WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 5. 1944
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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No Midweek Dance Tonight; Five Parties Slated for Weekend
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Tonight will be a quiet evening socially with no midweek or hour dances announced. Friday and Saturday evening five dances have been authorized. Battlefield and Carruth Halls are giving dinner dances Friday evening at the halls. The Carruth dance is semi-formal.
Delta Tau Delta announces a new election of officers: President, Rex Arrowsmith; vice-president, Robert E. Moore; treasurer; Jim Mordy; corresponding secretary, Robert Jelink; recording secretary, Robert R Moore; social chairman, B. Jackson Wheateratt
Gamma Phi Beta dinner guests last night were Dr. and Mrs. H. J. Miller of Erie.
Delta Gamma—Pvt. Jack Cully of the U. S. Marine Corps was a dinner guest last night.
Tau Kappa Epsilon has announced the pledging of Floyd Davis, of Kansas City, Mo.
Dinner guests last night were C. A. Hauge and Henry Comstock, both of Kansas City, Mo.
Cotbin Hall—At a meeting of the Corbin Board, Leda Grace Janke was elected Keeper of the Archives.
Kaw Koettes Co-op—Elizabeth Posornow, Olathe, was a weekend guest.
Phi Gamma Delta-Jim Heaton, a member of the chapter here last year, now in ASTP training at Stanford University, is visiting for a few days.
Tom Baily and Sam Alexander of Topeka were guests yesterday afternoon.
Alpha Chi Omega held their annual formal dinner last night. The guests were Mrs. Donna Caruse and Mrs. Jack Happy, Lawrence; Mrs. Margaret Hathway, Kansas City, Mo.; and Evelyn Taylor, Kansas City, Kan.
Authorized Parties
Friday, January 7
Battenfeld Hall, buffet dinner and dance, at the hall, 6:30 to 11.
Carluth Hall, semi-formal dinner dance, at the hall, 6:30 to 11.
Saturday January 8
Hillcrest, Cutler, and Westminster
Halls, Kansas room. 9 to 12.
Pi Beta Pple pledge class, party chapter house, 8:30 to 12.
Delta Upsilon, formal party,
hotel, Hotel Eldridge, 9 to 12
Miss Aust Will Address University Women's Club
The University Women's Club will meet at 3 o'clock Thursday in room 114 Fraser hall.
Miss Lucille B. Aust, home economics instructor, is scheduled to speak on, "Creating Beauty Spots in the Home."
Tea will be served in the dining room following the talk. Shirley Bayles, assisted by Josephine Wolverton, students in Foods III, will be hostesses.
A special edition of the Wampus, magazine of college life and campus humor, was issued last week at the University of Southern California for the Rose Bowl celebration.
Wampus Issued for Rosc Bowl
Three thousand seats were available to University of Southern California students for the Rose Bowl game.
U Saves Rose Bowl Seats
AST's Pass 'On Double' to Meals
AST's at the University of Indiana were asked to move past the cafeteria counter quickly so that everybody will have enough time to eat
Baby Girl Is Born To George Rineharts
All federal funds for vocational education are matched by state and local money.
In spite of the difficulties involved in passing cigars to a Kansan staff of 14 women, George R. Rinehart, assistant professor of journalism, forged ahead to become a father at 9 o'clock this morning.
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The eight-pound girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Rinehart in the Lawrence Memorial hospital has been named Wildred Louise. She is the Rinehart's second daughter, Harriet Jane is 7.
At noon both Mrs. Rinehart and the baby were reported to be doing well.
WAC Officer Speaks To Women's Faculty Club
Lt. Betty Veach, district WAC recruiting officer, spoke last night at a dinner given by the Women's Faculty Club. She visited Lawrence to open a program for the purpose of educating University women to their opportunities in the 155 fields of the WAC's.
Lt. Veach stressed the need for technically educated women as Air WAC's with the Army Air Forces, and the opportunities in the Army Ground and Service Forces for WACs.
Lt. Veach, a former Kansas City University coed, told of the similarity between life in the WACs and in college.
University Women to Be Hostesses at Tea Dance
All university women are invited to be hostesses at another tea dance in the Union lounge from 3 until 5 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 8, according to Joanne Johnson, president of the Union building activities committee.
All civilians and Army and Navy men who have activity tickets will be admitted free. Other men will be charged 35c.
Mexico Will Be Subject Of Spanish Club Meeting
"Mexico" will be the subject at the Spanish Club meeting tomorrow afternoon at 4:30, according to Louise Hatch, vice-president. The program is to be held in room 113 in Frank Strong hall.
Rita Lemoire will talk on "Travels in Mexico". A Spanish dance will be given by Jean Richardson.
Members will sing Mexican songs to the accompaniment of records.
Iota Sigma Pi will have a dinner and initiation tonight at the Colonial Tea room, Miss Kathryn Tissue, president, and assistant professor of the home economics department, announced.
iota Sigma Pi to Have Initiation Dinner Tonight
Initiates will be Rheva Reed, Elizabeth Austin, Jill Peck, and Margaret Foote, all College seniors.
