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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1942
The KANSAN Comments...
Our Sleepy Ally
Because the British are so confident that theirs is the greatest fleet in the world, that they will always be able to muddle through, they are becoming a burden upon their allies. This dull confidence of theirs mounts up to monumental stupidity. They are grossly negligent in their war planning and execution.
It had been known to the British for about three weeks that the Germans planned movement of the Gneisenau, Scharnhorst, and Prinz Eugen. They weren't aware that the ships were to be taken through the English channel, but they did know they were to be taken somewhere. So, what did they do? Nothing. They sat on their "tight little isle" without making preparation to stop the ship movement.
The Germans, recognizing by now English lethargy and general lack of alertness, decided the spectacular thing to do was to send these important ships through the Channel, under the noses of their enemies. It will have a wonderful effect upon the moral of the German people, when they hear that three of their ships were able to get through the channel, past the doddering owners of the world's proudest fleet.
The escape of these three ships makes the sickly German fleet something to be reckoned with in the Atlantic. With the fleets of Britain and the United States on active duty in the Pacific; with the necessity for patrolling the Mediterranean, and the necessity of convoying supply ships to Britain, the strengthened Germans may be able to go almost anywhere, even to our own coasts.
There is need for unity and cooperation between the powers comprising the United Nations. But, there is also need that each ally do his part, be on the alert, and try to maintain officials who know what the score is.
People in Georgia, led by Governor Talmadge, staged a bicycle parade to prove that the bicycle can replace the automobile. Any boy of high school age could have told them that, from bitter experience with an adamant father.
Privation Leads to Victory
Those of us who think tire and automobile rationing is a heavy price to pay for national defense are due to see things in the future which will make these seem mild in comparison. To date, the sacrifice hasn't been heavy enough to cause much suffering to civilians, or to do much good in defense.
"Proirities" is a word bearing an unpleasant connotation to most of us. It is a synonym for the rationing system, a system which is essential if we are to beat the Axis. The priorities system decides what is absolutely necessary for defense; the remainder being doled out to manufacturers of non-essential items. When there is not enough to go around, we must substitute or go without.
From an estimated total supply of 1,800,000 tons of copper for next year, 1,550,000 are absolutely essential for defense. This leaves about 250,000 tons for all civilian use; less than a quarter of the normal annual demand. Either we substitute something else for the copper used by civilians, or we go without.
In steel, without a rationing system, the demand in 1942 would be 32,000,000 tons in excess of the amount available. Even with severe trimming, U.S. steel production will be about four and one-half million tons short. It appears that the civilian will have to go without. Yet,
without a rationing system, the demand for steel would be such that, quoting Donald Nelson, "our defenses would wither away from malnutrition, plants that could not bid successfully for steel would close; and we would be literally, not profanely, in a hell of a mess."
The court in Philadelphia had to stop and consider when a gentleman by the name of Zweguintzoff asked that his name be changed toZvegintzov. He, being a modernist, goes in for phonetic spelling.
Sponsors of an exhibit of surrealist art in Birmingham had to call the art editor of the newspaper and request return of the book he had describing the pictures. They were trying to hang them, and couldn't tell which was the top of the things.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Vol. 39 Saturday, February 14, 1942 No.85
Notice 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.
ARCHERY CLUB will meet Tuesday in Robinson Gym at 4:30:- Lloyd N. Johnson; Secretary
FACULTY OF THE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES will meet on Tuesday, Feb. 17, at 4:30 in the Auditorium of Frank Strong hall—Deane W. Malott, Chancellor
The Psychology Club will meet on Monday, Feb. 16, in room 21 of Frank Strong Hall at 4:30. Prof. W. D. Paden has chosen as his topic for discussion: Tennyson and his Psychological influences. Everyone interested is invited.
Dramatie 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 Watermulder, 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
Accent on Hell Week: Pity the poor Delt Freshmen. . . . for them this week, it's burlap underwear and not even a look in at a razor. The Alpha Chi pledges are wearing their hair like Veronica Lake and their telephone repartee goes like this: "This is Heaven! What little angel do you wish to speak to?" For variation today they tried this theme: "This is Hell! What the devil do you want?"
