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UNIVERSITY Daily Kansan
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LAWRENCE, KANSAS, TUESDAY. OCTOBER 10, 1944
42ND YEAR
The students serving on the clubs committee are Shirley Carl, Roberta Frowe, Sara Jane Hevel, Patricia Miller, Olivia Garvey, Bebe Ann Horine, Joan Carr, Patricia Orr, Harriet Bossemeyer, Mary Louise Samson, Marilyn Carlson, Shirley Hargiss, Sarah Stuber, Joyce Mahin, Meredith Gear, Betty Duemke, Katherine Kufahl, Bonnie Holden, Lois Bradstreet, Dorothy Lou Thomas, Virginia Winter, and Barbara Thorpe.
NUMBER 18
First Day Drive Nets War Chest $1,535.87 Total
Individual reports of contributions are still incomplete so that totals by houses are not available, she explained.
Solicitations among organized houses last night by War Chest and World Student Service Fund speakers brought the total for the annual drive now being conducted on the campus to $1,535.87, Rachel VanderWerf, YWCA secretary, said today.
Cash contributions totaled $1,199.87 during the concerted first-day drive conducted yesterday by solicitors. Pledge cards totaling $336 were obtained.
Efforts of committee members for the drive will be directed during the remainder of the week toward following up pledges and contacting students who were not reached by the appeal last night to the organized houses.
An additional $1,000 must be obtained during the next few days if the drive total of $2,252.25 is to be met. Mrs. VanderWerf said.
Contributions will be received at Henley House any afternoon during the week and may be mailed to the same place, Mrs. VanderWerf said.
A thermometer has been placed in front of Watson library to give students an idea of the progress of the drive during the week.
Union Conducts Activity Survey
The clubs committee of Student Union Activities headed by Elaine Wells is conducting a survey on the campus to determine what new clubs will hold the interest of University students. The new clubs under consideration are book review, checker-chess, bowling, photography, bridge, and ping-pong clubs.
So that each student may have a part in deciding which clubs will be used, the committee has arranged to have a ballot. The ballot which is printed on page 4, should be torn out, checked, and dropped into one of the ballot boxes located in the Memorial Union building, Watson library, and Frank Strong hall. Each student may check as many clubs as he wants to. It is important that these votes be in by 5:30 p.m. Wednesday because the committee would like to start work on the clubs immediately, said Miss Wells.
She emphasized that the clubs are the benefit of the students. As soon as they have been formed, each group will elect its own officers.
Make 1622 Tests During TB Survey
A total of 1622 examinations were made and 42 rechecks taken during the recent tuberculosis survey, Dr. Ralph I. Canuteson, director of Watkins Memorial hospital, said today.
Distribution of official reports to students and faculty members who were examined in the survey has begun, Dr. Cansutson added.
Rechecks were because of faulty film or where there was a suspicion of tuberculosis. Seven of the rechecks were made because of heart conditions.
Dr. Canuteson said 50 new students failed to have the test made. They will be required to take the examination and a fee of $1 will be charged to cover cost of the late test.
Nazis Refuse Ultimatum
(International News Service)
A truce party of three American soldiers carried a surrender ultimatum into the German lines at Aachen today. The ultimatum was issued after American first army troops closed the last escape route to the Nazi forces within the important communications center. Demanding a surrender before tomorrow morning, the American troops received no immediate reply as fighting continued.
Canadian and British forces holding a bridgehead across the Leopold canal stood off German attempts to wipe out their narrow positions. Other units which landed in the rear of German forces drove two and one-half miles inland to cut a strategic rail line.
Offensive Opened in Breton
American units on the Breton peninsula opened a strong offensive against the holdout garrison in the port of Lorient and St. Sazaire
Other Russian troops penetrated the last prepared defenses before East Prussia as Red army troops in Hungary struck within 50 miles of
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On the eastern front forward elements of the Russian assault plunged to the shore of the Baltic 20 miles south of Memel, isolating an estimated 150,000 Germans remaining in the area about Riga to the northeast.
Commencement To Be October 29
Commencement exercises will be at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29 in Hoch auditorium for a graduating class of about 160, administrative authorities announced today. Dr. A. M. Schwitalla, dean of the school of medicine at St. Louis University, will be guest speaker. His subject will be "This Changing Educational World."
Preferring Hoch instead of Fraser auditorium, the graduating class will form a procession from Frank Strong hall to the auditorium if the weather is suitable. The faculty will attend in a body.
A record number of medical students, one of the largest classes ever to be graduated from the School of Medicine at the University, will make up nearly half the class. The rest of the graduates will be from other schools.
McMorris Announces Names of Pre-Meds Who Made ASTAP
The 17 pre-medical students that were recommended for further medical training in the ASTAP by a board of army officers and Dr. H. Roswell Wahl, dean of the medical school, two weeks ago, were announced by Col. W. L. McMorris today.
The trainees are John L. Benton, Wallace J. Bonk, James P. Carey, Franklin D. Close, Jr., Edward G. Dylo, Edward E. Elder, Jr., John H. Hanson, Donald M. Hickman, Donald W. Jackson, Lawrence R. Kuzmin, Frank F. Liegnier, Raymond D. McClure, Travis H. Mueller, Berkeley Slutzker, Richard S. Swanson, James G. Wall, Jr., and Richard D. Waterman.
Upon the completion of their pre-medical work at the end of this month, the successful candidates will be assigned to army general hospitals and will perform practical medical corps work until assigned to recognized schools of medicine at various universities throughout the United States sometime in 1945.
