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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1942
The KANSAN Comments...
War—1918 and 1942
In 1917 and 1918 the University of Kansas initiated numerous war courses—aviation, wireless, food conservation, and many others. Hill organizations campaigned to provide money, books, and entertainment for Jayhawk soldiers. Convocation,speakers preached total destruction of the Kaiser's Germany. Students doubly oversubscribed Liberty Loan quotas. Exercise and drilling was compulsory for all men. Professors, attempting to find flour substitutes, ate coffee-ground cookies and reported that they were both delicious and nutritious.
But the University did not pop into all-out action over night. Then, as now, much time slipped by while the war program was being formulated. Then, as now, time was all-important—minutes meant lives.
In 1942, the University organized a complete all school—both faculty and student-defense program. The principal features of this program are defense stamp sales, three-term school year, the three-term basis for activities, dissemination of information about military service for University men, and a calisthenics class. In addition, the University Extension division is holding defense classes on the Hill and throughout the state.
The demands of World War II, the Four Freedoms Fight, falls heavily on American colleges and universities. This is a battle of machines and mechanics, of science and technicians, of populations and leaders. The fronts cover the globe. Everyone must work and everyone must fight. More is at stake than ever before.
The University of Kansas and all American universities must hasten to provide the country with able officers and fighting men and with trained technicians. The fighting forces of America and her Allies around the globe must be maintained and strengthened. Our industries must produce not only for ourselves but for the entire free world.
Sacrifices will be necessary—lives and money will be lost. Few luxuries will remain; former necessities will become luxuries. Food, clothing, and entertainment will be simpler.
University students have a gigantic responsibility in winning the war and winning the peace that follows. Shirking and slacking will lose all. J.K.
The anticipated drop in University enrollment hasn't arrived on the scale expected. However it may be only deferred. High school enrollment has dropped by about 50,000 pupils in the 20 states covered by the North Central Association of colleges and secondary schools.
As a defense effort many colleges and universities have arranged their programs on a 12-month basis. At a recent educational conference in San Francisco the opinion was expressed that a 12-month program in all public schools would be desirable. Thereby the wasteful three months vacation would be eliminated and give a new and better use of pupils' time.
Men of all ages and conditions have two ideas about themselves observes Stanley Walker. First, they have a romantic attitude toward women and second, they are observant about women. The grove and the stadium provide evidence for the first. Inhabitants of the windows in the anatomy building could testify to the second.
The annual grocery bill in the United States is $14\frac{1}{2}$ billion dollars, which is the highest in the whole world. Nevertheless, as a result of unbalanced meals, many suffered from undernourishment.
Frantie Los Angeles policemen spread a life net, then went to the roof of a building to coax a girl not to jump. "Why," she replied, "I had no such intention. I am taking a sun bath."
OFFICIAL BULLETIN
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Vol. 39 Friday, April 10, 1942 No. 117
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.
PSYCHOLOGY CLUB—Will meet at 4:30 on Monday, April 13 in Room 21, Frank Strong. Miss Marjorie Whitney, head of the K. U. design department, will speak on the new course, "Occupational Therapy." Everyone interested is urged to attend—Barbara Reber, Program Committee.
KAPPA PHI—There will be a regular meeting at 7 o'clock Friday evening at 1209 Tenn. St.-Eleanor Patty, Publicity Manager.
The men's and women's Water Safety Instructors class will meet on Monday, April 13, at 7:30 for a non-swimming session. The class will be dismissed in time for the lecture course—Ruth Hoover.
Professor William A. Owens of Texas A. and M.
College will lecture on American Ballads and Folk-
songs 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.
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.
A. LCh.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.
DANCE MANAGER. Anyone interested in applying for the position of Varsity dance manager for the year 1942-43 should make application before April 13. Applications should be filed at the office of the Men's or Women's advisor—Dave Watermulder.
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.
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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DEAN SIMS
Tommy Thompson, Sig Alph, called into the Gamma Phi house last evening, Diana Irvine answered.
"Gamma Phi Beta house luggage department, which bag do you want? she chirped.
