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LAWRENCE, KANSAS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1944
41ST YEAR
NUMBER 69
Malott Approves Building Plans In Annual Report
An addition to the library, a new shop building, and the remodeling of Fowler shops for the journalism department, were listed in the Chancellor's annual report to the governor and Board of Regents, Dec. 1, as the most pressing building needs of the campus. The eight and one-half acre tract of land which has been condemned by the Board of Regents for University building will be put to use immediately after the war on one of these projects.
Other plans which were in progress before the war were an expansion of the Union building, a new men's residence hall, and an additional dormitory on Corbin hall. The plans for the men's residence hall were completed and bids made for contractors, but the war prevented its construction because of lack of needed materials.
In his annual report, Chancellor Malott also listed a new surgery unit, a pathology and pharmacology building, a Union building, and an addition to the Nurses' home as the first building needs of the Kansas City campus.
DNB Reports Ciano Shot
don, (INS) — The Nazi agency DNB reported today that Count Ciano, former Italian foreign minister condemned to death for treason in the downfall of his father-in-law, Benito Mussolini, was shot to death this morning.
All Students May Compete For Drama Parts Tomorrow
Tryouts for "A Midsummer Night's Dream," the next play production of the Dramatic Workshop, will be held from 3:30 to 5:30 tomorrow afternoon in the Little Theater of Green hall, Prof. Allen Crafton announced today. The tryouts are open to all University students.
London, (INS)—While Soviet forces drove steadily into pre-war Polish territory and pounded toward the Rumanian frontier, the Polish cabinet in exile met to consider Stalin's proposal to reconstitute Poland at the expense of Germany instead of herself.
Poland Ponders Reds' Proposal
Stalin told the Poles his object was to retain White Russia and the western Ukraine within the borders of the Soviet Union. When hostilities have ended, the Russian plan would set Poland's eastern frontier over roughly to the Curzon line of 1941, from Grodno south to Lublin and the Carpathians.
There was no immediate Polish reaction to the scheme.
'Old Grad Was Wicked Sophomore
Students at the University today can rejoice over the fact that they were not "lowly" freshmen when J. Melvin Evans, a graduate in 1917, was a member of the sophomore class.
In a letter written to the alumni office, he enclosed a copy of the "Sixteen Statutes" for freshmen, which he, and others of his class printed under guard and published in 1914.
Entitled the "Laws of the Mighty Sophomores," they included such rules as "Ye soft-headed striplings, curse not the College; exasperate not the Engineers, loaf not near the Laws; meddle not with the Medicies; provoke not the Pharmics; and above all, fuss not the Fine Arts," and "Forget not your sacred duty to your Alma Mater, turn out—for the affection of Michael, turn out—you are worthless now but there is hope."
While pasting these intimidating ultimatums around the campus, they were caught in the act, and subjected to a fitting punishment. The "mighty sophomores" were put on a freight
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71 Appear on Army Honor Roll; Pvt. John Leach Leads With 6 A's
Fifty-one ASTP trainees and 20 reserve trainees earned places on the Army honor roll, Lt. Col. W. L.
Jungle Life Interesting, Says Major Flint,'37
"Managing one of those balloons is worse than taking care of a baby," said Maj. George M. Flint, son of Prof. and Mrs. L. N. Flint who, with his wife, is visiting his parents while en route to Camp Cooke, Calif., from the Panama Canal Zone.
Major Flint is executive officer of the 301 barrage balloon battalion which was the first of its kind to be organized in the United States. In December, 1941, the battalion was sent to a camp in Panama that is in the midst of a jungle. In these new surroundings the newcomers found many interesting things.
Jungle Noise Is Loud
Jungle Noise Is Loud
"The first thing a stranger notices," said Major Flint, "is the noise of the jungle—it's so loud that you can't sleep for the first few nights, but you soon become accustomed to it.
"The division is thoroughly trained in jungle warfare," he declared, "and in this training the greatest problem is taking care of oneself, but when this is accomplished, one can live quite comfortably. There is even a water vine which after being cut a certain way, supplies us with perfectly good drinking water."
"For anyone interested in outdoor life," he continued, "this work is perfect because you can see anything in a day—even the prehistoric three-toed sloth."
See Unusual Things
But there were things which, according to Major Flint, one gets
tired of. He included the Spanish language, rain, mud, and storms, in this category.
Major Flint was graduated from the School of Business in 1937, and at that time received his commission as a second lieutenant from ROTC. He was a member of Delta Upsilon fraternity, president of Delta Sigma Phi, honorary business fraternity, and editor of the business school newspaper.
Of his experience in Panama, Major Flint said, "I enjoyed it, but I'm happy to be back and hope to be in the states for quite some time." Graduated in 1937
Catch Bat With Balloons
"Since we didn't have any trouble with the enemy," he exclaimed, "the only thing we caught with our barrage balloons was a bat. However, these balloons are quite effective in England where the enemy planes come often," he said.
Major Flint declared that working with barrage ballons and the highly developed training which it involves makes it a very interesting field.
Major Flint and his wife left this morning for California, where he will be stationed.
"Storms play havoc with the balloons," he declared. "They get vicious in the wind, cables break, and then sometimes the balloons catch fire. When this happens," he added, "we have to watch out for diving balloons."
McMorris, commanding officer,
announced today. The trainees attained a rating of A in two or more of the six academic subjects, mathematics, physics, chemistry, history, English, and geography.
