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LAWRENCE, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1943
41ST YEAR
NUMBER 14
Italy Declares War on Germany
The second qualifying test for the Army Specialized Training program and the Navy College program, V-12, which will be given throughout the country on Tuesday, Nov. 9, will be administered in Lawrence at the University, Dr. A. H. Turney, director of the psychological test bureau at the University, said today. A pamphlet of general information which contains an admission-identification form may be obtained at Dr. Turney's office, 121 Fraser.
Army-Navy Test Will Be Given November 9
To Test For Aptitude
This form, properly filled out, will admit to the tests students between the ages of 17 and 21 inclusive who are recent high school graduates or who will be graduated by March 1, 1944. Anyone wishing to take the test should see Dr. Turner immediately in order that the necessary supplies may be ordered, officials said.
The examination is designed to test the aptitude and general knowledge required for the program of college training and will be taken by both Army and Navy candidates. At the time of the test, each candidate will be given a choice of service preference but taking the test doesn't obligate the candidate to enlist in the service.
The Army Specialized Training program and the V-12 Naval program enable students to continue college training at government expense following induction into the armed service. Successful completion of the prescribed courses may, following further officer training, lead to a commission in the army or the navy.
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Union and Business Office Sell K-Books
K-Books are still on sale at the Business Office and at the hostess desk in Memorial Union building, Joy Miller, editor, announced today. Students who do not have time to make the purchase during the day, may pick up their handbooks at the hostess desk until 11 p.m.
An additional $7,970 has been allotted to the University of Kansas for Student War Loans, Chancellor Deane W. Malott has been advised by Federal authorities. The new allotment has been designated to cover the period ending Dec. 31, 1943. Henry Werner, men's adviser, from whose office the funds are administered, said today that only students who have received such War Loans before July 1, 1943, would be eligible for loans from the new funds.
New Allotments To University
Dean Werner estimates that 42 students now attending the University will be eligible for further loans. A total of $27,500 had formerly been allotted to the University for war loans to students, and 110 students have participated in benefits of the fund.
Applications for additional loans by eligible students should be made to Dean Werner. The majority of the loans, he said, had been made to medical students now at the University of Kansas Hospitals in Kansas City. Students in five fields—medicine, engineering, physics, and pharmacy originally were eligible for the loans.
Two and a Half Down As Cramming,Examing Mark Mid-Way Mark
Two an' a half down—!
"Well," says the old timer (not up on the latest in K.U. school terms), "things should be pretty near started on the Hill."
This week both new and old students are taking, or cramming for, mid-term quizzes. The 1943 fall semester began, with registration and enrollment, on Sept.25, and will end in just two and a half weeks from today, with final examinations, on Oct.29.
By the end of two or three weeks in regular semesters, most students have managed to buy or borrow their books, freshman appear quite regularly for the right classes at the right time and place, and the more seasoned scholars have "tail the dope" on their instructors' likes, dislikes, lectures, and quizzes.—And
But it's two and a half down, and two and a half to go to Jayhawk fall termers today.
With the beginning of the winter term, on Nov. 1, the civilian program will follow the same calendar as the Navy V-12 program, now in operation, with terms of 16 weeks each beginning Nov. 1, March 1, and July 1. The present five-week term was put in to synchronize the two programs.
In a five-week term students found little time to "get organized". They came from their first class with what would ordinarily count as a three-day assignment.
The five-week term features two and three hour class periods, four hour labs, 7:30 and 12:30 classes, and a highly concentrated diet of the one or two courses a student may be taking
any time they'll start working on assignments.
As one Algebra student put it, "I dropped my book in class and by the time I picked it up and found the page, I was two weeks behind."
Japan Will Not Give Up Easily, Says Miss Dew
Before the parade, the women gathered at the Union building, where they listened to a welcome address by Cara Shoemaker, YWCA president, and were served ice cream bars.
After the Germans are conquered the Allies will still have a long, hard battle ahead before the Japanese can be subdued, Gwen Dew, foreign correspondent who spent six months as a Japanese prisoner, told students, service men, and faculty members yesterday afternoon in Fraser theater.
Carrying lighted lanters and singing "There's a Long, Long Trail Awinding," women students last night marched down Lilac lane to the home of Chancellor and Mrs. Deane W Mabott and entertained them with the traditional Lantern Parade serenade.
"Japan is not going to be bombed off the face of the earth just as soon as we are through with Germany," she asserted. "The Japanese plan to dominate the world, and they will not give up easily."
Traditional Parade Occurred Last Night
Eloise Penner, College Junior, was elected chairman of the campus World Student War Fund drive, heads of committees were appointed, and plans for the drive were made at a meeting of the central committee yesterday afternoon.
