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Fair and colder tonight. Saturday, fair and continued mild.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1944
41ST YEAR
NUMBER 77
Concert Monday Will Feature Wagner, Strauss
Turning to such masters of symphony as Wagner, Strauss, Bruch and Franck, the University Symphony orchestra will again appear in public concert at Hoch auditorium at 8 p.m. Monday.
After the playing of the Star-
Spangled Banner, the orchestra will go at once into Wagner's overture to "Die Meistersinger," the great comic opera which the noted composer wrote soon after "Tannhauser."
With Miss Barbara Huls, as violinist, the "Concerto in G Minor" (Max Bruch), embodying its "allegro moderato" and "adagio," will be played as a third number.
"Siegfried Iydyll" (Wagner) and "Tales from the Vienna Woods" ('Straus') will move the program towards a climax and the entertainment ends with the "Symphony in D Minor" (Franck).
"Siegfried Idyll" was written as birthday greeting to Wagner's wife, whereas Strauss "Tales from the jenna Woods" had its inception from the author's woodland strolls.
B-17's Bomb Berlin As Japs Lose Ships And Germans Retreat
(International News Service)
American B-17 fortresses led the new daylight attack upon the Continent paced by speedy British and U.S. fighter and bombing planes. It was the 105th Allied raid upon the German capital since the war began, and the 11th since the RAF and U.S. Eighth army air force teamed up in a joint campaign to blast Berlin off the map. Two-thirds of Berlin already has been reported in rubble. More than 2,200 tons of bombs were dropped on the gutted capital, starting gigantic fires that were visible hundreds of miles away. Thirty-five British bombers were lost in the undertaking.
In the Pacific a lone submersible venturing into the Malacca straits between Malaya and Singapore sent two torpedoes into the hull of a 1,500-ton Japanese cruiser and sank it. Three other Japanese merchant ships, including one carrying munitions, were sunk by American bombing planes.
In Washington the navy announced today that American long-range submarines have sunk 12 more Japanese supply ships in forays throughout the Pacific and Far East.
On the Italian front British, Canadian and American troops flanked by veteran French forces pushed steadily ahead along the southern approaches to Rome.
Dispatches from Moscow predicted "complete disaster" for some 300,- 000 Germans on the Leningrad front, where Soviet forces pushed ahead following the capture of Novgorod.
Paintings Accepted for Show
Mrs. John Winters, the former Anna Grace Doty, a graduate of the School of Fine Arts in 1938, and her husband have had paintings accepted for the Chicago Art Institute show.
AST's With Good Records May Attend Game Tonight
"In view of the strenuous two days of continuous examinations, AST trainees with good conduct records have been granted permission to attend the Oklahoma-Kansas basketball game tonight." Lt. Col. W. L. McMorris announced today. They will be required to report back to Lindley hall not later than 10 p.m.
Medics, Nurses Graduate Jan. 31
Eighty-two medical students and 34 nurses will be graduated at the commencement exercises in Fraser theater at 8 p.m., Jan. 31, H. G. Ingham, chairman of the University Commencement Committee, announced yesterday.
The majority of the medical students will be in army or navy uniforms this year, since they have already been inducted into the service. and the nurses will wear the customary "academic garb" and participate in the procession to Fraser theater.
If the weather continues to be "June in January", Mr. Ingham said, the procession will march to Fraser from Frank Strong hall. If it is normal January weather, however, the procession will form in the corridor at the east entrance and march in two files up each stairway to the platform, Mr. Ingham explained. Chaucey Will Be Sneaker
Chauncey D. Leake, dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Texas, will be the principal speaker. Dr. LaVerne B. Spake will extend the greeting of the Board of Regents.
Chancellor Deane W. Malott will be in charge of the farewell to the class, conferring of degrees, and presentation of diplomas.
The administration of oath and awarding of commissions to army medical officers will be conducted by Col. W. L. McMorris, commanding officer of the army service forces at the University. The men will be commissioned first lieutenants.
Admission to the exercises will be by ticket only. Most of the seating capacity will be reserved for parents, relatives, and friends of the graduates, for the faculty of the School of Medicine, and for the medical students on the campus, who will attend in a body.
Capt. A. H. Buh, commanding officer of the U. S. Naval Training School at the University, will administer the oath and award commissions to Navy medical officers These men will receive the commission of lieutenant (j.g.).
Washington, (INS) — The senate today defeated an amendment to the tax bill which would have permitted corporations to set aside 20 per cent of their taxes for reconversion to peace-time production after the war. Senators Harry S. Truman (Dem., Mo.) and Carl Hatch (Dun., N. M.) proposed the amendment on the basis of a Truman committee survey of the problems faced by corporations."
The plan is to have students in the School of Medicine form in the north corridor and follow the process, taking their seats in the auditorium itself.
Corporations Not Allowed To Set Aside Taxes
Cold May Keep 'Phog' From Game
History will be repeated if Dr. Forrest C. "Phog" Allen is not able to be with his team tonight as they meet their greatest basketball foe, the Oklahoma Sooners of Bruce Drake.
After not feeling well yesterday, Dr. Allen developed a temperature of 102 last night. He has been in bed all day with a bad cold and possibly influenza. His temperature however, has been going down.
Should Dr. Allen not be able to make tonight's game, his son, Milton, will take charge of the team.
The last time Dr. Allen missed a game was in 1934, and as on this occasion it was against Oklahoma here and at about the same time of year. He had an attack of influenza then, too. His assistant, Frosty Cox, now at Colorado, took charge of the team. The Kansas team defeated the Sooners the first night here, 33 to 26, in a non-conference game. The game the second night was counted as a conference game, and the Jayhawkers won by an even larger score, 39 to 25. Dr. Allen missed both games.
