Page 2 University Daily Kansan Friday, February 11, 1953
Butter Takes Over University Tables
Apparently the dairy farmers of Kansas have won another victory in their quest to squelch oleomargarine, and apparently the state is telling us what we can eat and what we cannot.
The following memo has been issued to 17 dormitory house-mothers by J. J. Wilson, director of dormitories:
"There is a state law which prohibits us as an agency of the State from buying Oleo in any form. It does not matter what our personal feelings are on this subject one way or another, the law is in the statute books of the State of Kansas, and it is our duty to abide by the law. Your cooperation and understanding on this matter is sincerely appreciated and from this time on, please plan your food purchases without Oleo in any form."
This means, of course, that the tables of the University will be supplied with the real McCoy, and that yellow stuff on bread will be butter—not oleomargarine. Furthermore, the ingredient used for cooking purposes in the kitchen will no longer be oleo. Butter legislation rules there, too.
The whole matter might seem rather trite if it weren't for the following figures:
The price of oleo a pound—as low as 19 cents.
The price of butter a pound—from 70 to 90 cents.
And if that won't raise the cost of dormitory living (and consequently housebills), nothing will.
The oleo statute has been around for some time (passed in 1931), but only recently the state has applied it to the University. Prior to this other state institutions (mental hospitals and orphanages, for instance) have had to scrape away oleo and make way for, butter and high prices they obviously shouldn't have to pay.
The pressure of the dairy industry is costing a limited group of Kansans who must pay the butter price. At the same time most of these groups are forced to strive for economy. Meanwhile, the dairy industry thrives.
Many students in the 17 dormitories are going to school with the intention of saving money—not so much because they want to, but because they have to—and whether the Kansas Statutes believes it or not, buying oleo saves money.
The butter statute—violation penalty and all—is as follows:
"65-642a-(1) No state, county, municipal or other institution, supported in whole or in part by public funds, shall furnish to its inmates or patrons for use in the preparation of their food any oleo-margarine or other similar substitute for butter which is made by combining with milk or milk fats any fat oil, oleoginous substance other than milk fat.
"（2）Every officer or employee of any institute supported in whole or in part by public funds who shall knowingly be a party to any violation of this section shall for each offense be punished by a fine of not to exceed one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not to exceed thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment."
In short, most of us are going to be eating at the rate of 90 cents a pound whether we like it or not. —Gene Shank
Come rain, or cold, or colder, or coldest, classes must go on. Must be another aspect of the "efficiency or bust" of the American way of life. This does not condone it.
Norman Isaacs makes a talk which will earn national headlines Almost a hundred people attended the affair. KU strives for quality They must; they didn't provide quantity.
Matuso now says Cohn worked for him in framing former testimony. This makes Cohn an "accessory after the lie."
In "One Woman's Opinion," Miss Elizabeth Wohlgemuth attacks the so-called trivialities now engaging so many state legislatures. The opinions of Miss Wohlgemuth merit respect even when, as in this case, they are singularly unfortunate.
It would be a sad day for this country if its legislators ever lost their sense of humor; if they ever became so incredibly pompous as to be unable to discuss the small, comparatively unimportant issues which make the world interesting.
One is delighted that the good lawmakers of Oklahoma should find time to discuss nudism, that your own Kansas legislature should debate the buffalo as a state animal, that Sen. Margaret Chase Smith of Maine should propose that the United States adopt the rose as its national flower. As a Briton, I am much flattered by her choice.
Dear Sir:
Letters
Certainly the worst thing that can happen to any political system is for it to die from the inside, to lose its true humanity. Reading the reports, for example, from the current meetings of the Supreme Soviet in Moscow one is struck by one salient fact; they must be incredibly dull and boring, though no doubt very efficient. Most Communist regimes, in fact, strike one as being perpetually involved with events of earth-shattering importance, of having lost that gentler feeling and grace which still occurs, from time to time, in the Western democracies. Even Mendes-France and his glass of milk has this touch of whimsy and triviality absent in the totalitarian nations.
One is reminded, too, of the action of the British House of Commons at the height of the blitz on London, when things were black. Winston Churchill led a three-day debate over a bill for the preservation of wild birds in Scotland and that must have annoyed Adolph no less than Ormond the good burgers of Oklahoma for taking an intelligent interest in nudism. One would be upset if they didn't. . .
B. M. Dunning Special graduate student
Dear Sir:
I feel certain facts should be presented about the movie:
It was with great interest today that I noted the proposed showing of "The Salt of the Earth" on Feb 18. 1955.
1. It is produced by the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers, an organization ousted from the CIO in 1950 for being Communist-dominated.
2. Scriptwriter Michael Wilson refused to state his Communistic association before a House committee in 1951.
3. Miss Rosaraura Revoueltos, the star, admittedly entered the U.S. illegally in order to make the film.
It seems natural, then, that the film may well have Communistic tones. However, I am NOT suggesting cancellation of the film. I only feel proper announcement should be made of the propaganda likely to be in the film. I, myself, plan to see it, for only by learning more about such things can we learn to fight them.
I feel that the background of the movie must be made public so that all may realize what could be presented to them.
John H. Kiesow Education senior
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS by Dick Bibler
“Ok-ok, you guys! Let's quit clownin' aroun' with that shot putt!”
Blank Minds Appear Often on Quiz Shows
Many are the nerve-shattered students who feel completely devoid of thought before an exam—but the other night we found a situation which obviously makes a person much more nerve-shattered and much more blank.
We watched Herb Shriner's "Two for the Money," where two women were trying to play the game. Instructed that each correct answer would earn them five dollars, they were asked first to name as many cities as they could—each city being in a different country. They scored one correct answer.
That situation was a quiz show—a televised quiz show, which seems to multiply the difficulties. There before the lights, the audience, and the grinding cameras all thought facilities seem to vanish.
They then were asked to name any fruits which bore the name of a color, such as blackberry. This brought three correct answers—the repeated the blackberry example and added blueberries and red raspberries just as the time bell rang.
For the final round, which was worth $15 per answer, the first woman was to give a name and the second contestant was to spell that name backwards.
After lengthy consideration, the name "Rose" was given, and the audience listened in suspense as the second woman struggled to spell it backwards. Then came the name "Mary," which really proved difficult.
But four correct answers were given—and the bewildered contestants walked away with $60.
More bewildered was the audience, and—undoubtedly—the quiz master, whose job it is to select the questions after gaging their difficulty to the contestants' abilities.
We're just hoping that it was the pressure of the situation and not the difficulty of the questions which created such a strain for the contestants. If this was a true example of the average American's thinking, the effects on our way of life would be disastrous.
It does point up one of the greatest faults of the American public, however—that of a lack of time or interest to continue developing its thinking ability after formal education is completed. Young persons are generally alert because of their schooling, as are a fair percentage of older persons who maintain their desire to read and develop themselves.
But then a situation such as the quiz show arises, and the opportunity is presented to see the other percentage group. To the student, it is a rather disturbing view, and a challenge to continue his education after commencement. —Irene Coonfer
Eisenhower asks Congress to consider national aid for schools. He forgot we must give states the "right" to provide poor schools. Back to the Articles of Confederation.
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