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OUVENIR
SENIOR
The Kentucky EQernei
War World

ON PAGE

By Dr. Charles M. Kiupp

The news from Europe this week
lias reported few highlights since
hostilities ended. All German sectors of resistance were eliminated
the previous week when those fighting the Russians in
filially laid down their arms. The
problem of rounding up and counting the prisoners of war has been
the biggest problem outside of getting food distributed to the civilian
population.
The engineers have
been busy repairing roads and railroads for the use of Allied troops.
Hamburg and Bremen have been
assigned as the ports to which
American armies will bring in supplies and embark those troops which
are to be moved directly to the Pacific war sectors. Many French and
Dutch and Belgian leaders have
been repatriated. Collaborationists
have been taken into custody. What
should be done with some of them
Is recognized as one of the major
problems yet to be decided.
Czecho-Slovak-

ia

When New Zealand troops occupied the port of Trieste on the
northern Adriatic, Sea Marshall
Tito of the Jugo-Sla- v
Partisans took
offense since he has aspirations for
the acquisition of that port for his
country, from Italy. At present that
is one of the political problems of

major importance that has arisen
to complicate the general problem
of peace settlements in Europe. The
Polish problem does not appear to
be any nearer settlement than it
was months ago. Stalin seems to
be determined to assure that Poland
shall be definitely and exclusively
under Russian domination. Poland
mas. until World War I, a part of
Russia under the Czars. It is on
the exposed western border of Russia and has been, for ages, the avenue for attack from the west, on
Russia. Stalin appears to be entirely willing to set up an independent
Poland as a border state, but it must

be one friendly with Russia. While
there is a good deal of general criticism of Russia in this country,
there does not appear to this writer
to be any sound reason for believing that Russia is in any sense unfriendly to the United States. Unfortunately, the Russians know exactly what they want in the postwar settlements and it is equally
unfortunate there is no evidence
that either the United States or
Oreat Britain is sure of what they
want.
Evidently, too, there are
those in this country who would,
for various reasons, like to stir up
trouble between the United States
and Russia. One of the largest
blocks of votes in this country is
tlie Polish, which is located in great
strength in Michigan, Illinois, Ohio
and western New York. Thus the
Polish question remains what it has
been for several years, an Important
domestic political question in the
United States.

VOLUME XXXV

LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY. FRIDAY, MAY

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Faculty To Consider
Student Amendment
S(A Announces
Fall Committee
An amendment to the constitution of the Student Oovertunent
association was passed in the student election held Monday. The
amendment will now be presented
to the University faculty and, if
approved, will go into effect next
fall.
Fall Committees
It changes the membership of the
Judiciary committee of two students
and three faculty members to a
membership of five students, two
chosen from the assembly, and three
to be chosen by SOA from the student body at large. The amendment also includes the SGA faculty
advisor as a member.
The following SOA committee
for next fail, with the exception of
the Judiciary committee, were announced and approved by the assembly In the Monday meeting. The
committees are as follows: Election
committee: Owen Pace, chairman;
Richard LeOrand, Betty Tevis, Mac
Pewitt; Forum committee: William
Buckler, chairman; Roger Yost.
Juliette Jones. Angelina Fabrizio;
Planning committee: Clay Salyer.
chairman: Jack Banahan, Nancy
Lockery. Joe Covington; Finance
committee:
Jack Banahan, chairman; Wllma Jeanne Canada,
James Uurhaui; Social committee
Reginald Bowen. chairman; Geral-din- e
Dugan, Dewart Compton. Betty
Rose.
Mary
Installation committee:
Keith Dosker, chairman. Maarijean
HiU. Marjorie Smith; Student Directory committee:
Emily Jones,

chairman. Patricia Burnett. Joan
Scott; Key committee: Richard
chairman; Activity publica-'io- n
committee: Marijean Wenstrup.

