SUMMER SESSION KANSAN
Official Summer Session Publication of the University of Kansas
VOLUME XXXI
NUMBER 15
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1943
Engine School Re-enrollment Saturday P.M.
Extensive changes in the engineering schedule ended in a re-enrollment session for civilian and navy V-12 engineers Saturday afternoon in Hoch auditorium. The unexpected number of freshman enrollees caused the main upset in the enrollment program according to F. L. Brown, professor of applied science, and Tell Ertl, assistant professor of mining engineering, directors of the enrollment committee.
"The proportion of freshmen was much greater than expected," said Professor Brown. "The provisions made for beginning courses proved to be entirely inadequate. Many sections for advanced students were unbalanced and some could be eliminated."
At the end of enrollment Tuesday it was discovered that nearly one-half of the engineers enrolled were freshmen. Out of 649 enrollees, 304 are freshman students, according to figures from the office of the dean of the School of Engineering and Architecture. The 304 freshman engineers represent 68 civilian students and 236 navy V-12 men.
"The exact number and classification of the V-12 men was not known in advance. Therefore, in making out the enrollment schedule, we based our apportionment of courses on past enrollments," Professor Brown said.
When classes met for the new semester Thursday, instructors in math and physics found that their classes were from three to four times as large as they could handle.
"Physics and math courses for beginning engineers required the most adjustment," Professor Brown continued. "Several courses for advanced students were knocked out entirely."
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One of the largest audiences that has come out for any of the Summer Session musical events was present Sunday evening for the first of the summer session all-musical服ers.
Sunday Vespers Well Attended
The program, lasting a little under an hour, was a delightful one in character and each of the four separate items of instrumental and choral ensemble as well as the opening organ prelude was excellently presented.
Laurel Everett Anderson opened the program with a spirited and easily-cut performance of the Viine "Carillon," showing off the possibilities of the great University organ in fine style. Especially praiseworthy was his pedal technique.
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Band Will Play In Concert Sunday
The concert to be given Sunday evening at 8 o'clock by the summer session band will be the second of a series of concerts to be presented during the summer months. David T. Lawson will be featured as vocal soloist.
Prof. Russell L. Wiley, director of the band, announced today that the program will be entirely different from the selection of numbers played at the concert July 4.
29 Pass English Proficiency
Results of the proficiency examination in English composition which was given June 19 were announced yesterday by Prof. John B. Virtue of the English department.
The 29 students passing the examination are William R. Allen, Barbara Ann Barber, William W. Benefiel, Kathryn Bonewits, Geneva Brown, Vinita Calver, Jeanette Coons, Vincent Christ, Elizabeth Crafton, R. E. Douce, Barbara Duree, Phillip Ferguson, James Fowler, Lewis Goyette, Dolores Grossenbacher, Marshall Hullett, Theodore Lehmann, Esther Lewis, Justine Mansfield, Opaline Mayes, Edith Olmsted, James Proctor, Dan Ragle, James S. Reed, Virginia Schaefer, Anita Smith, Robert L. Stevens, Virginia Thompson, and James Ziegler.
The next proficiency examination will be given August 9. College jun- and afterwards they must enroll in fore they can attain senior standing, iors must pass the examination be- and complete at least 24 hours of credit before qualifying for graduation.
Sailors Wait Clothes Lost In Flood
The ninth division were supplied their clothing before they left Lawrence, but the members of the remaining divisions will ont be reimbursed until the clothing shipment is received.
Pending the arrival of more clothing, nothing is being done to replace the clothing and shoes ruined by the machinists mates in fighting the flood waters of the Kaw river, according to G. O. Starkey, chief yeoman, U.S.N.
Part of this $5,000 was used to finance a military picnic at Haskell stadium on the evening of June 24, as a reward for service and labor during the Kaw rampage. The picnic was attended by army medics, naval air cadets, and sailors of the training school as well as members of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce which has charge of the "service men's fund".
The money for the clothing is provided by the "service men's fund" raised by popular subscription at the time of the flood and which amounted to almost $5,000.
V-12 Welcome Given In Hoch Yesterday
"We shall do our best to make things pleasant for you during your stay on the campus," Chancellor than 400 V-12 men at a special welcoming convocation held yesterday Deane W. Malott promised more morning in Hoch auditorium. More than 1500 persons were present to hear the Chancellor and see and hear the commanding officers of the V-12 program here.
Lt. C. A. Mickelman, assistant commanding officer of the V-12 school, in an address which preceded the Chancellor's, stated that the major objective of the school "is to train the best possible Naval personnel." He added that he hoped there would be time for secondary objectives such as participation of V-12 men in extra-curricula activities.
Dean Nelson then introduced Lt. A. H. Buhl, commanding officer of all Navy duties on the Hill, who remarked that welcoming exercises similar to that one were probably being held at more than 400 colleges and universities throughout the country which have V-12 units. Lieutenant Buhl then introduced
After the summer session band opened the convocation by playing two numbers, J. H. Nelson, assistant dean of the Graduate School, introduced Prof. Joseph Wilkins, head of the Fine Arts voice department, who led the audience in singing the "Star Spangled Banner."
