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LAWRENCE, KANSAS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1945
NUMBER 71
The Germans retreated from several strategic towns under First army pressure, but temporarily stalled the Third army counter attack on the southern flank. In the Bastogne area Third army forces held ground for which the Nazis bitterly fought.
- Nazis Stall Third Army Attack
Jan Islands Attacked Again
42ND YEAR
Lt. (j, g.) and Mrs. Roy Edwards were visitors on the campus today. Lieutenant Edwards has been stationed on a sub-chaser in the South Pacific, and is waiting to be re-signed. A graduate of the School of Business in 1942, he was affiliated with Phi Delta Theta fraternity. Mrs. Edwards is the former Joan Darby, who was a student in the department of home economics in-1938-41. She was a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority.
Other Allies Join U.S. First Army On German Front
(International News Service)
The Paris radio said the Allies now have 73 divisions on the western front.
Jap Islands Attacked Again
On the eastern front Red army troops held the Germans back northwest of Budapest. Within the city the house-to-house contest raged unabated.
American First army troops slowly but steadily gained ground along a 20 mile assault front today while a headquarters spokesman announced for the first time that British and other Allied forces were taking part in the drive.
The First army pushed southwest in an effort to join forces with Third army troops in the Bastogne area and thus seal off thousands of Nazis.
The American Seventh, fiercely resisting German counter-attacks, brought the German drive virtually to a standstill.
This fighting was hindered by severe winter weather, as fierce battles were staged in snowstorms and heavy rains.
Lt. and Mrs. Roy Edwards Are Campus Visitors Today
In the Pacific, carrier-based planes attacked Formosa and Ryukyu island for the second straight day, and lack of information indicated the attack may still be in progress.
the Burma fighting British and Indian troops landed—without firing a shot—on Japanese-held Akyab, northwest Burma port.
Paris — (INS) — Headquarters of General Eisenhower today announced officially that Sir Bernard Law Montgomery, British field marshall, is now commanding American First and Ninth army forces in Belgium, formerly under command of Lt. Gen. Omar Bradley, United States 12th army leader. In Washington, President Roosevelt confirmed the shift in command and described it as a regular field operation, denying that Montgomery had become a full deputy commander under Eisenhower. The change was necessary, reports said, because the German drive has split the American armies and communication is impossible.
Montgomery Leads Yanks in Belgium
Big Three Will Confer Sometimes After Jan. 20
Washington — (INS) — President Roosevelt disclosed today that he will leave Washington sometime after January 20th, the day of his fourth term inauguration, to attend the big-three war conference with Prime minister Churchill and Premier Stalin.
Simpson to Play Classics Sunday
In his organ recital at 4 p.m. Sunday, Guy Criss Simpson, associate professor of organ in the School of Fine Arts, will include selections from Handel, Bach, and Vierne. His program:
"Second Concerto in B flat"—Introduction and Allegro (Handel), "Chorale Prelude: O Man, Bemoan Thy Grievous Sin" (Bach), "Prelude and Fugue in A" (Bach), "Gavotte in F" (Samuel Wesley), "To a Wild Rose" MacDowell, and "First Symphony" — Prelude, Allegro vivace, Andante, and Finale (Vierne).
Mr. Simpson is an associate of the American Guild of Organists and a graduate of the University of Kansas in organ and piano. He has studied under the great French organist, Marcel Dupre, and the American organists, Albert Reimschneider, Arthur Poister, and Palmer Christian. He has been associated with the music faculty of the University since 1930.
Wallace Not Out for Job
Vice-President Henry A. Wallace, who goes out of office next month, has stated that he is "not looking for a job at the present time." This statement followed an offer that he represent small meat-packing concerns.
Eight Are Chosen For Committee On W.C. Course
A faculty committee, composed of Prof. W. E. Sandelius as chairman, Professors Hilden Gibson, Elmer F. Beth, W. W. Davis, Mabel Elliot, R. S. Howey, C. P. Osborne, and R. H. Wheeler, will be in charge of planning the program for the new course on Western Civilization recently approved by the College faculty. They plan to submit reading outlines for the course before college closes in June.
The committee to coordinate the work in Western Civilization, English, and Speech consists of the following members:
When the College faculty approved the course in Western Civilization, Dec. 19, an amendment was made providing for a committee of six faculty members from the department concerned to supervise the courses. [a] addition the University will supply funds for instructional and tutorial work and library supplies.
Newly elected members of Quill club will be announced soon, Addie Egbert, president of the literary society, said this morning. The organization met last night in the English room of the Student Union building with Prof. John Hankins and Prof. E. M. Hopkins, of the department of English, to read recently submitted manuscripts.
Professors W. E. Sandelius, Margaret Anderson, and John B. Virtue.
Quill Club Will Choose New Members Soon
Classes Will Be Shortened For Convocation Monday
Monday morning classes will not be held at their regular time because of the convocation scheduled for 10 o'clock in Auditorium.