Faculty Extends

Congratulations

faculty
For the University
extend congratulations and best
wishes to the members of the graduating class. In remaining in school
and accelerating your studies as
much as possible, you have rendered faithful and important service to the nation. You are now the
possessor of an education which
renders you capable of effective
leadership. May you exercise this
leadership to the fulfillment of
Yeara
mankind's most noble quest
The Student Government As- world in which freedom, justice, and
peace, may everywhere
sociation is submitting to the stu- enduring
dent body of the University the prevail.
Leo M. Chamberlain
following
statements of SGA's
Dean of the University
achievements
during the school
and registrar
year Just ending.
1. Donated
S65 for the orchestra and sponsored the College
Night dance September 30.
2. Published
the fall Studant
Directory.
3. Sponsored
the successful War
Chest "Drive on the campus. The
student goal of $750 was exceedBy Mildred Long
ed bv $50.45.
Kernel News Editor
4. Held the first formal installation of new members on NovemEspecially for the Class of "45. Is
ber 16. in the Music Room of the this last regular edition of The
Union building.
Kernel. It is designed to be among
5. Loaned $50 to the War Bond your souvenirs of these
four years
drive to start the drive, and as- of college, which in spite of war,
sisted in making the Sixth War and all the less pleasant things,
Bond Drive on the campus a suchave been rather wonderful.
cess. The University goal of $200.-00- 0
For the benefit of you seniors, we
was reached.
have reviewed the big stories since
6. Published the Studenl Directhe year you were freshmen, taken
tory for the winter quarter.
7. Secured
the WLW World the news that made headlines, and
discussion combined it on page 5. The name
Panel for a round-tabl- e
held Tuesday evening. January 15. bands, the election of queens, fraternity and sorority entertainments
8. On January 25 a delegation
before the all the events that made tip your
from SGA appeared
collegiate social life have been concity council to represent the
students in a discussion of densed into one story on the sothe ban on dancing in Lexing- ciety page page 3. From the sports
ton. The dancing ban was then pages of past Kernels, the athletic
record of our teams major games,
amended bv the city council.
9. Originated
the idea and des- pep rallies, names of football and
ignated a standard key for SGA basketball stars, were taken and
summary on
made into a four-yemembers.
'
10. Donated
$25 to support two Page 4. On the editorial page is a
review of that whicn was written by
delegates from southern universities who were sent to the San past editors, and columnists.
with ofConference
Francisco
Each-these three "Senior Souficial recognition from the State venir"
is so
if

Spring Quarter
Will Terminate
On June 2

SGA Submits

Achievements
Lists Activities

Of School

For You
To Remember

Uni-evrsi- ty

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1841-194- 5.

Independent
For

Graduate

Inaugurated

Senior

association and on various Independent party committees for four
years.

Calendar
pm. Baccalaureate

services In
Memorial hall. Bishop William T.
Watkins. speaker.
Reception for all graduating seniors immediately following baccalaureate in the Union building.
Student Union board and House
committee will be hosts.
Thursday, May 31
Reception for graduates,
alumni and friends. Maxwell
place.

WBKY To Receive
I

Hlue Programs
Arrangements
have been made
between the Blue Network and station WBKY so that all Blue programs will be received directly into
the WBKY studios, and WBKY has
permission to broadcast over frequency modulation any and all sustaining programs from the Blue
network.

4 to 6 p.m.

Kernel Corrects

The statement in the last issue
Friday, June 1
of the Kernel which said that Dr.
1 pm.
Buffet luncheon for grad- Lysle W. Croft, who is now in the
uates in front of Mechanical hall. Army, would return to his teaching
T p.m.
procession position at the University next year,
Commencement
forms at Junction of walks be- and would be secretary of the
tween Administration building Faculty club, was an error Mrs.
and Neville hall.
Lysle Croft, who is head of the
annual University library's circulation de
7:30 pjn. Seventy-eight- h
exercises, Stoll partment, will be the new secretary
commencement
Held.
of the Faculty club.

They will be on sale from 9:30
to 12 Friday morning, June 1.
for seniors and $4.50 sales.

Baskett, Casper. Yyo.; Brewster
Phelps, Cloverport; Marvin Chur-neLouisville; and Norman Chris-maPikeville.

