University Daily Kansan
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Sailors slept in Strong Hall. Students took calisthenics on the football field, and women outnumbered men three to one. All this happened at the University during World War II when the 1943 student body of 2,000 had only 400 men students.
Lectures on "The World at War were required in some classes and in contrast to present-day conditions the attendance was often twice the number of students enrolled.
Three Women For One Man That's How It Was In 1943
All students were required to go through "physical conditioning." Men had to walk long distances, jump into deep water and swim 30 yards.
GREETINGS—Cover girl Toni King welcomes Robert Long, McCune senior, to the 61st annual Congress of American Industry in New York City. The meeting was sponsored by the National Assn. of Manufacturers.
Vacations were shortened, and the Easter holidays were eliminated entirely. The summer session was lengthened, and students could graduate in two and a half years.
Sugar rationing stamps had to be picked up at the Union, and housing was impossible to find. Many students and faculty members were working at the nearby Sunflower Ordnance plant.
The end of the war brought on still bigger problems. In 1946 an all-time high enrollment of 7,000 was
DETROIT — (UP) — Owen McCarthy, 82, complained he was hard of hearing Thursday when arraigned on a drunk charge and couldn't hear a thing the judge said.
Maybe This Guy Can Read Lips
A police officer crept up behind McCarthy and whispered, "How would you like a beer?" McCarthy whipped around and said he sure would. He was given a suspended sentence.
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expected, but 9,100 students showed up. The now familiar wooden annexes behind main buildings were acquired. The housing shortage was so acute that men lived in Thayer Museum. Health inspectors complained about the crowded conditions in dormitories.
Enrollment in 1948-49 reached 11,- 199, and there were 198 entries in a campus baby contest.
Bowling-It's Popular At KU
Bowling is in its hey-day on the University campus, at least that's the opinion of Bascom Fearing, manager of Student recreation.
The KU bowling alley in the basement of the Student Union was built in 1953. Since then, bowling has become a popular after-class and weekend diversion for students, Mr. Fearing said.
Each line, one game, costs 30 cents, and special bowling shoes, with leather and rubber soles, are rented for five cents. Students may select their own weight bowling balls, which range from 12 to 16 pounds.
To promote bowling on the campus, 13 leagues have been organized. There are two women's leagues and one mixed league. The teams compete in inter-college tournaments and in the national inter-collegiate tournaments.
Bowling is also a part of the University physical education program.
Two Attend Oil Parley In Florida
J. M. Jewett, member of the State Geological Survey and C. F. Weinaug, professor of petroleum engineering, are attending a meeting of the Interstate Oil Compact Commission in Miami, Fla.
Dr. Jewett is on the research committee of the IOCC and Dr. Weinaug, who is chairman of the department of petroleum engineering is a member of the engineering and secondary recovery committee.
Dr. Jewett will present a report on, "Th Disposal of Oil Field Brines in Kansas." Both men are representing the Kansas Corporation Commission.
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