UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
The official paper of the University
POTENTIAL SCHOOL EDITOR
LOCA LUCAS
Editor-in-Chief
EARL POTTER
Higb School Editor
BUSINESS STAFF
EDITORIAL STAFF
IKE E. LAMBERT...Business Manager
J. LEISHEN...Asst. Business Manager
K. KLEIN...Financial Analyst
REPORTORIAL STAFF
STANLEY PINKBERTON
L. F MUSNERSON
JOHN MADDDEN
ROBERT SELLERS
RICHARD GARDNER
RUSSELL CLARK
EDWARD HACKNEY
JANER HOUGHTO
Entered as second-class mail matter September 17, 1910; at the postoffice at Lawrence, Kansas, under the act of March 3, 1879.
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FRIDAY MAY 3, 1912.
POLITICS ARE MORIBUND
Politics at the University may not be dead, but they are sleeping a profound sleep. Whether it is the sleep of the just or not, is a matter of personal opinion. The fact remains that Old General Apathy is taking a college course in politics, and is pulling "ones" right and left.
One week till election. Only a scant half hozen petitions in circulation, for the student council. For the editor and manager of the Jayhawker there was only one candidate, presumably for both positions, and a movement set forth to postpone the election until next year, when more interest will be manifested was successful.
But what is the matter with the "interest?" When the students of the University presumably creatures of reason and foresight, take no interest in politics, it may well be taken as an intimation that the students do not regard politics as a proper sphere for their activities?
It is true that in the past few years the word politics has come to have a disagreeable connotation. And so, perhaps the students do not desire to have a voice in their government. Government is a tiresome occupation anyway. Besides, student government offers no rewards to its workers. Therefore why not let the positions of members of student council, manager and editor of the Annual and class officers be put wholly on the scholarship basis. For instance, the presidency would go to the best student, and so on, down the line. Thus the grades in the registrars office could be made to perform the task of electing officers that the students seem to find so much difficulty in performing.
Or let the choice be made from the members of the class by lot. Anything that will lift the work of selecting its official servants from the shoulders of this time and duty oppressed student body.
"It is a yell, a slogan or a gag?" asks the Kansas City Star of the "Hyperbolic paraboloid" rallying cry of the engineers. It depends on circumstances. When heard from a distance, the mystic words are likely to impress themselves upon the listener as being a yell. When the listener mingles with the engineers who are putting forth the vocal efforts and understands how they feel about it, the words will seem to compose a slogan. And when a law student tries to shape his vocal cords around "hyper——" and the rest of it, the thing is likely to turn out to be a gag.
THE BOYS FROM DOWN HOME The eyes of every high school student will be turned on the University of Kansas next Saturday. Track athletics, the most popular high school sport, will be celebrated in a carnival that may be compared to the Olympic games of Classic Greek.
And it is not only athletics that will be the order of things. Many of the boys will have visited a great university for the first time in their lives, and obtained their first glimpse
of higher education and its attendant blessings. ,
Their impressions will be all important. Do you remember the first thing that introduced you to a college life? Is the recollection pleasant or otherwise? What would you like it to have been that it was not? Ask yourself these questions, and then turn out next Saturday to make the boys from "down home" or any of the boys with no University men from the home town, feel at home on Mt. Oread.
A Harvard student of the insurgent name of Roosevelt declares, following the lead of "Stover at Yale," that the thing that ails the universities of the country is plain ignorance, which he says is something abysmal. That some stand-pat student will now rush to the defense of ignorance may be too much to expect, although Samuel McCord Crothers once wrote an essay or "The Honorable Points of Ignorance." Dr. Crothers, however, said in that essay that although he was much taken with his subject, he would not to the lengths pursue by some followers of fads and recommend that it be taught in the public schools.
THE STUDENTS LOAN FUND
As a departure from the custom followed in previous years, the 1911 senior class at the University of Wisconsin has decided on a loan fund as a memorial and the fund of the class will be turned over to the faculty committee to help students who are in need of financial assistance.
This plan, coming into use at Wisconsin for the first time, was followed by senior classes at the University of Kansas several years ago, when the proceeds from the senior class play in the spring were given to the students' loan fund.