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Examinations terminating the
spring quarter begin on Thursday
at 8 a.m.. and end 4:50 p.m. on Saturday, June 2. Graduating seniors
with adequate standings have in
most cases been excused by their
professors from the final exams.
Freshmen, sophomores, and juniors In all colleges except Law will
follow this examination schedule:
On Thursday from 8 to 9:50 a.m.
classes meeting first period on any
cycle starting on either Monday or
Wednesday; from 10 to 11:50 a.m.
classes meeting first period on any
cycle starting on either Tuesday or
Thursday; from 1 to 2:50 p.m.,
classes meeting second hour on any
cycle starting on either Monday or
Wednesday; from 3 to 4:50 p.m.
classes meeting second hour on any
cycle starting on either Tuesday or
Thursday.
On Friday, June 1, from 8 to 9:50
a.m. classes meeting third hour on
any cycle starting on either Monday
or Wednesday; from 10 to 11:50 a.m.
classes meeting on the third hour
of i any cycle starting on Tuesday
or Thursday; from 1 to 2:50 p.m.
classes meeting the fourth hour on
any cycle starting on either Monday
or Wednesday; from 3 to 4:50 p.m.
elapses meeting the fourth hour on
any cycle starting on either Tuesday
or Thursday.
Saturday, June 2 from 8 to 9:50
a.m. classes meeting the fifth hour
on any cycle starting on either Monday or Wednesday; from 10 to 11:50
a.m.' classes meeting any cycle
starting on either Tuesday or
Thursday; from 1 to 2:50 p.m.
classes meeting the sixth hour;
from 3 to 4:50 p.m. classes meeting
the seventh and eighth hours, appointments and conflicts.

Capt. Joseph
1935

of the
graduate of the

M. Howard

University will replace Robert L.
Stivers as commander of A Company, it was Announced by the
Military Department this week. He
arrived Tuesday and will assume
his regular duties at the end of this
week.
Captain Stivers will go to the
Infantry school at Fort Bennlng,
Ga. Captain Howard was stationed at Camp Howze, Texas, prior to
coming to Lexington. He has been
In the South Pacific, and various
camps in the United States, since
as a reserve officer he was called
to active duty wilt, the outbreak
of the war in 1941.
also
The Military DJp&-tmct- t
anounced a parade to be presented
at 4 p.m. today in front of the
building.
Administration
It will
be given as a review for two Fifth
Service Command Inspectors from
Columbu- Ohio,
headquarters.
They are Lieut. Jesse Gary of
University,
and Major
James Crouch.

Summer Registration
Monday, June 11, will be
registration day for the first
term of the summer quarter,
with courses offered in all colleges and departments of the
University.
The term will end on July 18.
and July 19 registration for the
second term will be held. On
August 25, the summer quarter
will end.
Dr. Leo M. Chamberlain, dean
of the University, expects a
slight Increase in enrollment
over last year's total of 1.242
for the first term, and 781 for
the second.

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Bishop Watkins
To Preside At

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Baccalaureate

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College years for many of this
year's graduates have all been war
years. Because they have been on
the campus entirely during the
enrollment,
period of decreased
greater concerns outside of school,
and less feeling of security, their
college life has been affected more
than that of any other war class.
Perhaps the seniors of this year are
more sober and mature.
From secluded corners of the
reserve book room, in empty classrooms studying outlines and in the
bookstore trying to forget their
worries, the seniors were hunted
out to answer a question which, in
the face of finishing term papers
and preparing for final examinations, was big but remote. "What is
the most important thing that you

have gotten from four years of college educaiton?"
Seniors Answer
Their answers were personal and
individual. Friendship, the people
met at college, tolerance, appreciation of other people's views, being
able to accept disappointments, cooperation with others, being on one's
and
own, increasing
self reliance, were the most frequent
answers.
The mathematics major stated
more specially that college years had
given her a "love and appreciation
for scholarship.
It has developed
my knowledge of science, a science
which must be humanitarian and
responsible."
College Teaches Everything
Said another senior, "Besides giving a broader outlook and more

tolerant attitude, college teaches
you to get the most from everything
that comes along."
"A big part of the years spent
here is knowing people from dif
ferent parts of the country and
finding out what their interests
are," said this student, a psychology
major, "But a real education is
getting into something you really
like and doing it."
A
d
honor student said,
"The most important thing has
been learning that I don't know
anything. If you know this, there
e
in which to learn."
is a
Dean Chamberlain
Dr. Leo M. Chamberlain, dean of
the University and registrar, has
stated informally what an education
should mean.
"If the graduate has really gotten
an education he will never cease to
pre-me-

life-tim-

Over two hundred thirty-tw- o
members of the first University class
to attend the University during four
war years will be awarded diploma i
at commencement services on Stotl
field next Friday night. Judge Elwood Hamilton, of the United States
District Court of Appeals of the
Sixth circuit. Louisville, will address

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the graduates, faculty, alumni and
friends of the University on "A
Covenant With the Dead."

