22,1944
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UNIVERSITY Daily Kansan
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Number 7
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25. 1944
42ND YEAR
Religious Week Is Scheduled For December
Religious Emphasis week was tentatively set for the first week in December with the announcement today that a one-day state-wide ministerial conference will be conducted by the University the same week.
The ministerial conference will be inter-denominational, and every minister of the state will be invited to come to the campus on either December 4, or 5 (the exact date to be selected later) for a round of lectures and discussions. The morning lecture will be a convocation to which the students will be invited, according to Dean Paul B. Lawson.
Selection of speakers: Dean Edwin F. Price, chairman, Mrs. Calvin VanderWerf, Prof. H. E. Chandler, and Dean Paul B. Lawson.
Plans for the conference were started Friday at a committee meeting of faculty members at which Dean Lawson presided. Dean Lawson appointed the following committees:
Program and arrangements: Harry W. O'Kane, chairman, Prof. Harry H Sisler, Prof. L. C. Woodruff, and Prof R. S. Tait.
Publicity: Prof. George R. Rinehart, chairman, Dean Edwin F. Price, and the Rev. Harold G. Barr.
Reds Invade Hungary And Czechoslovakia
(International News Service)
Russian troops have invaded Czeckoslovakio and Hungary unofficial Moscow advices said, while the official Soviet communiques said Baltisky, important Nazi strong hold at the junction of the Gulf of Finland and the Baltic sea.
It was thought that weather-locked battle fronts had been given a respite today as air force units in London disclosed that a gigantic fleet of 1,200 heavy bombers, strongly escorted by fighter planes was winging its way over Nazi Germany.
Meanwhile, British second army forces battle furiously to establish contact with airborne units in the Arnhem area of Holland. General Eisenhower said today no relief in strength has been provided although the situation looks much brighter at this time.
Allied airborne troops jabbed into the Reich from Holland in a new sector near the Reichswald forest and heavy German counter threats below the Metz region and toward Arnhem in Holland were repulsed.
It Italy, American fifth army troops were moving rapidly along the west coast toward the naval base of Specia, making it appear that the Allies had rolled through
that the Tories had fanned through the western flank of the Gothic line and had threatened the entire German campaign in Italy.
K-Club to Make Plans For Frosh Caps Tomorrow
Plans for the wearing of freshman caps by all fresh students will be discussed in a meeting of the K-Club at 7:30 tomorrow night. The meeting will be in the K-Room in Robinson gymnasium, George Dick, president of the club, said today.
On what occasion the caps will be worn and whether the new students who are not freshmen will be required to wear them will be decided.
Anderson Requests Interviews
Anderson Requests Interviews
Sam Anderson, instructor of Russian, has announced that students planning to enroll in the Russian II course beginning in November should see him as soon as possible even if they have already done so.
U. S. May Land In Philippines
(International News Service)
All signs pointed to the possibility of an American amphibious landing in the Philippines as the result of a shattering two-day aircraft carrier blow against the Manilla bay area.
American forces lost 11 planes, 107 pilots and five air troopers, and had not suffered damage to a single surface vessel.
The 48-hour assault cost the enemy 405 aircraft destroyed or damaged, and 105 ships blasted or sunk.
The Halsey-Mitscher naval team has forced the Japanese fleet to withdraw from the Philippines and have broken their air force in the islands. The attack began last Wednesday and was continued on Thursday. The second day's ship total was twice that of the first.
Where the new shipping came from was causing speculation, and it was thought that some of it was transferred from other islands.
Physics Department Builds Equipment To Hunt Radium
The department of physics has constructed in its laboratory an electronic device for the finding of lost radium. This service is given to any hospitals in the state and will prove most useful, as a capsule of radium holding 20 milligrams costs as much as $350, according to Dr. L. N. Liebermann, assistant professor of physics.
An incident of the usefulness and necessity of such an invention is shown in the search for radium at a hospital recently. The city was searched for the lost metallic element which was found in the city dump. The amount saved by the recovery was over $700.
