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EDITORIAL 8TAFF
Fnitor Leslie Jean Gletfelt
Managint Editors Betlt Laa Huston. Janet Masoa
News Editors Phyllis Teagarden, Mary Alice Cawood, Shirley Jenkins, Bill Roberta
Sports Editor George Miller
Society Editor Betty King
BUSINESS STAFF
Business Manager Lamina Abramsea
Assistant Business Manager Shirley Hampton. Dorothea Rosenberg
Circulation Manager Keith Jones, Phone i-5223
Get on the Ball . . .
The registration situation is inexcusable. Many stu
dents have stood in line for three hours in the Temple
building, waiting to go through the assignment committee
to complete their registration, only to have the door shut
in thieir faces upon progressing that far. Other students
have missed classes to fight their way through the lines,
only to find that something was neglected and they had to
go back to their advisors.
The disregard for organization and efficiency makes us
wonder if the administration is capable of taking care of
the increased enrollment which they evidently hadn't antici
pated. The system of setting up the assignment committee
in the YM office at Temple was all right for the war years
in which the number of students registering was cut in half.
However, now there are some four thousand students try
ing to register for next semester and by the widest stretch
of imagination they just don't fit into that one room.
In the first place they need people there to check the
student's papers before they go thru the line to see if they
are ready for the assignment committee. Then they need
a place large enough to hold all the students. Finally they
need more officials working in order that more than one
line can be moving at a time. In the meantime, the best
way to encourage skipping classes and late registration is
to leave conditions just as they are!
Snipe Hantin9,
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JIDCE MASON
At Long Last
The school of journalism has received a long-deserved
break and staff and students alike are looking forward to
next year eagerly. The break is in the form of a potential
new journalism building with one of its feature attractions
being a photography lab in the basement which includes ten
fully-equipped dark rooms.
For several years, particuarly since the war, the school
of journalism has been suffering from bad equipment, dis
graceful housing and staff shortages. Many students came
to the University with intentions of entering journalism col
lege and after one or two semesters either changed colleges
or went to another school. Too few courses were offered
because of the loss of teachers to the armed forces or better
jobs elsewhere. Those courses that were offered gradually
lost thir appeal when students had to sit in the dirty, musty
smelling rooms of University Hall day after day.
Finally the Administration has seen fit to do some
thing about it. Plans and blueprints are being drawn up
and the bulding is scheduled to be ready for occupation next
i all. ISew staff members have been added to the staff and
other appointments are anticipated in the near future. The
jourraism students certainly have reason to be encouraged.
The qni'y question left unanswered now is what to do with
U-Hajj
Stating ur opinion would be a fore-gone conclusion!
By ROGER JOHNSON and
MARILYN MEYER
(Guest Editors)
Kicking aside dead bodies and
piling them up in the left hand
corner of the Temple building
after spending a mere five hours
and 13 minutes getting the As
signment committee's advice to
send us back to our advisor to
start all over again, we finally
decided Enouch's Enough!
TJnmhlv staeeerinc down the
street, mumbling incoherently
and with a glassy gleam in our
eyes, we wended our weary way
in what we thought was the di
rection of the famed Union bldg,
Evidently it wasn't, because we
ended up on "P" street, going
west. No, King's wasn't our ob
jective.
Our innate sense or curiosity
was aroused by an intriguing oak
door. Being of adventuresome
spirit, we cautiously turned the
knob and tip-toed in. No sooner
did we get through this famous
door than we were accosted (hm,
we should say accosted? what we
mean IS) we were pounced upon
by two muscular appearing fugi
tives from the pugilistic game,
who viciously asked us, "And
how old are YOU?" Digging for
our fake birth certificates, we be
wilderingly stammered, "Twenty
one, sir."
Recovering from this, our first
shock, we got up from our knees
and proceeded into what we
found later to be THE famed den
of iniquity. Need we say more?
To make a long story short,
upon observing the chief form of
entertainment we naturally grew
very indignant and left, after
three hours of chatting with old
friends and acquaintances from
the last war, and, we might add,
mumbling just as incoherently as
ever and with just as glassy a
gleam in our eyes.
Dr. Schwarting
Discusses Plant
Chromosomes
Dr. Arthur Schwarting, univer
sity pharmacognosist, in an ad
dress to the university chapter of
Sigma Xi Tuesday evening, dis
cussed the arrangement and func
tion of chromosomes in plants.
He slated that scientists may
now change the appearance, in
ternal structure and productive
capacity of plants by artificially
rearranging their chromosomes.
He went on to say that the pro
cess has greatly expanded the
range ot possibilities heretofore
attributed to plants and is a prom
ising new field.
Natural Chemical
According to Dr. Schwarting,
by applying to plants a natural
chemical "alkaloid colchicine," a
crystalline substance derived from
the ordinary crocus plant, the
chemical content of a plant may
be altered. In some plants an lm
portant increase in drug con
stituents is devised and in other
cases new and dilferent drugs are
obtained.
Dr. Schwarting discussed four
plants in which this process has
been successful: Cinchona, which
yields quinine; aconits, which
yields aconitihe; belladonna,
which yields atropine; and pepper
mint, which is the commercial
source of menthol.
Nu-Mel Club Elect
Howard Diiigmaii
As New President
Nu-Med officers for the follow-
ng semester, elected Jan. 9, are
Howard Dingman, president; Alice
Nadada, vice president; Ruth
Hoffman, secretary, and Stanley
Johnson, publicity chairman.
