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UNIVERSITY DAL, JANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1942
Commentary by the KANSAN Editorials * Features * Patter
Our Scrap for the Scrap
The Men's Student Council has decided to sponsor a continuation of the Hill scrap drive which has been under the direction of the Co-ed Volunteer Corps.
The original intention of the MSC was to promote a separate one-day drive on Oct. 31 as a part of Homecoming activities. This plan to make the 1942 Homecoming patriotic was commendable, but much can be said also for the Council's decision to continue the present drive for another two weeks.
Not without the full cooperation of University students can such a task be accomplished. The presidents of organized houses should feel it their duty to support the drive by appointing, if they have not done so already, scrap committees to search their houses and grounds for all types of old metal.
The Co-ed Volunteers did a commendable job. The sizable pile of scrap in front of Fowler shops is evidence of their success. Yet, many of the University's scrap possibilities are as yet untapped, particularly those in men's organized houses. By an efficient, well-planned campaign, the MSC should be able to add to the scrap heap considerably.
The University is doing its utmost for the war effort—all the more reason she should not fail in this one part of it.-R.C.
Too Small to Help?
The small businessman has been complaining ever since the defense program began. He says he is being ignored in his desire to aid the war effort and that the War department is passing him up in awarding of contracts.
Democrat Representative Kopplemann of Connecticut traces the beginning of the discrimination against small industries back to the time when, in the interest of speed, the senate voted in the practice of negotiating contracts instead of competing for them.
Last week the friction between little industries and the War department reached a verbal battle when chairman Murray of the senate small business committee accused Lt. Gen. Brehon Somervell of continuing to exclude small business from contribution to war production by favoring only big firms with contracts.
General Somervell answered by saying that every effort was being made to utilize small plant facilities and that small industries will be awarded contracts for simple items whenever possible, to give the large plants more time and room for the production of complex items.
He denied that plants had been overexpanded and stated that production is still far below the needs of the War department. He pointed out that, consequently, existing production must not be held up merely to help the small businesses.
Governor Payne Ratner recently expressed the opinion to the senate committee on small business that soon thousands of small businesses will be completely wiped out unless they are allowed to engage in war production. He stated that he thought communities in Kansas and other states will never recover from the economic shock they will suffer unless measures are taken to protect these small businesses from bankruptcy.
Governor Ratner reported 135 metal working shops, about 35 gray iron and non-ferrous foundations, approximately 43 wood working shops and several fabric processing shops in Kansas which will gladly contribute to war production if offered the opportunity. With half a chance, small business can give a muchneeded boost to war production.-P.B.
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Just Wondering
How could such an astute organization as the German propaganda ministry have overlooked the use of a few expert female gossip-mongers to spread its poison?
--ing shops, about 35 gray iron and non-ferrous foundations, approximately 43 wood working shops and several fabric processing shops in Kansas which will gladly contribute to war production if offered the opportunity. With half a chance, small business can give a muchneeded boost to war production.-P.B.
A sad, sad story from the Augusta Gazette: The prohibitionists almost made it tough on Ima Washout one time on account of a typographical error. She was writing about some guy or other being covered with a gun—and the "u." in gun was changed to an "i."
OFFICIAL BULLETIN UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Vol. 40 Friday, October 23,1942 No.21
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.
Important meeting of Gamma Chapter of Pi Lambda Theta, 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 27, room 115 Fraser.
KAPPA PHI-There will be a picnic this Friday evening. All members please meet in front of Watson library at 5:30. Eleanor Patty, Publicity Manager.
FEM-MEDICS: The Fem-Medics will hold a supper as its first meeting of the year, at 6:30 Thursday evening at the home of Dr. Florence Sherbon, Crescent Road, RFD 4. Guest speaker will be Dr. Leona Baumgartner, member of the New York Board of Health. All women medics and pre-medics are invited. For supper reservations call Dorothy Stannard, telephone 3197.
SOCIOLOGY CLUB will meet Thursday evening at 7:30 in Fraser hall. Katrina Fruin will be the speaker. Everyone interested is invited to come. Emma Lou Niedermeyer, President.
