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Day 2-7181. Night 2-7193. Journal 2-3330,
Editor Robert W. Schlater
Business Manager Phillip W. Kantor
The War
and Colleges
Special notice should be taken of the man
ner in which the "War and Navy departments
have recently handled a delicate situation. The
annual meeting of the Middle States Associa
tion of Colleges was meeting in New York
City on Nov. 27, 1942. Educators the country
over have recently viewed with trepidation
the bill to draft younger men into service.
Cutting into the 18- 19-year-age groups will
cut tremendously into their student bodies
and into their tuition fees. Indeed, in many
places it is felt that the new draft act will
mean the aboltion of collegiate education for
some time to come except for the women,
the cripples, and the foreign refugees.
Into this situation, when it would be sure
to be asked what the government was going
to do to the colleges, there were sent two
individuals from the War and Navy depart
ments in Washington.
Joseph W. Barker, special assistant to the
Secretary of the Navy, said:
"There is no desire on the part of the Army
or the Navy to dictate to yon what you must
do. We are hoping- to give you a maximum
of leeway iii the presentation of material and
a maximum of academic freedom."
Lieut. Col. Harley B. West, of the War
Department General Staff, said to them:
"Any relation between the armed services
and collegiate institutions is going to be pure
ly voluntary, and there is to be no requisition
ing. And I can not say that too strongly."
These remarks immediately set at rest a
great many of the worst fears of the aca
demicians. But the interesting thing is not
the exact wording of these remarks. The most
interesting thing was the background of each
of these two representatives who said these
things.
Air. Barker is, in ordinary times, dean of
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Dear Students:
We are wondering if you really know what
you want. Six weeks ago you made a request
in the person of Ward Brunson for more time
allotted to dancing in the Student Union. The
faculty committee on social functions very
conscientiously looked into their rules and
kindly give permission for the Union to spon
sor 'juke box' dances from 12:20 to 1:30 and
5 :00 to 6 :30 p. m. each day that space would
be available.
The Union arranged for a "juke box" to
be brought into the ballroom and advertised
the addition in activities. In the four and a
half weeks that the machine has been avail
able, it has grossed only $15.80. That sum of
money is not worth the time of the company
owning the machine, and the machine will be
removed unless more students patonize it.
We want you to know this fact so that
you will not be surprised by its removal. We
are leaving the 'juke box' in the Ballroom
until Christmas vacation. If business has not
increased, we shall very sadly bid goodbye to
the machine.
Hopefully yours, .
Student Union Activities Committee.
the College of Engineering at Columbia uni
versity. Lieut. Col. West is a National Guard officer
serving on the War Department General Staff,
a civilian officer with the civilian viewpoint,
one who knows the point of view of the ordi
nary patriotic and unselfish citizen not the
professional Army officer who is all too often
too intolerant of intellectual freedoms and
academic manners which are the very life
blood of collegiate institutional life in Amer
ica. The selection of these two as the official
War and Navy representatives betokens an
acumen unusual. The mere fact that these
were the men who appeared before the educa
tors had the educators half calmed and half
placated before ever a word was spoken.
This is a method of approach which mili
tary men too often neglect. They are too
prone to expect that a mere order given by
the man in the saddle should be sufficient.
They do not sufficiently realize as, for ex
ample, the professional politicians perhaps
most perfectly exemplifies that the opinions
and feelings of a second party are an important
consideration well worthy of being handled
with the best skill at hand.
Army-Navy Register.
Pre-med8 . .
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the two years he has studied and
that he intends to complete his
course in order to receive the de
t fcrrcd 2A or 2B classification. A
letter from the dean of the univer
sity or the head of the medical
department certifying: the student
usually is required by draft boards.
As every deferment is limited
to six months under the Selective
Service Act, the pre-medical stu
dent's case will be reviewed twice
a year. Ills classification, how
ever, will not be changed unless
bit marks have seriously dropped
or he has discontinued his studies,
Selective Service officials report
If a pre-medical student has not
been accepted by a medical school
at the time of his graduation or
shortly after, his deferment will
' be cancelled, and he win again be
liable for service. The dean of a
well known medical school reports
that there is room in American
medical shcools for only about
half of the pre-med students who
graduate every year, and that the
next classes opening up are almost
entirely filled now.
rreference for deferment is
given to students under acceler
ated programs, the Selective serv
ice reports. Also loans are avail
able to students of medicine who
Heed financial help.