The magna cum laude student is Pvt. John A. Leach, who made six A's. A graduate of a Detroit, Mich., high school, Pvt. Leach has completed 40 college hours at Carnegie Tech University with a grade of A in every subject.
Corwin Cornell, Donald Crane (4), Ralph Edelson (3), Edward Elder, Paul Fernier (3), Donald Frank (3), Leonard Goldman (3), Napoleon Gorski, Charles Graffis, Richard Gustefson, Byron Hardin (4), and Heinoden.
Trainees on the honor roll, with the number of A's to their credit: Eric Arnold (3), Harold Austin (5), Ralph Bellenot, Jack Brady, Joseph Brooks, Robert Brooks (4), Francis Cardiello, James Carey (4), Henry Carr (3), Albert Cepela, and Burton Clark.
Lester Herb, Donald Hickman,
James Hill (3), Paul Horton, Ralph
Jackson, Desmond Jenkins, Peter
Karadimos, George Keady (3), John
Kenyon, John Leach (6), George
Maruska, Raymond McClure (4),
Eugene McGrail, Chalmers Monteith,
Conrad Moss (3), James Nyquist
(3), and Percy Ransome (3).
Merlyn Salmon, Wilmer Sanders,
Stanley Siegel 5), Berkeley Slutzkir
(5), John Steeves (3), John Straw-
bridge, Theodore Tristan, James
Tully (5), J. W. Vanalkenburg
(3), Franklin Weary (4), and
Robert Weiss (3).
Reserves on the honor roll are:
Reserves on the lawn at
Douglas Bennallack, Charles Benton,
William Brigham, William Brumitt (3),
John Cambell (3), Robert Christensen, Donald Danes,
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FDR's 5-Point Program to Congress Asks Service Law to Stop Strikes United Civilian Effort to Win War
Washington, (INS)—President Roosevelt highlighted his third wartime annual message to Congress today with a request for enactment of a national service law to prevent strikes and bring every available adult in the nation into the final drive to win the war.
Mr. Roosevelt proposed a five-point domestic program, cov-
Rubinstein Was Child Prodigy
Artur Rubinstein, world famous concert pianist, who will play here Thursday evening in the second of the University Concert Series, was a child prodigy of exceptional ability. D. M. Swarthout, dean of the School of Fine Arts said.
Joachim sent Rubinstein to visit Paderewski, who was so enchanted with the youth's ability that he prevailed on him to stay several months longer.
Appeared in USA First in 1906
At the age of three he displayed musical talent. When Rubinstein was six years old, he gave a concert for charity in Warsaw. He was taken to Berlin shortly afterward to study with the great teacher, Heinrich Barth. The amazing child was also placed with Max Bruch and Robert Kahn for instruction in composition and harmony. At eleven he made his formal debut in Berlin, playing a Mozart concerto with the great Joachim, his musical godfather, conducting the orchestra.
The pianist made his first appearance in America in 1906 as solist with the Philadelphia orchestra. A few days later he made his New York debut in Carnegie hall. During this tour Rubinstein appeared in 75
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The President touched briefly on international affairs. He denied entering any secret committment at Teheran or Cairo that would cast the United States into the "role of Santa Claus." He said bluntly, "there were no secret treaties or political or financial commitments."
war contracts, food subsidies, price stabilization, and the national service law. Of the latter he said, "It is my conviction that the American people will welcome this win-the-war measure which is based on the eternally just principle of fair-to-one, fair-to-all."
Favors Votes for Soldiers
On the home front, Mr. Roosevelt called also for passage of a federal soldiers' voting bill. He demanded unity by all to win the war. Leek of unity, he warned, "can kill American boys". He denounced the "pests who swarm through the lobies of Congress and the cocktail bars of Washington, representing special groups as opposed to the basic interests of the nation as a whole."
Looking to the future, the President urged a plan for "lasting peace and the establishment of an American standard of living higher than ever before known." He proposed a "second Bill of Rights under which a new basis of security and prosperity can be established for all regardless of station, race or creed."
Teachers Are Needed Throughout the State
With the recent announcement of the appointment of Harold Phillips, M.M.E. in 1941, as instrumental director at Holdredge, Neb., by the Teachers Appointment bureau, Prof. H. E. Chandler, secretary of the bureau, revealed a desperate need of teachers throughout the state at present.
"In almost all high school fields there will continue to be vacancies," said Professor Chandler, "but there is a constant demand in the fields of mathematics, science, commerce, music, and English."
With only one known student in education and possibly three or four others graduating in March, there are practically no candidates available to fill this demand. Primarily the small high schools are now being affected by this shortage of teachers, but they pay almost as good a salary as the larger schools and usually require no experience. Even a war industry job affords no better pay than a beginning teaching position in some high school, with the lowest starting incomes ranging from $1500 to $1600.
The present demand for high school teachers has been created mainly by the military program. The reclassification of men has taken from teaching programs those who were formerly rejected because of slight physical disabilities. These men are usually not being taken into the army to participate in regular combat but to release another man from a desk job for combat duties.
War industry is not affecting the demand so much now in this immediate area as it did in the earlier part of the war. There are many marriages of the women teachers but married women are being retained in teaching positions now more than ever before.
According to Professor Chandler, this situation is not one that will end immediately but will continue for some time. People who plan to go into teaching in the next two or three years will have no need to worry about finding jobs. Teachers are needed now, and more will be needed in the future.