This year a VOICE FOR VICTORY
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UNIVERSITY Daily Kansan
The Bald Eagle
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1942
NUMBER 47
40TH YEAR
Chancellor Forms 'Peace'Committee
A committee of eight representing the students, administration, and faculty, was appointed by Chancellor Deane W. Malott to continue the negotiations for student government begun Dec. 1 by the Men's Student Council.
F. E. Kester of the department of physics and Assistant Professor Maude Elliott of the department of of Spanish, are to represent faculty. Annoint Council Presidents
Laurence C. Woodruff, registrar, was appointed to act as chairman of the committee, and with Raymond Nichols to represent the administration. Prof. $ ^{*} $
The president of the Men's Student Council and the Women's Self. Governing Association were each asked to appoint two members from the students. They appointed Bob White and Vernon McKale, Council president, and Jill Peck and Marge Rader, president.
Will Study Possibilities
Chairman Woodruff expressed a hope that the committee could meet for the first time tomorrow afternoon.
In apointing the committee the Chancellor said: "In an effort to meet the interest of the students in their problem of student government I am setting up a committee of eight to make a thorough and complete canvass of the possibilities.
In view of the laws and regulations under which the University operates, and of the preogatives of the faculty, the responsibilities of the administrators, and the needs of the students."
The Chancellor probably plans to assume the role of final authority, for he said at the time of the appointment, "This committee will meet at the call of the chairman, free to pursue its deliberations in any way and to make to me whatever recommendations it sees fit to make from time to time."
American Transport Sunk in Pacific Area
Washington—(INS)The navy disclosed today that the former palatial liner, President Coolidge, struck a mine and sank in the South Pacific and at the same time, revealed that American army planes are continuing a strong aerial offensive against the Japanese in the Solomons.
The President Coolidge was trans-porting 4,000 troops to South Pacific areas when it went down, but only four men were lost. "Through prompt and efficient rescue efforts, casualties were limited to four men," the navy stated.
The Coolidge, weighing 21.000 tons was the largest American transport to be sunk in the war.
This brought to ten the number of American transports lost in the Atlantic and Pacific, but, in each case, a loss of life was comparatively small.
New Year's Eve Party Tickets Will Go On Sale
Tickets for the University New Year's Eve dance, will go on sale tomorrow at the Business Office in Frank Strong hall, Carl Hines, chairman of the tickets committee, said yesterday. The cost is $1.75 plus tax, per couple.
Table reservations may be made at no extra cost later in the week at a table in front of the Business Office. Each ticket-holder must make his own reservations to eliminate any mixups, Hines asserted.
The purchase of a ticket entitles the holder to a table reservation, refreshments, noisemakers, confetti, dancing to Danny Bachmann's band, and a big floor show from Kansas City. The auditorium will be decorated to carry out the night club theme, with wall decorations, soft lighting effects, and individual tables seating two couples.
Elevated platforms will be built over sections of the seats in the auditorium to make possible more
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Jayhawker Will Be Out This Week
The second issue of the Jayhawk-ler will be out about Dec.19, Duane Smith, business manager, said yesterday.
All copy for the issue, which will be devoted to the women of the campus, was at the printer's Thursday, and usually ten days elapse between the deadline and the completion of the magazine.
Smith said that a few copies of the first issue of the magazine, which contained pledge pictures and related the story of the first couple of weeks of school, are still available. Students who missed getting the first issue may buy the first and second issues at the same time as long as the supply lasts.
This issue of the Jayhawker will contain complete pictures of all sorority and other organized house members, with stories on women's part in campus politics and activities.
By International News)
Italy Battered By Allied Bombers
Italy was caught in the nut-cracker of steadily expanding allied air powed last night as Naples and Turin felt the weight of American and British bombs in the first joint aerial offensive against Premier Mussolini's battered kingdom from bases in England and Africa.
Despite bad weather and a visibil
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Whistles To Warn Area Of Blackout
Four whistles blowing short intermittent blasts will be the signal for the beginning of the first trial blackout on the Campus and in Lawrence at 10 o'clock tomorrow night. The blackout, which is to extend throughout the nine states in the Seventh Service command, will last 20 minutes. The all-clear signal will
Stress Physical Fitness During Conference Here
Despite the nippy weather and the constant threat of heavy snow, the physical fitness institute was attended yesterday by delegates from a representative number of high schools and colleges of northwestern and eastern Kansas.
