University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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OCTOBER 1942 of the responsibility. Under their constitution they elect their own house oflicers as well as representa- tives to an Inter-Dorm Council. The actual operation of the halls is strictly up to the members. Some, especially trained, serve on the cooking squad. Other house jobs rotate, with each boy giving an hour of his time a day and extra time on Saturday. Yes, I said an hour a day that's all it takes. These boys are used to doing things for themselves hence they hang up their own clothes, etc. The little things they do make the difference. There is probably just about half the work in these dorms as in the average fraternity. Another interesting point is the boys do their work well. There are no slackers simply because slackers cannot be tolerated. ' - As one wanders through these smooth running halls today, it is indeed difficult to understand why the doubters doubted. Can college boys cook? Why I walked out into the Templin Hallkitchen which feeds over seventy boys three meals a day. In the big iron stoves was steaming pan after pan of chocolate pudding. On the sideboard were ten lemon pies freshly done. The cooks were grinning over their handiwork. And the dishwashers were plying their trade cheerfully. No confusion! No shirking! Mother Nellis had taught them how and they were carrying on like experts. First Row, Left to Right: DeSales Weber, Wilsong Georgia Frances Wiggins, Great Bendg Lois Thompson, McPhersong Mar- cella Stewart, Winfieldg Ruth Scholfield, Fort Scottg June Harries, WakeenegR ' M WdW'h'.S :ZR L R'h , y egma ay ar , ic ita econ ow, eft to zg t: Johnnie May Mann, Olatheg Virginia Markley, Minneapolisg Evelyn Railsback, Osborneg Florence G. Helmke, Prattg Carol L. McCoy, Oskaloosag Mary Roberta Steele, Kansas City, Mo.g Julia Ann Casad, Wichita. Third Row, Left to Right: Mauis Lukert, Sabethag Peggy Rothenberger, Osborneg Betty Steil, Alliance, Nebr.g Lucile Rothenberger, Osborneg Frances Gillman, Kansas Cityg Sara Ann Jones, Garden City. First Row, Left to Right: Jean Scott, Garnettg Jane Scott, Gar- nettg Alice Lewis, Topekag Bertha Cummins, Holyroodg Esther De Bord, Kansas Cityg Idabelle Bradley, Blue Mound. Second Row, Left to Right: Evelyn Crawford, Sabethag Virginia Van Order, Wichitag Lillian Logan, Formosag Ruth Zook, Larnedg Katherine Dietrich, Richmond. Third Row, Left to Right: Marie Larson, Osage Cityg Rosemary Gooch, Topekag Beth Beamer, Alramontg Helen Stormont, Dighrong Violet Conard, Coolidgeg Anna Marie Stevens, Frankfortg Effie Kelly, Burlingtong Joyce Durall, Coats. 35' 27 In the front rooms the easy, comfortable atmos- phere of a fraternity prevails. And yet one senses something distinctly different. It's a fraternity with- out being a fraternityf' said one of the boys. And though that paradox was puzzling I began to see what he meant. It was a brotherhood all right but an informal one. What it lackedlin tradition, and pride, and sense of a mission, it made up in free, frank, friendliness and above all democracy. One can notice a difference of attitude also. These boys are serious, they are responsible. Of course they like their intramurals and they like their parties. They have plenty of both. But here's the point. Their association is based on economic cooperation first and on social cooperation only second. They are work- ing to keep each other in school and not just to have a good time. Each members efforts are indispensable to the group. He cannot fail. And he knows it. Thus the dormitories are really serving two pur- poses: first, they give those who might have been denied the chance for an education the 'opportunity to attend the university, and secondly they serve as a course in living. The boys see at once one of the fundamental precepts of democracy in action. That is they learn in a very practical way that the greatest good of the greatest number can best be realized by united action. ,N , , -AWZW' . . . , m b.J W'

