UNIVERSITY Daily Kansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1943
40th YEAR
Army Announces
Men Only Seventeen May Enlist
NUMBER 68
Dr. L. C. Woodruff, student coordinator of military affairs, has announced that he is now authorized to enlist in the Enlisted Reserve corps any man who has reached his seventeenth birthday but who is under 18, provided that he is found otherwise qualified for general military service and that the consent of his parents or guardian is obtained.
a. Enlisted Reserve Corps, unassigned.
Enlistments will be made in the following categories only:
b. Air Corps Enlisted Reserve for those who qualify for aviation cadet training under present standards.
According to the notice received by Woodruff, any man enlisted under this authority will not be ordered to active duty until he has attained his eighteenth birthday but in every instance will be ordered to active duty within six months after reaching his eighteenth birthday.
Enrollment Reaches Near-Record Total
The University has the second highest spring enrollment in history, according to Chancellor Deane W. Malott, in releasing second semester enrollment figures today. Total enrollment is 4351, including 3201 regular students, and 1150 in various special war training groups, including the signal corps, naval machinists' mates, marine corps, and aviation specialists.
Enrollment of regular students shows a drop of 500 from last fall. This compares with the usual shrinkage of 300 or 400 between first and second semesters.
ISA Election Dance Is Tonight In Union
All members of the Independent Student Association are asked to attend the election dance from 7 to 8 tonight in the Kansas room of the Memorial Union building. Mary Gene Hull, president of the organization, said today.
Membership tickets are required for admittance. It is not a date affair, according to Mary Frances Fitzpatrick who is in charge of the dance.
A representative will be elected from each of the three districts and nominees for representatives-atlarge will be chosen.
V-7 Seniors To Meet
Ensign R. W. Pflouts, '42, commissioned last week, will give a brief talk on the training he received during the past four months at a meeting of V-7 Seniors in Marvin auditorium at 7:30 tomorrow evening.
Mott Lecture On Magazines Is Thursday
Dr. Frank Luther Mott, dean of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, Pulitzer prize winner, and author, will lecture on "Fiction in the Old Magazines" in Fraser Theater at 4:30 Thursday afternoon, instead of this afternoon, as was formerly announced in the Daily Kansan.
This is Dr. Mott's first year as dean of the University of Missouri School of Journalism. He was formerly head of the School of Journalism at the University of Iowa.
His "History of American Magazines" won the Pulitzer prize for American history in 1939. He has edited "Best News Stories," "Headlining America," "Interpretations of Journalism" (with P. D. Casey) and "Good Stories."
The degrees he holds include bachelor of philosophy, master of arts, doctor of philosophy, doctor of humanities, and an honorary degree of doctor of literature.
Members of the faculty of the English and journalism departments will meet for a luncheon Thursday, at which Dr. Mott will be guest.
Pomona College will train 200 high school graduates, 12 to 21, for the army air corps in meteorology.
Changes
Air Cadets May Request Removals
Any Air Corps Enlisted Reservist who no longer desires aviation cadet training, may submit a written request to the commanding general, Seventh Corps Area Command, through his armed services representative to have his name removed from the Aviation Cadet eligible list, according to information received yesterday by Dr. L. C. Woodruff, student coordinator of military affairs, from the War Department.
The bulletin added that Army Air Corps Reservists, whose names are removed from the eligible list for aviation cadet training, will be called to active duty and assigned to the nearest air force replacement training center (technical). Such applicants will lose their rights to receive pilot training but will receive training in the technical branches of the air force.
No Blackout Drills On Eastern Seaboard For Next Two Weeks
New York, Feb. 1 (INS) — Mayor F. H. LaGuardia today banned blackout drills until after Feb. 17, when the new army air-raid rules go into effect in sixteen Atlantic seaboard states and the District of Columbia.
LaGuardia warned listeners in his weekly broadcast yesterday that "If you hear the siren signal between now and Feb. 17, its the real thing."
Army Air Reserve To Be Called Soon
According to Dr. Laurence C. Woodruff, student coordinator of military affairs, the order calling out the Army Air Corps Reservists will affect approximately 60 men now enrolled in the University.