Chancellor Deane W. Malott will speak at a meeting of the Topeka Women's club Thursday, in Topeka. Sponsored by the education department, his topic will be, "Phases of Present and Future Trends of Education for the Youth of Our Country."
Chancellor Will Address Topeka Club Tomorrow
Two-Piano Team Plays at WU
A two-piano team presenting a program of half classical and half jazz numbers appeared recently on the Sunday Music Hour at the University of Wisconsin.
The Carter Prize in Design is open to students of design.
10 students of design.
Situation for Uniformed Men on Kansas Campus Differs from Life in 1918
"As Sherman said, 'War is hell.' mumbles one of Uncle Sam's boys as he appears for revuele at 6 a.m., fully dressed. (That bulge under his uniform is pajamas which he has neglected to remove in his baste.) Fifteen, nay, 12 seconds later, our hero is back in bed, where he stays until time for 7:30 military. Really tough.
By Hanna Hedrick
Although home may never have been like this, the men study in well-equipped rooms and, despite an occasional touch of food poisoning, eat well.
Not Such a Hard Life
From 9:30 until 10:30 p.m., our boy clad in olive drab can make a quick trip to the nearest juke joint for a refreshing beer. His counterpart, the Navy lad, is somewhat more restricted in his wanderings, as the Navy believes that all work and no play won't make him too dull. Anyway, weekends come around every six days.
Consider the case of the army and navy students during the first World War. The first contingent of 256 army students arrived at K.U. June 15, 1918, and were temporarily quartered in Robinson gymnasium. There were also a naval reserve unit and a marine unit on the Hill, but predominating was the Student Army Training Corps.
The west wing of the Administration building and Lindley hall were turned over to the incoming military men for lodging, 'as was the majority of the fraternities and organized houses, which were, incidently, built with an eye to comfort. Confusion During Last War
Administrative plans called for the construction of 13 barracks, each of which would house about 200 men. Eight were to be built on Mississippi street and five on the Hill between Marvin and Haworth halls.
SOS to Students
These should have been finished by Oct. 1, but on Oct. 2, the Chancellor sent out a frantic SOS for 250 students who would help complete the buildings. On Oct. 7, 850 men moved into two of the larger barracks.
These buildings were barracks in the strictest sense of the word. All of the men slept in one large room, and, as legend has it, when one man shifted, it was like knocking down a row of dominos. Perhaps these sleeping arrangements were all for the best, as the heating system consisted of one rather feeble, pipeless furnace.
Each man was allotted 45 square feet of space,20 of which was taken up by his bed. There was no room for study tables, but later on, they were told they could buy folding chairs if they wanted to.
Crowded Living Conditions
The soldiers studied on their bunks, and those with writing and drawing to do adjournment to the mess hall, which was separated from their community boudoir by a partition. Some maintain that they were put to bed each night with a G.I. kiss from the lieutenant, after two hours of supervised studying. The fact remains that they really did go to bed at 10 p.m.
One commodity they were stricly prohibited from buying was cigarettes.
On Oct. 8, 1918, the University was closed because of the influenza epidemic. This gave the army more time free from studying, which they spent cleaning up the barracks.
Could Not Buy Cigarets
One hundred and thirty were sent to the hospital with flu. The town people came across nobly and donated five and a half dozen pairs of
pajamas, an article which the army had evidently forgotten to issue. Problem in Water Supply
The meal problem was also acute. The water supply of Lawrence became contaminated, and the pressure fell. No water could be used without first boiling. It was really at a premium, and every soldier had a consuming thirst which usually comes on only after "the night before."
The cooks could not prepare meals without water, and local cafes were not able to accommodate all of the men. Surprisingly enough, no one died of starvation before the situation was remedied. Medical Students Forgotten
Medical Students Forgotten
ae medical students were per-
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Former K.U. Students Wed in California
Delta Gamma has received word of the marriage of Geraldine Powell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Powell of Wichita, and a member of the chapter here last year, to Vincent Frank Hiebsch, army aviation cadet. The ceremony took place in Chico, Calif., December 11.
CVC Officers Meeting In Pine Room Tomorrow
Hiebsch, who is also from Wichita,
was a senior in the School of
Engineering here when he was called
to the service last spring. He was
a member of Delta Upsalon fraternity.
The officers in charge of various committees will report on their activities, and on the changes in organization and advancement of the corps.
Sergeants and lieutenants of the Coed Volunteer Corps will meet at 9:30 tomorrow night in the Pine room of the Memorial Union building, according to Betty Jo O'Neal, major.
Here's how they patrol electric power lines out in the Northwest, when the snow piles up and the mercury plunges down. This novel ski-mobile is driven by a motorcycle engine and spiked caterpillar treads. It will do 35-40 miles an hour on the level - if there's any level!
Under America's system of freedom of enterprise, the business-managed electric companies provide over 80% of the nation's vast power supply.
Maybe snow and ice never endanger electric service in your neighborhood. But the ingenuity, skill and courage with which these linemen keep current flowing are typical of the way electric company men everywhere meet other emergencies, including the greatest emergency—WAR.
Without subsidies or tax concessions, these companies have met every war demand for power and satisfied every essential civilian need for electricity.
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