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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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MAY 6,1945.
Student Newspaper of the UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Student Newspaper of the UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
Member of the Kansas Press Association. National Editorial Association, and the Associated Collegiate Press. Represented by the National Advertising Service, 420 Madison Ave., New York City.
Mail subscription: $3 a semester, $4.50 a year, plus 2% tax (in Lawrence add $1 a semester postage). Published in Lawrence, Kan., every afternoon during the six year accept Saturdays and Sundays, University holidays, and examination periods as second as September 17, 1910, at the Post Office at Lawrence Kan., under march 3, 1879.
NEWS STAFF
Managing Editor Patricia Penney
Management Editor Jane Anderson
Telegraph Editor Jane Anderson
City Editor Marian Thomson
Education Editor Alan Wheeler
Society Editor Martha Jewett
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EDITORIAL STAFF
Editor-in-Chief  LeMoyne Frederick
Editorial Associate  John Conard
BUSINESS STAFF
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Blaine M. Hamilton Grace Mullenberg
Business Manager. Virginia Van Order
Advertising Manager. Anne Scott
Assiniboia City Barons
Marcella Stewart Reverdy Mullins, Jr
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Circulation Manager Patricia Manley
Promotion Manager Anne Young
A.V.C. Breaks The Ice
At its meeting Tuesday, the K.U. chapter of the American Veterans Committee recommended that students eating at the Union cafeteria take only one slice of bread and further recommended that organized houses on the campus join in a food conservation campaign.
This action may seem relatively small but it is a step in the right direction that should be taken up by others immediately.
On April 15 we pointed out in this column that Cornell university had inaugurated a food-saving program—(no bread at evening meals and one meatless day each week)and we recommended that K.U. embark on a similar campaign.
Another plan has come to our attention. The students of Bryn Mawr college are not only reducing their own food consumption but are collecting food and shipping it to Europe. More than 800 packages of food and clothing have already been sent abroad by Bryn Mawr students.
These campus conservation measures should be adopted throughout the country. Students should demonstrate their full understanding of the present food crisis and their willingness to do their full share.
President Truman has pointed out that "every slice of bread counts." Americans are too often prone to adopt the attitude of "let George do it." But this is one time when every one must assume his responsibility. No one will quarrel with the Golden Rule. That principle must be applied realistically to this issue now.
The next two months will be crucial for millions of people in famine areas. Our sacrifice now will be minute compared with the immense good it will achieve.
To our knowledge, the recommendation of the A.V.C. is the first action of this nature by any University organization. May it not be the last!
Time To Reconsider
Eight a.m. classes next fall may well create a new problem for University women, an even earlier curtailment of nocturnal activities. Ten p.m. has been suggested as the probable closing hour for weekdays. If that decision becomes final there will no doubt be a wall of protest from both sexes.
The question seems to be whether it is best to be strict and protect the "youngun" or whether it would be better to treat University women as adults and trust that they "know when to come in out of the rain."
For the past few years, closing hours have fluctuated within 15 or 30 minutes of the present time. To the administration, the problem has been to stabilize a time to suit the various age levels of University women, from the 17-year-old freshman to the 22-year-old senior.
After observing some of the abuses of the present system for the past few years, one is led to believe that now is the time to consider a new plan, when the expansion of the University is bound to result in other changes of policy.
Although students will have earlier classes next fall, it is quite unlikely that they will retire earlier the night before.
Weekend closing hours present another problem. Easy modes of travel and the proximity of Kansas City and Topeka take many students out of town for weekends. Even the most pious student is reluctant to leave Kansas City at 11 p.m. in order to be safely back in Lawrence by closing hours.
On the other hand, the University woman feels obliged to stay out (because it is a 12:30 night) until the last bell has rung and the last date swept through the door. It is more socially acceptable to sit and stare at the walls rather than bid friend date adieu one minute before closing hours.
Other universities have recognized and handled the problem in different ways, from the rather conservative plan at K.U. to the other extremes such as no closing hours at the University of Chicago and 2:30 closing hours at the University of Wisconsin.
It should be worthwhile to investigate more thoroughly the systems employed at other universities. Women who are here for a good time will have their fun in spite of closing hours, and those who are here for an education will get their studying done whether there are closing hours or not.
A more liberal system of closing hours should be worth a trial. It might be found that University women would abuse this privilege no more than University men do.-H.H.
We second the words of General Eisenhower made in a recent address: "Our whole educational system must go beyond producing the best doctors, lawyers, or engineers. People must learn to live in peace with other peoples whose basic philosophy of life are different from their own."
Movie double-features cause some amusing combinations. Here are three recently playing in Kansas City; "Born for Trouble"—"It All Came True"; "Tomorrow Is Forever"—"Man Alive"; "Frontier Gal"—"Gay Senorita."
