TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1942
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
PAGE SEVEN
Letters to the Editor
Sirs:
Although the opinion expressed herein seems to be in the minority here at the University, I feel that for the honor of our school, if for no other reason, a reply should be made to the number of letters appearing in the Kansan attacking the shortened Christmas vacation.
Do not the writers of these letters realize that it has been the swiftness of the enemy that is now forcing the Allies to flight for self-preservation? Do not they realize that it is time that must be gained—time in which to build planes, tanks, and guns, time in which to train men into efficient fighters, time to transport these men and their planes, tanks, and guns to the fighting fronts to stop the enemy? It is time, which we, as a nation, are striving for, and it is time we must have to survive.
True, the five school days gained this Christmas seem little and unimportant, but the back bone of our Pacific Fleet was wrecked, our far Pacific possessions lost, and Hawaii and our West Coast laid wide-open to invasion, by one hour and fifty minutes of hell at Pearl Harbor. These five days, plus others gained in the revised schedule, will permit men from this campus to place their services in our war effort two weeks sooner next spring, thus placing men and materials on the fighting fronts with a saving of two weeks time.
Poland fell in less than three.
The students who are permitted to remain in school to advance their technical education, will, by the aid of this same revision that annexed five days of Christmas vacation, be permitted to save even semesters of time in placing their services in the Allied war effort.
American men have died, are dying, and will yet die in battle because of a lack of planes, tanks, and guns. A lack due to a shortage of time.
Do we of the University of Kansas wish to kill time—and American men?
Richard Hartzell
The following letter has reference to the editorial appearing on today's editorial page concerning restaurant conditions in this city.
I have read the proposed editorial prepared by Mr. Dean Sims concerning an inspection of the Lawrence restaurants, cafes, and other eating places.
It is well written, giving a fair rating and stating the conditions as they appeared at the time of the inspection.
I feel the article will be a benefit even though there might be some criticism from the individuals discussed. Hoping that we may work in cooperatin with the Kansan in the future, I remain,
Sincerely yours,
Joe L. Walker, county sanitarian
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ROCK CHALK--cannot be sacrificed entirely in the war period, if America is to continue its leadership in the years to come in the sciences and the arts, the things for which our institutions for higher education have stood in peacetime."
Danny Bachmann, Sigma Chi, submitted the following poem,
Sally's back from Hollywood,
She escaped all its perils;
Sally's reputation's pure—
No hits, no runs, no Errols.
At the Alpha Kappa Psi house Sunday, Cliff Parson was reading the Elmer A. Zilch article aloud to a freshman, Jim Roark.
After carefully listening to the long article, Roark looked quizzically at Parson. "Is this Zilch a K U graduate?" he asked.
ADD SOCIETY-cannot be sacrificed entirely in the war period, if America is to continue its leadership in the years to come in the sciences and the arts, the things for which our institutions for higher education have stood in peacetime."
... Warren Gladart, Manhattan,
was a Sunday dinner guest.
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Biber, Wichita; Bernice Myer, Marie
Prince, and Mabel McCowen, all of
Kansas City.
JOHN MOORE CO-OP . . .
... Mrs. Carl Hess was a dinner guest Sunday.
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RICKER HALL . . .
... Sunday dinner guests were Mrs
H. R. Corson, Emporia; Lorna Ecclesfield,
and Jean Born.
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WAGER HALL . .
...Martha Gage was a dinner guest
Friday.
...weekend guest was Ruth Hall.
Kansas City, Mo.
Elsa Hughes, Kansas City, was a dinner guest last evening.
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DELTA TAU DELTA . . .
Sunday dinner guests were
Heloise Hillbrand, Margaret Ott,
and Cline Hensley.
KAPPA ETA KAPPA
Lt. Stanley Wade was a dinner guest last evening.
Mr. and Mrs. George Bolt, St.
Joseph, Mo., were dinner guests
Sunday.
ROCK CHALK CO-OP . . .
