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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1940
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TB Program Gets Under Way
This year's tuberculin testing program for food handlers now is breaking into full stride. Already, food handlers from 28 organizations, including fraternities, sororities, cooperative and boarding houses, Corbin hall, and the Memorial Union building have reported for the initial tests at Watkins Memorial hospital, Dr. Ralph I. Canuteson, director of the student health service, said today.
As in past years, however, the tuberculosis program requires the additional cooperation of the Hill's cafes and restaurants to approach anything like effectiveness, so far as a safeguard for student health is concerned. Ideally, of course, the tuberculin testing of food handlers would be city-wide, a stage in the program that can only be realized through action by the City of Lawrence itself.
A canvass conducted last year by several persons interested in the health service's work revealed that proprietors of the restaurants were willing to have their employees tested if one or two of their number would take the initiative and set a precedent the others could follow. They are not under any compulsion to have their employees tested, and any steps taken in this direction would be voluntary. The health service offers free tuberculin tests and an X-ray follow-up for positive reactors to any and all food handlers who apply at the hospital. The Kansan will provide printed certificates suitable for display upon the completion of the tests.
A Recruiting Aid
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Within the past several days the 165th Infantry of the New York National Guard has gone to Fort McClellan, Ga., for its year of active duty. This information will generally invoke a "so what" attitude on the part of many readers, but saying that the "Fighting 69th" is out to defend America and democracy makes better reading. And the 165th is the old "fighting 69th."
Offhand, a great many Kansans cannot give the numbers of their own National Guard Units, but the 69th New York is familiar. Why?—because of the favorable publicity the New York Guard unit received in the cinema, "The Fighting 69th."
This knowledge of the reputation of New York's Guard regiment is significant only in proving the possibilities of the motion picture as an aid to recruiting. There has been a dearth of interest in our army even by eligible unemployed men during the depression years. Navy enlistments have been consistently high all along, probably due to the favorable publicity given that branch of our armed forces by a series of pictures on navy life put out by Columbia Pictures in recent years.
Not only do motion pictures make the military life look more appealing, but they give background for local publicity. When the 165th left New York, Father Joseph Egan celebrated mass for the regiment wearing Father Duffy's vestments; photographs of the regiment were printed all over the country, and the city turned out to hail their state army and shout good wishes. Propaganda is a word of ill repute, but if drafting is necessary, perhaps publicity for voluntary enlistment is better.
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Vol.38 Thursday, Oct. 24,1940 No.29
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS OFFICIAL BULLETIN
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.
COSMOPOLITAN CLUB: The Cosmopolitan Club will have its first meeting this year on Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Church (12th and Vt.). People of all races and nationalities are cordially invited.-Emile Weiss, secretary.
MEN'S STUDENT COUNCIL: The K-State-K.U.I peace dinner will be held at the Gillett Hotel, at Manhattan, Friday evening, at 6 o'clock. Any member seeking transportation, or who has transportation to offer, please get in touch with Presson Shane, 1337 Kentucky, 'phone 2953.—Jim Burdge, secretary.
FENCERS: Members of the fencing club will meet tonight in the Boy's Gym. All members are urged to attend to pay their dues—Haven Glassmire, president.
NEWMAN CLUB: This Sunday is the Newman Club Corporate Communion Sunday. The reverend E J. Weisenberg will be here for the breakfast following the 9:30 Communion Mass. Reservations by non-members and non-Catholics may be made by calling 783 by 7 p.m. Friday—Joseph A. Zishka.
PROFICIENCY EXAMINATIONS: Proficiency examinations in French, German, Latin, and Spanish will be given at 10 o'clock, Oct. 26, in 107 Frank Strong. Registration for these examinations may be made at the College office on October 23, 24, or 25 — W. H. Shoemaker.
PHI CHI DELTA: Phi Chi Delta, the Presbyterian Church Sorority, will have its fall semi-formal dance in the Kansas room Friday night at 8:00. All members may get their tickets at Westminster Hall.-Grace Oishi.
QUILL CLUB: Feo hure of the American College Quill Club will meet at 7:30 this evening in the Pine Room. All members are to bring their dues—Mary Elizabeth Evans, chancellor.
