SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1942
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
PAGE FIVE
Frosh Football Ends; Repogle Praises Squad
Freshman fall football practice ended officially last week, two weeks before the time it ended last year. Wayne Replogle, freshman coach, announced that the frosh season has been shortened this year in order to give the men more time to adjust themselves to the impending war situation.
He further explained that it will give these freshman a
chance to join some reserve corps which he thinks would be essential in continuing their stay in school and that "because they are fostered by the University, these reserves are very worthy." Football practice takes so much time that those participating are not able to give much time to adjusting themselves to the new situations that arise.
More time will also be given for studying, and this is highly important at this time because any men with low or failing grades would be subject to dismissal from the University and call to the armed forces, Replogle said. Those men in some of the reserve branches will also be subject to call to their respective branches if they fall below a "C" average in their academic work.
In Reserve Branches
"This season has ended with the freshman squad in wonderful shape." Coach Replogle commented. "In fact," he continued, "this is the best squad that I have ever coached. The men are all cooperative and very energetic, and are without reservation the most easily coached team that I have ever seen. It is also the largest squad that I have coached in my three years at Kansas. There are four teams and about 65 men out altogether."
Durrell Is Outstanding
Dewell Is Outstanding
John Dewell, frosh fullback, has shown outstanding punting ability. He has a punting average of 75 yards, and it is not unusual for him to make an 80 or 90 yard kick. Bud French, halfback, has shown superior blocking, and Al Voight, tackle, puts his 240 pounds to good advantage in blocking-and is very aggressive along with it. C. D. Williams, center weighing 200 pounds, is a good defensive player, combining blocking ability with speed.
Coach Replogle also announced that spring practice will begin on March 1. Joe Hempfling, tackle, who broke his foot during the season, will start playing again this spring.
Other promising players who expect to be back on the squad this spring include Gayle Talley, Bruce Coffin, Kenneth Sperry, Wayne Silvius, Charles Beach. Robert Pierce, Robert Tomlinson, Jack Bouse, and others.
He Plays Well
William Barger
Touch Football Play-Offs Open Next Thursday
Intramural touch football playoffs will start next Thursday afternoon, Henry Shenk, intramural manager announced yesterday. All games that have been postponed or not yet played will be played Tuesday. The Sigma Chi's will play the Medic Whiz Kids Tuesday for the third division championship.
Delta Chi trampled the John Moore Co-op yesterday with a score of 33 to 9 with Elton Winter, Delta Chi, scoring 16 points. Kappa Sigma defeated Templin Hall 7 to 2 and the Tennessee club forfeited their game to Alpha Chi Sigma.
There will be a meeting in room 201, Robinson gymnasium. at 7:30 next Tuesday night of all managers of football teams in first and second place of their divisions.
The purpose of the meeting will be to make drawings for the play-offs. In the eleven-man league there will be three first place teams and three second place teams and in the six-man league there will be four teams, second place teams playing first place teams.
Beta Theta Pi is the championship team of Division I of the eleven-man league with Sigma Alpha Epsilon placing second. Theta Tau leads Division II with Phi Kappa Psi in second place. Division III will play its final game next Tuesday. In the six man league Delta Chi is first place in Division I and the Blanks are in second place. Kappa Eta Kappa is tied with Battenfeld hall in Division II.
Perform Appendectomy on Student An appendectomy was performed on Orion Drube. engineering sophomore, Friday night. Dr. Ralph I. Canutelson said the patient was recovering rapidly and would resume classwork soon.
Santo Domingo is First College The first university in the western hemisphere was founded in Santo Domingo in 1538.
★ Letters to the Editor
The Kansan invites comment of this type upon pertinent subjects and is pleased to print these reflections of student and faculty opinion. However, in the future the editor requests that such letters be kept within a limit of 250 words. Letters to the editor must be signed, although the names will be withheld if the author so desires.
Dear Editor:
I wonder how many war-workers, tired after a hard day, tuned in KFKU Thursday night. I wonder how many farmers, coming in from late chores, listened to the KFKU Bull Session Thursday. I wonder how many conscientious governmental office-holders, local, state and national, heard themselves discussed by KU students over the air. I wonder how many men in uniform, how many parents with sons in the armed forces, how many honest American citizens doing their jobs, how many mothers and fathers with sons and daughters at KU, faced their radio to hear a panel discussion by University of Kansas students on the subject, "What About the Recent Election?"
With no disrespect to the five students or their opinions, and with no malice intended, I should like to quote a few statements made by these gentlemen during the broadcast.
The program, known as the K U "Bull Session", was announced as a cross-section of student opinion on Mount Oread. During the half-hour broadcast such statements as the following were made: "The voters of this country only think about the things put before them by the politicians." Such sweeping generalizations as: "The Republicans stand on a conservative policy of 1900," "The Latin-American countries may think that the recent Republican gains represent a tendency back to the 'Big Stick Policy'." "The people would have voted for any candidate running against the Democrats, no matter what the party."
Many rash accusations were made, pointed at the "Farm Bloc," the "Labor Bloc," the "Silver Bloc," the Republican "Obstructionists," administration "inefficiency," etc. It was one theory that the reason for the recent Democratic set-back was caused by President Roosevelt's liberal post-war plans with regard to world reorganization. It was said that many people, especially the conservatives, subconsciously voted Republican because they disagreed with these. 2. One Minnesota governor would have been surprised if he had heard what his supposed political platform had been.
All statements made by the members of the panel were broad generalizations. Little or no specific details were given, and no pointed criticisms made. It was clear that the participants were not well enough informed on the subject under discussion as attested by their disagreements several times over certain well-known facts. The point I am trying to make is that no matter how intelligent the persons in such a discussion, if they are not prepared, on a subject as complex as the political situation, they will surely say things which they do not mean, and have little chance to retract them.
As a consequence, people listening to their radio quickly gain a false impression—an impression of the students of K U, because it was said to be a student-opinion broadcast.
To give added fuel to the imaginations of listeners, the program closed with a smooth voice saying, "This broadcast has come to you from atop beautiful Mount Oread, at the University of Kansas; listen in tomorrow for your French lesson."
Yours truly,
Name withheld
I am wondering who and how many heard the K U Bull Session last night.
I only hope my draft board wasn't listening.
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(continued from page four) Monday morning quarterbacks," Ailen continued. "Why aren't these films shown at the University to students who love football and basketball, instead?"
More Intramurals
Dr. Allen predicted following the war a great intensification of the intramural sports programs in American Universities. Varsity sports will become incidental to the greater good for the larger number of students, he declared.
"Let the man who now inspires only a small number of men each week with the hope of thus winning games and increasing his paycheck, begin to inspire thousands of students with the hope of building healthful intelligent young Americans," Allen concluded. "The classroom is the ideal place for men to practice their ability in leadership.
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