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UNIVERSITY Daily Kansan
Weather Forecast Showers and thunderstorms Thursday. Little change in temperature.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1944
NUMBER 133
41st YEAR
New Aeronautics Classes for Men Begin This Week
Classes in the new aeronautical training school for men began this week, with 13 employees of the North American Aviation, Inc., in Kansas City, enrolled. Prof. Henry S. Stillwell, chairman of the aeroautonomic engineering department and director of the new school, has announced.
A project of the Engineering, Science, and Management War Training program directed in Kansas and western Missouri by Guy V. Keeler, the new training school is in part, a compliance with the new government draft policy of taking only men under 26. Trainees in the new course are all older men who are preparing themselves for greater responsibility in the Kansas City plant. All Students From Kansas City
All students in the course at present are from Kansas City, according to Prof. Stillwell, however, others may be brought in later from California and Texas. Courses will run for ten weeks, he said, with a new group of twenty students entering every five weeks, to keep a total of forty trainees in the classes.
William Herzog, from the engineering department of the Kansas City North American plant, is serving as instructor.
The aeronautical engineering trainees meet in classrooms in the military science building. They are living in the Delta TauDelta fraternity house at 1111 W. 11th Street, Herzog Instrument in Course
Working nine hours a day for five days one week and six days the next, the men will receive a total of 498 hours of classwork during the
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Sluss Funeral to Be At 4:30 This Afternoon
Funeral services for Prof. A. H. Sluss will be held this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock from the First Methodist church with the Rev. O. E. Allison in charge. Burial will be made Friday afternoon at Tuscola, Ill.
Active pallbearers will be Prof R. S. Tait, Prof. E. E Ambrosius Prof. E. D. Hay, Dr F. O. Russell Prof. F. A. Russell, and Prof. W. C McNown.
Those serving as honorary pall-bearers are Prof. R. L. Grider, Prof. F. N. Raymond, Prof. E. D. Kinney, Prof. J. W. Fogwell, Prof. Frank Brown, George Ware, Ed A. Wilder, Rev D. E. McGregor, W. S. Baker, Prof. P. G. Hausman, Prof. A. M. Ockerblad, T. C. Rythe, and Marion Barlow.
Professor Sluss died yesterday at his home after an illness of four months. He had been with the engineering department of the University for 36 years.
Eugene Crabb, graduate of the School of Fine Arts, is stationed now in the South Pacific where he is in charge of communication in a convoy, according to word received by friends in Lawrence. At the University, he was a cornet soloist in the band. In Lawrence he stayed at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Jacqmain.
Eugene Crabb in South Pacific
Former ATO House Sold For Hospital
The former Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house at 1004 West Fourth street, has been purchased, with its household furniture, to serve as the new county convalescent hospital. Douglas county commissioners, have announced.
The old fraternity house, together with a five-room brick building to be constructed $2\frac{1}{2}$ miles south of Lawrence will take the place of the county farm and home which was destroyed by a fire Thursday morning which took the lives of eight inmates.
Since the construction several years ago of the new Alpha Tau Omega house at 1537 Tennessee, the old fraternity house has been "Victory Mansion," a rooming house for men employed at the Sunflower Ordnance Works.
Niles Folk Lore Pleases Crowds
Demonstrative of the popularity of folk music today as an art. Fraser theater was packed to a standing room only" capacity last night as John Jacob Niles, nationally recognized authority on American folk music, presented a recital of American love songs, carols, folk tales, and ballads. The recital was a presentation of the University Music Week festival.
Later in the evening KFKU rebroadcast a part of Mr. Niles's recital in connection with its half hour programs given as Music Week presentations this week.
The dulcimers upon which Mr. Niles accompanied his singing received the name because he "didn't have any other name for it." Three instruments were needed for the evening's performance because of the change of keys for the various songs.
Explaining that most of the American folk songs are inherited from an Anglo-Saxon ancestry, Mr. Niles declared that translations are not satisfactory in folk music. Most of which he sang to him from his father, and the rest from the far reaches of the southern Appalachian mountains.
