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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER, 15, 1944
Daily Kansan Solicits Opinions Of Students on Local Conditions
Several hundred new students are trudging over the campus for the first time in their college careers, bewildered by vague and hurriedly given directions, puzzled by the unfamiliar university routine of entrance examinations, registration, and enrollment, but still excited over the prospect ahead of them, and eager to begin their life at the University of Kansas.
To many of these newcomers, it seems next to impossible that they could remember even the names of the men and women they meet during this orientation period, much less become close friends of them. They will be surprised, however, that both the names and faces of their fellow freshmen will often be familiar to them when these new students come in contact with each other during the coming semester.
An effective aid in promoting these connections will be the University Daily Kansan, published every week day except Saturday, under the supervision of the Department of Journalism. A subscription to this paper is automatically given to each student upon payment of his activity fee. With this subscription is included the privilege of commenting, either favorably or adversely, on any University problem or condition by any student attending the
institution.
Since staff positions on the paper are not confined to journalism students alone, any student who is interested in reporting for the paper or in holding one of the major staff positions is urged to try out for the job. If his work is satisfactory, he will receive as much consideration for the position as he would in any other extra-curricular activity.
Radical Changes Made in Courses And Life on Campus in Past Year
The staff of the Daily Kansan is especially encouraging "Letters to the Editor" this year. Non-partisan in its policy, the Daily Kansan is governed by the students themselves and is independent of control by the University's administration. This newspaper, therefore, intends to print any fair comment or criticism submitted to the editor. Although it does not purposely stir up controversial issues merely to have a fight, the Daily Kansan has never been afraid to take a definite stand on any significant question, and it will continue that policy.
During the coming weeks the new students will become accustomed to looking for news of the campus and of their friends and acquaintances in the daily afternoon edition of the Daily Kansan, and will learn to value it as one of the more necessary and enjoyable features of the University.
Returning for their second, third, or fourth year, as the case may be, the "old" students are finding an entirely different conditions on the University campus this fall than they found last year. Rather than virtually resembling a military encampment, the school has resumed some of the college atmosphere which exists in normal times.
About a year ago this month, the Italian campaign was just beginning and the reports from the South Pacific were far from presenting the bright picture they do today. As the University opens this September, officials are calling meetings and holding long discussions over the problem of what to do for the returning veterans. Special programs are being planned for them and arrangements are being made to give soldiers college credit for some of the work they have done in specialized training programs.
Last September the army was just getting settled in Lindley hall after hectic weeks of being fed down at the stadium in army field fashion. There were several hundred naval aviation cadets marching back and forth to classes; the training program for machinists' mates was at its peak; and the V-12's overflowed houses on both sides of the campus.
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A mere 12 months later, the picture has changed considerably. Fifteen hundred army men were transferred off the campus last spring, leaving relatively few army medics in the classes, and the V-5's have disappeared entirely. Replacing the machinists' mates, who left last winter, were the electricians' mates, but that program at the University is closing down, too, and the last division is expected to leave the campus within a few weeks. With the reduction of the V-12's, this group of sailors is soon to be condensed into six houses, thus moving the "Pacific fleet" in with the Atlantic fleet" on the east side of the campus as soon as the winter term begins.
Fowler shops, which were operating day and night a year ago, have cut down their schedule, and few lights burn from there after dark now. The Fine Arts department has been re-instated in the top floor of Frank Strong hall following the recent vacating of the quarters by the navy. As the enrollment decreases in courses primarily concerned with the war effort, readjustment of faculty personnel is necessary.
Unless some new military program is created within the next few months, the campus is likely to be almost barren of uniformed men by spring. Otherwise, K.U. will probably be almost back to normal.
The changes on the campus that will be noticed by September, 1945, are still unpredictable, but it is certain that not as many radical developments will take place in the next year as have during the past 12 months.
Farneti Visits KU Campus
Chancellor Malott
Pfc. Milo Farneti, managing editor of the Daily Kansan in 1941-42, now stationed at the Utah army forces depot, Ogden, Utah, visited the campus Wednesday. Farneti was given training in the Italian language and supervises Italian prisoners.
The Kansan is the students own paper, bringing you the news and views of the campus throughout the year. It is one of the many divisions and activities of the University, outside of classes themselves, intended to serve you.
1 am very happy to have the opportunity, in this first issue of the Kansan, to welcome you officially to the University.
You will find, through the Kansan,
knowledge of the outside lectures,
convocations, great musical events,
athletics, and other activities, all of
which are part of your educational
experience.
We welcome you to K.U., not merely as students, but as participants in all of the events and opportunities of a modern university. May your years here be happy, busy, and profitable.
DEANE W. MALOTT Chancellor
Rock Chalk Talk
By JOAN HAKRIS
For freshmen—
There are many facts one has to unlearn at K.U., one being that the good of' institution of howling at the moon is not confined to the musical talents of dogs and cats. Sig Alphas are a new, different and even less musical species of nocturnal howlers. Already the pledge papas and their sons have been heard howling in the vicinity of Campus Road, Gower Place, West Hills, and Tennessee street.
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He plays poker, too—
The housing conditions make strange bedfellows—
The spicy ol' salts of PT-1 say that their own Bob "Muscles" Miller has been knocking himself out practicing for tonight's kickoff game with Washburn. Every morning for many mornings the Sigma Nu has been beating his head against the wall, flexing his muscles, and stuffing down his superman pills.
A nature lover from Carruth carried in a charming lil' snake to show the fellows several days ago. "Snaky" was frankly bored 'til he caught a glimpse of the Don Alderson profile; then, brightening noticeably, he bade a slippery, slimy farewell to his nature-loving friend and slithered into the bouidof of the ISA president. The latest bulletin reveals that Don's friend is heading north on the closet shelf. Who knows where he will pop up next?
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It's all a matter of taste—poor taste Mrs. Clemmens' little boy, Pat, is considered an authority on feminine grooming (by Pat). When he discovered that Delores Custer, a bewitching lil' witch from Wichita, was wending her way thither for rush week the "authority" took it upon himself to suggest the following "a la Delt" wardrobe for her visits to the Pi Kappa Theta and Alpha Gamma Sigma houses, for these he considered most important;
yellow gloves
Form fitting formal with slit skirt.
On all occasions Cus's blonde tresses were to drool over one eye (leaving the good eye of course, free to wink at houseboys) and as an afterthought she must carry her galoshes on all occasions in case of temperamental weather.
Brown suit with gray accessories. Black and blue tea gown with yellow gloves.
And then there is Martha McLean the rushee with the station wagon called "True Love" cause it never runs smoothly.
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How 'bout that?—
In a recent government class discussion on the ratio between the number of men and women in the U.S., Beta's Bob Mossser, and Ted Westfall, Phi Bete, had so many statistics at hand that Professor Sandelius raised his eyebrows toward heaven and asked where the fellows had learned so many facts on figures.
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