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Publication Days Published daily except Saturday and Sunday by Students of the University of Kansas
UNIVERSITY Daily Kansan
Weather Forecast
Slightly cooler in central and easy portions tonight and Tuesday foremoon. Freezing temperatures late tonight.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1943
NUMBER 22
41ST YEAR
Wilkins Opens Concert Season At 8:20 Tonight
Marie Wilkins, lyric coloratura soprano, wife of Joseph Wilkins, professor of voice in the School of Fine Arts, will give the opening concert of the University Concert season at 8:20 o'clock this evening in Hoch auditorium.
Students will be admitted on student activity tickets. Special tickets at half price for the unreserved student section on either main floor or first balcony are on sale for service men, according to a statement by D. M. Swarthout. General admission unreserved seats and reserved seats will be on sale at the box office this evening.
Mrs. Wilkins made her debut on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House in New York last winter singing the title role of Delibee's "Lakme," replacing Lily Pons. Her performance in this role made her a permanent member of the Metropolitan Opera company.
The program tonight will include the famous "Caro Nome" from Verdi's "Rigoloetto," the "Mad Scene," from "Lucia di Lammernoo" from Donizetti, and "Echo Song," a Norwegian folk song. The closing selection of the hour program will be an operatic duet by Mrs. Wilkins and her husband.
Play Tryouts To Be Tomorrow
Tryouts for the first Dramatic Workshop play, "Ladies in Retirement," will be conducted in the Little Theatre, Green hall, at 3:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Prof. Allen Crafton, head of the department of speech and drama, announced today. The play, a popular mystery, written by Edward Percy and Reginald Denham, is scheduled for presentation in Fraser theater November 29 and 30.
Nearly all the parts require skilful character acting, Professor Crafton explained. Special arrangements will be made for those who are unable to try out at the scheduled time.
Only one part is open for men, the part of Albert Feather, who is a young man, a cad and a criminal. The six parts open for women are as follows:
Leonora Fiske, a woman who, 20 years before the opening of the play, was a chorus girl and a musician of sorts; Lucy Gilham, her maid, who is young, flighty, and weak willed; Ellen Creed, her housekeeper, a cold, calculating woman who is not above murder; Louisa and Emily Creed, her sisters, who are strange and childish almost to the point of lunacy; and Sister Theresa, a middle-aged nun.
Bowles Appointed OPA Head
Washington, (INS)—Presidem Roosevelt today named Chester Bowles to succeed Prentiss Brown as administrator of the Office of Price Administration. Brown resigned last week. Bowles has been general manager of the Office of Price Administration.
Army Show WillBeGiven Friday Night
"At Ease," the Army's version of "Hellzappin," will be presented at 7:30 Friday evening in Hoch auditorium. The two-hour show will include numbers by the A-12 band, four University women singers, and a large Army cast of varied entertainers. The performance will be open to the public.
Directors of the show are George Mahan and Bernie Hoppe, both of ASTP, and Kenneth Garwick, ASTRP. Ronnie Hadley is in charge of the staging, and Joe McClurg will have charge of lighting.
Students having featured parts in the show are: Stan Hagler, master of ceremonies; Judy Van Deventer, Shirley Salley, Shirley Rauch, and Bettie Mills, vocalists; Tony Fasenmyer; Joe Williams; Epstein and Roszyzhi, dancers; Knussman and Kroeckel, two-piano team; Kenneth Jones, juggler; and Milton Boyd, violinist.
German Collapse Predicted Soon
(International News Service)
By land and air forces the United Nations closed in on the core of Nazi Europe today and reports from a dozen sources emphasized the possibility of an early collapse of the German home front.
While the American Fifth and the British Eighth armies advanced in Italy and Russian troops threatened a million Germans with extinction at the great iron city of Krivoirog, these reports reached London from various sources:
1—The full impact of Benito Mussolini's fall and the Italian declaration of war against Germany is beginning to be felt in the Reich.
2-A German industrialist reaching Istanbul told of a new whispered nickname being used to identify Adolf Hitler. He is now being referred to as "Tre Fuhrer" which means Mis-leader.
3-A Swedish newspaper man recently returned to Stockholm predicted the greatest rebellion in history by 12,000,000 workers drafted into Germany as slave laborers. These men are arming themselves he said.
4—Hitler himself was reported by the British to be failing. His hair is turning gray and recent setbacks have brought about a recurrence of the illness he suffered in the last war. He is hardly able to read or write because of failing eyesight, this report said.
In Italy, American forces seized a three-mile stretch of high ground that dominates the railroad and
Ruhr Attacked by RAF
5-Weeks Students Will Not Reregister
Students enrolled in the five weeks session will not be required to register for the 16 week semester, the registrar's office announced today.
Registration for new students will be on Monday, and enrollment for all students will be on Monday and Tuesday.
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Celebration Will Feature Queen and Parade Review Dignitaries Will Review Parade Wednesday Connecticut Students Like Kansas Navy Day Queen And Attendants Chosen to Reign
Highlighted by a parade led by a float bearing a queen and her attendants, Navy Day will be celebrated Wednesday. What the pageant will present to the eye in downtown Lawrence, a radio program tomorrow evening over KFKU will put into words the significance of the anniversary.
The focal point of the parade at 5 p.m. Wednesday will be Ninth and Massachusetts streets where a reviewing stand will be erected.
