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University Daily Kansan Thursday, December 2.1954
Beer in the Union
To promote driving safety, increase the revenue and value of the Union as a gathering place, why not serve beer in the Hawk's Nest?
"In this friendly, fun-loving land of ours, Beer belongs—enjoy it." This slogan, used for years now by a brew manufacturer, seems to have some merit. Equally as applicable would be, "In this friendly, fun-loving University of ours . . ." And—though it might be too much to hope for—this University of ours might even become friendly and fun-loving.
It's done, and has been done, at the University of Wisconsin for years. We've read where recently, light and sparkling hops were put on tap at either Michigan U., or Minnesota U., or maybe both.
People, if they like beer, are going to drink it wherever it's served. When they must drive some distance to procure it, however, their accident liability increases—simply by virtue of their being on some highway or other.
The Jayhawk and the Rock-Chalk, bless their sweet licenses, are fine. But think of the spirit of congeniality induced by lifting the glass and toasting a long-lost friend in the Union.
And, best of all, we can learn—under the approving gaze of social pressure if not the administration—to take it and leave it alone.
One Woman's Opinion
He's Free-Why Can't We Leave Hiss Alone?
Alger Hiss, former State department official, was released from prison last Saturday. His case is an example of the mass terror which has gripped the American people today. We all recognize this terror by one word—Communism.
Mr. Hiss was convicted three and one-half years ago of lying about giving government secrets to a Communist spy ring. He was convicted chiefly by the testimony of Whittaker Chambers, a supposed former cohort of Mr. Hiss.
But it won't be enough to know that Hiss, a former lawyer of good standing, has had all of his rights as an American citizen taken away from him.
They won't leave him alone—they referring to the members of the House Un-American Activities committee. They will probe and probe, for the nation's security, until this man accused of espionage again will be taken out of society and returned to the Lewisburg prison, or somewhere similar.
And we dare to stand up, beat our patriotic chests, and shout how we must protect our freedoms!
Essays are being written by learned men on the Christian idea, stressing that each of us must practice this ideal to the best of his ability.
How can we practice this ideal and help the country to acquire the true democratic dream when there are still people in our government who agree with Machiavelli in that the end justifies the means.
Why can't we leave Alger Hiss alone? He has paid his debt to society, he has forfeited everything that each of us holds dear—our rights as American citizens.
We will never fully be able to listen to the preachings of those who tell us to put democracy above all when it is not being practiced in our own government. —Karen Hilmer
Answer of the week: When Hank Greenberg, general manager of the Cleveland Indians, was asked why he bought Ralph Kiner, "because all he can do was hit home runs," Greenberg replied, "What can Bing Crosby do besides sing?"
... Letters ...
To the editor:
I would like to take exception to part of the article written by Dana Leibengood, which appeared in the Kansan of Nov. 30.
In his conclusion Mr. Leibengood says: "We think that wire-tapping is all right. The persons who have their rights infringed upon should have no complaint for by attempting to commit a crime they have infringed upon the rights of American citizens."
The danger of such thinking lies in the possibility that at some future date some groups not now considered as "dangerous to the safety of the majority" could suddenly be declared as subversive, perhaps as the results of the harangues of some demagozue (witness Hitler).
Then all Democrats, all Jews, all Negroes, all one-eved people, etc., might fall under the same shadow of suspicion. In an era of fear, when one's expression can be turned or twisted against one, we should be zealous in guarding personal freedom; dominate the language in a law to fit the necessity of the moment become a weapon that might be used against any or all of us. (Aren't all college students looked upon as radicals in certain quarters?)
A. V. Ebersole Jr. graduate student
Remember that religious and racial minorities have been classified as 'subversive' in the not-too-dis- sicated cases we are considered as in many places.
As students in Mr. Nino Lo Bello's Sociology class, we feel compelled to reply to Mr. Granfield's letter, which appeared in your paper, attacking the efforts of the instructor and those individuals that participated in the sociology experiment conducted recently on this campus, and to clarify some of the questions that may have arisen in the minds of those who have read the write-up concerning the project. As participants in this experiment, we feel that Mr. Cramford may be somewhat confused in his interpretation of the purpose of this project.
