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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY, MAY
TODAY'S EDITORIAL
Soldiers Overseas Find Mates Easily
As the big U.S. transport ship moved into San Francisco harbor last week, it brought not only a couple of thousand returning veterans of South Pacific campaigns—but almost a hundred Australian lassies who were coming to the States for the first time to meet their in-laws. The G. I. Joes Uncle Sam sent "down under" to fight the Japs found time to woo and win mates of their choice. Not only did they win them, but, as evidenced by the transport, boxed them up and sent them home for safe-keeping.
There could be a moral in this incident for the American girl who has a fellow in the service, not especially overseas but any place away from home where females abide. The American man isn't always a type of domestic animal that will brood and suffer the pangs of loneliness long, especially when green pastures present themselves almost immediately outside his barracks door. If the girl back home jilts him, he'll venture forth to seek another's companionship — that is he probably will.
Without a doubt, the tales of the "fickle American female" to be found about any army camp are among the most tragic—evidence in the form of broken engagements, smashed childhood romances and curtailments of sweet smelling letters.
It won't be too much of an ex-aggeration to say that unless our society wants a populace of aged spinisters to appear in our midst a few decades hence, robbing the till of good tax money for their upkeep as social burdens, something is going to have to be done to keep these American girls "left behind" more faithful to those G.I.'s away from home. And logically the only persons to do anything about the situation are the American girls themselves.
The Australian, English, Egyptian, Italian, Hawaiian, and even African girls are all right, but things would probably work out a lot nicer if the American girls would wisely look after their own romantic interests (and future) in the army, navy or marines, and let the foreign girls stay foreign for the foreign men in the services.
Capt. Elmo Hardy, '41 Sends Specimens Of Insects From India
Prof. H. B. Hungerford of the department of entomology received an unusual gift from India yesterday. Capt. Elmo Hardy, a former K. U. student, sent him various specimens of insects that are common in India which included unusual species of mosquitoes, water bugs, and leeches. Among the insects are many new species that will be valuable to the collection of the department.
Captain Hardy is now serving with the Sanitary Corps in India as a medical officer. It is his duty to keep the insect problem under control and exterminate the more harmful types. He received his doctor of philosophy degree from the University in June, 1941.
Kansas Cement Factories Rank Fifth The six cement factories operating in Kansas produce enough cement to make Kansas rank fifth among the states in cement output.
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By DIXIE GILLILAND
Celebidity—A few weeks ago Betty Schieber made a great statement, which was printed in this column. Little did she know that soon her exclamation, "Please send a train to 1144 Louisiana right away. I've got to catch a 6:30 cab," would skyrocket her to fame and boost the Alpha O mail delivery to proportions comparable to a good sized correspondence division.
It seems the United Press picked up the item and (plug for the UP) carried it to practically every inhabited region in the world. Her latest fan letter arrived last week from Hawaii, Mrs. H. J. Nieman of the class of 1930 had seen her famous statement in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
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The Show Must Go On—Which is exactly what it did, in spite of rain or sleet or threat of death—and Boby Sue McCluggage had begun to give serious consideration to that last idea before the second performance of "Nine Girls" was over. At a crucial moment in the play, Margie Johnson's script declared she was to pour a handful of pills in a glass of wine (coke) and give the potion to Bobbie Sue to drink.
For Monday night's performance Margie had strictly fake, strictly harmless, capsules; but the "props" were all used the first night. So the second night she decided to use aspirin. Her "victim" was dubious from the beginning, but Margie assured her the pills would float on top and she could "drink around them."
With the help of Gerry Nelson and Barbara Brehm, she dumped a
The play climbed toward a climax—the audience was enjoying the proper suspense—Margie poured the beverage and added the pills—orated several dramatic speeches—then handed the glass to Bobbie Sue. The aspirin had dissolved! The victim (and no kidding) took one look and did her duty as a trooper. And the audience never knew, but Bobby had some pretty hot—and cold—moments before the effect wore off.
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"Big Ben" vs. Little Elinor-Immates of Miller hall have solved the alarm clock problem. They are going by Elinor Kline time. Elinor, who works far into the night, "turns out" the house before "turning in" herself each morning.
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Reconnaissance — Billie Simmons Gamma Phi, feels certain that her roomates, Betty Pile and Ann Moorhead, spend their spare moments thinking up fiendish tricks to play on her. One afternoon this week after returning from a class in which she had been humiliated because her loving roommates had poured "Blue Waltz," a repulsive perfume, over her books, Billie resolved to avenge herself.
box of salt between the sheets of the beds of both Ann and Betty, and then waited in the room of her fellow-conspirators to listen for the reactions. The culprits hardly had gotten settled when the roommates came crashing through the door under full fire from privately constructed water bottle-squirt guns. When they had exhausted their ammunition, the "friends" floated back home, leaving their playmates thoroughly soaked, and thoroughly discouraged.
Anderson to Give Dedication Recital
Prof. Laurel Everette Anderson, chairman of the organ department of the School of Fine Arts, will give an organ recital Sunday afternoon to dedicate the newly installed organ at the Northwest Missouri State Teachers College at Maryville, Mo., in the opening of the Music Week program there.
Professor Anderson will offer an hour's program from Buxtehude, Couperin, Bach, Handel, Galilei, and Cesar Franck, as well as a group from the contemporary composers—Howard Hanson, Georges Jacob, A. Walter Kramer, and Louis Vierne.
KFKU PROGRAM
Today—
Professor Anderson will return to Lawrence on Monday.
Monday-
9:30 p.m. University of Kansas Roundtable. "Mineral Fuel of Kansas." Speakers: John C. Frye, chairman; Eugene A. Stephenson; and M. L. Thompson.
2:30 p.m. French Lesson. Miss Mattie Crumrine, radio instructor.
2:45 p.m. Spanish Lesson. Miss Maude Elliott, radio instructor.
Engineering Offered Since 1870
The School of Engineering was established in 1891. From 1870 the department of engineering, then organized in the University, had offered courses in civil and electrical engineering, but it was not until 1891 that the division was established on the basis of a district school. In 1927 the name of the school was changed to the School of Engineering and Architecture.
Hayden's 'Creation To Be Presented At Methodist Church
"The Creation" by Hayden will be presented by the Wesleyan Chorus Chair, directed by E. Thayer Gaston, at the First Methodist church, Sunday, May 7, at the 10:50 morning worship service. The subject to be discussed by the student class at 9:45 is "Prophecy Begins: Amos and Social Justice." DeWitt C. Baldwin of New York will speak on "A Religious Quest for World Community" to the Wesley Foundation at 6 p.m.
The First Baptist church will have Communion service at 11p.m. and the sermon to be delivered by Ernest L. Snoodgrass, minister, will be "World Order Crusade." The student class for service men and civilian students at 9:45 will discuss "Christian Conquest." At the Youth Fellowship meeting at 6:30 p.m., a Y.W.C.A. panel will present "Problems of the Japanese-American Minority."
Sateve Club for University students will meet at the Unitarian church Saturday at 8:30 p.m., at which time there will be a panel discussion of "The Japanese- American Problem" led by three W.C. A. members. At the morning service at 11 a.m., Sunday, Dr. Homer A. Jack will speak on the topic, "Your Church and Mine." At noon there will be a potluck dinner fol-
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The final English proficiency examination of this semester will be held on Saturday, May 13, at 8:30. Juniors and seniors in the College of Liberal Arts who have not already passed a proficiency examination should register for this one. Register in person at the college office, room 229 Frank Strong Hall, May 8, 9, 10. Only students who have registered will be admitted to the examination room.
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