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LAWRENCE, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY. JUNE 14. 1944
41st YEAR
21 Boys Chosen In Summerfield Scholar Group
NUMBER 172
Twenty-one boys have been chosen as the recipients of Summerfield scholarships, it has been announced by the Summerfield scholarship committee of which Dean Paul B. Lawson is chairman.
John E. Rees of Emporia, son of Congressman Rees, is the youngest of this year's class and will not be 18 until April, 1946. Raymond Sangster of Lyons is only a month older. Three others will have their 18th birthday between January and May, 1945, and ten more reach their 18th birthday between July and December 31, 1944. The remaining six already are 18 or will be within a few days.
The complete list includes: William A. Blanchard, Cherryvale; Calvin Bolze, Kansas City; George H. Caldwell, George E. Exon, Jr., J.D. Kabler, Jr., John J. McDermott, Jr., Wallace T. Rouse, and Dale I. Kummer of Wichita; Edward J. Chesky, Jr., Herington; Charles Cory, Topeka; David Foley, Norton; Dean Gregory, Osborne; Bernard R. Hawley, Atchison; Stanley Kelley, Chapman; Daniel M. Kirkhuff and Russell N. Mammel of Hutchinson; Warren L. Kump, Oberlin; Lyle Pursell, Paola; Kenneth Miller, Chapman; John E. Rees, Emporia; and Raymond Sangster, Lyons.
High school principals recommended 148 young Kansans to take the preliminary examinations given early in the spring. Of these, 34 finalists came to Lawrence for completed in 1908, and Mr. Adams transferred his duties over there when the rest of the school moved. By nature a philosopher and politician, this 74-year-old "fixiture" has counseled hundreds of the more than two thousand young people who have passed through the school since he was first employed. He could call the majority of them by name and was a personal friend to many.
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Mrs. Running Becomes Joliffe Hall's Housemother
Mrs. Ellen Running is the new housemother of Jolifte hall, University residence hall for women, following the resignation of Mrs. Jerry Penney, members of the hall announced.
Mrs. Running has served as housemother at the University of Colorado at Boulder for the past few years. She was formerly a housemother on the campus here for the now inactive Alpha Gamma Delta sorority.
Douglas county authorities in touch with the manpower problem are appealing to the University staff to help meet the local labor shortage this summer, announced Raymond Nichols, executive secretary of the University of Kansas. Mr. Nichols has sent letters to every staff member of the University stating the following information:
K.U. Staff Needed In Factory and Farm For Summer Work
1. Canning Factory-Help is needed now on the evening shift, 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Apply directly to Mr. Will Pendleton at Columbus Foods Corp., East 10th Street.
The call for help covers three activities:
2. Farm Harvest—Help will be needed on the grain and potato harvest late in the afternoons and early in the evenings later in the summer.
Staff members who can be available are requested to sign and return promptly to the Chancellor's Office the Emergency Worker registration.
Calls for help will be made by Mr. Deal Six, county agent.
3. Sunflower Ordnance Works— Members of the faculty, men and women, who do not plan to teach
To the thousands of engineering students who have attended the University during the past 40 years, a part of the school itself will seem to be missing tomorrow, for King Adams, Negro janitor for the past years will be buried then.
Janitor Had 42 Years Of University Life
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Born in St. Louis, Mo., of parents who had been slaves, Mr. Adams longed to become an engineer from earliest childhood. In 1982, he came to the University to enroll in the School of Engineering, but while waiting to enroll, accepted a job with a contractor who was building Dyche museum. At that time the School of Engineering was located on the south end of the third floor of Fraser hall, and Mr. Adam's first job with the University was that of janitor in this department.
Theodore Price Earns Award
Theodore Price, chemical engineering senior, has been awarded the Alpha Chi Sigma award for high scholarship, personality, and personal integrity, announced Dr. R. Q. Brewster, chemical professor, today.
The award is made jointly each year to the outstanding senior of both the chemistry and chemical engineering departments as selected by a faculty committee. The student who is chosen has his name inscribed on the bronze plaque located on the lower floor of the chemistry building.
Included among the other seniors receiving honorable mention for their four-year record are Jill Peck, Frederick Stults, Robert Taft, and Charlotte Hart.
Marvin hall, the building in which engineers are new trained, was completed in 1908, and Mr. Adams transferred his duties over there when the rest of the school moved. By nature a philosopher and politician, this 74-year-old "fixiture" has counseled hundreds of the more than two thousand young people who have passed through the school since he was first employed. He could call the majority of them by name and was a personal friend to many.
In commenting on the janitor's death, Dean J. O. Jones stated, "The passing of King Adams will be noted with regret by a long list of engineering alumni and former students. King seemed to be almost as permanent in the School of Engineering as the rocks which form the building, and the engineers will feel his loss as keenly as any member of the faculty."
Students 'In Dark' Over Exams
"Lights Out" meant more than the mere name of a radio program or a popular song, last night as dozens of students who have begun the traditional "cramming" for finals found themselves sitting in the dark as a 60-mile an hour gale raged outside.
Power lines in the city and the surrounding rural districts were blown down and the deluge of rain hindered workmen from repairing the lines with their usual speed.
The local electric power company reported that two of their primary wires were down for about 30 minutes in the 1800 block on New Hampshire, and a transformer was out at Eleventh and Mississippi. A tree was blown down on the rural northeast line running out towards Reno, while heavy limbs knocked out the line, on highway 59, south of town in the direction of Pleasant Grove. Both these lines took several hours to repair.
