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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1940
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COLD shoulders have developed, the past two or three years, in some Hill fraternity and sorority houses, because of front doors kept open to receive visiting convention delegates.
'OPEN DOOR' POLICY?
Those with the cold shoulders have sought to remedy the situation by closing the doors. An example of this lack of hospitality is the recent ruling by the women's Panhellenic body that no organized house on this campus shall be asked to keep delegates of conventions meeting on the Hill.
One of the University football coaches speaking before a group of students this fall, asked that K.U. men and women be more active in influencing high school athletes to attend the University. He said also that an indifferent attitude on the part of the student body has been responsible for the loss of many high school athletes to other schools.
This rule will be a serious handicap to the delegates to high school conventions and contests, many of whom are prospective students of the University of Kansas. Conventions have depended on fraternity and sorority houses to keep their delegates. The only places now available for them are hotels and rooming houses.
Most of the high schools in Kansas are not able to pay all the expenses of their students attending conventions. Most of them feel, too, that it is unfair to ask the student to pay a high price for the trip. It is possible that some of the conventions which have been held here will be held somewhere else in the future or will not be held at all.
Entertaining guests eight or ten weekends during the year would seem to be a small way to cooperate with officials in attracting students to the University. It would also seem to be a matter of common courtesy.
GERM BOMBS AT HOME
FEATURE articles frequently claim that a new weapon in modern warfare will be the use of bacteria. However, germs and bacteria have always played a major role in war. Germs are recognized by military authorities as the most destructive force in the whole gruesome business of warfare.
It is not necessary to load bombs with bacteria or to release deadly viruses behind enemy lines to spread disease and pestilence among soldier and civilian populations alike. Disease bombs are already planted wherever a relatively large percentage of the people are ill-clad, ill-fed, and ill-housed.
Before the end of the World War, pestilence was sweeping over Europe and even reaching out to the United States. The 1918 pandemic of influenza killed about 20,000,000 persons throughout the world—7,000,000 more than the combined military deaths of all the belligerent armies. Thirty thousand American soldiers who never saw battle died of influenza in army camps on American soil. Thousands of civilians in this country also perished.
When war breaks out, these bombs burst. Hastily constructed and often poorly equipped military camps absorb large concentrations of men. Civilian life is disrupted, and increased hardship and deprivation is forced upon the population.
Common sense, as well as concern for the public welfare, demands that every possible
measure to strengthen and safeguard public health be taken immediately.
Recently Congress refused to authorize the appropriation of a relatively small sum which would have allowed the United States Public Health Service to assist local health authorities in communities where new army camps are being located. Dr. Warren F. Draper, assistant surgeon general, says that present local health staffs in these areas can meet the problem only by working 18 hours a day.
In our rush to pour money into the magic mass-production machines that turn out armament for military preparedness, we must not forget the incidental, but necessary things that make for complete national preparedness.
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Vol. 38 Tuesday, Dec. 3, 1940 No.52
OFFICIAL BULLETIN UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Notices due at Chancellor's office at 3 p.m. on day before publication during the week, and at 11 a.m. on Saturday for Sunday issue.
GRADUATE CLUB: Graduate Club will meet at 7:00 this evening in the Women's lounge of Frank Strong Hall. - Edith Borden, publicity manager.
EL ATENEO: The regular meeting of the Ateneo will be held Thursday at 3:30 in 113 F.S.-Merle Simmons.
PHI CHI DELTA: Phi Chi Delta will meet this afternoon at 5:30 at Westminster hall. A musical program has been planned—Jean Dooley, Dee Ellen Naylor.
PHI SIGMA: Initiation of new members at 5:30 at Evan's Hearth to be followed by a banquet at 6:00 on Wednesday evening. Dean Stouffer of the Graduate School will address the society.-Hal Smolin, president.
SENIORS: Seniors graduating in February may now make appointments for physical examinations at Watkins Memorial Hospital.—Dr. R. I. Canuteson.
TAU SIGMA: Tau Sigma will meet at 7:30 this evening.—Carolyn Greene.