Pre-medical students who have
been classed in 1A can appeal to
regud rants, medical schools, or
district government appeal agents
for reconsideration of their cases.
The University of Detroit la
preparing to send Its second naval
aviation squadron to the wars.
UN PanheU
Postpones Tea
Until January
The annual Panhellenic scholar'
ship tea scheduled for Dec. 20
has been postponed until Jan. 16.
At this time the six sororities
with highest scholarship will be
announced and cups will be
awarded.
Six sorority ceeds will be pre
sented with $25 scholarships on
the basis of scholastic achieve
ment and need. Applications for
these scholarships may be made
at the Dean of Women's office
immediately following Christmas
vacation. A girl needs only have
second semester standing and high
scholarship.
Minorities Group,
Aikanc, Mectb
Tonight in Union
Aikane, the former Minorities
Group, will meet tonight at 8:00
p. m. in the Faculty Lounge of the
Student Union.
"Aikane" is a Hawaiian word
meaning friend. From now on the
group will be known by this name.
The meeting tonight is a Christ
mas program in charge of Wilda
Chu and Homer Livermore. Ar
cada Berez will speak on "Christ
mas in the Philippines," and
Meyer Uyoka will tell about a
Hawaiian Christmas.
Delay Appearance
Of Cornelia Otis
Skinner in Series
The scheduled appearance of
Cornelia Otis Skinner, famous
dramatic monologuist, for this
evening on the Town Hall series
has been postponed until February
9 because of transportation diffi
culties. Miss Skinner, who will be spon
sored by the Lincoln Junior
League at her Town Hall program,
wilJ appear in "Wives of Henry
the Eighth" as a one-actress pre
sentation. The daughter of the
late Otis Skinner, she prefers the
one-actress presentation rather
than the support of a company of
players.
Dr. Oggel Speaks on War
At Presbyterian Lunch
"Is This the Christians War?"
will be the subject of a talk by
Dr. Melvin U. Oggcl, pastor of
Westminister church, at the Pres
byterian student house Wednes
day. The meeting will begin with a
luncheon at 12:30 until 1:25 p. m.
Reservations for the luncheon may
be made by calling the student
house.
Twelve hundred dollars has
been given by the American
Foundation for Dental Science to
the University of California col
lege of dentistry for biological re
search by the division of dental
medicine.
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Capital to Campus
By Jay Rlchter
Auociated Collegiate PrM
Womanpower
One of three of the nation's largest aeronautical firms is at
work on a womanpower plan that makes good sense. By way
of the American Council of Education, the firm sent question
naires to college deans of women to discover whether co-ds
would be interested in continuing their education for a year as
"engineering cadettes" on the company payroll then take a
regular job with the firm.
The responsie from deans has been terrific I
Altogether, the firm wants 1,000 women. They must have
had two years of college, including some mathematics.
"The increasing need for the services of women with
young children in industry may result in delinquency, health
break-down and emotional break-up in children not only today
but for many years after the war. The relation between the
mother, who leaves her children with just anyone who will
take care of them and the children; and between the children,
the parents, and the parent and the care-taker are usually bad.
In the United States, private nursery schools are attempting to
solve our problems. These cannot begin to meet the need of
all the women in industry who have young children. This need
must be met by good all-day nursery schcols. Dr. Ada Hart
Arlitt, University of Cincinnati authority on child psychology,
urge that this country emulate Britain by widespread adoption
of the day nursery schootplan. (ACT).
University's War Stamp
Sales Booths Again Open
Today at Five UN Places
War stamp sales booths will be
open tomorrow until 3:30 p. m.
for the reerular Thurwiav
stamp sales day. Booths will be
located in social sciences, MA,
School of Music, the Union, and
on ag campus as in the past
weeks.
Students File for Degrees,
Certificates by Saturday
Candidates for degrees or cer
tificates should file their appli
cations for January or Mrv at
the office of admissions, Admin
istration room 6 not later than
Saturday, accordine to an an
nouncement bv the rerintrnr f!
W. Rosenlof, yesterday.
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