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VOL. XXXIII

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1942

PR'S COMPLETE
MANEUVERS

Crippled Plane Led To Safety
By Injured Former Student
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Houston Thomas
Captain John L. Carter, instrucSecond Lieutenant Richard Sam
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Professor R. D. Mclntyre
partment, announced today the uel Starks became one of the Unicompletion by Pershing Rifles of a versity's first World War II heroes
. . . will leave September V.
series of limited tactical exercises-simila- when he piloted to safety, under
in proportion to the reguProfessor Robson D. Mclntyre. of lar United States Army field ma- German lire, one of the 12 Flying
Fortresses that bombed German- the College of Commerce, has been neuvers.
held railway
yards in Rouen.
commissioned
The maneuvers, five in number,
a captain in the
France, in Friday's big aerial battle
were staged at various intervals
United States Army Air Forces, and
of the North Sea.
will leave on September 4, for the throughout the summer on terrain
According to Associated Press
outside the Lexington city limits.
Officers Candidate Training School Four of
the weekly maneuvers dispatches, Starks' right arm was
at Miami Beach, Florida, it was an- were staged at night and lasted shattered by a shell which killed
Lieutenant Donald
nounced this week.
from five to six hours. The terri- his
Walker
Painesville,
Captain Mclntyre, instructor in tory for the exercises was espec- Midway offlier calmly Ohio, but the
directed his
marketing - and salesmanship, has ially chosen for its similarity to the bombardier, Lieut.
Ed wart Sconiers,
ground school Instructor areas in which troops would be enserved as a
of Florida, in flying the crippled
in the CPT program on the campus. gaged in wartime.
plane back to its base.
After completing his preliminary
Cadet Captain Lee Porter Witt,
When Starks was hit, he called
training period of approximately commanding officer of the Pershing
six weeks at Miami Beach, he will Rifles, and his aides, Cadet Lieu- Sconiers the bombardier, who rego. to Santa Anna, California, and tenants Atlee Wilson and Ward moved Walker from the dual conreport to the commanding general Darnell, led the ROTC students trols and took his seat. Under the
of the West Coast Air Force train- during the maneuvers. The organ- pilot's instructions he brought the
ing center for assignment to duty. ization selected the maneuver area ship down.
A
London
broadcast lauded
Captain Mclntyre came to the because it offered obstacles which
University in 1925 when the College would discourage the ordinary sol- Starks and other members of the
alof Commerce was organized. He is dier, but which must be met and fortress crew and stated that
treasurer of ODK. men's overcome during battle campaigns. though Starks was seriously injured
national
When questioned as to the results he alighted from- - the bomber unleadership society.
assisted.
In the Army Air Force he will be of the maneuvers. Captain Carter
Pershing
Starks joined the Army Air Corps
one of a growing group of men, smilingly stated that the
how "to as an aviation cadet in April, 1941,
who will handle the organization's Riflemen at least learned
slapping after attending the University three
administrative duties, thereby free- fight mosquitos without
years. His father, the late James
ing flying officers for combat ser- too loud."
He said the military department Stark, was one of the founders of
vice. These men are carefully
plans to continue the maneuvers Starks and Company, head-ach- e
chosen according to their profesj during the fall term.
powder manufacturers.
life.
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year, 1941-4or went into debt.
"The committee will Insist that
all debts made last year be paid
before issuing a permit," he con-

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At Post Office

Miss Carrie Bean, postmaster
at the University station, requested today that all students
who intend to remain on the
campus between the end' of the
summer term, August 29, and
the opening of the fall quarter
on September 21, please turn
their names in at the post

DORM FLOODED
BY PRANKSTER

office.

