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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1942
The KANSAN Comments...
STAY IN SCHOOL
"Stay in school." This is the advice given by leading educators to university undergraduates who have considered leaving school to join the armed forces of our nation at war. In spite of this advice, many students have left school to enlist—some out of sincere patriotism, some for love of adventure, and in too many cases, because local draft boards refused to grant them deferment until the end of the semester or year, and enlistment was a happier choice than conscription.
Certain government and military leaders, however, have recognized the importance to the future of the country of having trained leaders in civilian pursuits after the war. Along this line, a bill was sent to the military affairs committee of the Senate in early December authorizing the deferment of college students until the end of the academic year. Unfortunately, no favorable action has been taken on this measure.
More recently, the navy department has made arrangements whereby students could finish their junior and senior years without being called in selective service, and would enlist for officer's training upon graduation. This enlistment was originally limited to 7,000 juniors and a like number of seniors throughout the nation, but a large response to the offer may cause an upward revision of this limit.
This is a step in the right direction. Not only does it help insure trained officers for a war that will obviously last for some time, but it will enable students to finish their education, and should tend to discourage students from dropping out of school. Other branches of the service might do well to adopt similar programs.
Meanwhile, to the students who have the opportunity, stay here and finish your education. If America has need for soldiers now, it will have no less need for thinkers and leaders in the future. It is not unpatriotic or cowardly to look to the future.
A LOLLYPOP FOR OKLAHOMA
Dr. F. C. Allen and Bruce Drake, Oklahoma basketball coach, engaged in a verbal duel in Hoch auditorium yesterday, the chief topic of which was the Gerald Tucker "migrant athlete" controversy. Both coaches varied from the subject at hand considerably in discussing personalities.
Drake characterized the Big Six conference athletic council's decision in declaring Tucker ineligible for play for the remainder of the semester as "underhand." During the course of his talk he used such epithets as "un-American," "Pearl Harbor," "undemocratic," "unfair," "undermined."
In his defense of the University of Oklahoma's part in the Tucker case, Drake did not once mention the crux of the controversy: that Tucker, who had attended Kansas State nine weeks in the fall of 1940, had not been in residence at Oklahoma two full semesters before beginning varsity competition on the basketball team. The conference laws specifically cover this phase of transferring athletes.
Doctor Allen asserted that Oklahoma officials had no business playing Tucker at all (he competed with the Sooner varsity in an eastern trip) with the two-semester rule in force. Either this rule should be changed to accommodate the high-handed Oklahomaans, or perhaps, better yet, (for Oklahoma) all conference laws should be abolished.
Our Oklahoma friends have been appealing to
the "Americanism" and "democracy" of the citizens of this area in supporting their claims. Their choice epithets have boomeranged, for they were very "undemocratic" in playing Tucker in those eastern games when the "democratic" Big Six conference rules forbade such an action.-M.F.
Hill students can settle back to a peaceful life disturbed only by news of Jap bombings, and to thankfulness that Kansas beat Oklahoma by a wide enough margin that any cry of, "Tucker would have turned the tide," will lack punch.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Vol. 39 Wednesday, January 7, 1942 No.66
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.
QUACK CLUB: There will be no meeting of Quack Club tonight--Margaret Whitehead, President.
--is being administered through the University extension division.
HOME ECONOMICS CLUB MEETING: Miss Mary A. Burke of the Keith Furniture Company, Kansas City, Mo., will speak to the members of the Home Economics Club on the subject of Interior Decoration, Thursday, Jan. 8 at 4:30 in room 116 Fraser hall. All members and others interested are urged to attend.—Rose Etta Carr, President.
There will be no meeting of the American College Quill Club this Thursday. Manuscripts of applicant members should be turned in to 201 Fraser by Monday of next week in order that they may be acted upon before the meeting Jan. 15.—Jean Sellers.
WNAA will meet Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Pine room of the Memorial Union building. All members are asked to attend—Georgia Ferrel, President.
TAU SIGMA--The groups scheduled to meet on Tuesday evening at 7:30 and 8:30 will meet Saturday at 2:30 and 3:30 respectively. The groups scheduled for Thursday will meet as usual.-Anne Jane Hoffman, Pres.
MEN'S STUDENT COUNCIL — The next regular meeting will be on Monday, Jan. 12, 1942, in the Pinc room. The meeting will start promptly at 8:00 p.m. and terminate shortly thereafter.-Fred Lawson, Secy.
