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UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

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Ceremony Scheduled
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UK College of Law will ad- -,
new class of first year stunext semester. Dean Elvis J.
Jr. announced recently.
According to Dean Stahr, students
who enter at this time, by attending
the next two summer terms, will
be graduated at the same time as
those who entered last September.
The move was primarily adopted for
the benefit of veterans who wish to
begin their legal training with the
least possible delay. Most law schools
throughout the country have repractice of adverted to the pre-wmitting only one class a year. Dean
Stahr explained.
Law faculty members will visit all
senior colleges in the state during

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Dr. Clement Eaton, professor of
history, has accepted an Invitation
to teach American history at the
University of Wisconsin next sem- ester. Dr. Thomas Clark, head ol
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nounced.
Dr. Eaton, an authority in Southern history, was also a visiting professor at Princeton University this1
summer.
Dr. Oliver H.. Smith, head of the

history department at the University of Chattanooga, will fill Dr.
Eaton's position here next semester.
Dr. Smith is a specialist in the
Jacksonlan period of American history. He received his Ph.D. degree
from Duke University.

Road Conference
To Be Held Here

Test Period Lasts
Until January 25

Final examinations for the fall
semester will begin on Thursday,
Jan. 20 and will end on Tuesday.
ConferA Kentucky Highway
Jan. 25, the registrar's office anence, jointly sponsored by the Ken- nounced this week.
tucky Department of Highways and
In releasing the schedule, which
the University of Kentucky Col- applies to ail colleges except law.
lege of Engineering, will be held the registrar's office emphasized
it was hat in case of conflict the inon the campus March
announced recently by Dean D. V. structor involved should report this
Terrell, of the College of Engineer- fact to the registrar's oSice at least,
ing.
two weeks before the final examinaThe purpose of the conference is tion period.
It was stated further that no final
to bring together state, county, and
auu uurcutia, a wcu examination should be ziven 'oefore
I city engineers
j as contractors and to try to pro- - the scheduled time, except on writmote an interchange of useful tceas ten permission from the registrar.
by a program of discussion.
Schedule Listed
Although the program is general
The complete schedule is as folin nature, much emphasis will be lows:
Thursday.
given to Kentucky's rural highway
Jan. 20 : 7: 30-- 9 35.
program. Dean Terrell said.
classes which meet first on TuesSeveral speakers have already day or Thursday at 5 p.m.; 9 tobeen slated for this conference. ll 50. classes which meet first on
Among those who have accepted Monday or Wednesday at 8 a.m.:
classes which meet first
invitations are Garrett L. Withers.
ucsaay or inursuay at
am.;
commissioner of highways; D. H.
classes which meet first
Bray, state highway engineer; Ar-- 1 V
engineer, j on Monday or Wednesday at 5 p.m.
thur Lewis, right-of-wFriday. Jan. 21:
clashes
Kentucky Department of High-- 1
ways; W. W. Sanders, city engineer. which meet nrbt on a ueiay ur
Louisville; N. W. Daugherty, dean Thursday at 2 p.m.;
of the University of Tennessee Col- classes which meet first on Monday
5,
lege of Engineering! James D. Hill, or Wednesday at 9 a.m.;
field representative of the National classes which meet first on Tuesday
Safety Council:
and Emersor. for Thursday at 9 am.;
Beauchamp. state commissioner of classes which meet first on Monday
or Wednesday at 2 p.m.
rural highways.
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studJanuary to talk with pre-laents and give complete details of
next semester's schedule.
Trereauisites for admittance to
the Law College include a minimum
of two year's college work and an
academic standing of 1.3. Further
information may be obtained from
the dean's office.
