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LAWRENCE, KANSAS, THURSDAY, MAY, 18, 1944
41st YEAR
NUMBER 154
Medics to Go To KU Hospitals In Kansas City
Sixty-three Army and Navy trainees who are sophomores in the School of Medicine will leave Saturday for Kansas City, providing they receive the approval of the University medical board, and will begin classes at the University of Kansas hospitals, Monday.
Forty-five Army medical trainees will move from the Sigma Chi and Alpha Tau Omega fraternity houses, Lt. Col. W. L. McMorris, commandant of the University ASTP activities, has announced. The fraternity houses will be turned back to their former owners.
The new commanding officer of the ASTP detachment in Kansas City will be Lt. Gordon Cole, Inf., who has been serving here as ASTP adjutant and commanding officer of Company A, medical trainees. The total number of ASTP soldiers taking medical training at the hospitals will be 131, Col. McMorris said.
Eighteen Navy medics will move to Kansas City, where Lt. R. W. Wockes, assistant commanding offi- tion of Lt. A. H. Buhl, is in charge
Both Army and Navy trainees at the University hospitals in Kansas City will be on commutation status for quarters and rations, it was announced. The navy medics have been on commutation status while at the University.
WLB Orders Plant To Rehire Strikers
Washington, (INS)—The WLB today ordered Aeronautical Products Inc., Detroit, one of the six companies affected by the foremen strike, to rehire immediately 20 discharged strikers in the same jobs they held on the day that the walk-out began. Leaders of the foremen's union voted yesterday to end the 20-day strike which had impaired vital plane production.
In Detroit William Vallance, president of the foremen's association, declared a "behind the scene's victory" was the principle factor of the strike of 3,000 foreman.
Washington, (INS)—A new draft regulation today restored the deferment for pre-theological divinity students.
Anne Livingston to Be Guest On KFKU Sportscast
Mrs. Anne Livingston, representative of the National Recreational Association from New York City, will be the guest of Prof. F. C. "Phog" Allen on his Sportscast program tonight at 9:30 o'clock over station KFKU. She will describe the work of the national organization and of the training course currently at the University.
Mrs. Livingston is in Lawrence a week in co-operation with the Recreation Training Institute.
Consult Over Bolivia
Washington, (INS)—Secretary of state Cordell Hull revealed today that he expects to consult with the other American republics on re-establishing diplomatic relations with Bolivia, which we have not had since December.
Divinity Students Deferred
Allies Take Cassino; Erase Gustave Line; Take Jap Airdrome
(International News Service)
(International News Service)
Allied troops in Italy launched a powerful drive against the Hitler line guarding Rome today coincident with an official announcement by Gen. Sir Henry Maitland Wilse that the mountain stronghold of Cassino has fallen.
In his communique, which revealed that more than 1,500 Nazi prisoners were taken in the occupation of Cassino, General Wilson announced that the Gustav line has "ceased to exist."
French troops seized valuable high ground and fortifications while Polish units took the Benedictine monastery near Cassino and British tomies occupied the town itself. Part of the German first parachute division was trapped in the action which took the form of a gigantic pincers movement, following French and American advances that paved the way for the severing of highway six in the rear of the town.
A big Japanese base at Myitkyina in the Burma mainspring of the enemy's supply line in that area was under seige by Brigadier Gen Frank Merrill's marauders, who captured a vital airdrome two miles south of the town. This drone immediately was used by American gliders and transports to carry in engineers, infantrymen and supplies. In Russia Red army planes continued to strike at German concentration points.
Red Cross Unit To Come June 5 On Fifth Visit
The mobile unit of the Red Cross blood donor service will make a fifth visit to Lawrence on June 5, 6, and 7.
Registration of donors will start on Monday, May 29, and continue until Saturday noon, June 3. Volunteers should telephone 640 on those days, between 9 a.m. and 12 noon, and 1 and 5 p.m., and between 9 a.m. and 12 noon on Saturday.
A maximum of 144 donors will be enrolled on each day. This revision was made because of the introduction of a second mobile unit in the Kansas City area, which permits more towns to contribute, and because of the necessity of maintaining an even flow of blood to the processing plants.
The schedule of the mobile unit will differ from its previous visits. The hours for appointments will be from 10 to 12 in the morning, and from 1 to 2 in the afternoon. The unit will be here three days instead of two.
"We must be certain of getting at least 120 points of blood from the maximum 144 donors." Dr. Ralph I. Canuteson said today. Those students who are not certain that their weight is over 110 pounds, their blood pressure is above 110, and their hemoglobin is all right, should
Poll of KU Servicemen Reveals Shortcomings of University
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Physical Education for All
The graduates and former students were asked for suggestions and criticisms on the accelerated program, the liberal education, professional training now offered, and what changes they would like to see made. They were also asked what plans they had made for continuing their education after the war, and it was found that most are planning to return.
The majority replied that more physical education and a complete athletic program for all students was necessary, that there should be a greater emphasis on liberal arts courses, that there should be offered more practical training for the specialized courses and schools of the University.
Realizing that KU students in the armed forces are now finding out the value of their college education and training, and that from their experiences they also realize the shortcomings of the University programs, Fred Ellsworth, secretary of the Alumni Association, published a questionnaire to accompany his recent issue of the University Newsletter, which was sent to all KU students in the Armed Forces in the states and overseas.
Since they were mailed May 4, answers have been pouring in with the requested information, which Mr. Ellsworth states will aid in determining postwar demands upon the University and in making recommendations to the Chancellor, deans, and faculty.
