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University Daily Kansan Monday. Nov. 15, 1954
The Kansan Feature Page
Gen. Sherman's March Was Unrefined Cruelty
Bv GENE SHANK
(Editor's Note: This article is in commemoration of Gen. Sherman's march to the sea which ended 90 years ago).
"You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will." Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman said. "War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it." Then he and 60,000 Union soldiers marched from Atlanta to the sea.
And so the unrefined cruelty began. There was little softness about Gen. Sherman's orders. He was a military man. His job was to tear the South in two, to stop supplies to Gen. Robert E. Lee. And that's exactly what he did—he tore the South in two.
He never intended to march against Gen. Lee at Richmond, though the South and his men believed it. His destination was the sea, where he intended to reopen maritime communications with the North. He didn't care how he accomplished his mission. He was a military man, and his task was laid before him. Nothing could stop him once he had been assigned his duty even if the South had been strong enough to fight back.
The army which marched with Gen. Sherman from Atlanta was one of the finest armies of military workmen the modern world has known. Gen. Sherman saw to that. His military genius often has been compared to Prussian genius. His bits of humanity went out to his soldiers alone—he wanted to win with the smallest possible loss of men.
He taught his men to look after their own food and health, to march hard and fast with the least fatigue, to fight with the least exposure to themselves. Above all, he taught them to act swiftly and to work thoroughly.
Gen. Sherman started with Atlanta "Destroy it," he ordered. And it was destroyed. He set ablaze one of the greatest spectacles in history—a spectacle of flame, chaos, and burning madness. And much later, a spectacle of ashy destruction.
Voices cropping out of history have said. "The heaven was an expanse of lurid fire, the air filled with flying, burning cinders—vast waves and sheets of flame thrusting themselves heavenward, rolling and tossing in mighty billows—a gigantic sea of fire." From a sea of fire, Gen. Sherman began his march to another sea.
Of his men, Gen. Sherman told his wife, "I never saw a more confident army. The soldiers think I know
everything and that they can do anything." Apparently the soldiers did do anything. The only real army they fought in their march to the sea was an army of tears from the women and children of a broken South. The only real valor the army showed was to put out their burning torches when the pleadings of war-sick widows struck them as pathetic.
What was designed as military became punitive, "Like the wrath of the Lord descending upon it," the South, weary and fallen, leaned back as Gen. Sherman's army cut its tired middle wide open, the gash leading to the sea. With the skill of a military genius who has a job to do, Gen. Sherman led his army across Georgia leaving behind a wide, barren strip of destruction and ruin.
The tactics of Gen. Sherman's army were described by one Southern victim who said, "I know Sherman is in hell. When my mother lay sick in bed the soldiers came and set fire to our cotton gin and all our barns. They came upon us like a tribe of Indians and burst into every room. They took the bungs from our barrels and let the syrup run to waste in the yard because they wanted no more of it. They killed our hogs and our cows before our eyes and threw the meat to the niggers."
On Dec. 21, 1864, Gen Sherman conquered Savannah. His marche to the sea had been accomplished. A thorough job had been completed. "I beg to present you as a Christmas boy," he said to President Lincoln. Four days before Christmas he had finished a smoldering, blackened task.
President Lincoln was elated with the news. He said he wished to share the message with the American people.
Four days before Christmas, American people above the Mason-Dixon line wrapped their gifts and praised a great general for his conquest to the sea. Below the line, American rebels wrapped their wounds and wondered quietly why their homes were burned.
Students Can Study Now Mid-Semesters Are Over
By TED BLANKENSHIP
To get back to the subject at hands, if you want to be cagey about this, there are several tried and tested methods for getting better grades.
I think that now would be an ideal time to name a few of the tried and tested methods for getting better grades.
Now that mid-semester exams are over, I am going to bear down and really get some honest-to-goodness studying done.
Of course I have taken into consideration that there are a few who have more intelligence than I, but when I look at this thing objectively, I can see that all is not lost. It isn't that I can't learn, it's that I'm stupid.
Here they are:
Just like my old aunt Jemmie used to say, among other things, "It's not that you can't learn, it's just that you're stupid."
Anyway, as I see it, there is more than one way to skin a cat. That's of course if you go in for cat-skinning. Personally, I lean toward muskrats and frankfurters. If you try the latter, I would advise that you make sure you don't get the skinless kind, as they are much more difficult due to the lack of skin.
Nearly all the better grade getting experts agree that the most tried and most tested method for getting better grades is the "com-
To use the first method, you must be subble. Of course there is a limit. If you are subble to the point that the professor does not know you are being complimentary, you are back where you started.
The trick is to play up to his vanity, all the while being inconspicuous about the whole business. A great deal of finesse on your part.
vince the professor he is the Albert Einstein-Gregory Peck-Ber a r d Baruch-all rolled into one-type." This method is sometimes referred to by the layman as "apple polishing." The expert usually refrains from using this term as the novice might misunderstand and actually polish some apples. I don't say there is anything wrong with polishing apples, and I doubt that there is anything more downright attractive than a plump red lustrous apple, but it just doesn't have any connection with getting better grades.
First of all, you should make it a point to sit on the front row while in class. If no seats are available it up to you to see that one is made available. If necessary, use force to eject reluctant occupants. I have always found that a blowtorch is excellent for this purpose. However, lacking such mechanical aids, a resourceful student can improvise. Some students have used a small bottle of ants.
The Inside Radio Scoop About KANU
Bv JANIS JOHANSON
Way back in 1924, Kansas University had an AM radio station called KFKU. This station still exists, sharing its frequency with radio station WREN in Topeka. KFKU is now on the air from 2:30 to 3 p.m. and from 7 to 7:30 p.m.
KANU first started operation in September, 1952. The studios are located in the engineering experimental studios south of Marvin hall. KANU is a member of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters.
KANU was a gift to the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information from John P. Harris and S. F. Harris in memory of their uncle, Fred M. Harris of Ottawa. Mr. Harris was a member of the University Board of Regents for many years, and at his death was serving as chairman of the board.
Many students are working at KANU, either in a clerical or a radio capacity. Jimmie "Jim" Cameron, journalism senior, is on the air every evening, Monday through Friday, with Cameron Reports Sports. Lawrence Jones, fifth year architecture, has Jazz Concert and Irwin Brown, college junior, is the announcer on Music You Want.
Other student announcers are: Max Griffin, fine arts freshman; Jeff Kennedy, second year law; Terry Strong, fourth year architecture, and Sam W. Smith, college junior.
The newest addition to the radio and television division is radio station KDGU, which broadcasts on closed circuit from the second floor of the journalism building to North College, Corbin, Battenfeld and Templin halls. Now in its second year of operation, KDGU is a member of the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System. Don Dixon, associate professor of speech and drama, and Lynn Osborn, speech instructor, are faculty advisers for the student-operated station.
Judith Ferrell, graduate student, is station manager, and Prentice Jeffries, journalism junior, is program director.
Many of the programs broadcast over KDGU are originated by students. Glenn Yancey, business senior, has three shows, Dance Date, Oh! So Good, and Glenn Miller, which feature popular recorded music. Phil Dater, engineering freshman, writes and announces Western Hoedown, a western music show. Richard Easton, first year architecture, and Vera Stough, college freshman, present Crossroads, a variety show featuring drama, music, poetry, and campus news.
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