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Page 2 University Daily Kansan Monday.May 24,1954
Informed Students Can Handle Issues
(Ed. Note: The following is a reprint from the Indiana Daily Student that is much in line with opinions expressed on campus in the past.)
Are political groups keeping college communities from discussing controversial issues?
If they are, damage is being done to the freedom and the essence of higher education.
Relegating a student to carefully selected textbooks alone, as these pressure groups are out to do, is chaining his thoughts. Are we supposed to read but not think or speak out?
Texas A&M college is the latest to feel such pressure, a result of past action. The Young Democratic Club was forbidden to hold a political meeting because students once had backed an unsuccessful candidate for governor.
Because they flunked a course in practical politics doesn't mean that they must be failed in practical citizenship.
Universities must decide whether they are going to crawl or walk in education. They must decide if they are going to produce automatons or vigorous citizens.
More damage is done by forcing thoughts underground than by bringing them out in the open to be chewed, digested . . . and spit out, if they aren't good.
A well-informed student body can handle controversial issues.
A well-informed student body can handle controversial issues. Those who do step in must consider the harm done by throttling the today's markets—our colleges.
A Prediction
Oh come! It's Spring and the Laws are burgeoning They whistle and shout without any urgeoing, All they need to set them a-yippering Is a pretty girl to go by a-trippering; Tripperin happily on her way To class on a lovely bright spring day. And what if the girl be slim or stout, Do you think she will relish a legal shout Including her measurements roundabout?
Oh come! It's Spring! The Laws declare— But what do we see on the Lindley stari? A bevy of Rock men, silent and grim. They gaze at the girls, both stout and slim Silent fervent, these big Rock men Gaze at the girls like gentlemen; And the girls gaze back with a grateful smile And hopefully cherish a Rock man's style Before you can say Jack Robinson Gym, She'll be trippering down the aisle to him. With the organ pealing that wedding hymn.
—H.R.H.
REASON I'M MERE 'STEAD OF BACK HOME LIKE ALL OTHER JAYHAWKS DUIR' OUR DENTENIAL IS ME AN 'TROOPER HUTT GOT LOOKIN' FOR WATER TO WET DOWN A DUST STORM
WE DRIVEN CROST THE KAW
LOOKED THE REPUBLICAN
RIVER OVER...MARY A DROP...
COME TO A BIG HILL ON THE
OUTSKIRTS OF TOPEKA.
(PLACE CALLED WICHTA.) SO
O'LYLE PUT THE CAR INTO
LOON!
WE CLUMB AND WE CLUMB
FOR HALF A DAY;GOT TO THE TOP
AN 'LYE SAYS:' MAN,WE'RE OUT
OF BASE!- SO HE STARTS WALKIN'
BACK DOWN-- NO SOONE'S HE
OUT OF SIGHT THAN THINGS
START MOVIN'"...
THAT DAS BONED HILL WAS A
DUST CLOUD FORTY MILE HIGH
BEIN' BLOWED EAST CROST THE
STATE LINE AN' THRU MIREIOR...
---AN' ME STUCK ON TOP WITH A
HOT PATROL CAR AN' NO GAS.
One's Man's Opinion
The Lawrence City Commission has refused to amend an age-old ordinance prohibiting dancing in those establishments holding beer licenses in the city. The issue wasn't really too serious for all of the 39 places where one can get beer inside the city, only two or three could even be considered as desirable for dancing.
But the Commission, and many of the older citizens of Lawrence, took it upon themselves to make quite an issue of the problem—and in the process to put in a few dirty digs at University students.
The amended ordinance, proposed, which would have allowed dancing, would have in no way increased the availability of beer or liquor in the city. But to hear the howls of protest arising from members of the WCTU and the Lawrence Ministerial alliance as well as private citizens, one would have thought the proposal entailed the parking of a portable beer stand on every corner in town.
As we said before, the refusal doesn't actually mean too much to KU students, at whom most of the darts were aimed—we'll just go outside the city for dancing parties where the city has no benefit of taxes from the establishments.
—Ralph Dobis
...LETTERS...
To the Editor:
This Tom Stewart really should go places. After some of his editorials last fall and the one in the edition of May 17, I know a number of students who would like the opportunity to give him a few suggestions and a road map or two. His editorias flaco last fall was in such bad taste that he (and his sarcastic cohorts) used up a whole paragraph in one of their long winded editorials apologizing. I thought that after the fall semester we would be rid of him, but he was chosen for executive editor. Truthfully now, was the choice some sort of popularity contest, or did the Kansan run out of journalism majors?
