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SOCIETY
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5. 1940
May Oust Chamberlin After 'Colosal Disaster'
Loudon, June 5—(UP)Great Britain, while reorganizing its shattered expeditionary force and arming urgently to repel an expected German invasion, threatened today to throw Neville Chamberlain and those long associated with him out of the cabinet as responsible for the "colossal military disaster" which the Allies suffered in Flanders. $ ^{ \dagger} $
It was forecast that as the result of a secret session of the House of Commons, to be held probably next Tuesday, Chamberlain might be forced from his war cabinet post of Lord President of the council and chairman of the cabinet steering committee, and that others might go with him.
Important hold -overs from Chamberlain's cabinet, from whom Winston Churchill took over a few hours after Adolph Hitler started his blitzkrieg on Holland and Belgium, include Sir Kingsley Wood, Chancellor of the Exchequer; Lord Halifax, foreign secretary; Anthony Eden, war secretary; Sir Andrew Durcan, president of the board of trade, and Sir John Simon, Lord Chancellor.
At the secret session of the whole problem of home defense, ranging from interment of fifth columnists to anti-invasion measures, will be subjected to an unsparing inquiry by Commons members. It was forecast that the house might go much further and attempt to fix the blame for the Allied disaster in Flanders, and that the result would be that Chamberlain personally, and probably some of those in his own cabinet, would go.
Though Churchill's appointment was an implicit repudiation of Chamberlain's policies, Chamberlain has remained leader of the Conservative party, and in his post as chairman of the cabinet steering committee, which co-ordinates the work of cabinet committees and often speaks for the war cabinet.
Both the Liberal party organ
News Chronicle, and the Labor party organ, Daily Herald, demanded today that the "umbrella wielders" in the cabinet go out entirely.
Soldiers with bayonetted rifles barricaded road entrances to a southeast British port suddenly last night, stopped all vehicles and pedestrians, and required all who sought to approach to identify themselves.
Scores of British Fascists were arrested in fifth columnist raids throughout the country. Included were some Fascists who had intended to run for House of Commons seats, it was understood.
French Government Awards Book Prize To Irene McClune
Jessie Irene McClune, c'42, was awarded the annual book prize by the government of France, by the vote of the French faculty of the department of romance language, it was announced recently.
Miss McClune is the second University winner since the French government selected Kansas for one of its prize awards last year. The award is given to sophomore students of French for outstanding work in that language.
Last year's winner was Rosemary Jones, c'41. The gift book this year is a volume by Jean Bonnerot entitled "Les Paysages de France." The fly leaf bear an inscription signed by Rene Weiller, the French consul at Chicago.
The baby will be named Haven after Anne's father, the late F. Haven Clark of Boston and Nahant
The maternal grandmother, now Mrs. Lloyd T. Wiltse, and John Rosevelt were waiting in the hospital when the child was born at 7:30 a.m.
The child was delivered by Dr Charles C. Shedd, who also attended Mrs. John Roosevelt when her first son was born prematurely and died June 2, 1939.
Child To Son John's Wife, Anne
Boston, June 5. — (UP) — Anne Clark Roosevelt, 23, wife of the President's youngest son, John, gave birth to a seven pound, nine ounce son today at Richardson house of the Boston lying-in hospital.
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The conditions of both mother and child were described by physicians as 'very good."
The mother and Young Roosevelt were married June 18, 1938, in century-old Nahant church with President and Mrs. Roosevelt among the guests. Anne made her debut in 1936.
John is employed as assistant manager in the Winchester branch store of William Filene's Sons Co. The newest Roosevelt baby is the tenth grandchild of the President and Mrs. Roosevelt.
Crash Victim May Be Bird
West Coxsackie, N.Y., June 5.—(UP) The body of a man tentatively identified as Wallis C. Bird, wealthy sportsman of Mill Neck, N.Y., was found by a searching party today, less than 100 yards from the wreckage of Bird's four-seater Beechcraft airplane.
Faculty Okays New Art Degree For the College
A new major leading to and A. B. degree in art will be offered at the University next year, Paul B. Lawson, dean of the College, announced following approval by the College faculty.
Under this new arrangement, students in the College can take about one-third of their work in art and the other two-thirds in the College. The major is intended for students who want considerable training in art, but do not wish to become technicians in the subject, Lawson said.
Next year credit will also be granted to those who will sing in the new University A Cappella Choir to be organized by Dean D. M. Swarthout of the School of Fine Arts.
A third change in requirements of the College came when the faculty voted to raise the total number of hours which would be accepted on an A. B. degree for work done in the professional schools of the University from 15 to 20. This was done because the professional schools increasingly are offering more courses which the general student can take at the University.
Pharmacy Senior Exhibits Go on Display Friday
Senior exhibits of the School of Pharmacy will be on display starting Friday in room 111 in Bailey Chemical laboratories. The exhibits were judged by the State Board of Pharmacy on its recent visit to the University.
Probably the last operation of the year will be performed Thursday morning when James Zimmerman, c'43, has a bone tumor removed from his leg. When the hospital closes Monday, June 10, Zimmerman and Mattie Pugh, ed'41, who recently underwent a spinal operation, will be moved to Lawrence Memorial hospital.
Pershing Frederick, ph. won first prize, membership in the American Pharmaceutical Association.
Winding up one of the busiest years in its existence, Watkins Memorial hospital still contained 18 patients at noon today.
Watkins Hospital Winds up Busy Year With 18 Patients
Alexander Shifrin, c'40, and Galen Fields, m'sp, who have typhoid, will be sent home some time before Monday, it was believed.
The Players are a national organization whose membership is based on service and ability in the department of dramatics.
Rosamond Barland, c'40, celebrated the completion of her final examinations by having her tonsils removed this morning.
Among those to be initiated were:
Frederick Fleming, c'unel; Emmy Jane Harbin, c'40; Bill Shipley, fa'40;
Rosemary Sebesta, c'40; and Les Hixon, c'sp.
Most of the remaining patients will be discharged Monday or some time before. Ed Palmer, c'43, and Ellsworth Stephens, e'41, pneumonia patients will be well enough to be sent home at that time also, according to hospital authorities.
Dramatic Students Are Initiated
Initiation services for the Kansas section of the National Collegiate Players was held Sunday afternoon.
The driver that knows the road he travels "just like a book" often comes to an unhappy ending.
Congratulations Graduates!
We thank you for your patronage this past year and for some of you seniors the past four years. We have enjoyed knowing you!
If you are returning to K.U. next fall we hope to be seeing you.
To you seniors---the best of success to you in the future.
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