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NUMBER 171
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, MONDAY, JUNE 11, 1945
42nd YEAR
Ashton to Head English Army Section Abroad
Prof. John W. Ashton, head of the English department, will leave Lawrence Friday on his way to Europe where he will be in charge of the English section of a new army school to be set up at Shrivenham, England.
Army to Have Two Schools
Prior to leaving the United States, Professor Ashton will be in Washington, D.C., for a 10-day processing period. He has been granted a year's leave of absence from the University.
Army to Have Two Schools The army is organizing two of these schools of University level for men who have been withdrawn from active duty and who are awaiting shipment back to the states. The schools, at Shrivenham and at Fontainebleu, France, will be staffed by qualified teachers drawn from the army and from American universities and colleges.
Courses Run Two Months
Courses will run five days a week for 2-month terms. There will be a 10-day vacation between terms.
Prof. Elmer F. Beth, acting chairman of the journalism department, was also asked to go but will be unable to do so.
This is Dr. Ashton's first trip to England.
Committee Considers Four Suggestions For War Memorial
Four suggestions for a World War II memorial were selected for further discussion and consideration at the memorial executive committee meeting Saturday afternoon in the Memorial Union building, Fred Ellsworth, alumni secretary and committee member, said this morning.
The four selections were a memorial driveway with an entrance-way which would provide a place for the gold star list and a proper inscription, carillon (chimes) with or without a tower, international scholarship foundation, and an outdoor swimming pool with heating and accompanying decorative and memorial features.
"There were some very fine ideas and guiding thoughts sent to the committee by alumni," Mr. Ellsworth said. "However, some of the projects discussed were found to cost too much or had good prospects of being provided by other means."
Glass is one of the oldest known materials.
Various committee members will present specific reports and descriptions of the selections at the next meeting to be held within the next thirty days, Mr. Ellsworth said.
Jap Diet Gives Suzuki Dictator Power, Tokyo Says
San Francisco- Enemy Source— (INS)An extraordinary bill giving Premier Kantaro Suzuki virtual dictatorship powers in Japan was approved today by the house of representatives of the Japanese Diet, radio Tokyo said.
The emergency bill gives Suzuki's government authority to rule Japan by decree.
Daniels Condemns Peace Time Draft
Washington — (INS) — Josephus Daniels, World War I Secretary of the Navy, today condemned the proposed peace time draft as an attempt to "Hitlerize" America.
Daniels, testifying before the house postwar military policy committee, declared that compulsory military training has little support throughout the nation.
Penney, Creel To Edit K-Book
Patricia Penney has been appointed editor, and Patricia Creel business manager of next year's K-book. Doris Bixby, publications head, announced today.
K-Books will be out in time for freshman orientation week in September and will be printed by the University press during the summer.
Miss Penney and Miss Creel, College sophomores, were appointed by a committee made up of Elmer F. Beth, associate professor of journalism; Elizabeth Meguiar, adviser of women; Henry Werner, dean of student affairs; Marjorie Free, Robert Buecle and Miss Bixby.
Moreland to Present Voice Recital June 13
As the final concert in a series of eleven senior recitals, the School of Fine Arts will present Leona Moreland, soprano, in the auditorium of Frank Strong hall, Wednesday at 8 p.m.
Miss Moreland, for the past five years, has been a student of Meribah Moore, changing to a voice major in 1941 after a year of study in music education. She is a member of the University A Capella choir, Methodist Church choir, and has appeared in various student recitals.
Miss Moreland is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. W. Moreland, Howard. Acting as accompanist for her on Wednesday evening will be Allen Rogers.
Orchestra to Give Spring Concert Tonight in Hoch
The University Symphony orchestra, directed by Prof. Russell L. Wiley, will present its annual spring concert in Hoch auditorium tonight at 8 o'clock.
The program will open with the "Star-Spangled Banner" (Key). The next number will be Brahm's "Academic Festival Overture." The highlight of the evening's performance will be Rachmaninoff's "Concerto No. 2 in C minor," and "Symphony No. 40 in G minor" (Mozart), featuring Gorgia Weinrich, piano soloist.
"Serenade for Strings" (Tschaikowsky) and "Caucasian Sketches" (Ippolitow-Iwanow) will be the concluding numbers of the evening.
The personnel of the orchestra is:
First violin: Helen Pierson, Doris
Turney, Margaret Kay, Elizabeth
McMillin, Andress Kernick, Suzanna
Logsdon, Ruth Dudley, Lucile Stratton
and Marilyn Greenbank.
Second violin: Margaret Snodgrass, Vivian Riffer, Phara Rathbun (continued to page four)
Sixteen to Attend Geology Field Camp
Sixteen students plan to attend the 27th annual field trip to Garden Park, Colo., July 3 to Aug. 6, Prof. L. R. Laudon announced today.
Lt. Owen Maloney Tells of Life In Two German Prison Camps
"We had a few bars of soap which we were allowed to trade with natives along the route and as a result we got bread, potatoes, and even a fresh eggs. The German army made no provision for feeding us. What we ate was what we were able to get from trading or filching." Lost 20 Pounds in Weight
During the time he was a prisoner Lieutenant Maloney was forced to march with 14,000 U. S. airmen from a camp near Nuernburg to Moosburg near Munich, a distance of 150 miles. "On that march we had more food than while in camp, and food was about the one and only thing that counted with the prisoners in our group," the officer said.
Members of the group, who will stay at K.U.'s field camp to study geology are Richard Markley, Leslie York, William Sommerville and Carol Long, College freshmen, Ruth Dale, and Frances Muhlenbruch, College sophomores, Mazzie Lane, Marita Lenski, and Leonard Mercer, College juniors.