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classes which meet first on Tjes- at 12 noon: 9 4- Photo by Mack Huohe
meet first on
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Recently elected to Phi Beta Kappa are (seated Iert to rigiil): Jane Garrett, Elizabeth BickneU, Jeanne T. Asbury, Louise A. Wilson. Nancy
Monday or Wednesday at 10 a.m.;
Innes Shinnick. Nancy Jean Potts. Standing: Charles E. Whaley, Keller J. Dunn, Ben F. Reeves, Michael Golben, Graydon D. Bell. William K.
classes which meet first
Hubbell, Franz E. Ross. Not present when the picture was made were: Robert D. Adams, Mary H. Evins, Robert Lee Sumner, Alpharetta Archer.
Miss Margaret Wilson, former pub- - on Tuesday or Thursday at 10 a m.:
classes which meet first
licity director of Barter Plays at the
j State Theater of Virginia,
has re- -' on Monday or Wednesday at 12
piacca we xwtA secretary. Mrs.j noon.
Dr. Donovan To Address
Continue After Weekend
Bell
Commerce Convocation
Miss Wilson received her A.B. de- - i Monday. Jan. 24
classgree from West Virginia University es which meet first on Tuesday or
A collection of colored slides will
President II. L. Donovan will adClosing Hour
.Library
Thursday at 1 p.m.; 9 1 50.
dress a College of Commerce conillustrate a lecture, "Southern Bell
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William Sloane, president of Wil-- World Student Semce Fund
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vocation in Memorial Hall Tuesday
M
whlch meet
Under a new ruling, the library Applies Electronics", to be delivered liam Sloane Associates, publishers,
accepting a position with Barter or Wpdn.. al
nam . l
at 9 a.m. All commerce classes Plays.
will remain open until 10:30 p.m. by John D. Askew, Southern Bell will be the next visitor to the Uni- play department.
.Uqw. whirh mrft fi rvt nn Tiiluv
will be dismissed.
on Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday,
In succeeding years' he held exengineering versity of Kentucky in the
Mrs. King, the former Carolyn or Thursday at 11 a.m.;
radio engineer,
and Thursday. The hours for convocation at before an
Series" arranged by ecutive positions with the FitzgerSpicer of Lexington, received her classes which meet first on Monday
Memorial Hall, at amatic
circulating books will remain the 10 a m. Thursday.
ald. Publishing Company, Farrar-anT-the English department.
A.B. degree from the University oi or Wednesday at 1 p.m.
same.
and Henry Holt and
Kentucky and has been YW secreIn the week beginning Jan. 10 Rinehart. where he served as manThe lecture is under the auspices
Tuesday.
Jan. 25 :
Company
tary here for a year and a half.
of the American Institute of Electri Mr. Sloan will make three talks and ager of the trade department and
classes which meet first on Tuelay
one morning to consultadevote
or Thursday at 4 p.m.; 9.45-1- 1 :5).
cal Engineers, student branch.
eventually became vice president
tions with students and faculty
classes which meet first on Monday
Mr. Askew was graduated from members who wish to talk to him and director. With Holt he brought
The Borden Award of $300 will
or Wednesday at 3 p.m.;
Georgia Tech in 1930 and has been about manuscripts or other aspects out such authors as LeGrand Cau-no- n be presented to the outstanding
clashes which meet first on Tuesday
Jr., Bob Trumbull. Marion
employed since that time by Southpublishing.
of
or Thursday at 3 p.m.;
Hargrove, Bill Mauldin, and Joseph senior in dairying. Tuesday at the
Airlane Theater, weekly present- ern Bell.
Agriculture and Home Economics A scries of discussions of the He- classes which meet first on MonTunes Of Lectures
Wood Krutch.
His talk will consist o a review of
ation of University station WBKY,
assembly in Memorial Hall at 2 brew faith was started at the Pit- day or Wednesday at 4) pm.
be
Two
three
Author Of Two Novels
is now being carried over station the history of electronics and speci- open toof thepublic. talks will will
p.m.. according to Dean L. J.
kin Club meeting Wednesday at
The examination in any evening
the
The first
WLEX every Tuesday at 11:00 pjn. fic application of the science in the
In 1946 he co-- f o'inded the firm
