18. 1942
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1942
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Greetings Come Late
Late but cordial congratulations and greetings were received today by the Alumni association office from Second Lieutenant Ray G. Lawrence, 1939 civil engineering graduate.
Lieut. Lawrence is stationed at pt. Mills, Corregidor Island, Philippines. The letter was postmarked Nov. 22. He writes his congratulations on the winning of the football game with Kansas State and sends tardy wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all the University.
From Philippines
Lawrence also commented that stationed at Ft. Mills were four other former University students, Don Fulmer, a student in '33; Herman Hauck, 1937 graduate of the School of Business; James Traw, 1938 graduate in chemical engineering; and Melvin Moore, 1937 graduate of the College.
Soldier Crusades for Charm Women in Khaki Irk
Figuring roundly, it is 8000 miles from the Hill to Corregidor Island. It took the letter 88 days to travel the distance which gives the letter a traveling speed of 91 miles a day.
Hollywood, Feb. 18—(UP)—Private Fred A. Banker, first class, of Battery A, Third Coast Artillery, Ft. MacArthur, Calif., started a one-soldier campaign today against ladies striding around in unpressed khaki uniforms and giving fighting men like himself the heebies.
All he did was write a note to the post newspaper suggesting that there be more form in the female uniform. Lieut. David Bramson, the editor, took up the cudgels against females in khaki and cited Miss Olivia de Havilland as an example. In a uniform, he said, she looks like a boy. In a dress, he added gallantly, she is the epitome of on clothes and that khaki stood better.
"These women have no right to do this to us," continued the lieutenant. "We wear the pants well enough."
Film Stars Incensed
By that time Private Banker's complaint had trickled into Hollywood, where such ladies as Ida Lupino, Carole Landis, Kay Francis, Constance Bennett, Myrna Loy, Jeanette MacDonald, Mrs. Darryl F. Zanuck and many another wear some of the most magnificent uniforms seen this side of Herman Goering. Some of the feminine uniform wearers were incensed. Some refused to be quoted.
And some others, like Dorothy Lamour and Paulette Goddard, said they sympathized with Private Banker. They said they, too, had shuddered at the sight of square-beamed ladies in olive drab.
"Where has the fairer sex disappeared?" demanded Private Banker. "We have been on 24-hour duty since Dec. 7. Last week some of us got our first pass since the war. We immediately went to Hollywood boulevard. But instead of the usual beauty parade, we saw hordes of mannish creatures in unpressed 'skibby' khaki striding up and down. We were so disappointed, we returned to the reservation."
Rants Against Uniforms
"Hitler says women can't wear cosmetics," added Lieut. Bramson. "Now look at what our own women are wearing, without anybody telling 'em. We think women are wonderful, until they start putting en uniforms."
Miss De Havilland reported she was a non-combatant. She said she never had worn a uniform except once when the New York office of her studio asked her to pose in one. She added that she was glad the army liked her in a dress.
Jane Wyman begged to differ with Private Banker. She sat war work involved considerable wear and tear
"Furthermore a woman war worker must return home late at night, night after night," she said. "If she wears a uniform, she is protected."
"I'll say she is protected," said Private Banker. "Automatically."
This statement was relayed to Private Banker. He agreed with Miss Wyman.
Lunceford Jive
★★★
Varied Style
Quill Magazine Has New Title
Hill dance fans will find a new and different arrangement of jive at the Junior Prom, Friday, Feb. 27, when they dance to the music of all of the big name bands in the country, as well as the Lunceford rhythm.
In Harlem alone, classed as the nation's swing center, the band has broken record after record in attracting both swing-mad fans and lovers of sweet music. In 1938 the band broke three of these records one for all time attendance, one for an opening day, and the third for a weekend.
Lunceford's band has a reputation for using the style of other big name bands. But this is not all the Negro band is famed for. As the originators of the "School of Jazznocracy," the group of talented musicians have become famous throughout the country.
The band did not climb overnight to a top spot in American popularity. The process of making the grade was long and slow. The band really started 15 years ago at Fisk University, but only for the past five years has Lunceford's band been among the top 10 according to the musical magazine polls.
Throughout the Middle West the band has always been a favorite, winning first place in a poll of the Kansas City high school students in 1938. Jazz lovers on the Hill are all familiar with the Lunceford records on the local juke boxes.
Another issue of the Quill Club magazine will be published around March 31, this time under a new name. The magazine has been published intermittently since 1924. Known last year as the "Oread Magazine," the publication will now carry the name, "Feoh," an Anglo-Saxon word meaning "first." The title was chosen because that is the name of the local club, which was the first Quill Club anywhere in the United States.
The Quill Club was organized 28 years ago by Prof. E. M. Hopkins.
Miss Helen Rhoda Hoopes, assistant professor of English, was one of the first members and has contributed many stories throughout the years. Chancellor Malott is also a member.
Copies may be obtained by geting in touch with Lucille York, or Isabelle Benson, college juniors, who are in charge of subscriptions. The price will be 25 cents, plus one cent tax.
Ashton On Folklore Council
Dr. John W. Ashton, chairman of the department of English, has been elected to the Council of the American Folklore Society, it was announced today. Dr. Ashton has contributed many articles to national periodicals on the subject of American folklore.
Ride The Bus And Save
Bus Leaves K.U. for Downtown 5 - 25 - 45 Minutes past the hour.
Bus Leaves Downtown for K.U.
15-35-55 Minutes past the hour.
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English Sculptor To Lecture Tonight
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Alex Miller, well known English sculptor, will lecture on "Sculpture and Decoration" at 8 o'clock tonight in the auditorium of Spooner-Thayer museum. He was formerly a resident of Campden, Gloucestershire, England.
Besides being an art and literary lecturer, Miller is a creative artist in wood and stone sculpture. His work is on exhibit in the Cleveland and Rochester museums and the New York City art gallery.
After the lecture the audience will visit the galleries on the second floor of the museum where Miller will comment on the wood carvings exhibited there.
Goddard's Condition Improved
The condition of C. A. Goddard, soph. engineer, who was injured in a motorcycles crash Feb. 1, was reported improved today.
Army Dental Corps Wars On Cavities
Chicago—(UP)—From Puerto Rico to Alaska, the U.S. Army Dental Corps is being equipped to war on bad teeth.
Describing the corps' unprecedented expansion in the January issue of the Journal of the American Dental Association, Capt. Ellsworth K. Kelly said $1,395,203 had been spent for dental equipment and supplies since July 1 and the personnel increased from 267 to 2,900, excluding hundreds of hygienists, assistants and non-professional aids.
"Every hospital constructed for army cantonments includes a dental clinic housed in a separate building, with 15 chairs for small and 25 for large concentrations," he said.
Kelly said an eight-chair dental clinic had been designed for new aircorps fields under construction and that clinics at permanent station posts in Puerto Rico, Panama, Hawaii and Alaska have been expanded.
SPEED... at a telephone job that is vital
Telephone construction crews everywhere have been breaking records month after month.
Within the space of a year, Southwestern Bell crews completed extensive telephone systems at scores of military or military supply locations in Texas, Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, and Oklahoma, finishing each job on time . . . or ahead of time.
In some exchanges where the inrush of workersinarmament plants created an extraordinary demand, these crews have helped to double the number of telephones in service.
All told, 30,000 Bell Telephone folks in the Southwest march ahead these days, doing their best with such materials as are available to give you . . . and the nation . . . all the telephone service possible in time of war.
SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE CO.