Bishop William T. Walking

Judge Elwood Hamilton

7,000 Alumni, Faculty
Serving In Armed Forces
Rv Tnmmi ftiah
Almost 7.000 former students and
faculty members are now serving in
the different branches of the armed
forces, latest reports show. These
men have received a total of 337
citations, other than the Purple
Heart It has been almost impossible to keep track of the Purple
Hearts that have been awarded
alumni.
their ' four
Seniors completing
years
at . the University have
watched their teachers and classmates leave school to take a very
active part in the armed forces of
the United States.
They have watched their former
classmates lead troops Into several
major battles. They have watched
them distinguish themselves in the
struggle, bringing honor to themselves and the University.
So that the men and women of
the University that are in the services would be able to stay in contact
with their school, a special monthly
edition of The Kernel has been sent
to all of them who are serving over- -

Hunt To Edit
Summer Kernel
Bettys McClanahan Hunt, senior
from Valley Station, and former
news editor, will be summer editor
of the Kernel.
.limn Rnlrpr epnlnr f rnm W"n1rin.
ville. nri former enitnr of th Ken- tuckian. will be managing editor.
News editor will be Betty Tevis. Jun
and Pegey
ior from Richmond,
Watkins. junior from Lexington,
will retain her position as business
manager. Casey Goman, sophomore
from Sand Creek, Mich., will be the
assistant news editor.
Other staff members will be announced later.
The first issue of the summer
Kernel will come out Friday. June
15.

The 1946 Kentuckian staff members will be: Mary Lillian Davis,
junior from Shelbyville. editor;
Mildred Sparks, Junior from Lexington, managing editor; Jean Crabb.
junior from Rowletts. business manager. Department editors will be
Tommy Gish. freshman from o;
Libby Hayden. sophomore
from
Cecilia; Lilly Maud Baker, junior
from Lexington, and Floyd Mulli-naufreshman from Corbin.

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1945 Graduates Schooled During War
By Maria m tie Cross

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232 EligibleFor Degrees
At '45 Commencement;
Judge Hamilton Speaks

