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NUMBER 39
42ND YEAR
K.U. May Offer A New School Of Air Industry
A school of aeronautical industry for the University, making this area an aviation center, has been proposed to the executive committee of the aviation department of the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce.
At a meeting Monday, Deane W. Malott, Chancellor of the University; Dean F. T. Stockton of the School of Business; and J. O. Jones, acting dean of the School of Engineering and Architecture, explained the proposal to members of the committee.
University Tops Schools
K. U. stands among the top universities of the nation today as far as aeronautical courses are concerned, Chancellor Malott pointed out. The school has $100,000 worth of aviation equipment used in the classrooms and has specialized in training war workers and pilots under the War Training service.
"We have only a rough plan on paper for a four-year course in business and administration in aviation. Such an education in aviation would afford the graduate a good opportunity in this new field of industry," the chancellor said.
K.U. May Run Airport
With the increase in aeronautical courses at the University, it is probable that a much expanded use of the present Municipal airport will be needed. Mayor C. B. Russell has announced that the city is favorable to any plan that would insure open airport facilities for Lawrence.
The Chamber of Commerce committee suggested that the University take over the airport as its own, but operate it also as an open airport.
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Van Doren Will Speak At 8:20 Tonight in Fraser
"Franklin, the First Great American" will be the subject of a lecture by Carl Van Doren, distinguished author, lecturer, and radio personality when he speaks tonight at 8:20 in Fraser theater.
In 1939 Mr. Van Doren won the Pulitzer prize in biography.
First Vespers To Be Presented In Hoch Sunday
The University of Kansas All-Musical Vespers will begin their 22nd consecutive year with a vesper program at 4 p.m. Sunday in Hoch auditorium. For the first time this year, several of the leading University musical organizations will be heard in concert, D. M. Swarthout, dean of the School of Fine Arts, said
Appearing on the program will be the University Women's Glee Club, with 85 singers, directed by Irene Peabody.
The University A Cappella choir will make its first public appearance Sunday. Eighty-five members will sing choral selections from Russians choral literature and from 16th century music. The choir is under the direction of Dean Swarthout.
The University Symphony orchestra, in its second year under the direction of Russell L. Wiley, will play a selection, "Caprioccio Italien," from Tschaikowsky.
The University String Quartet, assisted by Ruth Orcutt at the piano, will play the opening number of Edgar Kelley's "Quintet in F Sharp Minor," one of his best known works.
An organ selection, played by G. Criss Simpson of the department of
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Council Postpones Freshman Election
Wartime and postwar opportunities in nursing will be discussed by Miss Sara Jean Colville, a former head nurse at Vanderbilt University hospital, Nashville, Tenn., during the Union Activities Coffee hour at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 21, in the English room.
Nursing Opportunities To Be Discussed During Coffee Hour
Miss Colville will have individual conferences with interested students and nursing staff members throughout the day Wednesday.
KU is one of the 400 universities, colleges, and junior colleges in the country being visited by the college counseling staff, sponsored jointly by the National Nursing Council for War Service and the United States Public Health service, which administers the United States Cadet Nurse Corps.
Openings now and after the war, in the fields of nursing education and administration, in public health nursing, psychiatric nursing, and in other specialties, offer unprecedented opportunities for young women with advanced preparation, Miss Colville believes.
Pearl Harbour Joins WAC
Pearl O. Harbour, of North Hollywood, Calif., has joined the WAC to avenge the name.
"Hank"Maloy,Father of KansasJayhawk Sends Favorite Cartoon to Students
Henry "Hank" Maloy, graduate of the department of journalism in 1914, is credited with being the first person to draw and popularize the traditional Jayhawk of the University of Kansas, according to Edwin Abel, former business manager of the Kansan and college friend of Maloy.
There have been a lot of claims made on the origination of the actual Jayhawk symbol, and hundreds of variations of the first Jayhawk have been produced, but Maloy probably drew the first ones during 1911 and 1912. Con Squires, who was a popular photographer in Lawrence when Maloy was in school, had a chicken hawk mounted in his shop window and Maloy conceived the idea of the Jayhawk from this mounting, according to Mr. Abel.
High School Students Made Suggestions
At that time the Kansan was sent to most of the high schools in the state, and this helped popularize the Jayhawk. High school students who saw Maloy's cartoons wrote to the University and maked suggestions about subjects for drawings. Maloy dug his cartoons out of "chalk plates," pieces of cardboard covered with about a quarter of an inch of chalk. He used a sharp instrument to make the outlines, doing them in reverse. The original Jayhawk was easy to draw but outstanding because Maloy pictured him doing such human things and gave him such a human expression. He even put shoes on his feet.
