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LAWRENCE, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26.1944
41ST YEAR
NUMBER 80
185 Volunteer To Give Blood By Noon Today
One hundred and eighty-five students had volunteered at noon today to give blood to the Red Cross blood donor service, a number called 'excellent' by Dr. Ralph I. Canuteson, chairman, and his assistants.
Headed by Josephine (Jo Lee) Abbitt, as campus recruit leader, the campaign was taking on a competitive aspect as the various houses tried to show a large representation of their membership in the registration list. A record will be kept of the houses according to percentage of donation.
This is the fourth call of the Red Cross since the opening of military hostilities. Miss Abbitt has a record of six donations, having made contributions elsewhere than the campus. Several students have made three donations.
Mrs. Deane W. Malott and Mrs. Ralph I-Canuteson began registering students at 2 p.m. yesterday and the 185 volunteers kept them continually busy until 6 p.m., Dr. Canuteson said.
"We expect quite a large number yet," said Dr. Canuteson, "because more registered yesterday than we expected." Dr. Canuteson also said that those students under the age of 21 who did not receive their release blanks yesterday, may get them at the office of Watkins Memorial hospital at any time now.
Dr. Canuteson also expressed his surprise that the army and navy boys on the campus did not respond to the recruiting drive.
"We realize that this is the wrong date for many of the boys in uniform because they are having vacations," he said, "but we want them to know that they are welcome to volunteer their contributions."
Kansas Quadrangle Appears on New Map
A new topographic map of the Kansas part of the Quindaro quadrangle has just been published by the Federal Geological Survey, according to John C. Frye, assistant director in charge. Topographic mapping is carried on in Kansas cooperatively by the State and Federal Geological Surveys. The Quindaro quadrangle, which includes the northwest part of Kansas City, Kan., extends from Parallel Avenue north to the state line, and from Seventh Street about 7 miles west to Washington Rural High School. It shows the shape of the land surface in great detail by 10-foot contours printed in brown; roads, railroads, benchmarks, public buildings, and houses outside of Kansas City are printed in black. Streams and ponds are shown by blue, wooded areas by green, and main highways by red.
FDR Demands Federal Ballot Law Washington, (INS) — President Roosevelt sent a strongly-worded message to congress today demanding enactment of a federal soldier-ballot law which provoked charges of "insult" in the senate and loud boos from the house members. Mr. Roosevelt, writing congress as commander-in-chief, denounced the states-right ballot for servicemen as a "fraud."
'March of Dimes' Party Will Be at 4:30 Today
The YWCA will entertain all members at a "March of Dimes" party from 4:30 to 5:30 this afternoon in the Kansan room of the Union building. The dimes will be sent to the President for his birthday fund.
A program is planned, and reshments will be served. Cara Shoemaker, president of YWCA, will give a 1-minute statement on the "March of Dimes."
Medicine Added To AST Courses
Classes in pre-medicine will be added to the ASTP courses in the new 12-week quarter, beginning Feb. 7, Lt. Col. W. L. McMorris announced today. Word has been received only to the effect that premedicine will be included in the program, which has up to this time concerned only basic engineering; no information on what courses will be offered has been obtained. Lt. Col. McMorris said.
The session beginning Feb. 7 is the third quarter since the program originated at the University, Aug. 7. After three terms in basic engineering training, the ASTP trainees are transferred to other centers to start a regular engineering course.
After a 10-day furlough, beginning Jan. 30, for all trainees in good standing, many of the AST students will return to the University to continue their training. The enrollment for this session will be about 200 less than the opening term. The present enrollment is approximately 675.
Committee Appointed To Investigate Cuts
Jill Peck, Dick Miller, and Peggy Davis make up the committee which will meet with the Senate faculty advisory and Calendar committees to discuss the problem of cuts before and after vacations. Announcement of the committee was made at a meeting of the All-Student council in the Pine Room of the Memorial Union building last night.
The council budget was read and approved, and class officers were officially announced to the council.
Gayle Mott, equitation instructor and owner of the K.U. stables, has been confined to the Lawrence Memorial hospital as the result of a kick received from one of his work horses, Monday.
Mott's Ribs Broken; Assistant Takes Over
Hospital examination showed five broken ribs, severe bruises on his right arm, and possible internal injuries.
Although he will be unable to attend equitation classes for several weeks, the classes will be continued by assistant instructors.
The accident occurred when Mr. Mott walked up behind the work horse, leading another team of animals. The horse lashed out at the team, but struck Mr. Mott instead.
Raymond Nichols Ill at Home
Raymond Nichols In at Home Raymond Nichols, executive secretary in the office of the Chancellor, is confined to his home today with a cold.
Home Made Love Tokens Aided Cupid
Women in the "war widow" class and men in the Army and Navy units who, in spite of the spring weather, find they need a little inspiration for their letters to "the one" far away, will be surprised at the ideas they can get from the valentines displayed in the small southwest gallery of Spooner-Thayer museum.
Valentines in the 18th and 19th centuries were more sentimental than they are now. Verses, printed in all shades of ink or penned with care by the "interested" men appear in the center of the valentines or border the centerpieces of the flowers, seals, birds, or scenes of spring.
Lacy designs and edges on the paper added to the romance of the tokens of love. Some of the valentines are mere sheets of note paper with gold designs bordering around the space where the sender could write a sweet message.