In addition to the inconvenience students suffered from having their study disrupted, housewives in the community were provoked at having their refrigerators defrosted in the middle of the night.
14 More Grads Take Teaching Positions
H. E. Chandler, Teachers Appointment Bureau, has announced that 14 more graduates have received teaching positions for the following school year.
They are Harris R. Newman, assistant headmaster, Interdale school, Palo Alto, Calif; Jean Dooley, English, high school, Perry; Ethel Caldwell, biology, high school, Harveyville; Alice McDonnell, English and speech, high school, Garden City; Allie D. Hale, home economics, junior college, Pueblo, Coho; Regina Allen, art, high school and grades, Bonner Springs; Kathryn Schaake, physical education, high school, Hutchinson; Mildred Mauser, Spanish and French, high school, Kansas City, Mo.; Mary Elizabeth Weihe, music and kindergarten, elementary schools, Lyons; Jo Ann Teed, social science, high school, Andalta; Della Forney, music and English, high school, Richmond; Margaret Spalsbury, art, high school, Augusta; Marian Eisele, physical education, high school, Olathe; and Helen Sharp, home economics, high school Lansing.
Kansan Board Names 4 to Salaried Staff
Four students were appointed to salaried positions by the business committee of the Kansan Board yesterday. Katherine M. Gorrill, College junior, will be editor of the Summer Session Kansan, which will be published on Tuesdays and Fridays; Kelma G. Smith, College junior, will be business manager.
For business manager of the Daily Kansan for 1944-45, beginning with the fall term, the committee selected Mrs. Lois Willecus Scott, a junior majoring in advertising. Advertising manager for the same period will be Betty June Craig, College sophomore, who has been an advertising assistant.
Allied Tanks and Panzer Divisions Meet in Violent Battle Near Caen; Reds Advance on Karelian Isthmus
BULLETIN
London, (INS)—The Nazi DNB agency reported today that Allied warships have just shelled the French port of LeHavre, some 22 airline miles from the edge of the present fighting.
The dispatch asserted the bombardment was carried out with "heavy and super-heavy Allied naval guns."
The agency also said that fresh Allied tank forces struck a large scale tank blow at the Nazis' flank in the Caen sector at noon time in an effort to unhem the German line.
Battles of terrific violence raged along the outer rim of Allied-held western France today with four crack Nazi Panzer divisions fighting ferociously to stem the continued Anglo-American advance.
In support of the grim ground fighting the U.S. Eighth Air
Phi Beta Kappa Initiates Fifteen
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Sixty-four members of Phi Beta Kappa attended the annual banquet and initiation services last night at the Heart, Raymond Nichols, secretary, said today.
Following the banquet Sam Anderson, German instructor, read a paper, "Atilla" and John Ise, professor of economics, led the group singing. Jane Raup Robison was the only initiate unable to attend the banquet.
The new initiates were were Elizabeth Cady Austin, Betty Jean Bolinger, William Brownlee, Walker Butin, Mary Leise Dillenback Florence Eggert, Howard Fink, Margaret Foote, Robert Gibbon, Marjan Hepworth, Janet Marvin, Alice McDonnell, Jill Peck, Annette Steinle Lamb, and Glennie Waters.
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of more than 1,500 heavy bombers over the channel to blast enemy lines and targets far in the rear.
Allied spokesmen conceded that the German assault had gained ground and met with a measure of local successes. Allied columns however, drove more than 20 miles inside Normandy to occupy the town of Caumont, between St. Lo and Caen.
The fighting was said to be especially violent near Caen, which now is in danger of encirclement by the Allies and near Tilly-Sur-Seuilles in the hands of the Allies. At Troarn occupied yesterday, the situation was confused.
Carentan Held by Yanks
Carentan, key communication point, is still firmly in American hands, although ground south of it has been retaken by the Geymans. Headquarters also acknowledged the loss of some ground at Montebourg.
The Nazi DNB agency reported that American doughboys struck a
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Old Glory Honored Today Through Radio Program
Today is Flag Day.
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For some 130,000,000 Americans, it is an important day—a day when we all pay tribute to the beloved symbol of our country, the Stars and Stripes.
Tonight at 9:30, KFKU, the University's broadcasting station, will present a 30-minute program of patriotic music and of the history of "Old Glory."
diers and pieces of red cloth taken from the petticoat of the wife of one of the men, with a blue union cut from the cloak of Capt. Abraham Swarthout.
On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress at Philadelphia passed this resolution:
"Resolved, that the flag of the 13 United States be 13 stripes, alternate red and white; that the Union be 13 stars, white in a blue field representing a new constellation."
It was not an elaborate painstaking resolution, just a simple concise statement, so characteristic of the leaders of our young republic. No pomp and ceremony were connected with it; our ancestors were too interested in establishing and fighting for a free country.
First Displayed in 1779.
The first military display of the new flag was at Ft. Stantwix just two months after its adoption. It was made of the white shirts of the sol-
As additional states were established, stripes were added until 1818 when Congress passed the final act about our national flag. Thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and white, were to represent the original 13 colonies and as each state was admitted to the Union, another star would be added to the constellation, Proclaimed by President Wilson
In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed that each year on June 14, the entire nation would observe the anniversary of the adoption of our great flag—truly a representative symbol of the spirit of a united and liberty-loving people. Any holiday in celebration must be proclaimed by the governors.
The post flag of the University AST units is being flown today on the flagpole in front of Lindley hall. The crowded schedules of the military units on the campus prohibit ceremonies for observance of the day.