In the reviewing stand will be Chancellor Deane Malott; Lt. Col. W. L. McMorris, commanding officer of all Army units at the University; Lt. Randolph Neil, commanding officer of the V-5 units; Lt. A. H. Buhl, commanding officer of all University naval units; Mayor C. B. Russell of Lawrence; and Adj. Gen. M. L. McLean, representing Gov. Andrew Schoeppel, who is in Texas and unable to attend.
Float to Lead Parade
Miss Giselle Roy, Navy Day queen, will be attended by Shirley Otter and Joyce Shook.
Military units from the University—four companies of Army men and groups from the three naval divisions, V-5, V-12, and the machinists mates—and the University of Kansas band will follow the queen, according to Howard Sutherland of Liberty Memorial High School, who is in charge of the parade.
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Choice of major fields may be discussed with advisers. This is especially important now since most students can achieve junior standing in three semesters plus this present short term, providing their programs are carefully planned, Dean Ulmer stated.
Scheduled for the winter semester are available in the College office, and students can work out with advisers tentative programs for next semester, said Dean Ulmer. Also during this advisory period, each student can plan his academic program and the advisers will explain distribution requirements and other regulations of the College which students need to understand in planning their work.
Dean Ulmer Urges All Underclassmen To Consult Advisers
Every civilian student enrolled as a freshman or sophomore in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences should consult his adviser today, tomorrow, or Wednesday, announced Gilbert Ulmer, assistant dean of the College. Names of these students together with the names of their advisers are on the bulletin board on the second floor of Frank Strong hall opposite the College office.
By Maxine Crawford
When a new student can come from the sophisticated East to a strange campus as a freshman and gain recognition at the outset as a Navy Day queen, that's unusual.
It is this difference—the democracy of Kansas—that has made its appeal to Giselle "Jess" Roy, newly chosen queen, and her companion, Amy Dombeck, both of Hartford, Conn.
"Schools are much more democratic here than in the East," commented Miss Dombeck. "The schools in the East are so exclusive, like some of the girls back there. I like it here." In agreement with her friend, Miss Roy said that she liked the attitude of the people here.
"Irene told me how wonderful it is here, and since I had always had the desire to attend college, she encouraged me to come to Kansas," explained Miss Miss Donbeck, "and she helped me make all my plans and arrangements."
"And in turn, Amy's enthusiasm about coming out here, helped me to decide that I should come also," Miss Roy said.
Neither of the young women have been homesick yet, they declared. When winter comes they expect to miss the skiing, snow and mountains, but the weather so far has been wonderful, they said.
"I'm so glad it isn't flat here," remarked Miss Dombeck. "These hills make it seem so much more like home."
"One of the things I like about it here is that you can get butter and meat," Miss Roy declared. "Of course, at Corbin we are quite fortunate because we don't have to worry about buying our food. But in Connecticut it is almost impossible for anyone to get such things."
Commenting on food, the young women mentioned that they had never eaten chili before they came
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Navy Day Salute On KFKU Tomorrow
A special program saluting the United States Navy will be presented by KFKU at 9:30 tomorrow evening. Lt. A. H. Buhl, commanding officer of naval units at the University, will speak.
Members of speech and drama classes will present a short, dramatic sketch, "The Eagle of the Sea." The sketch, written and directed by Prof. Allen Crafton, head of the department of speech and drama, traces the history of the famous ship, "Old Ironsides," paying tribute to the ships, leaders, and men of our navy.
Marches will be played on the program by the University Band, directed by Russel L. Wiley.
With Roy Roberts, editor of the Kansas City Star, and John Playtain Price, British consul, as speakers, Kansas Editors Day will be observed on the campus Saturday.
"Jess" Roy, College freshman from Hartford, Conn., will lead the parade next Wednesday as Navy Day Queen, attended by Joyce Shook, Kappa Alpha Theta, Fine Arts senior from Hutchinson, and Shirley Otter, Gamma Phi Beta, College freshman from Kansas City, Mo., it was announced by K. W. Davidson, director of information, this morning.
The queen and her attendants were selected Friday afternoon out of a group of 36 coeds who assembled in the Journalism building for interviews with three naval officers appointed by Lt. A.H. Buhl, commanding officer of naval units at the University.
Dressed in sweaters and skirts, the candidates were judged as they passed before the reviewing table, pretending they were applying for admittance into the WAVES. From the 36 contestants, 15 were asked to remain for further interviews. From that group six girls were selected for final judging, and Giselle T. "Jess" Roy, Joyce Shook, and Shirley Otter were the three chosen.
They will register at 8 am, and at 9 am, will engage in their "Wrangle" at which problems of editing and publishing will be discussed under the leadership of John Redmond, publisher of the Daily Republican. Burlington, Kan.
Miss Roy lives at Corbin hall. She plans to major in languages and hopes to be an interpreter when she finishes college.
Editors Will Meet at University Saturday
Because the two speakers will have vital information, it is expected that despite difficulty in travel, a representative group of Kansas publishers and members of their staffs will be in attendance, Elmer F. Beth, acting head of the department of journalism, stated.
Mr. Price, the British consul, will speak on "Our Relations with England" in which he will discuss the mutual problems of the two nations. He has spent eight years in China, Manchuria, Japan, and has served as vice-consul at Peking, Nanking, Canton, Tunis, and Tangier.
Mr. Roberts will speak on the subject, "Newspapers in a Democracy at War." Just returning from the Associated Press directors' meeting in New York, he will be ready to answer questions about the newsprint situation and the Associated Press case.