SUMMER SESSION KANSAN
COMMENT
Dr. Disney, to You
Walt Disney, whose formal education ended in 1918 when he went to France as a Red Cross ambulance driver after one year in a Chicago high school, has just been awarded an honorary degree of Master of Science by the University of Southern California.
There should be no quarrel with this award, which recognizes Mr. Disney's "distinguished achievements in cinematography." In spite of the pernicious habit of Universities in liberally granting honorary degrees for the slightest provocation it seems to us that the new Master of Science deserves an even higher degree. And if we were running a University Walt Disney should have a Ph.D. at the least.
The creative artist who originated Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Pluto the Pup, the genius who brought Snow White and her small friends to life, should be entitled to call himself Doctor of Philosophy about the merriest, kindest, most encouraging philosopher that is now spread over a troubled world.
Red Tape From the New York World-Telegram.
Perhaps a Maupassant, inspired by profound pity for the tragedy of life, could do justice to the story of John Fyfe and of what government red tape did to him.
Last September John Fyfe, a 59-year-old employee in the heating plant of the United States Capitol at Washington was crippled beyond ability to earn a living when both his hands were fearfully scaled.
The government maintains an agency to provide for its servants who are injured in line of duty, and last October John Fyfe laid his case before this agency, the United States Employees' Compensation Commission. Then began the long process of routing the claim through investigations and reports. Months passed, while John Fyfe worried over his enforced idleness and over the unpaid bills of doctors and hospitals.
Late in May, however, the three members of the commission got around to deciding that John Fyfe should receive $116.66 a month—two-thirds of his former pay—so long as he remained disabled, which meant so long as he lived. But again there was delay—a briefer one this time of only seven days—before notice was mailed to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fyfe.
And when finally the good news did reach John Fyfe he was not able to understand or appreciate it. He had been in a hospital since the day before, having taken poison and slashing his wrists.
Two days later he died.
Tax Report
The following is taken from the instruction on an income tax blank:
The surtax on any amount of surtax net income not shown in the table is computed by adding to the surtax for the largest amount shown which is less than the income, the surtax upon the excess over the amount at the rate indicated in the table.
Need we wonder that it has been suggested the government supply a slide rule, a prayer book, and a ouija board with each income tax return?
The Politician Says:
(At his own party caucus)
My Friends:
Vote our ticket straight, to save the nation, to save the treasury, to lower taxes, and I'll give you all jobs.
(Where members of both parties congregate)
Vote for the best man, do not let party lines interfere with your choice of candidate to govern this township. Of course, I'm the best man.
Campus Opinion
Editor Summer Session Kansan:
Students about to graduate from a college or university find themselves faced by five rather vital questions: What have I to sell? Where can I sell it? To whom can I sell it? How can I improve the product? And how can I sell it? When a student is able to answer these questions, he usually sells himself, gets a job and holds it.
Yet the majority of our great colleges and universities overlook the possibility of a practical course which would function primarily in helping young men and women to find themselves, and to get jobs for themselves, by themselves.
Contrary to a somewhat popular attitude of sentimental defeatism, employment agencies and placement bureaus claim that jobs are available for those who know HOW to get them.
The defeatists have been listening to those wisacres who shake their heads in despair at the plight of the young man of ambition and ability, who they say is facing a changing social order in which jobs are few and opportunities microscopic.
The situation is further befogged by a prevalent feeling that business must be chastised for its guilt and corruption in plunging us in the misery of world-wide maladjustments, that business is full of selfishness and is scarcely a worthy calling for young men of brilliance and ideals. There have been dishonesty and greed in some quarters, obviously meriting punishment. But let none of us forget that the commerce, industry, and finance, which we call business, are the very roots of our economic existence; and that it is necessary that most men, under any conceivable government or social order, should devote themselves to those economic functions upon which all our lives depend.
