University Daily Kansan Monday, Sept. 27, 1954
To Blow or Not to Blow Does This End Career?
What's this? I've heard rumors to the effect that I've been ousted for good this time. I won't believe it till I see it. I'm not going to worry about it—not for a while anyway.
worry about it-not for a faithful friend around these parts, they won't let me down and besides after they listen to my successor with the terrible case of asthma,they'll be begging for me to come back.
They did twice before—they thought I was all tuckered out for good, but I showed them—who wouldn't be all worn out after the years of faithful, hard service I've put in.
Why I can remember clear back in 1912 when I began my blowing career. I was told that I brought efficiency and promptness to the campus. I was pretty proud of myself the day I started my job—pretty proud until about 8:50—the time for my debut—I suddenly was overcome with an attack of extreme shyness—I was sure that I was going to be relieved of my duties before they had even begun.
But the fellows up here at that time were understanding about the situation saying that everyone is a little nervous on a new job.
that was 42 years ago—a long time. A lot has happened since then—why do you realize that I've seen three generations of students come and go—students who blessed me at the close of each gruelling 50 minute period.
I was given many instructions those first two years of my career —I was to blow every 50 minutes for classes—I was to blow promptly at 8 a.m. to call the students to the morning daily devotional service —something I haven't done since 1916—and I was to blow twice in succession when a convocation was being held.
in succession when a convocation was being held I guess all of these instructions were too much for me, for within two years I had broken down. The University Daily Kansan said that my casting had become defective and the steam pressure blew me right off the roof of the boiler building.
And what do you think they did? They fired me! Just like that—they told me I was through. To take my place they hired some whippersnapper of a whistle. I sat back patiently then, and my inside connections paid off. The plant engineers couldn't stand the screeching of the new monstrosity so they welded me back together again. Of course, I knew all the time I'd be back.
It sure was a relief to get back on the job to keep my University friends on schedule. I led a busy and entertaining and important life for the next 40 years, less two months because of some Nazi. The biggest and greatest day of my career was on May 7, 1945 when I was given the honor of telling the University—and 9 miles of surrounding territory—that the Nazis had finally surrendered. I was told that if the news of the surrender came in the morning I was to summon students to Hoch auditorium for KU's official observance of V-E day.
I was given much praise, until I broke down again in 1946—I was told to retire. I worried a great deal about it this time—partly because I wasn't getting any younger—but mostly because some fellow by the name of Capt. Haggart carted a 200-pound whistle here to the University to take my place. What was worse, this whistle of German descent, had a very continental and exciting past.
It seems that it was obtained from a 22,000 ton German transport vessel which the Germans had scuttled in the Italian harbor of Leghorn when they had to retreat before the Allied forces. It had a distinguished title—Orinka II, and, as the story went, it had formerly been used in the South American trade and later at the outbreak of the war in transporting troops to Africa. It was a fancy thing too, boasting of three tones which could be adjusted to make different chords.
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Closing hours have always been a major stumbling block for college students, and the problem will always remain. But why is there such a thing as closing hours?
One Man's ..Opinion...
A male student from Lawrence, who dates a local girl, said that 90 per cent of the time he had his date home before the regular school closing hours. Too many men and women seem to feel that because the curfew is set at midnight or 1 am, they feel obligated to stay out until these hours.
Everyone undoubtedly will agree that the primary purpose of students in college is to gain an education. The principle of closing hours is probably to insure that the female student gets an opportunity to study. Is a college being prejudiced or discriminating by looking out only for the woman students by enforcing closing hours on them and assuring them of a proper time to study?
When a person begins his college career it is supposed to be the time when he is becoming an adult. Most of the students would prefer to be treated like adults. The students of today will not always have someone to look out for their well being. Now would be a good time to begin the responsibility of life.
Jack Lindberg
Just as every other rule that is in effect has its good points as well as the bad, it might be a good idea to look into both sides of the situation.
Morally speaking, a man or woman can get into just as much trouble before midnight as after midnight. The clock cannot control people's emotions.
To the Editor:
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10. The Editor
I see that I am reported in Wednesday's Daily Kansan as saying that 'American literature is typical of the commercialized country in which it is written.'
I am not sure what this means, but for the sake of those who did not hear the lecture and may have been misled, I should like to make it clear that I did not say it, or, to my knowledge, anything like it.
Yours faithfully Geoffrey Moore
College entrance offers just as many problems to potentially superior students as to those less well equipped for college work. This was revealed in an Ohio State university research project which disclosed also that "how to study" was the problem most frequently mentioned by a group of education freshmen The research was aimed at selecting a group of potentially superior students and predicting their ultimate success in the University.
The value of natural gas liquids produced in 1953 in Texas was $305,000,000.
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LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS by Dick Bibler
"You know how fast he jumps into bed—well, last night we 'short-sheeted' him."
Across College Campuses-
Cornell Wins 'Name' Suit; Oklahoma A&MBeginsPolitics
CORNELL UNIVERSITY—The New York State Supreme Court has upheld Cornell in a suit against a Brooklyn baker's use of the name "Cornell" in connection with a special type of bread. The manner of use is the objectionable feature of this case, Judge Newman found. "The entire makeup of the defendant's bread wrappers and advertising is such as to present to the public the idea of Cornell university."
OKLAHOMA A&M—Campus politics seem to be getting under way at Oklahoma A&M also. The two major parties, Representative and Independent held their initial meeting last Tuesday to discuss the freshman elections. Also on the Aggie scene: Over 170 tickets were sold for the chartered train to Dallas to see the Aggies play Texas A&M, which was held last Saturday. Groups reserved special sections on the train—as much as a whole coach.
TEXAS A&M—An A&M senior was attacked and beaten, but suffered no serious injuries Saturday night after the Texas Tech game. Joe E. Crenweige, senior petroleum engineering major from Fredericksburg, said he was approached by the youths outside the main gate of Kyle field about "ten or fifteen minutes" after the game. "They said something about wanting my boots," Crenweige said. "and I told them they would have to take them off. The first thing I knew, I got clobbered."
At Texas A&M a senior was attacked and beaten because he refused to give "up his boots." The NY State Supreme Court upheld Cornell in a suit against a Brooklyn baker's use of the name "Cornell." Campus politics got underway at Oklahoma A&M and for the first time in 10 years. Michigan State has an all-coed cheerleading squad. Classes are scheduled at Texas university so that seniors will have an easy life of it and at North Texas State college, a new IBM system for registration was introduced.
INDIANA UNIVERSITY—The annual "Melon Mess" sponsored by the Sigma Chis for students was somewhat of a mess when heavy rains interrupted. The feature of the evening was an 86- pound prize melon from the Indiana state fair.
MICHIGAN STATE—For the first time in ten years, Michigan State will have coed cheerleaders this fall. The change in policy came after 60 girls showed up for cheerleading tryouts, three times the number of boys there.
To Blow or Not to Blow
But my European friend enjoyed a short stay at the University and I got my old job back again. Then, around 1950, I watched dubiously as my rival was built—the campanile—but we soon became friends and have worked together ever since.
Now they have taken my job away from me again—I guess they are temporarily trying my asthma friend out but through some eavesdropping on my part, the muttering of many students show that they are dissatisfied with him. Someone said the other day that at the close of each hour, the new timekeeper sounds like he is blowing his nose—and not in a very genteel manner.
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Well, as I said before, I'm not much worried over the latest developments. I guess I keep thinking that I'm running a race with this new fellow. Tell me, if you could vote on us, would you vote for me? Anyway, I'm not much worried—much.
—Karen Hilmer