University DAILY KANSAN
STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Monday, Dec. 10, 1925
43rd Year No. 52
Lawrence, Kansas
Hope Dims for Bossi, Former K.U. Student
Miami, Fla. (UP)—Hope dimmed today for 27 naval airmen who disappeared last week. Ens. Joseph T. Bossi, University student in 1942-44 and brother of Catherine Bossi, College junior, was among the group. The navy said last night that a p evious report that life rafts with two men on them had been sighted was false. Maj. Chandler Estes, hens, Ga., based at Elgin Field, Fla., circled his B-24 bomber low over the reported rafts and found them to be packing cases.
Washington. (UP)—Gen. George C. Marshall disclosed today before the Pearl Harbor committee that the British wanted to have part of the U.S. fleet based at Singapore in the fall of 1941. American officers opposed the move, and it was not done.
Hurley Charges British With Monopoly Try
Washington (UP)—Patrick J. Hurley, resigned ambassador to China, charged today that the British distributed American lend-lease supplies in Iran and 17 other countries a manner intended to build up a British trade monopoly and exclude American businessmen.
He told the Senate foreign relations committee that he tried to get this practice end '. But was chanted by Dean Acheson, then assistant Secretary of State in charge of economic affairs.
Washington. (UP)—The army's lister of generals will be cut by next summer from the wartime peak of 1,340—an all-time record—to lightly more than 500, the war department said today.
Washington. (UP)—Husseia Ala-
tranian ambassador said today the
conference could become "another
Tumich" if the Big Three compromise Iran's sovereignty.
The conference between Secretary of State James F. Byrnes and his Russian and British counterparts begins in Moscow Saturday.
like for President' Capper Proposes
Washington. (UP)—Gen. Dwight Eisenhower has been proposed as the Republican party's 1948 presidential nominee.
Describing the new Army Chief as "statesman-executive of the highest caliber," Sen. Arthur Capper, (R, Kan.) made the proposal last night in a radio address. He said he had not discussed the matter with Eisen-power.
Chicago, (UP)—Winner of the nation's highest wartime safety award as—of all things—the Manhattan district, better known as the atomic bomb project.
Kauger's City, Mo. (UP)—More than three million families will need houses or apartments of their own by the end of next year, John B. landford Jr., administrator of the national housing agency, told the veterans of Foreign Wars national officers' conference here.
Topeka. (UP)—Kansas victory bond sales today had reached $22,00,000. The quota for the state was 10 billion dollars.
Patton 'Critical After Accident
Heidelberg. (UP)—A medical bulletin this afternoon said that Gen. George S. Patton's condition has been maintained but is still critical. He has a fractured neck vertebra and is completely paralyzed below the third cervical vertebra, at about shoulder height, the bulletin revealed.
Patton was infured shortly before noon yesterday when a two and one-half ton army truck smashed into the side of his Cadillac sedan outside Mannheim as he was enroute to hunt pheasants.
An army accident report said the accident was caused by the carelessness of both drivers.
The swashbuckling hero of the western front also suffered head wounds, which have been stitched. He was lying in a first floor army hospital room, guarded by white helmeted military police with orders to keep everybody outside of hearing distance of the room.
Patton's wife was enroute by air from Washington, accompanied by Col. R. Glenn Spurling, a leading urmy neurology surgeon.
Patton, known affectionately as "old Blood and Guts," has been commander of the "paper" U.S. army, with headquarters at Bad-Neuheim, since October, when he was relieved as commander of the Third army after criticism of his military government administration.
Western Civilization Exam on Saturday
An examination for all students in Western Civilization will be given at 9 a.m. Saturday.
The examination will be given in two sections. All students whose names begin with the letters A through L will go to 101 Snow hall. All other students will go to the auditorium, fifth floor, Lindley hall
This examination, Prof. Hilden Gibson emphasized, will in no way affect the student's final grade in the course, which will depend entirely upon the results of the comprehensive examination to be given in the spring. The present examination is being given so the student may have some check on his own progress. To provide a comparative standard it is necessary that all students enrolled take the examination
Darling to Speak at Y.W.C.A On 'Unoofficially Ambassadors'
Miss Grace Darling, teacher in Shanghai for 22 years, will be on the campus for a week, beginning tomorrow. She is a representative of the Committee on Friendly Relations with Foreign Students, a national organization.
Miss Darling will speak at the general meeting of the Y.W.C.A. at 4 p.m. tomorrow in Myers hall, on the subject, "Unoofficially Ambassadors."
The University Art club will meet in the East room of the Union building at 8:30 tomorrow night.
Art Club Meets Tomorrow
It will be a business meeting and the members will go over the constitution.
WEATHER
Kansas: Fair tonight and Tuesday.
Continued cold tonight, low tonight 0-5 west, 5-10 east. Slightly warmer Tuesday.
Bert Brandt, War Photographer, To Speak Tomorrow
BERT BRANDT
Bert Brandt, '39, who hitchhiked across the English channel to give the world its first pictures of the Normandy invasion, will speak to University students at an open Press club meeting at 4:30 p.m. tomorrow in room 102, Journalism building.
He will be a guest of Theta Sigma Phi, honorary journalism^a security, at a dinner in the Old English room of the Memorial Union at 6:30 p.m.
The first photographer to land on the Normandy beachhead, Mr. Brandt was with the First and Third armies in Europe until he returned to the United States last January. He spoke to an all-University convocation while on leave then.
