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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY. APRIL 28,1942
The KANSAN Comments...
Stamps and Bonds Will Win the War
The first three days of this week the Men's Student Council is making an all-out effort to obtain a voluntary pledge from every University student to aid in financing America's War for Survival.
Most of the stamp selling is handled by the recently organized Co-Ed Volunteer Corps, an organization of women who are aiding in the national wartime program. A booth stands in the rotunda of Frank Strong hall, and from it members of the Corps sell defense stamps, albums, and tickets to the Defense Mid-Week, which is planned for Wednesday evening.
Cut out that afternoon coke. You don't need that mid-night snack. Candy isn't good for you, anyway. Each of us wastes money. Stop this waste and buy stamps and bonds.
The objectives of the Defense-or Victory if you prefer that term-Stamp Drive are: first, to make every student a definite share-holder in America; second, to raise money to meet the cost of war; third, money taken out of competition for consumer goods helps to prevent inflation. If a voluntary plan does not accomplish this, a compulsory plan may be necessary.
This is a chance for every student. Each contribution, no matter how small, brings victory closer.
Wartime economy demands more taxes, more work, more sacrifices, more money from bonds. Don't slack! Don't shirk! Buy stamps and bonds. America will win if we each do our part.
Parting of the Ways
By landing American troops on the French island of New Caledonia last Saturday, the United States served notice to the world that it has reached the parting of the ways with Hitler's hireling, Pierre Laval, and his bootlicking pro-Axis Vichy puppet.
While Vichy, clinging to the thin hope of prolonged quasi-amicable Americo-French relations, leaves its ambassador, Gaston HenriHaye, in Washington, the United States has ostensibly severed all diplomatic bonds. Soon after Laval's ascension to power two weeks ago, the United States recalled William D. Leahy "for consultations." Our government advised American citizens in France to leave the country, indicating Leahy was home to stay.
In control of New Caledonia are the Free French, who approved the landing of the American troops. The United States recognized the Free French occupation of the St. Pierre and Miquelon islands off the coast of Laborador four months ago, but to appease Vichy, our government gave the DeGaulists no material aid. The United States could have moved into New Caledonia a month ago on the legitimate grounds that the fall of Java exposed the island to the Japs; thereby threatening the American supply line to Australia. It is significant that our troops waited till Laval returned to power in France to complete the coup.
Vichy laid its cards on the table when it handed the puppet strings of state to Laval; it favors collaboration with Germany, notwithstanding the fact that many Frenchmen of the unoccupied area are inclined favorably toward the Allies. Washington laid its cards on the
table by sending a consul-general to Brazzaville in Free French Equitorial Africa. America now will overtly support the DeGaullists in any move they make against Hitler or Vichy.
Combined Free French-American forces may soon occupy the Vichy-held Wallis islands which lie on the communication route from the United States to Australia and the Marquesas islands which lie astraddle of the supply line from the Canal Zone to Australia. They may attack the strongly fortified Vichy bases on Martinique and Guadalope in the Caribbean. Even the strategic island of Madagascar off Africa's east coast may feel the fury of the United States navy.
Laval's rise to power precipitated the clouded Vichy-Washington relations into a complete diplomatic rupture. Vichy felt the first repercussion of this break when the United States moved troops into French territory for the first time last week. New Caledonia is but the first step. More Vichy satellites probably will fall under the domination of the Allies as Laval slips downhill toward Hitler's waiting arms.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Vol. 39 Tuesday, April 28, 1942 No. 127
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.
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NO QUACK CLUB meeting Wednesday night-
Margaret Whitehead, President.
MATHEMATICS CLUB MEETING: Thursday April 30. Meetin room FS 222 at 4:20 for refreshments and in room FS 203 at 4:45 for speech. Louise Polson will speak on "Mathematics in Economics." This is our last regular meeting, so everyone should be there. H. G. Kolsky, Vice-President.
A W.S.G.A. tea will be held from 3:00 to 5:00 Wednesday afternoon in the Women's lounge of Frank Strong Hall. The Alpha Delta Pi sorority will be hostess.—Marybelle Long, Social Chairman.
There will be a meeting of the Women's Glee Club for all members on Monday afternoon at 4:30.—June Cochum, Secretary.
Students who have taken the courses in Home Nursing and Child Care are eligible for Red Cross Certificates in Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick. Former students who are interested should make inquiry at the office of the Department of Home Economics. Room 104, Fraser hall.
Sophomores who have made application for admission to the teacher training program must appear for examinations either at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 29th, or at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, May 2nd in Room 306 Fraser Hall. Only sophomores who have made application and have taken the examination may enroll this fall in any education course.—A.H. Turney, Chairman, Committee on Admission and Guidance.
Students who expect to enter the armed forces before the close of the semester and who plan to receive partial or full credit for their work are urged to consult with Mr. Woodruff in the Registrar's Office at an early date. Raymond Nichols, Executive Secretary,
SENIOR! Order your announcements now. Deadline is April 27.-Fred Robertson.
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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PLEDGE TO VICTORY!
DSS-3170
From Washington News.
The Men's Student Council has gone all-out for this symbol in its Savings Stamp drive this week.
The Kaw Coettes last week held their regular guest-dinner, scheduled for 6 p.m. At five minutes before time for dinner to be served, the kitchen was approximately ten minutes behind schedule.
Genevieve Harman, college senior, was beating a pot of lemon-sauce and, at the same time, washing a series of pots and pans.
Suddenly, setting down her cake-sauce, Genevieve began madly scrubbing the pots. Grabbing the pan of lemon mixture, she poured the contents down the drain of the sink and immediately began polishing it.
It took only five seconds for cook Harman to discover her error—hastily she began another pot of lemon sauce. Spectators say she must have broken all records for whipping up that batch of stuff.
In Verdun Daste's Reporting II class yesterday, he lectured on various uses of the dash in connection with newspaper punctuation.
"Often times you can use the dash to great advantage in writing up track meets," commented Daste in his lecture.
Joy Miller, college sophomore, questioned, "Like in the 100-yard dash, Mr. Daste?"
"Uhhh, yes. Yes, there would be dash then dash after it—one dash coming after the other dash."
Miller commented after class that, "Dash it all, she still didn't understand what he meant."
Noticeable at the faculty dandelion diggings Friday p.m. was the number of masculine members confining their diggings to the vicinities bordering the sidewalks-on which traversed the numbers of comely high school drum majorettes.
(Maybe the "young" should be cut out of Tennyson's "In the spring a young man's fancy..."
Professor E. D. Hay, mechanical engineering, was discovered by his dandelion digging associates to be cheating. The "rapid digging" of Prof. Hay was finally discovered to be based on the fact that he carefully chose each plot of ground he dug on—only the portions of earth that were scantily dandelioned were worked on by the scheming prof.
The latest publicity gag coming out of the Rock Chalk Co-op House concerns the big race soon to be run by Bill Lane, junior engineer from McPherson, and Orville Kretzmeier, business senior from Clay Center. The marathonic event will come off next Sunday morning at 8 am. The scene will be the varsity track at the stadium.
The distance has been set at 15 miles (non-stop, 60 laps around the track).
The minimum time allowed each contestant is 3 hours.
So far, about $12 in bets have been placed one way or another on the possible outcomes of the event; the odds range from 4 to 1 to even money.
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