Howard Receives Post
infantry, a

NUMBER

23. 1945

Examinations
Will Begin
I
Thursday

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Senior Souvenir Issue

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

chairman, Emily Jones, Juliette
"Jones, Kitty Churchill.
Marijean Wenstrup was appointed as the SOA representative to
arranged that
features
the Social committee of the Uni- Department.
;
page, it will be
olipped from
versity and Betty Tevis was ap11. Originated
the amendment Just the right the to paste into the
size
pointed as the SGA member of the
to the SGA constitution to the ef- fly leaves of The Kentuckian. Along
Board of Student Publications.
Committee
fect that the Judiciary
with your yearbook, you can keep a
Sturgill Named
would be reorganized and should record of
the treasured memories of
The name of Bill Sturgill and exercise Its power to aid the Adanother junior to be appointed by ministration of the University in
affecting the
problems
President Clay Salyer will be sub- solving
In the past it was customary to
mitted to Dr. H. L. Donovan, who student body as a whole.
have an edition of The Kernel edit
THE PACIFIC WAR: The week has will select one of these as the junior
12. For
the first time. SGA ed by the seniors of the staff. Every
teen American forces concentrating representative of the student body sponsored an
ton rule of good Journalism was de- on cleaning up the islands of Jap- on the Athletic Advisory board of vocation for the installation of new , liberately defied. The writers in- anese resistance on Luzon and Mindulged in every crazy whim, and
the University.
(Continued on Page Four)
danao in the Philippines and on
wrote
what they wanted and
The rules of the assembly were
Okinawa. The fighting has been suspended so
hadn't dared put into print.
that Bill Sillman,
Officers Now only two stall members are
savage and has been terminated
of the Activities File but
everywhere only by the complete chairman
1945-4- 6
graduating, so the senior edition
not a member of SGA, could give Named
destruction of the Japanese. Pew a report from- - that committee. A
couldn't be. Last year a fourteen
prisoners have been taken anysophDick LeGrand. Agriculture
page dream edition was the staff's
discussion of the number of points
where.
to be allowed each student for his omore from Owensboro, was elected last production. A University of the
president of the Association of In- future was visualized.
Air raiders over the Japanese activities followed and Sillman suggested that the proposed plan of dependent students last Wednesday,
homeland have been raining
In 1945. we've attempted to give
meeting called for the purpose
on Japan's industries in the Activities File committee be at a
the seniors and those men who
of ratifying the group's new constiwould have graduated, but had to
ever increasing degree. The raids distributed to every campus organitution. Florence Fox, Commerce go off to war, a little something to
are larger and larger each time, and zation for approval or disapproval.
was
sophomore from Lexington,
remember us by.
the destruction by fire reported to
elected secretary-treasure- r.
be immense. The American Navy
Named to the
New Award
has suffered some losses at the
executive council representing every
hands of suicide bombers who have
college, were George Campbell, Ag- Will Name
been attacking shipping off Okiriculture; Rosanna Blake, Law;
to the outstanding sen- Ross Moore, Education; Mary Jane To Committee
nawa. Major units have been damAn award
aged; smaller vessels have been ior graduate among Independent Lair. Commerce; Tom Gish. Arts
among reTo
sunk.
students on the campus has been and Sciences; Howard Stewart, En- cent maintain interest University
graduates,
the
inaugurated this year by Lexing-tonia- n gineering; and Angelina Fabrizio,
Alumni association will name one
From China have come reports
and University graduate
graduate of June. 1945 to its' executhis week-en- d
that the Chinese have George Kendall. The award, con- Graduate school.
tive committee. This student memrecaptured the area around the port sisting of a service key presented
ber will be invited to monthly
of Foochow. directly west of the on the basis of service to the party,
Kyian Sales
meetings of the committee as a
northern tip of Formosa. Farther and campus leadership, will be
To Continue
member in full standing.
north on the mainland is Shanghai. awarded next year on the second
Kentuckians will be on sale
Either area may soon see landing annual Honors Day program.
The student will be chosen from
from 1:15 to 4 p.m. in room 53
operations.
among a group of five selected by
The initial award has been made
of McVey hall Thursday. May
the Student Government associathis year to Norman Chrisman. En31. for seniors and those persons
tion. These students include Janet
gineering senior from Pikeville, who
who have paid a $2.00 deposit.
Edwards, Rockford. 111.; Virginia
has served In Student Government

Sunday, May 27

ON-E-

We Give You Your

y
be a student. The habits and
developed in coHcrc will stay
with him the rest of his life. Continuing his education on the foundation laid down by the college, he
will maintain an interest in reading
and cultural things and ought, tn
grow in these. If he closes the donr
on these things after he has received his diploma, his aduration
has been a failure.
"The percentage of facts taken
away from each class is alarmingly
small; many single facts are not
retained by the average person. It
is a larger, more general thing that
Is carried away by the graduate.
"Education means ether things,
the ability to think accurately,
tolerance, better adjustment to the
to
human social environment
those things which are
rurt-osit-