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Fin! Row, Left lo Right: Robert Lundy, Kansas City, Mo.: Gregg Van Bibber, Troy, Forest. JOIICS, Columbus? Kin: neth Reasons, Coldwater, William Smith, ,C0ffeYVL1 ii Robert Hazen, Kansas, City, Leon M1leS,,EmP0fla3 Wea e Good, Perry, XVilliam McCoy, Coffeyville. Second '01-lf, Left to Right: Ralph Dagenais, Afqmson, James Offlfsl- Garnett, Arthur Johnstone, Kansas City, Ray ThHY01', Hols' ington, Harry Jennison, Independence, Bob Neustrom, Kan' sas City, John Davis, St. Joseph, M0-S Jim Reed, Sallfla, Don Frautwein, Topeka, Homer HOOVGI, Kansas Cltyf Eldon Leubring, Leavenworth, Lee Soxrnan, Independence, Mo. Third Row, Left to Right: Dennis Hardman, Frank- fort, Jack Cheney, McCracken, Glenn Gray, Eureka, ChaflCS Cradnall, Goff, Sam Zweifel, Luray, Dick Paulsen, R1Ch- mond, Bob Harrison, Hutchinson, George McDonald, Kan- sas City, Lester McGonigle, Potwin, George Shopley, W1Fh- ita, Max Culp, Troy. Fourth Row, Left to Righf: Mike Pfautz, Effingham, Virgil Hollenbeck, Hope! Eddie Hart' eronft, Lyons, Bob Lindley, Hill City, Dick .Lupf61', Neff' desha, James Fuller, Larned, John Sells, Effingham, Emil Heuer, Wichita, Pete Grosz, Russell, B111 Lakey, Neodesha, Leonard Diehl, Liberal. Fifth Row, Left .to Right: James Cox, Topeka, Don Patterson, Ellsworth, Lin Perry, Coffey- ville, Ralph Norquest, Fredonia: Jack Pio, Chase, Charles Burns, Leavenworth, Aubrey Gibson, Topeka, Bill Smith, Topeka, Leon Ramsey, Talmadge, L 'L H fdB'llL d K C't El dH'n Ch te All Kb H . 'hR L Rh. kGlh Prtt,Duane ewis aws, art or , i an rey, ansas 1 y, woo ai es, anu , en or e, ays Szxt ow, ef! to ig l' Jac Ui am, a Bryant, Kansas City, Mo., Maurice Pollum, Topeka, Robert Eichron, Osawatomie, Robert McBride, Minneapolis, Dale Ostlund, Simpson, Lee Leather- wood, Dodge City, Robert Stevens, Topeka, Stanley Smith, Centralia, Milford Kaufman, Mourrdridge, Floyd Krehbiel, Moundridge, Jack Plank, LYOHSS Kenneth Shannon. Sedan, Gene Schwartz, Hoisington. Not in picture: Bill Krall, Atchison, James Doores, Pittsburg, Philip Lin, Fukien, China. sion, the idea became current that, just as the federal government was responsible for the wellbeing of its citizens, so the University was for the care of its stu- dents. Those who for long had dreamed dreams of campus low cost housing-chief among them Dean Olin Templin, chairman of the Endowment Association-now began to sell their project in earnest. And as fate would have it, they succeeded in their charitable intentions just as, with less charitable intentions, the world plunged itself into another war. First planned was Templin Hall, reconstructed with the aid of countless alumni from the ruins of stately old Brynwood. By sheer coinci- dence in that same year, 1940, the old chancellor's residence was left vacant and remodeled as Carruth Hall, and Mr. and Mrs. John Battenfeld of Kansas City erected Battenfeld Hall nearby in memory of their son John. ' Thus K.U.'s unique experiment with University owned, self-supporting, scholarship dormitories be- gan. Soon they had set national records for low cost housing. At the end of the first year each boy, having, deposited 3518 a month, was refunded 5336.90 Actual cost per month for everything was only 313.90 Already the scholarship average was hover- ing about the 2.00 level. The halls had produced some of the top activity men on the campus and had maintained a full social schedule. Yes, it could be done. And with this point settled, two new dorms, Jolliffe and Hopkins have been established in the last two years. No one doubts that the future will bring many more. Indeed plans already made call for a line o fhouses facing Templin and Battenfeld .. -it to the east to form a housing quadrangle on Alumni Place, as that plot of land is called. Here, instead of in isolated rooming houses, will the great group of deserving independent students of the future live. It is impossible at this early date to predict what the result of this expansion will mean to the uni- versity. One thing is certain the Independents will come into their own in a very real sense. It will mean that a new and a powerful force will be running things on Mount Oread. The fraternities will find, no doubt to their surprise, that they have some very real competition. But that in itself is a good thing. After all it is an accepted axiom of human nature that most people do their best only when goaded, and good healthy competition can't be beat in the line of goads. It should serve to bring about some very definite changes. For instance the dorms should in time come to dominate the intramural scene for they will have more men from which to draw their repre- sentatives. Also