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University Daily Kansan
Friday, Dec. 2, 1955
Do You Want Better K-Books?
Do You want a bigger, better K-Book? This question is particularly directed at freshmen, but we would like to have some opinions from upper classmen, too.
Many persons feel that the information presented in the K-Book is inadequate or that it is too general to be of any help.
At present a committee of students representing various organizations and interested faculty members is attempting to plan a handbook that would be more useful to students throughout their college years—not just to new students.
There have been several suggestions as to what could be done to improve the book. It could be made bigger with more accurate and complete information. Laurence Woodruff, dean of students, has prepared a list of topics to be included that names about every part of the University and any situation that a student might have a question about.
It has been suggested that the book continue to be sent to new students before they arrive and have a section on what clothes and materials to bring to school.
Some think it would be a good idea to have the book made in removable sections, so that each year a section with the schedule of events and any change in rules could be added easily.
What's your opinion? Would you use a better book? If so, what suggestions do you have for improvement?
The committee would like to hear your suggestions. Would you rather have a more expensive good-looking book with pictures included, or would you prefer a more compact book with just the facts and necessary information?
Now there are many leaflets and booklets from various departments and organizations such as the hospital, the library, and AWS available to the students. These publications could be combined in the K-Book.
Address letters to the Daily Kansan or to Prof Elmer F. Beth, Flint Hall.
—Lee Ann Urban
Gossip Surrounds Vice President
WASHINGTON—(U.P.)—Political gossip is the fodder upon which Washington delights to feed. The month of November turned up some juicy snacks, mostly involving Vice President Richard M. Nixon.
There was the Veterans Day whisper which had friends of the vice president worried. It related that President Eisenhower had been persuaded to ease off on his public applause of his young vice presidential friend.
Some gesture of white house coolness toward Mr. Nixon was recommended. As the whisper went, it was decided to ask former President Hoover to represent Mr. Eisenhower on Nov. 11 at the tomb of the unknown soldier.
That whisper made the dinner table circuit, building as it went. It was a phony, however. Vice President Nixon actually participated in the discussion leading to the eminently proper selection of the only living Republican ex-president to represent the Republican now in the White House.
More highly seasoned was a morsel about a bit of back stabbing by a member of the White House staff. The incident took place when a representative of the Radio Correspondents Association sought White House advice on the likelihood of Mr. Eisenhower attending the association's annual dinner next February.
Informed that the President probably would not be there, the radio man explained it was customary to give the president a dinner souvenir and, in his absence, the association would ask Mr. Nixon to receive for him.
"Are you sure you will want Mr. Nixon," the White House inquired. "He'll be a very controversial figure, you know."
When the radio man said he still felt that Mr. Nixon should be Mr. Eisenhower's stand-in, the White House spokesman made another pitch.
"It wouldn't have to be Mr. Nixon," he argued. "Secretary of State Dulles would be much more appropriate—or George Humphrey (secretary of treasury)."
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS by Dick Bibler
MAY I BOKROW A CUP OF $ \mathbf{C}_{12} \mathbf{H}_{22} \mathbf{O}_{11}? $
Editorial Feature
European Friends Give Christmas Special Meaning
He'll probably mention the night in August when he halts traffic for two hours and had half of the Parisians shouting at him as he daringly maneuvered up a street forbidden to busses.
But another bus driver, Gustav, will be somewhere with a stein of lager beer in his hand and a cigar in his mouth. He'll be doing his best to keep everyone happy. His listeners will laugh while he brags about his bus driving.
BY LEE ANN URBAN (Daily Kansan Associate Editor)
In Copenhagen, "Knudt" Knud-
It's Christmas time again, and the other day I got out my list of cards. It has an extra special meaning this year because of new names that were added to it this summer—names like Hans, Kreutzberger, Cessaro, and Gustav.
These names rake Christmas seem a lot more universal, for as each name comes to mind. I imagine how these Europeans will be spending their Christmas. I remember their happiness and the hospitality they showed me last summer.
Hans will be serving a turkey dinner to passengers aboard a Dutch liner out in the middle of the Atlantic. He'll be lonesome for his family in Germany, but smiling and wishing everyone at his table a Merry Christmas.
It won't matter if he doesn't speak their language, because they will be able to read his warm greeting in his dancing blue eyes. After he has served three "sittings" he will go out on the fantail and sing Christmas songs with some of the other German crew members.
In Ludwigshafen, Germany,
this first Christmas in their new
apartment will be especially
happy for the Kreutzbergers.