BUSINESS SCHOOL SMOKER: There will be a School of Business Smoker in the Men's Lounge of the Union Building on Thursday, October 22, 1942 at 8:00 p.m. The featured speaker on the program will be Mr. George W. Foulke, project manager at Sunflower Ordinance plant for Hercules Powder company. All business students, both male and female, are urged to attend. All pre-business students are welcome. Free smokes and cider will be provided.—Willis Tompkins, Pres., School of Business.
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Rock Chalk Talk
BETTY LOU PERKINS
While Mary Morrill, Kappa, was trying to put the initials KK G on a notebook belonging to Bill Kanaga, Phi Delt, in Rhetoric class the other day, the teacher, Mr. Emery, was writing sentences to explain clauses and phrases.
At this point, Mr. Emery wrote on the board, "Did she approve of your kissing her, Mr. Kanaga?" Mr. Kanaga turned a deep red. The others in the class enjoyed it.
Mr. Emery went on to say that kisses were considered nice by some people, but in his opinion, they spread germs and—killed bachelors!
How Rhetoric classes have changed since my day!
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Snipe Season's on!
Vard Nelson, TKE pledge, was taken on a gigantic snipe hunt the other night by his more-than-willing fraternity brothers. Vard was enthusiastic about the hunt; he even read up on the ways and means of killing snipes. He polished his guns. He told the cook not to order meat for the next day. He even told the cook that he would like the snipes cooked wrapped in bacon with stuffed prunes.
About 11 o'clock Nelson was taken out into West Hills and told to wait. He had a gun, a cartridge belt, and a flashlight. Eagerly, Nelson went to work.
At two o'clock a weary, cold, but somewhat wiser Vard Nelson appeared at the TKE house.
Snipes have been decidedly crossed off his list of game.
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Virginia Brehm, Kappa, was assigned in Mr. Reigh's Rhetoric class the writing of a theme on "How To Avoid the Goodnight Clinch."
Virginia was unable to think of a thing at the moment, so class members considered the fact that if she didn't know how to avoid them—then that left only one alternative.
Her phone number is 718.
Her phone number is 718.
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Say, what has happened to the Sigma Chi Anti-German band????
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Instead of a phone call, Helen found when she went down, all the girls in Wager waiting. Helen was from there dropped into the bathtub and showered with cold water and greetings of "Happy Birthday."
Helen Dilly, Wager Hall, was awakened this morning and reminded that this was her birthday. A few minutes later she was called downstairs, evidently to the phone. She put on her housecoat and hurried down.
Helen thinks people have peculiar ideas about birthday gifts.
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We can beat Silo Tech—my cousin isn't trainer there any more.
Quiet Prevails
New Regime at Library
Among Freshmen
Whoever started that nasty rumor about women not being able to stop talking is out somewhere about now having a good blush.
He slipped away from the limelight around the middle of last week when freshmen women—190 of them—all pledges of Greek letter organizations, began staging hush acts between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. five days a week in Watson library. This action completely exploded Whoever's theory which associated the female organ of speech with the principles of perpetual motion. So he left.
It must be admitted the quiet which now reigns practically supreme at sorority study tables in the library is not an original idea of the pledges who study thereat. No Talking Say Upperclassmen
The no talking plan has been devised by older fraternity and sorority members who are interested in keeping the library quiet for their own studying comfort.
If the pledges themselves had been consulted for a possible means of eliminating the problem of row-diness, they undoubtedly would have done a much more complete job of solving the problem by dismissing freshman study all altogether and giving actives free sweep of the silent library halls.
Pledges from B.C. ad infinitum
have been and are doomed to spend their time out of the classroom during the day in the library studying. Herein arose the difficulty of the past weeks. Freshmen of 1942 seemed to think that although the library was a fine place, it wasn't just the most interesting establishment on the hill especially after a 4-hour siege. Unless of course, one's visit was pepped up by indulgence in such freshman vices as whispering, paper wad-throwing, note passing, oye winking etc. etc.
Quietest Defiled
After the first few days of the fall term, in which according to hearsey, some new students actually tried to study, these pastimes became common among freshmen and
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