====PAGE-LEVEL METADATA==== University Daily Kansan Page 0059_2 from reel: L 2339 (1944-02-08 to 1945-10-25) https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/156644 Title: KU Will Have Training Center for Recreation Summary: University announces wartime recreation training institute to be held May 16-20, featuring Miss Anne Livingston and Pat Rooney from National Recreation Association. Category: campus news Subjects: university programs; wartime education; recreation services Named Entities: Livingston, Anne [recreation leader]; Rooney, Pat [National Recreation Association]; Allen, Dr. Forrest C. [chairman] Confidence: 0.85 Title: Icy Winds Subside With Sun Summary: After breaking out in light-colored spring blouses, students gave up hopes of spring weather in despair yesterday as they huddled over radiators and watched the snow being hurled against window panes by an icy blast. Category: local news Subjects: weather conditions; spring weather; local climate Confidence: 0.8 Title: Lawson Explains General College to the Faculty Summary: Dean Paul B. Lawson discusses new 'general college' plan with faculty, which would require almost complete schedule of required courses rather than elective subjects for first-year students. Category: campus news Subjects: academic governance; university administration; curriculum development Named Entities: Lawson, Paul B. [dean]; Allen, Dr. Forrest C. [chairman] Confidence: 0.8 Title: Play Will Open Speech, Drama Festival Friday Summary: Representatives from Newton High School will start the ball rolling for the annual Speech and Drama Festival at 1:30 p.m. Friday when the group will present a one-act play 'Which Is the Way to Boston' in Fraser theater. Category: campus news Subjects: campus events; theater performances; student activities Named Entities: Pearson, Gerald L. [extension division] Confidence: 0.8 Title: Grace Moore Will Open Season of Top Performances to Be on Concert Series Summary: The musical attractions for the next season of the University Concert course have been announced, with Grace Moore as top liner and number one star to open the season October 23. Category: arts Subjects: music performances; concert series; university events Named Entities: Moore, Grace [soprano]; Swarthout, Dean D. M. [concert manager] Confidence: 0.8 Title: Girls Staters Group Will Meet in Union Summary: Girls Staters will meet at 7:30 p.m. today in the Kansas room of the Union building instead of Watkins hall, as was announced last night's Kansan. Category: campus news Subjects: student organizations; campus meetings; university events Confidence: 0.75 Title: CVC Promotes New Officers Summary: Officers were promoted and a new point system for promotions was introduced at the mass meeting of the Co-ed Volunteer Corps yesterday afternoon in the Kansas room. Category: campus news Subjects: student organizations; leadership changes; campus activities Named Entities: O'Neal, Betty Jo [officer]; Johnson, Joanne [officer]; Leibbrandt, Betty [officer]; Kelley, Beverly Waters [officer]; Johnson, Barbara [officer]; De Wald, Hazel [officer]; Rowsey, Mary Louise [officer]; Joan Burch, colonel [officer] Confidence: 0.75 Title: University Nears Red Cross Goal Summary: The total figures so far in the civilian part of the Red Cross drive according to Miss Marie Miller, coordinator of the civilian Red Cross Drive on the campus, is $938.15. Category: campus news Subjects: fundraising; community service; university campaigns Named Entities: Miller, Marie [Red Cross drive coordinator] Confidence: 0.75 Title: Allies Abandon Two Positions to Germans Summary: Allied troops at Cassino abandoned two bitterly contested positions on the slopes of Monastery hill to the Germans today, and once again the campaign in Italy assumed an unfavorable aspect. Category: national news Subjects: world war II; military operations; European theater Confidence: 0.75 Title: Many on Faculty Didn't Plan to Teach Summary: Only 22 of the 58 faculty members attending the College meeting yesterday had planned to follow the vocation or one allied to that in which they are now engaged when they were freshmen in college. Category: campus news Subjects: faculty; academic careers; university employment Confidence: 0.7 Title: Poland Refuses Soviet Terms Summary: Poland's exiled government in London formally notified the U.S. government today of its unwillingness to accept the Soviet terms for a resumption of diplomatic relations and a settlement of the Russo-Polish boundary dispute. Category: national news Subjects: world war II; diplomacy; Eastern Europe Confidence: 0.7 Title: Major Baker Ordered to Camp Crowder Summary: Maj. Elverson E. Baker, executive officer of the ASTP, seventh service command at Omaha, and formerly a member of the ROTC staff of the University, has been ordered to a new assignment at Camp Crowder, Mo. Category: campus news Subjects: military service; university personnel; ROTC Named Entities: Baker, Elverson E. [major]; McMorris, Col. L. [commandant] Confidence: 0.7 Title: Recital Will Feature Voice and Piano Summary: Two voice and two piano numbers will be presented at the weekly student recital at 4:30 p.m. tomorrow in Fraser theater by Katherine Kufahl, Mary Louise Beatie, and Allen Rogers. Category: arts Subjects: music performances; campus events; fine arts Named Entities: Kufahl, Katherine [Fine Arts junior]; Beatie, Mary Louise [special student in Fine Arts]; Rogers, Allen [Fine Arts freshman] Confidence: 0.7 Title: Elliott Is Co-Author of Book That Army Institute Uses Summary: Miss Mabel Elliott, associate professor of sociology, is co-author of 'Marriage and the Family,' a book edited by Bicher and Hill. This book has been adopted by the army institute for the special training of soldiers in academic subjects. Category: features/profiles Subjects: academic publications; university faculty; military education Named Entities: Elliott, Mabel [associate professor of sociology] Confidence: 0.7 Title: [advertisements] Advertisers include: Girls Staters Group Category: advertisements Confidence: 0.9 Note: Descriptive metadata for this item has been generated in part using AI (artificial intelligence) technologies and may be incomplete, misleading, or inaccurate. 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