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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1942
K.U. Women Organize To Help Win the War
"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully volunteer my service to my country, and that I will cheerfully execute the orders of my commanding officer" . . . thus one hundred and forty University of Kansas women enlisted in the Coed Volunteer Corps organized on the campus last Thursday.
Since the fateful day of December 7, 1941, University of Kansas women have been saying individually and in unison "What can I do?" On April 16 the machinery of CVC began
to move and each individual became a coq in that wheel when these women found the answer to their question in the CVC.
To further the nation's war effort the CVC is making plans to sell defense stamps and bonds, cooperate with the local U.S.O. units in sponsoring dancers for the soldiers, send "cookies to rookies," establish scholarships for undergraduate draftees, participate in health campaigns, establish a war information bureau, help with conservation drives, and maintain cheerful correspondence with service men.
Later when the CVC is more thoroughly organized, a marching unit will be formed. A CVC member must have completed at least ten hours of voluntary service before she is eligible to join the marching unit. Also planned is an auto-repair squad, a rifle team, and perhaps a course in aero-dynamics or welding. The unit will also assist the Mens' Student Council in an all-out defense stamp sale. A war information bureau will be organized which will contain all information passed and censored by the government and make it available to the public.
CVC is a government recognized organization which will exist for the duration. Many of its duties will not be pleasant nor will they be easy. As the nation progresses farther and farther in this war it may be necessary to call on these young women for duties which will be far from glamorous. The Coed Volunteer Corps is a serious organization which realizes the importance of the task before it.
Members of the corps were sworn in by Col. James S. Dusenbury, professor of military science. The corps is composed of entirely women with the highest officer holding the rank o fmajor. The major's aid duties will consist of secretarial tasks. A captain adjutant is the finance officer and another captain will be selected as the point system manager. Six lieutenants and a platoon sergeant will be elected for each sorority house and organized house.
By the beginning of the next school year, organization of the corps will be complete and the Coed Volunteer Corps will be ready to assist the nation in the war effort by any means in its power.
W.A.A. To Hold Spring Award Banquet Next Week
The Women's Athletic Association will hold its annual spring award banquet April 27 in the Kansas room of the Memorial Union building it was decided at the meeting of the honor awards committee yesterday afternoon.
Members of the organization to receive honor awards this year were also selected at the committee meeting. The names of the women chosen yesterday are to be withheld until Miss Ruth Hoover, assistant professor of physical education prepares the awards at the dinner.
Kansas High School Music Festival To Be Friday and Saturday
High school students, as well as dandelions, will overrun the campus Friday when the annual spring Kansas State High Schools Music Festival will bring 1800 students from 53 high schools to the Hill.
Neal M. Wherry, principal of Liberty Memorial high school of Lawrence, is manager of the festival.
Friday will be the day for the large group numbers such as bands and orchestras to present their selections in Frank Strong hall and Hoch auditorium. Smaller groups, octets, quartets, soloists, will appear on Saturday.
Sigma Xi Adds Eleven Members Tuesday
At their meeting Tuesday evening in Blake hall, members of Sigma Xi, honorary science fraternity, elected six graduate students, four faculty members and one alumnus to membership in their organization.
The new members are: Carolyn Collins, graduate student in bacteriology; Dorothea Franzen and Wilfred Bozeman, graduate students in zoology; Charles L. Fergus and Ronald L. McGregor, graduate students in botany; A. L. Bowser, graduate student in geology; C. H. Wilson, geophysicist with the geological survey; Bruce Latta and V. C. Fishel, geologists with the geological survey; L. L. Boughton, associate professor of pharmacy; and Mrs. A. B. Leonard, alumnus, wife of A. B. Leonard, assistant professor of zoology.
Business Day Date Set for April 29
The annual "School of Business Day" has been set for April 29, A. L. Seelye, instructor of marketing, said today.
The celebration this year includes only the election of officers and the publication of the school's paper for that day. The usual banquet and faculty-senior baseball game have been canceled, and business students will not be excused from classes.
The Coalition party candidates for offices are Willis Tompkins, business junior, for president; Jim Gillie, business junior, for vice president; Mary K. Brown, business junior, for secretary; and Harlan Altman, business junior, for treasurer. The Commerce party has not yet announced its candidates.
STUDENTS FIND HELP-
(continued from page one) the eyes focus properly, and the number of fixations the eyes make in reading a line of printed material.
When a student is found to have faulty vision he is encouraged by school authorities to go to an eye specialist. His case is not diagnosed in class.
