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NUMBER 101
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1944
41st YEAR
Seniors to Hear Felix Morley At Graduation
Dr. Felix Morley, president of Haverford College, will be speaker at the mid-year commencement exercises for 161 seniors at 4 p.m. in Hoch auditorium Sunday afternoon. Morley, a brother of the celebrated literaturer, Christopher Morley, has a distinguished record as a newspaper man, stateman, and educator. Dr. Morley is the author of several books on political and economic subjects. As editor of the Washington Post he won the Pulitzer editorial prize for the outstanding editorial of the year.
Morley has served as a director of the League of Nations at Geneva, and as a member of the staff of the Brookings Institute. He is currently a director of the National Metropolitan bank of Washington. He has also served as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the American Council, the Institute of Pacific Relations, and the American Political Science Association.
Was Editor of Washington Post
During World War I, he did ambulance work for the British army and from 1917 to 1918 was engaged especial service for the United States department of labor. He was once a fellow of the Royal Economics Society of Great Britain. Preceding the time when he assumed the presidency of his alma mater in 1940 he was editor of the Washington Post.
The Navy V-12 program is the cause for the topsy-turvy arrangement by which the graduates will receive their diplomas before completing their final examinations, which will end on Feb. 28. The V-12's have received orders to leave which will allow no time for graduation after finals.
Seniors will receive four tickets when they get their caps and gowns in Robinson gym between 10 and 12 a.m. and 1 and 5 p.m., Saturday. Graduates may obtain additional tickets at the Chancellor's office. This is being done in an effort to give friends and relatives of graduates an opportunity to sit in the reserved section of the auditorium.
Procession to Begin at 3:30
Chancellor Deane W. Malott, Governor Andrew Schoeppel, Lester McCoy, chairman of the Board of Regents, the faculty, and the graduating seniors will march in the procession which will begin at 3:30 p.m. in Frank Strong hall Sunday afternoon. The faculty will be seated in the front of the auditorium opposite the graduates.
The traditional senior breakfast will be at 9 Sunday morning in the Kansas room of the Memorial Union building, Jean Oyster, chairman of the breakfast committee, has announced.
Attend Emporia Conference
Chancellor Deane W. Mallot, and Dr. E. R. Weidlein, tomorrow's convocation speaker, will leave for Emporia after the convocation to attend a state conference on postwar industrial problems and possibilities, Raymond Nichols, executive secretary, announced today.
Attend Emporia Conference
Emporia and Wesleyan Won't Merg
Emporia and Wesleyan Won't Merge Emporia College officials have rejected the plan of merger with Kansas Wesleyan University at Salina.
To Speak to Seniors
Felix Morley
'Club Foot' Limps Again After D. K.
Exhibit C in the case of the unknown "Club Foot Cutie," who has been giving Hill women the one o'clock jump by his screams and dragging steps, was received this morning by the Daily Kansan. It was a letter addressed to the editor—a warning to "lay off" the publicity.
Whether the letter was the real McCoy, or an imitator who has taken up the task, is not definitely certain. Words were formed by letters slipped from newspapers and magazines in much the same fashion as do the villins in the dime-a-dozen mystery thrillers. The warning reads, "Kansan: Quit! Lay off the publicity. This is the final warning! I'm not Kidding!" and signed, "The Club Foot Cutie."
The letter is a further expose into the nature of this saddist who carried his prank as far as using rationed catsup to simulate blood, along the walk from Gower drive to Lilac lane, the other night. The broken record along his trail, "No Love, No Nuthin'" might have lent a clue to his frustrated nature—except that it was dropped by a woman student who was in a big hurry to get through the grove. The big question is, who has time to pull all these stunts during and immediately preceding final week?
This morning Kappas received a letter from the "Club Foot Cutie" smelling strongly of ersatz, but more amiable than the one received at the "Shack." It was postmarked Lawrence, but return address was in care of the "Club Foot Cutie, Larned Institute, Larned, Kan." The enclosed poem read,
"Though my foot does drag
Though you look with scorn upon
my lag.
