12, 1942
THURSDAY, MARCH 12. 1942
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Sheean Analyzes War And Forecasts Victory
Presenting a clear-cut factual analysis of the war with Japan and throwing in a dash of prophecy, Vincent Sheean, war correspondent and lecturer, spoke in Hoch auditorium Tuesday night.
The Japanese have followed a program of conquest for the past 50 years, Sheean said,—a policy coordinated in a way unknown to the western world. Their annexation of Korea, and Manchuria, and the attempted conquest of China, have been
done with a fanaticism carefully planned and nurtured for many years.
Sheean attributes the fact that the Japanese never retrace a step or abandon an objective largely to Shintoism, the national religious philosophy of Japan. No matter what his religion, the Japanese is compelled to accept the three main precepts of Shintoism: the divinity of the Emperor, Japan's origin, and its mission.
Tells of Jap Aggression
Briefly recalling the high points in Japan's 50 years of aggression and expansion, Sheean spoke of the annexation of Korea in 1894; the war with Russia, in which Russia capitulated to every demand; and the first World War in which Japan fought briefly, took everything Germany had in the Far East, and rated as an equal power in the peace conference.
Following the war, Japan attended the conference held in Washington on the limitations of naval armaments and signed a treaty to respect the territorial integrity of China and to maintain a navy in the ratio of 3 to 5 to the United States navy. In 1930 the treaty was abrogated, Sheean said, because repeated Japanese violations rendered it ineffectu-
The navies of the United States and Japan are nearly equal, and since Japan operates in only one ocean and has its home base in the center, Japan has a decided balance of favor, Sheean pointed out.
Japs Play 'Possum
Sheen reviewed events occurring just before the war, in which our government anxiously tried to stave off the conflict, and Japan threw a smokescreen over the activities to throw the democratic nations off guard.
Explaining the three major lines of defense in the Far Eastern conflict, Sheean pointed out the hook, crescent, and arc formations of the war. The hook goes from Shanghai, which fell at the start of the war, to Hongkong, Siam and Burma, both subjugated to Japan.
Under the military hook is the crescent concerned strictly with materials-petroleum, sugar, tobacco, quinine, and other products from the islands.
Possible California Attack
The arc of offensive and defensive warfare is from Australia to Hawaii, with the latter constituting an important base from which all supplies are going to New Zealand and Australia, screened by numerous little islands. Japan has never recognized the United States' annexation of Hawaii, and Sheean thought it possible that Japan would pass by that island in the case it might prove too hard to fortify, and attack southern California.
Other possibilities of attack are a combined offensive on England, or on Russia and the Calcutta line.
Shecan believed that the war will be long and hard, but that the allies would win if they stick to their principles and make sacrifices.
Fine Arts Students Present Recital
Students in the School of Fine Arts presented a recital at 3:30 this afternoon in Frank Strong auditorium.
Jean Rennick played "Rhapsodie in G Minor," Opus 79. "The Winds in the South," by J. P. Scott, was sung by Dorothy Mae Nelson. "Trio in G" (allegro), by Mozart, was played by an ensemble consisting of Marvin Zoschke, violin; Glenn Royer, cello; and Martha Dooley, piano.
Clarnell Wehrli sang "The Night- ingale and the Rose," by Rimsky- Korsakoff, and "Passepied," by Deilbes- Aslanoff. Cello numbers by Glenn Royer were "Prelude in G" by Bach, and "Sonata in B Flat," Marcelo. A piano number by Erna Carl was "Papillons" by Schumann.
The program ended with "Nocturne," by Borodin, played by a string quartet consisting of Doris Turney, first violin; Sarepta Pierpont, second violin; Engene Nininger, viola; and Royer, cello.
Lindsey Will Speak On Japanese People
Miss Lydia Lindsey, graduate of 1907, will speak on "Japanese People and Policies" at the Monday meeting of the Psychology Club. The meeting will be held at 4:30 p.m. in room 21, Frank Strong hall.
