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UNIVERSITY Daily Kansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS SUNDAY. OCTOBER 4, 1942
NUMBER 10
40TH YEAR
Committee Rules No Cuts Allowed In Conditioning
No cuts will be allowed in physical conditioning classes and six unexcused absences will result in dismissal from the University.
That is the gist of the rules passed by the committee on exemption from physical conditioning for both men and women and will go into effect immediately, Dr. F. C. Allen revealed yesterday.
The rules in full are as follows:
(1) Students will be expected to attend all sessions of the training program except when excused through a signed statement from the University Health Service. No other type of excuse will be accepted for absences. (2) When a student has as many as three unexcused absences, he will be required to report to the exemption committee.
(3) Further absences or other evidence of deliberate non-participation in the program may result in the withdrawal of the student from the University. (4) Any student who has more than six unexeused absences will be subject to dismissal from the University.
The members of the committee are A. J Mix, professor of botany, chairman, Bert A. Nash, professor (continued on page eight)
Vertebrate Geology Group Finds Fossils
Dr. Claude W. Hibbard, curator of vertebrates at Dyche museum, is now assembling fossils, taken from Pleistocene beds in Clark county and adjacent areas. These fossils were excavated during a three month field trip last summer.
Included in the collection are fossils of shrews, lemmings, voles (bobtailed meadow mice), prairie dogs, frogs, toads, salamanders, birds, snails, and gophers. The specimens were taken from dirt collected beneath volcanic ash deposits in Clark county and southwestern Kansas.
The dirt was stored in sacks and later spread on specially made wire and canvas covered racks to be dried. Once dry, the dirt was fed into washers. In flowing through the washer, the water dissolved the dirt, leaving the fossils.
The bones were then arranged to dry on towels after which they were picked up with tweezers and packed carefully in bottles.
The project was sponsored in part by the Geological Society of America. Men who made the trip are Dr. A. B Leonard, professor of zoology, George Rinker, college senior, Henry Hildebrand, college junior, Jack Twente and Dr. Hibbard.
George O. Foster, aged 71 died at 4:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon in a Lawrence hospital after an illness of several months. Mr. Foster, registrar emeritus of the University, probably more than anyone connected with the University, was symbolic of the institution for the people of Kansas.
Mr. Foster was connected with the University staff for 52 years, 44 of which he served as registrar. He was succeeded last April as registrar by Laurence C. Woodruff, who was appointed to serve as registrar in the absence of James K. Hitt, who was called into military service Started As Clerk
George Was Registrar Served School Half Century
Foster came to the University of Kansas on October 1, 1891, as a clerk and stenographer in the office of Chancellor F. H. Snow, and served in this capacity until 1897 when he became acting registrar. In 1898.
He received his A.B. degree from Kansas in 1901. In his 44 years as registrar Mr. Foster served under five chancellors—Snow, Spangler, Strong, Lindley and the present head of the University, Chancellor Deane W. Malott.
he succeeded Prof. E. F. Engel as registrar and occupied that post until he was made registrar emeritus this spring.
When he first came to the Hill in 1891 there were but three buildings on Mount Oread—Fraser hall, the original Snow hall, which has since been replaced, and the Journalism building which then housed the department of chemistry. Enrollment at the University at that time was but 631, of which 312 were in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. During his regime he saw the University grow to a great institution with more than 30 buildings in Lawrence, one of the outstanding medical centers in the country in Kansas City, and more than 5,000 students in residence annually.
George O. Foster Dies
A year-ago last spring Mr. Foster, in keeping with his undying interest in the welfare of the young people in the University, donated a lot to the institution and specified that it should be made into a tennis court as a symbol of play and freedom for the youth of the country.
From War-Torn Europe--- Dutch Girl Tells Story Of Flight From Nazis
---To College In America
BY ELEANOR FRY
A student from a country where they have no pie, no milkshakes, and only bottled cokes, is Catharina Fruin. Catharina, with her mother, two brothers, and a sister, fled their home in Brussels, Belgium, when the Germans invaded their country early in 1940.
Catharina is of Dutch nationality and considers The Hague, Holland, her home, although*
she was studying physical therapy in Brussels when the war broke out. This student has seen a lot of the ocean in lifetime as she was born in the Dutch East Indies and visited the mother country several times before going to Europe to live. She went to Europe to reside when she was 12 years old, spending two years in boarding school in Switzerland before going to Holland.