Dr. F. C. Allen presided at the opening assembly and Chancellor Deane W. Malott welcomed the representatives with a brief greeting. Bull Talks on Navy Demands
Lt. Arthur H. Buhl, commanding officer of the machinists' mates naval training school, spoke on the "Physical Education Needs of the Navy," and Capt. George B. Smith of the department of military science represented the army speaking on the "Physical Education Needs of the Army."
Supt. Clifford Dean of the Lawrence schools delivered a talk on the "Victory Corps Program," and R. R. Strait, physical education instructor at the University, spoke
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Give Rodeo-Concertin Hoch
Acircus and a rodeo will share the spotlight with the concert band, when the annual University Band concert is presented at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening in Hoch auditorium, under the direction of Russell L. Wiley.
The program is divided into three parts; the first presents the 90-piece concert band in marches, tone poems, and rhapsodies; the second takes the audience to a circus, and the third part presents a rodeo featuring the Cowboy Band.
The program will open with the playing of the "Star Spangled Banner," and the concert band will then launch the first part of the program: "Northwards March" (Eric Coates), "St. Agnes Eve Suite" (Coleridge-Taylor), "Jerico" (Morton Gould), "Manhattan Serenade" (Alter), "Ol' Man River (Kern, with David Lawson, baritone); "Little Brown Jug Goes to Town" (Bergeim) with Conrad Crocker, piccolo soloist, Fred Stuilt, gunner; "Over Trouble."
Variety Opens Program
. . . directs rodeo-concert
opens with an overture in rhythm,
"The Big Show" (Heney) showing the grand entry, acrobats, trained elephants, clowns, dancing horses, trapeze artists, and the hippodrome races, with performers, Rod Weltmer, Joe Beeler, Robert Jenkins, Maurice Beardmore, and Melvin Zack. The music accompanying the circus anties includes Excerpts from "William Tell Overture" (Rossini),
"Fairest of the Fair" (Sousa), "Royal Hippodrome," Galop (King),
"Turkey in the Straw" (Arr. by Lake), and "Fony Boy" (O'Donnell).
(Cohan) and "Wake Up. America" (Glogau) with ex-Lt. Lt. Allen Crafton, tenor; "White Christmas" (Berlin) with Wallace Kunkel, alto trumpet; June Hammett, soprano; Gerry Shaw, Barbara Hahn, June Hammett, girls' trio; an exhibition in electric and fire baton spinning, Bill Sears and George Rhoades; and "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor" (Bach).
The second part of the concert
Divided into preliminary and rodeo concerts, part III opens with the Cowboy Band taking the audience to a rodeo with the playing of "Love's Own Sweet Song" (Kahlman), "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree" (Van Alstyne) with Danny Bachmann, trombone; "Wagon Wheels" (Hill), and "Empty Saddles" (Hill) with David Lawson as soloist.
Patriotic Theme Enters
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G. W. Bradshaw, commander of the Lawrence civilian deiene corps and associate professor of civil engineering at the University, stressed the fact that citizens of Lawrence and students of the University must know the signals if the blackout is to be successful.
Circut Will Be Cut
When the first signal comes, all buildings on the University electrical circuit, except Watkins Memorial hospital, will be darkened at the power plant. This includes all University dormitories except Jolliffe, Hopkins, and Ricker halls.
Wardens will be stationed in all campus buildings and navy men will patrol outside. Everyone must stay where they are after the first whistle blows and will not be permitted to enter or leave campus buildings during the blackout. The Coed Volunteer Corps will help supervise the wardens in organized houses on the Hill.
Assistants of the building wardens, will be posted at the head of the stairs on each floor in dormitories and organized houses. They will be appointed by the building warden. Will Wear Arm Bands
Wardens and their assistants will wear white bands around their left arms and must be equipped with a flashlight, dimmed with a mask. These masks may be obtained from T.C.Ryther in the basement of the Journalism building.
Closing hours for women in organized houses on the campus will be at 9:50 that night and Watson library will close at 9:30 to help the blackout function smoothly.
Victory Speeches
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Hold Tryouts
Tryouts for the "Speaking for Victory" contest will be held Thursday instead of Wednesday evening as previously announced, because of the band concert Wednesday, E. C. Buehler, professor of speech said yesterday.
Students who have applied already for the tryouts are, Bill Cowboy, Eugene Shepard, Cathrin La-Barge, Elizabeth Baker, College freshmen; Jean Fisher, College sophomore; Robert Akey, Newell Jenkins, College juniors; John Wargoner, College senior; and Willis Thompkins, business senior.
Contestants chosen will enter the finals at 8:30 p.m. on Dec. 21. First prize is $10, second prize $7, and third prize $3.