Guest speaker at the Wednes
day meeting was Dr. Clayton
Andrews, who spoke on the thy
roid gland. He classified the types
of gland disorder, described the
symptoms, and gave the cures of
each. He stated that treatment
given any type of disorder was
very satisfactory and that 99 per
cent of the treatment was successful.
A trip to Dr. Stanley Welsh's
clinic is on the program for the
next meeting. It was also an
nounced that new members taken
nto Nu-Mcds totaled 60.
Home Ec Group
Sells Betty Lamps,
Recipe Booklets
The Home Ec club is continu
ing its sale of recipe folders and
Betty lamps because of the suc
cessful opening of sales just be
fore Christmas. A total of 200
lamps was sold on the first two
days and additional sales are
promising.
Each 3" by 5" folder contains
approximately 30 selected recipes
contributed by club members and
the faculty. The Betty lamps, the
symbol of home economics, are
pottery candle holders and may
be purchased either singly or in
pairs. Both are on sale at the
desk, second floor of the home
ec building.
Members . . .
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resentalive Bob Dickerman and
John Ellis.
Voting is restricted to members
of the YM.
Finklestein Speaks
The program for the meeting is
sponsored by the World Related
ness Commission. Mr. Lewi B.
Finklestein will speak to the group
on the subject, "Is Zionism the
Answer to the Conflict in Pales
tine?' Members of the World Related
ness Commission who planned the
program are Phil Frandsen, chair
man, Wendell Boesinger, Robert
Dickenman, Bill Miller; Robert
Esteb, Anthony Good, Sam War
ren and Robert V. Radin.
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St (in Kenton
Question f th?.hur seems to be why Stan Kenton
tcRts five dollars per' couple.
Stan Kenton probabiy'-doesn't know it, but he is being
a guinea pig for the occasion of 4he dance here in the Union
Feb. 1. University dances have been fsathctically lacking in
"big-name" bands since Pearl Harbor. IJ2t Lahr's venture
into big name stuff, in bringing Kenton toine Union, is
the first postwar shot at getting good dance mtipic on cam
pus for the fitudents.
As we all know, space in the Union ballroom iifjirni'.c'd.
And so, accordingly, have the number of tickets for the
dance been limited. With this limit, which provides for com
fortable dancing, it is necessary to charge the $2.D0 per per
son. An innovation at the Union for the dance will be the
tables on the balcony, the coke service at the tables at five
rents per shot, and the broadcasting of Stan Kenton's music
in parlors XYZ of the Union for the jazz-dancers who re
quire an uncluttered thirty square feet of floor space.
The appearance of Stan Ker.ton at the Union will be
the first dance of the second semester and probably the
biggest dance of the year as far as the orchestra is con
cerned. The dance will serve to welcome back the old and
new students of the UN. Stan Kenton is the year's out
standing dance band, and if he is a success at the Union
February 1, it is extremely likely that he will be only the
first of many "name" bands brought to the campus soon.
BY SARAH MLRRY.
What with exams heading the
schedule for next week the week
end is bound to prove rather dead
for some. Other brave souls may) J iiii c KKIKf
neao ior umann ana tne ice roi-
lies or out to the Pike for Blue
Barron.
El lie Asmussen furnished sweets
lor her sister Gamma Phi's and
kisses for the ATO's Monday night
to climax her pinning to Bud
Marsh . . . Kappa's pot in on the
same ordeal When 1'uthie Bick
ritll passed the candy with En
si Kn Ted Linderman.
Taking in a movie Sunday nigh,
were Alan Kline and Barbara
Rowland . . . The common way
to spend a Sui:day evening. I).
Ann Richardson and Don Davis
are seeing lots of each other these
d.iys as are Phyllis Stcinhauer and
Dale Hatch. Calling it steady arc
Van Norman and Mary Claire
Clark and Nancy Mines and Jim
Moore.
ATO s f.ot in on a second candy
passing Monday night when
Wayne Messenger led the way to
the Thela house and Elaine Par
rnenler. Beth Montgomery and Phi Cum
and ex-pinmate Warren F.ison
hart got together last week-end.
From what I hear, we should
watch this duo. Then also hear
-':,nf f'-ircv :irirl PikIv n.-.lr.i: fi
lially got together for a date . . .
could go on to say that there arc
Lois Chantry of yell-leading fame
and Don Ashford and Dick Bo
gan and Betty Jacobs, but will
end this for now. Happy Exam
week!!!!
Mortar Board
College Women
Short-time loans are available
to women students through the
Mortar Board Loan Fund, accord
ing to Barbara Griswold, president
of Mortar Board, women's hon
orary society.
Available throughout the school
year, the loans we to assist women
needing financial aid for a short
period. The money will help the
women meet unexpected costs of
books, tuition and other school ex
penses. Applicants interested in securing
the loans should apply at the dean
of women's office.
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man and veteran. Miller is also a
freshman.
District Representative.
Candidates for the post of dis
trict representative are Jim Don
nelly and Merwyn Row. Donnel
ly, a freshman? is serving as a
temporary appointee to the post
of representative at the present
time. Row is also a freshman at
Ag college.
At the cabinet retreat held by
the Ag YM Sunday, plans for
the coming semester were laid
and the organizational set-up was
levised according to the president,
Bob Cornell.
University . . .
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during the pre-sale inspection pe
riod. The items range from bolts to
airplane engines. Thus far con
siderable laboratory equipment
for engineering, chemistry and
medicine has been acquired, col
lege and other departments on the
campus.
Changing war needs have forced
cancellation of nearly two bil
lion dollars worth of war con
tracts for the automotive industry.
Quick Service
Good Food
Reasonable
Prices
Bill Meredith
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