Peggy Davis, president of the All-Student Council, presented Mrs. Malott with a large bouquet of flowers, and all of the women were invited into the house where they sang songs until 8 p.m.
Miss Dew pointed out that Japan is now the second largest and probably the wealthiest empire, that during the war they have taken control of five million people, and that they have conquered one mil-
"This drive is a part of the National War Fund drive which will begin Oct. 18." Miss Penner said, "and it is the only time that students will be asked to contribute to war relief all year, with the exception of the annual Red Cross drive in the spring."
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Penner Heads War Fund Drive
"The War Fund is of especial interest to students and faculty members," Miss Penner added, "because the World Student Service Fund, participating member of the War Fund, provides food, clothing, and books to students and faculty members in occupied countries where
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Joins Allies To Drive Nazis From Her Soil
The Italian government of Marshal Pietro Badoglio declared war upon Nazi Germany today. In a dramatic broadcast from his headquarters in the newly liberated Italian port of Bari, the 73-year-old soldier officially placed his nation on the side of the Allies against the Nazi oppressor.
Piano, "La Fileuse," (Raff), Beverly Greiner.
Vocal selections will form the main part of the weekly student recital of the School of Fine Arts to be held at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow in Fraser theater. The program will include four voice numbers, two piano selections, and one violin number.
The program:
With the full approval and encouragement of King Victor Emmanuel, Marshal Badgloio excoriated the Germans as breakers of pledges and criminals to whom no bestialities are too low.
Fine Arts Plans Student Recital
Voice, "Traum durch die Dammerung," (Richard Strauss), Suzame Schmidt.
Voice, "Vilanella," (Dell' Acqua)
Arlene Nickels.
Piano, "Intermezzo in A Minor' (Dohnani), Helen Stark.
Voice "Psyche," (Paladilhe), Norma Jean Lutz.
Voice, "Caro Nome" from "Rigoletto." (Verdi). Elaine Talley.
Violin, "Adelaide" (Concerto,
Adagio, and Allegro), (Mozart), Sarepta
Piermont.
On Friday and Saturday, Oct. 22 and 23, all classes meet on the regular schedule, and the chemistry, English, history, and mathematics departments will hold their examinations on those days, at their regular hours and rooms.
ASTP to Take Exams In Six Departments
Preceding the examination, the army is conducting experimental examinations under the administration of the Commandant, in the six subjects of the curriculum Oct. 18, 19, and 20. No regular army classes will meet, but army orders provide for the examinations in chemistry and English on Monday, Oct. 18; mathematics and history, Tuesday, Oct. 19; and physics and geography, Wednesday, Oct. 20.
The University examinations by the six departments represented in the ASTP to determine class grades will be held on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, Oct. 21, 22, and 23. No regular army classes will be held on Thursday, Oct. 21, and examinations in physics will be given in Hoch auditorium from 9:30 to 11:20 a.m. Geography exams will be held in Hoch from 2:30 to 4:20 p.m.
Grades for the semester will be reported to the office of the coordinator, Prof. Bert A. Nash, by the morning of Monday, Oct. 25.
He declared: "There will be no peace in Italy as long as a single German soldier remains upon our soil."
The Council decided to back the War Fund drive at its meeting last night in the Pine room.
Also at the meeting, the Council passed Bill Number 11, concerning the appointment of additional representatives to the ASC, and Jill Peek announced the appointment by the charter committee of Joy Müller as chairman of the Forum Board.
A resumption of favorable weather after a week of torrential rain enabled the resumption of the Allied offensive in central Italy. British and American troops challenged up new gains totaling 11 miles in some sectors, and there was a possibility the whole trans-penicular lines established by the Nazis might crumble under Allied assault.
But the Germans held firm at the Volturna river, aided by possession of strategic high ground on the north bank.
In Russia, the Germans proceeded with the systematic destruction of Kiev prior to its evacuation.
The All-Student Council resolved to endorse the War Fund Drive and to recommend to students and faculty members that they give their full support to this organization in the attainment of their goal of $3500 Peggy Davis, ASC president, announced today.
General Douglas MacArthur's communique from the South Pacific told of heavy Allied air attack on enemy barges off the island of Choiseul, and a further Japanese retreat in that area as anticipated.
All-Student Council Endorses War Fund, Elects Bemis Member
A petition was read and accepted, for Tom Bemis to take a seat on the Council as PSGL representative, replacing Joe Beeler.
Allies Will Confer On Prisoners' Fate
Washington (INS)—War department spokesmen today indicated that the United States, Britain, and Russia will confer soon about the status of 650,000 Italian war prisoners in light of Italy's declaration of war on Germany.
The spokesmen said that Italian prisoners meanwhile will continue to be treated as outlined under terms of Badoglio unconditional surrender to the Allies.