Hall, men's dormitory,
Kinkead
and flooded the entire section with
betwen four and six inches of
water.
This incident was the climax in
a series of affairs in the men's
this summer, involving stu-

White

Taking matters into their own
hands, about twenty students assembled In front of the University
Administration building last Friday
night at 11:30. and using a wooden
plank, toppled the "Federalista",
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war canthe old
non, from its granite pedestal.
The crowd, composed entirely of
men. then painted a number of

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signs which they placed alongside
the driveway leading past the Administration building.
The following phrases were typical of the sentences printed on the
To the
signs: "From Donovan
Japs", and "To Tokio
d,
Via Doolittle."
Saturday morning. Colonel B. E.
Brewer assigned a detail of thirteen
ROTC cadets from the second-homilitary class under the command
of Captain John L. Carter to turn
the old gun over on its side so two
detectives from the Lexington police force could examine a number
of fresh fingerprints that were
found on the gun.
It was presumed that the detectives would compare the fingerprints found on the cannon with
those of University students who
were fingerprinted when they enrolled in the Army Enlisted Reserve.
One of the student demonstrators afterwards related to the Kernel that the group had originally
intended to carry the gun over to

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the men's dormitories and place It
in the middle of the courtyard, between the three halls. However, the
weight of the gun, over three tons,
frustrated that attempt.
The student declared that at no
tune during the incident did they
see Officer Kelly, the night patrolman. He denied that the students
had acted in accord with the recent

campaign of the KERNEL to junk
the old gun for scrap metal. On the
contrary, he asserted they had not
read the articles in the student
paper on scrapping the cannon and
the idea was entirely original with
them.
When asked for a comment on
the incident, the student remarked,
"Just call it- war- hysteria,".

According to an announcement released early this morning by I'njversity Comptroller
Frank D. Peterson, the students involved in the upsetting
of the cannon, are jtnown to administration officials "through
fingerprints found on the gun
and information given to us by
individuals on the ' campus."
Mr. Peterson said the University would be willing to pass
over the incident if the guilty
students agreed to pay the six
dollars charged by the wrecking
concern for restoring tie gun
to its pedestal.

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Last Wednesday morning one or
a group of students, as yet unknown
to University authorities, opened all
the water valves in the bathroom
of one wing of the second floor of

War Cannon Toppled Off Base
College Boys Posing As Patriots

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By "Sonny" White
Dr. T. T. Jones, Dean of Men and
chairman of a special fraternity in
vestigating
committee,
announced
today that all fraternities would be
required to obtain a permit from
the committee before they could
operate for the 1942-4- 3 school year.
Commenting
on th
permits.
Dean Jones said they would be diNO. 12 vided into three classifications:
(1) Permits for a lraternlty to
operate a house and dining room.
(2) To operate a house without a
dining room.
(3) To operate as a chapter without a house or dining room.
Dean Jones said that while the
committee had established contacts
with the leading officers of all the
fraternities they had not as yet obtained the financial reports of every
group. Therefore, the final report
as to the present financial condition of each chapter was not ready
for publication.
He stated that the committee expected to issue most of the permits
by Labor Day, and certainly all of
them before "rush week" the time
when new members are pledged to
the various fraternities.
"No fraternity will be considered
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for a permit to operate next year
until their books are audited by the
Comptroller's office," he stated. "In
making decisions, the committee
will consider the strength of the
chapter in membership, the financial condition as revealed by the

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dents in disturbances that have
often led to misuse or willful destruction of University property.
A similar incident occurred on
the fourth floor of the building
last May.
Three weeks ago, a group of students collected all the fire extinguishers in one wing of the dormi- tory and "tested" them.
Dormitory officials said it was
difficult to keep the building in
because students
good condition
were often breaking windows and
light globes, or splintering doors
and shattering door locks.
Dr. T. T. Jones, dean of men, 3aii
several students had been called to
his office for questioning concerning
this and previous incidents.
He stated that if the guilty student or students did not come forth
and admit their guilt, the University would be forced to take action
and carry out wholesale eviction
from the men's dormitories of students who were suspected because
of their complicity in previous affairs.
Dean Jones said that in his opinion only one or two individuals were
causing all the trouble but that'
their actions were leading to unfortunate consequences for the students in the dormitories as a whole.
However, there was some evidence that indicated the recent incident was perpetrated by an individual or group of individuals not
living in the building.

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