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LAWRENCE, KANSAS, TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1943
40th YEAR
NUMBER 83
Maurois Will Speak Here On Thursday
Andre Maurois, biographer, critic, reporter, and interpreter of world affairs, will speak at 8:20 Thursday evening in Hoch auditorium. The French author will discuss "Our Common Heritage" as a regular lecture in the Community Lecture course
His latest book, "Tragedy in France," is the account of the part France played in the present war. As a member of the General Staff, Mr. Maurois saw the organization and direction of France's armies.
Many of Mr. Maurois' experiences have occurred in England, and he is a personal friend of Winston Churchill. During the first World War, he acted as liaison officer to the British troops, and his first book, "The Silences of Colonel Bramble," is the collection of character sketches written about men who worked with him.
He has delivered lectures at Princeton University and at Mills College, and, in the winter of 1940, he gave the Lowell lectures in Boston.
Engineering Banquet Is Date Affair Now
In a precedent breaking plan released yesterday, the engineers have decided not only to bring dates to their usual strictly stag banquet March 18, but also to invite law students and business school men to do the same.
This announcement, from the office of the School of Engineering and Architecture, adds that the banquet will be held in the Kansan room of the Memorial Union building at 6:15
A special agent of the FBI from Kansas City, Mo., Charles G. Campbell, will speak on "Functions of FBI in Peace and War" after the banquet. Prof. E. C. Buehler of the department of speech and drama will be master of ceremonies.
Tickets which are 55 cents apiece are on sale in Dean J. J. Jakosky's office in Marvin hall now, it was announced.
Symphony Orchestra Will Broadcast Tomorrow Night
The K U Symphony Orchestra will broadcast over KFKU tomorrow night from 9:30 to 10. Karl Kuersteiner, director, announced today.
Tomorrow night's program will include "Russian Sailors Dance" (Gliere); "Overture 1812" Tschaikowsky; "Sonata No. 5" CorelliKuersteiner); "Deer Dance" and "War Dance" (Charles Sanford Skilton); and Finale to the "Romantic Symphony" (Howard Hanson).
Home-Town Correspondents Plan Spring Publicity
At a meeting of home-town correspondents at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon in the Journalism building, the "spring offensive" for publicizing the University was discussed by the reporters with Harlan Cope chairman of Statewide Activities in charge of the discussion.
The county correspondent's committee and the county club committee will operate as one committee for the remainder of the semester, Cope told the reporters.
Ryther To Talk To Craftsmen
Thomas C. Ryther, director of the University press, will speak before the Kansas City Craftsmen's club at 7 p.m. this evening on "How Shall Printing Employees Be Trained." The speech will follow a dinner of the club at Unity Inn in Kansas City, Mo.
Standardization of training of printing employees will be stressed by Mr. Ryther in his speech and he will be heard by superintendents, foremen, and other interested persons from printing plants of Kansas City.
Mr. Ryther, a graduate of the University in 1926, served as assistant professor of printing and journalism and superintendent of printing at South Dakota State College at Brookings, S. D., from 1937 until 1940 when he became director of the University press. He has also lectured widely before typographers' meetings and printers' conventions on various phases of the printing industry.
Accompanying Mr. Ryther to Kansas City for the meeting will be E. F. Beth, acting chairman of the department of journalism; K. W. Davidson, director of information; and Earl Farris, of the World Publishing Company.
Hershey Extends Deferment Rules
The measure would appropriate $800,000 more for social welfare and also would made radical changes in the way sales tax revenues would be distributed to state and county agencies. No changes are provided for in money allocated for school aid purposes.
Topeka, (INS) - Stamped with the approval of Governor Schoeppel, a new social welfare bill was before the Kansas house of representatives today.
In a slashing drive to get important measures disposed of, both houses began working at high speed today. Two important bills disposed of the first day of the week were the presidential primary bill and the lawyers" "closed shop" measure which were killed in the house late yesterday.
Advisers Will Have Reports By March 18
The new state civil service law will cost the taxpayers $122,000 to operate, it was revealed today in a bill brought out by the house ways and means committee. The body reported an appropriation of $40,000 for the fiscal year beginning July 1 and $82,000 for the succeeding fiscal year.
Mid-semester reports for College students are due from instructors not later than Friday, March 12. College freshmen and sophomores may see their advisers Thursday, March 18; Friday, March 19; Monday, March 22; or Tuesday, March 23. Gilbert Ulmer, assistant dean of the College, said today.
