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LAWRENCE, KANSAS, MONDAY, JANUARY 10. 1944
41ST YEAR
NUMBER 68
Condemn Land To Make Way For Buildings
With 7570,000 pouring in yearly to the state treasury for construction of buildings at state schools as the result of the special tax levy, plans are being rushed for the new buildings one or more of which will be built here after the war.
With this procedure in view, the Board of Regents has authorized condemnation of an eight and one-half acre tract of land which will be added to the University property. The University Endowment Association will provide funds to buy the land which is on the southern edge of the campus, extending from the alley west of Alabama street east to Indiana and south to 16th street.
Lease Gas and Oil Land
The Board also authorized the leasing from Kansas State College of 160 acres of Rawlins county land for oil and gas development. C. G. Bayles, superintendent of buildings and grounds, said the University had been paying rent on the land for a number of years. It was used in connection with the riding academy, and at present the University has some nursery stock on the land.
Lester McCoy of Garden City was elected chairman of the Kansas Board of Regents and Hubert Brighton of Longton was re-appointed secretary. Since the resignation several months ago of Fred C. Harris of Ottawa, Mr. McCoy has served as chairman.
Architect Prepares Plans
The school heads and the board of regents have been asked to designate the greatest needs so that the architect can develop the completed plans and specifications for each institution and have them ready.
Roy A. Stookey, state architect, is at work on preliminary plans for new buildings at each of the state educational institutions. The special tax levy of a quarter mill is raising about $750,000 a year for buildings at the state schools. This money will be available whenever the Legislature authorizes construction at any institution.
Nation Will Hear Report to Congress
Washington, (INS) — President Roosevelt will not deliver his annual message in person to Congress tomorrow but will read the report to the nation over a combined radio network from 9 to 9:30 tomorrow night.
Rear Admiral Ross T. McIntyre, the President's physician, directed him not to attempt to make the address in person. The physician feels that Mr. Roosevelt has not recovered sufficiently from his attack of influenza.
President Roosevelt directed the Secretaries of War and Navy today to forbid any member of congress to serve in the armed forces. The President said that such service while persons are members of the Senate or House is unconstitutional.
Will Sneak at Southwestern
Prof. J. W. Ashton of the English department, will speak on "Aspects of the Russian Novel" at Southwestern College in Winfield tomorrow.
Books-for-Prisoners Campaign Starts .
Thousands of books are being requested by the World Student Service Fund committee of the YWCA in their drive which begins today. Books will be collected from all the houses, and a box is in the rotunda of Frank Strong for the convenience of students.
These books will be sent to students all over the world and to allied prisoners-of-war. Any kind of modern college or preparatory text books on any subject professional texts, and language books are in demand. Books in foreign languages are also needed, campaign workers explained.
Student Draft Curb Uncertain
The University of Kansas has received no word of the draft deferment curb to be placed on youths from 18 to 21, Laurence Woodruff, registrar, and in charge of student deferments, said today.
Referring to the announcement of Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, selective service director, that student deferments would be sharply curtailed by the order which will make 115,000 more non-fathers eligible for service. Mr. Woodruff said, "We know nothing except what we read in the papers."
Gen. Hershey stated that "competent" students in a college approved by the War Manpower Commission, may be deferred if they will be graduated by July 1, and are studying in these fields:
Aeronautical engineering, agricultural sciences, automotive engineering, bacteriology, chemical engineering, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, forestry, geophysics, marine engineering, mathematics, mechanical engineering, meteorology, mining and metallurgical engineering, naval architecture, optometry, petroleum engineering pharmacy, physics, astronomy, radic engineering and sanitary engineering.
The deferments for students graduating after July 1, according to General Hershey, will be limited to those majoring in chemistry, engineering, geology, geo-physics, or physics, and only 10,000 may be deferred. This quota will be apportioned among the colleges by the WMC, which will notify the schools by Feb. 15.
Orchestra Broadcasts Tonight Over KFKU
The University Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Russell L. Wiley, will be presented at 9:30 o'clock this evening on KFKU's "Exploring Your University" program. The orchestra will play "Overture to Die Miestersinger" (Wagner) and two movements, Prelude and Adagio, from "Concerto for Violin and Orchestra" (Max Bruch).
Railroad Hearing Held Over
Washington, (INS) — A special wage-board postponed hearing today in the non-operating railroad brotherhood dispute until Thursday at the request of the unions. The delay was taken because of the absence of Donald R. Richberg, chief counsel for the brotherhood.
Campus Speech Tryout Deadline On January 26
Tryouts for the Campus Problem speaking contest sponsored by the department of speech and drama, will be held at 7:30 Wednesday evening, Jan. 26, in the Little Theater of Green hall.
Students wishing to enter the try-outs have been advised to see Miss Margaret Anderson at the speech room, office 5 in Green hall. All names must be handed in by Tuesday, Jan. 25. Miss Anderson said.
The final contest will be held in the Little Theater at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening, Feb. 2, with the traditional silver loving cup as an award to the high ranking speaker.
As formerly, this contest is open to every student enrolled in the University. The subject must be some campus problem. It may be a distinctly local problem or it may be one which is being faced or will be faced on all university and college campuses.
Speeches for the tryouts will be four minutes in length. 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.
This contest was instituted I with the purpose of providing valuable experience in platform speaking for University students. The subject matter was limited to campus problems because students are interested in school affairs and are likely to be properly informed.
