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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1944
KANSAN COMMENTS
Scarcity of Automobiles Makes Maintenance Essential
The country's private passenger cars are being scrapped at an alarming rate, according to recent surveys made by the Office of Defense Transportation. Since private automobiles perform approximately three-fourths of the essential wartime local transportation service, the strictest and fullest observance of every type of conservation measure is demanded.
Practically no new cars have been produced for more than two years, and the supply of used cars in the hands of dealers has dwindled. Mass transportational facilities, such as buses and street cars, are limited to urban areas and can haul only 25 per cent of the load at that, while rural areas are almost entirely dependent upon automobile transportation.
Conservation of auto transportation has been forced on the public, to a certain extent, through rationing of new cars, tires, and gasoline. Even though this is not always effective, the scarcity of skilled mechanics and the shortage of functional repair parts help to cut down
unessential driving and to impress upon car-owners that their automobiles must have regular and efficient care.
Prefacing the long winter months soon to come, the damp, cold weather in Lawrence the past few days reminded drivers that they must prepare their vehicles for approaching winter.
Some students who have their cars up here find it necessary to leave them outdoors in all sorts of weather. The exposure ruins the paint jobs and is hard on the tires. Nothing much can be done about this, but drivers should remember to change to lighter oil and grease during the winter, as every bit of friction which is eliminated, saves the machinery just that much.
Army-Navy CenterStarts Third Year
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Automobiles and tires are still essential to war-workers and to farmers, so it is up to the rest of the car-owners to preserve the automobiles they have now and thus, leave the second-hand car market primarily for those who need them more.
The Lawrence Servicemen's Center at the Community building has entered its third successful year of operation. Plans were begun for the Center in the spring of '42 as an outgrowth of the attempt of the Lawrence Recreation Council to serve the needs of the servicemen in Lawrence and surrounding territories. It was opened in July and the program has continued since then, with the exception of three months last year when the WPA was liquidated. WPA recreation leaders in Lawrence had been providing the actual directorship of the center under the guidance and assistance of local committees.
Many students and Lawrence citizens are in the habit of calling the Servicemens' Center a USO. Since Lawrence only needs recreational facilities from Saturday noon to Sunday evening, there was no demand for a full time USO. The council gave the game room and the ball room of the Community building to the servicemen on weekends as a contribution to the war effort and thus saved the USO a great amount of money and time which could then be spent elsewhere in more poorly equipped locations.
Game Room Opens Night Noon
The game room of the Center is open every Saturday at noon. This room is complete with writing desks with stationery and stamps, mending tables, magazines, and current reading materials, piano and radio music, table and card games, shuffle board, and table tennis.
On Saturday evening, the game rom remains open and free bingo games are the main attraction. Upstairs there is dancing in the ballroom. A band, when one is available, furnishes the music, otherwise a nickelodeon is used. Punch and cookies are served during the dance.
A buffet supper is given Sunday for the servicemen and their guests and the game room is open from 10 a.m. until 10 p.m.
Financed by Community Chest
The Lawrence Servicemens' Center is financed through the Community Chest. Miss Joie Staplington, assistant professor of physical education, is the director of the center.
Bohan Will Edit 1945 Calendar
Beverly Bohan has been reapplied alive of the 1940s. Calendar, the All Student Council announced yesterday. The appointment was made this summer but until yesterday it had not been approved by the entire Council.
The K.U. Calendar is a project of the ASC and was started in 1941 by the Men's Council. The council wanted to do something that would give the students and faculty special memento, and a souvenir for friends and alumni.
The original order for the fall of 1941 was 1,000 calendars and they were sold out in twenty-four hours. Eight hundred more were sold in thirty-six hours.
Duane Smith, editor of the 1942 calendar, was the one who brought out Yogi's famous Jayhawks. He had a Jayhawk for every folder and every season.
Last year, Beverly Bohan was not appointed until December, yet she organized the calendar and had them delivered on December 26 and sold 2,000 calendars. Miss Bohan promised that the calendars will be delivered long before Christmas this year.