Sunday dinner guests were Miss Mary Alice Hardman and Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Newmark.
ALPHA KAPPA PSI . . .
A. C. Parson, Garden City, was a house guest Sunday and Monday.
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Fear Colleges To Be Merely Vocational
JAYHAWK CO-OP . . .
...George Harvey and Billy Lane were Sunday dinner guests.
Dinner guests Wednesday were Betty Millis and Mary White.
Betty Jo O'Neal and Frances Mee were luncheon guests Thursday.
Sunday dinner guests were Mr. and Mrs. Harry White, Lawrence; and Seymour Kalter.
ALPHA DELTA PI . . .
"American colleges and universities have real cause for concern," says Theodore C. Alford, '07, chief of the Kansas City Star's Washington bureau. "Faced with the loss of virtually all of their able-bodied male students to the army and navy, the heads of the educational institutions find themselves stopped from criticism of government policies, or lack of policies, because of the danger they may be charged with encouraging slackers. The programs advanced by the colleges for preserving the framework of higher education during the war have not been acceptable to the military. The colleges have lost already 14 per cent of their students."
Sunday dinner guests were Jack Dyer, Robert Fisher, and Jack Ross, all of the U. S. Naval Training School.
...Mrs. R. D. Montgomery, housemother, is improving from her recent illness.
ALPHA CHI SIGMA . . .
BATTENFELD HALL . . .
Harry Johnson and Donald Michel are new residents in the hall.
...Jean Messick, Kansas City, Mo., was a guest Friday.
ALPHA CHI OMEGA . . .
According to Alford, a group of representatives from various eastern colleges met in Washington and made the point that under tentative War department plans the colleges would be in danger of being turned into vocational schools.
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Alice Ackerman, Kansas City, was a weekend guest.
Saturday dinner guests were Elizabeth Ann Griffith, Helen Colburn, and Marjorie Jones. Sunday dinner guests were
Sunday dinner guests were
"While the military says the conversion of the colleges and universities that may be used for the war effort, resulting in the closing of many of the smaller schools, will be wholly voluntary," Alford says, "the educators fully realize their freedom of action will be greatly curtailed."
"The war is an important but comparatively short interlude, in the evolution of American culture," concludes Alford. "Certainly those who are directing the manpower effort will recognize the fact that the finer things of our civilization
Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Johnston, and Richard Reed, all of Kansas City, Mo.; Sarah Frances Wills, Topeka; Barbara Reber, Harlan Cope Frank Houck and Joseph Gray.
PHI DELTA THETA . . .
...has announced the initiation of Walliam Martin, Topeka; Jack Stevens, Charles Kelly, William Davis, and Richard Piper, all of Hutchinson; Fred Darville, Sabetha; Clark Rhoden, Harry McClure, William Pence, Charles Dunn, Clark Churchill, Arthur Stevens, Fred Merrill, and George Byers all of Kansas City, Mo.; William Allen, Quinton Wells and William Kanaga, all of Kansas City; David Morris, St. Paul, Minn.; William McGee, Leavenworth; Jay Hines and Charles Lear, both of Salina; Edward Harry, Washington, D. C.; Charles Peake, Lawrence; Kirk Scott, Clay Hedrick, and John Dewell, all of Newton; and Jack McCoy, Emporia.
...Mr. C. J. McCoy, Emporia, and Mr. Clint Kanaga, Kansas City, Mo.
Mr. C. J. McCoy, Emporia, and Mr. Clint Kanaga, Kansas City, Mo. were dinner guests Sunday.
... Eileen Miller was a Sunday dinner guest.
KAPPA SIGMA . .
CHI OMEGA
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Lt. Kay Thompson, Ft. Riley, and Mrs. T. W. Ferrel were dinner guests Sunday.
Robert Smith, Walter Herriman, Wallace Bradshaw, Nathan Erickson, Harry Binglestone and Mrs. James Secrest were Sunday dinner guests.