their remarkable grade average may in time bring the men's average as a whole up to about a 2.5. W' ell maybe. ' How are they run, these men's residence halls which have sprung up so suddenly to be a dominat- ing influence on the campus Ultimately responsible is the faculty operating committee which outlines broad policy. In addition there is an appointments committee which each year passes on student appli- cations for admittance. Scholarship, chafaqfef, and willingness to work are the deciding factor. Each dorm has its own housemother and over each house an older student designated as proctor pre- sides. The members themselves hold a large share

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l You'd better sign up, buddie-time's a wasting. gg HIS is no Laughing Matter! The title of this popular song of a few seasons ago might well be the theme of this year's ROTC unit. No longer does Joe College grasp his sides and roll with un- restrained glee on the grass at the sight of Dusen- berry's Mob straggling over Mt. Oread's slopes. No, indeed, for the Joe of today has probably joined this motley crew and is doing right faces and taking obstacle courses as if he thoroughly enjoyed it. The appeal which the ROTC holds for present day college lads lies in the fact that it is practically immune from the fell clutches of Local Board No. 1. Not only that, but while attending his classes, Joe is receiving valuable training which at the end of four years will give him a second lieutenant's commission in the Army of the United States. Of all the many reserve programs open to stu- dents of the University of Kansas, the ROTC is probably the most practical in view of the needs of the student and the nation. Only in the ROTC does joe receive assurance that he will complete his school work for a degree. He must complete eight semesters of ROTC before being eligible for a commission and, in general, these are finished at the same time the work required for a degree is completed. While go- ing to school the boys receive expert instruction in the type of work they will be required to do when they eventually are commissioned into the Army. Hitler, when he marched in Poland, and I-Iirohito when he loosed his treacherous bombs on Pearl Har- bor, changed the thoughts and actions of the Ameri- can people. Among the changes wrought by the evil men was the tremendous increase in enroll- 'PHE ment in ROTC courses over the country. Kansas University was no exception to this trend. In the last three years, the enrollment in K.U.'s ROTC unit has increased over 600 per cent. A change has come over these marching Jayhawk- ers. Marching comes easier because they try harder. Each man in the navy blue uniform of our unit real- izes that in the not-too-distant future, he will be tested by an ordeal more terrible than he can realize. Only by becoming trained and fit, physically and mentally, will he survive when the time comes. With this realization each man, from the Cadet Major down to the lowest freshman buck private, is doing his job with a greater seriousness than ever before. Let's take a look beneath the surface and see what the ROTC is made of and what it does. Its purpose is to take these green inexperienced college freshmen and in three or four years turn out a man who will be a good soldier and oHicer. Limited as they are by lack of time and equipment, the staff officers are do- ing a superb job. The Reserve Officers Training Corps is a separate division of the University. It is staffed by regular Army officers, several of whom are graduates of K.U. These men teach the classes in tactics, gunnery, and military customs and they supervise the drill. Cadet officers, chosen from the student soldiers, are in direct charge of the drilling of the cadet units. They are chosen for ability and receive valuable experience in commanding men. Before he graduates, a man will have experience in commanding units of varying sizes from a squad up to a battalion. In our military history, one outstanding fault has glared from the pages. In all our wars, from the Revolution on, the lack of trained officer personnel has handicapped our military efforts. The establishment of West Point al- leviated the situation to a certain extent, but in times of mobilization, the officer shortage has always be- come acute. ROTC was established with the idea of