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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1942
The KANSAN Comments...
This Jayhawker State
What does Kansas have to be proud of? Isn't Kansas that state where they have cyclones, where it never rains, where there are duststorms every day, and where the people live in fear of Indian raids?
Kansas is that state with an illiteracy percentage that is one of the lowest in the Union. Her public libraries have more than a million volumes. She is a state that in 1941 paid $28,414,647 in internal revenue. (Population, 1,801,028.)
Kansas can well be called the bread-basket of the United States. She normally produces one-fourth of all the wheat in the United States! Among the flour milling states, she ranks first. She is one of the four leading cattle states.
Kansas has oil, coal, lead, zinc, Portland cement, natural gas, salt, and helium. There are pipelines that carry natural gas directly to Chicago from the fields near Hugoton, in the southwestern part of the state.
This state, Kansas, that had a severe drouth parts of the state went through nine cropless years-supports five state institutions of higher learning, 14 junior colleges, two municipal universities, and a number of denominational colleges. In 1939 she spent $15,000,000 on her state highways. You can cross the state by many routes without leaving the pavement. Kansas is intersected by thousands of miles of railroads, buslines, and airlines.
Now Kansas is rallying to the cause of Uncle Sam. Kansas boys are in the army, navy, marines, coast guard, and the air corps. They are working in defense industries. Many of the people are staying home on the farm to raise food for this busy nation.
What have Kansans to be proud of? We can't be called braggarts if we are just proud of ourselves, our state, and our accomplishments—M.F.
The Nazi's Financial Front
Germany's potent war machine still remains after a gruelling winter during which subzero temperatures and the Russian army inflicted reverses on it. Hitler's armed legions can expect success just so long as Germany can maintain its covert front—its financial battle line, upon which the existence of the Nazi's war effort depends.
Since the beginning of war in September, 1930, Germany has incurred an indebtedness of 121,000,000,000 marks (about $48,000,000,-000) by borrowing from the German people. In the first two years of the war, Hitler increased Germany's national debt some 51,000,-000,000 marks.
Half the cost of financing the war in Germany is met by current taxation, half by borrowing. The Nazis have imposed a frightful burden on the conquered countries, in addition to the financial burden the German people must bear. This takes various forms—seizure of gold of national banks; confiscation of Jews' securities; charges levied against occupied countries to support German armies of occupation; and the forcing of "occupation marks" which have no gold or silver behind them in exchange for occupation armies' expenses.
Dr. Walter Funk, Minister of Economics, Nazi financial wizard, is responsible for Germany's legendius "noiseless finance", plan, which consists of borrowing through the issue
of treasury notes. Four series of these had been issued by the time the war was nine months old, the last one being for 3,000,000,000 marks. So that money will be invested in treasury notes rather than private corporation stocks or bonds, Funk has enacted a law prohibiting private companies from issuing new bonds or shares without government approbation, which now is hard to get.
The surpluses of German corporations have been drained into the Nazi coffers for war use. To a corporate income tax of 30 per cent of net profits on companies having a yearly income of less than 100,000 marks and 40 per cent on companies having incomes over that amount. Dr. Funk has tacked a 25 per cent increase. Hitler feels himself tightly pinched on the financial front; he is the leader of a country where barter has replaced gold. How long can Germany's juggling act of intricate higher finance sustain the Nazi planes, tanks, and submarines?—A.H.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Vol. 39 Tuesday, April 14, 1942 No.119
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.
MATH CLUB MEETING: Thursday, April 16. Meet in Room F.S.22 at 4:15 p.m. for refreshments and in Room 203 at 4:45 p.m. for speech. Mr. John Ise, Jr., will speak on "The Special Theory of Relativity." Why not come and argue your views with him? Everyone welcome.—H. G. Kolsky, Vice-Pres.
Jean Sellers, chancellor.
Quill Club will have a 5:30 dinner meeting Thursday evening in the cafeteria of the Memorial Union building. Following the dinner there will be a meeting in the Pine Room. The magazine "Fech" will be ready for distribution—all members attend to your magazines, and make plans to obtain activities. Seller's logo.
W. S.G.A.: The Women's Self-Governing Association will hold its regular meeting tonight at 7 o'clock in the Pine room of the Memorial Union building. Mary Jo Cox, secretary.
JAY JANES will hold their regular meeting at 4:30 tomorrow in the Pine room of the Memorial Union building. Mary Kay Brown, president.
Professor William A. Owens of Texas A. and M.
College will lecture on American Ballads and Folksongs in Fraser Theater at 4:30 on Friday, April 17,
under the auspices of the English Department. The public is invited.-J. W. Ashton, Chairman.
Applications for Y.W.C.A. and Y.M.C.A. cabinet positions are available at Henley House and in the Y.M. office in the sub-basement of the Memorial Union building. Everyone wishing to apply see the secretaries, Roberta Tucker and Harry O'Kane. Applications must be turned into the respective offices by Tuesday, April 14.—Margaret Learned, Pres., Y.W.C.A.
A. I.Ch.E. will meet April 15 in the Kansas Room of the Memorial Union building at 8:00 p.m. Professor E. E. Brush will speak on "Magnesium Alloys." Plans will be made for spring party. All chemical engineers attend.-Richard Mankin.
