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LAWRENCE, KANSAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13. 1942
Q.U. Is Hard Hit, Coeds Outnumber Men in Norman
NUMBER 84
The University's 9 per cent drop in enrollment this semester is only approximately half the drop in the enrollment of the University of Oklahoma at Norman.
The Oklahoma Daily reports a total loss of 17 per cent of last semester's enrollment, with the School of Law being the hardest hit. The only classification of any nature which showed no decrease was the current crop of coeds.
Official figures have not yet been compiled to show whether or not the war has-brought about a more-wo-men-than-men condition on this campus. The total enrollment this semester is 3657.
The School of Law honor roll for students making better than a "B" average during the first semester of this year was announced today.
Twelve students met the requirements. Senior law students on the honor roll are Milton Allen, Neal Hambleton, David Prager, Lela Siebert, Alan Sleeper, and Harold Wilson.
Twelve Lawyers In Honor Group
Charles Case, Robert Luck, Douglas Malone, and James Malone are the second year students, and Page Benson and Robert Douglas are the first year students named on the semester roll.
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Don't let the fact that cokes are being supplied to campus coke machines fool you. The nation is still at war.
The "call to the colors" again has been answered by the Scamell family as Ralph Scamell, sen. engineer, Ensign in the U. S. Navy. He has prepares to don the uniform of an enlisted in the Navy's new V-7 program, under which he will be allowed to finish his present year of schooling before reporting for duty.
Campus Gets Cokes
Upon graduation Scamell will report to Northwestern University for a 3-month training period, after which he will be commissioned an Ensign and be placed immediately on active fleet duty.
Scamell is the nephew of Rear Admiral Alva D. Bernhard, commandant of the Naval Air Base at Corpus Christi, Texas. He comes from Topeka.
Dance for Defense Tonight Stamp Stompers Jive
To give a boost to the national drive for the sale of defense bonds and to stimulate student interest in the victory campaign, the Student Union Activities board is sponsoring the Stamp Stomp, a 3-hour dance in the Memorial Union ballroom from 8:30 to 11:30 tonight.
High spot of the evening will be the presentation of a $25 defense bond and five $1 defense stamps to the winners of the
raille. Anyone attending the dance may put the ticket stub in the box and be eligible for the awards.
The $25 bond may be cashed in now for $18.75; in ten years it will reach maturity and pay its holder face value. The prizes will be awarded in the ballroom after intermission.
Clayton Harbur and his band are playing for the dance. Bridge and pingpong tables will be set up in the Kansas room for the more sedentary Stompers.
State College, Miss. — Mississippi State College's roster indicates "diehard" political convictions on the part of at least one Southern parent. The roster lists a student named "State Right Jones," who recently was chosen "best dancer" in a college popularity poll.
Honor Cadets Take Army Exam
The tickets are 30 cents, including tax, and may be bought at the door. Today women members of the social committee of the Union Activities board sold tickets on the campus. Ferril Brown and Norma Anderson are in charge of the dance.
Five honor graduates of the University R.O.T.C. unit were given physical examinations by an army board yesterday. These candidates are eligible for commissions in the regular army.
The men examined were Ben Mattassarin, Ross Ley, John D. Morgan Hohn H. Wilson, Jr., and Arthur Wahl.
Those on the examining board were Col. Douglas Cairnes,Col. Burr Irwin, Kansas City,and Col. Jesse Harris, General Staff, Omaha.
The workshop is designed for employees or students of the University who are interested in working with jewelry, leather, or the other handicrafts.
The Hobby Workshop will hold its first meeting of the semester from 7:30 to 10 o'clock next Tuesday night in Frank Strong hall.
South Still Remembers
Anyone interested should inquire Monday at the office of the department of design, 312 Frank Strong hall.
Hobby Workshop To Meet Tuesday
53 Students In Reading Lab
The University reading laboratory under the direction of Bert A. Nash, professor of education, has an enrollment of 53 students, ranging from freshmen to graduate students, and from all schools of the University. No more students are being taken.
Offering training for more rapid and intensive reading, the course has been in operation for five years. The classes will meet three times a week until May 1.
Instructors of the five separate classes are Miss Dorothy Pollock, assistant in education in the University High School; George Hatt, assistant of the curriculum laboratory; C. L. Hutcheson, graduate student; Madison Coombs, assistant in the School of Education; and Vivian Hohl, junior in the School of Education.