seas. Over 2.000 of these Kernels,
consisting of reprints from the reg
ular Kernel, are mailed first class
overseas each month.
In 1943. present day seniors attended a special convocation hon
oring the 800 men on the campus
that would not return at the end of
the spring quarter. That year, the
were
ROTC members
advanced
taken into the army, and scarcely
a man was left on the campus.
The men who had left were soon
replaced by ASTP's and ASTRP's.
Some 2.500 of them have been
trained on the campus since 1943.
Students on the campus made them
welcome, and they fitted well Into
the accelerated life on the campus.
When it first became evident that
our country was headed for war,
men on the campus swamped the
Military department with their requests for advanced courses in
ROTC. So great was the demand
for advanced military training that
the military had to offer new
courses, and completely reorganize
the department to take care of the
demands.
The training received in the Military department is reflected in the
number of officers that the University has in the service. There
are three major generals, six brigadier generals. 26 colonels. 123
lieutenant colonels, and 292 majors
in the service who were formerly
connected with the University. In
the navy tne university is repre- sented by three commanders and 23
lieutenant commanders. These figures do not include the many lesser
officers that are in the service.
There have been 74 University
captured by enemy
servicemen
forces; sixteen of these have been
released.
Women on the campus are represented by 339 former students
who have enlisted. Women serve
in every branch of the service where
it is possible for them to do so.
The University has had its share
of war fatalities. The names of
these 214 men are listed in the vestibule of the main entrance to the
University library. The names of
the other men in the services are
also Usted in prominent places in
the library.
Graduating seniors can be proud,
and justly so. for the part that
their University has played in furnishing ably trained men for the
war effort.

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Lieut. Harold Winn
Awarded Medal
Posthumously
Lieut Harold E. Winn son of Mr
and Mrs. C. Winn of Maryland, and
a University
graduate, has been
awarded the Bronze Star medal
posthumously for heroic action on
Inly 13. 1944. when he was killed
in the battle of St. Lo in France.
The medal will be presented to
his mother June 15 by an officer
of the Fifth Service Command at
memorial services to be held there.
Lieutenant Winn was graduated
from the University in 1943. where
he majored in journalism. He was
sports editor of The Kernel, a member of Scabbard and Blade and an
officer in ROTC. He was commissioned a second lieutenant upon
graduation and reported to Camp
Wheeler. Ga.

Commencement
week activities
will begin Thursday. May 31, as
President and Mrs. H. L. Donovan
entertain members of the senior
class and other guests with a reception at Maxwell Place. Friday
an Informal buffet luncheon will be
given for the graduates on the
campus.
Baccalaureate Services
Baccalaureate services will be
held Sunday. May 27. at 4 pm. in
Memorial hall with Bishop William
T. Watkins of the Louisville Methodist church as the speaker. The
baccalaureate procession will form
at the junction of the walks between
building and
the Administration
Neville hall and extending along
the walk leading to the library. The
procession will march at 3:50 pm.
to Memorial hall for the program.
Friends of the University are invited.
At commencement exercises, customary degrees and awards will be
presented to students. A new award,
which may become an annual one.
will be made in the form of a certificate of service to a stall member
for meritorious service.
Principal Speaker
Judge Elwood Hamilton, the principal speaker at commencement.
attended the University and the
University of Louisville, from whici
he received his law degree in 1904
Admitted to the Kentucky bar in
1905. he practiced law in Frankfort
until 1922 and then in Louisville.
Judge Hamilton was a member of
the Kentucky General Assembly in
collector of internal rev
enue for Kentucky from 1917 to
1922. and United States distrt-- t
judge- - for the western district of
Kentucky from 1935 to 1938. He is
a member of the American, the
Kentucky and the Louisville Bar
associations.
In case of Inclement weather,
commencement
exercises will be
held In Memorial hall.
Processional
The processional march will be
"Under the Double Eagle" by Wagner, played by the University band
under the direction of Dr. Alexander
(Continued on Page Four)
1912-191- 4,

'S0THL7
By Shirley Meisler
Question: What are your plans
for the summer?
Margery Hunsinger. AAS. senior:
I'm going to learn to cook.
Emily Cannon, Ed., jnnior:
going to one quarter of summer
school and then I hope to go to
Peoria. 111.
Mint Cohen. Commerce, junior:
help light up the "gay White Wj?"
while waiting for the USS. Neir
Bedford of the Coast Guard to dork.
Audrry Owens. A AS, sophomore:
chemistry and histology.
JuH Maier, AAS. jutww U w:it
for the 15' ti Army to rnme home.
Charles Stanley. Eng.. freshman:
I'm going to work in the coal mines
in West Virginia.
Evelyn Johnson. At., junior: I
Intend to go to Floruit.
Margaret Dickey, A AS. junior:
I'm going to work for one of th
Detroit newspapers
Ollie Hayes. Ag.. freshman.
going to work in Louisville
Pvt. Irvins U Spar. AST: wit!
Joan Akers. A AS, senior: Irn
going to take a vacation most of
the summer.
Virginia "Wes" Rent. Graduate
student: I'm setting off in mv flying submarine for the Sou'h Pacific to bring the Whizzer home
Merl Baker. Eng., senior: I plan
to graduate at the end of July and
then 111 be drifted.

