UMT An Academic Equalizer
Men with inadequate educational training are given an opportunity to overcome their academic shortcomings through the various armed service training programs.
Gen. Jacob L. Devers, commander of the Army Ground Forces, followed Dr. Grace's comments later in 1946 with a statement affirming the great aspects of military training. He explained that the education aspects of universal military training are tremendous both sectionally and internationally.
Those two indirect comments suggest that there is some value in military training. We cannot determine how much each trainee will benefit from universal military training, but we have uncovered one possibility. Young men will learn more than "soldiering," and their time will not be wasted.-George R. Shapley.
"Yall come back down to Florida next year, hear! You Jayhawkuhs showed us down here in the Sunny South some real football, even if the scoah was wrong. We were afraid y'all might not give Tech a very good name, but from now on we'll put our money on K. U., the team that's moah dangerous when it's losin.
Y'all Come Back
"And don't forget to bring along that great Kansas band. Down heath we appreciate that kind of show. We think y'all ought to start an emergency fund to send that band to things like this in the future."
"Yeah, you sho did lose a heart breakuh. We're still debatin whether your boy Schnellbachhu stepped out of bounds. Anyway, he was a good sport to say he did. So don't forget. Y'all come again anytime."
To which we reply, "Thank you, Miami. We hear your prices are high, but those 'Jayhawkkuhs' will be back to win for you next year."
The recent announcement by the Public Roads administration that Kansas ranks second in already built or proposed farm to market highways is a surprise. Most Kansans believe that the state's roads are still in the "proposed" stage.
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This Is A Cheery Greeting
Just Any Time This Year
During the recent North American Conference on Christian Frontiers, Betty Van der Smissen worked as an aide in the cafeteria punching meal tickets. At breakfast New Year's day she welcomed all the girls in the mess lines with, "Happy Leap Year, girls, and good hunting".
K. U. will not soon be forgotten by Miss Margaret Prang, a member of the executive committee of the recent conference of delegates of the Student Christian Movement.
Canadian Leader Goes To Hospital
Miss Prang, associate general secretary of the Student Christian Movement of Canada, spent six days as a patient in Watkins hospital.
"When they made the announcement that conference delegates would have access to your hospital, I didn't realize that I would miss the last 18 hours of the conference by being there," the brown-eyed Canadian explained.
"In Canada the Universities do not have hospitals. They do have health services where we get chest X-rays every year. The University of Toronto, which has about 17,000 students and is our largest school, has no hospital but the students have access to one in the city," Miss Prang said.
She was graduated from the University of Manitoba in Winnepeg in 1945. She was vice chairman of the SCM in Canada during her senior year.
Miss Prang recently returned from working on the staff of SCM of the University of London.
There were 250 delegates at the conference, from Canada, the largest group to attend a religious meeting of this nature for 15 years. Miss Prang, impressed by the beauty of the campus, commented that she always seemed to be looking over the edge. She stayed at Miller hall during the conference and remarked on the hospitality offered to the delegates.
"We received a note saying 'Please water my plant' from the absent room mate," Miss Prang laughed.
Hospital Staff Undergoes Changes
Miss Lilyan Warner, instructor in physical medicine and physical therapy technician, has returned from further study at the Warm Springs, Foundation in Warm Springs, Georgia. She had a three month leave of absence.
Miss Glorene Titus, who was taking Miss Warner's place will return to the University of Kansas Medical center.
Miss Sue Tricker is a new laboratory technician recently added to the Watkins hospital staff.
Extension Course Offers
Secretaries Voice Training
Mrs. Maurice Brownlee, Miss Warner's assistant, has returned to her work at the hospital after a month leave of absence.
The University extension is offering a five meeting course in Effective Voice and speech for secretaries and other office personnel in Manhattan. The course began Monday and will end Friday.
Each meeting consists of a short lecture, plus demonstrations and electrical transcriptions. An hour of audience participation follows. University certificates will be given at the completion of the course.
Here's Real Acceleration:
Degree In Year And A Half
John M. Owens, veteran of East Aurora, N. Y., didn't lose any time in completing four years of college work. Owens, 26, finished a full college course at the University of Buffalo in a year and a half.
But the Army veteran doesn't recommend the pace he set as a general practice. "It takes a lot of your free time," he cautioned. "It isn't as good as if one had the full four years. I couldn't get time to read everything I should. It was a little strain on the nerves.
'Broader Education In Java But US Schools Are More Practical,' Says Bong
"The Dutch and Indonesians are fighting, and the Chinese are suffering" S. B. Bong, College freshman from Java, told the University Daily Kansan recently.
Bong, a Chinese, lives on Bangka, a small island near Sumatra. Justified Indonesians dislike the economic position of the
Chinese," said Bong, "Their idea of independence or 'merdeka' is getting rich over-night at the expense of the wealthy Chinese."
The educated Indonesians are very easy to get along with and are sympathetic to the Chinese cause, he added. However, the uneducated are in the great majority and are uncontrollable.
Chinese Prefer the Dutch
"Although there is no free enterprise, the Chinese people would, rather be under the control of the Dutch because they are safer," Bong said. "The Dutch firms have a monopoly and give the Chinese no chance to develop private business. They also do favors for the Indonesians in an effort to curtail the economy of the Chinese. Otherwise, the Chinese would crush the economic life of the Indonesians."
"We have to know three languages when we graduate from high school," he said. "They are English, French, and German. There is no specialization such as they have in the United States, but a good general knowledge is taught. The Dutch schools teach more but American schools are more practical. The English and Americans get along just as good as the Dutch graduates." Attended Melbourne University
Bong explained that Java in Java under Dutch control enforced a broader education than those of the United States.
"I hardly recognized its streets. Its houses were filthy and people ran around almost naked and begging," he said.
Bong was in Australia before the Japanese attack on Southeastern Asia. He spent two years at the University of Melbourne. He left Australia on the second boat after Japanese capitulation, and had a first look at Batavia.
When he returned to Java, he had had no word of his family, but found them later in Bangka. During the war the Jans had used his home as a hotel and had forced his family to cook for them. His family was further humiliated by having to bow to the Japanese soldiers.
Bong would like to return to Java after graduation if conditions permit.
The first women to arrive in America were Mistress Forrest and her maid, Anne Burras, in the Jamestown (Va.) colony in 1608.
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YMCA Plans Council Of KU, Town Men
A faculty-town council of businessmen and University employees has been planned by the Y.M.C.A. advisory board.
Plans have been made for an institute on international relations to be held in March.
Eighty-five men, sympathetic of the Y. M. C. A. movement, have been sent letters inviting them to join the council. If they are in agreement with the purpose of the work, information of meetings will be sent them and they may attend.
VA Correspondence Causes Headaches
These letters must be sent to the master file in Washington D. C. for identification because the writer fail to give their claim, insurance, or service serial numbers.
The V. A. is handling in excess of 14,500,000 pieces of mail a month, according to recent figures.
Approximately 20 per cent of correspondence received by the Veterans administration requires research before it can be answered, according to V. A. officials.
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