"Much has been said about the Army method of teaching, but it
won't stand up against education with a good background. One can't learn a subject in 8 weeks," said one soldier in reference to his evaluation of short courses and conferences on the campus for special groups. Another stated that he would prefer such courses "in the twilight near Potter Lake."
New ideas were also offered including the suggestion that each school or department of the University should assist students to find summer jobs related to their professional training wherever possible. Another suggested that the first six months of a freshman's training should be used to teach the student who does not already know, how to study and how to learn.
One student felt that he spent too much time filling different group requirements and taking pre-requisite courses to get those that he did want and is now not fitted for work which he is now facing in the service. He agreed with many others that more science courses should be either required or made easily available.
"Not enough cultural acquaintance—would like greater knowledge of literature and art so that I can use spare time for release from my surroundings," was the statement of a soldier graduate. "Revise the curricula to provide specific preparation for the newer occupational fields such as social services, foreign languages, and government," advised (continued to page four)
Too Many Prerequisite Courses
Straw Hats Are Order Of Day For Civilians
Lawrence merchants do not anticipate a rush for sailor straws today, despite the official proclamation that today is "Straw Hat Day."
Reason: Sailors don't wear sailors! And neither do the other men in uniforms.
WVC Locates With Red Cross
Headquattrers for the women's volunteer committee will be established in the Red Cross section of the Community building, Mrs. Deane Malott, chairman, said after conferring with Mrs. T. W. Douce of the Red Cross, and Misg Esther Twente of the sociology department at the University.
The organization of the committee, which was announced yesterday by Lt. Col. W. L. McMorriss, commandant of military activities at the University, will deal with the personal affairs of military personnel on duty in Lawrence or whose residence is in the Lawrence area.
All Posts Now Organized
Beginning Monday, the office in the Community building will be open to all army personnel and their dependents, from 1 to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. Mrs. Wilma Proctor will be in charge of administration matters, Mrs. Malott said.
Women's volunteer committees are being organized at all army posts and stations throughout the country to assist in the work of the personal affairs activities recently established by the War Department, said Col. McMorris. Personal affairs activities assist soldiers and their dependents in personal problems of various kinds, including such matters as pay and allowances, allotments, insurance, death benefits, legal advice, veterans administrations matters, army relief, reemployment upon discharge, and assistance to families while the soldier is overseas.
Cooperates With Red Cross
Institute to Meet For Third Session
The function of the personal affairs division is to be of service to army personnel. Close cooperation will be maintained with the local Red Cross chapter and other welfare organizations in Lawrence which are now functioning effectively in many features of the new army program, Col. McMorris added.
The organization of a home service committee covering such matters as housing, health and hospitalization, family visits, chaplain service, day nursery facilities, and information to men entering the military service, is also being planned by Mrs. Malott. The names of the women who will serve on this army activity will be announced later.
Beginning at 7 p.m. today, Mrs. Anne Livingston, of the National Recreation Association of New York City, will begin the third session of the Wartime Recreational Training Institute sponsored by the physical education department.
The meeting will be on the first floor of Robinson gymnasium.
Third EM Group To Get Diplomas 3:30 Tomorrow
Fifty-three electrician's mates will be graduated from the University Naval Training Station at 3:30 tomorrow afternoon in the auditorium of Frank Strong hall. They make up platoon one of company two, the third platoon to be graduated since the school was changed from machinist to electrical training.
Lt. A. H. Buhl, commanding officer, will present two diplomas to each man, one from the training school and one from the University. Addresses will be made by Lieutenant Buhl, Lt. T. R. O'Hara, executive officer, and Lt. Joseph T. Zeller, company commander.
The trainee commander of company two is C. P. Sohngen of Hamilton, Ohio. Section leaders for platoon one of company two are J. E. Geistlinger of Lincoln, Neb., H. L. Champope of Gary, Ind., and D. H. Looney of Dallas, Texas.
Farewell addresses will be given by Lieutenant O'Hara, Lieutenant Buhl, and Lieutenant Zeller. A string ensemble composed of trainees will present several numbers.
A farewell banquet will be held for platoons one and two of company two at 7 tonight at the Lawrence Community building. Platoon two will be graduated from the training school on Friday, June 2.
Shirley Rauch, senior in the College, and Dorothy Mace Nelson, music instructor at Lawrence Memorial high school, will sing.
Washington, (INS)—A developing crisis in the manpower situation and an increasing tendency for workers to strike and a lowered morale of American fighting men who "believed the homefolk are letting them down" was pictured to the senate military affairs committee today.
War Production Board chairman Donald M. Nelson, Secretary of the Navy James V. Forrestal, and undersecretary of War Robert P. Patterson sounded the warning.
Striking Protested In Senate Hearing
All three officials endorsed the bill under which men between 18 and 45 who leave war jobs without permission or fail to take war jobs on request will be inducted into special army units.
Subscribers Can Get Jayhawk Covers Now
Leather covers for the 1944 Jayhawker may be obtained now by subscribers, any afternoon in the Jayhawker office, Mary Morrill, editor of the magazine, has announced. Although students are allowed somewhat of a choice in the color of their cover, most of the covers made this year are of light blue leather.
The predominant design is a modern artist's conception of a Jayhawker. The four-colored photograph on the cover is of Fraser hall.
German-Italian Pact Half Over
Germany and Italy signed a 10-year military alliance on May 22, 1930.