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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS.
TUESDAY,APRIL27,1943
The Editorial Page
New Council Should Act Now to Fulfill Promise to Aid Students to Cash Checks
"We believe that an agency should be established on Campus where student checks may be cashed; we will work for the establishment of such an agency." Thus read one plank in the platform of the PWCL party, and the majority of women students of the University chorused "Amen."
It is to be hoped that the new Council will not again fall into petty bickering which have characterized previous student government organizations, but will tackle worthy projects such as this immediately and decisively. It is to be hoped that at the very first legislative meeting of the council, a bill will be introduced to establish an agency to cash student checks—the only requirement being that the activity ticket of the student be shown as a guarantee of good faith.
Now it is up to that party at the first opportunity, vigorously to promote and pass such a measure. It has been a source of irritation to students for many years that no agency upon the University will cash checks, that they must journey down town upon every occasion in which even the smallest sum of cash is needed. Grumbling on the subject has been heard for many years, but for the first time there seems to be a real possibility that something will be done to correct the situation.
There is no reason for any delay in action whether it be till the next meeting or the next semester. The measure should be acted upon promptly and favorably.
Germany has also hit a manpower shortage crisis. According to a recent report coming from a neutral country the Nazis are recruiting women as members of the Gestapo.
Women Have Equality With Men As Doctors In Armed Forces
A bill signed by the President of the United States last week gave women doctors equal status with men in the army and navy for the first time in history. Going one step farther than the First World War, the bill removed the practice common at that time in which only a few women doctors with the forces were hired under contract.
With this new method the United States adopts a similar policy used by the Russians. In that country half of the doctors are women and many are with the army itself. In Britain also is there a system where regular army doctors are used for home service. At present the army and navy do not indicate that they will use many of the women doctors and, no doubt, none will be used at the front. The navy has definite plans for only 60 of the WAVES while the army will use about one woman medico to every 500 WAACS and in the country's hospitals where there are women patients.
Although these "women in white" will not be given a role in the midst of the fire of the battle lines, they will, nevertheless, add their part to the great task of keeping people fit for the war. Whether with soldiers, sailors, or civilians, the women in medicine at last have an equal place in the profession they have so long dared to enter. The barriers of sex have
Just Wondering
If the cause of the Anatomy Building fire was ever determined.
been broken down, and the woman doctor left to care for those on the home front will not feel as though she is barred from offering her services to the fighting men if they are needed.
Most of the 8,000 women doctors will probably continue their work on the home field in trying to replace the great number of male doctors that have joined the forces to serve the men, but at least the gate way is open and the way is clear for them to take their places in the more active fight. Perhaps now at last the women in medicine will be given their full value, and they will prove to many doubters their worth and ability to do what heretofore has been called a "man's job."
Czechoslovak saboteurs are bravely continuing the fight against their aggressors. The newspaper, People, in London, reports that at least one million shells produced in Czechoslovakian factories for the Russian front in the last six months have proved duds.
Advisory physician to Congress recently advised members of the house and senate to arrange a vacation this summer if they hope to keep in good health. After some recent legislation, perhaps he was referring to a "run out powder."
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The critical public: Pi Phi freshmen were taking in the Phi Gam house on their annual spring semenade. Suddenly the Fijis swooped out from bushes, tossed the women in cars and drove them far into the country. There. . anticlimax—they tried to smear purple dye on the women's faces.
The dye, at least, was satisfactory. It stayed on even after the deluge of water with which the serenading Pi Phi's were later welcomed to the Phi Delt house.
*****
How McSpadden became "Sparky": It happened many years ago when Papa McSpadden was called into the room to meet his young son. The nervous father was expecting something a great deal different from the gaping mouth and clenched red fists which met his stare.
"Good Gawd" was his first remark. "It looks more like a spark plug than a boy."
Both Sparky and his mother were deeply hurt but the name has stuck.
reating box office appeal: Jason Dixon, TKE, and Dean Huebert, Phi Delt, recently approached this department. Saying that they represented the better interests of one Clark Henry, D.U., they paid the customary 25c to have the following note in a feminine hand printed in this column.
Dear Clark,
Thanks for the car. I will be in the library at 3:30 in case you feel like studying a little. (Studying was underlined and followed by a ton mark.)
By publicizing the above, Clark hopes to dispell the popular opinion that as a Casanova he is no longer in demand.
Note: Rates for this column are the same as in previous ones. 25c to
Note: Rates for this column are the same as in previous years. 25c to get your name in, 50c to keep' it out. No credit.
Colonel And Minister Hill Chancellors
A bushy-visaged colonel and a be-whiskered Methodist minister hang intimately side by side against a cold, bleak wall, noncholantly ignored by passing generations.
By GLENNA D. CREECH
A double lynching? Relies of the activities of the vigilantes, the Ku Klux Klan, or Quantrell's raiders? A grim reminder of the fate awaiting "all who enter here"? praised as the "largest
No, none of these, but the portraits of two respected chancellors of the University, passed innumerable times by students traversing the second-floor corridor of Frank Strong hall. Pioneers in the early years of Kansas endeavors in the field of higher education, these two, Chancellor Fraser and Chancellor Marvin, represent a little-known era in the development of the University, as far as the majority of the students on the campus are concerned.
Notable Career in Education.
In 1868 when John Fraser appeared to assume the position of Chancellor of the Board of Regents and president of the faculty, he already had behind him a notable career in outstanding educational institutions. A graduate of the University of Aberdeen at the age of 17, this energetic Scotchman taught for several years in the Bermudas, then became president of the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania, and from there went to Jefferson college as a professor of mathematics and astronomy.
Arriving at the University of Kansas when this institution was housed in one inadequate building known as North College, situated near the present site of Corbin hall, and the total enrollment was tabulated at 120 students, the new Chancellor took immediate steps toward erecting another building. The result was Fraser hall, extravagantly
praised as the "largest school building in the country."
Eligible Young Bachelor
In addition to being the leading figure in academic development of the University, Chancellor Serger, as an eligible young bachelor, was also a social favorite; and it is significant commentary on his indomitable Scotch character that he wooed and won the most beautiful of his students.
An indication of the extent of his popularity may be found in the fact that when he took command of the 140th Pennsylvania Volunteers in 1862, he took a full company from Jefferson college, where he was teaching at the time. Near the close of the war between the states, Colonel Fraser was promoted to brigadier general for gallant conduct in battle. The story is told that, while a prisoner of the Confederates, he avoided shelter when prisoners were exposed to enemy fire, preferring instead to sit in the open with a pencil and paper figuring the curvature and distance of the course of the shells coming toward him.
Possessor of a Scotch Wit
Possessor of a lively Scotch wit, Chancellor Fraser was a constant source of amusement to his classes which were often reminded by the fact that "blessed is he that blowbelt his own horn, for he that blowbelt not his own horn the same shall not be blowed!" A student unfortunate enough to be named Ida Blood was often startled at hearing herself
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