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LAWRENCE, KANSAS,THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1945
42nd YEAR
NUMBER 155
Flames Destroy Manufacturing Area in Nagoya
International News Service
Seven million pounds of incendiary bombs were rained down on Nagoya in the second massive super-fortress raid on that city within four days and airmen who participated said today that the results probably were more devastating than in the earlier strike.
While the nation awaited official word on results of the pre-dawn assault by upward of 500 Marianas-based B-29s, returning crewmen said they unloaded their fire bombs from 10,000 to 12,000 feet altitude, watching the incediaries turn the target area into a sea of flames.
In the 16-square-mile target area was the Mitsubishi aircraft factory as well as the industrial city's important water front sector.
On Okinawa meanwhile, the battle raged for possession of Shuri and Yonabaru, main stay of the Japanese defense line. Increasing in fury the fight was revealed already to have cost the United States 10th army 20,950 in dead, wounded and missing through Tuesday.
Topeka (INS)—The William Allen White School of Journalism at the University of Kansas will offer courses in all subjects related to journalism including radio and motion picture technique if plans begin here today are carried out.
Security Is Greatest Desire, Crosier Says
Security is the one thing that people are looking for in the world today, Lois Crozier, Rocky Mountain regional secretary of the W.Y.C.A., said at the all membership meeting yesterday afternoon. "It is inner security that is the answer to the problem of this human search," she said.
The foundation planning for establishment of the school will hold a meeting here this afternoon with Henry Allen presiding.
Miss Crozier, who spoke on "Charm on the Inside," was introduced by Lonnie Kelley, president of Y.W.C. A., in the Men's Lounge of the Memorial Union building. At the business meeting it was decided that the last meeting of the year will be June 10 when officers will be installed. An informal discussion on the Estes Park Summer conference was held after the talk and refreshments were served.
Miss Crozier also stressed that the best answer for the need of security is a sense of belonging in the group, this being the cause for sororities and fraternities.
Journalism to Include Movie Technique
"We are limited in our capacities by being tied to the external world and the egocentricities within ourselves," she explained. "We must all find our own inner security by finding out about ourselves and our various complexes and sense of humor."
Karl Koerper
Karl Koerper To Be Speaker At Annual Kansan Board Dinner
Karl Koeper, '22, radio consultant for OWI for Missouri, will be the principal speaker at the annual Kanan Board dinner to be held May 30 at the Colonial tea room, Dolores Sulzman, board chairman announced today.
Mr. Koerper, a graduate of the journalism department, is one of the five representatives of the radio broadcasting industry who, together with five representatives of journalism schools, make up the newly organized National Council on Radio Journalism. This council is setting up college standards for the training of radio specialists in news and other presentations.
Rain Doesn't Dampen Response At Concert
At the departmental dinner honorary and achievement awards will be presented to Kansan staff members who have made outstanding contributions to the Kansan and the University this year.
In spite of the gloom of a rainy night Katharine Kufahl, pianist, received an enthusiastic response from a fair sized audience in her senior recital presented last night in Fraser theater.
Miss Kufah wore a gown of white mousseline do soie, with three-quarter length sleeves and a wide collar of lace.
Her initial selection, the BachHowe "Sheep May Safely Graze" and the "Cuckoo" (Daquin) were especially popular with the audience. "Ballet of the Happy Spirits" (Gluck-Friedman) was an interesting selection in light tones.
Nancy Teichgraber, Ruth Russell, Margaret Ott, and Mary Margaret Smith were ushers for the recital. Members of Chi Omega sorority and Mu Phi Epsilon, of which Miss Kufahl is a member, attended the recital as groups.
Veterans Administrator Here
Paul West from the Veterans administration in Kansas City, Mo. will be at the University on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. Any veteran who would like to have an interview with Mr. West may make an appointment at the veterans office in the basement of Frank Strong hall.
Erwin Awarded Wm. A. White $300 Fellowship
Rosalie Erwin, college junior, has been awarded the $300 William Allen White Memorial Fellowship, Dean J. H. Nelson, chairman of the aids and awards committee announced today.
Bob Bellamy Killed In Action on Okinawa
Lt. Robert Bellamy, former drum major of the K. U. band and winner of a national baton twirling contest, was killed in action with the marines on Okinawa.
She was given the award because "in her capacity as president of the Student Religious Council, and by her personal attitude, spirit, and leadership in this position" she had done most toward meeting the requirements for receiving the award, The Rev. Edwin F. Price, chairman of the judging committee said.
Lieutenant Bellamy was a student in the School of Pharmacy from 1941 to 1943. He was a leader in campus activities and interested in student affairs.
He was active in Y. M. C. A. work, was intramural diving champion, a freshman councillor, and a member of Pershing Riffles, an R. O. T. C. unit. He was also treasurer of Phi Psi.
Peck Chooses Jayhawk Queen 'On Location'
Made available for the first time to the University by the Hillel Foundation, the award will be made annually to the junior student who does most to promote inter-faith anity on the campus, in the judgment of the faculty committee.