Nazis Retreating To Conserve Men Against Invasion Day
(International News Service)
Adolf Hitler's frenzied attempt to liquidate his ill-starred adventure by withdrawing German forces as intact as possible from the eastern front went forward without let-up today and hard-driving Soviet troops pounded into Sarny, key railway point 38 miles inside the old Polish border.
London heard reports that Hitler had ordered evacuation not only of territory in Soviet Russia but of the Baltic states and even Scandanavia. It is believed he is staking everything on the forthcoming campaign in the west in one desperate hope of attaining victory there and then throwing all of the resources of the Reich back against the Russians.
While this greatest retreat in the history of military aggression proceeded, Nazi propagandists filled the air with warning that all is in readiness for Allied invasion of western Europe.
Faculty Members Speak In Panel Discussion
Dr. J. W. Twente, Miss Maud Ellsworth, and Miss Joie Stapleton participated in a panel discussion of educational problems at a dinner given by Delta Kappa Gamma Saturday. Initiation preceded the meeting.
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Proficiency Exam To Be on Saturday
The third proficiency examination for juniors and seniors in the College will be held at 8:30 Saturday morning, Jan. 15, Prof. John B. Virtue announced today. Students intending to take the examination should register in the College office in Frank Strong hall today, tomorrow, or Wednesday. The place will be designated at that time.
All students in the College must have 24 hours of credit after passing the examination, which is required for graduation.
The examination will consist of writing short essays in a time limit of three hours. No questions will be asked about grammatical constructions, but it will be a test of the student's practical skill.
Sixty V-12 Students Take Examination To Transfer Into V-5
Approximately 60 V-12 students took the examination last weekend in an effort to transfer to V-5 for training as naval aviation cadets.
Here to examine the students Friday and Saturday were Lt. Com. James F. Bowman, flight examiner and senior medical officer of the Office of Naval Officer Procurement in Kansas City, Mo.; Lt. Millard P. Jones of the Hutchinson Naval Air station; and Lt. Theodore M. O-Leary, publicity director for the Kansas office.
A certain number of men who took the examination will be placed in V-5 some time after March 1. However, they must have completed one year in V-12 before entering V-5.
After receiving 16 to 18 months of naval training, they will be commissioned as ensigns in the Naval reserve or as second lieutenants in the Marine Corps reserve. The men who are selected will be sent, for the first part of their training to a flight preparation school at William Jewell College, Liberty, Mo., or to Cornell College at Mt. Vernon, Iowa. The second part of the training is called War Training Service and is the same as the V-5 training program at this University.
CVC Plans Parties, 'Hill' News Letter
The Coed Volunteer Corps decided at a meeting last Thursday to sponsor a series of informal Sunday afternoon parties for servicemen, Betty Jo O'Neal, major, has announced. As yet, no committee has been appointed.
Virginia Brehm and Margaret Kreider were appointed to head a committee to investigate the possibility of preparing a "news letter" to be sent to persons who have left the campus and gone into the service since the war began.
Changes in governmental regulations for the CVC are being considered and will be released next Thursday. Miss O'Neal said.
Betty Leibbrand, Joan Burch, and Mary Louise Rowsey gave committee reports.
Chancellor Deane W. Malott was recently elected a director of the Citizens bank of Abilene, of which his father, M. H. M. Malott, is president.
Concert Pianist To Give Recital Thursday Night
Artur Rubenstein, considered by many the top concert pianist before the public today, will give his first recital at the University, Thursday evening. His concert will be one of the most brilliant exhibitions of piano playing ever given at the University, Dean D. M. Swarthout predicts.
Rubenstein, one of the great international figures in music, is currently engaged in his sixth consecutive national tour. When he gave his first New York recital of the season at Carnegie hall in November, every inch of standing room was toben. The hall was completely sold out weeks in advance. A second performance has been scheduled to take care of hundreds who were not able to gain admission to the first concert.
Appeared in America in 1906
The "piantic bombshell" as Rubenstein has sometimes been called, was born in Looz, Poland, and was only eight years old when Joseph Joachim, the great German virologist and pedagogus, assumed responsibility for the boy's future. By the time Rubenstein was fifteen his reputation had spread over most of Europe. He made his American debut in 1906
The young musician won wide acclaim on his arrival when it was revealed that to allay fears of passengers on the storm-tossed ship, La Touraine, he had played continuously for 12 hours. Since that time, Rubenstein has traveled over a half million miles to give concerts in every part of the world. The sales of his records in the last year alone have exceeded $250,000.
Entitled 'Most Exciting Pianist'
Since his return to the United States in 1937 Rubenstein has earned the title of "the most exciting pianist of our times". He has been ranked as one of the half dozen greatest living performers.
Those who do not have activity tickets for the concert may obtain tickets at the School of Fine Arts office.
Mixers Replace Teas For Campus Women
A series of mixers for all University women beginning Jan. 13 to be similar to the former WSAGtaas have been planned by the social committee of the Women's Executive Council, according to Patricia Scherrer, member of the committee. The mixers will be from 3 to 5 in the afternoon.
Virginia Rader, College junior, is chairman of the committee which includes Miss Scherer and Mary Olive Marshall, College junior.
Memorial Services Held For Prof. M. W. Sterling
Memorial services for Prof. Miles Wilson Sterling, who was an instructor at the University from 1883 until recent years, were at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon in the chapel of the Plymouth Congregational church. Professor Sterling died Dec. 17.