UNIVERSITY Daily Kansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1942
40TH YEAR
NUMBER 7
English Exam Registration Ends Tomorrow
Registration for the first English proficiency exam Saturday will be held today and tomorrow in the College office, John B. Virtue, professor of English announced today. No student can take the test without first registering.
The test, consisting of three short essays, will begin at 8:30 and stop at 11:30 a. m. Virtue said there will be no grammar questions. The test will be graded on spelling, logic, and organization by a committee of five consisting of three instructors from the department of English and two instructors from other departments.
Transfer students, as well as college juniors and seniors, should register for the examination as the College requires every student enrolled to pass the proficiency test before being graduated.
The faculty also requires that each student be enrolled in, and pass 24 credit hours after having passed the proficiency.
Students must present their activity books in order to be admitted to the examination. Place of examination will be appointed when the student registers.
Virtue said the College plans to give three more proficiency exams before June.
X-Ray Service Completed Today
Response to the free x-ray service given at Watkins Memorial hospital to all foodhandlers has been fairly good, Dr. R. I. Canuteson, director of the University health service, has reported. Today marked the completion of the examinations.
This x-ray service is given to foodhandlers who serve either students or the general public. Yesterday, nearly 225 women came to the hospital to receive their x-rays. Men reported today for x-rays.
K-Club—There will be an important meeting of all K-Club members in Robinson gym at 7:30 Wednesday night.
The hospital can complete 12 examinations every 15 minutes. After the examination cards are filled out showing occupation, age, and address of the person examined, the pictures are taken, x-rays are examined under a microscope for signs of pathology and if such signs are present, students so affected are called back for larger x-rays.
J. P. Turner, Pres.
By careful observation through the medium of the x-ray, the University is being protected against the spreading and contracting of tuberculosis, Canuteson said.
NOTICE
Writing Laboratory To Help Students
Prof. John W. Ashton, instructor in the department of English, announced the beginning of the writing laboratory in room 401, Fraser hall. The purpose of the class, Ashton explained, is to give individual training to any student in the University, except those now enrolled in freshman composition.
Any student who is having difficulty in writing term papers, or who feels that he would like further training in English composition, may come to the laboratory any time between 1:30 and 4:30 p.m. Students will work with the instructors in charge to remedy their writing defects and improve their style.
Mrs. N. H. Calderwood and Clarence Peterson are in charge of the laboratory.
Civil Air Patrol Enlists Campus In War Effort
University students and faculty members are now taking part in the war effort through a local branch of the Civilian Defense Program, the Civil Air Patrol.
The patrol meets from 7 to 10 p.m. each Tuesday at the Civil Air Patrol Headquarters in the basement of the insurance building at 7th and New Hampshire. The members study navigation, radio, photography, and meteorology.
At present the organization is accepting new enlistments. The new members will be given instruction in the basic courses before beginning specialized training. Any person over 16 years and interested in aviation is eligible to enlist, and though some specialized training is desirable, it is not required. Enlistment is for the duration of the war.
The membership is made up of faculty members, University students, high school students, and citizens of Lawrence. Anyone who is interested in membership may apply at the Civil Ain' Patrol Headquarters. The office will be open from 7 to 10 p.m. tonight.
Desiring another shot at Hitler whom he missed with a beer stein in 1922, Michael Berneiter, instructor in the School of Medicine, is planning to join the United States medical corps as a captain.
'Missed' In 1922 ★ ★ ★
To Try Again
Bernreiter was a medical student in Munich in 1922 when he hurled his beer stein at an unknown political speaker named Hitler. The young student missed the leader, but now explains he is going back for another try.
Donkeys Foil Kansan Reporters
Two Missouri mules, wandering over the compus late this morning, defied the strenuous efforts of two intrepid Kansan reporters to apprehend same and bring them back to captivity.
Informed of the animals' unaccountable presence on the University grounds by a friend of the paper, the reporters rushed from the "shack" in search of the long-eared duo. Students encountered along the way pointed out the progress of the beasts and the campus cop finally vouch-safed that they had come from "way over east, near the Mineral Industries building.
At last the two animals were sighted—walking calmly down the drive in front of the Watkins Nurses Home. They sauntered on, just a block ahead of the reporters until they disappeared from sight around a bend in the drive.
"Oh well," the cubs consoled themselves, "we didn't have a rope, and they were too big to fit inside the newsroom anyway."
Ise Next On Frosh Talk Series
"Changing Economic Conditions" will be the subject of an address to be given by Dr. John Ise, professor of economics, to freshmen Thursday afternoon in the men's lounge of the Memorial Union building. It is the second in a series of lectures planned to help the freshmen make adjustments to college life, the first of which was an address by Dr. R. H. Wheeler, chairman of the department of psychology.
