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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1942
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Why Be A Joiner?
If you consult your Student Directory you will discover that the students in the University have a choice of forty professional or honorary fraternities. If you ask a student member of one of these organizations why he is a member, almost without exception, he will hesitatingly answer, "Well, well, it's an honor." These honor clubs range in size from Theta Sigma Phi, with six members, to Tau Sigma with forty members. The initiation fee may be any sum between two and twenty-five dollars. Almost all of them have some kind of insignia —from the Phi Beta Kappa key to the duck of Quack Club. Some are local and some are of national origin.
"I hate Pi Lambda Theta meetings. They are the dullest things I have ever sat through. If we have to have them, why can't they be interesting?" Such is student sentiment overheard in Fraser hall. "All we ever do it talk about money. I didn't join to be a financier." So goes the student opinion. "I just quit going to meetings because all we did was plan how to make money," observed a former University student, when discussing the status of honoraries. "All I ever do is go to meetings. I've been to seventeen of them this week. But the worst part is the money they cost."
If this student opinion is indicative of the general response to honorary and professional organizations, why support them? You don't have to be a joiner!
The students in the University of Kansas support the local chapters of these forty organizations. Students, why join unless you truly feel you will gain from it? Get out of the club unless you are content. If you stay in, quit criticizing negatively and put out a little effort toward making the organization worth while.
Ceylon: Key To The Indian Ocean
With a lull in Japanese air activity over northern Australia, military strategists are conjecturing whether the Nipponese will strike in force against Australia or push through Burma into India.
As the Japanese tide surges in Burma against the tiring, outnumbered British forces, the possibility of a concerted effort by the Rising Sun's land, air, and sea forces to overrun India becomes stronger.
If the Japanese are to gain control of the Indian ocean, they must subdue Ceylon, an island smaller than Ireland. This British Crown Colony, which hangs pendant-like from the apex of India, has a population of 5,500,000 inhabitants, 10,000 of whom are European. With its 500,000 acres of rubber plantations, Ceylon contributes to one of the United Nations most vital and insufficient war necessities.
Ceylon is the crossroads of Oriental sea traffic and has two good harbors—Colombo and Trincomalee. These have become immensely important to the United Nations since the fall of the British sea bastion of Singapore and the Dutch naval base of Soerabaja. Ceylon, which is the half-way house for supplies from Australia destined, via the Red sea and Suez canal, for British forces in Libya, must serve as the base of operations for United Nations naval craft which are patrolling the Indian ocean.
Trincomalee, or Trinco as it is better known, is situated on the northeast coast of Ceylon. It has a four-square-mile inner harbor which serves as the naval base of the Royal Indian Navy and the East Indies Squadron. The harbor is land locked and well fortified against either sea or air attack. Trinco can be used as both an airplane base and an aircraft assembly plant; dense jungles assure camouflage of the port's airdromes. Deep coves in the outer harbor will be of use to the Allies as seaplane and submarine bases. A railroad joins Trinco with the Indian mainland at Danushkodi, the southern terminus of the Madras railway; the ferry is less than 25 miles across Palk Strait to Danushkodi.
An exellent 180 mile-long highway connects Trinco with Colombo, which is located on the southwest coast of Ceylon. Colombo was rated seventh among the great harbors of the world during peace time. From here ships put out for Cairo, Capetown, and Calcutta. Colombo has two modern drydocks with engineering shops nearby; Allied warships can be reconditioned and repaired, as well as refueled, in this harbor. The port is ringed with big gun emplacements for protection, and the area is dotted with air fields which can be easily enlarged. The Japanese may be able to take India, but without Ceylon, the key to the Indian ocean, they can never lock the door to Allied supplies to Africa.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Vol. 39 Tuesday, March 31, 1942 No.113
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.
Girl Reserve Training Corps will meet Wednesday at 4:30 in the Pine Room. Dr. Bert Nash will speak on "Emotional Conflict in the High School Girl." Roberta Tucker, Sponsor
-Koberta Tucker, Sponsor.
QUILL CLUB will have a dinner meeting 5:30 Thursday in the Memorial Union building. After the dinner students will adjourn to the Pine Room where a review of the magazine will be presented. Members please bring money for subscriptions and dues—Jean Sellers, Chancellor.
The next and last meeting of this year's M.S.C. will be on Monday, April 6, at 8:00 p.m. in the Pine Room. Fred Lawson. Secretary.
TAU SIGMA rehearsals will be held at the regular times this week. The publicity and program committees will meet Tuesday at 4:30. The costume committees will meet Tuesday at 8:30. It is important that everyone be present—Anna Jane Hoffman, President.
KAPPA PHI: Initiation services will be held at the church Wednesday, April 1, at 5:30 o'clock. Following this the annual formal spring banquet will be held at the Colonial Tea Room at 6:30 o'clock. All members please be present—Eleanor Patty, Publicity Manager.