the Maxwell Street Presbyterian class should be held on its regube held at 3:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. of William Sloane Associates. He
The show is used as part of John field of telephony. Various other 10. in Room 111 of McVey Hall.
lar evening during the examination
Miss Mary Lois Williamson, state J Church,
Parish's program "Readin', Ritin, systems will be covered by the lec The second lecture will be at 8:00 is author of two novels, "To Walk
Rabbi Sydney Ballon. Temple period.
is tenRhythm."
the Night" and "The Edge of Run- director of home economics, speaker Adath Israel, is guest speaker for
ture.
p.m. Tuesday. Jan. 11, in the Guigning Water," and has done numer- tatively scheduled to be the
nol Theater Auditorium.
the series.
ous reviews and special articles for at the assembly.
Student-Facult- y
The third appearance, set for the Saturday Review of Literature.
3:30 p.m. on Wednesday will be be- He was once a preliminary reader
Be
fore students in the University's and later an editorial staff member
course in short story writing. The of the Book of the Month Club.
A student-facult- y
party will be
morning
consultation
has been
War Service Work
held Thursday night from
p.m.
scheduled from 10:30 to 12 o'clock
was the book
During the war he
in the Student Union Ballroom.
Tuesday morning in Room 205 of industry delegate to China with an
The party is the first of its type
McVey Hall.
appointment to the Office of War
to be given this year, according to
By Bo"j ('ox
At noon Monday Mr. Sloane will Information
and supplementary
Miss Margaret Bruce Cruise, social
From a small job in Pamtsyille inlScnds
of nis fincst arranife. director. It is planned as an informeet at luncheon in the Student State Department and Rockefeller
Locally, mal
Union with the University Press Foundation appointments.
He was in Louisville tomorrow night that's ments Irom Pittsburg.
type of enterCommittee and a few others inter- also a director of the Council on the meteoric record of Bob Blcidt Bleidt's arrangements are done bv tainment for all students and faculty
Eversole and Harvey Berry- - Bota members.
ested in publishing.
Books in Wartime, Editions for the and the Blue and White Orchestra. Jim
are UK students. Berry's latest
Both Writer And Publisher
Armed Services and Overseas EdiBob, like nearly all the members frightens as from the name but
A variety show will be presented
Mr. Sloane has had long experi- tions, Ind.
of his band, is a student at the Uni- Bleidt and all who have heard it say during the evening by members of
ence both as writer and publisher.
He was a member of the book in- versity. Oddly enough, the man who
the activities committee of the StudAlter graduation from Princeton m dustry's mission to Germany. He runs one of Lexington's finest bands its great. It's called "Lost Weekend." ent Union Board.
Bob Blcidt is a Lexington boy and
1929, he went to work for Long- has been a member of the Bread is a major in Industrial Chemistry.
Joe Paden will act as master of
was
mans Green and Company where Loaf Writers' Conference
staff
The Bob Bleidt band first organiz- High graduated from Henry Clay ceremonies.
School. He is now a senior at
he became editorial manager of the since 1945.
ed in 1942 and lasted through 1943.
All University faculty members
They reorganized in 1945 with only the University and though he says and students are included in a
his future is undecided his record blanket invitation. Miss Cruise said.
reone man, alto saxist Fred Crarry,
here should speak for itself when he
turning from the original band of begins
hi
career.
1942.
UK
With Uie aid of his business manRegan At Paintsvillc
ager and biggest booster. Bob
The outfit which played at Paints-vill- e
Bob can list five honorary For
on November 24, 1945 was com- fraternities of which he is a memprised of 13 men. A fourteenth was ber. They are Phi Beta Kappa, ODK.
The University began a campaign
"The Community Service Project
added in February, 1946 and just one Lamp and Cross. Phi Mu Alpha, and and Its Significance" is the subject
to coiect books Wednesday for an
