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NUMBER 92
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1944
41ST YEAR
Bond Campaign Reaches Goal; Party Will Fete
The Coed Volunteer Corp was stamp and bond drive will end tomorrow and contributions have already gone over the top and reached the goal of $5,000, Betty Jo O'Neal CVC major announced today.
The drive will be climaxed tomorrow with a War Bond party in the Military Science building at 9 p.m. A band composed of Army trainees stationed on the campus will play for the dance, which is sponsored by the CVC and the Union Activities committee.
At the dance, each person is entitled to a vote for queen with each 10 cent war stamp he buys. There will be two desks set up for the selling of the stamps and the voting for queen. The queen will be announced by R. J. Atkinson, master of ceremonies after intermission.
Admission to the dance is a twenty-five cent war stamp and each purchaser will get a chance on the War Bond to be given away at the dance.
Reds Push Finns; Yanks Take Huon
(International News Service)
The Russian air force increased the scope of its own offensive, hammering the Finnish port of Kotka, east of Helsinki, during the night with 150 planes. This large-scale air attack took place while Soviet ground troops proceeded with the task of amnihilating 150 thousand Germans trapped in the Dneiper bend. Encircled Nazi forces in the Shpola sector were split in two wholly separated segments against which seven district Russian columns moved remorselessly. Other Russian troops outflanked the iron ore center Krivoi-Rog, gravely endangering that pivotal enemy position.
In the Southwest Pacific a major new victory was added to Gen. Douglas MacArthur's triumphs by successful completion of a bitter campaign against the Japanese on Huon penisula of New Guinea in which 14 thousand enemy troops were slain and the path cleared for a sweeping new offensive to the east and west.
February Graduates To Have Breakfast
A varied program is being planned and every senior should attend as it is the last time the February group will all be together before graduation, Miss Oyster said.
In the traditional manner, seniors will "smoke the pipe" at the senior breakfast to be given at 9 a.m. Sunday in the Kansan room of the Union building, Jean Oyster, chairman of the senior breakfast committee for February graduates, announced today.
Opera Has Lively Music Action, Bright Costumes
An audience of approximately 2500 persons attended Johann Strauss' light opera, "The Bat" (Die Fledermaus) given in English by the Philadelphia Opera company last night in Hoch auditorium.
Miss Irene Peabody, mezzo soprano, will give a voice recital Monday evening in Fraser theater in the next of the series of faculty recitals.
Irene Peabody To Give Recital
Miss Peabody, associate professor of voice in the School of Fine Arts. is a graduate of the University, having received her bachelor of music degree in 1923. Afterward she did advanced coaching at various times under such well-known singers and voice teachers as Charles W. Clark, Harriet Van Enden, Isaac Van Grove, Herman Devries, and Kurt Schnidler. She has been a member of the Fine Arts faculty since 1924 and has appeared in concert each year at the University and in surrounding cities and towns. For the past several years, Miss Peabody has been director of the University Women's Glee Club. She is also director as well of the choir of the First Presbyterian church of Lawrence.
Miss Peabody will offer a choice selection of songs in Italian, German, French, and English. Included in the final English group will be songs from such American composers as Emerson Whithorne, Walter Kramer, and Edward Horsman. The program will be open to the public without admission charge.
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Postwar Air Transportation Will Be Discussed Over KFKU
The score was sung and played by a well-balanced cast. Lively lines, a modern tone to the language, bright colored costumes, and the rapid pace of action unfolded the story in a swift moving tempo. The jail scene in the third act did not come up to the spirited second act with its "Laughing Song," and the "Czardas," and the rhythmic waltz of the "Champagne Song" in the finale.
"Postwar Air Transportation" will be the subject of discussion on the University of Kansas Roundtable over KFKU tonight at 9:30. The speakers will be Henry S. Allwell, assistant professor of aeronautical engineering; Robert McCloy, assistant professor aeronautical engineering; and Charles Shields, Coordinator, CAA.
and Eisenstein tried to carry on a conversation in French by saying a few familiar words such as "crepes suzettes" over and over again, created one of the particularly humorous situations.