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New Closing Hours Mark Big Change
By Paula Reeve
In recent years women have been permitted to stay out until 1:30 a.m. on the nights of one of the four class parties, but regular Friday-Saturday closing hours for the last 12 years have been at 12:30 a.m. And what was the curfew for the fairer sex previous to 12 years ago? Just for fun, let's delve into some of K.U.'s past—
Next Friday night will mark the first night in the history of our University that women may stay out until 1 a.m., without some sort of "special permission"—no ifs, ands, or conditions about it!
In 1913, closing hours were 10:30 o'clock every night, even on weekends, and it seems that there were even restrictions on dating. The following definition of a "tabooed date" appeared in the September 22 issue of the Kansan that year: "Tabooed dates are social engagements on the evenings of school days, except for Friday evenings or for evenings preceeding holidays. Exceptions include events of general University interest, theater engagements, com-
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'Tabooed' Dates
ISA Has Band For Saturday Dance In Union Lounge
An all-University dance featuring Herbie Price and his 11-piece band will be held in the Union Lounge Saturday, July 17, from 9 to 12 p.m., under sponsorship of the Independent Student Association. All ISA members will be admitted free. Non-members will be admitted for 50 cents, with or without dates.
This will be our biggest social event of the summer," stated Jack Doores, president of ISA.
This dance will be one of few dances of the summer with a band. The band is made up almost entirely of college musicians, and four K.U. students, Jack Hines, Jack Rardin, Jack Bouse, and Dale Andrews are members.
The date of the dance was changed from Friday to Saturday night in order that the boys in the Navy V-12 program may attend.
700 Soldiers Here August 9 To Begin Study
An army engineer from Omaha headquarters was expected to be in Lawrence today to check bids for equipment to convert Lindley hall, the unfinished mineral industries building, into a barracks and mess hall for 700 soldiers who will study at the University beginning August 9.
Raymond Nichols, University executive secretary, stated yesterday that bids were still being received for kitchen and mess hall equipment sanitary facilities, and beds. The army must approve the bids before contracts are let and priorities must be secured through army channels, Nichols said.
Army men will be in much the same relation to the University as navy V-12 men according to Nichols, although they will be enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences rather than the School of Engineering and Architecture. They will take a basic engineering program and their studies will include courses in mathematics, chemistry, physics, history, English, geography, and physical education.
The army, however, will not follow the regular University semester of 16 weeks. Their semester will be a quarter, changing enrollment every 12 weeks. Thus they will enroll with regular University students only once each year.
The soldiers will be regularly enrolled in the University and will be required to take the entrance psychological examinations as is required of civilian students. V-12 men also took the examinations.
Lindley hall, which will house the men, has more than 75.000 square feet of floor space and is considered adequate by army authorities for living quarters for the 700 men.
The Special Service Division of the Army provides recreation facilities for troops.
Move To Set Five Weeks' ClassSchedule
Chancellor Malott has appointed three faculty members to a committee to set the schedule of classes and courses for the five week session which follows this semester. in order to have the schedule in the hands of students before the end of the eight weeks summer session, if that is possible.
The committee, headed by Paul B. Lawson, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has sent letters to chairmen of all University departments asking them to formulate their programs before next Tuesday. J. H. Nelson, assistant dean of the Graduate School, and Gilbert Ulmer, assistant dean of the College, are the other members of the committee. 700 Soldiers Coming
The committee has advised that the coming of 700 army men to the University on August 9 will make the classroom situation critical, and that it will be necessary to schedule some classes at 7.30 and 12.30, and also to use the later afternoon hours. Up to now, only the School of Engineering has used the noon hour for classes.
Three Hour Periods
According to the committee, during the five week session, two-hour classes will meet six hours a week, one hour each day Monday through Saturday. Three-hour classes will meet 10 hours a week, two hours each day Monday through Friday.
Five-hour classes will meet 15 hours a week, for a two and one-half hour period Monday through Saturday, or for a three-hour period. Monday through Friday. There is a possibility that some five-hour courses will schedule part of the classwork in the morning and part in the afternoon.
Department heads were advised in the letters that the prospects for stu- (continued to page four)
Colored Quartet Here Next Week
The Southernaires, colored male quartet, will give a concert in Hoch auditorium Thursday evening of next week as one of the numbers on the summer session concert series.
"As their name implies, these colored singers are true sons of the South, singing the melodies of their native soil with an artistry that has seldom been equalled," stated D. M. Swarthout, dean of the School of Fine Arts, and in whose charge is the concert series.
With nearly two thousand songs in their repertoire, the programs of the Southernaires are full of variety, stated Dean Swarthout. Their music covers three centuries of Negro music, including African chants, spirituals, slave songs, and popular Negro songs of the present day. They are also able interpreters of
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