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University Daily Kansan
Page 0162_2 from reel: L 2338 (1942-11-03 to 1944-02-07)
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/157657

Title: Miessner Invents Musical Instrument
Summary: Dr. W. Otto Miessner, professor of education and public school music, has invented a new instrument called the bandello, designed primarily for use by school children in basic music education.
Category: campus news
Subjects: university faculty; music education; inventions
Named Entities: Miessner, W. Otto [professor]
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Americans Stop Two Offensives by Jap Forces
Summary: The navy reported that American forces have checked two Japanese offensives in the Solomons, damaging two destroyers, two cargo ships, and one tanker, and shooting down planes.
Category: national news
Subjects: world war II; military operations; Pacific theater
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Women's Glee Club Adds New Members
Summary: Eighteen new members have been added to the Women's Glee Club this semester, including Mary Louise Dickson, Dorothy Nicholson, Elma Haas, and others from various colleges and schools.
Category: campus news
Subjects: student organizations; music; performing arts
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Women Eligible to Be Engineers
Summary: Women college graduates with a degree in any field may now qualify for positions as junior engineers through completion of a special short, tuition-free war training course sponsored by the United States Office of Education.
Category: campus news
Subjects: women in STEM; engineering education; war training
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Educator Charges Colleges "Snobbish"
Summary: Dr. Felix Morley of Haverford College warns that American schools and universities must speed adaptation to war-time conditions, criticizing "too much ivy-towered snobbery" in college education.
Category: editorial
Subjects: higher education; academic criticism; war adaptation
Named Entities: Morley, Felix [educator]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: 12 Percent of Draftees Have College Education
Summary: Drafts in the present war show that twelve percent of draftees have a college education, compared to 5 percent in the first war, indicating increased educational attainment among military recruits.
Category: campus news
Subjects: World War II; higher education; military service
Confidence: 0.8

Title: NEW STUDENTS and Those Who Have Changed ADDRESSES
Summary: Students who have changed addresses or are new may have their KANSANS delivered by turning in activity book slips to the Kansan Business Office in Journalism Building by Friday, Jan. 29.
Category: announcement
Subjects: student services; newspaper delivery; administrative notices
Confidence: 0.9

Title: [classifieds]
Category: classifieds
Confidence: 0.9

Title: [advertisements]
Advertisers include: The Kansan; Oread Barber Shop; Williams Meat Co.; Lawrence Business College
Category: advertisements
Confidence: 0.9

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