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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1942
Commentary by the KANSAN Editorials * Features * Patter
We Dooed It
Kansas—19. Kansas State 7.
When we look in retrospect 20 years hence, we won't remember the shortened vacation, we won't remember the aching muscles and skinned shins of junior commando training. We will recall the rousing gridiron victory which our Crimson and Blue stalwarts battered out over our arch-rival, Kansas State.
Perhaps our Jayhawk eleven has lost a few unimportant encounters this fall—so much water under the bridge. Last Saturday they transcended traversity, stalked the wildcat in his own lair, and returned all-triumphant with a pelt after a grueling battle.
Kansas State's line crumbled like delicate flowers before the onslaught of Kansas' Hardman, Penney, Johnson, Hodges, and Crawford. In short, the intrepid Jayhawks unconditionally collapsed the Wildcat grid balloon.
How the vanquished Silo eleven must have cringed before the brilliant passing and running of Evans, the sparkling broken field running of Baker, or the bulldozing line plunges of Linquist!
Notwithstanding our elation, we must offer our deepest condolences to those poor depraved souls at Silo Tech. Our victory Saturday nullified the day vacation they had been promised, should Silo have inadvertantly won. Not only that, Kansas' victory inequivocally exploded the myth that Kansas State has a football team.
Come what may, our football season is destined to be recorded in the annals of gridiron history as a success. It is not how many did we win or lose, but did we beat the Aggies? Kansas—19, Kansas State—7.
Resistance of German prisoners of war to shackling in Canadian prison camps this week further aggravates the eye-for-an-eye retaliation struggle developing between Great Britain and Germany over prisoners of war.
Eye For An Eye
It is not enough that these two bitter enemies dump bombs and shells on each other and torpedo each other's ships; they must also engage in a degraded, inane fight in which prisoners of war — totally unable to defend themselves — are the victims.
Ignoring all canons of international law, which gives war prisoners a special status to protect them from abuse by their captors, the British and Nazis both are shackling prisoners en masse, each purportedly in retaliation for infractions of international law by the other.
Charging that British Commandos tied up prisoners on the small Channel island of Sark during the daylight raid on Dieppe recently, Germany announced that all/British prisoners taken during the raid would be put in irons.
It is presumed by the British that the 107 officers and 1,269 men who were captured by the Nazis at Dieppe are now in chains; in retaliation the British have shackled an equal number of German prisoners in Canada.
Berlin now announces that this reprisal will be followed by counter-reprisal; for every German prisoner fettered, the Nazis will fetter three British. Germany holds 90,000 Empire troops prisoner matched against 23,000 Germans in British prison camps. Such pernicious practice can be continued until all war prisoners are trussed in chains and handcuffs.
Just Wondering
To make sure that drivers realize "Keep Em Flying" means on the airways, not the highways, the government has imposed a 35 mile per hour speed limit.
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Regimented War Education
Shackling may lead to stronger reprisal measures. Even now French and Polish prisoners of war are reported to be flogged and shot by the Germans as disciplinary measures. The Nazis hold 500,000 Poles and 1,267,000 Frenchmen prisoners.
What can possibly be gained by such barbaric practice as shackling prisoners? It makes excellent propaganda material for both the British and Nazis to charge their soldiers are being maltreated by the enemy, but now is hardly the time for them to carry on such a diplomatic dispute of acrimony.
It is hoped this unfortunate situation involving British and German war prisoners can soon be corrected through a neutral nation such as Switzerland. Why heap humiliation on defeat? A war prisoner's only crime is that he took up arms to protect his homeland, and no man should be condemned to chains for such action.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Vol. 40 Tuesday, October 27,1942 No. 23
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.
Le Cerule français se reunira mercredi, le vingt-huit octobre, a quatre heures et demie, dans la salle 113 Frank Strong hall. Tous ceux qui qarent francais sont invites.- Mary Gene Hull, secretaire.
NAVAL RESERVISTS: Because of the great amount of activity in connection with Navy Day, it is considered advisable to postpone the meeting of Naval Reservists to Wednesday, Nov. 4. This meeting will be held in the auditorium of the Engineering building at 8 o'clock—F. J. Moreau.
