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University Daily Kansan Wednesday. April 27, 1955
WHICH ONE WOULD YOU RATHER HAND IN?
The below is an actual English I theme handed in during the FALL SEMESTER,1949,at the University of Kansas. These copies are identical except that the one on the right is typed.
A person who has not educated himself to have an open mind is hardly discovered irreducible in his attempt to old sleep with the fellow man. Of one's idea as already felted, for if one is based in the way of thought, it is different for him to understand his neighbors and friends true; they should have certain principles and moral ideas found in possessive mind, but still he should be willing to listen to needy ideas with the possibility of improvising his own institutions and characters and forms of classified misdemeanors that hard a few years ago remember how hand it was for Thomas Jefferson to sell his estate held, or to differently that Henry Ford had in selling his "corpse home." Because the people were not often mindful, they would and actually great labor force device. They had been accustomed to reign above all gas of light, and what was good enough for greatly warm and mild for them. Their institutions are in the hands of baseball players believed to be bad luck if they then unwitnessed while they gave glory to a devise, one people consider of their high clovers lucky, which others are generally black cat of seems rather add, that a little
THE BENEFITS OF AN OPEN MIND
A person who has not educated himself to have an open mind is handicapped immeasurably in his attempt to get along with his fellow man. If one's ideas are already formed, or if one is biased in his way of thinking, it is difficult for him to understand his neighbors and friends. True, one should have certain principles and moral ideas fixed in his own mind, but still he should be willing to listen to new ideas with the possibility of improving his own.
Superstitions and customs are a form of closed mindedness. Think back a few years and remember how hard it was for Thomas Edison to sell his electric light, or the difficulty that Henry Ford had in selling his "iron horse". Because the people were not open minded, they would not accept the great labor saving devices. They had been accustomed to using horses and gas lights, and what was good enough for grandpa was good enough for them. Superstitions are on this same order. Baseball players believe it to be bad luck if they get their uniforms cleaned while they are playing in a series; some people consider a four leaf clover lucky, while others are scared of black cats. It seems rather odd that a poor little black cat can cause someone some bad luck, or that a piece of grass can have something to do with someone's good fortune. Naturally a closed minded person knows these facts to be true. There's no question about it, they're just true, and
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