W. S. G. A. And Co-op Bring Kittv To $155
Boosted by gifts from the Women's Self-Governing Association and the Jayhawk Co-op, dorm drive coffers contained $155 today.
The W.S.G.A., acting last night on a proposed $75 grant to dormitory aid, refused to settle for that sum and voted $100 instead.
check for $50 for the fund. The council previously voted the drove $25 to take care of incidental expenses in organizing the campaign.
senior gift will not apply to the M.S.
C.-sponsored drive.
The committee, headed by Donn Mosser, c'42, which is conducting the campaign includes:
A senior class donation of more than $700 to Alumni Place was believed by drive officials to be a separate part of the dormitory aid. The
Jim Burdge, c'41; C. H. Mullen, l'41; Art Black, c'43; Mary Ewers, l'42; Oliver Edwards, c'41; Harold
Jayhawk Co-op members voted themselves a 25 cent assessment each to give to the drive. Unanimously agreed, the 20 members thus pushed the fund $5 closer to its goal.
Johnson, c'40; Bob McKay, b'40; Ed Price, c'42; Earle Radford, b'40; Jean Steele, c'41; Olin Templin, secretary of the Endowment association; Henry Werner, men's student adviser; Fred Ellsworth, secretary of the Alumni association; and John Moore, secretary of the Y.M.C.A.
First step toward the $750 goal was made when the Men's Student Council, sponsor of the drive, wrote out a
Seniors Aid Dorm
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
OFFICIAL STUDENT PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME XXXVII Z-229 LAWRENCE, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1940.
NUMBER 150
Nazis Claim Break In Maginot Line
Report Big Advance Near Sedan
By Frederick C. Oecnsner
By Frederick C. Gettsch.
Berlin, May 15—(UP)—The German high command claimed today to have pierced the French Maginot Line near the textile town of Sedan—a historic, bloody battlefield in Europe's wars and scene of a crushing defeat in 1870.
The German offensive, according to the communique, also carried the Reich's forces all the way up to the Dyle river, a scant 18 miles from Brussels, capital of Belgium.
(Dispatches from Paris and London this morning disputed the German claim of victory but admitted a serious situation where Germans crossed the Meuse near Sedan. Paris pointed out that Sedan is outside the Maginot Line and stated that the main defenses of France's wall of concrete and steel in that section were west of the Meuse river. In any event, the fortifications' around Sedan constitute a weak link in the Maginot line, consisting of fortified positions rather than deep, underground forts).
The advance across the Meuse river the Germans said, was made against a French counter-attack of tanks—weapons unknown 70 years ago when another German army overwhelmed the French and broke Emperor Napoleon III as a power in the counells of Europe.
NO MIDWEEK TONIGHT
There will be no Midweek Dance tonight, announced Leo Johnstone, e40, president of the Student Union Activities board.
Students Hear Markham Talk At Job Clinic
"Many persons go to school, pass courses, and make good grades, but give little attention to tomorrow, and tomorrow is the next day after graduation," W. T. Markham, of the State Commission on Vocational guidance, told a group at the opening of the University vocational clinic week in Frank Strong hall last night.
One of 17 vocational experts heading state programs in this country, Markham cited instances of vocations needing workers and those overflowing with job-seekers. He concluded with general advice on selecting a career. Opportunities exist in the fields of pharmacy, pe-
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W. T. Markham
Mass Army Of Allies Meets Push
By M. S. Handler
Paris, May 15—(UP)—The French high command today hurled thousands of French troops into a new battle of the Meuse where German forces have won a dangerous foothold in the Maginot defense area at Sedan.
(The German high command claimed the Maginot line had been broken at Sedan).
A furious German attack was expected late this afternoon and tonight in an effort to widen and deepen a four-mile foothold which the Germans gained after crossing to the west bank of the Meuse river, in the midst of concrete pillboxes and underground bunkers of the Maginot fortifications.
The Sedan battle at the moment was the danger point of the 200-mile battlefront that runs from the Bastion of Antwerp, Belgium, down through Louvain, to the Meuse and on to the Maginot line itself as far as Longwy at the Luxembourg corner.
It was reported here that scores of divisions have already joined battle or are moving up rapidly to reinforce the battered troops at the front line.
(A division comprises about 15,000 men. The French reference to "scores of divisions" would indicate that possibly 1,000,000 men or more are now battling at the front or ready to go into action.)
All night long the French rushed up new forces to the threatened po-
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Vote Dollar Tax To Help Furnish Alumni Place
Efforts to furnish and decorate Alumni place were given a substantial boost today when the class of 1940 voted to contribute its senior memorial dues to the new men's dormitory.
In approving unanimously the recommendations of the senior committee on memorials, the class assessed each graduating student $1 for the gift. Senior officers estimated more than $700 would be obtained for the
dormitory drive.
Laws Lead Attack
Led by shouting senior laws, who formed a solid block in the center of Fraser theater, the class of 1940 swept into effect a proposal that membership in the Alumni association would be optional. By avoiding the payment of compulsory Alumni dues, the graduates held their senior dues to $1.85, 50 cents of which will go for cap and gown rental and 35 cents for the traditional senior breakfast June 10.
The mass meeting was a boisterous affair, boos booming out as each new item of payment was proposed. Henry Schwaller, b'40, president of the class, presided.
He first introduced Fred Ellsworth, secretary of the Alumni association, who explained some of the Commencement activities and elaborated on the printed instructions to the upperclassmen. Ellsworth emphasized a change in the procedure for admitting parents to the Commencement program. In case of bad weather, the event will be held in Hoch auditorium with each senior being allowed to have
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Dorm Applicants To Be Considered
Confronted with 158 applications from which to select 118 students for places in the three new cooperative houses to be opened next fall, the committee in charge of selections, under the direction of Olin Templin, secretary of the Endowment Association, will begin the task of "weeding" at their first meeting this evening.
The deadline for applications was set for noon today, although late applicants will be accepted and placed on a secondary alternate list. These students will be considered if any of those selected do not return to school in the fall.
Students will be selected on the basis of scholastic records and need of financial aid. The students will cooperate in the management of the three houses: Battenfeld hall, Brynwood Place, and the former Chancellor's residence. Fifty-two men will live in Battenfeld hall, 40 in Brynwood Place, and 26 in the Chancellor's residence.
One Out of Three Pass Army Air Examinations
Bulletin
The Army air officials who are examining University men at Watkins Memorial hospital will leave tomorrow at 1 o'clock, it was announced today.
All men who expect to receive examinations will have to report to the hospital before noon.
One applicant in every three who are taking the physical examination for admittance to the army air corps on the third floor of Watkins Memorial hospital, are passing. Maj. J. W. Beaton, pilot of the group of examining officers said today.
This average is slightly higher than
the "Flying Carpet Examining Board." as it is officially called, have found at the other universities in this area. More than 35 students have been examined, and more than the original 50 applications are being placed.
The opportunity to place applications for admittance to the air corps will be open until shortly after noon Thursday.
The examining board is made up of four officers, and four members of the crew. The officers are Major H. W. Beaton, pilot, Captain Earl Maxwell, medical examiner, Captain Burt Held, also a medical examiner, and Second Lieutenant C. D. Jones, co-pilot.