E SIX
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1949
The KANSAN Comments...
After Singapore—Sumatra
Now that hope for the salvation of Singapore has been blasted by an unconditional surrender, United Nations can get down to the real issue—defense of the Indies. The Japanese already are moving on Sumatra and Java. They now occupy Borneo and the Celebes. The Dutch are recognized as valiant fighters, working wonders with the scanty material they possess. They alone had the foresight to send submarines and ships out into the Pacific in time to intercept Japanese ships returning from the Pearl Harbor vicinity.
The Dutch, however, will never be able to maintain possession of the islands without reinforcements, and they must have those reinforcements soon. They have already lost rich oil and rubber supplies in Borneo and the Celebes, but the consoling factor there is the fact that they destroyed everything as they went, leaving nothing for the Japanese.
Some of the defenders of Singapore have been removed to Sumatra, but they cannot be expected to be of much assistance to the Dutch defenders. Australians will be needed at home, because if the East Indies are taken, they will provide stepping stones almost to the doorstep of Darwin in Australia. English are busy in defense of Burma and India, both of which have been attacked in the past few days. That leaves only the Americans, who must get there in time.
There has been a Japanese parachute attack on Palembang, in Sumatra, which is only 250 miles, as the crow flies, from Batavia, the capital of the Dutch East Indies. If the Jaws are successful in their conquest of Java and Sumatra, they will have actual control of all the Southwest Pacific and the Indian Ocean. That will leave us with only Australia and New Zealand as bases in that region, and they are a discouraging distance from Japan and most of the territory which must, in time, be recovered. With Japan free to attack Australia, it will become increasingly difficult to get reinforcements to Australia, and that is one of the most important reasons why the Indies must hold out as long as it is possible.
Indications are that America has troops and material in Australia. There is little information as to the amount, but it should not be too difficult to bring it into use in the defense of the Indies, nor should it be too difficult to return it to Australia, in the event of the capitulation of the Indies. The Dutch have announced their intention of fighting to the end, and it may be a victorious end with our help.
---O--pear at the scheduled time.
James K. Hitt, Ass't. Registrar.
Solemn vows held little meaning for the Idaho bride who, three hours after the ceremony, returned and asked the judge to "just cancel that." She maintained firmly that she "didn't want to get married anyhow."
No exponent of high living and the good life was the soldier in New York, who out of a salary amounting to $168, still had all but $2.45, which he spent lavishly for stamps, writing pads, and such riotous amusement.
A New York trucker, after having a wreck near a tavern, was involved in conversation with two of the patrons while the other habitues stole his load of sugar. War in all its glory.
If it isn't one thing it's another. A candy company in Chicago, able to get enough sugar, has been having severe labor trouble.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Vol. 39 Tuesday, February 17, 1942 No.86
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.
--pear at the scheduled time.
James K. Hitt, Ass't. Registrar.
FALL SEMESTER GRADES: Grades for the fall semester may be obtained from the Registrar's office this week, according to the following schedule of names:
Monday ... A to G inclusive
Tuesday ... H to M inclusive
Wednesday ... N to S inclusive
Thursday ... T to Z inclusive
Friday and Saturday —Those unable to appear at the scheduled time.
James K. Hitt, Ass't. Registrar.
PI LAMBDA THETA—Pi Lambda Theta pledging service will be held tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. in room 116 Fraser hall—Ruth Litchen, president.
TAU SIGMA will meet at the usual times this week.
Anna Jane Hoffman, Pres.
Le Cercle Francais se reuraine mercied, le dix-huit fevrier, a quarte heures et demie dans la salle 113 Frank Strong. Tous ceux qui parlent français sont invites.-Marjory Mossman, Presidente.
Newman Club: Corporate Communion for the Newman Club will be held Sunday. A breakfast and discussion meeting will follow the Mass and the Rev. E. J. Weissenburg will preside. All Catholic students are urged to attend.-Lloyd Svoboda, vice-president, Newman Club.
Newman Club: The Rev. E. J. Weissenburg will be in room 415, Watson library, Thursday afternoon from 1:30 to 5 o'clock for personal conferences. —Lloyd Svoboda, vice-president, Newman Club.
W.S.G.A. Tea for all University women, Wednesday,
3:00-5:00 p.m. in the Women's Lounge of Frank Strong
Hall. Sigma Kappa will be hostess.-Lois Worrel, Social
Chairman.
NEW ADDRESSES FOR DIRECTORY SUPPLEMENT. Students who changed addresses between semesters and who have not reported new addresses to the Registrar's office should file these addresses at once so that corrections may appear in the Directory Supplement.—James K. Hitt, Assistant Registrar.
Dramatic Workshop. Meeting Wednesday, Feb. 18, at 4:30 in the Little Theater to hear reports and make plans for the Easter play and the all-student production. All members are urged to be present-Dave Watermuldr, president.
