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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1942
Administration Rules That Parties Be Confined to Campus and Houses
In the hope of saving tires during the wartime emergency the administration of this University has ruled that for the duration no student parties are to be held in downtown Lawrence, or at other places other than those available on the Campus or in organization houses.
Thus one more possibility has dwindled from the shrinking list of locations at which student dances might possibly be held. Students find themselves confronted by a situation in which the Union ballroom is no longer available, thanks to furniture for the dining of Navy trainees; Robinson gym use has been limited to the use of very large organizations; and Hoch auditorium will be available only for University-sponsored affairs.
This leaves on the Hill only the small Kansas room in the Union building to accommodate many student parties.
The administration's reason for excluding the use of downtown dancing facilities is, in its purpose, a commendable one. However, the distance between town and Campus is not such a distance but what it could be walked. Certainly, when gasoline rationing comes, the students will be forced to do much of their commuting between town and the University on foot. This rationing will very definitely limit the amount of auto travel, and it is doubtful if a dance downtown would add any more to the mileage total.
As a secondary reason, the administration offers the crowded conditions of downtown Lawrence. However, if students can find no places in which to hold their dances, the cinema and other substitute forms of entertainment will be patronized. Downtown conditions will not be greatly improved.
Certainly, in keeping with the wartime spirit, dances should be kept as informal as possible. However, an occasional dance uptown for the benefit of the entire student body would not seem either unpatriotic or unseasonable. Such dance places as the community building and the Eldridge hotel ballroom are far superior to the remaining dance facilities on the Hill.
Pan-American League Works For International Understanding
Now that the war has forced nations of the two Americas to work closer together, United States leaders have been contemplating certain courses to follow to aid in making the public of this country conscious that the peoples of South America are Americans, too, and that they are vital in this hemisphere's defense against aggression.
The Pan-American League, working in close cooperation with the State Department, is one inter-American organization doing more than any other to promote good will. It is the sponsor of the Student Pan-American league in colleges and universities of this country. This student league, though an integral part of the parent league, is administered as a separate branch, with a special advisory council of nationally recognized authorities and distinguished educators acting as a consulting board.
At the first meeting of the local organization, Antonio Lulli, Peruvian exchange student and organizer, presented the following program of activities for this University: (1) encouragement of Portuguese and Spanish languages; (2) study of the geography of South America; (3) presentation of Pan-American programs at meetings; (4) observance of all Pan-American days; and (5) attending regional and national conferences.
This program is similar to those being promoted by more than 200 such clubs throughout the United States.
This non-profit,non-partisan,non-sectarian league,working through college students,can do more toward establishing a brotherly feeling between the two Americas than all the peace treaties and trade pacts put together.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Vol. 40 Thursday, November 19, 1942 No. 36
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.
--takes a blood test to find the type needed for a quick transfusion just in case something slips. Next comes the intensive study of light conditions. Perhaps somebody with the combined genius of Normal Bel Geddes and Thomas Edison will invent a light that will enable one to see just whether or not he is getting a clean shave, but the odds are against it. As things stand, a person is able to see, at the very best, half of his face without a shadow. For the rest, the shaver must use a sort of Braille system, with the results as may be expected, one side of the face smooth, the other side stubby. This is enough to
KAPPA PHI and WESLEY FOUNDATION are having a scavenger hunt Friday evening. Nov. 20. Come to the church at 8 o'clock. Eleanor Patty, Publ. Mgr.
PAN-AMERICAN LEAGUE: The Student Pan-American League will hold its second session tonight at 8:30 in the Pine room of the Memorial Union building. Election of officers and a round-table discussion on South America will be featured. Sr. Antonio Lulli.
W.S.G.A. meeting, 7:30 Fine room, Sunday, Nov. 22.
— Marge Rader, President.
K. U. DAMES: The K.U. Dames Beginning Bridge club will meet at 7:30 tonight in the home of Mrs. Bob Cooke, 1515 West Campus--Mrs. Wm. Walker.
NOTICE TO PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS: All students completing the requirements for state teachers certificates this semester and any others who are interested in securing teaching positions for the second semester should register in the Teachers Appointment Bureau, 121 Frank Strong Hall, at once. Calls are now being listed for second semester positions. H. E. Chandler, Secretary.
NOTICE TO SENIORS: Any senior in the Teacher Training Program who plans to do practice teaching during the spring semester must make application in 103 Fraser before November 28. If you have already applied once but for any reason did not do practice teaching this fall, you may submit another application for the Committee's consideration. The Committee on Admissions and Guidance passes on all candidates for practice teaching before their enrollment is approved.
A. H. Turney, Chairman, on Committee on Admissions and Guidance
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Just Wondering
If a further curtailment of the Christmas vacation period wouldn't completely destroy the students' faith in Santa Claus.
John Conard, Rock Chalk Co-op, was in the middle of a haircut when he heard the whistle blow for the fire Monday night. John, in his haste, eaped out of the chair, giving the barber a slight jolt.
Conard now carries a small bald spot where the barber snipped when John jumped.
Bill Kelly, 1145 Indiana, feels that the service in the nearby jelly joints would be more fittingly called "Stupor Service."
John Reber, Rock Chalk Co-op, got away with a gallon of cider that the house had bought for Sadie Hawkins day. Reber decided that he and his roommate, Ray Reed, needed a gallon for the two of them.
Unluckily for them, however, Reber unknowingly took a gallon of vinegar instead of cider.
After Reber decided the cider had had sufficient time to harden, he brought it from its hiding place and proudly displayed it before Reed.
After taking a long swallow, Reed looked thoughtfully at Reber: "Darn good! But it burns a little on the way down."
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Another spectator at the fire was Carl Sutton, 1210 Ohio, who went up in his pajamas and bathrobe. While there, Sutton met Doris Wright, Corbin hall, whom he has been dating. Sutton walked home with her.
On coming up the steps to Corbin Sutton stepped inside to escort Doris—still in his pajamas and robe. The first person he saw was Mrs. Brooks, the housemother.
Sutton left immediately.
Lois Howell went to California not so long ago and returned married. Martha Thompson made the trip, and as yet, the girls don't know the result, but they have their suspicions.
The Pi Phi's are beginning to wonder.
Mary Bitzer went to Colorado and returned with a ring.
Now Jackie Meyers is planning to go to California.
Encouraged by the success of their sisters the Pi Phi's slogan now is, "Go west, young woman!"
THE HAIRY APE Beards Become Vogue Razor Rations
BY RODNEY Q. MORRISON
At the present time, the writer can see only one good thing about the material shortages the country is suffering from. That is the possibility that razor blades may be rationed and men can grow beards again. No longer will there be the nightly period of blood, sweat, and tears that is shaving, except for the fortunate few who are able to use electric razors.
Let us review hastily the tribulations that men have undergone since the beard became (socially at least) a vestigial organ. Before starting, the wise shaver $ ^{\textcircled{1}} $
Candy is Daddy, razor is Quicker
As to choice of weapons, there is the straight razor and the so-called safety razor (probably because the wounds are seldom fatal). The straight razor is quicker than strychnine if you want to go out that way. The safety razor will maim, but seldom kill.
develop a split personality in almost anybody.
The use of shaving soap or brushless cream is optional. The cream comes in tubes or jars, and hardens almost immediately upon contact with air. It makes a beautiful death mask when applied to the face, but it is almost impossible to penetrate
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