The time schedule for Monday morning is as follows:
8:30 classes ... 8:30- 9:05
9:30 classes ... 9:15- 9:50
CONVOCATION ... 10:00-10:50
10:30 classes ... 11:00-11:35
11:30 classes ... 11:45-12:20
Vets Withdraw At Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minn. — Complaint that they were having to pay as much as $50 additional fees out of their own pocket in addition to government expenditures accompanied the withdrawal of a number of veterans from the University of Minnesota this week
The Mill City post of American Legion, composed of veterans of the present war entered a heated discussion upon receipt of word of the charging of additional fees.
Higher fees are being charged veterans not only by the University of Minnesota but by state teacher colleges in Minnesota, C. D. Hibbard, manager of the Minneapolis veterans administration said.
W. T. Middlebrook, vice-president of the university said the entire picture of the withdrawal of the veterans had not yet been presented.
New Course in Kansas Schools
New Course in Kansas Schools Classes in Family Relations are being strongly advocated by members of school boards in several Kansas high schools. The general opinion, however, is that enrollment should be limited to members of the senior class.
Daily Kansan Relates - - them, payments have amounted to about $5000 per annum. If the original set-up could have continued, the debt would have been paid off by now.
Ernie Quigley Takes Over
Story of KU's Memorial Stadium
Ad astra per aspera—to the stars through difficulties—that's the story of the University of Kansas Memorial stadium.
Everyone likes to attend those exciting football games in our big stadium on crisp fall afternoons, but very few persons know what the stadium has actually cost in worry and work and money.
The story of the stadium begins in the spring of 1920, when the drive for funds to erect a stadium in memorial to the K.U. dead of World War I was begun. The following year the project got off to a bang-up start, when students were dismissed from classes one day and assembled on McCook field where they tore down the old bleachers.
The two sides, twelve original sections, costing about $300,000, were completed the same year. At this time the present press box was in the middle of the West side, but in 1925 when the dressing rooms were added to the south ends of the stadium, and the yardage markings on the field were changed, the press box was found to be beginning on the 50 yard line and running south to the 25.
In 1927, the north curve of the stadium was added, and the project was finished the same year, at the cost of about $700,000, which includes a number of improvements made in recent years, such as the dressing room showers. Of the initial cost of $300,000, $278,000 was paid at once through contributions of friends of the University. A plan for issuing bonds was drawn up for completion of the payment, and every year following payments were made on the debt from $12,000 to $25,000, until the depression years. After the depression, the set-up w s revised of necessity and since
Showers Added to Dressing Rooms
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Brandt to Speak At Convocation Monday in Hoch
Bert Brandt, former University student and ace photographer of World War II, will speak at convocation at 10 a.m. Monday.
Mr. Brandt gained international fame when he got the first pictures of D day back to London. Thereafter he followed the First and Third Armies through Europe until he was called back to the States for reassignment.
Will Be Press Club Guest
The Press club will have a dinner for Mr. Brandt Sunday evening. Later in the evening he will be a guest of the University club.
Best Shots Taken in Moonlight
As a photographer at Cassino, Anzio, the Normandy beachhead, Cherbourg, and across France to Aachen, Mr. Brandt has taken pictures that have proved there is not much difference between covering a war with a camera and fighting it with a gun.
Manager Chosen For "Last Resort"
Will be Reassigned after rest
The "Last Resort," which will be opened to students at 7 p.m. tomorrow night, will be managed by Kenneth White, Eugenia Hepworth, president of Union Activities, has announced.
Enemy fire grew more intense, but his chief concern was hew to get pictures. He decided to make exposures with the light of the clear moon, which was something he had never tried before. He not only escaped from the barrage unimpaired, but he also made some excellent pictures.
According to this top-ranking photographer, his best photos were those taken in moonlight during the battle for the Italian city of Lagone. He had moved ahead of the infantry and reached high rocky ground. A burst of enemy fire made him scoot for a fox-hole which he could not find. Because of the rocky terrain he was not able to dig one, so he had to lay flat on the ground and hope for the best.
After covering the battle for Aachen and the opening phases of the drive for the Rhine, Mr. Brandt was brought back home for a short rest and reassignment. While home on leave, he has been making talks, illustrated by some of his well-known war pictures.
The "Last Resort" is located in the University Club room in the base-ment of the Memorial Union building. The room has been decorated by a union activities committee for the room, with the assistance of students in the department of home economics and the School of Fine Arts.
After the opening Saturday night, the Last Resort will be opened on Friday and Saturday nights.
The coke and dance spot is sponsored by the Union Activities, under the direction of a committee under Edith Marie Darby. Other members of the committee who have planned the room are Mary Zeller, Pat Williams, Pat Coolidge, Roberta Frowe, Jeanne Saffel, and Ann Young.