1945
GAIL JS MARYTHORPE
SEPTEMBER 26, 1945
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
PAGE SEVEN
Change to Peace Is K.U. Theme This School Year
Transition from a war training to a postwar training program will be the theme of the University of Kansas for 1945-46. With the military training units on the campus gradually decreasing and the war recently concluded faculty members and administrators of the University have devoted much hightough and time in planning the needs of post war education.
One of the most important phases of the University's postwar planning is the establishment of the Vocational Guidance and Counseling center room 1, Frank Strong hall. Through counseling and testing, students will be guided in choosing their vocation for life in a post war world. This guidance will assist both college and high school students to select courses and curricula according to their interest and needs. The service of the center includes educational, vocational, personal and social guidance.
Guidance of Veterans
Foremost in the guidance program the University has considered the problem facing the men and women who are, and will be, returning to school from service in the armed forces and war industries. The guidance program for returning service men and women will be handled by the Veteran's Administration office directed by Leonard Axe, also in Frank Strong hall. The University Guidance center will work with the testing procedures.
In August of 1943, the peak of the University's war training program was reached. There were approximately 2,200 men and officers in uniform and at least 200 women were taking training directly connected with the war effort. The largest group was the Army Specialized Training unit which began a 12 week term in August. This group of about 800 men was fed and quartered in Lindley hall. Most of them left the campus for active duty on March 18. There were nearly 100 Army medical students and a number of men in the army Signal Corps Reserve. The Navy units at K.U. included 500 men in V-12, 100 Naval air cadets, 500 machinist's mates, and a cook's and baker's school contingent. In addition to these service branches, about 200 women were receiving training for U.S. Signal Corps and aeronautical technicians. K.U. Units Indefinite
How many training units will continue, and how long they will continue at the University this year is indefinite.
The army and navy medical pro-
grams will continue at least through
Shortages Slow K.U. Face-Lifting
A shortage of labor and materials is slowing the "face-lifting" operations of the campus post-war building program.
The Danforth chapel building especially is affected by the labor shortage, Raymond Nichols, executive secretary, said today. It is almost impossible to get stone masons to complete the masonry of the building, he added.
Under the building program, plans are being made for additions to Watson library and the Union building, erection of a new Fowler shops and for the remodeling of the present shops building for the William Allen White school of Journalism. New residence halls for men and women also are planned.
Other building plans include three new concrete tennis courts and landscaping to beautify the campus.
First Degrees in 73
Although the University was provided for in 1855 in the first constitution of Kansas Territory, the first degrees were conferred in 1873. Four degrees were given that year. In 1940 the University graduated the largest class in its history, granting a total of 1,274 degrees and certificates to approximately 1,200 different persons. In addition to Kansas, 26 other states and the Philippine Islands were represented in that year's graduating class.
this year. The V-12 unit, now composed of 300 men, probably will be reduced at the end of each semester. How long the program will continue has not been determined.
November will see the opening of a new navy unit, the naval reserve officers training corps, which will consist of 300-500 men.
The V-5 naval air cadet program was terminated over a year ago, with K.U.'s unit rated first in the Midwest area and second among all V-5 units in the United States.
The University has met the demands for the country in training men and women for the war effort. It now turns toward a new objective—training men and women for a better life in a better world at peace.
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Seven Housemothers Assume New Duties
New faces welcome the girls in seven of the residence halls this fall as new housemothers assume their duties at the University, Miss Elizabeth Meguiar, adviser of Women, has announced.
The new housemohers are as follows:
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Mrs. Evelyn S. Clasen, Corbin hall; Mrs. Mildred Scott, Foster hall; Mrs. R. G. Roche, Miller hall; Mrs. Teena Brown, Ricker hall; Mrs. Al-
In 1872 Fraser hall was opened for classes, and the central part of the campus gradually was removed from North College hill as more buildings were added to the campus. The old building on North College hill was abandoned in January, 1917.
Fraser Hall Opened in 1872
During the past year 72 new United States areas were brought under rent control.
yce Vavra, Tipperary; Miss Julia Willard, Watkins hall; and Mrs. J. W. Whipple, 1941 Massachusetts.
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