Word of Lieutenant Bellamy's death was received at the Phi Kappa Psi house yesterday morning when Kenneth Bellamy, brother of the marine officer, called from Philadelphia to deliver the news. Later in the day a telegram from Lt. Bellamy's parents at Colby also reported the death.
Gregory Peck, Hollywood star has chosen the 1945 Jayhawker queen, having judged the 15 pictures while on location, according to a wire received by Mary Morrill, editor of the magazine.
One of the most important musical events of the calendar year at the University is scheduled for 8 p.m. next Monday when the University A Cappella choir, under the leadership of Dean D. M. Swarthout, presents its only concert of the season.
Mr. Peck told Miss Morrill that judging from the pictures he saw, K. U. must have the most beautiful women in the world, and that choosing the queen was a "grim task." He is working on "The Yearling" set in Florida, and the pictures were sent there.
The name of the queen will not be disclosed until the commencement issue of the magazine is published, however, Miss Morrill added.
The organization, consisting this year of 86 selected voices, under Dean Swarthout's direction, has won wide-spread recognition as one of the finest singing groups of the country. It has been honored three times in recent years by being asked to appear with the Kansas City Philharmonic orchestra, and on one occasion was featured as a solo group with this important organization. Until transportation facilities became so difficult the choir appeared each season in concerts at Kansas City and often at other nearby cities.
Fred Ellsworth, alumni secretary speaking from the floor in a discussion following the round table session, reported that there are 7,000
A Cappella Choir To Give Concert
The program of 16 numbers will include concert arrangements of such well known Negro spirituals as "It's Me, O Lord" and "Wade in the Water," the unusually effective "Listen to the Lambs" in eight voices, and a group of five Russian (continued on page two)
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Professor Axe said that 70 veterans under the jurisdiction of the Veterans Administration already are taking work at the University and about 50 per cent of them are married with the result that their demand for apartments and houses already are proving difficult to meet. Ellsworth Presents Facts
The program was presented in the form of a round table discussion directed by R. Edwin Browne, University director of publicity; Prof. Leonard Axe, director of the veterans service bureau; and Registrar Laurence C. Woodruff, chairman of the veterans advisory committee.
K.U. Housing For Veterans May Be Early Problem, Staff Members Say
A University enrollment of possibly 6,000 and an acute housing problem at the end of the war with Japan was the prediction made yesterday at the luncheon meeting of the Chamber of Commerce by three University staff members.
University graduates and former students in the armed forces, and that 2.000 of that number were enrolled in the University when they left for the service, of whom 85 percent have replied to a questionnaire sent them that they intend to resume their studies at the University after the war.
The audience of business men was told that in all profession the number of veterans will ill attend the University under go programs will be limited he number the city of I can accommodate.
Program Based on Equity
The speakers explained that the University has a program for the handling of veterans which is based on the philosophy that as little distinction as possible will be made between the veteran and the regular civilian students. Experience thus far has shown that the veterans fit into the regular school nite and become easily adjusted to becoming (continued to page four)
One-fourth Cast Ballots by 1 p.m. At Elections
Of a total enrollment of 2,163 students, 525 had voted at this time.
Only one student in four had cast ballots in the general student election at 1 p.m. today, according to figures received from the three election boards.
At election board 1, in the basement of Fraser, the College. 333 students, 37 of whom were men, had voted.
Seventy-five women students in the Schools of Fine Arts, Business, Education, Pharmacy, Engineering, and Medicine voted at election board 2. in the basement of Frank Strong hall.
One hundred seventeen men from the Schools of Engineering and Architecture, Medicine, Law, Fine Arts, Business, Education, and Pharmacy, had voted at election board e. basement of Marvin hall, at 1 o'clock.
Graduation Program For University High Attended by 200
Billie Joe Porter, senior class president, presented the class gift, a bronze plaque inscribed with the names of former University high school graduates who have been killed in action, to the school.
Senior fees can be paid at any time in the business office, according to Donald Alderson, class president.
Nearly 200 friends and relatives attended the graduation exercises of the University high school last night in the Union building, and remained for the reception in the Kansas room.
Three students, Austin Turney, Jr., Lucile Miahieu, and Mary Klooz, were presented the annual Virgil award given each spring to those students completing four years of Latin with an A average.
No summer session is scheduled for this year, high school authorities said.
Seniors to Pay Fees To Business Office, Class President Says
These fees include the diploma, cap and gown, senior breakfast, and senior gift. Two optional fees, the Alumni association membership and the Graduate magazine, may be paid at this time also.
Reminder cards will be sent out by the business office within a few days, according to Alderson.
Jap Fascists Out
New York, (INS) — Formal steps were taken by Premier Kantaro Suroki today to dissolve the Imperial Rule Assistance association, Japan's Fascist party, and will convert it to an instrument of mobilization of the civilian volunteer corps for defense of the Japanese homeland.
American diplomats speculated to-day as to whether such a move was the beginning of a peace feeler or one to placate Russia.