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'Fun Fest' Saturday Will Offer Dancing, Show, Games, and Prizes
E. C. Quigley, director of athletics, will act as master of ceremonies at the Fun Fest planned Saturday evening at the Community building. Entertainment for students, service-men, and women, and townpeople will include dancing to the music of the Liberty Memorial high school dance band from 8:30 until 11:30 p.m., a floor show, and bridge, bingo, and other games, with prizes for winners, Mrs. Deal Six, floor show chairman, announced today. The Fun Fest is being sponsored by the A.A.U.W. to raise funds for community projects.
Miss Ruth Russell, senior in the School of Fine Arts, who will be featured in the floor show, will present a group of semi-popular songs. Other floor show acts include a fancy roller-skating act by a group of girls trained by Mrs. Helen Cornwall, high school physical education instructor, and tumbling by a group of boys trained by L. R. Perry, high school athletic coach.
Game prizes will include a carton of cigarettes, separate packs of cigarettes, a pound of butter, sugar, rationed canned food, costume jewelry, plants in bloom, home-baked cake and cookies, and other items contributed by A.A.U.W. members. Several theater tickets will also be given as prizes. Miss Martha Peterson, instructor of mathematics, is heading the prize committee.
Students desiring bridge reservations have been asked to call 2290.
Campus Society
Campus House — Ens. Kenneth Gardiner, stationed at Dallas, Texas, is visiting his wife, Mrs. Jean Gardiner, this week.
Wright Place—Cpl. Tom Ecclesfield, former engineering student, was a visitor this week.
Phi Delta Theta — Mr. and Mrs.
Sidney Haysler, Lawrence; Mrs.
Jayleser, Clinton, Mo., and J. G.
Greener, Kansas City, Mo., were
guests Wednesday, evening
dunder guests Wednesday evening
Alpha Chi Omega — Mrs. C. R.
Rusher, and Mrs. F. H. Cheksy,
Sterling, and James Reid, S 2/C,
Great Lakes naval training station,
were guests yesterday.
Tipperary — Ruth Blethen, Aberdeen, S.D., was a dinner guest yesterday.
The pledging of Betty Kieffer, Lawrence, has been announced.
Bert Ober to Speak At Alumni Rally to Erase Stadium Debt
An all Kansas rally to obtain funds for erasing the stadium debt will be held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, April 15, H. V. Soper, president of the K.U. Alumni association of Los Angeles, has announced.
Bert Ober, Lawrence, will speak on "News and Views of Ole" K.U."
The K. U. Alumni association of Detroit is making similar plans in order to get more "Halo Club" members.
NINTH ARMY—
(continued from page one) of opposition in Schweinfurt and massed for new pushes.
Reuter's reported the capture of Celle and Rethem by the British, and the Paris radio reported capture of Rascatt by French First Army troops.
Meanwhile the destruction of the Luftwaffe went on. Seventy-four German planes were destroyed and 18 damaged during attacks by the Ninth Airforce on two airfields at Leipzig, where 360 enemy planes were concentrated.
Italian Offense Develops
The American Fifth and British Eighth armies surged up both sides of the Italian peninsula in their developing twin offensive.
Authorized Parties
Saturday, April 14.
Nu Sigma Nu, picnic at Holcomb's Grove, 6 until 10 p.m.
I. S.A. party and dance, Union lounge, 8:30 until 11:30 p.m.
Former Student Weds Army Staff Sergeant
Mr. and Mrs. Carl McDermond, Lawrence, have announced the marriage of their daughter, Jean Estelle, to Sgt. Jack J. Ferguson, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Ferguson, Tulsa, Okla. The double ring ceremony took place March 28 at the Pasadena Wedding Chapel, Pasadena, Calif.
The bride wore a fuchsia wool suit, with black and white accessories, and an orchid corsage. She attended Liberty Memorial high school and was graduated from the University. Sergeant Ferguson was a student at the University of Texas and has just completed a tour of combat duty with the 15th air force in Italy.
Sergeant and Mrs. Ferguson are living in San Antonio, Texas, where Sergeant Ferguson is now stationed.
Templin Man Marries In Miami, Florida
Friends here have received word of the marriage of Azzie Elizabeth Forster to Ens. Frank Clyde Anderson, Jr., Kanopolis. The wedding took place March 13, at Miami, Fla.
Ensign Anderson attended the University in 1942 and was a resident of Templin hall. He is now stationed with the navy air corps at Miami.
The Americans, assisted by forces of Italian patriots, captured Carrara, world-famous for its marble, while the British pushed across the Santerno river and threatened to envelope the Nazi-held fortress of Imola.
In the Pacific theater, American superfortresses carried out twin smashes against the Japanese main island of Honshu. One flight escorted by Mustangs from the Iwo Jima base blasted two jap aircraft factories in the western suburbs of Tokyo. The second hit the Kori-yama industrial region 100 miles north of the capital.