The only other time Dr. Allen ever missed a game was in 1928, when John Bunn, who was assistant coach, took charge. Kansas won that game too.
Canuteson Appeals For Blood Donations
"Because of the demand for blood plasma, we are hoping that many more students will volunteer to give their blood when the donors' service visits Lawrence again in February," exclaimed Dr. Ralph I. Canuteson, chairman of the donor committee for Douglas county and director of the University health service. "Only 75 persons contributed last time, and this number must be increased to meet the new quota," he added.
Those under 21 will be given a "release" blank, which must be signed by their parents before they are permitted to donate their blood. According to Dr. Canuteson, the blanks do not need to be presented until the donor comes to donate his blood, and he may register and make an appointment before having it signed.
Lt. Condr. Robert L. Flint, son of L' N. Flint, professor of journalism, arrived last night to spend several days in Lawrence. Accompanied by his wife and son, Bobby, he is en route from sea duty in the Pacific to Jacksonville, Fla., where he will be stationed.
Son of L. N. Flint Visits Here After Pacific Duty
Hopkins Questioned About Letter
Washington, (INS) — Harry L. Hopkins, presidential adviser, testified today before a federal grand jury investigating Washington's famous letter-forging mystery. Upon leaving the grand jury room, Hopkins reasserted to reporters that his letter to Dr. Umphrey Lee of Southern Methodist University is a forgery and he added, "I think I know who the forger is."
Kansas and Oklahoma Renew Old Cage Rivalries Here Tonight Is High Spot of Home Schedule
Dr. Bauer to Speak At Fraser Tonight
Presenting a picture of modern trends in health problem solving, Dr. W. W. Bauer of the American Medical Association bureau of health education will lecture at 8 this evening in Fraser theater under the sponsorship of the Phi Beta Pi medical fraternity.
All Navy V-12 boys stationed at the University are eligible to tryout for the Campus problem speaking contest, Miss Margaret Anderson of the speech department announced today on the authority of Leonard H. Axe, University administrator of the V-12 program.
The tryouts, which are open to all University students, will be held at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, in the little theater of Green hall.
V-12's Eligible To Make Talks
Students desiring to enter the tryouts or secure additional information concerning the contest, are requested to see Miss Anderson at the speech office, room 5 in Green hall. All names must be handed in by Tuesday, Miss Anderson said.
The final contest will be held in the little theater at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 2, with the traditional silver loving cup as the award to the high ranking speaker. The contest, for four-minute speeches pertaining to some campus problem, was instituted with the purpose of providing valuable experience in platform speaking for University students.
Candidates Leave For Officers' School
Faculty members in the department of speech and drama will act as judges and will select the eight students who will speak in the final contest on Feb. 2. Judges for the final contest will not be members of the speech department.
Cpl. Delbert Perkins and Cpl. Lloyd Swoboda of Lawrence, who were members of the junior class of the ROTC at the University, left yesterday afternoon for Camp Davis, N.C., where they will enter the anti-aircraft artillery officers' candidate school.
Cpl. George Richard Mankin, Cpl.
Max Wymore, Cpl. William Nichols,
Cpl. William Gordon Scherer and
Cpl. Stephen Stimson, who were
transferred here early in November
from Camp Wallace, Texas, also left
with Cpl. Perkins and Cpl. Svoboda
Out For the Duration
The American Rhodes scholarships were suspended by the Rhodes trustees in September, 1939, as a result of the war. No new elections have been held, and it is not likely that any will be held until the war is over.
The "big game" has rolled around again. The Universities of Kansas and Oklahoma will resume their heated cage rivalry when the quintets of Dr. F. C. Allen and Bruce Drake take the floor against each other at 7:30 tonight in Hoch auditorium.
A huge throng is expected to jam the auditorium to see the game which is, as it has also been in recent years and is again the year, the high spot on the Jayhawk home schedule.
Kansas Is Underdog
Both teams annually have been fighting it out for Big Six conference honors, with Kansas usually coming out on top. This year is no exception as both teams were, with Iowa State, set up as pre-season favorites. However, this year Kansas is the underdog, with the Sooners having the edge.
This is the first clash between one of the supposed "first three." Both teams have had three Big Six contests. Oklahoma has downed Kansas State, 61 to 28, Missouri, 44 to 30, and Nebraska, 45 to 35. The Jayhawks were upset in their opening, losing to M.U., 28 to 35, only to bounce back and thrash Nebraska, 51 to 27, and win out over K-State, 36 to 30. Were it not for the comparative scores with Nebraska—14 points in Kansas' favor—the Jayhawks wouldn't even be given a look-in by the dopesters. Despite even the Nebraska score, the Sooners have been installed as 2 to 1 favorites.
Rivalry Is Hot
But dope means nothing in this rivalry. Ever since Coach Bruce Drake and his team walked into Hoch auditorium a couple of years ago at the same time "Phog" Allen was addressing a convocation audience and was making some not-too-complimentary remarks about
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Having completed their finals in regular courses, the AST trainees are now taking War Department achievement tests, Lt. Col. W. L. McMorris announced today. These tests are being given at each of the 40 universities which started AST programs, Aug. 9, 1943. The purpose of the tests is to show the War Department the type of instruction the trainees are receiving at the various training centers.
AST's Take Exams Of War Department
"We expect the University of Kansas to make a good showing." Lt. Col. McMorris said. The group of boys stationed at the University have a high I.Q. rating and should rate well in these tests.
These examinations are given in mathematics, physics, chemistry, English, history, and geography. They are being given today and until 4:30 tomorrow afternoon. Three tests are taken each day.
Ratings attained by the trainees in these tests will be given consideration by the University in determining final grades.
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