UNIVERSITY Daily Kansan
40TH YEAR
NUMBER 24
LAWRENCE, KANSAS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1942
Future Class Schedules Await Federal Action
University authorities believe that some of the courses now offered will be unnecessary in the future. Which courses will be discontinued and which will be emphasized will depend largely on government orders. Possibilities of drafting women for war work and more complete plans in the men's draft will affect the course of study.
Schedules for summer school and next year cannot be definitely planned until further government action, it was announced today from the Chancellor's office.
During the past few weeks, a number of national educational associations have met to discuss the possibilities of school programs. One of the possibilities set forth would be to send drafted men in uniform, who have already begun a course of technical or vital training, back to college to complete their work. Certain limitations would be required in this plan including a satisfactory scholastic record in previous school work.
In the event that a three-semester program is followed here, financial aid will be necessary. Arrangements for additional finances will probably come from the national and state governments.
Raymond Nichols, executive secretary, announced that a change in the draft program is not definite. The present system of deferments may continue, he said.
Transportation
★★★
Rumor Spiked
Attention, Women ...
"We were given a new outlook on life when Max and I discovered the American girl, with her blonde hair, blue eyes, and that little something that causes our minds to float away," says "Boll" is discussing the country. "If only we could have the flowers here that grow in Panama we could make them so happy." He
Campus rumors that train and bus tickets will not be sold to students before and after the Christmas vacation were temporarily spiked today by bus lines and railroad officials.
Local officials stated that no official or unofficial word had been received in their offices about any plans to deprive students of transportation during the four-day holiday. They said the rumors were completely unfounded as far as they knew.
Two Panamanian Students Have No Draft Worries
Although the transportation officials' statements today seemed to end the rumors, an employee of the Union Pacific remarked that it is a couple of months until Christmas and that there still is time to issue such an order.
Like American Women
Music Committee Cancels Friday Opera
Both men studied English in high school at Panama City but often they are forced to rely on dictionaries and sign language to express themselves. A major source of trouble is inability to understand instructors, who speak too rapidly and use unfamiliar words.
A conflicting dinner scheduled for the Old English room of the Memorial Union building has caused cancellation of the recorded opera planned by the Union music committee for Friday night, Beth Maxwell announced today.
Miss Maxwell, who is in charge of the musical program of phonograph records, is planning a program to be presented weekly on Friday nights in the Old English room if arrangements permit. The music committee will hold a tea in the Old English room at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday for the School of Fine Arts faculty.
Conscription is no bother to government has only a small made to increase its size. Combined police forces of the country's cities would outnumber the present Panamanian army.
On the Hill this year are two men, 19 and 17 years of age, who refuse to worry about the draft. They are Max and Bolivar "Boli" Marquez, students from Panama whose intentions are to major in pharmacy and medicine respectively.
o them because the Panamanian army, and no attempt is being
Waffles also made a hit with them, but they miss a homeland favorite, cocoanut ice cream. Coconut juice replaces the American coke in Panama. Busy street corners afford livelihoods for venders of the juice. For five cents the end of the nut is cut off and the patron drinks the liquid.
is referring to orchids, which are grown in gardens in Panama and used for bouquets.
Football in Panama is what Americans call soccer. Sugar is plentiful there, says Max in discussing differ-
The library will close at 12:30 Saturday for the Homecoming game, C. M. Baker, director of libraries, said today.
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Rally-Dance Leads Plans Of Weekend
Date or stag, University men and women, according to reports of ticket sales, will crowd Hoch auditorium tomorrow night for the rally, stage show, and dance beginning at 8 o'clock. The Homecoming committee has promised plenty of pep and entertainment for the evening.
Jay Janes and KuKu's are selling tickets, and booths have been set up in the rotunda of Frank Strong hall, center hall in Fraser, and the Memorial Union lounge for ticket sales on the Hill. Downtown agencies are Carl's, Ober's, and Wiedemann's. The price of a ticket which entitles the owner to attend the rally, program, and dance featuring the "Battle of Bands" is ten cents.
Women's organized houses will present nine acts of amateur talent which have survived eliminations this week. A miniature Homecoming parade will take place on the stage as one group of women sing, march, and display banners and posters. Another attraction which is scheduled for presentation is a short skit. "The Farmer's Daughter."
Other acts will include a tap dancing team, vocal trio, monologue, vocal solos, and a tap dancer in special costume. These acts will be judged by an applause meter. The prize for the winning act has not been announced.