Why women hate men: Lucile Gillie happens to go with a gentleman at the A.T.O. house named Jack Walker. Last week he presented her, via the mails, with an A.T.O. housebill. Against her better judgement she is making arrangements to pay it off on the installment plan.
Byron Schroeder is one of those boys you read about in the Famous Last Words departments in all the better obituary columns. Last week, fearing that his Model A was running out of water, he stuck a lighted match in the general area of the water tank. He got a little too close to the source of things, and the alcohol in the antifreeze reacted chemically in a big way. So big that Byron had to take his face over to Watkins to get it repaired.
Something like this could only be unearthed on Honest Abe Lincoln's birthday. Yesterday Kappa Sig prexy Howard Rankin revealed that he had a story that could beat anything the Great Enamicipator ever pulled.
Howard recently received a special delivery air-mail letter postmarked from N.Y. City which contained a summa cum laude confessional from a cook named Maggie Riley whom the Kappa Sig chapter of 19 years ago had employed. Maggie has just recently seen the light of a better order and has taken herself to the confines of Father Devine's redeemed. To insure herself a happier life, Maggie wishes, at this time, to return to the Kappa Sig's fifteen cents to cover the cost of some coffee she stole from the chapter house 19 years ago. She also regrets the fact that she left the scarlet, green, and white boys without giving notice, realizing now, in her enlightened state, that this was wrong and evil.
Maggie ended her letter with a general blessing for a bigger and better life, and asked Howard to write to Father Devine, and inform him that she, Maggie Riley, has straightened her accounts with Kappa Sigma of Lawrence, Kansas. Which Rank is now doing.
Jobs for College Men--- Viesselman Explains Government Placement
The University Vocational Guidance Committee, headed by Prof. P.W. Viesselman of the School of Law, has been making inquiries of several branches of the government in regard to placing trained college men in positions where they will be most valuable in the defense effort.
Junior Document Identification Specialist—experience needed in chemistry, physics, psychology, biology, mathematics, geology, etc.
Replies from certain divisions of the army, listing the type of training necessary for positions in the service, have recently been printed in the Kansan. Since then, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Ordinance of the Navy, and the Quartermaster Corps have written. While more detailed information can be obtained from Viesselman or from the Registrar's office, the following outline of the kind $ ^{ \textcircled{2}} $
The Bureau of Investigation lists the following positions and qualifi cations:
of work available and the qualifications needed may prove helpful.
Junior Analytical Chemist-training needed in organic, physiological or analytical chemistry, pathology, pharmacology, toxicology, histology microscopy, and commercial laboratory experience in chemical analyses.
Junior Physicist—training in spectography, soil analysis, mineralogy, assaying, metallography, and optics.
Junior Firearms Identification Specialist—training in chemistry, microscopy, optics, metallurgy, spectrography, lecturing, and mathematics.
Junior Analytical Chemist-training in soil analysis, mineralogy, assaying microscopy, spectography, photomicraphy, micro-chemistry, lapidary, mining engineering, chemistry, or industrial dust analysis.
Junior Cryptographer—training in mathematics or physics, chemistry
astronomy statistics, radio operation,
foreign language, also an expert
knowledge of chess and puzzles.
Junior Mechanical Engineer training in electrical engineering, electrical design, construction operation and repair, radio or communications engineering.
Radio Operator—training in the sciences or in engineering, commercial experience in electrical design, construction, operation or repair; or educational and commercial qualifications in radio or communications engineering.
The Bureau of Ordinance of the Navy department has a need for officers trained along the lines of research, engineering, production, inspection, business administration, statistics, finance, planning maintenance, and administration.
There is also an urgent need for physicists, chemists, mathematicians, engineers of all types, accountants, statisticians, and men with industrial administrative experience. It is considered desirable that the applicants be graduates of accredited universities or ex-midshipmen.
The engineers are used principally in three fields: research, production, or maintenance. In production, these
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