Jobby Lobby (V)
'Prospect Good For Engineers'
(Dean, School of Engineering and Architecture)
By J. O. JONES
The work prospect for students who will graduate in engineering this year is definitely good.
In spite of work stoppages, for one reason or another, most major employers of engineers are engaged now in planning for not only this year, but for 1947 and beyond. The shutdown of industrial plants, whether because of strikes, lockouts, governmental interference, or for other reasons, interferes with the production of goods, but has little effect on research and development work, and other long range planning with which the engineers are concerned.
Since the beginning of this semester, a number of personnel officers of major companies have been on the campus to interview seniors. Several more are scheduled to be in here in the next few weeks. The number of such officers who come each year is increasing. During the war the demand for technically trained personnel was acute, and many companies whose representatives had never visited the University of Kansas discovered that this state is not merely a fairly wide boundary between the Missouri river and the Rocky Mountains. The representatives of several of these companies plan to include the University of Kansas in their regular itineraries in the future. Already one from the Atlantic seaboard has been here. Another from the Atlantic and one from the Pacific seaboard are scheduled to come during early May.
Thus there is an accumulated deficiency in the number of technically trained men of 35 to 40,- 000. Although former students are coming back to the campus in increasing numbers, it will be several years before the supply will catch up with the demand
Not only is the outlook for this year good, but the next several years look promising. The number of men graduating in engineering each year before the war was about 15,000. The United States was the only one of the nations at war which did not require promising young engineers to continue in college until graduation. Consequently, in the years 1943, 1944, and 1945 the number of graduates declined to an average of less than 2,500.
Talk about definitions. Professor Woodruff gave his biology class a choice of synonyms for the word sweat: a horse sweats, a man perspires, and a woman glows.
Baseball talk. Georgia Lee Westmoreland asked Alberta Cornwell what position she was playing on the team. Alberta replied "Right short." Georgia Lee then inquired, "May I play real tall?"
Observations on life. Professor Davis told prospective candidates for the presidency that, "When a man becomes president, he is out in his BVD's to the public."
Come and get it. As if to rub it in, Chi O guests attending the Sigma Nu party found the spotlight focused on the flag pole from which dangled a Chi O trophy.
As advice to new army recruits, Professor Davis said to think twice before speaking to a sergeant because "it's hard to tell a sergeant that there is much to be said for either side of a question."
The vicious circle. Keith Wilson borrowed two dollars from Sarah Smart when they went to hear Tex Benecki in Kansas City last week. It seems the dance was too expensive for Keith's funds. But no sooner had Keith pocketed the money when
Don May came up and touched him for a little. Don enjoyed the loan for about two seconds when Bill Sharp cornered him and borrowed some moola. The cycle was completed when Sharp was approached by Wilson for a little cash.
Tit for Tat. Evidently the girls at the Alpha Chi house won't be traveling far since the Delt raid the other evening. It seems the boys have quite a few pieces of Alpha Chi luggage and are willing to give them up only for the return of their trophies.
We see you. Every time the Signa Chi's eat dinner one of the waiters flips the light switch off and the boys start throwing water. Gene Miller thought he would fox the boys one night so he hid under the table until he thought it was safe to get out of the room dry. When he was just about to the door, "Splat," they let him have it.
Imitation that is. At a recent Alpha Chi rush week-ord, Dean Banker was entertaining with "an imitation of a goose. As soon as he was done, Jane Williams approached him and asked for an explanation of his imitation of a "duck." Jane's sorority sisters promptly and firmly led her upstairs, not only to explain the imitation but to give her some "fowl" education.
Parsons Plant To Burn TNT
Parsons. (UP) — Five-hundred-fifty tons of TNT will be burned by the army at the standby Kansas ordnance plant near here starting May 13, it was announced today.
The TNT will be burned in small amounts daily over a two-month period.
Capt. Donald M. McCrea, commanding officer, placed no value on the explosive but said its destruction would save about $300,000 that otherwise would be expended in keeping it in safe storage.
Kansas Wheat Reports Show 42. Million Bushels Stored
Topeka. (UP) -Wheat stored in Kansas as of April 1 totaled 42,337.000 bushels, federal-state agricultural statisticians have reported.
Stocks on hand in all positions at that date represented approximately 36 per cent of the total last Januarv 1.
A breakdown of available supplies listed 4,420,000 bushels held at interior mills, elevators, and warehouses, compared with 20,950,000 bushels at the same time last year. Supplies currently held on Kansas farms were estimated at 24,955,000 bushels.
Nail-making in colonial days was a home industry.
Job For A Bulldozer
From the St. Louis Star-Times