Preceding the amateur contest, Ed Linquist and Warren Hodges, members of the football squad, will speak. Coaches Gwinn Henry and
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120 Navy Men Finish Course
Diplomas will be presented to 120 graduating sailors from the Naval Training School at the commencement exercises in Memorial stadium Saturday morning.
Present for the graduation ceremonies will be Capt. E. A. Lofquist, chief of staff of the Ninth Naval district, from Chicago. Other members of the official party will include Gov. Payne H. Ratner, Chancellor Deane W. Malott, and Lieut. A. H. Buhl, captain of the ship at the school.
These members of the first class to be graduated from the machinist's mates school here have completed 16 weeks of training.
Preceding the speakers and presentation of diplomas will be the flagraising ceremony for which the Gardner band from the Garden Naval training base will play the national anthem.
At 10:40 the diplomas will be presented the graduation class, after which there will be a review of personnel and inspection of facilities of the Naval Training School by the official party.
University Is Heir To $30,000 Bequest
The cultural influence of Kate Stephens, who achieved distinction as a woman of letters, is to live again on Mt. Oread. University authorities announced this week the receipt of a bequest of $30,000 from the estate of Miss Stephens. The income is to be used to perpetuate the cultural idealism symbolized by the donor and the justice that motivated the life of Judge Nelson Timothy Stephens, father of Miss Stephens, who
Varsity
First Dance
Is Saturday
The first varsity of the year will be held from 9 to 12 Saturday night in the ballroom of the Memorial Union building, Larry McSpadden, dance manager, announced today. The charge will be 75c a couple and tickets may be purchased at the door.
The varsity will be the only entertainment after the game and Homecoming alumni, Nebraska visitors, and University students will be on hand to make this one of the largest dances of the year, McSpadden added.
Danny Bacchmann and his orchestra will furnish the music, featuring Phil Cato on the drums, and Bachmann on the trombone. Me-Spadden also remarked satirically that each person might "bring their own wax."
According to the present plans of the dance committee, only two more varitions will be held this year and probably will take place next semester. The dates for these dances have not yet been set. The reason for the limited number of varitions, McSpadden explained, is to make it possible for organizations and houses to use the ballroom on Saturday nights for their formal parties. No plans have been made for varities next year.
Enlistment Open Woodruff Says
Rumors which have been flying about the camp for the past two days that enlistment in the army and naval reserve classifications have been closed were dispelled today by Laurence Woodruff, coordinator of military and naval information for the University.
In telephone conversation with Lt. Comm. Nathan Young, in charge of the office of officer procurement for the Ninth Naval District in Kansas City, and with Lt. Theinse M. O'Llary, of the Naval Aviation Cadet Selection Board (V-5), Dr. Woodruff was assured that the stories are entirely without base, and that enlistments in all branches for college students are still wide open.
founded the University School of Law. The trust will be called the Stephens Bequest. Professor of Greek
Kate Stephens was one of the first women to hold a professorship in an American university. She was graduated from the University of Kansas in 1875, did graduate study at Cambridge, Mass., in Germany, and in 1878 became assistant professor of Greek at the University. A year later, she became full professor, a position she held until 1885.
After leaving the University, Miss Stephens went East, where she devoted herself to writing and to editorial work, notably for Macmillan
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The Bali-Java dancers company was organized in Den Pason six years ago. The success of the troupe while
Oriental Dance Troupe in Hoch Monday Night
Deva Dja and her dancing troupe will bring native dances from Bali, Java, and Sumatra to he stage of Hoch auditorium at 8:20 Monday night when they present the second program of the University Concert Course.
The Oriental dancers will be accompanied by gamelan music, and their costumes will be colorful and ornamental garb peculiar to the islands from which they have come.
Heading the group of dancers will be Devi Dja, star of the company, whose dancing has won her recognition from critics in Europe and America. She has been described as an artist of the highest order who transmits emotion and narration by the movements of her dance.
during Malaya prompted Devi Dja plan a world tour to demonstrate their native dancing art to the peoples of other countries. After its first tour in America, the group had plans to return to their homeland but these were forcibly canceled by the Japanese invasion.
D. M. Swarthout, dean of the School of Fine Arts, announced that after the success of the Don Cossacks last week, the concert course management has decided to make a final offer with reduced rates on season tickets for the final five attractions. These tickets, which must be purchased at the Fine Arts Office before Monday evening, are being offered at $6, $5, and $4 plus federal and state tax.