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UNIVERSITY
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Daily Kansan
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LAWRENCE, KANSAS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19. 1945
NUMBER 102
42nd YEAR
Big Three Hold Future Peace Through Power —Boothby
The responsibility for building a world structure to maintain future peace rests on the shoulders of the Big Three, Robert Boothby, leader of the Young Conservative party and member of the House of Commons, told the convocation audience this morning.
"In the final analysis those men are our servants. Much will depend upon cooperation of the English-speaking people of the world. If we get together we can do anything we want," he said.
Boothby Is Conservative Liberalist Mr. Boothby was introduced by Prof. W. E. Sandelius as a representative of the more "conservative liberalism." He has been recognized as one of the most outstanding members of parliament and is often mentioned as a possibility for a future prime minister. Visiting the United States as an entirely independent member of parliament, he plans to make several lecture appearances and possibly attend the peace conference in San Francisco in April before going back to England. Big Three Guard Nazi Recurrence
Interview Answers Are Potent
"The principle purpose of the Big Three is to prevent forever a recurrence of German aggression" he said. "We were born into a period of horror, terror, and brutality for which Germany is almost entirely to blame. When peace comes we must not indulge in a fit of public idealism. We are fighting this war for existence and to save ourselves. Our leaders must remember that military power carries more weight than the power of destruction when talk of disarmament starts," Mr. Boothby declared.
In a personal interview after his speech, several questions were asked as to why Allied leaders failed so completely in preparing for war in dealing with Hitler. "Our men simply wouldn't face up to the realities of it," he repeated. "We were awfully stupid to think we could put
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Conrad Appointed To A.S.C. by P.S.G.I.
Paul Conrad, College freshman, was appointed to fill the All-Student Council vacancy left by the resignation of John Irwin, Engineering freshman, at a meeting of the Progressive Student Government League, men's political party, last night in the Officer's club room of the Memorial Union building, Thad Marsh, general secretary of the party, announced today. Irwin was recently called to the service.
Four men took the oath of membership at the meeting. They are Jack Nichols, College sophomore; Bill Hollis, College sophomore; Richard Hollingsworth, College sophomore, and George Caldwell, College freshman, all of Battenfeld hall.
Conrad, wio is also recording secretary of the league, lives at Carruth hall.
Pan-Hell Gives $2,000
Chancellor Deane W. Malott accepts a check for two thousand dollars from the K. U. Women's Panhellenic Council, presented to the school this week to provide stained-glass windows for Danforth chapel, soon to be constructed on the campus. Jane Miller (center), Pi Beta Phi and secretary-treasurer of the Council, and Carol Stuart, Delta Gamma, and Council president, made the presentation in the Chancellor's office.
Douglas County To Begin Action In Stadium Drive
Following a breakfast for 18 members of the campaign committee at the Eldridge hotel at 8:30 tomorrow morning, Lawrence businessmen will start the Douglas county drive to help raise money to erase the stadium debt now standing a $113,000.
Douglas county is the 26th county in Kansas to begin concerted action to raise this fund. All but two counties in the state have been organized by E. C. Quigley, athletic director, for aid in the drive and boosting K.U. athletics.
"I have a goal of one $100 bond a lay," said Mr. Quigley today, "and o date we are 32 days ahead of schedule."
He said that $18,700 has already been banked as the result of the drive which started Dec. 1. He has established March 1 as a date on which $28,250 of maturity value bonds will have collected.
The counties now engaged in the drive are Atchison, Brown, Crawford, Mitchell, Cloud, Republic, Ellis, Saline, Sumner, Wilson, Neosho, Sedgwick, Dickinson, Ottawa, Coffey, Lyon, Shawnee, Finney, Ford, Logan, Russell, Ellsworth, Harvey, Reno, and Jackson (Missouri).
The drive in Douglas county tomorrow will involve mainly the Lawrence businessmen. A different committee of three each day this week will make the visitation.
The faculty meeting scheduled for 4:30 tomorrow afternoon will be held in Fraser theater instead of in Frank Strong auditorium as previously announced, Dean Paul B. Lawson announced this afternoon.
"We have seven $1,000 bonds, nine $500 bonds; four of $400 denomination; five $200 bonds and a keg-full of $100 babies," said Mr. Quigley.
Meeting Place Changed
Peterson Appointed Pan-Hell Secretary
Miss Martha Peterson, instructor of mathematics, has been appointed Women's Pan-Hellenic secretary, to serve as advisor to sorority women, Chancellor Deane W. Malott announced today.
Miss Peterson will supervise rushing activities formerly handled by Mrs. Eugene Brune, for the Women's City Panhellenic, and will act as general counsellor on sorority problems. She will assume her new duties March 1.
While Miss Peterson will be attached to the staff of Advisor of Women, her office will be in room 228 Frank Strong hall, in quarters formerly occupied by Harry O'Kane, Men's Placement officer. She will continue with some of her teaching duties.