Employment for Women Students; Additional opportunities are available for women students who wish to work for meals, or for room and board. Anyone who is interested may call at the office of the Adviser of Women, 220 Frank Strong Hall, for suggestions.—Women's Employment Bureau.
NOTICE TO ALL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS -Dr. E. T. Gibson is at the Watkins Memorial Hospital each Tuesday afternoon from 2 to 4:30 P. M. for discussion with students on problems of mental hygiene. Appointments may be made through the Watkins Memorial hospital. Ralph I. Canuteson, Director, health service.
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Rock Chalk Talk
BETTY WEST
Definition of a pledge as given by a fraternity active, and heard on the Hill: "The dirt under the dirt under an active's feet."
Definition of an active as given by a fraternity pledge, and heard on the Hill: "An old fool, so far up in years that he has to keep his morale up by beating those younger and more presentable than himself."
Some weeks ago, Mary Morrison sent her West Point man an epistle consisting of 52 yards of adding machine paper, well endorsed by herself and the girls in her house. After meditating the manner in typical tactical manner, he sent her this week, an even more diabolical answer. His reply was two jig saw puzzles, penned on both sides. To get his message she had to spend long hours fitting humps into bumps. One of the messages was the story of the three bears, which you may or may not recall, and the other was a personal letter. So this is what the Army does in its spare time!
Now next door to the University club resides the Baltimore Investment Co., a building with an imposing iron grilled door, muchly padlocked after the manner of such institutions.
More amusing antics by Jules MacKallor, the Phi Psi court jester. . . At the Phi Psi banquet held at the University club in Kansas City, Mo., last weekend, the little neophyte sipped too much Phi Psi ambrosia and was persuaded to go outside and sniff some cool night air.
Becoming worried about the lad, Brother Trump went outside to rescue him, and found Jules madly shaking the locked ironwork of the Baltimore Investment Co., and imploring heaven and the guardian angels of Phi Kappa Psi to unlock the University Club doors and let him back in.
Jose Blanco, of Ponce, Puerto Rico, who was enrolled here this semester as a freshman in the School of Pharmacy, is an eye-witness, or to be correct, an ear-witness of the submarine warfare being conducted by the Nazi U-boats off the Atlantic coast.
had happened until they reached New York.
Jose, who much prefers to be known as Joe, speaks good English with a slightly Latin flavor, and dresses in conservative American style. He was not quite ready for our foggy, rainy winter, however, and will have to purchase some winter clothing. In Puerto Rico, he explains, the temperature stays between 55 and 75 degrees throughout the year. Snow and fog are virtually unknown on the island, and the rainy season comes in springtime.
North American Way
The ship that brought Jose from Puerto Rico to New York picked up the crew members of the freighter Malaya who abandoned their ship when it was torpedoed off Cape Hatteras early in January. The passengers on the liner heard the explosion of the torpedoes, but were ordered to remain be decks, and did not know what $ \textcircled{2} $
The American influence is strong in Puerto Rico, says Joe. English is spoken exclusively in all the schools, beginning in the fifth grade, and is used more widely than is Spanish. American movies are popular, and reach the island before they are shown in even the larger American cities. Clark Gable and Robert Taylor are considered the best of the male stars, and for the opposite sex, Senor Blanco sums things up by saying "We love them all." While on the topic of women, Joe is pleasantly impressed with our co-eds, but submits that they are more reserved than the Latin sisters. The feminae of both countries dress pretty much the same, but the Puerto Rican girls prefer shorts to slacks, a not wholly nauseating situation.
Puerto Rican Student Gets an Earful of War
Contrary to general opinion, the Latin folk are not completely addicted to the hip-hurling type of music. American orchestras have introduced the fox trot and the jitterbug motif to Puerto Rican dancing. Jose lists the favorite dances as the bolero, rhumba, conga,
Almost everyone on the island is a baseball fanatic. Horse racing and dog racing rank high among the spectator sports, with tennis, golf and swimming popular for the participating "masses." There are miles of good sandy beach on the island, and with the continual mild weather, the people spend most of their time in the water. Old devil shark haunts the rocky reefs, in schools of 25 or 50 and Joe is grimly descriptive while describing the tiger shark's dental work. Shark fishing is an absorbing if dangerous pastime. Hunting is kept at a minimum due to the lack of wild animals, ducks and wild pigs being the foremost creatures of prey. The island abounds with small, half-tame monkeys. Blanco had one for a pet, a mischievous little fellow with a mania for entering the automobile and playing Wagnerian blasts on the horn.
and fox trot. Also on the musical side, there are two big opera houses in the country, the Teatro la Perla at Ponce, which seats 15,000, and the Teatro Municipal at San Juan, the capital, holding 12,000. Prominent artists from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York and other stars often give recitals.
War Has Effect
Since World War II began, Puerto Rico has been transformed into a tight little isle. Roads specially designed for fast movement have been built, docks and harbor installations improved, and army planes circle overhead almost constantly. The draft has been in effect there, and many Puerto Rican men are serving in the armed forces. The Planes
Hold Those Tigers
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