"adopted" school, The University of istry, psychology, sociology, history, year later Bleidt added his fifteenth Alpha Chi Sigma. He is also a mem- for discussion on the UK Round
English and American literature, man, a baritone sax.
Heidelberg.
ber of the Student Union Board. Table a WBKY presentation
bf.
and linguistics.
The year 1946 marked the baud's McOehee claims there are at teaot beard over WHAS Sunday at to JO
10.
Karl Denncr. Gorman student at
real rise to fame. At the start of the five more that he can't think of!
a.m.
Writing Paper Needed
UK and formerly a Heidelberg
Tom Rusck of the political science
Wrapped
packages of writing fall quarter, President Herman L.
We almost forgot the guy's marstudent, in a statement to a KerDonovan named them the official
nel reporter said that Heidelberg paper are needed. This includes Blue and White Orchestra. Since ried, too. And a very important un- department will serve as moderator
students are drastically short of scratch, typing, and notebook pa- that time they have played at prac- - official member of the band is his for a group which includes John D.
wife Mary Frances. She's the one Given, organizer of the project;
textbooks. Before the war, all texts per.
ririQiltr oil the crhrwl u riancM
A statement issued by the com- large
on 16 band Helen Bredgman. field worker for
were uniform and so infused with
b"ttoJls se
number of the fraternity and wno
TMWi-T- I
keeps those maroon the project: and Mrs. Jessie Fugctt.
Nazi doctrine that Uicy can no mittee in charge of the drive said. sorority dances, and set a record for uniforms
of Henry Clay High School.
'Anyone who can and will give, continuous showing at Gentry's Old jackets looking so sharp.
i'hotu bjf Mack Hughes longer be used.
should keep in mind that the Uni- Mill. They played there from July
Professor John Kuijmt
Not All Fun
Locations Of Boxes Listed
versity of Heidelberg has acquired
1948. One
It's not all glory and fun for
UK
Boxes for contributions to the almost nothing written in English 1947 to AuKUst engagements of their
in that coming band, however. They average
drive have been placed at the Lex- since 1933 when Hitler came into more important
time was at the Scclbach Hotel in three engagements a week. They
ington Public Library, the Univer- full power. Many of the best Ger
Derby Day in 1947.
have three regular engagemnts a
sity Library, McVey Hall, Univer- man writer's works were excluded Louisville on
week and play about twice a month
University delegates returned S'UMembers Have Experience
sity High School, and in front of from the library as well as almost
day from the United Student.
Kaorlv nrroru ,nntnhor f tli hand OUt Of tOWn.
Graves-Co- x
downtown.
all English and American works.
has had previous experience with
Books needed fall into seven diBooks Needed For t'lasswork
Prof John Kuiper. head of the
service bands or name bands was the recent one to Eminence. the University of Kansas, Lawrence,
visions: (1) standard English and
"Our chief problem is to get books throughout the country. Ttie pres- They were hindered several times by Kans.
department of inhilosnnhv. . has hPPn t"re which delivered by the honor American literature from Beowulf
v
that will enable teachers and stu- ent members are George Doyle, lead snow and finally ended up stuck in n "Emphasis was placed on the
ed professor each spring.
to the present time, including novselected "Distinguished Professor of
drift that delayed them several
Prof. Kuiper, a native of Grand els, short stories, drama, and po- dents to carry on their classwork alto sax: Fred Crary, alto sax; Har- hours. The longest and hardest trip ecumenical relations of Christian
the Year in the College of Arts and
mast effectively, and especially vey Berry, and Kenny Hale, tenor
students and their obligations for
Rapids, Mich., joined the University etry by famous authors.
Sciences," by a secret vote of his
classwork in American and Eng- saxes: Bob McGehee. baritone sax; was the New Year's Eve trek to working together to develop and
colleagues, it was announced re- faculty in 1929 as an associate pro2