JAY JANES: Jay Janes will meet at 4:30 in the Pine Room of the Union building tomorrow.—Ruth Spencer, president.
'What Price Food' Or 'Dorms Report'
How much does it cost to feed a college man for a month? The answer is—a lot less than is commonly assumed.
A current statement issued by the University Dormitory Operating committee shows that it costs $10.06 to feed the average college man. This was determined by a cross section taken from the 118 men who live in the three new mens' dormitories, Battenfeld, Carruth, and Templin.
Since the University has never before had any official connection with the actual operation of any dormitories for men, no has ever before been $ ^{ \textcircled{2}} $
Since the University has nection with the actual operation estimate has ever before been made public as to the cost of providing room and board for men here on the Hill. The report on the cost of operation of Battenfeld, Carruth, and Templin Halls from Oct.1 to Nov.1, also include some other interesting facts in addition to those relative to the cost of food.
The total operating cost for all three dormitories, which house 118 men, for one month was officially announced as $1.646.59. This includes the salaries for the two house mothers and the proctors (male students who have direct charge of the houses). The total cost to each man for room and board for one月 is $14.06.
The statement also debunked the
ancient house-mainainer's cry of excessive public utility costs. The average college man uses approximately 16 cents worth of water during a month,93 cents worth of electricity,and 48 cents worth of heating fuel.
On sale over the country for the next three weeks will be the Christmas seals of the National Tuberculosis association. In Douglas county 75 per cent of the money collected will be used by the Douglas County Tuberculosis association for local tuberculosis relief.
Tuberculosis Seal Fund Helps Local Sufferers
Thus, the new University-sponsored mens' dormitories completed their first full month well onto the black side of the ledger. If the average cost keeps at the present low level, the 118 men who live in the three dorms will get a sizable rebate at the end of the second semester of this school year. The present monthly charge for each man is now $18. A monthly saving of $3 would mean a probable rebate of $27 to each dorm student in the spring.
The beginning of the thirty-fourth annual campaign against a disease which kills almost 175 people every day in the United States will start this week.
Last year more than 330 people took advantage of the tuberculosis clinic at the Lawrence Memorial hospital, which has a fluoroscope purchased from funds collected in the
local campaign.
In addition tuberculin tests for over 1000 school children and adults from this vicinity were made possible by funds obtained from last year's sale of Christmas seals.
K. U.'s version of wrong-way Corrigan is Warren Frowe. The other day he took off from the Lawrence airport, did a quick rehearsal of acrobatic tricks in the air, then started looking for the landing field again. But the wind (that's his story) had carried him so far that he was over not Lawrence but Lancaster, 50 miles away. He landed and phoned for rescue.
ROCK CHALK TALK
At the Gamma Phi house the girls were discussing Mary Milsom's clothes bill, which she said ran up to several hundred dollars. That night in the dorm one of the sisters broke the silence with, "Five hundred dollars! If my folks had that much money they'd get married."
We thought Reginald Buxton, Sour Owl editor, was as well known on the campus as the nightshirt parade. But the other night when Walt Loudon said, "... and Buxton . . ." his date chirped, "Buxton! Who is she?"
Pepper, the Delta Chi dog, is getting social-minded. Since Alpha Delta Pi has decided to put on the dog by giving him a bid to their party, his many valets are now dreaming up a tuxedo for their socialite canine.
Winfred Nash is not so pennywise. When he heard about the offer of one pint size lamp for two cake flour box tops plus one cent, he immediately bought the flour, for which he has no use, and began to give friends a pep talk on the virtue of sending lamps to mothers.
Library pitfall for Will Mansfield is the Kappa table. He just doesn't seem to be able to keep away from those pledges, but he is able to keep the pledges away from their books.
If Hal Ruppenthal's right hand knew what his left hand was doing yesterday morning, it must have felt sorry. Because when he went out to fly he had no gloves, took socks instead, almost froze anyway.
Shark at shark-catching is Ruth Rice, returned from Florida when she actually hooked one. Sounds slightly fshy.
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