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LAWRENCE, KANSAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18. 1945
42ND YEAR
Campus Buzzes With Interest Over Ball Jan.26
NUMBER S0
Momentum in the interest over the "March of Dimes" campaign which will culminate in the President's ball next Friday night at the Military Science building was evidenced today in campus conversation.
A tinge of rivalry between the city and the hill crept into the picture, but it was of a kind that took into consideration that all of the money is to be credited to Douglas county.
"Lawrence helps the Hill in the community service drive; this is a chance for students to help swell the fund for Lawrence," was expressed by one person. A part of the money goes to a national fund and the rest is used locally.
Dr. F. C. (Phog) Allen, in charge of the campus campaign, lauded the efforts of William Jensen and his associated in Alpha Phi Omega for their efforts.
"I'm happy indeed to see the students of the University of Kansas recognize the importance of the March of Dimes as a feature of the President's ball," said Dr. Allen. "The dance to be held at the Military Science building, Jan. 26, will provide a splendid fund for those afflicted with infantile paralysis. Certainly anyone who has been at the Warm Springs Foundation sanitarium at Warm Springs, Ga., has seen the marvelous facilities accorded the polio juveniles.
"The faculty annually has generously contributed but have not bought many dance tickets. We will be happy to receive their donation and will remit it to the headquarters in Lawrence.
"We have boys here on our campus who have received benefits from this foundation.
"It is splendid to see these young people dance so that the less fortunate boy or girl will be able to walk."
Students Trade Date With Marie Wilkins
Mortar Board Sponsors Class
Mortar Board is sponsoring a Red Cross nurses' aid class at Wisconsin university.
Mortar Board Sponsors Class
Dates for the recital of Marie Wilkins, soprano, and of the advanced student recital of the School of Fine Arts have been interchanged, according to D. M. Swarthout, dean of the School of Fine Arts. Mrs. Wilkins will appear on Feb. 7, and the advanced student recital will take place on Feb. 5. Conflicts in the University schedule made this change necessary, Dean Swarthout said.
for the final number on her recital, Mrs. Wilkins has announced that she will sing an operatic duet with her husband, Joseph Wilkins, professor of voice in the School of Fine Arts. Winifred Hill Gallup, who accompanied Mrs. Wilkins last year at her University concert, will again be her accompanist.
This recital will be an extra complimentary concert to season ticket and activity ticket holders on the University Concert course.
Washington Admits Dog Had A Priority
Washington — (INS) — The White House today officially confirmed the transportation of Col. Elliott Roosevelt's mastiff dog to the west coast in an army cargo ship on an A priority but held that the "whole thing is a most regrettable combination of errors."
The dog was being flown to the Colonel's actress bride, Fay Emerson, in California. As a result of its big priority, three servicemen were ordered off the plane at Memphis, Tennessee.
Pianist to Give Recital Monday
The priority was admittedly given in Washington, but not at White House request.
Jan Chiapusso, concert pianist and professor of piano in the School of Fine Arts, will present his faculty recital at 8 p.m. Monday in Fraser theater. Mr. Chiapusso ranks as one of the outstanding concert artists of the Middle West and has played in recital in many of the large European music centers as well as in all parts of the United States.
In his recital he will offer some of the most brilliant and difficult numbers in music literature, including the Fantasia in C from Schumann, the Islaye Fantasia from Balakirew, and the paraphrase on the Blue Danube Waltzes arranged by Schulz-Evler.
Mr. Chiapusso received his early training in Europe and graduated from Cologne conservatory. After coming to America, he became head of the piano department at the Bush Conservatory of Music in Chicago and a visiting lecturer at the University of Chicago. He came to K. U. in 1934. Besides piano, Mr. Chiapusso also teaches music history.
The extra issue of the magazine will appear in April, and will consist mostly of candid camera shots, and picture features on student life, Miss Marrill said. Some of the features will be on campus characters, earning one's way through college, and pinnings.
Extra Issue Planned For 1945 Jayhawker After Council Action
The Jayhawkier staff will publish an extra issue of the Jayhawkier magazine this spring, Mary Morrill, editor, announced today after the decision of the All-Student council to allow the magazine to keep its last years profits instead of turning them over to the Council, as customary.
The students who have a subscription for the three issues of the Jayhawker will be allowed to purchase the extra issue at a reduced subscription rate. Miss Morrill added.
Fight Teacher shortage in Ohio A 15-month course in elementary education is under way at Bowling Green State university to combat the teacher shortage in Ohio.
The regular issues will still appear in February and June. Leather binders are being ordered large enough to accommodate the extra issue, Miss Morrill said.
Fight Teacher Shortage in Ohio
Nesmith Called For Specialized Overseas Duty
Dean Nesmith, trainer and assistant coach in the department of physical education, received orders this morning to report to New York City for duty in the army of specialized service overseas. Mr. Nesmith volunteered for the service several months ago. He will leave for New York some time tomorrow and will report in New York this weekend.
During his college days Mr. Neesmith took training under Dr. F.C. Allen. Upon his graduation he became assistant trainer to Elwyn Dees, and in 1938 he was made full-time trainer. He is married and has two children.
