UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
STUDENT PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
LAWRENCE KANSAS SUNDAY, MAY 25, 1941.
38TH YEAR.
Word For Finals--Censored
Finals begin this week. Or did you know?
At any rate the average student believes them to be a necessary evil. Most students agree with Stanley Clark, engineering senior, that finals are justifiable, but why have them?
Ruth Wright, college sophomore, feels that the most important thing in cramming for a final is to have diversions. Cokes are suggested. (Pretzels are also good. Or a crap game.)
The most frequent excuse offered for the finals is that they provide a thorough review. Paul Gilles, college sophomore, says they help him to organize what he has covered during the semester. "If we could toss out the grades, they would be all right."
"A final Is the most honest way
to decide the question," says Jim Gillie, college sophomore. "To prepare for the trial just take a mild hypodermic each night before retiring." (Why mild?)
Newell Jenkins, college freshman, offers a more ambitious program: "At least one picture show each night—then go home and study all night." (Before an accounting final, see "Frankenstein")
Ruth McIlrath, college freshman,
cannot approve: "I don't like finals.
We didn't have them in 12 years of
grade school and high school," she
ays, bless her.
NUMBER 154.
Law Final is Grade
Bob McKay, president of the Men's Student Council, likes Law School finals better than those in the College. "The final is the whole grade in law. You don't have any other
Louise Thomas, education senior,
thinks that a sense of humor helps.
(Helps whom, student or professor?)
quizzes." The toughest law final is in whistling.
Fairly typical of student opinion is that of Mary Evelyn Newman, college junior. "It does not seem fair to base most of the term grade on the final," she says.
A Devotee
Kay Bozarth, college junior, supports the time-honored institution: "I think finals are a good thing. You learn something about the subjects you have been taking." She must be a member of the faculty's fifth column.
Glen Sewell, college freshman, summarizes a great many opinions when he says, "They're a little too final for me." Amen.
Swastika Repercussions
Gilmore Hurt
Flagpole climbing and swastika removing do not agree with C. A. Gilmore, college junior.
Gilmore, who removed the swastika flag from south Fraser tower Thursday is in the hospital being treated for burns and cuts on his feet and legs. One of the cuts has become infected and he will have to remain in the hospital for two or three more days.
The blame cannot be laid to the pranksters who hoisted the flag but rather to Gilmore's trousers, or lack of trousers, since he removed them for the undertaking.
Entrada Garb Sells Fast, Say Merchants
When your roommate gives you the shirt off his back next week, it may be bright red.
Downtown merchants said yesterday that Coronado Entrada hats, shirts, and ties, featuring red and yellow, are selling rapidly to students as well as townspeople. Present supplies are almost gone.
The colorful garments were much in evidence in the business district yesterday, worn by both clerks and shoppers. The bright apparel may be equally prominent on the campus
A kangaroo court formed under A kangeroo court formed under the direction of the Junior Chamber of Commerce will begin functioning officially at noon tomorrow. Penalties will be death out to downtown offenders who fail to wear the official Entrada apparel.
Sergeant William Kollender, instructor of military science, Friday served as the "guinea pig" at a test trial before the court, and received for his pains a "bawling out" from Judge Steve Hinshaw, Lawrence business man.
Meanwhile Entrada rehearsals are progressing in a manner that G. C. Dickens, official representative of the United States Coronado Commission who visited here last week, described as "well ahead of schedule." Director John W. Judd will begin tomorrow the task of coordinating the different scenes.
Kansan to Publish Three More Issues
The last regular edition of the University Dally Kansan will be on Sunday, June 1, Bob Trump, president of the Kansan Board, said yesterday.
The last edition before finals will be on Tuesday. There will be a special edition Thursday, June 5.
Summerfields Named
were made in 1929 and since that time 12 to 15 high school senior men have received scholarships each year.
Fourteen of the smartest high school senior men in the state of Kansas are eligible to attend the University next year after being named winners of the the Summerfield Scholarships as announced yesterday by Olin Templin, chairman of the Summerfield committee.
The New Summerfields
The 14 winners will receive four-year scholarships to the University dependent only on their financial need and continued good scholarship while in school.
The first Summerfield awards
On March 22, they competed with 104 high school senior men on the
The Summerfield winners represent 12 schools with Wichita North and Wichita East high schools being represented by two each.