New Flags
Go Up
On Fraser
Long may they wave—those flags on Fraser hall! Generations of Old Glories and University banners have come and gone, and within the last few weeks new ones have replaced the tattered old ones which George Baker, janitor of Fraser, carries up the five flights of stairs at sunrise every good morning.
Average life span of the flags is about six months, Mr. Baker said, though, of course, the wearing out really depends on the weather. One day in a 40 or 50 mile gale would leave any flag in shreds. Often in windy weather they whip out in a month. The K.U. flags, which must be specially made for the University, wear out first because they are heavier.
Students groan when the weather stiffens but wind and rain are far more significant to Mr. Baker. As often as five or six times a day he has climbed the stairs to the tower of Fraser as the tempest directed to raise or lower the emblems which K.U. eyes instinctively seek when they turn toward Fraser.
Allies on Lookout For New Type U-Boat
Not used alone for joyous occa-
ions, the flags are also an indication
that the University is in mourning.
Whenever a member of the faculty
dies, both flags are lowered to half
mast.
No indication was given as to the new type of submarine the Germans were preparing to use in a statement which also said that shipping losses to German submarines in September reached a near record low.
Washington — INS — Allied anti-submarine forces kept a sharp lookout today for signs that Germany might unleash a new type of u-boat against United Nations shipping lanes in a last desperate blow.
Rep. A. L. Miller, Nebraska, declared that England probably will never repay the United States for lend lease.
Some people he talked to overseas
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Campus Characters Go on Block To Sell Their Services for WSSF
Some very interesting and well-known campus characters will place themselves on the auction block at 4:30 p.m. tomorrow for the benefit of the campus War Chest and WSSF Drive, Neal Woodruff, chairman of the drive, announced today. They will offer special services and privileges to the highest student, faculty, or organization bidder, Woodruff explained. The auction will be held on the center steps of Frank Strong hall. The auctioneer will be Prof. Allen Crafton, of the department of speech and drama.
Prof. Calvin VanderWerf of the department of chemistry will escort the highest feminine bidder on a coke date. Dean W. Malott, chancellor of the University, will answer phones in an organized house for 30 minutes. Henry Werner, men's student adviser; will offer his services as a waiter for one meal. Miss Helen R. Hoopes, of the department of English, will "ghost write" an English theme for a student in English composition.
A lucky man who is highest bidder will get a date with Shirley Henry of Gamma Phi Beta sorority. Paul B. Lawson, dean of the College of Liberal Arts, offers his services as a chaffer for a couple on a date. Prof. Forrest C. "Phog" Allen, of the department of physical education, will take calisthenics one morning for a Navy man.
Lawson to Chauffer Couple
of mathematics, who owns her own horse, will take someone riding with her.
Prof. Sam Anderson of the department of German offers dinner music; he will sing-in German. Miss Florence Black, of the department
Prof. R. H. Wheeler of the department of psychology will auction off one of his famous "loud" ties. Prff. Hilden Gibson, of the department of political science, is putting himself up for auction, leaving the nature of his particular service up to the person who bids highest for him. Heplaces a time limit of one hour or it.
Wheeler to Auction Tie
All members of the faculty and student body are invited to attend, whether they intend to bid or not, Woodruff said. Organizations are urged to consolidate their funds and make collective bids through a representative, he added.
Malott Releases Exam Schedule For All Sessions
When examinations and football games clash — football wins. This became evident today with the announcement of the examination schedule of the summer semester which providse that examinations scheduled for the afternoon of Oct. 21 may be arranged for some aerial period convenient to the instructor and students to avoid conflict with the Nebraska-Kansas homecoming game.
For the summer semester, all three, two, and one hour courses scheduled on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday will be examined on Wednesday, Oct. 18, and Friday, Oct. 20, at their regular hour and room, according to the official exam schedule released today by the Chancellor.
Exams to be Short
All three, two, and one hour courses scheduled on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday will be examined on Thursday, Oct. 19 and Saturday, Oct. 21, at the regular hour and place.
All examinations, (except physics), are limited to one hour on each of the days designated. The physics sections of five and four hours courses will take their examinations Thursday, Oct. 19, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in Hoch auditorium.
Five and four hour classes (except physics) will be examined on Wednesday, Oct. 18, and Friday, Oct. 20. Because of the many five and three hour classes in student programs making Wednesday and Friday unusually full examinations days, instructors of five and four hour classes are authorized to change at their own discretion the Wednesday examination to Thursday at the same hour and the Friday examination to Saturday at the same hour. They may not advance the Friday examination to Thursday.
Physics an Exception
For the six weeks term all classes will be examined on Friday, Oct. 27, at their regular hour and rooms. In-structors who wish to give two hours of examinations but whose classes meet only one hour a day may use the preceding day, Oct. 26, for an additional examination.
Alumni Directors To Meet October 20
Directors of the Alumni Association of the University will meet here at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 21, at the Alumni Association office in Frank Strong hall, Fred Ellsworth, secretary of the Association, said today.
The annual meeting of the directors will take place as part of the University's annual homecoming activities.
Chales B. Holmes, e'15, Lawrence,
is president of the association and
George Nettels, c'21, Pittsburg,
serves as vice-president.
Directors of the association are Balfour S. Jeffrey, '28; Topea; Oscar S. Stauffer, 'f12; Topeka; Bertha Lucka McCoy, '09; Emporia; Richard B. Stevens, '125; Lawrence; W. T. Grant, 'f05, Kansas City; Mo.; Hugo T. Wedell, '15; Topea; Clarence McGuire, '20, Kansas City; and Madeline N. Hurd, '15. Topea.