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University Daily Kansan Monday. Feb. 13. 1950
'Grand People' Say Lawrence Men
Mention the words "college student" to anyone living in any college town over the nation, and probably they'll immediately think "panty raids," "riots," or "rowdies." Mention the same words to a resident of Lawrence, and more than likely his reaction will be "reliable," "wonderful," or "grand people."
Nonsense, you say? No one could think that highly of us college students? Perhaps not, but if the opinions of eight Lawrence business men are an indication of what Lawrence people in general think, then we're mighty lucky that KU is located where people respect us and take us in stride.
Eight business men dealing largely with KU students were chosen at random to be interviewed, and the questions asked each of them were the same: Do you think KU students are troublemakers? How do you feel the University has affected Lawrence?
A department store owner had this to say: "I think the town is fortunate in having students and faculty. Our relations have been wonderful. We're very grateful for the business they have brought to us. Anyone who says the University students cause trouble and are a bunch of spoiled kids is certainly very wrong, in my opinion."
Ralph Campbell, manager of Ober's Clothing Store, said: "As far as we're concerned, the students can do no wrong. Why, if it weren't for the University, this place couldn't operate. The University is Lawrence's biggest industry. Oh, occasionally some students will get together and stir up some noise and make a little trouble, but you can expect that in any college town. I don't know of anyone who could see anything really wrong with the University."
"Our relations have been wonderful," a women's clothing store owner said. "We have never yet had a bad check from a KU student. And the girls are really much easier to wait on than many Lawrence residents. College students like to dress conservatively, and they know what they want. More than 50% of our business is with college students."
Mr. Fred C. Black, owner of the Royal College Shop shoe store, said: "We've found that KU students are the nicest and easiest people to do business with. We seldom ever find a girl that's hard to wait on—and that's unusual." The Royal College Shop also does the major share of its business with college students.
A cafe owner was interviewed. "We never have had any trouble with the college," Ray Barnes, owner of the De Luxe Cafe, said. "We have never had any bad checks. Oh, maybe someone doesn't
watch their account real close, and they'll run out of money, but I just hold the check until they put some money in their account, then let the check go on through. Students are very easy to wait on. As far as causing any real trouble goes, I can't think of anything they've done."
Theater owners probably have more cause for complaint about college students' behavior. However, Joseph Cadle, Jayhawker Theater manager, says that "only once in a while do we have trouble with students. All in all I think our relations are very good. Of course, students can make it awfully difficult for others to enjoy a movie when they holler, whistle, and throw things. If there are any complaints registered, we just have to accept the fact that this is typical student behavior."
Chief Hazelet said the Lawrence crime rate is not high, and he attributes this partly to the influence of KU students on the youth of the community.
When Lawrence Police Chief John Hazelet was asked if KU students are particularly careless drivers, he said, "No. As a matter of fact I think they have fewer accidents in relation to the number of cars they drive than any other occupation group. Probably the idea that students are careless drivers, stems from the fact that a student car in an accident can be identified at once as belonging to a student because of KU stickers and tags on the vehicle. Actually there is nothing alarming about the number of student accidents. Students own more cars, drive more, and so naturally will have more accidents."
Bus Zook, secretary of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, recognizes that college students get out of hand once in a while. "I remember when the basketball team returned from winning the NCAA basketball championship, in the excitement downtown that stopped traffic and had students milling around all over, that someone set fire to the asphalt pavement. Well, you can expect things like that. It's nothing more than youth on exhibition. I think that over all the KU student body is very well rounded and well behaved in relation to other college campuses."
Perhaps it is too much to say that as a student body we should be proud that we are not constantly at odds with the people of Lawrence. On the other hand, if what these men have said sums up the general attitude toward students on the part of the town, then we can point an unprejudiced finger of shame at college students in other parts of the country who throw eggs and rocks, and burn their state's governor in effigy, and say, "We behave most of the time. Do you?"
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS by Dick Bibler
-Gerald Dawson
The Yearbook-Once Again A Problem
Did you plunk down a hard-earned six bucks for a subscription to the Jayhawker?
If so, it looks as if you'll have to wait until about the first of March to get your copy of the second issue of the magazine.
The Jayhawkter describes itself as "the magazine-yearbook of the University of Kansas." The underlying principle of the thing is that the Jayhawkter will be issued in four sections—once every two months—so that when the school year ends, the students will have the equivalent of a regular yearbook.
In spite of these advantages, there seem to be enough disadvantages in four-a-year publication to completely outweigh the favorable characteristics.
