University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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26 THE JAYHAWKER llll. HHH ll WHH S WE begin the academic year in the fall of 19-43 -- a year in which we find under way a twelve weeks army term, a sixteen weeks navy medic and engineering term, and a five weeks civilian term +the conversion of the University to maximum war purposes is practically complete. We are operating on ia year round basis, with all civilian students to be enrolled in semester terms beginning in the future on November first, March first, and july first. Because of War Department regulations, the army units, ex- cept in medicine, will operate on a twelve week quarter. fx Y The University is housing and messing in the neighborhood of twenty-three hundred men, some thirteen hundred of whom are housed in academic buildings on the campus. It has meant crowding, loss of many recreational and athletic facilities, and more afternoon and Saturday classes. It has meant all sorts of new relationships. Most of our military students would not have been here in peace times. Many have come from distant states, sent by the military authori- ties. But all are students in the University of Kansas as well as members of the armed forces. The ,civilian students have recognized this, and have been glad to have these men here. They are invited to participate in all of our activities for which their time permits. They wear the University's uniform on the athletic field, and participate in our 'musical or- ganizations. We all welcome them, and honor them as members of the nation's fighting forces whom we are privileged to train. And we recognize that K. U. would be a forlorn and drab institution in these war days without them. q When peace comes, we shall miss the marching and singing men, but we hope that many of them will be with us again as civilian students, carrying on to- ward completion of college or professional training. The University is proud of its part in the war effort, and glad also to be able to participate so effectively, while at the same time preserving in every one of the more than sixty departments of the University, work for the civilian students. The problems are many, the difficulties often un- pleasant and disheartening. The fact that the adjust- ments to a wartime basis have been successful, is the result of willing workers on the faculty, many of whom are working beyond the margins of safety, many of whom have retrained themselves, spontane- ously and wholeheartedly, into new Helds of teaching. It is the result also of a student body, willing in a hundred instances to sacrifice convenience, pleasure, and comforts for the obligations and responsibilities of an accelerated and inevitably disorganized Univer- sity. Out of it is emerging a serious, driving, determined University, welded together in a united war purpose, -an omen of 'eventual victory, and of the indestructi- bility of the institution atop Mt. Oreadg DEANE, W. MALOTT Chancellor

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NOVEMBER 1943 of its former inhabitants and joined the armed serv- ices as a housing unit for men in the navy program here. This year Jolliffe has been converted into a girls' dorm, and since February, 1943, Hopkins Hall has sheltered girls taking aeronautical training at the University. With 85 boys, Battenfeld and Carruth continue to perpetuate the movement which began three years ago while awaiting the rebirth of their associates. F This realization of the values of group living has been the death toll for more than one Room fur- nished-Student sign. These boys are living together because it is sounder economically and more enjoyable socially to live in a group with a common ultimate goal. In dormitory living, each member does his work in relation to keeping the hall in smooth running condition be- cause his best interests and the best interests of the group are identical. In this democratic way of living they are insuring for themselves a college education in the truest sense to supplement that which they gain in the formal classroom. The very fact that this way of living-the dormi- tory way-has been able to survive and even to in- crease during war-time has proved another of its virtues. Boys dorms, turned over for government use during this emergency is one recommendation of their -adaptability. These dorms, used either for the housing of civilians studying for defense work, or for actual trainees are playing a vital part in this Univer- sity's war effort. The converting of a former fra- ternity house and a former menls dormitory into dormitories for girls are further proof of the popu- larity of this mode of life. All indications point to the probability that the post-war years will see an even greater interest in the dorms and their future. Training in group living, orientation into University customs, social advantages, and above all the fostering of a greater interest in the school and its activities are only a few of the intangi- ble assets of this way of life. Tangible assets might be listed as the comforts of pleasant surroundings and good food. Surely these are excellent recommenda- tions for any mode of life. And, surely, the Univer- sity, its alumni, and its student body recognize these advantages and plan for the post-war days when new dormitories will make their appearance on the Hill. 25 JOLIFFE HALL Firrl row: Marian Swoyer, Oskaloosag LaVerne Keeven, Troyg Jean Richardson, Kansas City, Mo.g Barbara Barro, Independence, Mo.g Dolores Farrel, Marysville, Betty Barnes, Rush Centerg Mrs. Forsytheg Frances Jeanne Clay, Ulyssesg Sarah Raffe- lock, Ottawag Faith Severson, Augustag Merlyn Stenger, Kansas City, Mo.g Jeanne Bodman, Kansas City, Mo. Second row: Margaret Ward, Long Islandg Joyce Lee Hahn, Norwichg Carolyn Southall, Kansas City, Mo.g Eva Lee Yung, Halsredg Berneice Watson, 'Formosag Alberta Moe, Tampa, F1a.g Nancy Knox, Norman, Ok1a.g Ann Regier, Moundridgeg Elaine Ketter, Falls Cityg Nebr.g Marjorie Hedrick, Augustag Maxine Millhauser, Pratt. Not in picture: Mary Dudley, Hugoton. BATTENFELD AND CARRUTH Fin: row: Frank O'Connell, Kansas City, Harry Spencer, Topekag Ted Joyce, Kansas City, Mo.g Glenn Hahn, Norwichg William Porter, Hugotong Irving Esterkyn, Grant City, Mo.g Richard Hollingsworth, Sewardg Kenneth Crane, Kansas City, Mo.g Phillip Billau, Amarillo, Tex.g Richard Batchelor, Hays. Second row: Willard Howland, Nortonvilleg Allen Rogers, Topekag Don Alderson,'King City, Mo.g Dean Corder, Weldag Darwin Widmer, Parsonsg Dean Frazier, Caldwellg Fred List, Leavenworthg Mac Kreuter, Mariong Dean Frobenius, Lincolnville. Third row: James Ross, Wfeldag Jack Williams, Bentleyg Robert Pool, Hopeg Howard Jones, Troy, N. Y.g Guy Ashcraft, Osage Cityg Mac Hogle. Burlingameg John Light, Winfieldg Rex Belisle, Miltonvaleg Harlan Heuer, Nashvilleg Fred Knoche, Wichita. Folzrzh row: Charles Harkness, Greenleafg Larry Arnspiger, Wellingtong Robert Hammer, Kansas Cityg Carroll Voor- hees, Tonganoxieg Clyde Doughty, Hutchinsong Dean Postlethwaite, Delphosg Darwin Householder, Scandiag Richard Goertz, Moundridgeg Arnold Greenhouse, Leavenwovhp Jim Afflick, Kansas Citty:

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