Myron Rake, Thomas Bailey, John Harvey and Robert Truehart, engineering students and John Leonard, graduate student, Paul Adams, sophomore in the School of Medicine, and Manuel Maldonado, fellowship student, will also attend the geology field camp.
Lost is Poisoned in Weight
Lieutenant Maloney, who lost 20 pounds in weight, remembers that the daily diet at Nuermburg consisted of one slice of heavy "saw-dust" bread and some ersatz tea for breakfast, three small boiled potatoes without any seasoning for lunch, and a thin soup made mostly of potato peelings and another slice of bread for supper. At Moorshburg the food was somewhat better but "no one got fat."
Lt. Owen W. Maloney, a student in the School of Engineering and Architecture from 1938 to 1942, visited in Lawrence recently after being a German prisoner since January 31, when he was forced to jump from the disabled B-24 bomber in which he was navigator.
Native Family Turns Him In
Lieutenant Maloney, holder of the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with a cluster, and the presidential citation with a cluster, was taken prisoner in Hungary, landing from his parachute jump only three miles from friendly "Russian territory."
Within a half-hour after bailing out, he located a family of natives on a sleigh who could not understand him but finally realized his identity after he drew the outline of an American flag in the snow and patted it gently, and then drew a Swastika and immediately obliterated it with his foot.
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Tuesday's Schedule
8:30 classes ... 8:30- 9:00
9:30 classes ... 9:10- 9:40
Convocation ... 9:50-11:00
10:30 classes ... 11:10-11:40
11:30 classes ... 11:50-12:20
MacArthur With Aussie Landings
International News Service
Gen. Douglas MacArthur was revealed today to have personally directed the landing of Australian amphibious forces at four points in the Brueni bay area of Borneo.
These landings were made on La-buan and at Brookleton and Nuura island to the southwest. Late that afternoon, another force landed at Hamilton point on Britain's North Boreo proper.
On Okinawa, three American divisions fought an uphill battle for the Yaeju-Dake escarpment in the face of stiff Japanese resistance.
Providing the first confirmation of Japanese reports that the Aussies had gone ashore at Labuan island, which dominates the entrance to the bay, Mac Arthur's headquarters issued a special communique saying that "Diggers" hit the beaches between 9 and 10 a.m. Sunday.
On the Asiatic mainland, Chinese forces fought within 95 miles of the great port of Hongkong, and were said unofficially to have completely occupied Lichau, former site of a great American air base.
Seven K.U. Teachers Participate Today In KMBC Institute
The KMBC institute for teachers for which the University is offering two hours credit to teachers within a 100-mile radius of Kansas City, opens in Kansas City, Mo., today with seven faculty members participating.
The institute will run for three weeks in the Junior college building and will bring to Kansas City leaders in the field of radio education for lectures and demonstrations.
Miss Maud Ellsworth, teacher of art education and director of art in the Lawrence elementary schools, will speak on "Radio in Special Fields." Friday.
Miss Mildred Seaman, program (continued to page two)
Education Meeting To Continue in Groups
The definition of the bachelor of science degree in education and the requirements for an education degree certificate are to be discussed by separate committees of state educators as a result of the education meeting here last Saturday.
"The opinion of the whole group," Dean J. W. Twente said, "was that the education certificate should be granted by the state department of education rather than individual schools."
The committee as a whole will not convene again until October.
In addition to the eight educators from various schools in Kansas, Floyd Heer, secretary of the state department of education, also attended the meeting.
Honor Awards To Be Made At Conovcation
Classes will be shortened to 30 minute sessions rather than the usual 35 minutes for regular convocations.
The names of the upper 10 percent of the senior class, and leading members in other classes, will be announced at the 22nd annual Honors convocation, 9:50 a.m. tomorrow in Hoch auditorium.
Replacing a convocation speaker this year will be a discussion on the question "Is the United States ready to share in an effective world organization?" The economic angle, constitutional restrictions, and social changes will be considered.
R. M. Davis, professor of law, H. B. Chubb, and Hilden Gibson, political science professors, and Orvilla Roberts, College junior, will participate in the discussion. Stanley Woods, College senior will serve as moderator.
More than 200 couples danced to the music of Dutch Holland and his band at the Senior Cakewalk in the Military Science building Saturday night.
Seniors were identified by small paper tabs shaped to resemble mortar boards. Different colored tassels on the tabs indicated the particular school of the University to which each senior belongs.
Chancellor Deane W. Malott will announce the honors of the various schools.
The University symphony or orchestra will present the first movement of Concerto No. 2 in M Minor (Rachmaninoff). Georgjia Weinrich, Fine Arts junior, will be the piano soloist
Over 400 Attend Senior Cakewalk
Installation of the new officers and members of the Y. W. C. A. cabinet was held at 9 a.m. Sunday in Myers hall.
Y.W. Installs Cabinet And Plans Program; Holds Annual Retreat
Couples entered the ballroom through a rose-covered gate to the dance floor decorated with greenery and flowers to carry out a spring garden theme.
The Cakewalk was the last University sponsored dance this semester, Mariette Bennett, Varsity dance manager, said today.
Julia Ann Casad presided at the ceermany and Lonnie Kelley, retiring president, installed new cabinet and board members. Rosalie Erwin, new president, and Rachel VanderWerf, executive secretary, gave meditations. Mary Jo Cox played the organ and Bonnie Veatch and Geralde Kreider were users. Plans Year's Program
Plans for next year's program were discussed at the annual retreat of the advisory board and old and new cabients Friday in the recreation hall at Haskell.
Evaluation of this year program was made by Lonnie Kelly, retir-
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