Helena Bliss as Rosalinda sang her part throughout the performance dramatically and with good stage presence. As the masked countess in the second act, she performed as the beautiful belle of the ball and sang the "Gypsy Song." As Adele, the maid, Jayne Cozzens lent a humorous vivacious touch to the story, as a soubrette and coloratura. Seymour Penzner, playing the dumb but jovial Prince Orlofsky, was the chief (continued to page three)
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Germans Make Last Try to Win Victory in Italy
(International News Service)
Adolf Hitler's last-ditch effort to ring a smashing victory out of the savage fighting south of Rome clashed head-on with unbroken and undiminished Allied resistance at the Anzio-Mettuno beachhead today. Hitler's high command claimed that the railroad station at Aprilla had been recaptured by German forces and further alleged that Allied troops of the beachhead area are being battered mercilessly by long - range artillery. Gen. Sir Henry - Maitland - Wilson's comunique conceded that the enemy offensive had been launched on a grand scale with units of six veteran divisions participating.
There was nothing, however, to substantiate Nazi claims that the Allied line has "collapsed" or that the Germans are engaged in "moping-up operations." While the German offensive is a general one, apparently launched from several directions against the beachhead, Gen. Maitland - Wilson's announcement said that the enemy was merely "probing the Allied front line" searching for a weak spot if one exists. Further progress was reported for Allied forces in Cassino where savage house-to-house fighting continued. The Germans claimed that Allied forces had been "thrown out of the ruined city," but this was in direct contradiction to an official Allied announcement which told of strong Allied tank units pacing bayonet-wielding Americans and Britains through the rubble-strewed streets.
One encouraging factor in the situation was the apparent inability of the Germans to strengthen their air arm in the Rome area. Gen. Maitland-Wilson's communique disclosed that throughout yesterday when Allied planes carried out 850 sorties the Germans made only 30 missions.
The aerial campaign of attrition went forward again with a gigantic new attack on Frankfort, and Liberators smashed German installations in the Pal De Calis area of the French invasion coast.
Temperature Drops To4 Above Zero
The Kansas Public Service Co. thermometer reached its lowest of 4 degrees above zero at 10 a.m., but there were even lower recordings in other parts of the city.
Temperatures hovering near the zero mark this morning quickened the pace of pedestrians on the campus and brought out the heaviest wraps.
A strong wind last night added to the suffering as the mercury dropped steadily. *
Influenza Causes Absences From Registrar's Office
Several employees of the registrar's office are ill with influenza. Those absent from their work because of illness are Miss Mae Rouble, assistant registrar; Miss Winifred Feltner, transcript clerk; and Miss Marcia Beatty, assistant recorder.
Frigid Blast Greets EM's From Calif.
Fresh from warm sunny weather of San Diego, Calif., and their eight weeks of boot training, the fourth contingent of naval electrician mates trainees arrived yesterday in time to receive a frigid greeting from Kansas weather.
The 56 men, who will be under the direct charge of Chief Specialist Gathings during their four months training period, will be designated as the second platoon of the second company during their stay here, Chief Yeoman Starkey announced.
This new contingent fills the quota of trainees for the school which was depleted at the start of the electrician mates training. At the school now are the seventeenth and eighteenth divisions of Machinists mates, and the first and second companies of electricians mates.
Students in Churches Will Begin Activity In R-E Week Sunday
Cooperating in the Religious Emphasis Week program, the student organizations sponsored by the churches of Lawrence have announced speakers, and programs on the theme of Religion for living, today and tomorrow."
"The Church in the Life of Today" will be discussed by Harry O'Kane, YMCA executive secretary, at the meeting of the Sateve Club at 8:30 p.m. Saturday at the Unitarian Church. This inter-racial group will also continue its regular evening's activities with a rumor clinic and social hour.
