Students Dig Pests; Dandelion Day, 1941
A pre-war male pins a yellow posy in a co-ed's hair. This same scene might be repeated tomorrow, with khaki and navy blue largely-replacing sporty male attire worn three years ago.
Chancellor Digs, Too
Donning gardening clothes, Chancellor Malott and faculty members dug dandelions in 1941. The faculty will participate again tomorrow, digging on any team they wish.
Roger Muir's Band Will Play For Dandelion Dance Tomorrow
Roger Muir and his 12-piece dance band from Kansas City will play for the street dance which will climax Dandelion Day tomorrow, announced Betty Jo O'Neal, Jay Jane chairman of Dandelion Day festivities.
The street dance, to be held in front of Watson library, will begin at 8:30 p.m., said Miss O'Neal.
In reviewing the teams which will dig together on the campus, Miss O'Neal said that independent students living in unorganized houses are urged to participate in Dandelion Day. They may align with any team they choose and therefore have a choice of plots.
The buffet picnic will be served in Fowler Grove.
Division chairmen are I, Doris Bixby, II, Margaret Kreider, III, Marianne Glad; IV, Joan Power; V, Marian Hepworth; VI, Lila Jean Doughman; VII, Harriet Bossemeyer; and VIII, Thelma Stutz, announced Miss O. Neal.
Capt. Leland P. Randles, who received his medical degree from the University in 1937, has been rated a flight surgeon while on duty with the ninth air force bombardment group in the European theater of operations.
In case of rain, the picnic will be held in Robinson gymnasium and the dance in Hoch auditorium. Another day will then be set aside to dig the dandelions.
Capt. Randles Rated As Flight Surgeon
As a US army air force flight surgeon, Captain Randles is entitled to wear the wings of a flying doctor and to receive flying pay in addition to his regular compensation. He entered the army Oct. 23, 1942. Prior to his army tenure, Captain Randles had been engaged in a private medical practice.
UNIVERSITY Daily Kansan
41st YEAR
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1944
A Cappella Choir To Give Annual Concert Monday
The annual concert of the University A Capella Choir under the direction of Dean D. M. Swarthout of the School of Fine Arts will be presented Monday evening in Hoch auditorium, Dean Swarthout announced today.
Although various university a capella choirs and mixed choral groups have been abandoned throughout the country because of the lack of male voices, the A Capella Choir has continued despite previously unexperienced difficulties in a constantly changing personnel. With 25 to 30 basses and tenors dropping their choir work primarily for induction into military service, and new men needing training to replace them, the choir has emerged at the close of the year with a group of about 80 members.
Despite these difficulties the choir will appear Monday in their royal blue surplices with white satin stoles to present a program of Negro spirituals, American folk songs, music from contemporary English and American composers, and a group of numbers from the choir music of the 16th and 17th centuries.
Dean Swarthout announced that there would be no tax or admission charge to the concert which is open to the public.
The interest which has arisen in Latin America must be permanent in educational programs, said Dr. Harold E. Davis, representative of the Office of Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, in his speech yesterday.
Dr. Davis Stresses Education in Relation To Pan-Americanism
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Inter-Americanism is here to stay, stated Dr. Davis, because the America's need each other. Educators are trying to have languages receive the importance that is demanded by people speaking those languages in other countries.
Dr. Davis, who joined the Rockefeller office in 1942, is a graduate of Hiram College, Ohio. He did graduate work at the University of Chicago and Western Reserve, and was a history professor at Hiram College from 1928 to 1942.
"In order to have a permanent interest in the Latin America's we must discover common objectives, attitudes and ideas which both North and South America can share," declared Dr. Davis. "It is the job of the educators to discover a basis for these common ideas."
"Ties of understanding and cooperation are necessary between the America's before we can have a stepping stone to international education on a broader scale," said Dr. Davis.
The America's already share in common the problem of adjusting relationships between races and cultures, he said.
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Grad Chats With Queen Of England
A half hour "chat" with Queen Elizabeth of England is the boast of Major William H. Dillenbeck, Jr., Kansas City, Mo., a graduate of the University in 1925.