This fall marked the seventh year that Mr. Nesmith has been full time trainer for all athletic teams at the University. He was born in Belleville and lettered in football and basketball three years in the Belleville high school. He came to the University as a student in 1932 and lettered as a tackle in football in 1933, 1934, and 1935.
Yanks Praised By Churchill
Churchill disclaimed any desire for British imperialism in liberal Europe and stoutly defended his government policy in Greece, Italy, and Yugoslavia. He called for universal suffrage, with secrecy of the ballot and no intimidation in all liberated countries of Europe.
Churchill frankly admitted that American troops suffered virtually all the losses in the recent German counter-offensive with the British sustaining virtually none.
London, (INS) — A promise to Germany that immediate unconditional surrender will spare her unendurable suffering during the present year was given by Churchill today in a speech that rang with praise for American role in ultimate victory.
English Art Is Shown At Thayer
An exhibition of the art work of English children from five to thirteen years of age is being shown at Spooner-Thayer museum until Jan. 31, according to Miss Ruth Rider, curator. The exhibit was made possible through Miss Maud Ellsworth, professor of education and art superintendent in the Lawrence schools, to whom the drawings were sent.
In a letter sent to Miss Ellsworth concerning the drawings, the work of the younger age groups, which came from the Derby schools, is described as largely imaginative with free expression. In the work in the Senior Elementary schools and the Secondary schools, which came from near London, there is variation according to the school and the ability of the teacher. There has been a great deal of study on town planning and house designing since the beginning of the war, and some of the drawings included in the display are a result of a "Town and Village" course of study.
Miss Ellsworth has exchanged some art work from the city schools with teachers in England and expects to do so to a greater extent when transportation of them can be facilitated.
Three prizes are offered for the best essays written by students of the University of Kansas on the application of the teachings of Jesus to some problem of the present day. Miss Lulu Gardner professor of English, announced today.
Hattie Lewis Contest Offers Three Prizes For Winning Essays
The awards, $100, $75, and $50 are made possible by the Hattie Elizabeth Lewis Memorial fund. The memorial was established in 1911 by the late Prof. George Edward Patrick, in memory of his wife, a former student in the University, who
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Campus Opinion Is Equally Divided On Peacetime Conscription
Prof. Stene Led Discussion
Prof. Stene, who led the panel discussion, which was conducted along the lines of a town meeting, pointed out before he turned over the discussion to panel members, that the cost of such a program, its effect on lasting peace, and the type
Post-war peacetime conscription is favored by about 50 per cent of the women students on the campus, as based on a discussion of the bill, now before Congress, by a panel group and members of the Y. W. C. A. at the organization's January all-membership meeting yesterday. Prof. E. O. Stene, associate professor of political science, announced at the close of the meeting that a similar poll of faculty members on the problem, taken recently, proved that the faculty was also about evenly divided on the problem. Prof. Stone Lad Discussion
of conscription, whether military or some other form, should be considered before a judgment is made.
Veteran Takes Affirmative
"Peacetime conscription in other nations, such as France, Germany, and Russia, did not preserve peace in those countries." Julia Ann Casad, College junior and member of the Y. W. C. A. cabinet, said. She also pointed to the psychological effect such a program would have on other countries in the post-war world.
Lloyd Cunningham, first year law student, and a veteran of World War II, who supports the bill, believes that conscription is necessary in peacetime whether or not a world police force is organized. He feels that conscription would prove the
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Seventh Army Russians Roll Toward Reich
(International News Service)
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Fighting flared with new fierceness along the Seventh army section of the western front today, while on the eastern front, the mighty tide of Red army forces continued to roll toward the German Reich.
In Northeastern France the Germans fought stubbornly to hold their initiative in the Hagenau forest area. To the north, American troops steadily diminished the crumbling Belgium-Luxembourg talent with one force advancing to less than one mile from St. Zith, the German's last major base in Belgium.
Slight Advances Made in Belgium Liberation of several small towns in the salient was announced although headquarters reported that advances in the area generally were slight. Elements of the fourth and fifth infantry divisions slammed across the Sure river fifteen miles north of Luxembourg.
British troops fighting in the Netherlands made limited advances. A headquarters announcement said that German troops in eastern Holland were offering heavy opposition to British forces.
Red Offensive Gains momentum
On the eastern front three Russian armies pressed across northern central and southern Poland as the mighty Soviet winter offensive gained momentum toward the west. A dispatch from Moscow said that troops of the first Ukrainian army were believed to be already thrusting into German Silesia. A Moscow spokesman said the mighty Russian drive would not halt until Red army troops were in Berlin, now less than 300 miles away.
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American advances in the Philippines continued against generally weak Japanese opposition, although General MacArthur's communique revealed bitter resistance was encountered on the main Japanese-held highways to Baguio. Jans Land at Lingua Gull
Two Music Meetings Cancelled by Request
In compliance with governmental request, the annual conventions of the National Association of Schools of Music and of the Music Teachers National Association, which were scheduled to meet next month in Detroit have been cancelled. D. M. Swarthout, dean of the School of Fine Arts and president of the National Association of Schools of Music, announced today.
Cancellations of the two meetings followed the government's request that conventions bring together more than 50 persons should be called off, even though programs for both organizations were completed and announced, Dean Swartout said.
As a result of this change, Dean Swarthout will go to Detroit in February to meet with special committees and administrative officers and make plans for the association.