Anthologies of English and lish literature and history. It is the Les Schmidt, Boots Palko. Gene Paintsville. That one took fifteen extend the spirit of Christ throughcently by Dr. James W. Archeacon, fessor and acting head of the de- American literature.
lf
hours and the band out
general belief that we can con- Stewart, trumpets; Jack Fletcher, and
the world." Bart Beak. YMCA
chairman of the selection committee. partment of philosophy. Two years
(3) Histories of American and tribute most to the democratizaDon Stone, Burdis Gideon, trom- didn't return until 6 o'clock in the director stated;
later he was appointed head of the
Inaugurated four years ago, the department with the
enabling the bones; Jim Eversole, piano; Morris morning. Is
Discussions were held on the conrank of full English literature, of which single tion of Germany by
tomorrow
selection of a distinguished professor
Wiln rlrnmi ' and But it the Blue andnicht and Sun- - nections of church with politics,
volume works will be moi useful. youth of that country to learn the rTiirtjr hAKK
White Orehes
that
is made annually from members of professor.
English language, to read English Jeanne Le Compte. vocalist. Bob
Previous Winner Listed
(4) Standard texts ri American
tra reach then greatest height to personal faith, daily work, the unithe college faculty holding the rank
does some
Previous winners of the "Distinand English history, needed in and American classics, and so to McGehee also his duties asvocalizing date. That is when they open at versity and the community.
of assistant professor or above. There
business
come to some understanding of in addition to
guished Professor"
award were: great numbers.
University delegates were Bart
were 149 eligible candidates on this
manager and playing the sax. All Louisville's famed Club Madrid. Peak. Louise Rhoades. Jo DaughtraGrant C. Knight, professor of Eng(5) English dictionaries, abridged American and English cultural
it is
year's preliminary ballot.
are students except the vocalist, Wil- Though boys still indefinite. Bleidt erty. Sara Mae Green. Betty
ditions."
Dr. Amry Vandenbosch, and unabridged.
lish, 1944-4have reason to believe
and his
son, Carter. Schmidt, and Doyle.
Relived of Teaching Duties
head of the department of political
Heidelberg Adopted Last Year
h,
that their next big engagement will Rhoades. Frank Maturo, Mike
6t Files of periodicals from proRecipients of the award are grant- science. 1945-4Native Of Lexington
Dr. Thomas D.
UK "adopted" Heidelberg Uniand David Hatchett.
be at Castle Farms in Cincinnati
ed a semester free from teaching Clark, head of the department of fessional and scholarly journals.
versity last spring after Dr. H. L.
For arrangements, Bleidt has three From there, of course, no one knows,
Twelve hundred students from 4
duties to conduct or continue some history, 1946-4(7, Works of scholarly research Donovan returned from an educa- men who are considered highly in but we can all feel sure that is only states and foreign countries attendand Dr. William
orginal research project and prepare S. Webb, head of the departments of
offprints of books, monographs, tional mission to Germany for the their field. Bill McKrell, who work- upward for Bob Bleidt and the Blu i ed the conference from Dec.
n.
the annual Arts and Sciences lec- - physics and anthropology, 1947-4serials - in medicine, physics, chem War Department.
ed for the best bands in the country, and White Kentucky's finest.
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Two gifts to the University of
Kentucky were accepted by the
Board of Trustees recently.
The University library was presented with 189 issues of "Bus
Transportation" by Southeastern
Greyhound Lines. The annual gift
of $35,000 was presented to the Agricultural Experiment Station by the
Grayson Foundation for facilitating
the study of equine virus abortion
wheh is being conducted by the department of animal pathology.
President H. L. Donovan reviewed
the annual reports of the state
auditor. U. K. comptroller, and
U.K. president. Also accepted by
the trustees were plans and specifications for the proposed residence
hall for women, journalism building and addition to the College of
Education building.

