University Daily Kansan
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Friday, Nov. 18, 1955.
'Jobs Are Hard To Find But New York Is Exciting
Trying hard to remember if any one exciting had happened to him, Mr. Bedford did recall that he was once threatened with a knife by a drunk who insisted that he butter his toast for him. Once a policeman threatened him. Life was rather exciting in New York.
What would you do if you found yourself in New York City with 31 cents and no job? Probably what Jimmy Bedford, journalism instructor, ddd. You'd find a job.
"One morning I parked my car and decided to try to find the Bronx Zoo, which I thought was near by. Pretty soon I realized I was going in the wrong direction. I decided that since I was already going in that direction, I'd just walk the rest of the way home.
Working from 9 p.m. until 6 a.m.
he had to leave for work at about
7:30 p.m. and didn't get home until about 7:30 a.m.
He had 40 dollars when he started to New York last summer. But in five days he had only 31 cents left.
He said, "The best way to see New York is to walk. Parking places were hard to find, so I usually left my car on 233rd Street. I lived on 12th Street and usually took the subway from there to my parking place.
Taking second best, he got a job as night manager of a Waldorf cafeteria, but not the one you're thinking of. This one is quite a bit smaller, but it provided a lot of excitement anyway.
"After I got to 12th Street, I decided I might just as well walk down to Wall Street. From there I walked across the Brooklyn Bridge to Brooklyn. Then I came back over to Manhattan. By that time I had to go back to work."
"I wanted to get a job washing windows on skyscrapers but I didn't have any experience in New York, so I couldn't find a job," he said.
Asked what he liked best about New York, he replied Coney Island and Union Square. What he disliked most were the New York cops and his landlord who he thought stole all of his money.
One particular incident which happened showed how handy his knowledge of photography can come in. One day he got a parking ticket which made him very mad because he was parking exactly the
Two University songs have been revised this fall by Vince Bilotta, East Orange, N. J., junior and approved by Prof. Russell Wiley, band director, and Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy.
The verse of the "Jayhawker Song" was revised. Previously, the first line read, "Talk about the Aggies, Sooners and the Braves;" The Braves refer to Haskell Institute, a team that KU played many years ago.
"Stand Up and Cheer" was also revised and it was established as a tradition to be played by the band and sung by the standing student body when the Jayhawks make their appearance before halves at football and basketball games.
Student Revises 2 KU Pep Songs
The revised line now reads, "Talk about the Aggies, Sooners and the Buffers". The Buffs are the Colorado Buffaloes, who joined the Big Seven Conference in 1946.
Following are the words to "Stand up and Cheer" after the revision.
"Stand Up and Cheer Stand up and cheer.
Cheer loud and long for dear old Kansas;
The Red and Blue above all others.
Javhawks are fighting.
For we are bound to win this fray.
We've got the steam
We are on the beach.
For this is dear old Kansas Day.
The hourly wages of automobile manufacturing employees average 22 per cent higher than for all manufacturing in the United States.
When asked if he thought students should dare attempt such a trip to New York when they had no money, he replied, "Jobs are hard to find in New York unless you have a skill of some sort, but I definitely think that anyone who really wants to should spend a summer in New York."
way the New Yorkers were. To prove it, he took a picture of his car. When he presented it to the judge and tried verbally to convince him, the judge knocked his fine down from 5 dollars to 2 dollars.
Sachem Maintains Rock Chalk Cairn
Sachem, men's honorary society at KU was founded in 1910 by 12 upperclassmen. Outstanding senior men in grades and activities are chosen for this honor.
The organization maintains the Rock Chalk Cairn located near the flag pole. The cairn was built in 1926 by Sachem as a memorial to outstanding events in KU's history.
The local society became affiliated with Omicron Delta Kappa, a national honorary organization, in 1947
Sachem, along with Mortar Board, the senior woman's honorary society, is responsible for the Fire Basket and Torch ceremony at the traditions convocation.
One of its lighter duties is to keep the Indian Tom-Tom drum, which is given the winner of the Kansas-Missouri football each year. Usually, the ceremony of exchanging the drum is held before or at the halftime of the game. However, this year the activities will take place after the game. Missouri has the drum at the present time.
Membership is chosen each spring by the outgoing members. They base their selection on outstanding
scholarship, character, activities and service to the University. It is considered as being one of the highest honors a senior may receive.
In Error
GARY, Ind.,—(U.P.)—A $55 old age assistance check drawn on Lake County public welfare funds was returned because of "insufficient funds." Embarrassed county officials claim a clerical error.
Federal grading and stamping of beef was started by the Agriculture Department May 1, 1927.
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