These men were selected as a result of their high scores on two written examinations and their pleasing personalities and qualities of all-round students as judged by the scholarship committee during personal interviews.
Two days later, after having spent one day putting their knowledge on paper and a second day of discussing current problems with each other and the Summerfield committee and being entertained by resident Summerfield scholars, the 30 contestants left for their homes to wait hopefully for yesterday's announcement.
Went Home Hoping
first written examination which was held in six different cities throughout the state. The 30 scholars with the highest scores on that test came to Lawrence on April 21 for the final examination.
The winners this year are William Alyea, Atchison; Robert Arnold, Wichita East; Charles R. Cowan, Wichita North; Herbert B. Callegly, ElDorado; Robert E. Howell, Wichita East; Robert B. Hutchinson, Hutchinson; Donald Lunney, Norton; John Marggrave, Rosedale high school in Kansas City, Kan; Arthur R. Partridge, Coffeyville; Wayne Patterson, Lyons; Thomas R. Perdue, Tribune; Edward N. Tihen, Wichita North; John R. Triplett, Roosevelt high school in Emporia; and Quentin Wheatly, Gypsum.
Air Corps Unit Organized Here If Men Enlist
The University will have a special unit in the Army Air corps, Lieutenant Byrl F. Schaubert of the Air Corps said yesterday, providing enough men can be enlisted from the campus. An Air Corps examining board will be here tomorrow to give physical examinations to men who are interested.
The war department has made arrangements for groups of University men to take as separate units training for flying cadets and to go on active duty with the Air Corps. There is no limit to the number of groups which a university may have, but there must be 20 men in each group. Regulations require that the student must have at least half of the credits necessary for graduation.
Men Should Organize
The lieutenant said that men on the campus who would like to fly together should organize a group and apply to him for acceptance as flying cadets. Men who have already applied for admittance to the Air Corps, and who would like to be in a University unit, should see the lieutenant, who will be stationed at the R.O.T.C. office for the remainder of the school year.
After being accepted, the men will be sent to an elementary school for 10 weeks training in the fundamentals of flying. Next will come 10 more weeks at one of the basic schools. Lieutenant Schaubert said that men from this district will probably be sent to Randolph Field, Texas.
Commissioned After 20 Weeks
After these two steps are completed, the men will spend another 10 weeks with tactical units to complete their training. Their train-
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Summer C.A.A.Needs More Men
Registration for C.A.A. summer flying courses is still slow, Prof. Earl D. Hay, supervisor of the University branch, said today.
"Thirty students have registered for the primary course and about 20 for the secondary course, but we need at least twice that many," Hay said.
The University quota has not been set yet, he said, but he expects it to be about the same as for the last school year — 125 primary and 60 secondary trainees.
The courses will start at the beginning of the University summer session.
Union Chairmanships Open
If you would like to be a part of the organization that keeps activities rolling in the Memorial Union Building, here's your chance. Three chairmanships under the Union Activities Board are still to be filled, and there are plenty of openings for working members, Keith Spalding, president of the board said yesterday.
Applications may be filed on mimeegraphed blanks at the Union Activities office in the sub-basement of the Union building any afternoon.
Chairmanships open for application are public relations committee, special programs committee, and clubs and forums committee.
Big things are planned by the board for next year, and these committees will cooperate to carry out the program.
The following chairmen have already been appointed: social activities, Nation Meyer; intramurals, Hobart Potter; publicity, Fred Mitchelson; and music room, Colleen Poorman.
Sorority Sing Planned
Next year additions to the Union program will be coffee hours, forums, and book reviews. Variety shows featuring student talent are spotted to pep up activities, and a sorority sing is planned to let the women have a hand in competitive harmonizing.
Hill dancers will take in eight big parties in the ballroom next year, including a Christmas part yand a Valentine dance. There will also be two open houses.
Bigger Budget For '41-'42
"With a larger activity budget and expanded program, the board is trying to offer a greater service than ever before," said Spalding. Ticket selling in the Activities office will be a free service to organizations who have ducats to sell. A "transportation clearing house" is planned for those who wish to contact a ride or passengers.
All this will be in addition to the habitual dances, tournaments, and midweeks.
The Activities board is composed of Nancy Kerber, Nation Meyer, and Spalding.
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