Any student who is interested in making ten minute informative speeches on some phase of navy life, customs, or happenings should see Professor E. C. Buehler of the department of speech.
Calls for Student Speakers
Come to Speech Department
Several of the civic clubs and high schools nearby have asked for some students to speak to their respective group for four or five days before Navy Day and on Navy Day itself.
The following women are committee chairmen: Mrs. Laurence Woodruff, junior hostesses; Mrs. W. C. Boardman, refreshments; Mrs. F. T. Stockton, is the chairman of the executive committee; A. E. Woestemeyer, treasurer; Mrs. Deal-Six, special entertainment; Mrs. George Hedrick, sponsors; Mrs. Frank Jones, game room activities; Mrs. E. L. Haynes, Sunday hospitality.
... BUY WAR STAMPS ...
Rock Chalk Talk
The SAEs who have become housebuys at the Kappa house are standard equipment around Gower Place by this time. Of course, in these days of service shortages, etc., they have to be allowed their little whims (such as demanding five weeks pay in advance or painting whiskers on paintings!) And then there was the night the Kappas were singing Beta songs—ah yes! The Sig Alphas had slung the food on the table with their customary enthusiasm that night, managing not to push the door in each other's faces more than twice during each course—in short, all had gone as well as could be expected with two wolves in the Kappa kitchen when the Beta song reached their tender ears. Dishes began to fall as Sig Alphas went up in the air. They expressed their dis-temper in a note which they stuck in a slice of cake intended for the president.
JOAN HARRIS
The poor Kappas considered the problem of service shortage for one long moment; then they stopped in the middle of the song.
"If you don't stop singing that foul symphony, we quit."
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Chummy, wasn't it? — Following the T.C.U. game, one of Gus Daum's ol' buddy-buddies resolved to get the little lad a date (all 6 ft. 2 of him). Unfortunately, he neglected to consult the honorable Augustus about it. When they drove up in front of a foreign house and parked the car, Gus didn't think much about it, knowing that his chum was always up to something more or less bad, but always interesting. When he entered the strange house and came out dragging a couple of foreign girls, however, Gu decided that this was too, too—so he resolved to show his ol' pal a thing or three. Accordingly, he politely seated his quite blind date in back and then jumped up in front with the other couple—and there he remained for the duration.
They're all wet—Lila Jean Doughman was up to her old tricks last night at the Theta house. Standing at the top of the stairs, she threw wet towels at her ascending sisters, or stuffed pillow slips neatly over their heads.
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Lolly O'Leary and Nette Bigelow knocked on each door, entered, and doused the inmates with water.
Aileen Ainsworth, the subtle sort, bided her time 'til midnight—then she and her sheet went calling on the sleeping beauties. She drenched each floor with Yankee Clover perfume, then went back to bed, having done her good deed for the night.
Phi Delt pledged had their walkout Friday night, their hangover Monday morning, and their punishment Thursday evening when the PD elders drew well-polished paddles and chased their sons for two rugged miles up, down, and around the Hill 'til they finally overtook them and dragged them back to the PD home-stead. There they started a confagration in the basement and stood over the baby PDs while they put it out by spitting a solution of tobacco, camphor, vinegar, and horse radish on it.
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Never let it be said that the elders
VARSITY
TONIGHT and SATURDAY
"Border Town Trail"
"Block Busters"
Sunday - Monday - Tuesday
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are not considerate of their youngsters' interests, however. They tucked each little PD snugly in bed at 7 p.m. and woke them all early the next morning in order that they could get their homework before class.
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"101 RANCH JAMBOREE"
FRIDAY, OCT. 6
GALA STAGE SHOW
OWL SHOW
Saturday 11:45
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ARNOLD
BURGER Presents
DICK POWELL
LINDA DARNELL
JACK OAKIE
EDGAR KENNEDY
JOHN PHILLIER
SIG RUMAN
Directed by
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