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NUMBER 85
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1944
41ST YEAR
Army, Marines Mass for Push In Marshall Isles
(International News Service)
Veteran United States army forces and top marines fresh from the training ground set up 10 separate beachheads in the heavily-defended Marshall islands today and massed for major onslaughts against key Japanese garrisons.
The amphibious American forces gained their wide-spread foothold in the Marshalls—outer protective wall of the Japanese empire with comparative ease. A three-day aerial and naval bombardment without a parallel since the Pacific war began shattered the enemy defenses and tore great gaps in his air power. Weak Resistance at First
The first landings were made against weak resistance and American casualties were light. However, fighting of terrific intensity now undoubtedly is underway, as latest dispatches from the battlefront indicated that a general offensive has been launched against the main enemy bases on Kwajalein, Roi, and Namur islands at the northern and southern extremities of the group. For the first time
Since Pearl Harbor territory actually embraced within the boundary of the Japanese empire was taken away from Emperor Hirohito. The battlefront lies less than 3000 miles from Tokyo.
Navy, Air Force Subdue Kwajalain All the previous Pacific triumphs—Guadalcanal, New Guinea, New Georgia, New Britain, the Ellice islands, and the Gilberts—represented painstaking recapture of land seized by the Japanese in their initial surge of conquest.
So tremendous was the bombardment laid down by the American navy and air force that not a single Japanese fighter plane was left on hand to intercept the landing on Kwajalein island in the south. On the northern sector, aerial resistance was far more marked. Eighteen Japanese planes were brought down and 51 others destroyed or damaged on the ground when the Americans went into Roi and Namur.
Ship's Company Loses Four Members
As the result of the decrease of personnel of the Naval Training school, four members of the ship's company will leave this week, three of them for foreign duty, Chief Yeoman Starkey announced today.
Chief Sp. F. J. Jamison, Sacramento; Y1c James Harris, Meade; and SK1c Adam Ostrowsky, Cleveland, will report to San Francisco for assignment to "duty outside the continental limits of the United States."
Mail Sp. 3c David Berger, Bronx, will report to the Training school at Ames, Iowa.
A former student at the University won the "$64 question" Monday night. Sam B. Redmond of Lawrence, a graduate of the School of Law in 40, stumped the experts on "Information Please" with his question relating to general subjects discussed in three separate groups of books.
Law Graduate Wins Prize
Mural Art On Display At Museum
An outstanding exhibit of mural designs from a nationally held competition, to be placed in the library of the Museum of Fine Arts, at Springfield, Mass., will be featured in Spooner-Thayer museum this month.
The mural designs are small panels of the picture the artist would paint on a large wall. With each panel is a detailed part of the mural painted in full scale of the large, finished mural. The Springfield museum in October, 1942, opened the competition to all artists in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. A prize of $4,500 and the opportunity to paint the large mural in the library of the Springfield museum was the award to the winner of the contest.
The murals could be painted on the subject of the history Springfield, a series of incidents showing the high spots of art history, the visualization of the Museum's place in a community stressing education, or a reference to the industrial importance of the western Massachusetts section of the Connecticut river valley, where Springfield is located.
Pvt. Sante Graziani of Cleveland, Ohio, won the competition. He is now in the army and cannot paint the mural until after the war. Saul Levine of Washington, D. C., was the first alternate, Frederic S. Hynyd of Simsbury, Conn., the second. Honorable mention went to Pietro Lazzari of Washington, D. C., and Kindred McLeary of Confluence, Pa
The exhibit is being shown in only two museums of Kansas this year, the Spooner-Thayer museum and the Mulvane Art museum at Washburn University in Topeka.
Project to Furnish Scrap Books Begun
A project to furnish scrap books for convalescent service men in U.S. hospitals was undertaken at a meeting of the Pan-Hellenic Council yesterday in the Union building, Doris Dunklen, president announced yesterday.
The plan was presented by Sigma Kappa, whose national president heads the national project. Each sorority house will be given a scrap book, which will be purchased by the Council. These books may be filled with stories clipped from various magazines, comics, pictures, or anything that will be entertaining to the men, said Miss Dunkley.
A committee of women from the city Pan-Hellenic Association, of which Mrs. Paul B. Lawson is chairman, met with the group to discuss changes in rushing rules. They made several suggestions, but no action will be taken until April, Miss Dunkley explained.
The work should be started this week, as the books will probably be collected at the next meeting, she said.
Walker Speaker For R-E Week; Convocation Set
Alumni Celebrate Kansas Day
Sixteen alumni in Seattle, Wash., celebrated Kansas Day with a dinner at which they made plans for an official alumni dinner to be given sometime in February. The dinner was at the Edmund Meany hotel,
A convocation Feb. 14 as a part of the Religious Emphasis Week is being planned by a committee headed by Mrs. Rachel VanderWerf.
The tentative plan for the all-campus meeting followed an announcement that Prof. Ed wiin Walker, of the department of philosophy of the University of Colorado, has been invited to be a guest of the University Feb. 15 and 16 to participate in a number of group meetings and discussions.
An opportunity to participate in the week's program is to be given every student, religious organization for students, and organized house. The committee has asked that all church youth groups cooperate in their programs for that week, using the theme, "A religion for living, today and tomorrow."
More definite plans pertaining to the proposed convocation will be announced soon, according to the committee which is composed of Mrs. VanderWerf, the Rev. Theodore H. Aszman, Richard Beach, College senior in the V-12; and Florence Helmke, College senior.
Fine Arts Students Offer Brass Recital
The weekly student recital of the School of Fine Arts will be given at 3:30 tomorrow afternoon in Fraser theater. The program will be composed entirely of students of brass instruments of E. Thayer Gaston and will offer numbers for trumpet, cornet, trombone, and French horn.
