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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1943
THE KANSAN COMMENTS
Building Should Be Dedicated to Peace
To destroy a thing, one must first understand it. To banish war from the earth forever, a deep and penetrating understanding of it first must be had by the men who seek to destroy it.
And yet peace comes in devious ways. Certainly such an occasion reflects a nationwide recoil from unpreparedness — unpreparedness that made Pearl Harbor outright slaughter and the subsequent year of war a soul-gripping struggle to put production and the fighting forces on a level with those of long-prepared enemy.
One might conjecture that the war would never have happened if all nations had been prepared; one could certainly predict that a portion of the 10 million casualties of two years of war could have been avoided.
It seems incongruous at first, perhaps, that a building constructed to withstand weather, time, and constant use for more than a century, and dedicated at a time when the whole world is yearning for peace, should be a structure to house the dispensation of knowledge of waging war more scientifically. It would seem abortive of the ends of peace.
Completed and dedicated during World War II, the new Military Science building will stand as a monument to the far-sightedness and perserverance of the men who built it, long after the horrors, tragedies, and heroism of this conflict have become only hazy remembrances in the mind.
Dedicated to the perpetuation of Peace, the Military Science building could mean that men would be taught the utter futility of war, the increasing danger of complete annihilation if future wars occur, and the benefits of living in a peaceful world where awareness, understanding, and preparedness exist.
Germans Reinforce In Scenic Italy
Since the Allied invasion of Italy, Germany has been reinforcing her defenses along the Po in northern Italy. The 5th and 8th armies now fighting the Germans in the hills below Rome will have many mountain battles before they face these defenses on the plains of Lombardy in the valley of the Po.
This central plain in the north which is nearly four times as long as it is wide, is the largest section of flat country found in Italy. Most of the peninsular part of Italy is mountainous or hilly.
Bordered on the west and north by the Alps and on the south by the Apennines, the plain runs east and west and is about the size of the combined area of New Hampshire and Vermont.
Lake Region Is in the North
There are five gradations of land from the mountainous regions of the north to the low flat country around the Po. Italy's northern boundary is in the lower heights of the Alps, and the region consists of woodland and pastures.
Enclosed between the spurs of the Alps are the deep blue mountain lakes in long valleys. This is the famous lake region of northern Italy. Although the Alps jut abruptly down into the valley of the Po, there is still a narrow belt of country just north of the low country called the hilly or albipaline region.
Vineyards Are in Flat Land
Belling hills which branch from the upper flat country. The famous
Rock Chalk Talk
BY MARY
MORRILL
And then there was Corrigan:
Saturday night after the paddle party, a certain local sailor set out in his bell-bottom trousers in the company of several brothers in the bond for the big city. Approximately one-half hour from Lawrence, the aforementioned tar remembered he was not signed out for overnight, and that his actions, as a result, did not coincide with the exact letter of the law.
A model sailor at heart, our hero turned off on a side road and headed back for the ship—becoming completely mixed up in the process. After a half hour of pure rambling, our sailor's brother had him convinced that he had made a complete circle and was now nearing K.C. When the first lights appeared on the horizon, they delightedly hailed the Missouri metropolis.
Resigned to inevitable court marial, our friend drove on and stopped sadly before the first place which cooked appropriate for sorrow-drowning. It was Willie's Grill—10th and Massachusetts.
Betty Grable bad good luck, too; When Harvey Haines, Phi Delt of raccoon coat fame, returned to KU on furlough this week, all that remained of a supposedly vivid blondine job were several streaks of yellow in a naturally chestnut topping. Although not bitter, Harvey admitted acute disappointment. He borrowed the idea from Tuffy Henshaw, Phi Gam, who, although already in solid with the women, was blessed with a platinum blonde halo after one application.
Italian vineyards are spread over these hills. The low flat country found in the center of the Po river valley is similar to the upper flat country, but less arrid.
Canals are plentiful in northern Italy, and much of the land is so marshy that rice may be cultivated. Along the Po there are meadow lands, and the city of Mantua, birthplace of Virgil, is situated near the river and surrounded by lakes and marshes.
At Colorado Women's College every freshman girl was shot by a movie camera and given a voice recording as a part of the required freshman speech course. The movies were taken of each girl as she walked up and down stairs, sat down, rose, and walked toward the camera for a close-up. For the recording, each girl gave a three minute speech concerning her home town, and then she read a ten-line poem, thus recording both her reading and speaking voice.
Spitting Discouraged By Sidewalk Signs
An early spring; Students who are mystified by an aroma of roses filtering through their lectures may be reasonably sure that the boy sitting next to them is a Battenfeld product. They may also be sure he is a member of the Weight Lifting Club, an organization formed recently by five huskies whose aunts sent them some effeminate toilet equipment. Unsuspecting future club members are told they must lift five boys at once from a prostrate position on the floor. Once down and under the restraining influence of the five weights "it took about seven for 200-pound John Larson), the intiate does his bit for the cause by absorbing several pints of rose hair oil.
The countryside around the foothills of the Alps is famous for its beauty, and the gateways through the mountains are adapted to entering rather than leaving Italy.
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Gateways Adapted to Entering
Spitting on the sidewalk is one of the more primitive habits of civilized man. It spreads disease and endangers public health. To lessen epidemic threats and to improve disease control, signs have been painted on the walks throughout the business district asking the public not to spit on the walks.
Colorado Films Freshmen
It is in these surroundings that the Germans are building their defenses and preparing to keep the Allied forces away from the stronghold of inner Europe.—J.E.S.
"and puffed, and blew the house down:" Playing big, bad, you-know-whats, members of Phi Kappa Psi stormed the Delta Gamma house recently and made off with both doors. By way of retaliation, the D. G.'s grabbed the last of the band (Earl Crawford), and rolled him up in a rug.
300,000 a Month to Be Drafted
Washington, (INS) — The United States has entered its third year of war with the sobering disclosure that draft calls for its armed forces probably will total nearly 300,000 a month for the entire first quarter of 1944.
Dr. Storer Will Address Math Club on 'Eclipses'
Dr. N. W. Storer, associate professor of astronomy, will speak on the "Prediction of Eclipses" and officers will be elected at the first meeting of the Math Club, at 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, Mary Steele, president, said today. The place of the meeting will be announced later.
Full membership in the Math Club is open only to students taking or who have taken calculus, but anyone interested in mathematics is invited to attend the meeting, Miss Steele said. Refreshments will be served.
'Pro and Con' Explained
Best example of the year for illustrating "pro and con": progress and congress.
KFKU PROGRAM
9:30 Sportscast—Presenting Dr. F.
C. "Pho'" Allen.
9:45 Lest We Forget—Our Nation's Shrines.
tomorrow afternoon:
2:45 Speaking to Women: Tupper and Tips from the OWI.
2:30 Speaking to Parents—The Preschool Child. "Behavior Problems Common at the Preschool Ages." Dr. Buelah Morrison, department of psychology, speaker.
Soccer Gets Underway
"But I only want to see what my War Bonds are buying."
The soccer league got under way this week with the games scheduled by rounds rather than by specific dates. The first round is to be finished by Dec. 14, the second by Dec. 17. Facing each other in the first round are PT1 and PT8, PT2 and PT7, PT3 and PT6, and PT4 and PT5.
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