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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1943
Naval Discipline and Student Habits Biggest Obstacles To Closer Friendship
"At KU considerable differences have come up between the students and the sailors there. The navy men regard and call the University men "draft-dodgers," while the K-Uers think the sailors are the "dead-end" type of humans. One reason for the difference of opinion at Lawrence can be traced to the fact that most of the government students are from the East, South, and other sections of the country." Thus commented the Kansas State Collegian upon the Mount Oread situation last week.
Frankly, there has not been the fraternal spirit between college and service men that was first hoped for and expected. However, statements such as this are exaggerations of the unsatisfactory situation on the campus.
Personal discussions with navy men reveal that they do not in most cases regard University men as slackers, realizing that in wishing to complete his education, the Jayhawker is merely trying to capitalize upon an investment of four long years of studying and tuitions. He has had ample proof that the government in many cases regards the education being received as valuable to the national cause as the training of the navy man.
Thoughtful University men in turn realize the tremendous sacrifice being made by the sailors in leaving their homes to come to the unfamiliar Midwest for training. They know that in a few short weeks many of them will be in a similar position. They give to the sailors that same good-will wish they hope to receive themselves when they are in a distant section of the country receiving training.
In short, University men don't look down upon the sailors, nor do sailors look down upon the students. There is no time now for such petty quarreling as took place earlier upon the Campus of the University of Oklahoma. The lack of companionship between the men of the navy and the University can be traced more directly to the strict military discipline under which the sailors train—leaving them little time for fun—and to established habits of companionship which both groups had previously fallen into.
Dneiper River May Save German Armies From Complete Disaster
As the German retreat in southern Russia nears Dnepropetrovsk, on the Dnieper river, Allied peoples are hoping for a quick knockout blow by the Russians.
However, this fast retreat may not be as much of a Nazi debacle as we are led to believe.
The Russians launched their great southern offensive to rid the Caucasian oil fields of the Nazi menace. Under the mighty Red blows the Nazis, losing whole regiments at a time, began reeling backward, groping for some natural fortifications where they could make a stand. They had to begin shortening their lines to where they could hold off the Russians until the spring thaw sets in.
The real reason for this accelerated retreat is that the Nazi must get their mechanized armies across the wide Dnieper river before they get bogged down in the thawing ground
Just Wondering
Why Kansas can't rate a new battleship "Kansas" in recognition of Kansans' scrap collecting ability, the best in the country.
and before the Dnieper becomes too swollen with flood waters to permit further retreat.
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Once on the western banks of the Dnieper, the Germans probably will be able to prevent further Russian pursuit, unless the Russians can drive south from the Velikiye Luki area and somehow cross the Pinsk marshes. The retreat is a matter of whether the Russians can catch the Germans before they get lodged on the west banks of the Dnieper.
It is unlikely that Stalin's armies will attempt to ford the river with their mechanized forces; as the spring thaw goes deeper in the ground, the Dnieper, along 800 miles of its course from Kiev to Odessa, will widen from two to four miles.
Then will come a breathing spell for the tired German troops. The Nazi will be able to send much needed supplies to their Ukraine armies and to lay plans for one final all-out drive against the Russians in May.
In the meantime the Russian armies, in the Donets basin, will have several thousand square miles of clean-up work which should keep them occupied during the spring months
It is extremely significant that in the Smolensk sector the German armies have given no indication of giving away before the Russian offensive. Smolensk, on the west side of the Dnieper, is a key city in the German defense line which extends southward through Kiev, Dnepropetrovsk, and to Odessa on the Black Sea. Beyond this line the Germans cannot afford to retreat.
All indications seem to point to a battle of unprecedented proportions next summer—a battle of survival for the Germans against the Russians.—M.H.