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JANET EDWARDS
.Managing Editor
DORIS SINGLETON
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MILDRED LONG
..Business Manager
PEGGY W ATKINS
..Circulation Manager
MARCIA DRADDY
Assistant Managing Editor
MARY JANE DORSEY
SporU Editor
DICK LOWE
Society Editor
MARY LILLIAN DAVIS
MARY LOU PATTON, DORA LEE ROBERTSON,
Assistant News Editors
BETTY TEVIS
ADELE DENMAN. DORA LEE ROBERTSON,
BILLIE FISCHER, SHIRLEY MEISTER.
Columnists
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Today We're Proud
The most unusual class in ihe history of the
University will graduate a week from today. No
one Kill forget the Class of 101'j.
Hardly had its meml)ers, as freshmen, liecome
accustomed to the traditions and ideals of the
University Khen it Kas thrown into the biggest
mess of confusion and uncertainty it has eer
known.
These freshmen of 1941 spent lour years seeking an education, as best they could, in a crisis
themselves very
nobody rohld-adjus- t
(jiiitklv. They have known nothing hut "wartime restrictions" almost from the time they
signed their "entrance" cards into the University until the "exit" papers are handed to them
on the platform at Stoll field, Friday night.
No other class at the University of Kentucky
has gone through such a tx'tiod. We I
that
no other class Kill lie associated with the ex-- ,
perieiiees, the unnatural conditions, the s;ri-les, and the disappointments that this first
complete wartime class has lieen faced with the
minute they put on the little blue "lieanie" and
looked forward to a college career.
1 hroughout the pages of today's Kernel, the
last of this school year, those four years have
leen sketched briefly and are meant to he kept
as souvenirs by you seniors, who can look hack
and remember when.
On the editorial ages we first Iierame aware
of the problems of the University and we could
eventually sense, even through the good natured
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humor that was sprinkled throughout the columns and editorials, that conditions weie ehanging even faster than we realized.

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In the fall of 1941 President Herman I.. Donovan delivered his first address to the student
Ijody in the first regular convocation of the year.
Bitter feeling was felt because Memorial hall,
with a capacity of only 1,100, could not ossibly
hold the 3,500 students then enrolled, plus the
faculty, and plus the townscopIe who had to
lie turned awav from the doors. Seniors, that
was your introduction to the problem that has
only recently liecome more than a dream. You
kept hearing "Fieldhouse fieldhousc" over and
over again. That word means a lot mote to you
now than it did in the fall of 1911.
1 hen there was still a big homecoming
kind with parades and floats and
decorations and fraternity bullet siipc-r- s and
big dances in the Union. So far uncertainty

bothered our enthusiasm to "Beat
Vandy!" We bought tags which said, "Buy a
tag and help build a fieldhouse." There was
tlint field home again.
But we weren't thinking alnmt a war yet. We
were concerned mainly with the "Best Band in
Dixie" which was being sent to Alabama at a
cost of $1,500 to play for a football game. You
see, thcie were no war bond campaigns or Red
Cross chives that first year in college and we

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could allord a big splurge like this.
In spile of good limes like these and the others
that we were exjH-ctinthere was dissatisfaction
vmiewhere. Kernel editors had us named the
We had chaiac-teiistic- s
that Kere unbecoming a college student
but if we realized ourselves that we were "confused, disillusioned, cynical,
suier-- .
fuial, and materialistic," we didn't care.
There Kas no Pearl Harlor, yet we were
aware of the lisllessness in class, the heeling
hall hcartedlv at games, the inc leased "horse-plav- "
in the stands, and the ill manners displayed in the Grill.
I hen. war.
climbing
"Instead of the American
over the isolation intervention fence, the lenre
itself has leen lifted by the Japanese- and moved
to such a jiositioii that there can be but one side
for America to take. And that is to llnovv e very
bit of stiength and spirit the nation can muster
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