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NUMBER 122
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1945
42nd YEAR
Olin Downes To Begin Campus Music Week
Olin Downes, music critic, will arrive in Kansas City by plane in order to reach Lawrence by 10 a.m. Monday to speak at Convocation for the opening on the campus of the 8-14, D. M. Swarthout, dean of the annual Music Week festival, April School of Fine Arts announced today.
"Although there is some chance this his priority rating will allow him to remain on the plane, we are going ahead with our plans on the assumption that he will make it," the Dean said. Mr. Downs, critic for the New York Times, will speak on "The Place of the Artist in the Modern World."
Vespers Opens Week
Opening Music week will be Lawrence public school music vespers including the Elementary Grade school chorus, Primary school band, Junior High school chorus and the Liberty Memorial High school band to be given Sunday in Hoch auditorium. Lawrence will also give special music programs in churches that day.
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Foundation Begun For Danforth Chapel
The foundation for the Danforth chapel on the University campus was begun Saturday when workmen began digging near the illac hedge, northeast of Fraser hall.
Washington - (INS) - The White House announced the resignation of James F. Byrnes, director of the office of War Mobilization and Reconversion.
James Byrnes Quits Mobilization Board; Vincent Nominated
The chapel will be built of native stone from the University grounds and is to be ready for dedication by Commencement Day this June. The building is being sponsored by William H. Danforth, chairman of the board of Ralston Purina company of St. Louis. Stained glass windows will be provided through a gift of $2,000 from the University Pan-Hellenic council and an electric organ will be the gift of Arthur B. Weaver, Lawrence.
He wanted to end his duties as of Saturday, but he responded to the president's request that he continue until Vincent was installed. He will go to his home in Spartansburg, N. C., for a much-needed rest,
In submitting his resignation he said, "I think that V-day is not far distant."
Byrnes asked to be relieved of his job last November, but the president prevailed upon him to remain until the war in Europe was won. "Now that the end is in sight." Byrnes said, "I feel that I have fulfilled my obligation."
The resignation will be effective when the Senate confirms the nomination of Judge Fred Vincent as Byrne's successor.
Malott Will Meet With ASC Tonight
Deane W, Malott, chancellor, will meet with the All Student Council tonight to discuss the reasons for exodus of faculty members from the University and the advisability of seeking a hearing before the board of regents.
The regular meeting of the All Student Council will be open to all students tomorrow night, at which time the new election system will be discussed.
JeanMooreWins Speaking Contest
Representing K. U. at the Missouri Valley Forensic League tournament at Wichita university, Jean Moore won first place, Friday afternoon, in the extemporaneous speaking contest which climaxed two days of debates, and oratorical competition.
Orville Roberts and Jean Moore, who composed K. U.'s one negative debate team, won four of their five debates. However, by winning eight out of ten decisions, the University of Texas won the debate tournament.
Jim Crook, a member of one of the two affirmative debate teams representing K. U. in Wichita, tied for second place with an Iowa State university debator for speaker rating.
Chancellor Deane W. Malott will represent the state university presidents of the nation at a meeting with the Veteran's Administration and the American Council on Education in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday of this week. Mr. Malott leaves the city tonight.
Before leaving Wichita, faculty representatives of the various schools who attended the tournament were shown through the Boeing Aircraft plant.
Malott to Leave For Washington, D.C.
Leonard H. Axe Named Director Of K.U. Services
Leonard H. Axe, professor of business law, has been made director of university services in the office of Chancellor Deane W. Malott, the chancellor announced today.
The addition of Prof. Axe to the staff in my office is the result of
In joining Chancellor Malott's office, Mr. Axe will act for the various non-teaching and administrative services in-the University in much the same way as the deans act in the teaching divisions, Chancellor Malott explained. He will be concerned, for example, with the planning and administration of the University's building program.
Office to Eliminate Defects
ae fact that at present thirty-six people report directly to me too many for effective administration," Mr. Maltol said. "Mr. Axe's appointment in no way prevents any person in the University from coming to me at any time, but is intended to expedite the operation of the University. It does not affect at all my relations with Deans and teachers."
"Mr. Nichol's duties are not affected by the change," the Chancellor said. "He will continue to act as my personal assistant and in his capacity as executive secretary will handle as in the past the administration of the budget. He will continue to act also as liaison officer with the State Civil Service." Axe to Have New Office
In addition to their titles Mr. Nichols and Mr. Axel will both be assistants to the Chancellor, Mr. Axe will eventually occupy an office
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Rooms for Summer May Be Procured Now From Dean of Women
Corbin hall, Jolliffe hall, and Miller hall will be open to accommodate women students during the summer session beginning June 27 and continuing until August 18. Miss Elizabeth Meguial, adviser of Women, announced today. Detailed information regarding the various types of accommodations and costs may be obtained from her office, she said.
Room rates at Corbin hall are:
single rooms, $30; single rooms with
private bath, $50. At Jolliffe hall the
rates for double rooms (for two),
$25 each; double rooms with
private bath, $40. At Miller hall the
rate for a triple room, $25 each;
double room (for one), $40; double
room with private bath, $45.
