UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS STUDENT PUBLICATION
UNIVERSITY Daily Kansan
FOR VICTOR:
BUY
UNLEVEN
STRIKES
BONDS
STREETS
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 24.1942
39th YEAR
Final Curtain FallsOn Cakewalk
NUMBER 125
Field Kitchen On Campus Army Host to 80
BY SHIRLEY HENRY
"Come and git it" rang out to nearly 80 persons at 12:30 today as the army mobile kitchen stationed in front of Fowler shops, complete even to the potato-peeling K.P., served dinner to University deans, members of the local Red Cross canteen class, and the food preparation and purchasing class of the University, headed by Miss Hermina Zipple. The menu consisted of roast beef (50 pounds), potatoes (40 pounds), peas (5 cans, no.2), bread (2 loaves), butter (3 pounds), gravy, fresh vegetable salad, rice pudding, and coffee.
Of special interest to bystanders was the huge canvas bag, used as a water purifier, and the pressure stoves and ovens. All equipment is transported quickly and efficiently and can be set up almost immediately either in tents or in the field.
This kitchen belongs to Company A of the Fortieth Ambulance Battalion, now stationed at Ft. Leavenworth; and travels in an army "cargo" truck and a peep, (not a jeep). Members of the party were Major Cecil S. Mollohan, commanding officer; Capt. Charles C. Hubbard, second in command; Staff Sgt. Duane E. Beaer; Sgt. Paul W. Dumire; and Privates Roy F. Marshall, Omar E. Armstrong, Morton R. Anderson, Donald M. McLaughlin, Andrew Setz, and Elmer E. Willis.
Hyder Presents Print Collection to Museum
A collection of 18th century prints published by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and distributed by the American Association of Art is now on exhibit in the second-floor south gallery of Spooner Thayer museum
A University of Oregon "athletic honor roll" shows more than 100 former Webfoot athletes now in the armed service of the country.
The collection was presented to the museum by C. K. Hyder, associate professor of English. It includes prints with explanatory footnotes of English drama, architecture, furniture, paintings, sports and famous people in English history.
Musicians To Hill For 1942 H.S. Festival
This overflow was caused by the District Music Festival being held on the campus for 53 high schools and their competing musicians. The annual festival is sponsored by Kansas State High School Activities Association, and Neal M. Wherry, principal of Liberty Memorial high school of Lawrence is local chairman.
More than 1800 high school students visited the University campus today, saw its stately buildings, edifices of learning, and its dignified faculty members on their knees digging dandelions.
The largest delegation registered is from Shawnee-Mission high school with about 200 students. Lawrence is second with 188, and Highland Park ranks third in number with 156. The Highland Park students arrived by special train from Topeka.
This year the program has been arranged so that those schools entering the large group contests today may also enter their soloists on the same day so that they will not have to return tomorrow. As a re-
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Last Year He Used a Slide Rule This Year He Will Use a Pick
F. A. Russell, professor of civil engineering, pictured as he laid out plans for last year's Dandelion Day with the help of two University co-eds. This year his mathematical genius is of secondary importance as he pitches in with manual labor to ensure this year's all-faculty attack on dandelions.
Burdge Announces No Bands Available
There will be no Senior Cakewalk this spring.
That information was made public late this afternoon by Jim Burdge, dance manager, after he had decided that attempts to conduct a successful spring dance would undoubtedly result in failure.
The fact that most of the big name bands are being used regularly by United Service Organizations prevents their coming through this territory. Burdge indicated.
An overcast sky which threatened rain did not dampen the aror of the diggers. They dug and shifted to a more comfortable position on the other knee, and dug some more.
Faculty members and their families were engaged in all-out warfare this afternoon. The main battleground was the hilltop proper and operations extended down the slopes. The diggers dug on, led by General Laurence Woodruff, assistant registrar, until the enemy lay slain upon the field.
Faculty members clad in disreputable jeans—those from home—and faculty members clad in tailored suits—those straight from classes—met in front of Frank Strong hall this afternoon armed to the teeth and with vengeance in their eyes.
Dandelions, aggressive though they are, quailed at the sight of oncoming hordes of diggers. Excavated, they lay white and limp on their last territorial demesne.
Dandelions
Professors Dig Despite Clouds
As the Kansan goes to press, the battle is still on, but victory is in sight. After the battle is won, the victorious campigners will gather for a picnic supper under the direction of Hermina Zipple, director of University food service. After the battle, comes the celebration.
Dade Documents Nations' Resources
Discussing "Resources of the Warring Powers," E. B. Dade, professor of economics, spoke to the thirteenth class in the World at War series in Fraser theater last night.
In an attempt to clarify the difference between partial and total warfare, Dade compared the money, men, material, and other resources available to the warring nations.
Presenting the causes of the scarcity of skilled workmen, Dade discussed the differences between skilled and unskilled labor. He also brought out the essential things that set mass production apart from large scale production.
"Transportation costs are too high." Burdge said, "for this school to get a really worthwhile band. Only a few smaller bands have been coming through the Midwest."
The fact that many music organizations are playing regularly for soldiers and sailors in camps and stations all over the country has changed the regular routine of their swing back and forth from coast to coast.
Some schools have found it necessary to eliminate all dances throughout this school year, while others have cut out the majority of their large parties. Thus far, this University has not had to delimit its dance activities.
The dance manager has been trying for weeks to schedule a band for the spring dance that would attract a sufficient number of patrons to make the dance profitable. He explained that a number of conditions prevail which make such a situation extremely improbable.
Burdge explained that Tony Pastor's orchestra, one of the better bands, would be available in the latter part of May, but he felt that such a date would be too close to final examination week, and that students would hesitate to attend for that reason.
Burdge's action in voluntarily curtailing the spring dance program falls in line with similar action taken at other universities and colleges throughout the country.
"I do realize that the elimination of the Cakewalk will cause regret on the part of many of the students," Burdge declared. "We had been planning for some time to make use of Hoch auditorium for a really large party this spring, but since there just aren't any bands available, we will have to get along without it."
Burge had no comment to make regarding the possibility of the resumption of the Cakewalk in the following school year. He indicated that only events to come can determine whether there will even be a dance program next year.
Summer Catalogues Out Soon
Summer session catalogues will be available soon, Raymond Nichols, executive secretary, said today.
Proofs on the bulletin were received yesterday from the state printer and students may obtain the catalogues within a week, Nichols said.