Although the faculty committee is charge of this loan fund has not received applications from students in the University who need assistance in order to complete the last semester and obtain degrees—probably through ignorance of the existence of such a fund—an addition to the Students' Loan Fund would be one way in which the seniors could help the University and their fellow students.
The prospect of trouble in Mexico which will necessitate the sending of American troops to that country furnishes food for speculation among University students who are members of the National Guard. Americans as a race do not love trouble for troubles' sake, and few, if any, student soldiers would turn their faces southward imbued with the idea that the whole thing was just a big lark. Forced marches on short rations and no water are entertaining and enjoyable, when experienced at second hard in the depths of a comfortable arm chair. At closer range they have their annoying features and are never to be recommended even as a substitute for final examinations.
THE N'MAPPER OFFICE
"Meet Nicholson in our new
oval, 'A Horton Chandler,
he following tribute to the newspa-
ses office as an educator:
"The youngest tyro, watching from the wings, observes great incidents
THE NEWSPAPER OFFICE
as part of the day's business. No other employment offers so many excitement; in nothing else does the laborer live so truly behind the scene; the stage is wide, the action varied and constant.
"In no other place can a young man so quickly attain wisdom as in a newspaper office. There the names if the good and great are playthings, and the bubble reputation is blown tightly, and as readily extinguished.
and becomes their hasty historian. The reporter's status is unique. Youth on the threshold of no other profession commands the same respect, gains audience so readily to the same august personages. Doors slammed in his face only fatter his self-importance. He becomes cynical as he sees how easily the spotlight is made to flash upon the unworthiest figures by the filmsist mechanism. He drops his plummet into shoal and deep water and from his contemplation of the wreck-littered shore grows skeptical of the wisdom of all pilots."
THE SAD, SAD GRIND OF OUR COLLEGE LIFE
"I voted for Jack against Bill." "Why, I thought you knew Bill?" "I do."
All the world loves a lever—especially the florist, the confectioner, and the taxi-driver.
—The Widow
—Columbia Jester.
Four hate, miss.
She—"Do you really think so."
—The Siren.
Conductor, to pretty senior-
Your fare, miss."
He—You surely made a hit at the house party, Myrtle.
In the spring a young man's fancy
Turns to lasses to be woed;
In the summer his attention,
Rather turns to lasitude.
He—You bet. I thought for a while it would be a home-run.
"Walk in," cried Mr. Opp, while Nick sprang to his feet. "We are just by way of finishing up the work and have a few minutes of share lessons."
"It's a gift," he said sympathetically, "that I am afraid, my boy, nobody can't learn you."
"Can I come in," said a voice from outside, and Mr. Gallop peeped around the open door.
—The Widow.
A farmer boy and his best girl were seated in a buggy one evening in town, watching the people pass. New boy was a popeoon vender's
Presently the lady remarked: "My! That popcorn smells good." That's right, said the gallant. "I'll tell you he's closer so you can smell it better."
"By George, old chap, when look at one of your paintings, stand and wonder—"
Everybody's.
Mr. Opp laid a hand upon his shoulder; he was fast developing a fondness for the youth.
"I just wanted to know if you'd help us get up a town band," said Mr. Gallop. "Mr. Tucker thought you used to play the accordion."
"I feel awful sorry for that blonde girl."
"How I do it?"
"No—why you do it."
"No," said Mr. Opp; "It was the
From Alice Hegan Rice's "Mr. Opp."
"How's that?"
"It's sad to see one dye so young.'
THE NOSE FOR NEWS
"You-er—like the name?" Mr. Opp asked, his new office-boy, Nick Fenton.
"The Opp Eagle?" said Nick. "Bully!"
Such unqualified approval went to Mr. Appr's head, and he rashly broke through the dignity that should hedge about an editor.