HOME ECONOMICS CLUB, Wednesday, April 1,
Room 10 Fraser hall. Tea for all University women,
3:30-5:00 o'clock.
RHADAMANTHI: There will be a meeting of Rhamdanih poetry society Tuesday, March 31, at 7 p.m. in the Men's Lounge of the Memorial Union building. All those interested in the reading, writing, or criticism of poetry are invited. John Waggoner will speak on "H. B. Auden."—Betty Lee Kalis, President.
W. S.G.A. Council: There will be a meeting of the W.S.G.A. Council Tuesday, March 31, at 7 p.m. in the Pine room of the Memorial Union building. — Mary Ellen Roach, Secretary.
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
SCHOLARSHIPS: Applications for scholarships for fall, 1942, should be made in Room 1, Frank Strong Hall, before April 1.-Lela Ross, Executive Secretary.
Student Paper of THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Lawrence, Kansas
Publisher'... Kenneth Jackson
Rock Chalk Talk
BETTY WEST
Fine Arts junior Marilyn Duncan is at present the object of the activities of Sig Eps Bob Stoddard and Alan Dougherty. Alan complained last week that, "He didn't mind competing with brother Stoddard for the dates with her—but he absolutely refused to act as messenger boy between the two." The break came when Bob asked him, while he was preparing to keep an engagement with the young lady, to tell her that he (Bob) would be by for her just a little earlier the next evening.
"Twas just too much for me to bear," sobbed Alan.
Pat Schmidt, Kappa sophomore, has the rest of the chapter buzzing with curiosity as to what her soldier correspondent "deep in the heart of Texas" means by addressing all her letters with "Patsy (Flying Fish) Schmidt."
Incidentally, it was whispered, she is going down to see this man in uniform soon—and is planning to fly back.
A stick of gum goes to the first person sending in a solution to this situation—Tm getting a headache trying to work it out.)
Fred Gades and Larry Guy, of the Delta Upsilon homestead, felt they had excesses of energy Saturday night and so converted the D.U. basement into a gymnasium. Their principal enjoyment came from swinging on the gas and water pipes running along the ceiling. Admiring audiences, Phil Fee, (also feeling energetic), decided to do a little swinging himself.
All went well with Phil's tarzanic capers until he tried hanging from the ceiling with his feet hooked between two water pipes. He swung from this position for awhile—got tired of it—tried to stop—but swung some more. His feet were stuck!
The chapter quickly held a meeting and voted on which would be the lesser trouble—sawing Philip off at his ankles or cutting down the pipes. They decided to pull on him and see what would happen. Luckily (for Phil) his feet came loose.
Holy Week Observed Through Christian World
Answering the question persons as to whether He W Passover, Christ made his triumphal entry into the city on Palm Sunday. The enthusiasm shown by people of the city as they went out to meet Him with palm branches in their hands is explained as the result of the miracle of raising Lazarus from the dead a short time before.
The second day of the week was devoted to the cleansing of the temple. It was at this time that Christ drove the money changers from the church and then proceeded to prophesy to the authorities of the coming doom of Jerusalem and the destruction of the temple.
Although observing Holy Week or the last seven days in the life of Christ throughout the world for the same purpose, the various churches and religions differ in their detailed interpretations of the traditional events and actions of Christ during the week before His death. Beginning with Sunday before the Day of Resurrection, however, groups have agreed that this period was one filled with disappointment, trial, and unending pain.
Tuesday is known as the day of conflict on which the authorities of the temple began criticizing the actions of Jesus on the previous day. Leaders began to plot the murder of Christ and to air their differences on the details of the action.
This discussion continued during the next day when the leaders were aided in their planning by the betrayer, Judas. Known as the traditional day of betrayal, Wednesday was the time when Judas made the final arrangements with the priest to point out Christ the next evening.
These plans were carried out on Thursday after Christ and his disciples had gathered in the Upper Room for the Last Supper. This day is known as the day of the institution of Holy Communion, and it is from this event that the modern practice of communion is taken. While
Answering the question that had been in the minds of many persons as to whether He would appear in Jerusalem for the Passover. Christ made his tri-
By VIRGINIA TIEMAN
Christ was arrested this same night and spent the rest of Thursday and the hours of Friday morning on trial before the rulers and authorities of the city. With the will of the people to kill Him, he was lead to a hill called Golgotha, or more commonly Calvary, and there was crucified. Thus Friday is known as the Day of the Cross.
gathered together with His friends, Christ told that Judas would betray Him and He also said that Peter would deny Christ that night before the cock crowded three times.
After the supper was finished, Christ went to the Garden of Gethsemane taking Peter, James, and John to a more retired spot that He might prepare for the coming trial. Asking His friends to watch while He went ahead to pray, He returned to the place three times only to find the men asleep.
Holy Saturday was the day Christ remained in the tomb, and Easter Sunday is known as the day of the Resurrection when the stone was rolled away and Christ returned his friends.
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