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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1940
Announcements To Sell Monday
Sale of senior announcements for this year's commencement exercises starts Monday at the College business office, John Oakson, c'40, chairman of the announcements committee, stated today. Orders will be taken until April 27.
The announcements for the 1940 class are to be of three kinds, leather booklets, plain cardboard, or the French folder type. The frontispiece will be of Dyche museum and the cover of a modernistic design.
"The complete list of graduating seniors will be sent to engravers May 1," Oakson stated, "and the finished announcements returned for distribution by May 15."
Members of the announcements committee include Raymond Davidson, b'40; Margaret Stookey, fa'40; and Eva Ruth Meinke, fa'40.
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Engineering Council To Sponsor Camera Contest April 19-20
A camera contest, with competition limited to photographs of exhibits in the Engineering Exposition April 19 and 20, was announced today by George Rippey, head of the Engineering council.
Candid came a fans will have an opportunity to win $20 in prizes. Any student is eligible to participate in the contest. The deadline has been set for April 30. The pictures will be judged by members of the Engineering council.
The purpose of the contest is to obtain photographs for use in advertising the next exposition.
Washburn Shows Frazier Art
An exhibition of sculptures by Bernard "Poco" Frazier is now on display in the Mulvane Galleries at Washburn College. In addition to the works of Mr. Frazier, two pieces by Mrs. Franceska Frazier and two by Mr. Frazier's brother, Loyal Frazier, are also on display.
The exhibition will continue through April 17.
Parents' Day Date May 4 This Year
Parent's Day will be held this year on May 4, according to the committee in charge of the event which met in the Pine Room yesterday.
Miss Elizabeth Meguiar, adviser to women and general chairman of the committee urged that the students start writing home informing the parents of the date. Because it has been over a year since the last Parent's Day, a large crowd of mothers and fathers are expected to attend.
Freshman Commission Sees Slides, 'Burlap Jones'
The Rev. H. Lee Jones, gr., showed slides depicting the sharecropper country at the meeting of the Freshman Commission at Henley house yesterday. In conjunction with the showing of the slides the Rev. and Mrs. Jones gave an explanation of the scenes portrayed.
"Burlap Jones," a movie starring Marvin Moon, c'40, as a tramp who is trapped into entering college, was also presented at this meeting.
Sea Strategy-of the Germans to maintain their foothold in Norway. Even though the Allies manage permanently to cut the sea communications of the Germans through the Kattegat they the Germans, still will be able to pour thousands of fully equipped men to Norway through the air on big, troop carrying airplanes. Troops Through The Air
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It has been reported reliably that Germany already is using several hundred troop-carrying airplanes transporting 20 men each.
Because of the short distances involved it is possible for each plane to make several trips a day. Comparatively short flights make it possible for the transports to be protected by fighter planes. On longer flights such protection would not be possible because of the limited flying range of the fighters.
British Planes Repulsed High Command Says
Berlin, April 12.—(UP)—The High Command announced today that
German troops in Norway had beaten off British air and naval attacks on Trouidheim and Stavanger and had occupied new areas around Oslo, Narvik and Elvenes.
It was announced that British torpedo-carrying airplanes had raided Trondheim and that British warships had attacked Trondheim Fjord, but that both attacks failed and German troops had taken over more Norwegian coastal fortifications and put them in a state of preparedness.
Norwegian Troops Battle Germany North of Oslo
Stockholm, Sweden, April 12. (UP)Norwegian troops, reinforced by hastily mobilized Reservists, were reported fighting fiercely against German infantry, and mechanized units today on a line extending north and northeast of Oslo.
Kongsvinger, northeast of the capital near the Swedish frontier was reported to be the main battle area for the present but it was indicated that there was heavy fighting also in the Elverum-Hamar sector north of Oslo.
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