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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, December 8, 1954
A. I.
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS by Dick Bibler
Remember When?
Christmas Morn Is Coming
Ever since I can remember—and when it comes to this time of the year I have a pretty good memory—we've been a big tree Christmas-morning-package-opening family.
And always liked it that way.
And I saw.
There's just something about seeing one of those tall firs in the corner of the living room, steepeed with cotton "snow" at its base, and holding up what seemed like a factory full of tinsel and red and green cord and lights shaped like Santa Clauses (if there can be a plural to Santa Claus).
No, there wasn't any popcorn chain nor lighted candle. But I can remember my grandmother telling me about some of "her trees" and how they'd sit around running popped kernels of corn onto string and
but that's another story.
but that's another. And it's never forget that long and long night that seemed always to come before Christmas morning. Without a doubt—and hang the sun and the equator and all the explanations about equinoxes and the like—that was the longest night of the year.
Sooner or later, though, I'd convince them that it was time. And there covering the artificial snow at the base of the tree, was the mass of presents from everyone to everyone else.
But Christmas morning always came—sometimes more than once. Many's the time Mom told me to go back to bed, that it was only 5:30.
After that it was just a process of
hunting through the mountains of gifts, handing each person his or hers (and opening an occasional one yourself). And I guess that mountain never was as high as it always looked at first because it never did take too long to reduce it to nothing more than a hill of paper and ribbon.
The big tree would stand until New Year's day. Then, with the "snow" around it covered with needles from the branches, the folks would decide it was time to throw it out.
Then . . . well, beck, what can a guy do? He just sits down with a sigh, puts his chin in his hands, and begins the long 359-day wait until 5:30 am. next Christmas.
-John Herrington
Women's Basketball
Kansan Readers Report on Hiss Beer, Dramatics, Basketball
Concerning the space-consuming Stephens-Walterscheid-Ormont debate over basketball. I would like to say the following. Many women seemingly enjoy playing basketball. Some can play basketball and not be feminine, some can be feminine and not play basketball, whereas others seem to be pretty handy at anything they try. Is the above-mentioned debate being carried on as a joke or are the participants and the editorial staff actually concerned over the matter?
(As for the participants, we can't say how sincere their concern is, because we don't know. As for the editors, were concerned that everyone was notified. So notice your letter, Mr. Legler. Can we do any less for anybody else?—Ed. Note.)
John M. Legler Graduate student
It seems to me that there are a few people on this campus who fail to realize that there is a need for people in every vocation. By degrading the activities of someone else's profession, you don't better your own. Remember "you can't build your character on the foundation of someone else's rubble."
"To be beautiful, sedate, neat, poised, and sexually attractive to men are still the preoccupations of the eternal female..." says Beverly Orrmont. The Grecian women were some of the most beautiful women in the world in their time of 500-400 B.C. and still are today; for instance, Venus De Milo is noted today for her beautiful figure. How did they gain these figures? Through physical exercise much the same as we enjoy today. And why did the Greeks train their young girls in this manner? One of their purposes was to develop strong bodies so that childbirth would not be too much of a strain on the woman and the child would be healthy.
Beverly Orrmont states, "no girl ever became more feminine by playing basketball." No, basketball does not help a woman become more feminine—because every girl is born feminine—with female characteristics. According to Webster's dictionary "feminine apphabits to features qualities; the desires of women; womanly suggests qualities befitting a roundly developed woman, especially as a wife or mother."
Being womanly, it seems to me,
to be the "preoccupation of
the eternal female." Most men want a
companion for a wife. What child
More than any other subject or activity team sports tend to develop emotional control. Who needs emotional control more than a wife and mother, if she is a good wife and mother?
doesn't enjoy an occasional romp with the family, including his mother?
Physical fitness contributes to every profession. As well as a housewife needs to be healthy, so does a secretary or newspaper reporter. Who wants to hire a secretary who is always on sick leave, or what newspaper wants a woman reporter who can not cover assignments because of constant illness? What better way is there to keep physically fit than through physical activity. Physical activity helps us to do our daily tasks and meet any crisis in our lives.
Physical education has helped rather than hindered w o men through the years, so on with women's intramurals!
Judi Heinrichs,
Education sophomor
Joyce Sejkora
College junior
Thelma Stoecker
Fine arts senior
Sachiko Sugawa
Graduate student
Bernice Long
Medicine junior
Sondra Updike
College sophomore
Audre Coe
Education junior
Ellen Duncan
Education junior
Since it is man who must be the ultimate judge of female appeal, may I be permitted to enter this female controversy on female basketball and women's athletics in general.
I will be married the latter part of this month to a "beautiful, sedate, neat, and sexually attractive" young woman, but this same young lady can take a tennis match away from me any day of the week, and I have to work like hell to beat her bowling average.
First I will agree on one point with Miss Ormont—the woman's preoccupation "to be beautiful, sedate, neat and sexually attractive..."