The echos of my screams
Will haunt your every dreams
Unless you'll be my Valentine.
The valentine element was a little late.
There are those who would like to see him six feet under. There are those who would merely like to see him. On the other hand, his noc (continued to page two)
"Though my foot does drag
38 V-12's to Go To Olathe Base As V-5 Trainees
Thirty-eight V-12 trainees stationed on the campus have been notified of their transfer to the V-5 unit at the Olathe Naval Air Base, Lt. A. H. Buhl, command officer of the University Naval units, announced today.
They are: Robert Aldridge, Billy Ray Albers, Clinton Ted Asman, Joseph Fred Bachman, Norman Eugene Ball, Charles Williams Banks, James Roscoe Baker, Myron DeWitt Brooks, Jr., Francis Darwin Burke, Robert Derland Ecoff, George Wayne Elder, Bert Milton Gensler, Carl Edward Goodhue, Harry Edward Gordon, William Francis Greer, Melvin Ray Hartley, Jr., Isaac Herbert Hoover, James Harvey Hosman, Jr., and Glen Arthur Jacobson.
Joseph Arch Johnson, William Lloyd Jones, Delmar Eugene Kendrick, Charles Edward Little, Stanley George Marshall, Frank Putnam Morton, Donald George Motzer, Robert Norris Oliver, Donald Eugene Perdue, William Thomas Pierson, Ralph Ernest Riemensnider, Earl Floyd Robinson, John Hampton Robinson, Jr., Robert Vernon Satzler, Maurice Daniel Saubers, John C. Spradley, Jr., Eugene Elmer Swedberg, Adrian Gerald Tinnin, and Jack Bernard Zarnig.
The men have been assigned to Tarmac duty, which is general detail duty around the air station, while they await later assignment.
House Overrides President's Veto
Washington, (INS)—The House overruled President Roosevelt's veto of the new tax bill today in a defiant revolt marking the most serious administration split in New Deal history. The vote was 299 to 95. The two billion, 315 million dollar revenue rejected by the President as a relief measure "for the greedy" now goes to the senate where the house action is expected to be duplicated.
Washington, (INS)—Sen. Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky accepted re-election as majority leader of the senate today, breaking clean his ties with President Roosevelt. Barkley resigned as party leader at a caucus of Democratic leaders.
Washington, (INS)—Total American army casualties up to Feb. 7 were placed today by under-secretary of War Robert Patterson at 118,126 killed, wounded, missing, and prisoners of war.
Voting complete endorsement of Barkley's denouncement of President Roosevelt, his colleagues accepted his resignation and then reelected him. This vote of confidence in the Kentucky Senator after his clash with the President created Senate history.
Patterson Announces Casualties
Today's issue is the last publication of the University Daily Kansan until Tuesday, March 7, Ruth Tippin, managing editor, has announced.
Last Publication Today
Activities Announced For March Calendar
A list of 19 activities for March have been announced for the University. They are:
March:
1—Finals end.
■Finish end.
■Red Cross campaign starts.
3—Basketball—Iowa State here
4—Psychological and aptitude examinations for new students.
6-Registration and enrollment.
Crafton play,'Close Quarters',
8:15 p.m., Fraser theater.
- Crastoon play, 'Close Quarters',
8:15 p.m. in Fraser theater.
11—Varsity—closed date.
11-Varsity—closed date.
-Sigma Mr. lecturer-Dr. Peter Debye, 8 p.m., Fraser.
13—University Concert course
Trapp family singers, 8:20
p.m., Hoch auditorium.
15—Max Hughes, graduate recital in piano, 8 p.m. in Fraser.
16—Speaker - RAF Wing Commander Crawford - Compton, 4:30 p.m., Fraser.
18—Inter-fraternity dance.
—ISA dance.