Metals Affiliate
Holds Meeting
The first meeting of the University affiliate of the Louisville Chapter of the American Society for
Metals was held Tuesday night at
the Student Union Building.
W. E. Bcnninghoff of Cleveland,
one of the nation's leading experts
in the field of induction hardening, gave an informal lecture on
"Differential Hardening and Heat-Iby Induction." Mr. Benning-liof- f
is accredited with playing a
major part in the development of
this comparatively new field.
Louisville Metallurgist Attends
guests attending the
lecture rre John Graham, chairman of the Louisville Chapter of
the American Society for Metals
and chief metallurgist of the Louisville International Harvester plant,
and Bcmie Handel, metallurgist at
Uie Tube Tunis Co., Louisville.
Others attending were Dr. Leo
Chamberlain,
or the
University, members of the engineering faculty, and cnginecruig stun;

Out-of-to-

dents.

Officers Elected
Immediately after the lecture the
regular meeting was held. Officers
elected mere Richard Beaver, chairman; James Stone,
and Robert Gerding, secretary-treasure- r.
Six members were elected to the
executive council. They are Mcl4
vin Tinsley. Carl McHargue, Edward Rowady. John Sauer, Douglas Osborne, and John Rudy.

Engineering Honorary
Elects New Officers
Eugene Kozak has been elected
president of Tau Beta Pi, engineer-

ing honorary.
Other officers include Butler Durham, vice president: Warren Walton, recording secretary; Carl McHargue,
corresponding
secretary;

Carl Hart, treasurer; and Hubert
L. Ernst, cataloger.

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Tryouts for "Win terse t Guignol's
winter production, will be held at
the theater at 3 p.m. Sunday.
The cast for Maxwell Anderson's
play includes nineteen characters,
16 men and 3 women. From eight
to eleven of the roles can be filled
by college students, according to
Wallace Briggs. director.
The plot of the play is the tragic
love story of Mio and Miriamne who
meet under a bridgehead in some
eastern city and fall in love In spite
of overwhelming odds.

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To Begin Jan. 20

Tryouts For Sunday

History At Wisconsin

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KENTUCKY, FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1949

Stahr Announces

Seventeen Unhersity students will
be initiated Tuesday into ttie Alpha
chapter of Phi BeU Kappa, national scholastic honorary society, Mrs
Hammond Dugan, secretary of the
this
campus chapter, announced
week.
new members
Initiation of the
will take place in Room 205 of the
Student Union Building at 4 o'clock
Tuesday.
Those elected were: Benjamin F.
Reeves, Bowling Green; Charles E.
Whaley, Williamstown ; Louise Anne
Wilson. William K. Hubbell. Elizabeth Ann BickneU, Keller J. Dunn.
Jane Garrett, Nancy Jean Potts, and
Franz E. Ross, all of Lexington;
Robert D. Adams. Frankfort; Jeanne
T. Asbury. Augusta: Graydon D.
Bell, Cynthiana; Mary H. Evins,
e.
Frankfort: Nancy Shinnick,
111.; Robert
Lee Sumner.
Greenwood; Alpharetta B. Archer.
Paintsvillc; and Michael Goldben,
Rochester. N. V.
No minimum scholastic average
Is specified, but selections are usually made from senior students in
the highest 10 percent of their class,
and who satisfy the basic quirc-mrnts
in liberal arts courses.

the history department has

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Ag Senior Receives
$300 Borden Award

Airlane Theater Heard
Weekly Over WLEX

Pitkin Club Starts
Discussion Series

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"toca Boy Makes Good1'
Bob Bleidt's Band Hits Big Time

University Collects Textbooks
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Delgates Return

A&S Faculty Names Kuiper

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Here's the situation. Freshman
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starting an honor system at the University joses
an interesting problem.
How doe-- one no about setting np an honor system at a state
university uliere then- js
sin li tradition?
I. amp and Cross thinks it can be done. It plans base hoc for
success on proer nrientaiion ol freshmen into the system. These
freshmen would in i.Vr; become npperdavsnien who would carry
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on ihc system.

"dubloon
but great, big,
dots" that are a full inch in diameter!
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CroMm' WMa
Gaskiia

Judge: What's the charge against
this man?
Policeman: Drunk and disorderly.
He was fighting with a cab driver.
Judge: Bring in the cab driver.
Policeman: That's just it, your
A little while back, a columnist honor, there was no cab driver!
on "The New Hampshire," voice
The Trailttazer, Morehead State
of the University of New HampTeachers College.
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shire, called for a movement that
would eliminate all troubles such
as a "complete halt in social activities" due to the financial situation of the campus male.
He proposed a plan similar to the
ERP, namely, the MERP CMale
Economic Recovery Plan) season.
During this period the girls would
be compelled to pay for everything and he meant everything.
A poll was taken on the campus
to ascertain student opinion. Mast
students, including the women,
were in favor of the plan.
Maybe New Hampshire will establish a precedent
disregarding
Sadie Hawkins week
in the annals of all college, history.