Of the muscles which Miss Ormont and Miss Stephens seem to abbor—just what do they think makes up those attractive curves the male world so appreciates?
Games of basketball, tennis.
bowing—yes, even a few bench presses with the barbells isn't going to over develop any woman. In fact they will fill out those skinny legs and flat busts which seem to be prevalent among many of the "campus sophisticate."
Also, these women seem to have a freshness about them that attracts every male eye when they walk in the room. They have sparkling eyes and complexion that Elizabeth Arden could never match.
As for the women who play the game like a man, talk, and walk, like him. I think that Miss Orrmont will find with a closer study of genetics that they are usually hereditarily inclined to develop these traits.
Put the woman with athletic interest in a knit suit, nylon hose, and high heels and it will be hard to find a creature more appealing.
Such exercise promotes a state of health which will be needed when the woman performs that duty for which she was primarily created. She will have less trouble during pregnancy, easier labor, and a healthier baby.
Frankly, I fail to find that referred to feminine appeal in the cosmetic, cave chested, dark circled eyes of some of the representatives of the "beautiful, sedate, neat, poised, and sexually attractive" of this campus.
It can also be pointed out that many of our famous beauties indulge in regular exercise, and many beauty culture salons have introduced barbell exercises in their programs.
Dee Richards Journalism junior
No two people are exactly alike. This we all accept as a true statement. It stands to reason that one group of girls who have a violent dislike for basketball and all the vulgarities it presents (in their opinion) cannot condemn another group of girls who love the sport. Neither understands the other group.
Just one more opinion on the subject of girls basketball is being thrown at you with this letter.
Recreation is my only interest in basketball. I am a freshman just bursting with physical energy that has to be released some way. Basketball is wonderful if only for this reason—release of energy. I don't like a steady diet of basketball, though. I like all sports and energy consuming activities; dancing, swimming, and each seasonal sport.
Miss Orrmont whose letter appeared in the UDK, is a senior. She probably has outgrown a need for release of energy. I am asking her to look at this from my angle. need it!
"As you see, Miss Latour, when you come in late you disturb the whole class."
Norma Cobb Fine arts freshman
Beer in the Union
We, the undersigned, would like to go on the record as being in favor of beer-being served in the Hawk's Nest as stated in the article in the Daily Kansas.
To the Editor:
Walter H. Steffan
College sophomore
Lyle McDermed
Pharmacy freshman
Dean Bauer
Pharmacy freshman
KU Dramatics
I was pleased to see the nice write-up that you devoted to the University Theatre several weeks ago (Editorial by Tom Lyons, November 17), but I feel that you neglected to mention another group which contributes to the dramatic life at KU. The Studio Theatre, sponsored by the department of speech and drama, is devoted to training students in all phases of theatre—not only acting, but also directing, design, and writing.
The Studio Theatre produces three plays a semester, and concentrates on teaching the actor or technician fundamentals which the University Theatre must take for granted. The material with which we work is chosen from the best dramatic literature of the past and past productions examined by current production of Shaw's "Great Catherine"; while we also try experiments, such as the recent cutting from "Spoon River Anthology."
Next semester our projects are even more ambitious. In March our fourth production will be a theater-in-the-round presentation in the Student Union. It will be followed in April by a touring production which from here will take to the road in south and southwestern Kansas, and we close in May with three one-act plays all student produced.
Basically we are a laboratory, a workshop, a proving ground, and
our experiments never cease. We are quite proud of the fact that to date this year we have used over a hundred students in every capacity from leading man to glue pot scrubber. I sincerely hope that the students and the University community will continue to show their approval of this project by both their participation and their attendance.
Nat Eek, director Studio theatre
On Alger Hiss
The editorial in Thursday's Kansas asking that we call off the dogs on Alger Hiss shows how soon some people can forget.
Alger Hiss betrayed his country from a position of high rank and responsibility. His role in the Institute of Pacific Relations, his acts as a presidential advisor at Yalta, and the influence he exerted as an expert on the situation in China undoubtedly helped to set up the present situation in the Far East.
Miss Hilmer points out that Hiss has paid his debt to society by serving three and one half years in prison. Hiss' crimes can certainly be compared with those of the Rosenbergers and they received the death penalty. While the crimes of the Rosenbergers may never actually cost American lives Hiss is already a contributing factor to the deaths of thousands of Americans who died in Korea. I doubt if the American soldiers who were prisoners of Red China or the eleven American flyers will probably never come home feel that three and one half years in the comparative luxury of an American prison is unjustly cruel punishment for a traitor.
As for losing his civil rights, who should care less?
I would be shocked if the American Government didn't continue to look into the past activities of Alger Hiss.
In conclusion, I feel it is extremely unfortunate that many Americans are to various degrees siding with a man whose name has become a synonym for traitor.
Charles T. Crawford Ist Year Law
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