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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 31, 1942
Snooping Around News and Views from other colleges
CSC Instructor Becomes WAVE
An instructor in the Colorado State English department, Miss Martha Trimble, has been sworn into the United States Navy as a member of the WAVE. A member of the V-9 U.S. Naval Reserve, she is now on inactive duty at home waiting call.
Texas Has New Degree
Texas Has New Degree To help meet the war demand for trained physicists, the University of Texas has created a new degree. Bachelor of Science in Physics.
Train For Service Careers
The University of Pittsburgh has adopted a physical education program to prepare co-eds for service in the WAAC and WAVE.
Students Will Donate Blood
Students Will Donate Blood Four out of every five students enrolled at the University of Utah have signed as blood donors for a special Red Cross blood bank to be established on the campus.
Princetonians Get Early Start
Students at Princeton will be registering for the spring semester next week. Registration will be staggered over three days, Jan. 5, 6, and 7.
Emergency Courses Designed
Eight months' emergency courses designed to fit high school graduates for employment in the fields of chemistry, physics, mathematics. laboratory technology, business and food administration will be offered by Russell Sage College, Troy, N.Y., beginning in January.
Chinese Literary Collection
The University of California library has a collection of 47.000 Chinese volumes.
Unity For Moochers
Ever heard of the Moocha Sig club? The idea was originated by men at Northwestern.
Report on War Casualty Total
Washington (INS) — United States casualties, including army, navy and the merchant marine today officially totaled 59,319 for the year and 24 days of war since Japan's attack on Pearl harbor.
The Navy's total casualties, which included navy, marine and coast guard losses, announced to date, are 20,937 of which 5,909 were killed, 3,441 wounded and 11,047 missing
The army casualties compiled to date are 35,678, including 2,009 killed. 3,332 wounded and 20,119 missing. Merchant marine casualties totaled 3,244.
Is Joe Getting Worried?
London (Bulletin) (INS) — Fossibility of Germany losing the war was mentioned by Joseph Goebbels, Hitler's propaganda minister, today in a New Year's message broadcast to his countrymen and heard by Reuters in London.
"We can lose the war now only through our own mistakes and by our own fault," Goebbels told his listeners.
Allies Punish Axis As 1942 Fades Away
Reports from all world fronts today stamped the final verdict that 1942 will be remembered as a victory year of World War II, when the United Nations swung from the defensive to the offensive.
From the snowpiled steppes of southern Russia to the sands of North Africa and the palm-fringed islands of the south Pacific, the Allies were giving the enemy heavy punishment.
The Russian high command declared that most of the Nazi forces in the Stalingrad area were falling back and at points where they attempted to resist they were completely routed.
Japanese forces still holding out in the Buna area of New Guinea have been split by American and Australian troops who drive to the sea between Buna Mission and Giroopa point. This wedge, it was assumed, will facilitate mopping up operations and it is expected the Allies will soon be in control of the entire area.
Meanwhile in North Africa, the German official news agency today admitted that armored patrols from the British Eighth Army were operating south of Tripoli. This is the first indication that Lt. Gen. B. L Montgomery may be planning to outflank the shredded Africa Corps and annihilate it.
But also from French Africa, came disturbing news, the arrest of 12 persons involved in a plot to assassinate high Allied leaders, including U.S. minister Robert Murphy and Gen. Henri Giraud.
AAll pro-axis professors at the University of Buenos Aires have been ordered to quit their jobs, according to short wave radio from Chile.
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Tests given more than 1,000 men at the beginning and the end of the course indicate they have changed their physical condition from "unsatisfactory" to "satisfactory."
Recently made compulsars campus, the program consists of four and a half hours each week of supervised calisthenics, obstacle racing, mass combat activities, rough and tumble drills and competitive activities.
Condition Improved
Physical ability of the average man enrolled in the course improved by not less than 20 per cent during the term. Tests on which the progress report is based include pull-ups, push-ups, right and left hand grip, 440-yard run, 60-yard dash and vertical and broad jump.
'Harder Collegians' Is Wolverine Student Motto
Ann Arbor, Mich. —(ACP)— "Harder Collegians" is the motto of University of Michigan students who have improved their physical fitness by at least 20 per cent, with the completion of the first term of the institution's compulsory "hardening" course, it is reported by the university department of physical education and athletics.
Recently made compulsory for every male student on the
"Before and after" achievements of the average student revealed the following gains: pull-ups, 7.45 to 10.20; push-ups, 15.93 to 21.18; right grip, 56.77 to 59.86 kilograms; left grip, 53.43 to 55.67 kilograms; 440-yard run, 74.05 to 68.30 seconds; 60-yard dash, 8.03 to 7.92 seconds; vertical jump, 19.52 to 20.25 inches; and broad jump, 91.64 to 92.01 inches.
The report points out that major gains are shown in those events which place heavy demands upon physical condition (pull-ups, pushups, and the 440-yard run). while minor changes are shown in those activities which place a higher premium upon "non-endurance and explosive power" (strength of grip, 60-yard dash and the vertical and broad jump.)
Gain Proportional to Work
The report also shows that the amount of gain was directly proportional to the amount of time spent in the conditioning course. While most students spent the full four and a half hours each week, a group of 262 ROTC students were enrolled for only three hours per week. Comparative tests indicate these students gained less than 70 per cent as much as the others.
Evidence that the whole, rather than merely a fraction, of the group had gained is provided by the report. 90 per cent of the test records representing individual improvement.
A careful check on attitudes of the students was kept throughout the term. While never less than 70 per cent liked the course and never more than 16 per cent disliked it, the report indicates the matter of proper attitude is important in producing results. The small group which disliked the course gained only 18.2 per cent as much as those who enjoyed the program.
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Teacher Shortage Is Result Of War Jobs
The need for mathematics and commerce instructors in all parts of the country is more serious now than ever before, according to H. E. Chandler, secretary of the teachers appointment bureau. Mathematics instructors are at the top of the list of the vacancies to be filled.
This situation has been brought about by:
The instructors are entering into special traing courses of the army and navy which require mathematics; many of the women teachers have married during the holidays; and defense jobs with large salaries have attracted teachers away from the school system.
For the past two weeks the teachers appointment bureau has received numerous calls for instructors to fill instrumental music and English vacancies. Some schools have been forced to drop the instrumental music departments and commerce departments because of the lack of teachers.
The situation is so acute that some schools are breaking down the tradition of not employing married women teachers.
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