To say any student would allow himself to become subjugated to the will of others in contrast to his own is to be naive indeed. We are not being taught that conformity is good or bad, but we did discover through personal experience that non-conformity is bought at a high price. It remains for us to decide whether or not non-conformity is a more satisfying way of life and whether an individual must give up his own beliefs in order to conform. We did not learn whether or not conformity is good or bad for the way it lessens tensions or reduces criticism, but we did learn, perhaps dramatically, that everyone is conforming.
We conform by attending this University and accepting it as a necessary step in achieving individual goals.
Frequently the group tastes and values are wrong, as Mr. Cranefield pointed out. It remains the prime function of the individual in his adjustment and integration into a society to be able to recognize those standards in that society that necessitates conformity for the general good and in turn to recognize the need for individuality.
Roger S. Edwards
college freshman
William Decker
college sophomore
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LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS by Dick Bibler
"I'm trying to work his way through college, Madam, and—"
Billy Graham Packs a Billy Sunday Wallop
At least part of the roar of the Twenties came from Billy Sunday, yesterday's version of muscular Christianity. When he called 13 boys to his pulpit-platform and cried out, "I wouldn't give up these boys for all the booze in the world," the country stood on its ear and wondered. When he grabbed the American flag, jumped to a chair, waved the flag, and called on all to reach salvation with him, the country thought it had seen the mightiest of them all. And when, on Nov. 6, 1935, Billy Sunday was dead, the country thought it had seen the last of the revivalists. Almost everybody decided old-fashioned evangelism had died too.
But in the early part of 1954, more than 120,000 Britons turned out to hear another American evangelist. Nearly 75,000 Texans had quaked beneath his spell in the Cotton Bowl in Dallas the previous June. The German people numbered 80,000 when they heard the young American was going to speak in Berlin. One-third of their number risked their lives, crossing from East Germany just to hear him.
Whenever the name Billy Graham appears, there's bound to be a "whale of a crowd." With the same hypnotic powers that Billy Sunday had in the Twenties, Billy Graham has picked up the secret of the Pied Piper and has drawn a following unequaled even by Mr. Sunday himself.
Billy Sunday's audiences were limited by the technology of his time. But still he got around. Possessing the "undefinable power of drawing people to himself by an attraction which was elemental, rather than reasoned or platonic or even ethical in its motivation," Mr. Sunday preached to 80 million persons—over one million of them taking his hand in a pledge to accept Christ as their personal saviour. During his 40 years of evangelism, he traveled 750,000 miles to "bring the country closer to the Lord."
In 1944 Billy Graham was almost unknown to the American public. But five years later he had preached to some 8 million persons in mob tabernacles from coast to coast. His radio and television audiences added up to 10 million regular listeners, not only in the United States, but in Canada, Alaska, Panama, India, Africa, Morosa, Hawaii, and countries reached by the Voice of America. His book, "Peace with God," published in November 1953, had sold 125,000 copies by the following February. Furthermore, Mr. Graham has issued a feature length film, "Oil Town U.S.A." which is being shown to vast audiences over the nation
Why do people beg for more of Billy Graham? Why do they place him at the left hand of God? Mr. Graham claims that he is an "ordinary" speaker. He does not rely on theatrical tricks and devices to spellbind his audience. His delivery has been described as machine gun speed, showmanlike gestures, stabbing forefinger, restless pacing of the platform (he has covered as much as $1\frac{1}{2}$ miles during a sermon), and dramatizations of the old Bible stories comparable to those of Billy Sunday.
When asked how he has acquired such a massive following, Mr. Graham replies, "The only answer is the Spirit of God."
—Gene Shank
Why not name the fieldhouse in honor of Jack Gardner? If he hadn't pressed the problem so heavily at K-State, we probably wouldn't have ours yet.
Last year the American Medical society said that cigarette tars might be a cause of lung cancer, and thousands of people quit smoking. Last weekend 400 people were killed in automobile accidents, and as yet, we haven't heard of anyone who has quit driving.