The operator of the finding device wears ear phones and hears clicks as he approaches the radium. The nearer he comes to the radium the faster the clicks become.
"The object of the laboratory is to give the students, in small groups greater opportunity to hear and practice the foreign tongue, to acquire from the very beginning correct accent, and to increase fluency at an earlier level of study than has been possible before," Professor Shoemaker said.
Starting Nov. 1, beginning courses in French, Spanish, and German will include a laboratory in the spoken language, Prof. W. H. Shoemaker, professor of romance languages, said today.
Laboratory Included In Language Courses
The new courses are calculated to profit by the experiences of foreign language teachers who have been teaching in the army program.
Response Poor To Blood Drive On First Day
Student registration for the Blood Bank got off to a dismal start Friday afternoon, Dr. Ralph I. Canuteson, director of Watkins Memorial hospital, said today, as the call for 504 donors brought but 31 to the lobby of the hospital.
Response to the drive last year was twice as heavy on the first day, when only 432 were needed.
Perhaps the small answer to the registration was because of the football game out of town, Dr. Canute-son said, but he urged that students call 640 and make an appointment with the enrollment committee, between 9:30 to 12 noon and 1:30 to 5 p.m. today and throughout the week.
The Mobile Unit will be in Lawrence on Oct. 2, 3 and, 4.
Students between the ages of 18 and 21 must have official Red Cross releases, signed by their parents, before they can donate blood. These blanks are obtainable at the hospital.
Requirements for donating blood are that the donor be in good health, weigh over 110 pounds, and be 21 or over or have a signed release slip, and have had no serious illness within the last six months.
KU Storms Kansas City InHighSpirit
Displaying more school spirit than K.U. has seen in these many years, Jayhawkers took over Kansas City Saturday night in honor of the big game with T.C.U. If anyone was left on the campus by the middle of the afternoon, he must have been lonely. Cars, busess, and the local milk train descended on the city packed to the bursting point with eager fans.
Mass enthusiasm really got off to a start about 6 o'clock at the Hotel Continental, headquarters for the K.U. team. The big rally was scheduled to start in the lobby, but when the Wentworth band started beating it up outside in the street, the locale shifted. With an audience of bobby-socked Jay Janes, passing soldiers, the K.U. V-12 unit, and well-wishing civilians, the cheerers made the streets ring to 'Jay, jay, jay hawk, Rock, rock, rock, chalk. ."
Those who were lucky rode in private cars to the game. Others, spurned by cab drivers who didn't want to buck their way through the traffic, suffocated on the local troley cars.
The game was a tense, absorbing one from start to finish. A good half of the evening was spent by the spectators on their feet with their hearts in their mouths. And, although the Jayhawkers lost, the students knew they had a better team than they had had for a long time.
After the game, the big fight began—getting out of the bleachers. Those who made it felt they deserved a medal for bravery in the face of overwhelming odds.
WAVE Assigned to Supply Office
A new WAVE, Ann Monaco S/1c,
from the Great Lakes arrived this
morning to begin her duties in the
supply office of the Navy.
Mrs. Sarvis Joins Guidance Staff
Mrs. Byron Sarvis, a psychometrist, will begin a new position with the Guidance Bureau tomorrow morning, according to A. H. Turney, professor in the School of Education. The Guidance Bureau is enlarging the staff because of the unexpected number of new cases, many of which are war veterans. Because of these new cases, processing has been too slow. With the enlarged staff work will be accelerated.
Mrs. Sarvis, who received her master's degree from the University, has had a great deal of technical training for this job including work in a clinic. She took several courses in psychology while she was on the campus. Before taking this job she was employed in the public school system in Kansas City, Mo.
Mrs. Sarvis is the wife of Byron Sarvis, professor in the department of psychology at the University. Mr. Sarvis, who is on leave of absence, is in the army.