PSYCHOLOGY CLUB: The psychology club will meet Monday in room 21, Frank Strong hall. Mr. Philip Cook will speak on "Observations on the War of Nerves in England." Everyone interested is invited—Lois Schreiber.
KAPPA PHI: Patronesses Picnic Friday evening, at 4:30. Meet at the Union building. Cars will also go at 5:30.-Kathryn Schaake.
FRESHMAN WOMEN: Any Freshman woman desiring to be a candidate for either Vice-President or Secretary of the Freshman class should make her application before the election board which meets from 5-5:30 and 7-7:30 today, in the Pine Room.—O'Thene Huff.
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School Spirit Shot
Editor, Daily Kansan, and "Students" of the University of Kansas:
It seems to me that the blame for all of the trouble that exists at the present with the University of Kansas football team might well be placed with the student body at the University. Last Friday night after the night-shirt parade and the bonfire rally, you will recall the school spirit which had been growing all week had reached a new high; Coach Vic Hurt spoke and said K.U. would beat Nebraska if the school spirit continued Saturday through the game. Saturday, Kansas had the misfortune of having a kick blocked, and a touchdown followed quickly.
Bang! The shell exploded—and the school spirit which was so high was completely gone and so was the morale of the team. Now if you will recall the first game of the season when Kansas went north to play Iowa State, some 10 or 15 rooters saw them off at the station when they left. Fine school spirit! But they lost, so no one met them at their return. Then they defeated Drake and everyone in the student body was for them. Fine school spirit! Then Nebraska defeated them and the students started howling like a bunch of babies about a team that was a disgrace to the University. How do you suppose these boys feel who give their all for football and take the chances of injuring themselves maybe for life to play football for a bunch of students like you turned out to be?
You might be interested to know that the largest reception that the Notre Dame football team ever received was upon their return from the worst defeat they ever received. Now if you would like to have a winning football team you are going to have to get behind them 100 per cent and stay behind them until they come to the front as a football team. But if you would rather that they give up like a bunch of babies, then you just keep on picking on them as you have started to do now.
A former student who is more ashamed that he ever attended a school with the present school spirit than he is of their football team.
BY HEIDI VIETS
ROCK CHALK TALK
The completely stocked coed's sweater should wear sorority pin, fraternity pin, Willkie button, Roosevelt button, Pachacamac tag, and P.S.G.L. tag.
Then all she would need is a "Miss America" badge from right shoulder to left hip.
Sigma Nu Pledges Ted Imes, Bob Brown and Bob Fairchild were in a bad way after the midweek last night. Propelling their limousine uphill on Ninth street by man power from the rear. Brown looked like a star student of Charles Atlas.
Could he have been showing off? The girls inside loekked nifty.
When the U.S. Field Hockey team came to Lawrence, they knew they would beat the Kansas team, and the Kansas team it took, in fact, it had been arranged beforehand that the two teams would swap players for the first half, using regular teams in the second half.
The incoming experts had even planned to switch positions in order to further test their skill. But when they saw the K.U. hockeyites, they thought better of it.
"We were afraid you might beat us," admitted a U.S. hockey player. So they kept their usual positions.
Now among the many epithets applied to K.U. females, we must include "scarey."
Advice to budgeteers: label that mysterious miscellaneous account "G.O.K."
The K.C. Star tells this on the late E. M. Clendening, father of Dr. Logan Clendening, health columnist, who made a trip to Washington, D.C., for the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce. When the directors were checking his expense account after his return, they found $40 itemized as "G.O.K."
What's that mean?" they asked.
If you meet a dejected individual, he may have come from Fraser hall where he found out the results of his psychological examination. These disillusioning facts have been available since Oct. 15, but not everyone has been brave enough to learn the bitter truth.
"God only knows," said Clendening.
Yesterday the Lawrence Journal World (a daily paper) announced that C. A. Gilmore, Battenfeld hall, set a new record for long phone calls when he talked one hour and 15 minutes. But Ed Garich broke Gilmore's record by talking one hour and 30 minutes to another girl in the same house—1234 Oread.
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