L. T. Tupy, professor of law, speaking before the weekly meeting of the Lawrence Kiwanis club yesterday, interpreted the increases in federal taxes as indication that the government intended to pay as much as possible of the cost of war now, instead of leaving heavy debts for the next generation.
Tupy Sees Early Financing of War
The excise tax is the most generally applicable means of increasing the federal revenue, Professor Tupy said, since by that means the government can tax occasions, privileges, rights, and uses. Inheritance, income, and gift taxes are used to supplement the excise.
Professor Tupy approved of this plan, but said that the present volume of spending would necessitate the continuance of the high-tax rates in the future.
Former federal tax rates have been increased 10 per cent and new taxes have been added. "Everyone pays tax on something," he said.
Lawson to Speak in Salina
Dean of the College Paul B. Lawson is scheduled to speak at the Vesper services of the First Presbyterian church in Salina on Feb 22.
Hill Grad Now Wears Navy Wings
Norman Victor Brown, University graduate, today wears the wings of a full-fledged naval aviator following his appointment as Ensign in the U. S. Naval Reserve and the completion of special aircraft-carrier training at the U. S. Naval Air Station in Miami, Fla.
While at the University, Ensign Brown lettered in track; he is a member of the Phi Chi fraternity.
He completed preliminary training at Kansas City and advanced work at Pensacola, Fla., before being selected for specialized training in takeoffs and landings from aircraft carriers.
U.S., Brazil Plan to Develop Amazon Basin
Washington, Feb. 13 — (UP) A project for development of the Amazon Valley basin-2,600,00 square miles of mystery and fabulous wealth—is being studied by the United States and Brazil, the United Press was informed today.
Plans have been drawn in considerable detail by government experts here for the proposal which is officially known as the "Amazon Basin Development project."
Plans Speeded by War
Experts said it was not just another study project but a plan that will call for adequate funds for developing wild rubber, valuable oils, strategic minerals, timber and countless other products known to exist in that area.
Such a project for the basin-almost as large as the land area of the United States—long has been cherished in Brazil and in this country. The war-time need for materials hastened the plans for development.
U. S. To Send Experts
According to the plan drawn here the United States would send a group of outstanding technical experts to the Amazon region to make a study of the basin in cooperation with Brazilians.
Officials said that once this project with Brazil is started similar cooperative ventures with other Amazon valley countries — Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia—probably would follow.
Scientists long have considered the Amazon valley as probably the greatest undeveloped area in the world. Scientific expeditions have brought back stories for years of its great potential wealth.
THE WEATHER
Somewhat colder weather is indicated, although snow is not expected to fall in this territory.
High School Debate Meet Opens Today
Verbal fists began flying this morning on the question of compulsory military service as debaters from 20 Kansas high schools gathered on Mt. Oread for the annual debate tournament sponsored by the Kansas State High School Activities association.
Divided into three classes, the schools, either district championship winners or guests of the Activities association, will debate on a round robin schedule, each team trying for first place in its class.
Class A Has Seven
In class A, district championship winners are Topeka, Russell, Newton, and Winfield; Wyandotte, Wichita North, and Dodge City were invited to compete. The Coffeyville team, a district winner, was forced to withdraw from the tourney when one of their debaters became ill. The class A schedule was rearranged to include six rounds instead of seven
District champions in class B are Hiawatha, Bonner Springs, Abilene, Kingman, and Ellsworth. Invited schools in this class are Herington and Effingham.
Replacing the elimination process formerly used, the double round robin schedule provides for each school to debate each of the other schools in its respective class. Three judges,chosen from University faculty members and advanced forensic students, will be used in each debate. First and second place winners in each class will receive a trophy from the University. Each member of the two winning teams in each class will be presented a medal by the High School Activities association.
Blue Rapids, Cunningham, Kingsdown, and Lebanon are the district winners in class C, with Moundridge invited by the association.
Use Round Robin
Green hall, Blake hall, Fraser hall, Frank Strong hall, and the journalism building are being used for the debate meetings.
Move Crash Victim To Watkins Hospital
Clifton A. Goddard, sophomore engineer, has been moved to Watkins Memorial hospital. Goddard was taken to Lawrence Memorial hospital Sunday, Feb. 1, following an accident in which his motorcycle collided with a car as he was going north on Indiana street.
Still in a critical condition, Goddard rallied enough by yesterday to recognize his father, Dr. Clifton Goddard, and his sister, Constance, who were here from their home in East Hampton, Mass.
Remember the game tomorrow night.