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LAWRENCE, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15. 1944
NUMEER 108
41st YEAR
ASC Appoints John Anderson Chief Justice
John Anderson, second year law student, was appointed chief justice of the student court at the All-Student Council meeting held in the Pine room of the Union building last night.
Anderson was approved for this position by the law faculty, who then submitted his name to the All-Student council for voting. The Council will consider candidates for the office of associate justice and elect someone to fill Anderson's former position at their meeting next week.
Formerly associate justice of the court, Anderson will fill the vacancy left by the graduation of Louis Weidman who has served as chief justice since last fall.
John Steinbeck "Of Mice and Men" will be brought to the screen of Fraser Theater at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow through the Student Forums Board, Joy Miller, chairman, announced today. No admission will be charged, she said.
Movie to Be Shown Thursday in Fraser
An amendment to the book exchange bill, which changed the name back to WEC book exchange, was also passed by the Council at the meeting last night.
"Of Mice and Men" is the first of a series of motion pictures which will be brought to the University on alternate Thursday nights by the Forums Board, Miss Miller announced. Obtained from a New York agency, the movies will all be shown in Fraser Theater. Admission to all pictures will be free.
Articles of incorporation have been filed with the Secretary of State for a university to be established in Indianapolis after the war. The university will not be identified with any "body, church, or other religious organization."
Starring in "Of Mice and Men" are Broderick Crawford, Wallace Ford, and Betty Field. A short feature will also be shown Thursday evening. The show will last two hours.
The Victory Speakers will give an informal tea at 4:30 this afternoon in the English room of the Union building, E. C. Buehler, sponsor of the organization, has announced. Roberta Sue McCluggage, College junior, is in charge of the program.
Several students will give informal talks on the activities and purpose of the Victory Speakers. Pending engagements have been made for the speakers to present programs in Topeka, Kansas City, Mo., and nearby towns, said Professor Buehler.
Indiana Plans for University
Victory Speakers Hold Afternoon Tea
"Any student who feels he has a contribution to make to the war through the Victory Speakers bureau is cordially invited," said Professor Buehler.
Grad Receives Medal For Valor a 2nd Time
A second decoration, the Air Medal, has been awarded to Lt. John Perry Edwards, of Paola, a graduate in '39, for heroism in the navy air corps.
The medal was awarded to Lieutenant Edwards after he rescued another flyer in the Pacific. According to the citation which accompanied it, the Kansan was recognized for "meritorious achievement while participating in an aerial flight."
Lieutenant Edwards has also received the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism at Pearl Harbor. He is now flying a Martin Naval Transport plane based at Pearl Harbor.
Medics Prepare To Honor Friend
Plans for the Francisco Memorial Union building which has been suggested as a tribute to the well-known orthopedic surgeon whose recent death saddened University students, will be discussed by army and navy medical students and premedical students in Lawrence at a meeting in room 101 of Snow hall at 4:30 Thursday afternoon.
Bernard Hall of Lawrence, president of the senior class at the University hospital in Kansas Ctity, will be in Lawrence to lead the discussion.
Already students of the University of Kansas School of Medicine have contributed $400 from their pocket money for the Student Union building memorizing their good friend and teacher, Dr. Clarence B. Francisco.
A faculty committee has joined in the movement, a minimum goal of $200,000 has been set, and the state architect has been asked to submit drawings for the campus addition.
Serving on the student committee with Hall are Bruce Drowns, president of the junior class; Miss Neva Kennedy of Hutchinson, president of the Nurses Student council, and five seniors, Miss Margaret Nelson, Andy Mitchell, H. L. Hekuius, Alden Flanders, and Bill Srridge.
The campaign to raise funds for the memorial will be extended to alumni of the medical school throughout the country, to the doctors of Greater Kansas City, to former patients' of Dr. Francisco and to the numerous Kansas communities where he gave clinical service in behalf of crippled children," according to Dr. Galen M. Tice, head of the faculty committee.
The book exchange according to Florence Harris, senior, is still buying most all kinds of books from students. There is a great need for psychology, chemistry, and other books going out of print due to the war.
The building will provide halls for recreational gatherings of medical students and nurses, an auditorium, new quarters for the school's library and possibly some dormitory space for students.
Books May Be Sold To Book Exchange
The book exchange will be open part of every day from now on until the end of the semester. Most of the books will be bought from students any time, during the semester.
Spring Has A Set Back
Although officially spring is just around the corner, students who ventured out to class at 8:30 this morning without raincoats, were caught unaware an hour later by a chilling wind and rain.
Temperatures dropped to between 15 and 20 degrees last night, after a muggy but spring-like weather had invaded Kansas during the day.
Also out of the window went prospective thoughts of fries and picnics, unless an unexpected warm spell should arrive before the weekend begins.
Perhaps the best that can be said is that one's thoughts are not inclined to wander to Shangri-la during class periods or while studying . . . the wanton effects of warm weather.
Idle thoughts of cotton skirts and spring clothes were temporarily shelved by women students who dived out of woolen sleepers this morning into the nearest and warmest clothes available.
March winds and April showers have combined to give students a case of "falling hair" and "Monday blues."
But spring is still just around the corner.