Mr. Brandt was sent to England last March as manager of Acme News service to set up news bureaus in France, Italy, Germany, Belgium and Holland. He is working with News Enterprise association in Cincinnati now.
His pictures have been used by Acme, Associated Press, International News Photo, and Life magazine. Mr. Brandt majored in speech and minored in journalism at the University.
Senate Turns Down ASC On Movable Holiday Plea
The University Senate has turned down the All-Student Council request for a "movable holiday," the Daily Kansan learned today.
Orchestra Plays Concert Tonight
The Senate action, taken at a special session Friday, was in the form of a resolution deciding that "the Senate retain the plan of a fixed calendar" for the school year. The calendar is determined annually by a
The program for the annual fall Symphony orchestra concert, which will be held in Hoch auditorium at 8 p.m. tonight will be:
Russell L. Wiley, professor of band, will conduct the program.
"The Star-Spangi d Banner" by Key; Overture to "Russian and Ludmilla" by Glinka; "Symphony No. 5 in E Minor (New World)" by Dvorak; "Concertstuck for Harp and Orchestra" by Pierne, Miss Anabel Keeler, Harp soloist; "Espana, Spanish Rhapsody" by Charbier; "Waltz of the Flowers," from "Nutcracker Suite" by Tschalkowsky
Union Navy Facilities Go Back to Students At End of Semester
Memorial Union facilities being used by the Navy will be returned to the student body at the end of the present semester, Miss Hermina Zipple, director of the Union, said today.
If enough navy students re- enroll here, or civilian enrollment increases, the cafeteria may open a line at noon in the present "chow hall," Miss Zipple said. No definite plans can be made for additional service until the needs are determined.
Git Out Yore Boots 'n Saddle, And We'll Go a Huntin', Padnah
The cafeteria is serving special meals to organizations again, she said.
The floor of the ballroom may be finished before its use is offered to students. Miss Zipple explained. The navy storeroom will be converted into a recreation room.
There is more to riding a horse than looking picturesque in jodhpurs and being able to retain some semblance of grace as the animal trots merrily away.
This group of 25 experienced horsemen is a revival of the pre-war Hunt club. Martha Laffer is president; Mary Louise Ainsworth serves as the vice-president; and the secretary-treasurer is Carol Long, Gayle Mott sponsors the club and furnishes the horses.
The club is organized into four groups—the newly-initiated members, and the white, blue, and red-shirters. To become a member the rider must have taken a semester and a half of equitation at K.U., and must pass an entrance examination consisting of bridling and saddling a horse, riding the walk, trot, and ean-
For the finer points of equitation ask the board of experts on the campus—the Spur club.
ter, and mounting and dismounting without using the cinch.
Then he is given his spurs.
Completing a cross-country trek enables the rider to advance to the white shirt group. To be eligible for the next-to-the-highest bracket, the horseman takes a rougher cross-country trip, must be able to tie and hobble a horse, ride the walk and trot bareback, and either ride a five-gaited house or complete a two-and-one half-foot jump.
Membership in the top red shirt group demands a written examination and a practical knowledge of advanced points concerning horses and riding.
The group has a night meeting once a month and an organized ride every week. It has taken one moonlight ride and one cross-country jaunt to Blue Mountain this fall, besides the
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committee of four faculty members and two students.
The request for the "movable holiday" came from the ASC as the outgrowth of the wildest walkout staged by many students Nov. 19, after the Homecoming football victory over K-State. A joint student-faculty since then recommended that leaders of this walkout escaped punishment, but set up stringent penalties for similar future unauthorized demonstrations.
Provisions of the resolution the Senate adopted are as follows:
ONE. Whereas the University of Kansas was established and is supported by the State primary for serious educational and research purposes;
TWO. Whereas the great diversity of interests in a University of nine schools and ten divisions requires a more definite schedule and a more fixed organization than a smaller institution;
THREE. Whereas directly doubtless will be met in adding one day of school work to the counting calendar in order that it be later subtracted as a movable holiday, for instance, shall that added day be Friday after Thanksgiving, Friday of the second week of the Christmas vacation, or the first day of the Easter vacation;
FOUR. Whereas exact knowledge of dates of vacations enables all persons, students and faculty alike, to plan more satisfactorily, as for visits home, vacation trips, and attendance at educational and scientific meetings;
FIVE. Whereas supplies, some perishable, for laboratory experiments and for demonstrations must be ordered in advance to fit a tuxedo;
SIX. Whereas the determination of the date of the movable holiday might preve to be a continuous source of irritation between and among students and faculty, in view of previously scheduled events such as lectures, concerts, examinations, and conferences;
SEVEN. Whereas we believe that both the Student Council and the Student Body as a whole will recognize the weight of the above facts and considerations;
Be it resolved that the Senate retain the plan of a fixed calendar that calendar to be determined as herefore by a committee of faculty members and students.
It's Your Move Feb. 7 Navy Says to Frats
Fraternity houses will be available to fraternities Feb. 7, Capt. Chester A. Kunz, navy commanding officer, said today.
The navy program will go on a peacetime basis after the N.R.O.T.C. trainees finish examinations on Feb. 2, he said. The men will be sent to a separation center and will then be sent to sea or back to the University to continue their education.
V-12's will be moved into Lindley hall Feb. 1, and will remain there until they finish examinations Feb. 26, Captain Kunz said. They then will be sent to separation centers.