2 UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Tuesday, October 24,1967 Minis 'yes;' garters 'no' The objective of the mini-skirt is being destroyed. Originally, the abbreviated skirt was made popular on the European Continent for the so-called "in-set," the people who knew where the action was and made up the Metrecal-for-lunch bunch. But once the skirt made the scene in the states, it was considered by many as obscene, too revealing and not proper for proper young ladies to wear in public, and maybe not even in private. Perhaps those "students" of fashion must have looked first at what was being worn, not how it was worn. On many, the short skirt not only is attractive but in the process complements a part of the female anatomy men admire. Those are the gals that can wear them, but also know how to wear them. All around, especially on campus, there are mini-skirts, short skirts and coulots, few of which come lower than six inches below the wearer's, uh . . . well, let's say they hit about mid-thigh. After you notice it once, without recognizing it, you may make a fool of yourself leering at an embarrassed coed's legs, trying to decide exactly what she forgot to "tighten," or what "snapped" or what's "riding up." It sort of leaves the same impression as when a man crosses his legs and exposes a couple inches of milk-white, coarse-haired skin. Eckkk. That little tell-tale strip of personal non-care is the upper part of a woman's nylon stocking. Now why can't a girl, when leaving her room for class, just give a quick glance into the mirror to survey what her fellow students must look at the rest of the day. Why does she allow what's supposed to be beautiful to be runned by making it look like "something is showing" or that maybe the skirt isn't really a mini but just a shrunken left-over? If those mini-skirt wearers would take more pride in "the product," perhaps fashion-conscious people who are so quick to ridicule and criticize new trends judge more on the dress itself—not the many un-well-groomed ladies wearing them.Don Steffens Letters to the editor Wescoe, football fans and Israel To the Editor: I hope the Chancellor didn't really tell the send-off rally to Oklahoma State that "What the KU team can do by winning a football game is of more benefit to the University than anything else we can do." (Journal-World, Oct. 20). If he said this and meant it, why bother about library hours, or any library at all? William O. Scott Associate professor of English To the Chancellor: I feel that a note is in order to congratulate and thank your students and fans for their fine sportsmanship. Your victory over our beloved "Big Red" carried a sting, but it helps if the opposing fans don't "rub it in." When leaving the stadium I did not observe one incident of anyone trying to grab a Nebraska hat. Since I follow our team both at home and away, I have observed such "goings on" when visiting three of the other Big 8 campuses. Good luck to your team this season. Thank you for the pleasant day (with the exception of the game) and I hope your visit to Nebraska next year will be as enjoyable as was mine. H. L. Vosika Lincoln, Nebr To the Editor: I must admit that I have been rather hesitant in writing this letter to the editor in connection with Miss Rose Sherr's statements about the "rights and privileges" enjoyed by the Arabs living under Israeli occupation. My hesitation stems from the fact that her letter is lacking in logic and attempts naively to encroach on and discredit both our sacred religion and ways of life. In her statement she said that "in the same way, one could discuss slavery, feudalism and the punishment of thieves (cutting of their hands) in Saudi Arabia by quoting Time." First, the last time Time has written about Saudi Arabia in connection with slavery was an appraisal four years ago of the sincerity and seriousness with which this ugly institution has been abolished by the Saudi Arabian government. Second, Miss Sherr gave herself the unfounded right to attack Islam in the way it treats crime. This is a system initiated by Islam and applied only against "repeated and violent" types of theft that include the threat of human life and property. It is so rarely applied that months and sometimes years elapse before one could hear of its use. In no place in the world is crime so rare as it is in Saudi Arabia. This is a fact witnessed to by international authorities including various UNESCO and ECOOSC reports. Third, her repeated statements about the rights of Arab citizens are at best flat lies and in fact an attempt to conceal the inhuman and ugly systems of genocide and terror applied against Arabs living under Israeli occupation. In fact the only reason Miss Sherr cannot support her statements is because they are taken word by word from the "Israeli government yearbook." Eminent international personalities including Professor Arnold Toynbee and Sir Bertrand Russell have repeatedly alerted the free world to the inhuman methods used by the Israeli government against the innocent and subjected Arabs. This is not only limited to the Arabs living in Israel, but it includes Eastern Jews from all backgrounds. Miss Sherr's attempt to limit the Israeli mistreatment only to the Eastern Jews from Arab origins (i.e. Yemenis) cannot pass without a remark. All publications that dealt with this subject are witness to the Israeli blind segregation against ALL Eastern Jews from Afro-Asian origins. Most recent is the publication by the Christian Science Monitor on July 10 of an interview with Mr. Michael Selzer, a distinguished meraber of the American Council of Judaism, exposing the segregationist and racist outlook of the Western Israelis, and their inhuman treatment of their Mother Eastern Jews. Mr. Solzier charges the Israeli government with having a "colonialist attitude" that includes de-arabization of Sephardie Jews. Mr. Seizer feels that the Israeli government has 19th century attitude" and is prepared as were the British in India "to live above the people but not as part of them." According to Mr. Selzer 55 per cent of the Israeli population today are Eastern Jews, but they hold only 16 per cent of the seats in the Knesset (parliament) and two seats in the 22-man cabinet. Those who do hold office he labels "Uncle Tom" figures who act at the behest of parties dominated by West-admiring East European Jews. He also talks about the continuous efforts of the Israeli government to put a "western stamp" on the country while making Eastern Jews "marginal and culturally disoriented people." Yet, my faith in peace is unshakable, but (and this is to remind Miss Sherr) the kind of peace I look forward to is not one imposed by the force of arms. It is not a game the rules of which are set up by war adventurers, but a peace based on understanding and complete realization of the basic realities of the area. I would like to thank Miss Sherr for her "wishes," remind her that we came to know some basic facts about Venus "without ever being there and seeing the facts for ourselves." I would also like to remind her of the famous saying that one could fool some of the people some of the time, but not all of the people all of the time. I pray (and I hope she will pray too) for the day when the noble people of this country will be able to see the bare facts and when truth will prevail. I pray for the day when men can live free from the bonds of the "Pantoste" in South Africa and the "Security zones" in the Holy Land. Abdul Said Saudi Arabia senior ..quotes.. Dr. Arnold Abrams, Loyola University psychology professor, en the expected 30 per cent birth rate increase in Chicago nine months after January's blizzard: "Under certain stresses, people reaffirm and create life." Charles H. Percy, R-ill, on a survey of the 1952 Yale class in a speech to the Yale Club of Washington: "He, the graduate, is more concerned with protecting his own affluence and well-being than with improving the condition of the rest of the country and the rest of the world." "It Says We Should Send Forth A Hawk" Paperbacks HARD RAIN FALLING, by Don Carpenter (Crest, 75 cents); POWDERED EGGS, by Charles Simmons (Crest, 60 cents)—Two books in the tough new (or is it?) school of sexy fiction. 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