For many years Miss Lindsey has been head of the English department at Miyazi college, Sendai, Japan. Shortly after the installation of Premier Tojo, she and an associate, Miss Kate Hansen, escaped from the country on the last evacuation boat from Yokahama.
Summerfield Regional Exams To Be Saturday
Regional examinations for Summerfield scholarships at the University will be given Saturday, Olin Templin, secretary for the University Endowment association, which administers the fund for the grants, announced today. These examinations will be held in Lawrence, Wichita, Salina, Colby, Dodge City, and Chanute.
From 30 to 35 of approximately 240 seniors in high school who will compete in the regional examinations, will be selected for the final trials in Lawrence April 20 and 21.
Each year 10 to 12 of the finalists are chosen for grants, which provide sufficient funds for the students elected to attend the University for four years. The amount of the award is determined by the actual need of the individual.
After selection, the student must maintain a grade index of 2.5 to receive an extension of the scholarship for the following year. If that standard is maintained, grants are automatically reawarded.
If a student who is financially able to attend the University without outside assistance wins one of the scholarships in competition, his only award is the honor which goes with the grant.
Victory Book Drive Gains Momentum
Alpha Phi Omega, national service fraternity, is intensifying its drive for books in its Victory Book campaign this week. Books will be picked up at all organized houses tomorrow.
Independent students are requested to drop books which they wish to contribute into the book boxes located in Fraser hall, Frank Strong hall, and the engineering building; or they can be left on the third floor of Watson Library.
Faculty members who have books to contribute may drop them in the book boxes, leave them at the library, or call Louis Medlin at 1360. The books will then be collected over the week-end.
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Final I.S.A.Varsity On Saturday
Russ Chamber's orchestra will play for the Independent Student Association varsity to be held from 9 to 12 o'clock Saturday night in the Memorial Union ballroom.
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The Saturday night dance will be the last regular I.S.A. varsity for the year. The group will hold one more dance, the semi-formal Jay Hop, later in the spring.
Buy Defense Bonds and Stamps
I. S.A. members will be admitted on membership cards. Students who are not members of the organization but desire to attend the dance will be admitted for 50 cents if accompanied by an I.S.A. member.
The war defense committee has been considering the possibilities of sending latest issues of periodicals to army camps.
Army Asks MSC For Current Magazines
Wright indicated today that the committee would attempt to arrange a meeting of representatives of organized houses sometime within the coming week to plan such a program.
The need for current issues of national magazines in U. S. army camps was emphasized today when Orville Wright, chairman of the M.S.C. war defense committee, announced that he had received requests from U.S.O. organizations at Ft. Riley and Ft. Leavenworth for current magazines.
J. O. Casey and T. W. Moore of the Baytown Refining company, a subsidiary of the Humble Oil and Refining company, visited the University today to interview engineering students.
High School Art Conference Opens Tomorrow
Twenty-nine high school and junior high school art exhibits from 18 elementary schools throughout the state will be judged this afternoon and tomorrow in connection with the Kansas State high school art conference and exhibition opening here toorrow.
Schools which have entered exhibitions are Winfield, Dodge City, Oberlin, Concordia, Salina, Coffeyville, Kansas City, Lawrence, Emporia, Chanute, Topeka, Hays, McPherson, Wichita, Scott City, Parsons, Bonner Springs, and Holton.
Each exhibit will be rated as to originality, color, design and composition, and technique. The superior exhibits will be tagged with "merit badges" throughout the exhibition.
Telegram Tells of Alumnus In Ireland
Tomorrow's program of demonstrations and meetings with the judges by the students will be climaxed by a banquet in the evening in the ballroom of the Memorial Union building at which Fletcher Martin, head of the department of painting in the Kansas City Art Institute, will speak. Following the banquet there will be a dance in the Kansas room for the high school delegates.
Friends of Lleut. L. M. Young, graduate of 1939, received word this week that he has been transferred to Ireland. The exact origin of his telegram was deleted by censors.
While on the Hill, Young was editor of the Daily Kansan, a cadet colonel of the R.O.T.C., and a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. After graduating as a journalism major, he went to Leavenworth as city editor of the Leavenworth Times.
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