A trumpet solo "Chanson Hebraique" (Glinka), will open the recital. Doradeen Perry will play a trombone solo, "Concertino (Andante and Maestrose)" by David.
Compromise Proposed In Soldier Vote Bill
"Preludio and Gavotta," from "Sonata in F," transcribed by Solodouiew (Corelli), will be played by Hope Crittenden on the French horn. Lonnie Kelley will present a trombone number, "Andante and Finale" from "Concerto for Clarino" (Haydn), will be played by William Oakes.
Washington, (INS)—Senator John Danaher (Dem., Connecticut) today proposed a compromise in the servicemen's vote bill warrangle under which soldiers overseas would vote by federal ballot while those in the United States would vote by state-ballot methods. Danaher made his proposal after states-rights advocates in the senate had been defeated in their attempt to assure that local poll tax and registration laws would apply in counting soldiers' ballots. As the upper chamber moved toward a vote on the compromise plan, the house engaged in bitter debate of the Rankin bill which is designed to facilitate delivery of states' ballots to servicemen.
Star Favors Careers for Women Marjorie Weaver, Paramount star and alumna of the University of Indiana, favors careers for women.
Groundhog Retires 'Til Finals Over
From dawn until noon today, spring fever grew in legitimacy as an excuse for late assignments, unshined shoes, and general bogusness of character. Then the sun emerged for a glorified second and everything was ruined.
Out for his first gander around the campus after a several month's snooze (100 percent cutting average) Joe Groundhog caught a glimpse of his shadow at exactly 1.30. Thinking, undoubtedly, that the apparition meant the approach of some irate professor after an overdue mid-semester report, he dived for his lodgings, where according to tradition, he will now remain in hiding for six more weeks, thereby avoiding finals and the light opera.
While seeing his shadow had comfortable results for the groundhog himself, it is regarded as major tragedy in the lives of other students of the University who were looking forward to an immediate spring and the premature development of the various things associated with that interesting season of the year.
With the Hill bond drive at the half-way mark today, Betty Jo O'-Neal, major in the Coed Volunteer Corps, announced that $2,332 of the $5000 quota has been raised.
Hill Bond Drive Reaches $2,332
The CVC drive, in cooperation with the Fourth War Loan, began Jan. 21 and will end Feb. 10.
Student contributions have been improving and are much more satisfactory than at the beginning of the drive, said Miss O'Neal. In addition, the Interfraternity Council has added to the total by purchasing a $500 bond. A number of purchases also have been made by members of the faculty.
Need National Service Act,
Says Legion Commander
The drive will end with a Bond dance Feb. 12, sponsored by the Union activities. A Bond queen will be chosen from candidates of organized houses. Names of candidates must be turned in today to Eugenia Hepworth who is chairman of the Bond queen candidates.
Washington, (INS) — Warren H. Atherton, national commander of the American Legion, declared today that the nation must develop a universal law "Freezing all prices, capturing all excess profits and marshalling all productive powers in order to save American lives and win the war." He made the assertion while testifying before the senate military affairs committee on the pending Austin-Wadsworth national service act. He said national service was needed to "improve and strengthen the morale of our armed forces."
Student Fails to Get an Okay
Student Fans to Get A Job
A student at the University of North Carolina was suspended indefinitely from school and flunked in his physics course because of his failure to get his instructor's okay on his laboratory experiment before leaving the laboratory.
Blood Bank Goal Reached in Gifts Of 280 Students
Approximately 280 students helped the community surpass its goal for 576 blood donors with a total of 637 volunteers, the registration committee for the Blood Bank announced today.
Registrations Still Accepted
"The response from the students has been far better than for any previous visit of the Blood Bank," said R.alph I. Canuteson, chairman of the Blood Donors' service for Douglas county, "and the committee feels that the enthusiastic impetus given to the program by the early registration of 190 students the first afternoon, encouraged others to sign up more promptly," he added.
"Though the quota has been filled," said Dr. Canuteson, "registrations will still be accepted because we are expecting some cancellations, but these appointment must be made today for the actual donations will begin tomorrow."
Dr. Canuteson said that before tomorrow or Friday, every volunteer donor will receive a card reminding him of his appointment and advising him about his diet. It is very important to follow the instructions, he said, for failure to follow the diet instructions may make the blood unsatisfactory for dried plasma.
New Donors Named
The 23 new donors are;
James T. Proctor, V-12, a College senior and freshman in medicine; Llyod Crow, junior in engineering; Carl Hoak, a graduate and freshman in medicine; James Simpson, V-12 sophomore in engineering; Frances Clay, College junior; Anne Walker, pharmacy senior; Kenneth Higdon,
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Members of the faculty of Kansas University will discuss plans for post-war education at the 27th annual meeting of the council of administration of the Kansas State Teachers Association at Emporia this week, said Dean Twente, of the school of education. The sessions will start Wednesday and end Saturday.
Faculty Will Discuss Post-war at KSTA
Maude Ellsworth, assistant professor of education will take part in the Education Planning Commission seminar. The commission will discuss "A 1943 Analysis of Kansas Schools."
Paul B. Lawson, dean of the College of Liberal Arts, will address a group on the topic, "Liberal Arts in Post-War Education."
Laurence C. Woodruff, registrar will attend the meetings of Kansas state registrars and deans, at which they will discuss "What Amount of Credit Should be Given Army and Navy Students for Work Done in Different College Training Programs."
Chancellor Malot, Dean Twente,
Guy Keeler, Harold C. Ingham, H.
E. Chandler, Madison Coombs and
B. A. Nash will also attend the
meetings at Emporia State Teachers
College this week.