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losophy professor on the Hill at that time. Maloy didn't believe much in philosophy then, however, after he graduated, he made the study of philosophy then, however, after he the jinx was a symbol of any bad luck that came to the University especially during the football season Maloy Now in Bureka
The Jayhawk appeared in the 1912 and 1913 annuals of the University in a few of the cartoons that Maloy drew. Equally famous at that time however, were Maloy's "faculty man" and the "jinx." The faculty man was created by Maloy as a result of his dislike for Maloy a certain phi-
Freshman election of class officers and All Student Council representatives, scheduled for tomorrow, was postponed until Tuesday, by a vote of 9 to 11, at a special meeting of the All Student Council this noon. The legality of the election was contested because of two conflicting provisions in the official election bill, after the council had voted at its regular meeting last week to hold the election tomorrow.
According to the laws of the council, political parties are required to file names of their candidates with the secretary of the student council six days before any major election. Neither had filed before this deadline, Persis Snook, president of the All Student Council announced at the meeting. No penalty for parties who do not file is stated in the bill.
Metz Liberation Is Anticipated
(International News Service)
The American third army drove today to within a mile and three-quarters of the bastion city of Metz, as front line dispatches indicated liberation of the city is near at hand. Stronger resistance was being encountered by Yank troops, as supreme headquarters announced capture of an unspecified additional number of forts in strong points defending the city.
Elsewhere on the Western front, British offences in western Holland and against the Noorder and Wessen canals pushed forward to capture "allintial objectives." South of the Metz sector the American seventh army advanced as far as two miles northeast of Baccarat and forced the Germans back more than a mile east of the Bruveres.
On the Italian front enemy resistance stiffened in the face of continued advances in the Forli sector, as British troops seized the town of Villa Grapta across the Montone river.
Russian troops, montime, surged nearer the Hungarian capital of Budapest as they seized control of the west bank of the Danube fromBudapest to the Black sea. Other Russian troops captured important outlying fortress towns and cut off vital rail communications into the capital.
Bridge Club to Meet in Union Tomorrow
In the Pacific, American forces continued their advances on Leyte island as the battle for the Ormoc bay area settled into a bitter slugging match. Pearl Habor reports announce that American carrier planes sunk or damaged 14 Jap vessels, including a cruiser and two destroyers, in a Sunday raid upon the Manila area.
All University students, both men and women, are invited to attend the meeting tomorrow, according to Miss Froue. Players are urged to come with their partners, and to bring their own cards if possible.
Informal bridge playing for students interested in learning or playing the game will be a new weekly feature of the Student Union Activity program, Roberta Frowe, chairman of the newly formed club bridge, announced last night. The club's first meeting will be at 4:30 tomorrow afternoon in the Union lounge, the chairman said.
Jack Button, council member, called attention to the provision passed during the Summer Session by the All Student Council which states that an election for freshmen will be held the first Thursday of November.
Another provision states that a freshman election must be held within two months of the beginning of school. If the beginning of the fall term is taken to represent the beginning of school, the election would have to be held at this time to fulfill the provision.
Stene Gives Opinion
When asked his opinion regarding which provision should be carried out, Prof. E. O. Stene of the department of political science, a council adviser, answered that the first ruling is the clearer of the two; technically the 6-weeks session is not officially a semester, it is the fall term. Professor Stene also recommended that the election bills, which are not now in the hands of the All Student Council, be obtained immediately.
Summer ASC Rule Conflicts
Prof. Hilden Gibson said that student classification to determine eligibility for voting in the past has been determined by the student directory or by a certified list from the registrar's office. Martha Ellen Woodward, council member, reported that such a list is not available at present, but that lists could be obtained from the offices of the dean of men and dean of women, (continued on page four)
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Political Rally Tonight at Union
WIGS and Fachacamae parties will hold the first political rally of the year tonight at 7 o'clock in the Lounge of the Memorial Union building. Betty Bixby, campaign manager, announced yesterday. Skits and talks will be presented, and freshmen candidates for the coming election will be introduced.
Barbara Johnson is in charge of the program, and Bob Henry will be master of ceremonies. Sarah Marks, WIGS representative, and Jack Button, Pachacamac representative, will give short talks.
"Everyone is welcome, regardless of party affiliation," Miss Bixby urged. "We plan to be through with the meeting in time for the midweek dance at 7:30," she said.
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