There will be a tiny Christmas
tree and home made gifts.
His parents and pretty 17-year-old sister, Ursula, will remember. But they will be thinking of more important things—that they are together and healthy, that Mr. Kreutzberger has a good job, and that his brother was released after being a Russian prisoner for 10 years.
Five-year-old Hartmut will be full of wonder and amazement at every package he opens. He won't remember past Christmas spent in the woods with little warmth or food.
Somewhere in Italy, Cessaro, a bus driver for European tour groups, will be home with his wife and eight children. To him, Christmas will mean taking his family to Mass and spending the rest of the day at home.
son will be having a vacation from teaching his class of delinquent and homeless boys. During the afternoon he will probably take his wife, Bo. to visit friends on their only means of transportation, a motor scooter.
One of the Christmases I like to imagine most is in a small hotel in Edinburgh. There are only nine rooms in the sparkling Scottish hotel, but no matter from how far the guests come, they will feel they know each other.
The congenial proprietor, Mr. Allen, will have on the kilt of the clan of which he is so proud. The dinner tables will be decorated with crisp, shiny holly and lavender and white heather that Mrs. Allen picked in the country. Through the window, the guests will look up toward Princes Street and see a curving row of old fashioned gaslighted lamps.
After dinner everyone will gather in the cozy den with the tartan covered chairs, and Christmas cheer will overflow.
Mr. Allen will have a crackling fire in the fireplace and, having had just a tiny too much of his favorite Scotch, will go against all Scottish tradition and put drinks "on the house."
These European friends will be spending their Christmas in different ways and in different countries, but they will all have the Christmas spirit.
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Student Increase Causes Problem
A glimpse at the field of education makes one shudder to think that nearly twice the number of students now attending colleges may be entering the nation's schools of higher learning within the next 10-15 years.
The depression years produced about 2,500,000 babies annually. Nowadays the birth rate in the United States is more than 4,000,000 a year, and all figures indicate a continued increase. Delegates at the 38th annual American Council on Education, composed of 650 top college officials, expect that enrollment will rise from the present 2,500,000 students to 5,000,000 by 1970. To accommodate this growing army of students, 250,000 additional professors will be needed. As of now, the Council sees no immediate solution to this problem.
War babies of the early 1940's are beginning to enter high school, and will soon be moving on to college. Will colleges and universities be able to handle all those who will want to attend? The Council has its doubts.
In the same breath educators predict increased college attendance for the future, another question must be answered: considering the overflow problem, should colleges throughout the nation limit enrollment? Some educators who say yes maintain an arbitrary figure could be set up whereby no more students after a certain number would be accepted. Then standards could be raised since colleges would have more people to choose from, taking the top candidates only. "Keep the quantity down and increase the quality," they say. Thus greater selectivity means a better caliber of college graduate.
Educators who favor this view also argue that to deprive persons of higher education is striking at the very roots of our democraoy, where everyone is supposed to have equal rights, and a right to an education, if qualified, is one of them.
Proponents of open education, or unlimited numbers in college, claim that the nation will become static if enrollment is kept at a standstill, since more college graduates will be in demand in future years. Technical and scientific fields are crying for graduates. What would the situation be in ten years if a similar number as today was graduated when demands are expected to be much greater?
The majority of Council members adheres to the goal of higher education for all, and along with it, a persistent effort to keep standards high. Just how colleges will handle the problem of increased enrollments and also maintain high standards remains to be seen. Educators are planning ahead now in an effort to meet the tide when it comes. And it is coming.
—The Michigan Journalist
By LEO FLANAGAN
(Daily Kansan Editorial Editor)
On Monday of this week, Chancellor Murphy vehemently argued against cuts in the University budget for the 1956-57 fiscal year.
He said restoration of $250,000 for items of campus improvement would be strongly advocated.
a bit o' blarney
On the following night, the chancellor addressed the All Student Council and said that plans had been made to make the University library one of the cultural centers of this part of the country.
These improvements would include parking space, sidewalks, utilities, and building maintenance.
He said large sums are spent annually by the University to secure original volumes. He added that by maintaining these rare volumes, the school could be the source for microfilm reproduction.
Is it necessary that the library have originals? It seems to us that relatively inexpensive reproductions that may be procured from other sources will certainly serve the purpose. Some of these rare volumes have little or no use, other than as library pieces.
If campus improvements are so badly needed, why aren't some of these "large sums" used for them?
Which is more important, the book itself or the contents of the book? It seems to us that the latter is of much more value to the student.