Comprehension and Speed
Speed in reading is stressed in the laboratory. Assignments are made with specified time for reading. To speed up reading, the clinic possesses several mechanical devices. These machines, the most important being the Metron-O-Scope and the Buswell reading board, may be set for any speed of reading. Students are given tests on these machines at regular intervals. At first the student finds his average speed and from then on during the semester he strives to improve his rate of reading. At no time, however, is the rate of comprehension and understanding of material sacrificed for the sake of speed.
Tests given to students in the class are of six kinds. Comprehensive tests are given for detail, vocabulary tests to improve knowledge of words, oral tests to determine the student's habits in reading, library tests to determine the student's ability to find material quickly and
GRANADA
LAST TIMES TONITE
ALL 25c PLUS
SHOWS TAX
It a Girl at the Bumsteads . . . and a Man-Sized Riot on the Screen!
PENNY ARTHUR LARRY
SINGLETON LAKE
ARMY AIR CORPS—
Each spring 55 to 120 students have taken advantage of this reading clinic. The class was offered free for a time, but later a fee of two dollars was charged for enrollment.
(continued from page one) for the cooperation of every educator in the United States.
easily, hearing tests, and screening test for vision.
"An earnest attempt has been made to devise a program that will enable the air forces to obtain the very large number of aviation cadets which must be trained every year until this war is brought to a successful conclusion, and at the same time, cause the least possible disruption in the nation's education program."
BLONDIE'S BLESSED EVENT FREE $200.00 IN CASH
For Bonds - Tonite at 9.
The Army Air Forces Enlisted Service was authorized on April 4,1942, and for the present is open to college students who have not completed their educational training and who wish to continue in school, and high school graduates who desire to enter college for one year.
FRIDAY - SATURDAY
Nash presents the merits of the reading laboratory in these words. "The majority of students in college have been coasting along on reading training received in grammar school. Too many students have not tried to learn reading techniques cause the last training they had and to increase speed simply beended in grammar school.
The fee, as explained by Nash, is necessary for two reasons. First: students willing to pay two dollars would obviously be interested in improving their reading ability; and second: because the cost of offering the course demands that a fee be charged.
Better technique and increased speed require that the student put himself under pressure to accomplish these ends. The reading laboratory is designed to allow the student to do this."
SHOWS 25c
They're Too Screwy for the Service
... So These Merry Mad Men
Make An Army of Their Own!
JACKIE GLEASON
JACK DURANT
And His Harmonica Rascals
TRAMP, TRAMP,
TRAMP
Need More Training
General Arnold has requested that colleges and universities appoint a faculty air forces advisor to provide a definite contact between the representatives of the army and the college personnel.
"This representative," General Arnold said, "will be kept fully informed
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of plans and changes in plans, and with him, the representative of the Army will establish a relationship which will facilitate the exchange of information and advice. He will aid to avoid disruption of college activities and will bring to the Army's attention the problems that will arise because of local conditions."
The Men's Glee Club will sing two numbers, and will lead the audience in singing a hymn to close the meeting. Minerva Davis, fine arts senior, will sign "Maids of Cadiz" and "I'll See You Again." Bill Sears, fine arts sophomore, will give a twirling demonstration, and Wayne Replogle, freshman football coach, will present a talk on nature.
CERVANTES FIESTA—
General Arnold explained that the new plan of enlisting reserves "will benefit the young men concerned and their colleges, and also serve the vital purpose of insuring the army air forces a continuous supply of young men well qualified by education to become officers in all branches of the Army air forces."
(continued from yage one) the picture of the seventy-fifth anniversary celebration will be shown. At 7:30 Chancellor Malott will speak on the University and its position in relation to the war program.
ALUMNI WILL HOLD—
(continued from vage one) of the department of Romance languages at the University, is acting president of the Kansas chapter of the Spanish teachers group, filling out the unexpired term of Senorita Eliza Perez, of Baker University, who died in Mexico City last summer.
At the conclusion of the afternoon sessions, and the business meeting, the annual banquet will be held in the Kansas room of the Union building, as the opening gun in the Cervantes Day celebration, with Dr. J. M. de Osma, of the University, as master of ceremonies. Participating in the after-dinner entertainment will be students from Paseo high school, Kansas City, Mo.; St. Mary's College, Leavenworth; Wichita North high; University of Kansas; Park College, Parkville, Mo.; and Kansas City Junior College.
JAYHAWKER
NOW ENDS
SATURDAY
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The Town They Talk of in Whispers
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