Some original persons made the centerpieces of the valentines by pasting on berries, bits of flowers, and pretty decoration seals. Others preferred to write their own verses over the sheet to make the valentine seem more intimate. The following verse is a typical example:
To my Darling
To my Darling
By this token I would have you know
That I wish to be your beau.
All hopes of others I'll resign
If you'll consent to be my
If you'll consent to be my valentine.
The valentines, from Mrs. W. B Thayer's collection, will be on display through Valentine's Day.
Indian Will Lecture In 15 Kansas Towns
Nat Mazumbar, lecturer sponsored by the extension division of the University, is giving a series of lectures in Kansas towns on his native India. Today he is speaking in Overland and Norton. Tomorrow, he will lecture in Phillipsburg, Russell, and Benningham; Jan. 28, Abilene and Longford; Jan. 29, Hesston; Jan. 31, he will have two engagements in Hays, one in Hutchinson; and Feb. 1, 2, and 3, he will lecture in South Haven, Belle Plaine, Coffeyville, Miami, and Yates Center.
Mr. Mazumbar was born in Bombay, India. He has been in the United States for seven years, attending American universities and preparing himself for post-war work in his country. Mahatma Ghandi and his philosophy, and India's political, religious, and social problems form the basis of his lectures.
Dr. Willoughby Made Captain In Medical Corps
Dr. Jean Brown Willoughby, a graduate of the School of Medicine in 1839, has been promoted to a captaincy in the medical corps at Camp Wolters, Texas. Captain Willoughby received his commission in February and has been stationed at Camp Wolters 10 1-2 months.
Argentina Severs Diplomatic Relations With Germany, Japan; Similar Move Expected in Bolivia
Captain Willoughby is the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Willoughby of Manhattan, Kans. His wife, the former Virginia Wilson, is with him and lives in nearby Weatherford, Texas.
(International News Service)
To mounting military disasters in Russia, Italy, and the far Pacific was added a stunning diplomatic set-back for the Berlin-Tokyo Axis today. The Argentina government headed by Pres. Gen. Pedro Ramirez, announced after weeks of indecision that diplomatic relations with the enemies of the United Nations had at last been severed. An official statement said: "After it had been proved that strong spy activities which compromised Argentina's neutrality had been abusing our national pride, the
Russia Asks U.S. Not to Intercede Yet On Behalf of Poland
(International News Service)
Secretary of State Cordell Hull announced that Soviet Russia has rejected the American government's offer to use its good offices in bringing about resumption of diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and the Polish government in London. Hull told a news conference that the Soviet government has notified the United States that it does not feel that conditions have yet ripened to a point where such good offices could be utilized to advantage.
The Soviet government action was viewed in Washington as likely to intensify the serious crisis in Russo-Polish relations and threatened to widen the breach in Allied political unity.
Advance notice of the Soviet government's rejection of the American offer was believed to have prompted British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden's announcement in the House of Commons today that Great Britain will not recognize any change in the pre-war frontier of Poland without the consent of the free Polish government.
The view prevailed in authoritative Washington circles that Russia is unwilling to negotiate a settlement of the boundary dispute with Poland unless the Polish government accepted Moscow's claim to the eastern part of Poland and also eliminated from the London cabinet those members who are considered to be anti-Soviet.
California Professor Visits University Campus
Prof. E. Raymond Hall, of the department of zoology at the University of California, Berkeley, was a campus visitor today. Prof. Hall, who is curator of mammals at California, is director of the Museum of Natural History there. He was the holder of a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship a few years ago.
March Graduates Register For Jayhawker Pictures
Seniors planning to be graduated in March who want to have their pictures in the Jayhawk should make appointments before Friday, Virginia Schaefer, College senior, has announced.
Argentine government decided to break relations with Germany and Japan."
Prompt notice was served upon diplomatic representatives of the two Axis regimes in Buenos Aires that they are no longer "Persona Grata." They presumably will leave the country under safe-conduct as early as possible.
The internationally discredited revolutionary government in Bolivia, meanwhile, will doubtless go out of office in the near future, paving the way for establishment of a diplomatic regime there and a general clean-up of the same anti-Nazi nature that is underway in Argentina.
Capt. Clark Given New AST Authority
Capt. Benjamin F. Clark was promoted yesterday by Lt. Colonel W. L. McMorris, commanding officer of the army service forces at the University, to the newly created position of executive officer of all military activities. He thus has received increased authority with the ASTP unit along with his recent promotion from first lieutenant to captain.
"The promotion was well earned, and Captain Clark's service since the establishment of the ASTP unit at the University has been highly beneficial and of the greatest value," said Lt. Col. McMorris.
Captain Clark lives at 1800 Mississippi street with his wife and three children.
C. A. Dykstra Writes Words to Wisconsin Hymn
C. A. Dykstra, history professor on the Universiyt faculty from 1909 to 1918, has written the words to a new Wisconsin hymn which was recently played in public for the first time at the University of Wisconsin. Mr. Dykstra is now president of Wisconsin university.
The tune was composed by Fritz Kreisler, internationally-known violinist-composer, at the request of President Dykstra several years ago, after which President Dykstra wrote the words and entitled the hymn "Pioneers of Wisconsin."
At its recent performance, Prof. Raymond F. Dvorak, director of the University bands, conducted the number which he had arranged for band use.
Graduate Visits Campus Today Dr. Raymond Hall, '24, now an associate professor at the University of California, is visiting the University today.