This system has the advantage of giving the students pictures of most of the other students early in the year—facilitating the arrangement of blind dates—and also gives the magazine an element of timeliness.
I n the first place, quarterly publication imposes four deadlines on the staff, instead of only one. If production runs behind schedule, the staff will be overloaded with work during the second semester. This year the staff will be forced to produce two issues in the last three months of the school year, after producing only two in the first six months.
In addition to the hardship on the editors, the quality of the finished product is bound to suffer. Hastily-done work can hardly be expected to be comparable to a carefully completed job done free from the pressure of an imminent deadline.
For several years persons concerned with the Jayhawker have been pleading for the inclusion of the magazine on the activity fund, making
each student a subscriber and providing a guaranteed source of income for the publication.
As things stand now, the Jayhawker is supported only through subscription sales and the income from advertising. Its financial status is doubtful from year to year.
Perhaps inclusion in the activity fund would solve many of the problems of the Jayhawker, and would result in an improvement in the quality of the product.
However, this does not seem to be a feasible answer. At its present quality, most students will rebel against this practice. Until the quality of the magazine is improved, students will protest vigorously against being charged for a product they do not desire.
If the Jayhawker wants activity funds, let it produce a product which will be read by all the students. When the magazine shows that it can meet higher standards, perhaps guaranteed funds will be a possibility. However, we feel that if the standards of the publication were improved, the magazine would not need to worry about finances. Incerased subscription demand would take care of any problems of finance.
—Dick Walt
Djakarta, capital of Indonesia, is bursting at the seams with more than $2 \frac{1}{2}$ million people. It is grievously short of housing. Most homes are shared by at least 2 families. And we complain of the housing shortage in America.
Both lacrosse and a forerunner game known as tokonhon (stick ball), or shinny, flourished among American Indians long before the coming of the white man.
... Letters ...
Editor:
It has come to my attention during my many treks to and from the campus that people own property lining 14th Street (many other parts of Lawrence also) are sadly negligent in their proprietary duties. Few, if any, of the sidewalks have been properly cleared of snow. This is clearly a discredit to the owner in any situation, and particularly true on the 14th Street hill considering the steepness of the grade and the amount of pedestrian traffic involved/
A person gains many advantages by owning property but at the same time incurs some responsibilities to the community. I realize that that it is difficult to shame a person into the accomplishment of duty but it is still possible to enforce the fulfillment thereof by filing complaints against the violators.
This letter is not written in the form of protest alone but is also designed to impart a so-called "word to the wise." I'm sure that there are very few property owners that would relish a damage suit pressed against them for injuries sustained upon their property.
During the past week of bad weather I have seen several persons fall on the slippery walks along 14th Street hill (fortunately none were more than shaken up) and I have personally had several narrow escapes from the same fate.
Such drastic action should not be necessary. Perhaps this letter will call attention to the need. The shirking of duty seems to follow the trend of too many Americans—failure to vote, failure to abide by traffic laws, etc. Conscientiousness on the part of private citizens means this already great country an even better and stronger nation.
George W. Smith Holton graduate student
Editor:
Your series of articles entitled, "What Is Wrong—" have been very enlightening, and if I might add, quite amusing.
I look forward to reading the campus publication each and every day that it is published. Many of the articles I find therein are quite amusing. I must say, your staff has a reasonable amount of humor.
May I suggest, and I am not being bold about it, that for further humor in your publication you should print an article entitled, "What is Wrong. With the Daily Kansan?" Also, if I may, why not write it with a spark of humor. I do not believe it will hurt the publication in the least, because it seems there has been that spark of humor in your "What is Wrong" series.
Donald E. Logue
New York freshman
Editor:
I was shocked to find a title in the University newspaper last night to this effect, "Southern Schools Still Fight Integration." In the first place I don't think the author, one Dick Walt, knows what he is talking about.
The first line of the article was written so the person reading it will think that the Negro in the South is kicked around in every sector and isn't allowed to go to any university supported by the state for all races.
Because the University of Alabama was against this, don't think they are all of this mental outlook. In December, Governor Griffin of Georgia spoke out against Tech playing Pittsburgh because of a Negro player on the team, but does Dick Walt recall how the college students rose against this governor? Not only at Tech were the students of this frame of mind, all over Georgia college students rose against Gov. Griffin.
I am from North Carolina and the university admits Negro students to that school to attain a higher education. So you see Mr. Walt not all schools in the South are like the University of Alabama. The next time let's get a little facts on the South before we start writing about the South because of one southern school's action.
Don Louis Tyndall Cherokee, N.C. junior
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