He opened the drawer and took out some loosely written paper, though he knew each paragraph by heart. Squaring himself in his revolving-chair, and clearing his throat, he began to read impressively:
"The great bird of American Liberty has soared and flown over the country and lighted at last in your midst. 'The Opp Eagle' appears for the first time today. It is no money scheme in which we are indulging; we aim first and foremost to fulfil a much needed want in the community. 'The Opp Eagle' will tell the people what you want to know better and at less expense than any other method. It will aim at bringing the priceless gems of knowledge within reach of everybody. 'The Opp Eagle' will, moreover, stand for temperance and reform. We will hurl grape and cannister into the camps of the saloonetics until they fee the wrath to come. Will also publish a particular statement of all social entertainments, including weddings, parties, church socials, and funerals. In conclusion, we may say that it encourages opportunity to thank in collective manner heenfor the welcome you have ordained 'The Opp Eagle.'"
"Gee! I wish I could write like that!" said Nick. "I can do the printing all right, and bustle around you." And I know how to put on the trimmings."
Mr. Opp came to a close and waited for applause; nor was he disappointed.
FRIENDSHIP OF BOOKS
For so hath all wryters in times paste employed their travail and labours, that their postiterate might receive some fachiness; the poetic wryters fore the poetes feigned not their fables in vaine, considering that children in time of their first studies, are much alike in wise and prudent woods, and deepen disciplines, whereas otherwise their mindes would quickly lothe the wise and prudent woods of their countryside, where they take no sparke of deletation at all. And not onely that profite arrisets to children by siege feigned them, and this coverth thereby commended, and their vices discommended and abhorted.
cornet. I was considerable of a performer at one time."
"Well, we want you for the leader of our band," said Mr. Gallop. "We are going to have blue uniforms and regular concert ups on Main street."
WILLIAM ADLINGTON.
Nick Fenton began searching for a pencil.
"You know," went on Mr. Gallop, rapidly, "the last show boat that was here had a callope, and there's another one coming next week. All I have to do is to listen to a tune twice, then I can play it. Miss Guin-never Gusty is going up to Coreyville next week, and she says she'll get us some new pieces. She's going to select a plush self-rocker for the congregation to give the new preacher. They're keeping it awful secret, but I heard 'em mention it over the telephone. The preacher's baby has been mighty sick, and so has his mother, up at the Ridge; but he's got well again. Well, I must go along now. Ain't it warm??
Before Mr. Opp had ceased showing Mr. Gallop out, his attention was arrested by the strange conduct of his staff. That indefatigable youth was writing furiously on the new wall-paper, covering the clean brown surface with large, scrawling characters.
Mr. Opp's indignation was checked at its source by the radiant face which Nick turned upon him.
"I've got another column!" he cried; "list here;
"‘A new and handsome Show Boat will tie up at the Cove the early part of next week. A fine calliope will be on board.'
“Miss Guinevere Gusty will visit friends in Coreyville soon.”
friends in Coreville soon.' "The new preacher will be greatly surprised soon by the gift of a fine flush rocking-chair from the ladies of the congregation.' "The infant baby of the new preacher has been sick, but is better some.' "Jimmy Fallows came near getting an undertaking job at the Ridgge last week, but the lady got well.' "And that isn't all," he continued excitedly; "I'm going out now to get all the particulars about that band, and we'll have a long story about it."
FRIENDS.
As the work of the year at the University draws to a close it is a good plan for each to make a mental invoice of the results of his time spent in acquisition. If in his invoice one finds that he has added no friends to his list he has failed to acquire one thing worth while. Failure to get friends of the right sort is failure of the worst kind.
Passing acquaintances whose names one happens to know are not his friends. A friend does not tell one's shortcomings to others; friends talk plainly to each other for their mutual help. However, only few people can be wholly frank with each other and this is why one can have but n limited number of friends.
Friends through their mutual sympathy and helpfulness are complements of each other. They are to each other what they seem to be and each knows the other for what he is worth. For this reason much of the success of life is the result of help from friends.
No one can be happy without stauchen friends and no one can ever hope to get very far on the road to success without their aid and encouragement. In all your acquisitions do not fail to acquire friends. —University Missouri.
OLD FRIENDS IN VERSE
In bringing you hate or love
"You never can tell what your thoughts will do.
For thoughts are things, and their airy wings.
Are swifer than carrier doves
They follow the law of the universe,—
Each thing must create its kind;
And they speed o'er the track to bring
And they speed over the track to bring you back
Whatever went out from your mind"
—ANONYMOUS.
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