It seems that this so-called executive editor used up about a third of a page in last Monday's Kansas stating something in his small sarcastic way which could have been stated in two or three short paragraphs, and the gist of the editorial was about limited space and stories of limited appeal! All the students, faculty, and any others concerned should have realized before now that their short items are at the mercy of the reporters and make-up men.
A good example of the use of limited appeal stories is on the front page of the Kansan of Monday, May 17. There are three articles on the entire page, two of which have blanket appeal, but what about the third? Undoubtedly, every word of it should have been printed but on some other page and maybe in 6 point type.
I would wager that if the announcement of the observatory opening had been run, there would have been students turned away and some of them would have been journalism majors.
I am sorry that I don't know Mr. Stewart personally. He may be a "good Joe" and a hard worker, but most of his editors are lousy.
Maurice L. Hamm engineering senior
creditor's Note; by Conservative estimate, Tom Stewart is one of the best executive editors the Kansan has ever had. He used up about a third of a page explaining the lack of space—but the page he wrote in was only about 1/4 inch confine itself to printing opinions, not news. Mr. Stewart didn't crowd anybody's notices out of the paper. There
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS by Dick Bibler
"Hello, Professor Slither, say would you bring some weighty philosophy books over here—I'm having the darndest time selecting a text for this course."
The members of the court and spectators stirred uneasily as a sleek, young crow landed in the middle of the clearing and hopped swiftly to the side of the oldest judge.
"Why the interruption, son?" snapped the old sage, clashing his bill with annoyance.
'Fox, Fox' Came the Cry, But Who Would Listen?
"Lookout Number One, reporting your honor. Foxes have entered our area, and . . ."
"Don't bother us then son. We have more important things to do!" snapped the judge and turned back to the court. "Now then, John Crow had accused Henry Crow of stealing five grains of corn from his granary last night. Let's get on with the testimony."
The spectators shifted annoyedly as the lookout crow hopped into the air and flapped back to his post.
A few minutes later he was back. His voice could hardly be heard above the angry rumble of the crowd which had been listening to the hearing with rapt attention.
"Well are they close?" queried the judge sharply.
"Your honor." he began but the harsh squawk of the annoyed judge cut him off sharply.
"No, your honor, they're two miles away, but there are many of them and they are moving this way," answered the lookout.
"Well son, so they're closer. So what? Since when has a fox been smart enough or strong enough to harm a crow? Downr through all history the foxes have been trying to catch crows. They've never succeeded, and they never will. Just take it easy, son, and go about your work."
The court spectators squawked loudly in approval of the judge's speech, and settled down for more of the intensely interesting court- room testimony.
They hardly noticed the lookout as he took off again for his
The judge flew into a rage a few seconds later when a scream from the lookout came to his ears from a tree directly above the clearing.
"Your honor," the lookout screamed frenziedly, "The foxes are . . .."
"Shut up," the judge roared. "I tell you we are too smart and too strong for the foxes to ever . . ."
His voice ended in a shrill squawk, and the lookout trembled in his place of safety as he watched the feathers flying in the clearing below as more and more foxes leaped out of the bushes and joined the mad scene. —Clay Brandon
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EDITORIAL STAFF
were five stories on the front page of the Monday, May 17 Kansan. Journalism major Joey Kooyo too busy answering letters to applicants for internships, let alone he turned away. We like Mr. Stewart's editorials. The fact that he writes so many to us indicates that they are read).
ORIGINAL STAFF
Editorial editor... Don Tice
Assistants... Lyle Lemon,
BUSINESS STAFF
Business mgr. ... Ann Ainsworth
Advertising mgr. ... Susanne Berry
Net adv. mgr. ... Deborah Lemon
Classified adv. mgr. ...Edmond Bartlett
Circulation mgr. ... Wendell Sullivan
Adv. adviser ... Gene Bratton
NEWS STAFF
Executive editor ... Tom Stannard
Managing editors ... Tom Shannon
Sam Teaford, Ken
Bronson, Stan Hamilton
Sports editor ... Elizabeth Wiegelman
Society editor ... Dana Belemmig
Society editor ... Karen Hilmer
Assistant ... Nancy Neville
News adviser ... C. M. Pickett