TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1942
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS.
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Navy Leaves Trail
Nation Honors Forces
Of Heroic Deeds
Today is Navy Day. Navy Day was proclaimed by President Calvin Coolidge on Oct. 27 in 1922 in honor of former President Theodore Roosevelt whose birthday is that day. Mr. Roosevelt has been called the "Father of the Modern Navy," because of his belief in sea power and the development of the U. S. Navy during his administration. This was the greatest period of advancement in Navy history.
Mrs. William H. Hamilton, founder of the National Navy Club. New York, originated the idea of selecting one day of
the year as a day on which knowledge of the navy would be presented to the citizens of the United States. This idea was approved by the Navy Department and culminated in a request to the President.
George Washington was among the first to recognize the part sea power might play in war and in July, 1775, he ordered ships built to help capture British ships containing powder and other badly needed supplies.
In 1781, the administration of the navy was placed in the War Department, but by the act of Congress, April 20, 1789, the Navy Department was created as a separate administrative branch of the government.
Navy Traditions
In such a short review of the Navy's history since that Act, it is impossible to mention more than a few of the incidents upon which its traditions are founded.
Naval traditions are founded upon the examples of the British navy from which the Colonial seafaring men learned so much. Its record, to date, has been an excellent one.
The attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, was the scene of another chapter in navy history. Persons will read about and remember Pearl Harbor as a story for the daring bravery, cool - headedness, strength, and skill of the navy. Courageous Actions
An American admiral at Pearl Harbor gave his life in giving help to brother officers; four young reserve ensigns manned a destroyer and fought in the thickest of the fight; a dying Captain, hit by flying shrapnel, continued to give orders and refused to be moved, but ordered his junior officers to leave the burning deck; scores of enlisted men swam from sinking ships through oil-burning waters trying to reach safety as the enemy machine-gunned them. Once ashore, those who survived, manned small boats reported to other ships, and continued to fight.
These heroic deeds of men will be added to the pages of history and other names will continue to be placed with John Paul Jones, George Dewey, Oliver Perry, Charles Stewart, David Farragut, and others selected a few years ago by a committee of admirals, captains, and college presidents as the most distinguished American Naval officers.
The names are carved on the amphitheater, at Arlington. They are the examples that make up navy traditions, customs, and practices, a prominent part of the history of the United States.
Quack Club Meets Tomorrow
The Quack Club, swimming organization for University women, will meet at 8:15 p.m. tomorrow in Robinson gymnasium, Nada Clifton, president of the club, announced today.
Graduate Magazine Features Hill at War
The first issue of the Graduate magazine to be published this semester will be sent out this week, Fred Ellsworth, alumni secretary, announced today.
This issue contains articles about the opening of school, emphasizing the physical conditioning program and the University's participation in war work. Also included in the magazine are at least 1200 personal items, military news of graduates, and an article in appreciation of the work of Geo. O. Foster, who died recently. Reports of marriages and new addresses, as usual, are included in the class notes.
Theta Squad Wins 29 to 20 Over Chi Omega Team
Kappa Alpha Theta continued to hold its own in the women's intramural volleyball tournament, winning last night 29 to 20 over the Chi Omega's.
The Theta's and Corbin hall play Thursday night to determine who will meet the I.W.W. squad for the championship.
Although the game was not nearly as good as the previous Kappa Alpha Theta-Kappa Kappa Gamma game which the Theta's won 21 to 17, Peggy Davis the Theta's and Donna Burkhead of the Chi Omega's played bang-up games.
Fine defensive play by the Theta guards, Frizell and Roberts, stopped the Chi Omega's attacks, and caused them to bog down in front of the winner's goal.
Prof. John W. Ashton, of the department of English, will read poetry at the Noon-Tide recreation period from 1 to 1:20 p.m. tomorrow in the Pine room of the Memorial Union building. Professor Ashton has chosen selections from the works of John Donne, George Herbert, and Robert Browning, among others.
Ashton To Read Poetry At Re-Creation Period
Students and faculty members are invited by the School of Religion to attend these weekly meetings.