In normal times, intelligent planning is probably the most important element in finding proper employment. But in a disturbed period like the present, emotional stresses on the part of the employer, the employee, and the public alike make employment more difficult, with the result that a wrong attitude will often prevent the carrying out of intelligent plans.
There are too many mere job hunters, today, who think only of what they could get out of an employer and not what they could do for him. From this viewpoint arises the need for such a course as is being advocated. Its scope should deal
Library Gets New 'Old' Books
A shipment of 42 old books which are badly needed in the Library Congressional Serial set, has been received by Watson library this week.
Coupled with an earlier order, this makes a total of fifty books which have been added to the serial set in the last few weeks.
The books which were just received cover several years in the early history of the set. The oldest book received is over 115 years old, and contains publications of the 17th congress published in 1823. The youngest of the shipment is 89 years old, being published in 1849 by the 41st congress.
The serial set contains publications of Congress, reports of the presidents, the department heads and congressional committees. It was started in 1821 and continues today as an important publication of congress.
The University library set is shelved on the fourth floor of the library in the Bureau of governmental research.
Martha Tillman To Be Married
Miss Martha Tillman, head of the CSEP at the University, will marry Gordon Claypool, instructor in the department of anatomy and a student in the School of Medicine Thursday evening in Topeka.
Miss Tillman received her A.B. degree here in '37 and was elected to Mortar Board, honorary senior women's organization, and is a member of Kappa Phi.
Then there was the prison inmate who, when paroled, refused to leave for six months. He wanted to finish painting the murals for the warden.
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with the student's attitude and ability as they might be of value to an employer.
Getting a job is admittedly difficult but the point to bear in mind constantly is that jobs do exist. Many business are trying to find the right man for the right job; this situation exists in countless enterprises throughout the business world.
The student should be aided in analyzing himself and in determining the kind of work for which he is best fitted; he should actively apply for positions under the direction of an experienced personnel specialist; he should discuss his mistakes with his classmates and how resistance might be overcome.
Therefore a course in Universities which would teach a student to use a more careful and thoughtful approach in seeking a job, and which would teach him to recognize the difficulties of the problem would shortcut amazingly the obstacles to his search.
Elton Carter
Geology Students Study
Twenty students from the University are doing geological mapping in Garden Park, near Canon City, Colo., under the supervision of K. K. Landes, professor of geology.
This work is offered as a summer course in field geology requiring as prequisites five hours of geology and at least junior standing in the University.
Textbook Collection In Fraser Hall
Approximately 500 volumes oil textbooks for use in elementary and high schools, and several hundred city and state courses of study have recently been made available for study in room 119 Fraser hall.
This collection was organized last summer by Felix H. Ullrich, visiting professor in the School of Education, as a project of the state department of Improvement of Instruction to make such material available to persons connected with the schools of Kansas.
At that time the books were placed in the library, but to make them more easily accessible to students in the School of Education, they have been placed in Fraser hall where they are in the charge of C. B. Althaus, associate professor in the School of Education.
These materials are available from 9 to 12 o'clock in the morning and from 2 to 5 o'clock in the afternoon each week day with the exception of Saturday afternoon.
University Graduate Still Missing
Missing since May 8, Jean Linley, 22, graduate of the University last Feburary, is the object of search by police in several midwestern cities who have been asked to renew their efforts in locating him by Mrs. Roy Linley, 1345 Vermont street.
Linley, when he received his degree from the University, went to work in a lumber camp. He returned to Lawrence May 5, leaving again three days later, and has not been heard from since then.
Prof. W. A. Dill To Address "Ad Club"
W. A. Dill, associate professor of journalism and Director of the K. U. News Bureau, will address the Advertising club at 3:30 Thursday afternoon in room 107 of the Journalism building.
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Professor Dill, who has been in publicity work for many years,will discuss advertising from the publicity standpoint.
All students in the summer session are eligible for membership in the Ad club and are invited to attend the lectures.
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