The revelation that there is no pie in Holland intrigued me so I asked what they ate for dessert. The answer—cakes with creamy fillings and puddings of all sorts.
Must Pass Finals
If one desires more than a high school education, which is two years more than here, he must go to either a professional school or a university, because there are no colleges. Standing isn't determined by credits or hours, but by your ability to pass the final examination at the end of the (continued to page eight)
Need Men For Jobs
An immediate demand for 15 or 20 University men to work for board has arisen at the Men's Employment bureau in the NYA office, Harry O'Kane, secretary of the bureau, has reported. There is also an increasing demand for men to do odd jobs on Saturdays and on surrounding farms. Mr. O' Kane said.
BUY WAR STAMPS . . .
The bureau requests that men now working report to the office where and when they are employed and other necessary details. Those who are still looking for work to fit their particular schedule are reminded to watch the bulletin board outside the NYA office in the basement of Frank Strong hall.
Small Group Reports For Proficiency
One hundred and sixty-four juniors and seniors reported for the proficiency examination in English composition which was given at 8:30 a.m. yesterday. This number is considerably smaller than at the corresponding test last year, according to John B. Virtue, assistant professor of English.
Replogle Shows Slides To Co-operative Club
This examination must be taken by all students in the College sometime after they become juniors and before they graduate. They must complete 24 credit hours after passing the examination in order to be eligible for graduation.
The examination will be given three more times this year, Professor Virtue explained. The next one will be on December 12, and those following will be February 20 and April 24.
Howes Will Discuss Press Censorship
Wayne Replogle, freshman football coach at the University, entertained members of the Co-operative Club and their guests Thursday evening with slides of Yellowstone National park. Replogle spends his summers as a ranger in the park.
The group met at the Colonial Tea Room; and the next meeting of the club will be on Oct. 15, also at the Colonial.
Censorship of President Roosevelt's inspection tour will be discussed by Cecil Howes, Topeka bureau chief of the Kansas City Star, in room 102, Journalism building, at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. All University students and faculty members are invited to hear Mr. Howes and to join in the discussion.
Mr. Howes' visit is sponsored by the department of journalism in observance of National Newspaper Week. National organizations and civic groups this year are joining the movement to focus the attention of citizens upon the importance of and dangers to their constitutional rights of freedom of expression.
"Our journalism students really enjoyed Mr. Howes' address when he visited us last spring," said Prof. Elmer F. Beth, acting chairman. "He draws upon experiences during years and years of newspaper work in Kansas; he speaks easily and with authority in his field. We hope many other University people will join us at the Journalism Shack, Tuesday."
Christmas vacation is still scheduled in accordance with the dates listed in the K-Book, Raymond Nichols, executive secretary, asserted today. Recess will begin at 5:30 p. m. Wednesday, Dec. 23, and classes will be resumed Monday, January 4. The vacation dates are subject to change at any time, he added.
GEO. O, FOSTER
He is survived by his wife and one son, John Foster, who is in military service in Texas.
Of his death Chancellor Malott said "The death of George O. Foster, who for more than half a century was a vital part in the administration of the University of Kansas, brings to a close a career of loyal service which has brought acquaintance and friendly counsel to thousands upon thousands of University students. We shall miss his kindly presence and his generous devotion to the University."
Will Present Colors To ROTC Tomorrow
Chose Bible College Site
Mr. E. Mark Sullivan, Boston attorney, and Grand Exalted Ruler of the Elks, will make formal presentation of a set of regimental colors to the University unit tomorrow afternoon. The colors are a gift of the Lawrence Elks' Club.
Mr. Foster was a member of the Acacia fraternity. He was a 33rd degree Mason and held many offices in the grand lodge of Kansas, particularly that of grand master, in which capacity he served in 1933.
Prominent in the affairs of the Christian church in Kansas, he served as a member of the board of trustees of the Kansas Bible college on the University campus and was one of the three men who chose the site for the institution. His class for young people in the First Christian church Sunday school here was for many years one of the most outstanding in the state.
The presentation ceremony will take place on the ROTC parade grounds on the southwest slope of the campus. Representatives from Governor Ratner's office, from the local Elks' lodge, Chancellor Deane W. Malott, ROTC commanding officers, and a contingent of sailors from the machinists' mates naval training school at the University will participate in the ceremonies.