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Prof. Austin F. Rogers, recently retired professor of mineralogy at Stanford University, will speak on "Jade" at 4:30 Thursday afternoon in Bailey Chemical laboratories. His lecture will be illustrated with Kodachrome films.
Dr. Rogers, a graduate of the University in 1899, has made a hobby of the study of jade and has an unusual collection of jade statues and ornaments. Jade has been found in connection with many ancient civilizations, and excavations in the Mayan temples have been very productive of the green, opaque mineral. Dr. Rogers was responsible for the discovery of an extensive deposit of jade in southern California.
Dr. Rogers is one of the most widely known mineralogists in North America. Few students of geology have graduated without using one of his textbooks on Optical or General Mineralogy. He has been president of the Mineralological Society of America, vice-president of the Geolgoical Society of America, is a member of the National Research Council, a member of the Mineralological Society of France, the Mineralological Society of Great Britain, and was a delegate to the South African meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.
WSGA PRESIDENT---
(continued from page six) Washington has "cooked up" many an odd name for its agencies, but Marjorie is intramural manager of an equally unique one—Independent Wonderful Women, better known as the IWW.
Marjorie's interest in sports dates back to childhood, but the political spark didn't kindle until the first Kansas Girl's State and was elected sheffiff. The last two years she returned in the capacity of a counselor and took an active interest in self-government.
WEATHER FORECAST
Generally fair and warmer in Kansas and most of the mid-west.
CELEBRATE THIS, THE YEAR'S MOST IMPORTANT EVENT---
TODAY IS Navy Day
Quill Club to Discuss Writing Activities
By Seeing the Greatest and Grandest Military Parade Ever Presented in Lawrence.
PARADE TIME
5:30 p.m.
Members of Quill Club, organization for creative writers, will discuss plans and activities at their first meeting of the year in the men's lounge of the Memorial Union building at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jean Sellers, chancellor of the club, announced today.
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Miss Sellers said that new members will be selected from prospective candidates who attend the meeting. Initiation will be held shortly after the new members are admitted to Quill. The club's theme this year is "Writers in the War."
Students Present Fine Arts Recital
Students in the School of Fine Arts will present their weekly recital at 4:30 Thursday afternoon in Fraser auditorium.
The program is as follows: Vocal solos, "The Velvet Darkness" (Radick) and "Cheer Up" (del Riego) by Betty Ann Griffith; violin solos, "Concerto in D minor" (Tschalikowsky) and "Canzonetta Ballhallplatz" (Spalding) by James Lerch; vocal solos, "Slumber Song of the Madonna" (Michael Head) and "Nymphs and Shepherd's" (Henry Purcell) by Arlene Nickels; vocal "Who Is Sylvia?" (Speak) and "Shepherd, See Thy Horse's Foaming Mane" (Schubert) by Richard Beahm; violin solo "Concerto in D minor, Finale marziale" (Vieuxtemps) by Peggy Kay.
Jack Hansman Earns Wings, Commission In Naval Reserve
Jack Hansman, student at the University during 1939-40, and 1940-41, won his navy wings and was commissioned an ensign in the Naval Reserve this week following completion of the flight training course at the U. S. Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla.
Ensign Hansman began preliminary training at the Naval Reserve Aviation Base, Fairfax, Kansas City, the middle of December, 1941, and completed his course the middle of February, before going to Pensacola for basic and advanced training.
Having been designated a naval aviator, Ensign Hansman will go on active duty at one of the navy's air operational training centers before being assigned to a combat zone.
Pi Lambda Theta Meeting
A business meeting of Gamma chapter of Pi Lambda Theta will meet at 7:30 tonight in room 115, Fraser hall. Officers to fill vacancies on the executive board will be elected and the year's program planned.
ADDITIONAL SOCIETY---
(continued from page two) Howell) arrived yesterday for a short visit before returning to her home in Oxnard, Calif. Lt. Poppie is stationed in the desert training camp near Indio, Calif., approximately 60 miles from Oxnard. The couple were married last week in Phoenix, Ariz.
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