Explaining that folk lore isn't all music, Mr. Niles related the old folk
Allies Bomb Europe In Great Strength
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(International News Service)
The Allied air force went out in strength against Nazi Europe again today bringing between 5000 and 6000 the number of planes that have assaulted the continent without respite the last 24 hours.
The bombers blasted the great Prussian commercial and communication center of Kassel, rocking the heart of Germany on the eve of Adolf Hitler's 55th birthday and attacked military objectives in France in the wake of a royal air force night raid on the industrial suburbs of Pa.
of the widespread attacks during the last 24 hours were directed against links in the European rail communication system.
Committee Set To Plan Postwar College Policies
A committee on procedures with representatives from state schools, municipal universities, schools with church affiliations, and junior colleges was arranged for in the closing session of the postwar planning conference yesterday afternoon.
This committee, the membership of which has not been completed as yet, will decide whether another such conference is needed, and, if so, when and where it will be held, according to Dean Paul B. Lawson who was in charge of this year's conference.
As committee and discussion reports were all heard yesterday afternoon, it was not necessary to hold the second general session which had been planned for last night. During the closing minutes of the meeting, delegates passed a regula-
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27 University Men Go to Leavenworth For Preinduction
Twenty-seven University students were among the 94 men under 26 years of age who have taken their preinduction physical examinations for duty with the United States armed forces at Ft. Leavenworth this week.
They are Jay Junior Stewart, 1115 Tennessee; John Oldham Pfouts, 1602 Louisiana; Junius Merle Penny, 639 Tennessee; Frank Kempster Stannard, 1709 Mississippi; Clifford Arnold Bates, 1023 Vermont; Robert Herr White, 1211 Vermont; Harry Wellington Johnson, 1115 Tennessee; Melvin Clyde Cottom, 1308 Connecticut; Calvin Vigil Girdress, 1220 Rhode Island; Daric Marshall Miller, 1338 Ohio; Lee Francis Hodgden, 1323 Ohio; Hugh Gordon Bayles, 1408 Kentucky; Robert Wellington Campbell, 1409 Rhode Island; George Edward Volz, 1247 Ohio; Charles Henry Ise, 1208 Mississippi
Others who reported at Leavenworth are George Franklin Boone, 1301 West Campus Road; Karl Albert Ehrlich, 1409 Tennessee; Wade Lanford Fite, 1006 Mississippi; Norman George Fritz, Battenfeld hall; Lee Edmond Leatherwood, 1505 Ohio; Ralph W. May, 1602 Louisiana; Richard Dean Miller, 1408 Tennessee; Wilson Herrick Miller, 1233 Oread; John Robert Patterson, 1132 Tennessee; Thomas Richard Hensley, Jr., 1541 Tennessee; Lloyd Norhall Johnson, 1245 Oread, and Paul Hursh Juelfe, Battenfield hall.
Earl Warren Named Keynoter Of Republican Convention
Chicago, (INS—Gov. Earl Warren of California today was named keynoteer of the Republican National Convention, Harrison Spangler, chairman of the Republican national committee, announced following the morning long session of the party committee on arrangement.
The committee recommended that Rep. Joseph W. Martin, of Massachusetts, house minority leader, be named permanent convention chairman.
New Walks To Library Shortcuts
Employees of the building and grounds department are tearing up the sidwalk in front of the library that previously followed along the east side of the old anatomy building. A new diagonal walk will be constructed to replace the old one.
Since the building burned last spring, students have insisted on "jaywalking" across the lawn to save a few extra steps. The practice began last winter when ice and snow covered the ground. Although no damage to the grass was caused at that time, busy students hurrying between classes continued to cut across this spring resulting in an unusually path.
The sidewalk parallel to the library is to be straightened to extend to Mississippi street across from Fowler shops. The old sidewalk was originally made to follow along the south side of the Anatomy building.