Opponents of iiic idea laim that the freshman level is too late,
that i!ie syMcm is liuu loo old. and that such orientation can only
lake place suck -- .hilly on a ptep scltool level.
A devastating comment nn one honor system in action was
to Ik found recently in a college maga7ine. The comment was in
the form of a cartoon, which showed four boys sitting in a row,
taking an exam. Each v.as peering over at the next one's pater,
Cartoon quip from the Purdue
was peering into a text book he hapjxincd Exponent:
excel the laM Ijoy.
" And then the Dean had the
to have on h.uicL 'I he caption was simply "Honor System."
me to
a
On the other hand, the system does work in some colleges, and nerve to tell instead drop six couple
of activities
of
credit
it might prove a valuable experiment.
hours."
It's hard to say which side is correct. But the idea is worth
The "bold look" Is
investigation, and careful investigation, before any ac tion is thought drifting into "that look gradually
of lustiy-'i-

of.

ness" in men's fashions,
to

to stay with friends in town twice
a month, which is all well and good.
But when a freshman girl spends
the night at her sorority house,
it counts as one of her nights out
in town. Why?
She is still observing strictly all
University rules about getting in at
the allotted time. If she's late, she
Ls campused
just as fast as if she
were in the dormitory.
Activities at sorority houses sometimes keep freshman girls at the
house late enough so that it is far
more convenient to stay there.
too, there are activities scheduled for early morning which make
it more convenient to stay at the
houses.
staying at her sorority
Also,
house helps a freshman get to know
her new friends better, and quite
often, she has a sister or other
relative there whom she enjoys visiting.
So why can't she stay at her sorority house without it counting
at a night in town?
After all, a sorority house is just
another residence unit. All residence units are subject to the same
University regulations.
What's the difference in staying
in one residence unit or another
one?
People say that technically we
freshmen are allowed to stay at
our sorority houses without its
counting as a night out in town.
But actually, it surely does. If you
spend the night at your sorority
house twice, you can't stay witn
friends at all that month.
I think this is wrong. Why can't
it be changed? If it ' cant be
changed, why can't the reason be
explained to us?
Bewilderedly,
PATT HALL RESIDENT
6f-te- n,

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The Honor System At UK?

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West Virginia's Daily Athanae-uOne thing is clear: there is no hope for it here if the student
The paper states that "the
IkkIv k not informed and interested alou! it. Students who are. 'beast' and the 'best' in the college
man" will soon be brought out,
indifferent are al uncooperative.

m.

Quick quips from the classifieds:
nine slightly used comLOST
mode seats from the SAE house.
fNot UK's.)
Discouraged suitor forced to sell
beautiful i4 carat diamond engagement ring. $125.

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dents throw these cups hither and
record against
Kentucky's
yon without thought of others who this year s opponents is 226 victories
will come after them.
and 71 defeats.
I do not blame the bookstore for
my accident of this morning. I am
sure that they installed these new
machines in the interest of progress.
STEAKBURGERS
Nevertheless - - at the risk of ap- pearing conservative - - I ask for
and
an immediate return to the
bottle.
CHILI
J. BRUNO HALIFAX
all-ti-

Letters To The Editor

The Kentucky Kernel
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER Of THE UNIVERSITY

Friday, January 7, 1949

KERNEL

but ex'erybody knew it was Just a
tough break for the boys because
you can't win them all. even with
the greatest team, which UK's certainly is.

The very shock of UK losing
shows how terrific is that team.
In years to come it can't keep on in
sach an amazing pace. It is bound
to drop some from its present rank
and lose a few more games than
it does now.
So everybody should appreciate
this team we have now and keep on
backing it and the teams that will
follow it, just as they do their great
champions now.
"
H. L. G.

Dear Editor,
I'd like to extend a word of congratulation of 'pardon the expression a new drink dispenser. Of course
you'll forgive my facetiousness but,
seriously, it is a progressive step in
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