Advices received today at the office of Chancellor Deane W. Malott from the deputy chief for procurement, aviation cadet section of the War Department, indicate that all enlistees in the Army Air Corps Reserve, both those in deferred classifications and those who have asked for immediate active duty, will be called to active duty in the near future. calling the AAC
Text of the statement relative to
60 Men In AACR
Added information received from the War Department by the Chancellor indicates for the first time that many of these reservists called to active duty will be returned for further University training in a curriculum prescribed by the War Department, after a short period of basic training.
calling the AAC reservists is as follows:
"It is regretted that the exigencies of war have now made it necessary to call to active duty members of the Air Corps Enlisted Reserve, including those who have been deferred to complete, as far as possible, their college education Those Storing Semester Stay
Those Starting Semester Stay
It is contemplated that all members of the Enlisted Reserve over 18 years of age will be called in the immediate future except those who have commenced a semester, term, or quarter before Dec. 31. Those falling in the latter classification will be called at the end of the current term."
Marines Begin Training Here
A new ground school and flight training program began here today under the Civil Aeronautics War Training Service, Prof. H. S. Stillwell, chairman of the department of aeronautical engineering has announced. A group of marines under the supervision of their commanding officer, Lt. R. L. Lanagan, have begun training at the University and at the airport north of
Draft Bosses Disagree on College Calls
By International News Service
McNutt's statement came in testimony in which he revealed he will carry to President Roosevelt tomorrow a difference of opinion that exists between himself and Secretary of War Stimson on the question of drafting youths of college age for military service.
Called Before Committee
By International News Service WASHINGTON—War manpower chief Paul V. McNutt today declared that by the end of 1943 10 out of every 14 able bodied men between the ages of 18 and 38 will be in the fighting forces of the United States.
"And I mean they will be fighting men," McNutt emphasized in testimony before the military affairs committee.
McNutt was called before the committee to outline plans for the education of men of college age, utilizing immediately from 400 to 500 of the 1700 colleges of the country.
McNutt said that non-federal supported colleges will be used in the educational training program, with special emphasis placed on the utilization of smaller colleges.
"I feel that we should utilize the training facilities that are here now, rather than to build new cantonments," McNutt said. Advises Men
Questioned as to what a young man of college and draft age should do if he is in schol now, McNutt said:
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Summerfield Exams Will Start in March
Nomination blanks were sent out a few days ago to the high schools in the state, Mrs. Boynton stated. These blanks must be in by February 20.
Preliminary Summerfield Scholarship examinations will be given Saturday, March 13, Mrs. Flora Boynton, office secretary for the Endowment Association, said today. The final examination, given to those who are thinned out after the preliminaries, will be given on April 12 and 13, she said.
The places in the state where the examinations will be presented will not be named until all nominations are made, she said. Because of transportation difficulties, the examinations will undoubtedly be given in more places than in the place she added.
Lawrence, now operated by the Ong Flying Service, of Kansas City.
The Ong Flying Service has taken over operation of the airport, replacing the Ashcraft Brothers Flying Service. The Ashcraft brothers, Bill and Don, have entered military service. Ground and Flight Training
The marine flight trainees will take both the ground school and flight training courses-elementary and secondary-on the same plan as the former CPT program, many classes of which were conducted under the supervision of the University department of aeronautics.
Professor Stillwell said the present training program for marines would be continuous for the duration since a new group of trainees would move in when the current class had completed its training. Transfers From Goodland
Members of the marine group are housed in the Delta Chi house on West Campus road. Most of the men were transferred here from Goodland where the Ong Flying Service was conducting a flight training program until it was moved to Lawrence.
Farewell Party To Be on KFKU
The K.U. Roundtable will leave the air from 9:30 to 10 o'clock Friday night in order that part of the festivities of the Goodbye, KU! Hello, Guadalcanal! party can be broadcast over station KFKU. Roving radio reports will give the radio audience a sample of the farewell for service men from the main lounge of the Memorial Union building.
The half hour broadcast will include a specialty arrangement of— "Abraham" by Harlan Cope and the modern choir under the direction of Merrill Jones, music by Bachmann and Fope's band, an interview of several sailors conducted by Lieutenant A. H. Buhl, commanding officer of the U.S. Naval Training Station from the Navy mess room in the Union building, a Navy chorus singing "Anchors Aweigh," and a student interview.
Arthur Nelson and Max Falkenstein will be the roving radio reporters and the broadcast will be under the direction of Mildred Seaman, director of KFKU programs.
Admission for the party will be 25 cents, "stag or drag." Wieners and apples for roasting over the fireplace will be sold. All Union facilities will be available including cards and games which can be obtained at the hostess desk, records in the music room, and ping pong equipment in the men's lounge.
The Weather
Light rain southwest portion tonight, little change in temperature tonight except slightly warmer southeast portion.