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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1942
The Editorial Page
University Christmas Vacation Will Come When Trains Are Congested
"The peak will come between December 20 and 24, when the railroads will have to carry (1) home-going students; (2) the usual heavy civilian Christmas travel; (3) soldiers on furlough; (4) soldiers on week-end passes; and (5) the normal troop movement, which will not be suspended." That was Drew Pearson, nationally-known columnist, speaking on the transportation congestion problem during the Christmas holiday period.
University of Kansas students will be going to their homes December 23 and 24, and returning to Lawrence on Sunday of that weekend. Thus it would seem that the University administration has erred greatly in its selection of vacation dates. In its anxiety to speed up the educational prgoram, it has further complicated the very knotty transportation problem at a time when every train and bus should be free to bear its load of men in uniform.
Local transportation officials have stated that the railways and busses will be able to handle the holiday transportation from this university. However, some of them have also admitted that in so doing a terrific strain will be placed upon the overburdened transportation facilities.
Railroads have requested schools to extend their Christmas vacation dates so that they will begin before the usual Christmas homegoing dates, and extend beyond the customary returning dates, according to Pearson.
Said Pearson: "This longer vacation would be O.K. with a lot of girls and boys, but most of the schools and colleges have turned thumbs down. They said they could not change their schedules."
This University has changed its schedule, but in a manner which increases, instead of lessening, the transportation problem. Now students will depart for home, and return to school at a time when American railroads will be carrying their greatest burden in history.
Dr. R. P. Sherwood Has Devoted 33 Years to Service for the Universitv
Students of the University School of Medicine last week laid aside briefly their textbooks and microscopes to pay tribute to a man who for 33 years has served this University and humanity in the medical profession.
The annual Noble P. Sherwood Lecture pays tribute each year to Dr. Sherwood, chairman of the department of bacteriology at this University and a member of the Kansas City Board of Health. The lecture was founded by the Alpha Iota chapter of Phi Beta Pi, medical fraternity, to honor Dr. Sherwood each year with a guest speaker of great renown in the medical world. This year the lecturer was Dr. Karl A. Menninger, nationally-known neuropsychiatrist and—like many prominent members of the field of medicine—a personal friend of the honored faculty member.
Dr. Sherwood has not limited himself to the performance of his instructing duties at this school. His constant concern has been the physical well-being of the student body, and
he has never hesitated to donate his time and energies to projects which he felt were for the welfare of the students or other fellow human-beings.
He is a man with an insatiable curiosity. So great was his thirst for knowledge that he refused to be satisfied with but a degree in one field, but he earned several degrees, making him one of the most learned men on this campus. He is known in medical circles as a progressive thinker, quick to grasp new ideas, resourceful in analyzing their value, and energetic in putting them into effect.
From his laboratory comes knowledge which aids man in combatting his greatest enemy—disease. Tirelessly he carries on a fight which has made his name respected in science throughout this country. Yesterday, today, and tomorrow he carries on his endless search for more and more knowledge.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Vol. 40 Sunday, November 15, 1942 No.34
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.
KAPFA PHI—Kappa Beta sorority has invited Kappa-Phi girls to come to Myers Hall Tuesday evening November 17th from 6:45 until 7:45 to hear a talk by Stella Tramaine, a missionary who very recently returned from China. Eleanor Patty, Publicitv Mar
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.
El Ateneo se reunira jueves el 19 de noviembre a las 4:30 en la sala 113 Frank Strong Hall. Margaret Welch, presidente.
FACULTY OF THE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES will meet on Tuesday, Nov. 17, at 4:30 p.m. in Fraser Theatre. Denee W. Malott, Chancellor.
English majors, faculty, and all others interested are invited to hear Dr. John Ashton, Chairman of the Department of English, speak on "Traditional Ballads." Thursday, Nov. 19, at 4:30 in the Kansas Room, Union Building, Helen R. Hoopes, Chairman of Committee on English Department meetings.
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 Juidance.
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Just Wondering
If Watkins Memorial hospital will not be somewhat congested when physical conditioning classes begin their Commando tactics instruction.
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Bv Jimmy Gunn, Sunday Columnist
If anyone should see John Waggoner, 1116 Mississippi, strolling across the campus in a gym-towel loin cloth, don't be surprised. He isn't imitating Mohandas K. Gandh; he has locked his key and his clothes in his gym locker again. It happened first a week ago yesterday in 10:30 physical conditioning class. J. "Senator" Gunnels, 1603 Louisiana, bluered into the locker room in an overcoat. John departed for home clad in the overcoat and little else.
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Ode to a Bird
Why do you sit and look at me
Oh. birdie sitting in the tree,
And, on the other hand, 'tis true.
Why do I sit and look at you?
And, on the other hand, as true
Why do I sit and look at you?
血痪 瘀毒
Earl Bickerill, 1247 Ohio, isn't a bit conceited. He's just got a sign on his door reading: "Woman's Home Companion!" Of course, he might be a magazine agent.
If anyone is still interested, the adjective "tarascan" used recently in a Kansan story, refers to a Mexican Indian linguistic group contemporary with the Aztecs.
It happened in one of those boarding clubs where they require your sugar rationing book: One of the boys brought his sugar bowl and thought it strangely depleted. He jokingly suggested that time proprietress might have been using it in her cooking. The husband, a little character of a man, looked up indignantly and squeaked: "Mother, this young man thinks you've been tapping his sugar."
NO-ARM BANDITS
You Pay As You Park Space Meters
Money talks if you are parking in downtown Lawrence. Since Aug. 14,parking meters—321 of them—have been in operation on the city's main thoroughfare.
BY ALAN HOUGHTON
A modernized version of the hitching post, these meters have been placed in every parking stall on the west side of Massachusetts street from Seventh to the middle of the 600 block. On the east side of Massachu- $ \textcircled{*} $
However, these infernal machines have proven themselves more confusing than amusing to the uninitiated parker. Of the total 296 of the meters are combination one cent-five cent jobs (24 minutes for a penny, two hours for a nickel) and 25 are the plain penny variety.
setts, they are installed in alternate parking spaces between Eleventh and Seventh streets. Open parking places are free parking for an hour.
Meters posted on silver stanchions are the two hour variety; one cent buys you 24 minutes; five cents buys you two hours. Warning: they are tricky gadgets, and two cents does not pay for 48 minutes parking time; these meters react only to pennies and nickels. Meters on brown posts are the penny type, which run their limit in 15 minutes.
The meters are built on the order of mechanical clocks and must be wound once a week. Each of them is drained of its money twice weekly. One policeman, Jim Messer, has the full-time task of checking on parking in downtown Lawrence, making his rounds once an hour,
chalk-marking one of the front tires of autos in free parking stalls and looking for red flags in parking meters which mean overtime parking. Overparking in either free or meter stalls results in a ticket, requesting an appearance before Judge Bob Oyler in police court. Lawrence police estimate that approximately 1,000 autoists have been given little red cards for overparking since the meters were installed.
The installation and use of the parking meters is for a six-month trial period; after that they city will either keep the meters or permanently remove them. Probably the city will have the meters for some time since the police contend that these minute men of the parking stalls are well worth the $68 which each costs, in alleviating a serious condition of parking space shortage, caused by the influx of thousands of defense workers.
Making parking space a commodity has eliminated unnecessary parking from downtown Lawrence. True, you can't park for nothing, but the rationing of time and space now makes it easier for you to find a stall when you need it.