Air Offensive Opens New Drive on Rome Via Cassino Pass
(International News Service)
The long awaited offensive designed to line up two separate Allied armies in Italy for a concerted drive on Rome was unleashed today when the full weight of American and British air power was hurled against Cassino, bottleneck on the road to the eternal city.
In the space of three and a half hours from 8:30 a.m. until noon 300 waves of bombers rained 1,400 tons of high explosives and incendiary missiles upon a town that embraces little more than one square mile. It was the most terrific air assault in aerial warfare.
Cassino, nestled at the Naria river valley long had been the chief obstacle in the way to Allied progress toward the Italian city. Information from Gen. Henry Maitland-Wilson did not tell of the progress made by ground troops who were able to move into the town after battling from house to house with bayonets and grenades since Cassino was attacked. But it was a fair assumption that with Cassino leveled and the monostery on the hill reduced as an effective enemy bastion the way is now open for the long desired junction of Allied troops in the Anzio-Netuno beachhead.
Meanwhile Allied medium bombers swept across the channel this afternoon for what coastal observers believed to be a fresh attack on northern France. There were night attacks of Dusseldorf and other objectives in the Reich.
Russian forces pressed on toward Nikolayev on the Black Sea amid indications of German evacuations from Crimea, and new landings were made by American troops in the Talasca area on the northern shore of New Britain in the Pacific.
CVC Will Bring Red Cross Drive To Campus Tomorrow in Final Phase of Campaign to Reach $1,000
Some ASTP Classes Will Terminate Friday
Eight junior men have been elected to Sachem it has been announced by Thornton McClanahan, Chief Sachem.
Upon recommendation of Lt. Col. Watson L. McMorris, commandant of the local ASTP unit, classes for basic engineers, terms two and three will terminate at 5:20 Friday evening.
Those elected are Richard Beach, Robert Corder, William Mowery, Sidney Walker, all V-12 College students. Frank Gage, Harold McSpadden, Clinton Sloan, and George Verhage are the V-12 Engineering students who were chosen.
The election was made by present members and a faculty committee of six including Prof. Henry Werner, Dean Gilbert Ulmer, Prof. F. E. Melvin, Dean J. O. Jones, and Prof. F. C. Allen.
Grades and credits for classes will be based upon their work during the six weeks period as may be determined by the university faculty. Final examinations will be given in some courses on Thursday and Friday.
Sachem Elects Eight Juniors
This was actually the fall election but it was necessary to have it earlier because of war conditions according to McClanahan. There will be a regular spring election however, to supplement this list he added.
"The society started in 1910 to maintain KU traditions at a time when students did not remain on the campus for four years," MeClanahan said, "and election is based on scholarship (1.5 average) and campus leadership."
Joseph B. Eastman Dies;
Veteran Federal Official
Washington, (INS)-Defense transportation director Joseph B. Eastman, a veteran of 25 years government service died at Emergency Hospital in Washington today of a heart attack. He was 61 years old. One of the most popular and highly regarded federal officials he was taken to the hospital on Feb. 19 for rest and treatment of a heart ailment. His death was a shock to official Washington, however.
State Legislative Council Meets
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Topeka, (INS)-The Kansas legislative council today considered recommendations to be made to the next regular legislative session. Among the proposals considered for legislative action is the revamping of the school laws and the establishment of a board of education to control the state's entire educational system.
With $1.000 as their goal, the Coed Volunteer Corps will go into the final phase of its Red Cross drive tomorrow with members collecting from civilian students on the campus who have not contributed as yet to the fund. The goal can be reached if an average of $1 is collected from each student.
The drive, under the direction of Betty Jo O'Neal, CVC major is being carried to the campus in an effort to reach the approximately one hundred students who can not be contacted through the organized houses. CVC members will wear Red Cross arm bands and carry boxes with a red cross on them.
The goal for the entire University including the faculty, men in the armed services, employees, and civilian students is $4,000. The collection up to date is over $3,000.
Organized houses were visited Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of this week. The Jay Janes, women's pep organization, collected from the V-12's during their lunch hour today.
The Red Cross is in need of supplies for prisoners of war, medical supplies, and entertainment, as it is the only licensed organization to help the men overseas. Several former KU students are working with the Red Cross on the various fronts.
WAVE to Interview Senior Women Tomorrow, 2 to 5
Lt. Rosalie Martin, head of the WAVE recruiting office in Kansas City, Mo., will be on the campus to talk to seniors about joining the WAVE's after graduation, Miss Florence Black, military co-coordinator for women, has announced. Lieutenant Martin will interview women interested from 2 to 5 tomorrow afternoon in the office of the adviser of women.
Lieutenant Martin talked yesterday about meeting and discussing with women interested in the WAVE's the opportunities offered. She said that there was a great field for trained and experienced women in this service. Medical technology, journalism, business administration, physics, chemistry, and mathematics are some of the openings for girls.
Lieutenant Martin berself writes script for a radio program, an opportunity which she feels would not have come to her except through the WAVE's.
The membership of the WAVE's must reach 92,000 by the end of December of this year. Training for enlisted personnel is received at Hunter College, New York, and officer's training is taken at Smith College, New York.
Iowa State V-12's Oversleep
A section of V-12 men were restricted at Iowa State last weekend because the little man who rings the buzzer at 6 a.m. forgot to get up and the Navy overslept.
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