Dean Stringer and his deans of music from Kansas City will play at a dance given by the Union Activities committee in the Union Lounge from 9 to 12 Saturday night, April 29. Mr. Stringer played for the carnival given several weeks ago and has been playing for the USO in Kansas City.
Stringer to Play At Union Dance
"Every one seemed to like him so well that we have decided to ask him back to play for this dance." Eugenia Hepworth, vice-president and chairman of the social activities of the Union Activities committee, announced.
The committee for the dance is Joanne Johnson, junior president; Eugenia Hepworth sophomore chairman; Ann Zimmerman, junior. Edith Marie Darby, freshman; Catherine Foster, junior; Helen Gardner, special student; Marilyn Maloney, sophomore; Mary Nettles, sophomore; and Jane Atwood, freshman.
Music Week to End With 'Stabat Mater'
The University A Cappella choir and the University Symphony Orchestra will unite to present the major choral work of Music Week in a presentation of "Stabat Mater" by Rossini on Thursday, April 20, in Hoch auditorium.
D. M. Swarthout, dean of the School of Fine Arts, will direct the performance. The orchestra will be under the direction of Russell L. Wiley, associate professor of band.
Singing the solo roles, which comprise an important part of the cantata, will be Meribah Moore, soprano; Irene Peabody, mezzo-soprano; Joseph Wilkins, tenor; and Harold Thompson, bass. Miss Moore, Miss Peabody, and Mr. Wilkins are on the University faculty and have presented recitals here and throughout the state. Mr. Thompson was a graduate student last summer at the University and is now in charge of the music supervision of the city schools of Paola.
Foster to Play In Piano Recital At 8 Tonight
Sidney Foster, young American pianist, will present a recital at 8 p.m. this evening in Fraser theater, making the half-way point in the Music Week festivities. Mr. Foster is appearing as the feature of the Annual Young American Artist program, a regular attraction of Music Week.
As the climax of the week's activities, the School of Fine Arts will present a festival concert at 8:15 tomorrow night in Hoch auditorium. The program will feature Rossini's "Stabat Mater" with the University A Cappella Choir, the University Symphony Orchestra, and the following soloists: Meribah Moore, soprano; Irene Peabody, contralto; Joseph Wilkins, tenor; and Harold Thompson, bass.
Having recently appeared in three programs in Carnegie Hall, New York City, Mr. Foster has received the acclaim of the leading New York critics.
On the program tonight Mr. Foster will include the complete B Minor Chopin Sonata as well as the complete set of Carnival Pictures from Robert Schumann. The evening will open with "Organ Prelude and Fugue in A Minor" (Bach-Litszt).
Following the intermission, Mr Foster will play three numbers by
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Chemistry Honor Roll Names 14 Students
Fourteen students have been named on the chemistry honor roll for the winter semester, Ray Q. Brewster, chairman of the chemistry department, has announced.
They are Robert W. Campbell, freshman; Beverly J. Waters, sophomore; Jack Williams, freshman; Marilyn McEwen, sophomore; Cad B. Westfall, freshman; Elizabeth C. Bixby, freshman; Frederick A. List, freshman; Glenn Hahn, sophomore; Howard H. Hobrock, freshman; Joyce H. Durall, sophomore; Louise Hatch, junior; Robert S. Mosser, freshman; and Jo Lee Abbitt sophomore.
Honor roll students are those with an average of 90 or above. Letters have been sent to the parents of all students who have been named on the roll, Dr. Brewster said.
Trainees, Officers Have Pictures Taken
Approximately 150 V-12 trainees, medical students, and officers are having identification pictures-taken today at the University Naval Training Station. A mobile unit sent out by the security officer of the Great Lakes Naval Training Station is taking the pictures. The unit is making a tour of all the V-12 stations in this area.
The photographic unit made its last trip to the University in August of 1943. All officers who have been promoted and all V-12 and medical students who have been sent to the University since that time or who have lost their identification tags are being photographed.