A portion of her salary will be paid by the Women's Pan-Hellenic Council, a suggestion made by their organization in view of their desire to have someone to handle rushing problems, according to Chancellor Malott.
Faculty Will Discuss Courses for Veterans
Possibilities of offering short courses for returning veterans will be discussed at the February meeting of the College faculty at 4:30 p. m. tomorrow, Dean Paul B. Lawson has announced.
Consideration will also be given a plan of offering some sort of recognition, probably at the end of the sophomore year, to students who do good work but drop out of school without meeting the requirements for a degree. There will be opportunity at the end of the meeting for suggestions by members of the faculty.
Dr. Price Attends District Meet
Dr. Edwin F. Price, of the School of Religion, went to Fort Smith, Ark., today to teach the Fort Smith district Leadership Training school.
Marines Push Inland On Jap Iwo Jima For Strategic Base
(International News Service)
Veteran United States marines, landing on the southeastern coast of Iwo Jima early today, quickly drove inland for nearly one-third of a mile and engaged the Japanese defenders in the islands last airdrome, which lies within easy fighter plane range of Tokyo.
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz revealed that the leathernecks seized a beachhead some two and one-half miles long and drove
William Christiensen, gifted Danish-American artist, who has been ballet master and choreographer since the first days of the San Francisco Ballet company is the director. He has developed some of the finest artists in America. At the present time, the school maintained by the company is training nearly 400 people in this art,
A number of well-known artists are included in the cast of the San Francisco Ballet which will come to the University on March 6 in Hoch auditorium, according to Dean D. M. Swarthout, director of the University concert series.
Christensen Is Director
Artists to Appear In Ballet Mar. 6
Former Met Ballerina in Cast
Included in the cast is Gisella Caccialanza, prima ballerina, who has studied abroad under the direction of Enrico Cachetti of La Scala Opera house in Milan. Cachetta was the teacher of Pavlowa and Nijinsky. When Miss Caccialanza returned to the United States she was for three years ballerina of the Metropolitan opera of New York.
News Photography Presents Display
Earl Riggins has been acclaimed by critics for his virile grace and magnificent technique and for his ability as a mime. His interpretation of "Man" in "Sonata Pathetique" and of "Czardas" in "Prince Siegfried" has won him an outstanding reputation among crites throughout the nation.
Photographs representing t h e term project of the news photography class taught by Broderick Johnson, instructor in the department of journalism, are on display this week in the newsroom of the University Daily Kansan. The pictures have been mounted, and placed in showcases by members of the class, Mr. Johnson said.
Included in the display are news pictures, time exposures, flash shots and candid shots. The flash shots shown are among the first taken by girls in the class, Mr. Johnson said.
Contributors to the photo display are Joan Veatch, Dorthe McGill, Joel Fant, Betty Jennings, Annella Hammett, and Ruth Tippin.
Quiz Kid Sings Jayhawk Song
Responding to President Eisenhower's request, Joel Kupperman, Quizz Kids star, responded to the K-State official's request with the K. U. Jayhawk song at Topeka last night.
inland against mountain resistance.
The fleet admiral asserted that resistance was initially light and our casualties were moderate. Jap Ships and Planes Are Hit
Only a few hours earlier Nimitz thrilled the world with the announcement that at least 36 more Japanese ships were sunk or damaged and 659 enemy planes destroyed or damaged in the daring raid by task forces against the Tokyo Yokohama area of Japan proper.
U.S. B-29's Strike From India
Coincident with the Iwo Jima operation, E-29's based in India plastered objectives in the Malay peninsula far to the south and Saipan based Superforts again Elasted the home island of Honshu including Tokyo. Formosa also was attacked by air and General MacArthur virtually completed mopping up operations on Corregidor in Manila.
Allies March on Goch
Great geysers of anti-aircraft fire and an avalanche of artillery meet the marines as they scrambled ashore from an armada of 800 ships on the southeastern coast of Iwo Jima. Between 30,000 and 40,000 American fighting men were thrown into action. The Japanese were believed to have up to 20,000 crack troops on the island and there seemed to be no question that they eventually would be overwhelmed.
Winter Jayhawkers To Be Out Saturday
Allied troops broke into the Segfried town of Goch opposite the Dutch frontier and Soviet troops surged toward Dresden and Berlin through widened breaches in Nazi Germany's vital line of defense against total collapse.
The mid-winter issue of the 1945 Jayhawker will be distributed Saturday from the Jayhawker office in the sub-basement of the memorial union building. Mary Morrill editor of the magazine, reminder students today.
The office will be open from 8:30 in the morning until 5:30 in the afternoon, not closing during the noon hour, in an effort to enable all students to pick up their issues before leaving for vacation, she said.
Library Hours Announced For Vavation Week
Watson library will be open on Feb. 25 to March 2, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on March 3, 9 a.m. to 12 a.m. On March 5, the day of enrolment, the library will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on the first day of classes regular hours of 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. will be resumed. C. M. Baker, director of libraries announced today.