University of Colorado - Coloradan Yearbook (Boulder, CO)

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October 16, 1940, was the day of the first peace-time draft for America and an irregular holiday for C. U. students. Twelve hundred and fifty draftees from the Univer- sity lined up in the Men ' s gymna- sium to declare their existence; few were conscientious objectors, and evidently none evaded the call. Anti-war handbills in the vicinity of the gymnasium deterred none. What the draft in this year of 1 940 meant to Colorado men is unpre- dictable from a personal stand- point. As on other questions, cam- pus discussion is rarely political, despite the numerous and un- founded allegations of Communist activity. To some the draft means an escape; to others, a disruption of plans, and to still others, the nasty culmination of a world prob- lem which World War I succeeded only in aggravating. DRAFT REGISTRATION . . . MUCH GLOOM DR. FRITZ, SELECTIVE SERVICE OFFICIAL —MORTON MORTGAGES HIS LIFE — DK. ALEXANDER, OFFICIAL FROSTY COX IS SAFE . . HE HAS A FAMILY — POOR WATTS ... NO FLAT FEET, PAST 21, WEIGHS OVER 105 AND IS OVER FIVE FEET TALL

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WATCH THAT PROPELLER! KAPPAS DARN FOR EUROPEAN REFUGEES, BRITISH SOLDIERS In the early part of the year it was becoming evident that Colorado students were not overly interested m national defense as a body. Few signed up for the voluntary military training program. However on two other fronts the work of defense was gaining favor, these being the CAA flying program for men and the Red Cross knittmg and nursrg program for women. Firlt enrollment in the CAA totaled 30 men and later increased rapidly. Evidence of pro- British support was the knitting school, which produced many a sock and cap for RAh fliers. HELL! IT CAN ' T EVEN JUMP THE FENCE ENGINEERS LEARN HOW TO BE DRAFTED BY INDUSTRY C. A. A. PILOT TWO, PLEASE

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LEO THE LION RAMBLES WHERE ' S YOUR COAT AND TIE, PUNCHES? Fall Quarter features football games with accompanying rallies where Spur, the Sophomore women ' s honorary, and Ph, Eds Ion Phi whose boys wear yellow jackets and have D. U. counterparts, make brave ,f not always successfu , attempts to lead the student Sy in spirit. Rallies sometimes have swing bands, sometirries bonfires Prominent players, coache Ind professors gr Prize gridiron humorists were Marty Brill and John Pudhk, both of whom convulsed th,s year ' s rally crowd. CHRISTMAN, M. U. ALL-AMERICAN MARTY BRILL— C. U. ' S HORATIO ALGER j qaIN— FOUR INCHES KAYO LAM, GRADUATE MANAGER