Ise is a noted authority on economics, having written several books and many pamphlets on the subject, the most notable of which have been "The United States Forest Policy." and "The United States Oil Policy." For the past year he has been lecturing at Amherst on a leave of absence from the University. He is also the author of 'Sod and Stubble'. The impact of modern technology on our economic order will be discussed by Ise in his address Thursday. We are facing the same problem the Nazis faced in the Burning administration, a problem that is universal, he said in an interview today.
Our ideas on economics must be revised, he emphasized, to fit the conditions of a machine world and the speed of manufacture and distribution that is ours today.
We are faced with a choice, he concluded, between international organization for better economic conditions in a post-war world or a relapse into barbarism.
Tickets Now On Sale For Lantern Parade
Tickets for the lantern parade are now on sale at the hostess desk of the Memorial Union building, at Henley house, or from special representatives at any organized house for 35 cents. This traditional all-women event will begin at 6 p.m. Thursday with a dinner in the Kansas room of the Union building.
Following the dinner, the women will be given Japanese lanterns which will light the way to the Chancellor's home on Lilac Lane. Here they will serenade Chancellor and Mrs. Malott with favorite and familiar songs.
The lantern parade, which is an annual opening event for both old and new women, is sponsored jointly by the W.S.G.A. and Y.W.C.A.
Union Cafeteria Prepared For Milk Shortage
Preparations are being made in the Memorial Union cafeteria to meet the threat of a milk shortage.
Although as yet there is no shortage at the cafeteria, steps are being taken to insure that the student body will be deprived of a little of the vital food stuff as possible. Dried whole milk, condensed, and evaporated milk will be almost exclusively used in cooking at the cafeteria as one part of the conservation program.
The shortage, is due to the increase in population in recent months and the fact that the herds of cows of the neighboring farmers have been reduced to some extent.
In a meeting Friday of representa- tives of two of the three pastueriz ing plants in Lawrence and Howard Weindel, sanitation officer, the shortage was discussed. Part of the governing board of the county health unit also was present.
A voluntary milk rationing program to cut off a substantial portion of the present supply was to start yesterday. The effects of this program have not as yet become apparent.
Freshman Can Apply For Intramural Positions
Freshmen desiring to be freshman managers in the men's intramurals setup this year should write a letter of application at once, Henry Shenk, director of men's intramurals, said today.
The letter should be addressed to Shenk. Deadline for applications has been set at Monday, Oct. 5.
The Daily Kansan will be delivered to all student activity-book holders who have reported their address in person to the Kansan business office in the Journalism building. Each student is entitled to one subscriptions on his activity book. Report your address in time to receive the first home-delivered Kansan.
YM and YW Plan All-Day Outing For Freshmen
The freshman commission of the Y.M.C.A. and Y.WCA will hold its annual outing Saturday at Holcom's grove, three miles south of Lawrence, Ted Young, chairman, announced today. It will be an all day affair, lasting from 9:30 a.m. until 8:30 p.m.
The program will include talks by Hilden Gibson, professor of political science, on the "Social Implications of Christianity," and by the Rev. Edwin F. Price, on the "Relevance of the Christian Faith Today." Discussion groups on various subjects will be led by Dr. Forrest C. Allen, W. E. Sandelius, chairman of the department of political science, Dr. Beulah Morrison, professor of psychology, and two other leaders yet to be chosen.
During the afternoon there will be organized recreation of all kinds—followed by an explanation of the "Y" program centered around Carroll Moon, regional secretary of the Y. M. C. A., and the local student leaders. In the evening the program will come to a close with worship service and campfire singing.
Freshmen who wish to attend are requested to register at Henley House, 1236 Oread St. or room 4. Frank Strong hall before Friday noon.
Members of the Men's Student Council and the Women's Self Governing Association will be guests of the Memorial Union at 6:30 tonight in the Kansas room. The dinner is an annual fall affair.
Student Councils Dine Tonight
At the first meeting of the year after the dinner, W. S. G. A. will elect a secretary to fill the position vacated by the resignation of Mary Jo Cox, who did not return to school. One Y. W. C. A, representative will also be chosen, Marge Rader, president, reported
W S. G. A. members are vicepresident, Reola Durand; treasurer, Barbara Reber; point system manager, Jill Peck; college representative, Georgia Ferrell; fine arts representative, Maybelle Long; Virginia Tieman; Evelyn Neilson; Mary Hebworth; Betty Gsell; Mary Lou Nelson; Hope Crittendon; Nadine Hunt; Barbara Koch; Janie Lorimor. Betty Pile and Joan Johnson will serve as freshmen officers until the election in November.
M. S. C. members who met last night are president, Vernon; McKale vice-president, Bill Porter; secretary, Bob Coleman; treasurer, Art Nelson; Bob White; Max Webster; Verlyn Norris; Andrew Gausz; George Worrall; Ted Moser; Karl Unruh; C. E. Russell; Clifford Reynolds; Donn Mosser; John Somers; Harlan Cope; Maurice Baringer; Laurd Campbell; Glen Elliott; Murray McCune.