EDNA OSBORNE WHITCOMB SCHOLARSHIP Application for the Edna Osborne Whitcomb Scholarship for second semester, 1941-1942, should be made in Room 1. Frank Strong hall, before January 15. This scholarship is open to women students majoring in the department of English.-Lela Ross, Executive Secretary, Committee on Aids and Awards.
ALL STUDENTS graduating at the end of the first semester who expect to teach should secure blanks and complete a registration in the Teachers' Appointment Bureau immediately. It is probable that a considerable number of vacancies will be received during the holiday season—H. E. CHANDLER, Secretary.
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DEAN OSTRUM
From what we hear, you've never been a week-end guest until you've been a week-end guest of Delt Bob Weaver.
Last Saturday Delt brother "Buzz" Crain of Fort Scott drove to Kansas City for a few days visit with Weaver before school reopened. The boys must have had a rare old time—Buzz hurried into Lawrence Monday morning for class with ominously empty luggage.
"I forgot to pack," Crain buzzed.
Seen doodling on her notebook in the library this morning was Theta pledge Nancy Donovan. Subject of her scribbling: Greek letters in general, Phi Gamma Delta and Kappa Alpha Theta in particular.
Doodling is dangerous, Donovan.
Next semester will look good to everyone, but especially to Adelyn Cast. Her 3-hour course in "Social Conflicts" is proving too much for her.
It seems that Professor Hilden Gibson's lectures are a trifle too moving. Adelyn comes home each Saturday morning completely broken up about the terrible state of society.
Might we suggest a little lighter course for next semester.
Something like 7:30, Early Morning Birds; 11:30 Medieval Badminton; 1:30, Clay Modeling; 5:30, Animals of the Past.
A. T.O. pledges say active Joe Holt of Ellsworth is undergoing physical rejuvenation. Joe is trying to make the Naval Reserve, but has so far missed it by two inches on chest expansion.
Although the build-up program is a tough one, pledges report a 3-4-inch growth over this time last week.
Kansas Ranks Fourth In Defense Training
Only four states in the union have schools with larger enrollments in the war defense training courses than the University, Guy V. Keeler, director of the Engineering Science Management Defense Training program, said today.
One reason for this condition, Keeler explained, is that the program in Kansas is being generally extended over the whole state while in New York, Pennsylvania, California, and Illinois — the states in which enrollment exceeds that of Kansas — the training programs are concentrated in industrial centers.
This information was received this week from the United States office of education, sponsor of the national defense training program, which in Kansas $ ^{ \textcircled{1}} $
Throughout State
In addition to Kansas City, Mo. Joplin, and St. Joseph, in Missouri, the university is supervising the defense courses in Winfield, Lawrence, Kansas City, Kan., Pittsburg, Parsons, Coffeyville, Wichita, Hutchinson, Eldorado, Topeka, Atchison, and Dodge City.
The defense training program as administered by the extension division is one year old this week. F classes were set up in Wichita, Jan. 6, 1941, for four major aircraft concerns, Cessna, Calver, Stearman, and Beechcraft, with an enrollment of 200. Now more than 1,000 young men are taking the courses in Wichita. More Classes to Come
The high percentage of young men completing the defense courses under University supervision, who have been upgraded in their positions, have secured better positions or have secured employment, has attracted the attention of officials of the U.S. office of education.
In the year in which the program has been carried on, 6,045 young men have enrolled in the defense classes. Instructors for the most part have been selected from industry. In addition classes have been approved for organization with an additional potential enrollment of 2,360.
Nash Urges Students To Take Reading Course
Bert A. Nash, professor of education, is pushing plans for the next semester's offering of his reading laboratory and clinic course.
For the past four years, the opportunity has been offered students to improve their reading habits at little expense of time or money to themselves. The student who applies himself properly can improve his reading speed and comprehension from 50 to 200 per cent.
Professor Nash points out that the course is not necessarily for students who are poor readers but that some of the greatest improve- enrolled has been by students who were already above the average in ments shown thus far by those reading ability.
At the beginning of the course, each enrollee is given an examination that completely diagnoses his
reading ability. It points out his visual defects as well as his errors in comprehending what he reads.
The only time investment in the course is in the laboratory work which usually takes about two hours a week. Practice can be obtained in studying regular assignments of other courses. There is a $2 fee to cover the cost of the
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