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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, OCTOBES 17, 1944
Squad Moves Into Heavy Drills As Homecoming Battle Looms Near
With their Big Six opener well out of the way, the Kansas Jayhawkers opened up a long week of grueling practices last night in grim preparation for their homecoming encounter with Nebraska this Saturday.
Practices this week will be hampered by the fact that this is final week for most of the squad, and that eight of the traveling squad will be playing their last game. The team has decided, however, that this is "Beat Nebraska" year, and are pointing earnestly towards the game.
Taking the field for the last time as Kansas starters will be Don Barrington, two year fullback; Dutch Schmenz, first string end who has been injured most of the season; and Warren Riegle, another starting end who has drawn Shenk's praise in most of the games thus far. Other V-12 squad members who will probably be playing their last game are O. J. Endecott, Charles Daigneault, Ted Short, and Bob Pendleton. Others may join the list before the week is out. Little is known concerning football prospects that may enter the University November 1, and the first game after the semester starts is with Olathe NAS on November 4.
Passing. Punting Emphasized
Everything and anything, with special emphasis on passing and punting, is Shenk's order for the rest of this week's practices. The punting in the Iowa State game was far below and other game this season, and Elmer Schaake, assistant coach spent time last night giving the boys some pointers. Barrington and Charles Moffett were drilled by Shenk on more accurate passing.
Still on the K. U. casualty lists are Sam Hunter, Ralph Wygle. Gene Long, and Kenneth Danneberg, with Charles Moffett, Dorwin Lamkin, and Wallace Rouse nursing slight ailments. Hunter and Danneberg may not be albe to start against Nebraska Saturday, but the others should get the kinks straightened out in the next few days.
Cornhuskers Practice in Earnest
The Nebraska Cornhuskers began earnest practice sessions yesterday as they realized that at last they were playing an opponent somewhere near their class. The Huskers have been trounced by Minnesota and Indiana by lop-sided scores this fall, and have yet to score a point. Doug Nelson was the lone Husker standout in the Indiana game last Saturday, though the boys from Lincoln had little to do except try to stop the Hoosier eleven all afternoon. The Husker lineup will probably be jugged a bit before the Kansas game, but Nelson and Rog Mountford, 17-year-old 175-pound fullback, will probably be in there. Nebraska coach, A. J. Lewandowski, will be fielding an all civilian team, but believes he can give the Navy bolstered Jayhawks a battle.
Dean McMullen Acting As Central College Head
McPherson-Since a decision was not reached at a meeting of the Central College board of trustees on a new president to fill the vacancy at the college, Dean Warren A. McMullen was appointed to serve as acting president.
The Rev. G. M. Cottrill will continue as vice-president, and head up the debt-elimination campaign, with Vern Keffer as executive vice-president and treasurer.
dent bank Announcement was made that more than $20,000 has been received in the past year from Free Methodist churches over the area to apply on the college debt.
Indiana V-12 Unit to Decrease
The number of trainees in the navy's V-12 program at Indiana University will be decreased by 100 men when the present term ends Oct. 26.
Jayhawks Learn Yells
A comparatively small crowd of students gathered at the east steps of Robinson gym this morning to learn three new yells in a rally called at 10:15 a.m. by University cheerleaders.
For about ten minutes, cheerleaders put the crowd through its yelling paces and gyrated through three new yells. Shortly before 10:30 the rally broke up with the traditional Alma Mater and the chant of "Rock Chalk, Jayhawk."
Chark, Jayhawk.
Most vociferous members of the crowd were two nondescript dogs who could be heard above the roar of the entire crowd with their barking-howl accompaniment to the Alma Mater.
Cheerleaders today announced their intention to visit every organized house on the campus Friday night and drag all of the occupants to the pre-Homecoming game rally and torchlight parade to be that night.
Alumni to Gather At State Meetings
Every year the University of Kansas alumni have a dinner meeting at Kansas State Teachers conventions in the six different regions throughout the state on the same date. This year the date has been set for November 3 at 5:45 pm, in every town except Garden City where a luncheon will be held at noon.
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At Topeka the meeting will be held at the Woman's Club, with Mrs. Bruce Hurd, member of the Alumni Board of Directors, as chairman; at Salina at the Casa Bonita Cafe, with E. H. Lindville and Owen E. Hodgson as chairman; at Hays at the Lamer Hotel with Leonard W. Thompson as chairman; at Garden City at the Warren Hotel with Lewis Kampschroeder as chairman, and H. E. Chandler as the speaker; at Pittsburg at the Hotel Besse with Winona Von Schriltz as chairman; at Wichita at the Hotel Allis with Lloyd Ferell as chairman and E. C. Quigley as the speaker.
Student Veterans to Organize
Veterans of World War II who have returned to the University o North Carolina, Chapel Hill, me last week to consider setting up permanent organization for suc students. There are 65 veterans o the campus at present.
plans. Republicans plan their first get-together next Tuesday. A town rally for Lawrence Democrats will be held Oct. 25. Thurman Hill, candidate for United States senator, on the Democratic ticket, and Robert Lemon, Democratic gubernatorial candidate, will speak. Both Mr. Hill and Mr. Lemon will be at the University the afternoon of Oct. 25th to discuss issues of the national election with students interested.
PARTY MEMBERS---eligible to vote, and wish to vote the absentee ballot of their own county must first write the county clerk of his county for an affidavit stating that he is a qualified voter of his state.
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The University election will be held Friday, Nov. 3. A big rally for all parties with speakers representing each political faction, is planned for Thursday night, Nov. 2.