Okinawa Battle Wages Furiously
The fight for the key Pacific island of Okinawa, 325 miles south of the main Japanese island today resolved into one of the most savage hand-to-hand combats of the entire campaign. Admiral Nimitz disclosed that the Americans had suffered 2,685 casualties in the first nine days of the fight, including 432 killed.
--and
General Douglas MacArthur announced that American troops clearing Luzon had made sweeping gains of up to 14 miles, driving through Luzon from Lueban to Sampaloc.
Malott Speaks to Rotary Clubs
Chancellor Deane W. Malott is speaking to the Rotary clubs of Clay Center and Abilene, tomorrow. He will return to Lawrence Saturday.
VARSITY
"GREAT STAGE- COACH ROBBERY"
FRIDAY - SATURDAY
Tau Sigma to Give Program for W.A.A.
A program of dances by Tau Sigma will be given at the next Women's Athletic Association meeting, April 24, in Robinson gymnasium, Miss Gloria Smilk, instructor in physical education, announced today.
String Quartet Entertains Kiwanis Club at Colonial
The program will be given at 7:45 pm., after a business meeting at 7:30 p.m. An evening of social dancing will follow.
Kiwaians club members observed Music week with a program by the University string quartet in its regular meeting at the Colonial 'tearroom today.
Tau Sigma will hold a dress rehearsal for the program Tuesday, Miss Smith said. The percussion group will meet at 7:15 p.m. and the sustained group meet at 8:15 p.m.
Members of the quartet were Prof. Waldemar Geltch, first violinist, Peggy Kay, second violin, Ednah Hopkins, viola, Raymond Stuhl, cello.
"MAN WHO WALKED ALONE"
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Engineering Students Will Be Interviewed
Numbers played were "Scherzo" (Ipolitoff-Ivanoff), "Old Black Joe" (Foster), and "Minuet" (Boccherini). The program was arranged by D. M. Swarthout, dean of the School of Fine Arts.
Engineering students interested in possible jobs at Lockheed aircraft corporation will be interviewed Friday, April 13, by Perry Gage, representative of Lockheed Aircraft corporation, J. O. Jones, dean of the school of Engineering, announced today.
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN APRIL 12.1945
Women are especially needed and men who will not be drafted are urged to attend the interview. Various kinds of work will be offered—drafting, computing, material control, wind tunnel research and time and motion recording. This interview is open to all mechanical, civil, electrical and aeronautical engineering students, according to the dean.
The University adopted the quarter semester plan during the time that the Student Army Training corps was stationed here in 1918.
NOW — Ends Saturday
JAYHAWKER Week's Engagement
Shows: 2:30-7-9:25
Feature: 2:50-7:20-9:45
Stockton to Discuss Jobs for Graduates At Senior Meeting
What jobs are available and how to get them will be discussed at a meeting to be held for seniors in room 204, Frank Strong hall, at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. The meeting will be open to any student who is interested.
At present there is no regular placement office, and all such work is handled by F. T. Stockton, dean of the School of Business, with assistance from staff members in their special fields.
"There used to be a placement officer, but lately there have been so few graduates and so much demand for them that at the present time we have no need for a special officer." Dean Stockton said.
SUNDAY — 4 Days
The employment outlook for the University graduate in the business field and suggestions for contacting employers will be discussed by Dean Stockton at the meeting.
Final Summerfield Tests Will Be Given May 7,8
Extension Division Compiles Magazine
Fifty-two seniors from 28 Kansas high schools took preliminary examinations for Summerfield scholarships in Marvin hall Saturday.
A total of 158 other high school students representing 75 high schools took the examinations Saturday in seven Kansas towns.
At the University the examinations were given by Prof. A. H. Turney, of the Testing Bureau. Final examinations will be given at the University on May 7 and 8.
"Who's Who in the Kansas Educators Club" a magazine recently compiled by the University extension division, was sent yesterday to ali club members. Guy V. Keeler, president, announced today.
Due to O.P.A. regulations, the club's yearly meeting scheduled for February 1, in Emporia, was cancelled. Last year's officers will remain in office another year. K.U. members of the Kansas Educator's club are:
Professors H. E. Chandler and F.O. Russell, School of education; Prof. E. M. Hopkins, English department; Cancellor Deane W. Malott, Harold G. Ingham, director, extension division; Guy V. Keeler, director, engineering, science, management, war training; Dean Frank T. Stockton, School of Business; and Laurence C. Woodruff, registrar.
Bats Given to Dyche Museum By San Diego Society Museum
ENDS TONITE
Van Johnson
"BETWEEN TWO WOMEN"
Five kinds of bats, 30 in all, have been given to the Dyche Museum of Natural History by the Museum of the San Diego Natural History society, Dr. D. F. Hoffmeister, assistant curator of the museum has announced.
This gift was possible because the San Diego museum had received a large private collection of bats. Since many of these bats were duplicates, they wanted to place these specimens in a center of research and advanced teaching, so they sent them here. Dr. Hoffmeier said...
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