Two meals daily, breakfast and dinner, will be served at Corbin hall and Jolliffe hall at a rate of $45 for the eight weeks session. At Miller hall individual kitchen privileges may be arranged at $5 for the eight weeks.
All room and board contracts are payable in advance at the opening of the summer session. Housing facilities are also available in private homes, church residence halls, and organized students' room houses. Lists of approved rooms in the town will be furnished by the office of the adviser of women upon request, according to Miss Meguiar.
Prep Speech Festival Friday
Fifteen Kansas high schools will participate in the annual speech and drama festival here on April 6 and 7, Gerald L. Pearson, principal of the University high school, announced today.
Representatives from each of the schools will present a series of one-act plays in Fraser theater on Friday
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Local Pi Phi Chapter Says Mrs. Frank's Article Prejudiced; Writer Ousted From Organization
While there have been no special discussions at the local Pi Beta Phi chapter on the recent article by Mrs. Glen Frank, "Heartache on the Campus," which appeared in the April issue of Woman's Home Companion, the general attitude of alumnae and active members was that Mrs. Frank took a "very one-sided and prejudiced point of view."
Mrs. Frank, a Pi Beta Phi of 40 years standing and alumnae of the Missouri university chapter, was ousted from the organization by the Grand Council because of her article criticizing the American college sorority-fraternity system. Mrs. Frank spoke of her own experiences as a freshman at the University of Missouri and told of her own nervousness before she finally "made the grade." She also mentioned friends who were less fortunate, both of campus days and famous personalities who had confided to her that they still had "scars" from failure years before to make a sorority.
Greek Organizations Intolerant
who wished to join, than those that Mrs. Frank told of in her article." Agreed on Returning Servicemen
Mrs. Frank alleged racial and religious intolerance among Greek letter organizations, citing the failure of most organizations to accept Jewish students as members. It was pointed out, however, that a Jewish sorority member was queen of a recent PanHellenic ball on the M.J. campus.
Mrs. F, V. Warner, chairman of the Lawrence chapter advisory board, said she believed that Mrs. Frank based her article on anything but representative facts.
"It is foolish to say that sororites and fraternities should be stamped out," Mrs. Warner said. "There will always be clubs and organizations of some sort on any college campus, and students heartbroken over failure to get into a sorority would also be hurt at being refused admittance to any other club."
Mrs. Warner, who was a K.U. student from 1931 to 1933 agreed with Mrs. Frank on her reference to the attitude of servicemen returning to college after the war.
"Fraternities Must Stay"
"Clubs and cliques would form if Greek letter organizations were eliminated, and these probably would be more unfair and cruel to students
"Naturally the servicemen will feel fraternities and sororites are juvenile," she said. "They will think many other things are unimportant. But anyone who feels as Mrs. Frank does has no place in our organization or a similar one." MU.J. Phi's Quiet.
Pi Phi's at M.U. were inclined to refrain from comment on the action taken by the grand council.
"We didn't have anything to do with it," a chapter member said. "The grand council didn't have to get advice here."
"Mrs. Frank was a member more than 40 years ago," one member pointed out." and I'm sure things must have been far more primitive in those days."
Yanks Storm Okinawa Beach; Plug Ruhr Break
International News Service
The invincible strength of allied military might marched steadily along the road to Tokyo and Berlin today, storming over last-ditch defenses vital to protection of both enemy capitals.
On the Japanese island of Okinawa in the Ryukyu group only 360 miles of Japan itself, tens of thousands of Americans fanned out from an almost undefended bach-head toward the naval base and capital city of Naha. Enemy resistance continued surprisingly light. Two airfields and a landing strip were overrun by the Americans in the space of a few hours, and progress sall along the line was far ahead of schedule.
Front line dispatches said the marines and doughboys of the 24th army corps and the third marine amphibious corps which comprise the newly activated 10th army was threatening to drive a wedge across the eight-mile waste of the 60 mile-long island, only 325 miles from Japan.
The last official report of Adm. Chester W. Nimitz placed the invasion forces more than one third the way across the island last night. New Landings Reported
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An award program, sponsored by the James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation has been announced.
Textbook Contest Is Announced
The project encourages the preparation and publication of textbooks, one on machine design, and another on structural design for fabrication by all processes, including welding.
The foundation's project is open to any person in the teaching profession, in industry, or engaged in private consultation.
Further details may be obtained by writing to: The Secretary, The James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation, Cleveland 1, Ohio.
Taking the place of the regular Thursday afternoon recital, three lectures are to be given by faculty members of the College of Liberal Arts, on topics of interest to School of Fine Arts students.
Lectures Replace Thursday Recitals For Fine Arts School
Professor Laurel E. Anderson, head of the Fine Arts department of theory and organ, and in charge of preparing the lecture progran, has scheduled the series:
April 5—"Some Demonstrations on the Nature of Musical Sound," N. W. Storer, department of physics.
April 18—"Literature and Music"
J. W. Ashton, department of English.
May 10—"Problems of Aesthetics"
C. P. Osborne, department of philosophy.
All of the lectures are scheduled for Fraser hall at 3:30 p.m. on the dates designated, and are open to all wishing to attend.