Reporting that he found the queen "a delightful woman." Major Dillenbeck did not explain the reason for the honor, stating only that he had been called from the north of England to be presented to the queen at a special party. The wife of the king of England was pictured in the Kansas City Times greeting the major in the famed Churchill Club in London.
While attending the University, Major Dillenbeck was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. Before entering the army he was principal of the Southern California Military Academy at Long Beach. He has been serving in the adjutant general's office in England for (two years).
Total in Armed Forces Is Revealed Today
Washington, (INS)—The war department revealed for the first time today the number of men and women in the army from the 48 states in the union. Figures by states include Kansas, 95,000 men and 800 women. New York state leads with 860,000 men and 12,864 women in service.
Germans Admit Move of Troops Further West
(International News Service)
With the current non-stop bombardment of Hitler's fortress into its twenty-third straight day enemy outlets hinted that Mediterranean based Allied craft might also be hitting at Nazidom from the south. The raids which followed on the heels of widespread RAF night operations again were aimed at enemy air fields and rail centers. Red army troops crashed steadily on the besieged Black seaport of Sevastopol and Nazi agencies began to assure their listeners that the city no longer possesses "operational or strategic importance" and again utilized the passage "the whole eastern front has been moved west."
The war in the Pacific found the Japanese losing ground steadily in all theaters but China where one unofficial dispatch reported that the Nipponese still were forging.
In the Manipur hills section of northern Burma Allied forces stemmed a five-pronged Japanese drive aimed at wrestling control of high ground.
A spokesman at Gen. Douglas McArthur's headquarters announced that American troops had captured the Cape Hoskins airdrone on New Britain encountering no enemy opposition and now are pushing toward Rabaul. Allied flyers continued to blast that Japanese base which reconnaissance photographs show is 85 per cent destroyed.
700 Hear Women's Glee Club Give Spring Concert in Hoch Auditorium
Approximately 700 persons attended the annual University Women's Glee Club concert last night in Hoch auditorium to hear choral numbers by the entire glee club and 11 specialty numbers and solos by members of the Glee Club and assisting artists.
Modern songs constituted the next group sung by the Glee Club. These included "What Is More Gentle Than a Wind in Summer," (Reperp); "Country Gardens," (Old English; "Ghosts of White Birches," (Travis-Skeath); and "Springtime's Reawakening." (Levenson). A flute obbligate for the last selection was played by Frances Sartori, Fine Arts freshman, and Judy Van Deventer, junior in the School of Education.
The concert opened with the Glee Club's singing of four sacred selections, "Thee Lord Most Holy" (Satetee); "Let Thy Mercies also Come Into Me," (Davis) with a brief contralto solo by Fern Ruegesegger, Fine Arts sophomore; "Praise Ye the Lord in heaven," (Arensky); and "The Lord Is My Shepherd," (Schubert).
Ultra modern songs of the second part of the program were presented
"Adagio" from "Concerto in E Minor." (Conus), a violin solo, was played by Doris Sheppard, Business junior.
Following this group, Merton Anderson, Fine Arts, freshman, tenor, sang "M'Appari" from Martha." Allen Rogers, Fine Arts freshman, pianist, played Saint-Saens" "Etude in Form of a Waltz."
in a novelty scene which supposedly occurred after a faculty guest dinner when the members of the Glee Club assumed the part of hostesses entertaining their faculty guests at their residence, "Morganth Hall." The units of the program were introduced by the master of ceremonies, Ted Lehmman, College senior.
Paul Wellman Gives Hints on Writing
All selections sung by the Glee
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Pointers about novel and feature writing were given to young writers, by Paul I. Wellman, editorial and feature writer for the Kansas City Star, in his appearance before University students yesterday.
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Discussing feature writing at 4:30 in the Union lounge before members of Press Club and Quill Club, Mr. Wellman stressed the importance of the writer's having a relaxed and receptive mind and a wide range of interest.
In the evening address at the Coonial tea room to members of There Sigma Phi, women's honorary journalism society, the author of several western novels gave suggestions regarding novel writing. His system, he explained, is to have a general outline of the plot and then permit it to develop as it will. This, he believes, keeps the novel from becoming stilted.