Boom Created In Extension Division By Soldier-Students
Enrollment in correspondence courses from the extension division of the University of Kansas is the largest in the past 20 years. The bureau of correspondence study reports that 4,683 students are "going to school" by mall, and almost 400 of this number are men and women serving overseas. The Army Forces Institute has established a system whereby the institute pays one-half of the cost and the service man or woman pays the remainder.
Miss Ruth Kenney, head of the bureau of correspondence study, says that almost all the correspondence students overseas give the same reason for wanting education courses; this kind of study serves as a nerve tonic while they are waiting for combat. One captain in England writes "If I can have some good stiff calculus problems to work, I won't get so jittery."
Courses Completed Slowly
A great majority of completions in courses is much slower in war time than it is normally, both with civilians who are working long hours and with service meb. A boy in the South Pacific writes "Excuse me for being late with this lesson. We had to take a tip and attend to some Japs."
Many high school students, especially boys, have enrolled in correspondence courses in order that they may complete their necessary requirements for high school before entering the service.
Young People Cause Increase
The increase of the total enrollment is, for the most part, due to young people in all occupations and all walks of life who are taking advantage of correspondence study courses to secure training which might have been available to them through enrollment in the University in less strenuous times.
A Cappella Choir Inrcreased to 87 Through Tryouts
Eighty-seven students were appointed members of the University A Cappella Choir today by Dean D. M. Swarthout, head of the School of Fine Arts.
Announcement of the choir membership today followed a week of tryouts held for students during the past week.
Rehearsals for the organizaion's first appearance began today.
Members of the choir are: First Soprano:
Maurine Breitenbach, Patricia Cloud, Ruth Dudley, La June Dunn, Betty Duemcke, Eugenia Hepworth, Elizabeth Ann Johnston, Zendra Kass, Billie Joan Kent, Marylee Masterson, Margaret L. O'Brian, Harriet Ruth Reisner, Ardella Doris Ringwalt, Ruth Russell, Irene Sandelius, Eleanor Wood Smith, Marilyn Smart, Bonnie Jean Stock, Elaine Talley, and Joan Vickers.
Second Sonrho:
Evelyn Ableson, Patricia Belt,
Nancy Clarke, Phyllis Cooper, Elizabeth
Evans, Marguerite Hedrick,
Katharine Kufah, Martha Low Little,
Sue Logsdon, Nancy Hester
Lowe, Mary Lou Mathews, Patricia
McMahon, Donna Jean Nichols,
Carolyn Frances Owsley, Ruth Ellen
Richmond, Ellen Utley, Ellen Wagenfield, Donna Mae Wingerson, and Barbara Patricia Young.
First Alto:
Mary Anne Ardrey, Bonnie Jean Bidleman, Doris Jean Brewster, Margaret Myra Emick, La Vergne Giesick, Kathleen Virginia Jones, Betty Jean May, Hope Crittenden Miller, Margaret Steeper, Jo Ellen Shirley, Joyce Ann Staley, and Barbara Thorpe.
Second Alte:
Mary Lee Asher, Imogene Dean Billings, Mary Ann Gray, Bonnie Jean Holden, Kathryn Krehbiel, Ruth Ann Scott, Mary Margaret Smith, Carolyn Southall, Elaine Thalman, Virginia Jo Winter, and Mary Jane Zollinger.
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30 Complete Course In Labor Relations
Thirty students will be graduated from the Labor Relations course at a banquet Wednesday evening at the Advertising Club in Kansas City, Mo. This is the second of a series of five courses in the special extension personnel management curriculum offered by the University extension division.
Chancellor Deane W. Malott will deliver the address and remarks will be made by F. T. Stockton, dean of the School of Business, and Guy V. Keeler, assistant director.
The American Association for Personnel Management, an organization with a national charter has sponsored the series. When the five courses have been completed a certificate for personnel management is awarded. The other courses are Employment Procedure, Industrial Training and Supervision, Wage and Salary Administration, and Statistics.
The courses are offered for 12 weeks with meetings two hours in length twice a week. Those who are enrolled in the classes range from 17 years of age to 60.