Welfare Bill Is Introduced In Leqislature
The house judiciary committee approved for passage a bill to regulate all finance companies and limit them to loans of not more than $300 and interest charges of three per cent a month.
Every student classified as College is expected to consult Dean Ulmer stated. Students should not ask their instructors for reports, as the conference with the adviser is the only means provided by the College to obtain mid-semester reports.
Every student classified as freshman or sophomore in the College is expected to consult his adviser during this period. Himer stated. Students $ ^{*} $
Lists of all College freshmen and sophomores with their advisers will be posted on the bulletin board opposite the College office, 229 Frank Strong hall. Also, office hours of advisers will appear there.
Scholarship chairmen of organizations who desire a report on their freshmen and sophomores should get these reports from the advisers through the students concerned, advisers report. If the student has any grades lower than C, the adviser will have a report of these low grades to pass on to the student. The adviser will not have specific reports on students whose work is satisfactory, of C grade or higher, Dean Paul B. Lawson said.
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Medics, Engineers Granted Exemption
The deferment of all specialized or technical training students who will finish their courses by July 1, 1945, was recommended by Louis B. Hershey, head of the selective service board, in an announcement this week to draft boards.
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Faculty Pianist To Give Concert
Mr. Preyer's composition, "Theme with Variations and Fugue," started in the summer of 1941 in Colorado and finished last winter in Lawrence, will be the first number Miss Orcutt plays. It will be followed by "Sonata Eroica" Op. 50 (Edward MacDowell) and two lively pieces "Lil' David Play on Yo' Harp" and "Cowboy Breakdown" (Edward Collins).
"Three Preludes for Piano," vivace, molto tranquillo e cantabile, and allegro con energia, by Mr. Palmer will then be presented by Miss Orcutt. Only one of the preludes has been heard in Lawrence before, when Mr. Palmer played it himself in a piano recital about a year ago.
Included under this head of technical or specialized training students were: aeronautical engineers, automotive engineers,
Proceeds From Mid-Week To Go in Red Cross Fund
Miss Ruth Orcutt, concert pianist and member of the faculty of the School of Fine Arts, will give a concert of American music at 8 o'clock tomorrow evening in Fraser theater.
On her program she will present the work of two Lawrence composers, Carl A. Preyer, professor-emeritus of the University's piano faculty, and Robert Palmer, modern composer of the faculty of the School of Fine Arts.
Miss Orcutt's fourth group of selections includes "Diversion No. IV in G Major" (John Alden Carpenter), "The White Peacock" from "Roman Sketches" (Charles T. Grif-
Proceeds from the Mid-week tomorrow night will go to the Red Cross, Newell Jenkins, president of the Student Union Activities board announced today.
The dance will be from 7 to 8 p.m in the main lounge of the Memorial Union building, with Bachmann and Pope's band furnishing the music. Admission will be 10 cents for each person.
The band will play "This Is Worth Fighting For" and dedicate it to the Red Cross.
chemical engineers, civil engineers, electrical engineers, heating, ventilating, refrigerating, and air conditioning engineers, marine engineers, mechanical engineers, mining and metallurgical engineers, mineral technologists, petroleum engineers, radio engineers, safety engineers, sanitary engineers, transportation engineers, bacteriologists, chemists, geophysicists, mathematicians, meteorologists, naval architects, physicists, and astronomers.
Pharmacists May Remain
Pharmacy students if they are now second semester sophomores will be deferred not beyond July 1, 1943, pending further consideration of the status of such students. The pharmacy students were not included in Hershey's previous recommendation. Psychologists are not included in the last recommendation but were included in the previous one.
The recommendation states in regard to the deferment of these students: (1) that the student be deferred if he is competent and gives promise of successful completion of such course of study, and (2) if he continues his progress he will graduate from such course of study on or before July 1, 1945.
In regard to premedical or pres-
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Welles Discredits Criticism of Russia
Washington. (INS)—Acting Secretary of State Sumner Welles today announced that the statements made by American ambassador William H. Stanley in Moscow, criticizing the Soviet government for failure to show greater appreciation of American lend-lease aid, were made without prior consultation with or reference to the American state department.
In a virtual repudiation of Admiral Stanley's statement Wells stated that complete trust and understanding existed between America, Britain, and Russia.
The chairman of both the house and foreign affairs committees today took the floor in Congress to state "unfortunate" Admiral Stanley's statement.