University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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Left, Dell Love, senior, Business; and right, Mtilard Mttsselman, sophomore, Special, Engineer. nnun Enrollment of veterans at the University reached 370, November 1, when 150 former servicemen enrolled in the 12-week term. There are five women veterans at K.U. Every school in the University has veterans en- rolled, but the major trend is toward engineering and business administration. Kansas veterans are an integral part of the K.U. population of 3800 students, participating in various campus activities. Their only exclusive group is The Veterans, a club organized last year for the purpose of helping the veterans to adjust themselves to campus life. Photos by Brown

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THE JAYHAWKER BY NANCY GOERING Shore Duty For 275 Naval Rotsies NAVAL Reserve Officer ' s Training corps, docking on the banks of the Kaw, has advanced to the left flank of Mount Oread and marched undaunted toward objective K. U. With the motto, Long time, no sea, the Rotsie seamen are following in the footsteps of thousands of Brother Salts who have trained at K. U. ' s midwest naval academy machinist ' s mates, electrician ' s mates, air corps cadets, and V-12 ' s. On 26 other campuses through- out the nation, the Naval R.O.T.C. has been established, making a total of 52 units in the country. Training schools for the navy reserve corps were selected on the basis of academic stand- ing, facilities, enrollment, and in- terest. Of the 275 men in the reserve unit, 141 are former V-12 ' s who had three semesters or more to complete and were transferred to R.O.T.C. at the end of the sum- mer semester, Oct. 20. The other 134 came to the campus from other V-12 training schools: 18 from the Case School of Applied Sciences, Cleveland, Ohio; 75 from Washburn university, To- peka; and 41 from Northwest Missouri State Teachers college, Maryville, Mo. The increase of men on the campus and the snappy cadet uniforms that goes with them re- ceived the hearty approval of Kansas U. coeds. Things should start looking up for women on this campus, a B.W.O.C. commented, speaking for the masses (of women). With proper distribution we should be able to curb the man shortage. Head of the University ' s naval training program is a veteran of 56 months of sea duty, Capt. Chester A. Kunz (pronounced Kuntz). He replaces Lt. A. B. Copping who directed campus naval administration since last spring and joined the K. U. navy staff in November, 1944. Captain Kunz is the highest ranking officer ever assigned to duty at the University. Dr. J. N. Carman, professor of romance languages, is the new University coordinator of the Navy V-12 and N.R.O.T.C. pro- grams. He succeeds Dr. Leonard Axe who was released to be- come chairman of the new veteran ' s credit committee recently formed at the University. With the shift from acceler- ated war-time programs to peace- time schedules, the question, ' and what semesters are you enrolled in this month? makes sense. Three terms began on No- vember 1: A 12 -week term for the new Navy Rotsie ' s. It will end the first of February with the regular fall semester. With the beginning of the spring semester, they will follow the regular student semester program. A 16-week semester for ad- vanced students in engineer- ing (the engine school is still operating on a 3-semes- ter-a-year basis until the Navy V-12 program (ends). A 12 -week term for veterans who received their dis- charges too late to enroll in the fall school term. These are in addition to the regular fall 18-week semester. The R.O.T.C. students are en- rolled in courses in the College, the School of Business, and the School of Engineering and Archi- tecture. After four years in the reserve corps a trainee is com- missioned an ensign in the navy reserve and, in most cases, re- ceives a college degree. Next fall the Rotsie ' s will go to school on a civilian basis they will be required to attend certain classes and wear the cadet uniforms on drill days. Navy chow, PT housing, and liberty nights will be abandoned for more collegiate ways of living.

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THE JAYHAWKER of Rights-- BACK to school for the veteran means more than running down to Rowland ' s for a notebook and a few pencils. For the man who ' s transferring from the school of war to the school of education and peace, the process is long and complicated. On the University of Kansas campus, there is a bureau which specializes in giving every pos- sible aid to the man who wears the little gold wheel. At the Veterans ' Training Bureau, room 2, Frank Strong hall, the discharged serviceman finds a kind staff on hand to give him a hearty welcome. There the veteran who wishes to enter the University gets information and directions in re- gard to the procedure of enrolling in the University. From this office, which becomes his head- quarters, he is directed to the College office or offices of the various schools for enrollment, to Dean Henry Werner for rooms and employment, and if desired, to Dr. A. H. Turney ' s guidance bureau for educational, vocational, personal, and social counselling. In cooperation with the federal government ' s program for the education and training of war veterans, the University of Kansas offers its entire facilities and a special staff, headed by Dr. Leonard Axe, to meet the needs of the men and women returning from service in the armed forces. A Veterans ' Advisory Committee, with L. C. Woodruff as chairman, is available to help the veteran. The Veterans ' Training Bureau takes charge of working out the legal technicalities involved in the educational benefits provided for in Public Law 346, commonly known as the G. I. Bill of Rights, and Public Law 16, vocational rehabilitation. Under the G. I. Bill of Rights, the veteran is eligible to receive education or training, when the following conditions are met: ( 1 ) If he has served in the active military or naval service on or after Sept. 16, 1940, and prior to the termination of World War II. (2) If he has been discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable. (3) If his education or training was impeded, delayed, interrupted, or interfered with by reason of his entrance into the service; that is, any person who was not over 25 years of age at (Continued on Page 61) Top: left, Jack Greet, freshman, College; right, Tom Harris, junior, Special, Business. Bottom: left, Jim Kennedy, Special, Business; right, Art Coate, freshman, Engineer.