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Kansas the court house will have the official ballot having all federal and state officers printed on them. The voter will write in the names of the candidates of the offices for the county within which he resides.
DEADLINE--eligible to vote, and wish to vote the absentee ballot of their own county must first write the county clerk of his county for an affidavit stating that he is a qualified voter of his state.
Out-of-state students who are
Sportorials
By Earl Barney
Believe it or not, we are still looking for Missouri to take the Big Six title this fall, barring a national catastrophe. The Tigers have certainly shown more wallop and fight in their football tangles so far, even though they have yet to win a game outside the Big Six. They were lucked out by a big Arkansas eleven that went ahead to tipe powerful T.C.U., in a game the Missourians certainly deserved to win; next they were romped on by a touchdown-crazy Ohio State eleven that is proving to be the top civilian team in the nation this autumn; and then this week they put up a very game fight in losing to always-powerful Minnesota. The Missourians' trouncing of Kansas State last week doesn't mean too much, except that they have gotten over one, if not very tough, Big Six title hurdle.
Sooners and Cyclones Not
Impressive
Oklahoma's record doesn't ring too impressive to date, either. In three games played to date the Sooners have gone down under the Norman NAS Zoomers and the Texas Longhorns, while triumphing over Texas A. & M. Sooner power appears to be built around their potential All-American Darold Lebow, a real trifle threat lad. But such an offense can rapidly go on the rocks if the boy gets hurt or slowed up in any way during the season.
Iowa State perhaps has the most "impressive" record in the nation to date, the Cyclones having scored 133 points while holding their opponents scoreless. This has been piled up, however, at the expense of such little schools as Gustavus Adolphus and Doane College, and against a game, but unlucky, Kansas eleven. The Cyclones' real test so far this autumn will come this Saturday as the I-State men tangle with a determined Missouri eleven.
After the affidavit has been filed with the clerk of the county in which the voter wants to vote, the county clerk will send him the official ballot in which he will make his selections.
The staggered sixteen and six week sessions have left their mark on intramural activities at K.U. this fall, it seems. No sooner had the autumn touch football leagues gotten under way than final week loomed into view. The result was that the rest of the schedule for the autumn sports will be released as soon as next semester begins, sometime early in November. This will leave possibly a month for the rest of the games—say three weeks for the regular schedule and one week for interleague playoffs.
But there is a catch to all this. When the playing does get started again in a few weeks, things will have changed a great deal. Some teams will have been entirely reorganized, while others will have many new faces among the regulars. Perhaps, though not necessarily, the leader or leaders in the title race up to now will be so reorganized that they will no longer loom as a power. Thus a team that has lost two or three games this semester and comes up as a possible title winner next term will have two strikes on it from the start.
A Suggested Remedy
Since interest in the touch football games played up to now has been far from satisfactory in the eyes of this column, we propose the following remedy to existing conditions. Because so few teams have shown interest in their first games, why not just cross these contests off the books as so much experience and practice gained and begin all over again next semester? The same leagues and organization could be used as were formed a few weeks ago, except that a new schedule would have to be drawn. We are only suggesting this, thought with the thought that something should be done about it to give the small teams breaks.
WEEKEND---ness office for the Homecoming dance, 9 to 12 p.m. Saturday. Kay Stark and his 11-piece band from Kansas City, Mo., will play for the dance.
All ballots for the Nov. 7 general election must be in the office of the county clerk by Nov. 6.
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from all over Kansas will start the
one-day Editorial conference at 9
a.m. Saturday with a wring session
by Dolph Simons, publisher of the
Lawrence Journal-World.
Alfred Gibson Hill, publisher of the Chester (Pa.) Times and former editor of the K U. Graduate Magazine, and Harold J. T. Horan, recent manager of the Buenos Aires bureau of Time Magazine, are featured speakers at the conference.
Intramural Trouble
Representatives of 90 Kansas county alumni groups will attend a meeting at 11 a.m. Saturday at Robinson gymnasium when Ernest C. Quigley, director of athletics at the University, will explain his plan to remove the Memorial Stadium debt by the purchase of bonds. Representatives from each of the six civic groups in Lawrence, Chancellor Deane W. Malott, and three faculty members will attend the discussion.
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Jayhawkers will climax Homecoming activities when they meet the Nebraska Cornhuskers at 2 p.m. Saturday at Memorial stadium. Halftime entertainment will feature Jay Janes, KuKus, and the University band under the direction of Russell Wiley.
Dance Tickets on Sale
Ninety Alum Groups to Meet
Tickets are now on sale at the business office for the Homecoming dance, 9 to 12 p.m. Saturday. Kay Stark and his 11-piece band from Kansas City, Mo., will play for the dance.
Members of the Mineral Industries Council, a state-wide advisory council for the State Geological Survey, will arrive Saturday for a one-day conference, J. C. Frye, assistant state geologist, has announced.
Allies, Nazis Battle Furiously In Europe
Reports from the western front, indicated that probably the most serious battle yet fought on German soil is raging at Aachen. The Germans rushed reenforced defense units into a violent counter attack that threatened to tear through the American lines two miles east of Aachen near the Cologne highway. The attack was launched after first army troops completely encircled the shell-battered city and cut off the escape route for Nazis trapped in the battle area.
(International News Service)
On the eastern front Russian flyers staged a mass raid against the east Prussian city of Inserburg, as an unconfirmed German report asserted that "feroicious battles" were raging in the new Red push north of Warsaw.
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