PREMEDICAL STUDENTS NOTICE: The premedical aptitude test will be given this spring on the afternoon of April 24. Those who plan to enter a medical school a year from this fall should register at once in Room 10, Frank Strong hall. For those who desire it and who pay the fee of one dollar at the time of registration a practice sheet will be available. All others will pay the fee at the time of taking the test. For any further information inquire of, Parke H. Woodard, Room 8C, Frank Strong Hall.
STUDENT DIRECTORY. All those interested in applying for the position of manager of the student directory for 1942-43 should do so before April 15. Applications should be filed with the secretary of the Men's or Women's advisor.—Dave Watermulder, MSC President.
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Student Paper of THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Lawrence, Kansas
Publisher ... Kenneth Jackson
Bob Fairchild, Sigma Nu, and very frequent dinner guest of Helen Pepperell's at the Gamma Phi house, received a shock Sunday noon when the Gamma Phi freshman class interrupted his meal there to present him with a house-bill and a napkin holder.
Fairchild commented that living over there would undoubtedly have its good points but he's not really considering moving in.
A "little white lie" nearly broke up a beautiful friendship and came near to causing a Corbin hall woman to slug it out with a woman from Miller hall last week. It all began like this:
Bill Reardon, Battenfeld hall, commented to Beth Maxwell, Miller hall, that the naughty Harry Shinkle over at his place had put corn flakes in house mother Mrs. Montgomery's bed for a good joke.
Harry Shinkle (at approximately the same time) was telling Lucille Loeb, Corbin hall, of the foul joke pulled by a guy named Bill Reardon—the putting of corn flakes in Mrs. Montgomery's bed.
Fate brought about an early meeting between Beth Maxwell and Lucille Loeb. Beth told Lucille what a rat she though Harry was for playing cruel jokes on his house mother—Lucille told Beth what a rat she thought Bill was for doing the same thing. So they argued (trusting souls that women are—to believe the words of a man) over WHO put the corn flakes in poor Mrs, Montgomery's bed.
One of the boys confessed and it all ended happily.
Gamma Phi Nancy Kerber last week received a long-distance telephone call from Washington, D.C.-Phi Psi steady of the 1940-41 school year, Otto Kiehl, and Phi Psi steady of part of the 1941-42 session, Steve Meade, pooled funds and made the call.
Nancy stated that she was almost speechless—which must mean she fed them both the same line.
Wendell Link, Templin hall, sustained a double tragedy last week—two dates in succession told hi mat the door, "I'm sorry Wendell, but I can't see you any more. I'm going steady."
Just to test the theory that "Eleanor Roosevelt is the only woman alive who can eat an apple through a picket fence," the Sigma Kappas all tried eating apples through the backs of their chairs at Saturday lunch.
Oddly enough, two inmates of the house were found who did not have the slightest trouble in accomplishing the feat.
Saturday night, Theta, Woggie Stewart, and Beta, Bill Jones, put out their pins. While the Theta chapter waited expectantly on their front porch for the Jones fellow to appear and collect his kisses, the man, Eberhart, strolled out on the porch of the near-by Beta house. (Fred Eberhart holds the title of "secret passion man" of the Theta freshman class.)
It was only a matter of minutes until Bill Jones was almost forgotten and Fred Eberhart discussed.
to parallel rows of onions, peas, radishes, lettuce, and potatoes which are working their way through the soil to form small green sprouts.
Inverted professors means Victory Gardens—at any rate, 27 members of the University faculty and their families have purchased connective plots of land at the end of Alabama street and will combine their efforts to produce large quantities of vegetables this spring. After weeks of bending, stooping, and almost standing on their heads, professors can point with pride to parallel rows of onions, $ \textcircled{9} $
Professors Grow Onions In War Defense Effort
Brightly colored slacks, roomy overalls, and large sunhats speckle the grounds. Deans, scientists, and bacteriologists show no marks of distinction. Each is unrecognizable in comfortable attire.
Rains Don't Interrupt
During almost any hour of the day someone is occupied pulling weeds, turning rows of dirt, and perhaps just admiring the progress of their work. Even the rains do not halt the gardening activities, for during the past week a mother and her young daughter waded through the soggy gound to continue their work.
Spring rains were at first welcomed by the gardeners, but continuous downpours have washed away many seeds, and greatly hindered the development of recently planted vegetables. Not yet discouraged, the gardeners continue to
work daily in their small truck gardens repairing the damage.
The youngest gardener is three-year-old Raymond Nichols, Jr., who is learning the art of cultivation from his father. Raymond follows his industrious teacher down the long rows of freshly-turned soil and carefully places a seed in the designated spot. His latest accomplishment is replacing the dirt with a stick and packing it around the seed with small but experienced hands.
Each lot consists of 3,500 square feet, but all the space has not been utilized to date. Beans, squash, and corn are a few of the vegetables that will be planted in season. The project to raise needed products rather than perishable flowers is one more of the many undertakings on the Hill for aiding national defense.
Age Is No Restriction
"This proves that scientists am mathematicians can work side by side and produce a fine garden crop commented Mrs. Ruth McMahon owner of one of the lots. "It takes
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