DELTA GAMMA . . .
Yes, I'm going home Christmas on the
...dinner guests Sunday were Joanne Williams and Mrs. J. J.
Hartford.
PHI CHI . . .
I'll be travelling
East West
Train □
Union Pacific □
Rock Island □
Santa Fe □
Bus □
Probable time of departure (day and hour)
Transportation Poll
Eleven days remain before University students start home for an abbreviated Christmas vacation.
Transportation officials are anxious to assist students during that "rush" weekend, so fill out the blank in the Kansan, and drop it in the boxes located on the campus. Boxes may be found in the Kansan newsroom, Watson library, Marvin hall, and the rotunda of Frank Strong hall.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CLUB: will meet at 8:30 p.m., Thursday, December 17, in the Pine Room, Union Building. Topic of discussion: Russia. Cordial invitations to all interested students. Tom Myer, Sec.-Treas.
Le Cercle française se reuniria mercredi le seize decembre a quatre heures et demie, la dans la salle 113 Frank Strong hall, Tous ceux qui parlant francais sont invites. Secretaire, Bertha May Patterson.
Tuesday, December 15, 1942
HOME ECONOMICS CLUB will meet Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 in Fraser Hall.-Barbara Koch. Sec.
THE PROGRAM FOR ENGLISH MAJORS announced for Wed., Dec. 16 has been postponed to Wed., Dec. 30, 7:30, Room 205 Fraser.— Helen R. Hoopes, Chairman of Committee on English Dep't. meetings.
Notices due at News Bureau, 8 Journalism,
at 10 a.m. on day of publication during the
week, and at 11 a.m. on Saturday for Sunday
issue.
QUACK CLUB: There will be a short business meeting of the Quack Club at 7:30 Wednesday evening at the gym. Nada Clifton.
Swarthout Speaks To Teachers
Dean D. M. Swarthout, of the School of Fine Arts, will go to Topeka this evening to speak to the Topeka Music Teachers' Association at their annual banquet at the Hotel Jayhawk at 7 p.m. The Dean will talk on "The Place of Music in the National Picture Today."
... — BUY WAR STAMPS ... —
WANT ADS
LOST; Sigma Kappa Epsilon Key.
Reward. Claude Martin. Phone
1002. 68-50
CAR FOR SALE: 1930 Model-A,
Fair condition, $25. Homer Hoo-
ver. Phone 164, 1345 Louisiana.
67-50
WANTED-Either part- or fulltime typist, mimeograph operator. Must know, or be willing to learn multigraph. Apply K. U. Stenographic Bureau, Journalism building.
FOR SALE: 1935 Harley-Davidson motorcycle, spare tire, $200 cash. See or call Willis Tompkins, Temple Hall. Phone 207. 61-48
LOST: One tan deerskin glove. Reward. Phone Robert King, 1292
65 10
LOST: Lifetime Parker Fountain Pen, red and black. Floyd L. Smith. Phone 1018. 66-50
Sporting goods, camping equipment,
household items, general hardware
and appliances.
GREEN BROS. HARDWARE
633 Mass. Phone 631
JOHNNY'S
VISIT
OREAD BARBER SHOP
Close to Brick's
1237 Oread
KANSAN CLASSIFIED ADS
Jewelry and Gift Shop 833 Mass. Phone 827
1031 Mass. Phone 2085
Latest Used Phonograph Records — Reasonable
Jewelry and Gift Shop
ROBERTS'
K.U.66
Lock and Key Service
Tennis Rackets Re-Strung
Guns and Ammunition
RUTTER'S SHOP
1014 Mass. Phone 319
Money Loaned on Valuables
Unredeemed guns, clothing, for sale
WOLFSON'S
743 Mass. Phone 675
FOR PIPES
Look at the ELDRIDGE PHARMACY First.
Wester Collegiate Dictionaries
$3.50 up
KEELER'S BOOK STORE Phone 33 939 Mass.