CATHOLIC STUDENTS: The Rev. E. J. Weissenberg will be at his office in room 415, Watson library, from 1 to 5, Thursday afternoon for private consultation.
An ASCE mixer will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Oct. 30, in the Pine room of the Memorial Union building. Dr. E. H. Taylor will speak; his subject is "Evolution." All civils are invited. Refreshments will be served.
Student Paper of THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Lawrence, Kansas
Important meeting of Gamma Chapter of Pi Lambda Theta, 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 27, room 115 Fraser.
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Rock Chalk Talk
BETTY LOU PERKINS
Are the Kappas' faces red!!!!
Ulmer Redvers Kendee, Jr., otherwise known as "Al," and Warren Bowman, Phi Gam's, found a way to make themselves generally useful Sunday morning. They found that in changing employees, the Kappa's were without house boys. The boys decided to be chivalrous in a big way and wait tables themselves, as the did at the Phi Gam house. languidly trailed down to breakfast Sunday morning in the usual manner.
languedantly trailed down to breakfast Sunday morning in the So, without any knowledge whatsover of the preceedings, the Kappa's housecoats, hairnets, cold cream, no makeup. With a shriek, the girls discovered the boys, waiting politely, in white waiter's coats. When the boys went out to get coffee, the girls made a mad rush out of the room. They returned, much more neatly attired. The boys even went so far as to entertain the girls by tap dancing and singing—which fairly brought down the house.
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"He who laughs last,___"
A platoon of sailors were marching briskly along the Union walk the other day, singing the usual navy favorites. One of the platoon spied a girl sitting in the window of the building. He happily shouted, "Hi Kelly!" and the whole column immediately struck up a swing version of "Slide, Kelly, Slide."
The sailors enjoyed their little joke, but Ruth Kelley, college senior from Atwood, enjoyed a nice little chuckle herself.
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Bill Des Jardins, who has lived at the Rock Chalk Co-op since the first of the year, thought that John Conard's name was Oberdowski, which has been Conard's nom de plume for a year or so.
When a phone call came one day for John Conard, Des Jardines thought a moment, then told the party that no one by that name lived there. At dinner that night, he mentioned the incident in a humorous way. "I wonder where they got the idea that a John Conard lived here?" he added.
The next few minutes were devoted to Des Jardines by other members of the Co-op, who patiently explained that John Conard and Oberdowski were one and the same.
"Geet!" Des Jardines exclaimed on hearing the explanation, "I thought Conard's name was Oberdowski, because his manners I thought him to be a member of a Polish immigrant family."
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Canard, please note. It's never too late to improve.
An then there is the rumor about the two Jayhawk fans that found housing conditions so overtaxed at Manhattan last weekend that they spent the night in one of the churches there. They both agree soft mattresses have it all over wooden floors.
Sportsgal Marjorie Rader ★★★ ★★★ Is WSGA President
No doubt rests in Marjorie Rader's mind as to which is more important—holding membership in many Hill organizations or forfeiting some of them to direct the Women's Self-Governing Association. She chose the latter!
her physical education major is her three-year membership in the Quack club.
Activities, in addition to WSGA, include: the Forum Board, Jay Janes, Women's Athletic Board, and county correspondent of the student state-wide activities commission. Linked with
Jumping the gun, Marjorie set up new goals to strive for in her responsible position as president of WSGA. "Elections in this organization haven't been running true to form," Marjorie stated. She went on to say, "Control exercised by the present set-up is too one sided, so I've been working on a plan whereby the present combine system will be replaced by a more complete representative council."
Marjorie is majoring in physiotherapy which is under the School of Physical Education. "Realizing the need of such specialists," she said, "I chose this for there is increased need for therapists in time of war." Not content with waiting until she could help in the united war effort, she
Football and basketball are her favorite spectator sports, while tennis and field hockey comprise her activity sports.
joined the Coed Volunteer Corps to do her part now, as well as in the future.
Marjorie admits that slacks and saddle shoes are her chief weaknesses. In the words of this physical education major, "I love to kick around in jeans, complete with turned up saddle shoes and sweater."
Leisure to Marjorie is "doing something that calls for little expenditure of energy and yet is spontaneous." This can best be exemplified by mentioning her habit of balancing a notebook on her head, while walking between classes.
Our present administration (continued to page three)
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