19—Eighty-second School of Fine Arts musical vespers, 4 p.m., Hoch auditorium.
25—YWCA-Union three-ring circus
29—Miss Allie M. Conger faculty recital in piano, 8 p.m., Fraser.
U.S. Navy Bombs Mariana Islands
(International News Service)
Powerful units of the U. S. fleet operating almost unopposed in the waters that lap the fringes of the Japanese empire blasted away at targets only 1300 miles from Tokyo today and again issued a futile challenge to the Japanese navy to come out and fight. A brief communique from Adm. Chester W. Nimitz revealing that the two islands of the Mariana group had been blasted by strong forces of carrier-based bombing planes apparently told only part of the story.
The task force was the same which, only last week struck at the Japanese naval base of Truk in the Caroline islands.
Immobilization of the main garrisons in the Mariana islands group in itself would be a notable achievement but the obvious satisfaction among naval officers at Pearl Harbor and at Washington gave credit to the belief that more surprises can be anticipated. The bombardment of the two islands in the Mariana groups, one of the oldest settled regions in Oceania means that in the past three months the battleline in the Pacific has been moved 2500 miles to the west.
The only Japanese reaction to this daring thrust into the inner belt of Japan's defensive came from Adm. Takahashi, former commander of the combined fleet who had this to say: "When the enemy navy approaches further into Japan's defense line the Imperial navy is certain to deal the most coup de grace in the world's history"
Coincident with the Mariana attack, Adm. Nimitz announced capture of Parry island, last enemy hold-out in Eniwetok atoll of the Marshalls;
Plans Completed For Enrollment Registration
Complete plans for registration and enrollment for the spring semester call for registration of new students, both civilian and V-12, on Monday, March 6. and for the enrolment of all University students on Monday and Tuesday. March 6 and 7.
The only exceptions to that rule are pre-nursing students and V-12 pre-medical students, who are being enrolled now in the College office. Will Re 250 New Students
L. C. Woodruff, registrar, disclosed today that 50 applications from civilians have been received in the registration office, so that at least that number will be beginning University work the spring semester.
Some 200 V-12 men will come to the campus for the first time in March, to replace approximately that same number who are leaving. "In this way the quota of 450 pre-medical and engineering students will be approximately maintained," Lt. C.A. Michelman, assistant company commander, disclosed.
Monday, March 6
Of the 200 V-12's leaving at the close of this semester, some 30 will transfer to V-5, another 40 have completed their V-12 training here and are going to pre-medical or pre-midshipman schools elsewhere, and the remainder of the group have been screened or classified to various specialties in other V-12 schools or other lines of the service, Lt. Michelman said.
Order of Enrollment Given
Monday, March 6
8:30- 9:30, Seniors July possibilities.
9:30-10:30 Z. O, G, W
10:30-12:00 E. B
1:30- 3:15 S. N, Q
3:30- 5:00 D. H
Tuesday, March 7
8:30-10:00 L, T, R
10:30-11:50 J. M, X, I
1:30- 3:00 V, C, K
3:30-4:50 P, A, Y, U, F
No alphabetical order has been worked out for registration of new students. The order of enrollment is as follows:
Mammalogy Journal Has Hibbard Article
Dr. Claude W. Hibbard, cororat of vertebrate paleontology at Dyche museum, has an article in the February issue of the Journal of Mammalogy on "Abnormal Tooth Pattern in the Lower Dentition of the Jackrabbit."
George C. Rinker, a senior in the College last year, has contributed a story on a racon from Meade county, Kan. Lieutenant Rinker was recently graduated with the class of 44-B at the Altus army air field, Altus, Okla. He majored in psychology when he attended the University.
Dno Falls to Russian Army
Moscow, (INS)—The vitally important railway junction of Dno fell before the Red army today after bitter street fighting with Nazi defenders. Capture of the city, which opened the way to the still more important railway junction of Pskov, was announced in a special order of the day by Premier-Marshall Joseph Stalin.