Mrs. Rachel VanderWerf, YWCA secretary, will speak to the Westminster Forum on "Christianity and Democracy" at 4 p.m. Sunday at Westminster Hall. There will be a social hour following the program.
Race relations will be studied under the leadership of Rev. J. D. Kelly of St Luke's A. M. E. Church at the Wesley Foundation Fellowship at 1209 Tennessee street at 4 p.m. Sunday.
Dr. W. H. Schoewe will meet with the students of Trinity Lutheran Church to discuss the topic "Christianity, Living It Today and Tomorrow." The program at 5 p.m. Sunday at the Trinity Lutheran Church will also include a social hour and fellowship lunch.
The Young People's Group of the First Baptist Church will meet at 4 p.m. Sunday at 1124 Mississippi street for a discussion of the "The Christian Concept of the Family" under the leadership of Rev. Russell E. Carter of Haskell Institute, Negro Forum to Heaul Dr. Jack
Speaking at the Negro Forum at the Ninth Street Baptist Church at 4 p.m. Sunday Dr. Homer A. Jack of the Unitarian Church will discuss the topic "Is God Colorblind?" Rev. T. H. Aszmann of the First Presbyterian Church will speak at the Young People's Forum of the Christian Church at 5 p.m. Sunday at Myers Hall on "Why Should Religion Be Emphasized?"
The Fireside Forum of the Plymouth Congregational Church will meet at 4 p.m. Sunday to Discuss "On Being a Real Person,"
Coeds to Live Life of WAC's Tomorrow
Bad weather will in no way hinder the drill periods WAC Day, Lt. Betty Veach, of the Topeka army recruiting office, said today in announcing that in event of cold, snowy, weather Saturday, drilling will be done in the Military Science building.
Women who will be unable to attend during the early part of the day have been invited by Lieutenant Veach to attend the coke party between 4 and 6 p.m. The party will be in the Kansas room of the Memorial Union building.
"The girls who are interested in joining the WAC's after graduation or before will have a chance to see a cross section in the day of a WAC, and to learn what it is really like," said Lt. Betty Veach of the Topeka army recruiting office.
Lt. Veach working in cooperation with Lt. Col, W. L. McMorris, his staff, Miss Elizabeth Meguris, and Miss Marie Miller have arranged for tomorrow to be WAC day on the campus. The girls will meet at Snow hall at 8 o'clock, and will run through a typical day of WAC life including the entrance exams that all girls are required to take before entering the service, mess in regular army style in Lindley halt, and a class in military customs and courtesies.
Two movies of the "Why We Wight" series will be shown. The first, showing the fall of France, will be given at 11 a.m. under the title "Divide and Conquer." The second movie to be shown at 3:50 p.m. will be the picture, "Battle of Britain."
Lt. Veach stated that she hoped the girls of the University could see the great need for more recruits.
KU Represented At 'College Day'
A group of faculty members will represent the University today at the annual "College Day" at Topeka High School. Representatives from many other colleges and universities will also be present to interview prospective college students
Following the convocation at which the representatives will be introduced the high school students will be given a chance to talk to the representatives of the schools in which they are most interested.
The engineering school will be represented by Henry S. Stillwell, E. E. Ambrosius, Thomas T. Cestonguay, and G. W. Bradshaw.
Dean D. M. Swarthout will represent the School of Fine Arts; C.W. Asling, the School of Medicine; Leslie Waters, School of Business; Edna A. Hill, department of home economics; and Gilbert Ulmer, the College of Liberal Arts.
L. C. Woodruff, registrar, who is also attending the "College Day" at Topeka expects to meet with representatives of the five state institutions of higher learning, Kansas State College, Pittsburg Teachers College, Emporia Teachers College, and Hays Teachers College. This group will discuss policies in connection with the granting of credit for students who return after serving in the armed forces,