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Student Paper of THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Lawrence, Kansas
EDITORIAL STAFF
NEWS STAFF
Editor-in-chief ... Maurice Barker
Editorial Associates ... Don Koehn, Joy Miller,
Matt Heuertz, Jimm Gum, Florence Brown
Feature Editor ... Betty Lou Perkins
Managing Editor ... Virginia Tieman
Sunday Editor ... Joy Miller
Campus editors ... Alan Houghton, Jane
Miner, Clara Lee Oxley
Sports editor ... J. Donald Keown
Rock Chalk Talk
Shades of Dangerous Dan McGrew: Miss Carlotta Nellis, Templin house mother, reigned in regal splendor at the Carruth "saloon" party Saturday night. Acting as a chaperon, she entered majestically, bedecked in a sweeping black silk dress, a scarf bespangled with sequins, and costume jewelry enough to droop the most stately figure. Announcing herself as "Diamond Lil from the Klondike," she asked to sit on the piano, and a dozen dazzled cowhands rushed to drink "champagne" from her slipper.
When asked where she got the idea, "Diamond Lil" explained that in the old days every saloon had a hostess, and this one was not going to do without.
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Names in the news: Jean Ott, Chi O, was speculating upon the news from India the other day. Said Jean: "I wonder if Gandhi will die." Gloria Brinkman, another Chi O, looked up and asked: "Who do you mean?" "Gandhi," said Jean. "I wonder if Gandhi is going to die." "Oh," sighed Giacomo. "I haven't been following the funnies lately."
Getting in and getting out: Naval reservists, going to the showing of the navy films in Bailey Chemistry Laboratories last night, found themselves herded into the Navy section of Frank Strong hall. It seems that the auditorium there was the only one available or convenient. It was quite an experience for new and old students alike, entering the sanctum sanctorum of the Navy. Seniors reminisced over once taking history courses in those very rooms.
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Cracked several reservists: "Anyone who lingers too long after the show will be put in uniform."
Not Just Flag Wavers
By MARY MORRILL
With no trouble at all several dozen university coeds wearing CVC arm bands will cajol male students and faculty members into parting ways with a thousand or so quarters and dimes tomorrow. The men will just look at the solicitors and contribute—without hearing a word about the Jayhawker Shelter Fund and Wednesday being tag day in honor of same. Pain-
lessly the money will slip through their fingers and K.U. will reach its quota—which all goes to prove how effective women—even the scatterbrained coeducational variety—are in promoting this war effort of ours.
So far, the male population of the campus has seemed to regard the Coed Volunteer Corps as somewhat of a joke. They have taken the idea of connecting their feminine associates with anything so serious as winning a war lightly, and they have passed off the CVC as an organization of women who march out of step and salute awkwardly, playing at war with the same spirit in which they themselves played at it during grade school.
Perform Many Services
Kansas University's CVC performs
But when these men who laugh are in Jefferson Barracks Ft. MacArthur, or Ft. Leavenworth and the Daily Kansan arrives in their morning mail, when they do to some camp library and find the book they've wanted to read for a long time, when they're on a battle field defending themselves with a gun, the government has paid for with defense stamp money, or when they're lying in some first aid tent having their wounds dressed with Red Cross bandages, they'll be more than happy that back at K.U. and in other universities in the country, "hairbrained" coeds are getting together and calling themselves the CVC. Those same "hairbrained" coeds will be the ones who have sent the Kansans, collected the books, bought the bonds (lots of them anyway), and wound bandages until they thought they would go crazy.
these services and more. It helps with the Lawrence USO dances. Its members have pledged an average of $10 of defense stamps per month per house. They are piling up a scholarship fund which will give boys who want to finish school after the war a chance to do so.
They maintain a corps of fire wardens. They are pledged to do clean up work at Watkins hospital when they are needed. They are even making plans for a nursery to keep the youngsters of Lawrence women who work in defense plants during the day.
So the Coed Volunteer Corps isn't just another idle Hill institution. Its members aren't just waving the flag. They're doing something. Perhaps they don't march in step or salute with correct arm technique, but as long as their bandages are perfect, they get the books collected, and the funds gathered, what difference does it make?
Four Members Die As Result of Bomber Crash in Oklahoma
Chickasha, Okla., (INS) — Four members of the crew of a light bomber are dead today as the result of the crash of the plane north of here late Sunday afternoon, it has been announced by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
The plane was believed to have been based at Will Rogers air field, Oklahoma City. Public relations officers at the field said they would give a statement concerning the crash and the identity of the fliers as soon as an army board of inquiry could be convened.
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