"Huh," wondered Thomas on the other end of the line.
"Which bag do you want?" Diana repeated, becoming impatient.
"Ohhhhhh," Tommy grinned (over the telephone), "I'll take Helen Wilkins."
Harold Van Slyck, Delta Tau Delta, isn't afraid to take drastic action when a date fluffs him. No sir!
Being given the air by the femme of his choice to the Delt's annual spring party, Harold took pen in hand and wrote—Betty Grable (THE Betty Grable) and asked her to come to the party.
This was only day-before-yesterday so he hasn't had time to receive a reply from her.
(Boy!)
Bette Leimert, Alpha Chi, has invented a fool-proof method of solving the early morning problem of "whether or not I should arise now." She claims a positive way to make the correct decision is based upon the eye-lids—if the eye-lids flutter when the person first opens his eyes upon waking in the morning, go back to sleep. If the eye-lids don't flutter upon the initial opening, get up—all is well.
A goodly portion of the D.U. chapter attended the opera Wednesday night and on returning to the home fireside opened a serious discussion of the various musical aspects of the entertainment. That is, all went along the path of seriousness until someone asked brother Don Gill what he thought of the opera—whether it was musically good or bad.
(Have you heard about the Phi Gam who used this method and stayed in bed four days before he found he had an eye-lash under his eye-lid.)
"Teh, tch, didya see that Babe that did the hula-hula dance? Gosh!" neurotically beamed the entranced Donald.
The Pi Phi chapter went on a rampage after the opera Wednesday night—the arrow-wearers who didn't attend the program get the basic blame for starting it.
Beginning at approximately 2 a.m. alarm clocks began sounding; every few minutes a new clock would break in and join the chorus. It wasn't long until the whole chapter was dashing madly about trying to find the hidden clocks. A half-hour, and the house again was in quietness.
Came 3 a.m. and six females, running in total darkness, dashed from room to room yelling, "Have you seen it?"
All the Pi Phi's in bed, jumped out and yelled, "What?"
At this point Jeanne Anderson blew up. Swearing vengeance on any that disturbed her again, she locked her door and again retired.
Each and every Pi Phi (excepting Jeanne) marched by her door on the way to their rooms and rapped loudly on the door separating them from the fum- ing refugee.
Eating munitions would be nothing to eating peanuts these days, since peanuts rate priority with the government. The "goobers" value in the explosives industry is making them scarce as well, experts say. Since peanut oil has been discovered to be an excellent ingredient for nitro-glycerine government orders have frozen present crops to be used as seed in future years.
The little Spanish peanuts are the ones most wanted by the munitions manufacturers as they are very oily, containing forty or fifty per cent fat. Prices of shelled peanuts have sky-rocketed during the past four months rising from four cents to fifteen cents per pound.
U. S. to Take Peanuts To Make Munitions
Peanuts will come into their own if it becomes necessary to ration oleo-margerie, lard, butter, and other cooking compounds. Its oil is very desirable for cooking as it does not smoke nor score as readily as other compounds. Not only that, peanut oil makes fried-in-deep-fat foods even more delicious.
If the peanut situation really becomes critical, as well it might, peanuts will disappear from candy bars—if we can get the chocolate and sugar to make the candy bars in the first place.
The chances of the American woman for remaining a trim 100 pounds are also enhanced by the possibility that peanut butter will soon be a
Many people in years past have planted peanuts in their gardens — back in the days before they were called "Victory Gardens." Rabbits have always liked peanuts which will bring about a different situation this summer. Each Victory Garden will have a row of peanuts which will be carefully guarded by members of the family who will stand guard in shifts, depending on the number in the family—also the number of rabbits.
thing of the past along with new automobile tires and soft drinks. Peanut butter was always ideal to broaden ones figure.
We know a printer who baits mouse-traps with peanuts. Ah, Mr. Printer, you are impairing National Defense!
Horse Thieves, Take Heed
Troy, N.Y. — (UP) — The Sand Lake Association for Mutual Protection Against Horse Thieves has reorganized with a full set of officers and announces that it is ready to do business.
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