Wednesday, Oct. 17, 1956 University Dally Kansan
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Slang And U.S. Food-You Have To Get Used To Them
By HIRSOH1 SHIIONOZAKI
(Of The Daily Kansas Staff)
"Busy" is the password among foreign students. They are busy studying and playing and, as new arrivals to this country, they are busy learning English—particularly American slang.
War Orphans Aid Explained
"The 'War Orphans' Educational Assistance Act of 1956, Public Law 634, was passed to give financial aid for the education of young men and women whose parents (World War I, World War II, or Korean veterans) died of injuries or diseases resulting from their military service," according to Dr. O. Myking Mehus.
In order for a son or daughter to be eligible for training under the "War Orphans" program, they must, with certain exceptions, be between 18 and 23 years of age. They may receive up to 36 months of schooling at a monthly allowance of $110 for full time students, $80 for three-quarter time, and $50 for half time students.
Dr. Mehus is chief of the Vocational Rehabilitation and Education division of the Kansas City Regional Office of the Veterans Service. He is here to confer with Prof. Edwin R. Elbel, director of Veterans Service, in regard to the training of veterans.
Applications are made to the Kansas City Regional Office of the Veterans Administration. If eligible for training, the person is furnished educational or vocational counseling by the Veterans Administration.
Bars On Campus In Italian Schools
Fabio Carniel, graduate student in political science from Trieste, described university life in Italy to members of the Graduate Club Sunday night.
He compared the differences in U.S. and Italian schools. They include no compulsory class attendance, all universities are state owned, there are no dormitories on the campuses, and taverns and bars are on university property.
There is a cold relationship between students and faculty, according to Carniel, and examinations are given only three times a year.
Next Sunday the Graduate Club will hear a debate on "Is the U.S. Justified in Continuing to Experiment With Nuclear Weapons."
KU Graduate Wins In Photo Contest
A photograph taken by a graduate of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information and printed in the Lawrence Journal-World was a double winner in the 16th annual news picture contest sponsored by Northwestern University for the Inland Daily Press Assn.
The photographer was Lt. Richard C. Clarkson of Lawrence, Class of '55. He is a former member of the Journal-World staff and is now stationed at Forbes Air Force Base in Topeka. His picture, showing Wichita University basketball coach Ralph Miller following an official on the floor to protest a decision, won the all-class award for newspapers with a circulation of 50,000 and under, then took first prize in the sports picture class. A total of 923 pictures from newspapers of all sizes were entered.
Party Officials To Speak At 4 p.m.
"Why You Should Become a PartTime Politician," will be the subject of a talk at 4 p.m. today in the Music Room of the Student Union. It is one of three coffee hours to be held during the Political Emphasis program.
Speakers will be Mrs. Fern Curtis, Republican delegate to the national convention, and Dan Cain, chairman of the Democratic Central Committee of Shawnee County.
"We have to learn to speak, to cry and to shout in English," Miss Miriam Fishman, special student from Salvador Bahia, Brazil, said. "Besides, there are enormous reading assignments to do."
"However well you thought you had prepared linguistically, you still face this language difficulty," agreed Hiromi Itofuji, graduate student of Hiroshima, Japan. "You didn't realize while you were in your home country what a headache everyday speech would give."
Tries To Eat Meat
"I am a philosopher and I accept anything that comes my way." Varanasi Moorthy, graduate student from Elurdu, India, said. "I am a vegetarian, but I began to try to eat meat here. I can eat anything now except that rubber-like meat, beef, which I cannot chew easily."
Miss Fishman, who lives in Watkins Hall, said, "Here we cook our own meals. In Brazil, we have servants and my mother and myself do no cooking at all. I worked in the kitchen for the first time in my life in America."
"I sometimes miss rice." Manitua Saber, graduate student from Dansalem City, Philippines, said. "Foods in Asian countries are not quite so nutritious, but they are delicious to our taste. Preparation is different too. Filipinos eat more spicy meat dishes."
"I often wonder why Americans do not cook meat in a tastier way." Itofuji added. "Meat is very often just boiled and it tastes like shoe soles to me. For a while I could not bring myself to start eating even though I was hungry."
Foreign students, almost without exception, agree that Americans are friendly and kind.
However, Mrs. Arandia Rose de Vargas, Nagano, Japan, junior, pointed out, "As I am Japanese, I sometimes want to be left alone. But my American friends insist on going out for a movie, for instance, just as a sign of friendship. When I beg off their invitation, they do not seem pleased."
Although foreign students are busy, they are finding time to go to jazz concerts, football games, and having fun making friends.
New Indian Club Elects President
The newly-organized Indian Club Saturday elected Shankar Narayan, Newtown, India, graduate student, as its first president.
The largest group of foreign students, the Indians first want to get a group subscription for Indian newspapers through their new club. Membership in the club, however, is not limited to Indians, as they want to hold discussions and exhibits on Indian affairs.
It was tentatively decided that the club will operate within the framework of the International Club.
Waldo Anderson, Traer junior, was elected president of the Gamma Delta Rocky Plains region at the regional convention held Friday through Sunday in Laramie, Woyr
Student Elected To Lutheran Group
Those attending from the local Lutheran organization were Anderson, Ormand Cordes, Meade junior; Gail Gerling, Mission sophomore; Frederick Lueddens, Ludell sophomore, and Delbert Meyer, Girard senior.
The Chemistry Club meeting at 6 p.m. today in 233 Mallott Hall will be open to anyone interested in the field of chemical research.
Research Chemist To Address Club
Dr. Lester Horwitz, organic chemist, will discuss his research on the sensitivity of dyes to light, especially photographic plate colors.
Smith To Go To Ann Arbor
George B. Smith, dean of the University, will leave this evening to attend the annual meeting of the National Assn. of Deans and Directors of Summer Sessions in Ann Arbor, Mich. The session will convene Friday and Saturday. Dean Smith will return Sunday evening.
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