KU Dorm Plan for Men Success at Three Halls
At the University of Kansas three self governing dormitories Battenfeld Templin and Carruth house 118 men with a strong design for living. Applications surge with fourteen on a waiting list as costs average about 13 dollars monthly including meals utilities and insurance and the program emphasizes democracy and shared housekeeping duties.
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University of Kansas
Henry Werner
Biccane
Olin Templin
Kansas University Endowment Association
Battenfeld
J. R. Battenfeld
Kansas City
K.U. Templin
Carruth
Templin
Carruth Halls
Carlotta Nellis
Templin Hall
C. H.mullen
Battenfeld Hall
Alumni Place
Snow Moisture Best for Crops Says Soil Conservation Service
Charles P. McKinnie of the Soil Conservation Service notes that snow melt moisture is more valuable to crops than rain. Snow held on fields by crop residues and contour farming reduces loss, aids winter wheat, and preserves moisture in draws and ditches.
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Charles P. McKinnie
Soil Conservation Service
CCC
Ottawa
McKinnie
McHkinnie
Christmas visitations and community events in Baldwin
Prof and Mrs W J Williams and daughter Marion Louise host and visit relatives in Baldwin and Kansas City for Christmas. Rotarian Ray Vincent and Bill Clerker attend Baldwin Rotary. Dr James S Chubb spoke on WHB. birth announced Judith Ann to Martha Moore. Red Cross dinner planned January 9 with tickets fifty cents.
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W. J. Williams
Marion Louise
Kansas City
A. O. Lockwood
Maude Stewart
Norma Lockwood
Topeka
Mary Lockwood
Buena Vista
Storm Lake
Emmett Brown
Eldorado
Francis Yeoman
Wichita
Philin Barnthouse
Dorothy Ann
Bill Deal
Professor Kochan
Oscar Kochan
W. M. Clark
Bill
Clark
St. Luke’s Hospital
Mary Margaret Williams
Arkansas City
Marian Louise
Baldwin Rotary Club
Pine Room
Lawrence I. Thompson
Ray Vincent
Sapulna Nela
Bill Clerker
James S. Chubb
WHB
Earl Marwell
Oklahoma_ City
Judith Ann
Martha Moore
Baldwin
Marrine
Anna Monra
Oklahoma City
Dauchor
James Chuohh
Robert
Harold
Frueone
Koveas City
Man
Raw
Er Springs
Ta Enon
ChohWe
Meo
Myre
Alva Chukb
Fallewshin Hall
Ainate
Dourls County
H. K. Fhrieht
War nurse on Greek hospital train cares for wounded
On a frosty Macedonia route a Red Cross nurse sterilizes bandages and tends injured soldiers aboard a moving hospital train. She speaks of four wars and her sons at the front while choosing duty over visiting a sick son in a nearby hospital.
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Macedonia
Red Cross
England
Kansas graduate joins Royal Air Force in Britain
Robert S. Raymond Jr., KU School of Business Class of 1934, serves with the Royal Air Force while keeping American citizenship. He passed a London entrance exam, underwent a four hour physical, and described life in wartime Britain from London. He noted rationing, transport normalcy, and local impressions of Americans.
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Britain
University of Kansas
Royal Air Force
Air Ministry of England
U.S. State Department
Robert S. Raymond, Jr
School of Business
England
Raymond
London
Oxford
Regent Streets
Picadilly Circus
Fleet Street
Star
Air Ministry
Selection Board
Midwest
U.S.A
New Speech Curriculum Revamp at Kansas University
The University of Kansas faculty approved a sweeping revision in the speech and dramatic art department curriculum. The plan emphasizes everyday speech as a component of personality development and aims to offer a master's degree in speech for the first time, aligning with broader goals to aid majors entering teaching and expand speech education from grade levels upward.
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Department of Speech and Dramatic Art
University of Kansas
Milwaukee Street Drama Ends In Quick Rescue
A Milwaukee train station scene turned tense when a taxi sped past and a man dashed toward the entry. A quick police tackle saved him from the cab’s path. He thanked the officer and headed for the train with his suitcase.
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Milwaukee
Christmas Shopping Rush Hits New York Stores
New York reports a heavy last minute Christmas shopping rush with hundreds of stores crowded by shoppers. Merchants say dollar sales are the strongest in a decade and purchases total a record number of articles, driven by utilitarian items though furs show 15 to 50 percent higher sales than last year.
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New York
UPI
Hi-Y Club
Liberty Memorial High School
Hi-Y
University of Chicago December 17 convocation honors two graduates
At the 202nd convocation held December 17, Chicago Kullervo Louhl from Lawrence received the Master of Business Administration and Morton Jacobs from the University of Kansas physiology department earned the Bachelor of Science degree.
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Chicago
Kullervo Louhl
Lawrence
Morton Jacobs
University of Kansas
University of Chicago
Plan Lab Building of Earth at K. U.
A low cost laboratory structure on the University of Kansas campus will use stabilized earth blocks. Professor W C McNown developed the cement stabilized soil formula to create dense blocks. Construction begins after January 1 with NYA labor and blocks made by hand.
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McNown
Lawrence
Middle West
American Society For Testing
North Carolina
Unite States
United States Indian Service
James A. Davis
Haskell Institute
Davis
Professor McNown
Stabilized earth blocks could cut building costs
The article notes stabilized earth blocks compare to 15 to 25 cents per cubic foot for concrete blocks. With soil from the owner's premises, material costs drop to labor and a small stabilizer fee, potentially revolutionizing costs in the small building industry.
Germany Said to Conclude Trade Pact With Turkey
Berlin reports that Germany has concluded a new trade treaty with Turkey though details were not disclosed. Turkey maintains a mutual aid pact with Great Britain and recently signed a British Turkish trade accord. Authorities also confirmed German troop movements to Romania, described as a redeployment within existing divisions.
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Berlin
Germany
Turkey
Great Britain
Romania
Finland Free of Occupation Says Former Finnish Minister
Dr. Eino R. Holsti, former Finnish foreign minister en route to Palo Alto to lecture at Stanford, asserts Finland is independent and not occupied like Norway and Denmark. He notes no German or Russian troops on Finnish soil while Russia leased Han goe port for 30 years and Germany later moved troops from Norway through Finland.
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New York
Finland
Norway
Denmark
Eino R. Holsti
Holsti
Palo Alto
Calif
Stanford University
Russia
Hangoe
Germany
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K. U. Department
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Salt Lake City
Joseph G. Jeppson
Portland
Ore
Robert Miller
Journal-World
Plan Lab
Earth
K. U
Datee
Merry Christmas
Grant Mitchell
Mana Bryant
John Litel
George Reeves
Jan Clayton Lee Patrick
Robert Livingstgh
Nave
Sanon aTaaTaTakaeg
DATIS
GOB Steele
Vermont
Granada
Gary
Cooper
Walter Brennan
Doris Davenport
Fred Stone
W. C. Fields
National Guard
Groucho
Chico
Harpo
John Carroll
Ecresn
Diana Lewis
Andy Merdy
U. S. Military Academy
Porky Cartoon
Oddity World
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Jeffrey Lynn
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