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University Daily Kansan Monday. May 10. 1954
An Open Letter To Closed Minds
Tough luck, Kansas State.
You guys really have a tough time up there. What with everybody picking on you all the time—in sports, in talks, in letters, and in papers. You're persecuted—let's face it.
It must be terrible not to have parties (you must not, you know, for you are always condemning us for ours). What do you do for entertainment?
It must be terrible not to have national sports figures like Chuck Mather, or Wes Santee, or "Phog" Allen to take your name out of the Blue Valley (you must not allow them, you know, for you are always condemning ours). Just where is K-State, anyway?
It must be terrible not to be able to enjoy the beautiful spring days in Kansas (you must not, you know, for you are always condemning our convertibles). What do you do in the evenings?
It must be terrible to be the smallest school in the Big Seven conference (you are, you know, and always point to the "big" schools you associate with). How do you make it?
It must be terrible not being close to a big city (you aren't, you know, and you always blast us for that). But then you have Ft. Riley.
It must be terrible.
—Clarke Keys
Tough luck, Kansas State.
Big Business Makes Exciting Screen Fare
With 1954 approaching the half-way mark rapidly, Hollywood has at last come out with a superlative motion picture which critics have already assigned to their "ten best" lists, and which is certain to figure prominently in next year's Academy Awards sweepstakes. The picture is "Executive Suite," which M-G-M is releasing as its anniversary film this spring.
Hollywood was somewhat agast when Dore Schary, M-G-M vice president in charge of production, bought the film rights to the best-selling novel by Cameron Hawley about big business in the United States. The subject of business was not considered good screen material, and most studios preferred just to leave it alone.
John Houseman, the producer who did such fine jobs with "The Bad and the Beautiful" and "Julius Caesar," was handed the production and began casting. Filming began last summer with these great starts in the major roles: William Holden, June Allyson, Barbara Stanwyck, Fredric March, Paul Douglas, Shelley Winters, Walter Pidgeon, Louis Calhern, Dean Jagger, and Nina Foch.
The result of this effort is a sophisticated, fast-moving, and surprisingly suspenseful film which is notable for sticking so closely to the novel and for a number of stellar performances.
The plot opens with the death of Avery Bullard, president of the Tredway Furniture Co., who dies of an attack on a New York street. He hasn't named his successor to the presidency, and the battle then begins among the five first presidents for the top job. The entire action of the film takes place in the 24-hour period between the president's death and the board of directors meeting to elect a new president.
William Holden, Fredric March, Paul Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, and Dean Jagger are the five vice presidents, each of equal position and rank, and each of whom takes a different attitude about the presidency, the qualifications a man should have for the job, and the methods employed in order to gain it.
June Allyson plays William Holden's wife, Barbara Stanwyck is the neurotic daughter of the company's founder and one of the large stockholders, Shelley Winters is a secretary with whom one of the vice presidents has been having an illicit love affair, Nina Foch is the loyal secretary of the dead president, and Louis Calhern is a somewhat unscrupulous member of the board of directors.
Through tense situations, rapid development, and superb movement from one scene to another, the film reaches its climax in the final board of directors meeting, at which time the struggle for power is resolved and the logical man to be the next president is elected.
Although all the performances are more than adequate, William Holden, Fredric March, and Nina Foch stand out in their characterizations. The use of a musical background and numerous props to help the film's appeal has been spurned, and justly so, for they would be merely superfluous elements in what is without question one of the finest motion pictures Hollywood has ever produced.
—Court Ernst
Once upon a time there were two gangling, down-in-the-mouth dogs. They were down-in-the-mouth because they were Springer spainiis.
One Woman's Opinion
One had a dog tag identifying him as "Bozo." The other had a marker telling that he was "Spot."
As people and even dogs will do, they argued. And as arguments will turn, theirs turned to politics. One maintained that all dogdom should be united.
"We must stand together, or these damn horses, cats, cows, etc., will run all over us," barked Bozo.
Finally, election time drew nigh. Bozo and his followers sat beneath a dogwood tree and planned. "We will steal ballots," they whinnied. "and peek at numbers and not clip Spot's votes," they chortled. "We will move polls and stuff boxes and vote dogs who are not able to vote." They bavied.
Election time came, and with it the scent of fraud. Bozo won the election, and there were polls voted, ballots bulldozed, votes stuffed, and ballots stoln.
"We must cooperate with the others, for only in that way can we find peace and harmony," barked Snot.
Then, everyone threw up his paws in disgust and from that time forward the dogs went their own way as a growl for elections and politics.
The argument grew violent, and each went his own way and gathered up sympathizers and bones.
So, the contest was held again. Once again, ethicanity was evidence.
Moral: Each dog has his election day, and some have two.
But Spot, little knowing of their plans, campaigned and talked with his friends.
—Letty Lemon
Spot protested. A court of dogs heard the dispute. A council of dogs approved a second election.
To the editor:
...LETTERS...
"U.S. Unloved—Let's Face It"
was the editorial in the Daily Kansasan of May 3, 1954. To some extent I agree with what has been said in it, but it raises an important question.
Considering the fact that the U.S. has given material aid to almost all parts of the world and to such an extent that it is unprecedented in the history of the world, why is it that people in Europe and Asia and other parts of the world don't love this country as much as they should?
But we should ask some more questions.
Why people all over the world don't love Korea when that country has been practically destroyed and, in a way, sacrificed in an international war?
Why don't people show their gratitude to the Middle East which has produced such great religions as Christianity and Judaism?
These are all very pertinent questions. I must say that I don't know their complete answers.
Why people all over the world
why love the world? It
gives us ingrushal revolution?
Why people don't love Africa, which has supplied so many slaves?
But besides these sentimental questions of being liked and loved, there is also a very practical question of cooperation between various countries. The extent of this cooperation for a common cause may well decide the fate of the world.
Tapsi Zutshi Engineering senior
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS by Dick Bibler
"I saw you foul him—THAT'S a FOUL."
Senator McCarthy Must Be Slipping
Even Joe McCarthy got tired of it all. As rover boy Roy Cohn droned on with long speeches about the fine McCarthy staff, the senator told him to "just stick to this testimony."
Out in Washington some senators, the vice president, President Eisenhower, and just a few others wish the whole mess were over. One day the investigating committee spent most of the morning talking about how to speed up the process.
Chairman Mundt (R.-S.D.) has said the inquiry will proceed to "the bitter end." even if it takes two or three weeks or more.
This length of time apparently will be needed to bring forth more such pertinent details as were revealed to a breathless world when Pvt. Schine said he couldn't remember having a butterscotch sundae for supper.
What has been proved by the more than 160,000 words of testimony? Nothing has been established conclusively. A few broad impressions have emerged, but nobody really expects either McCarthy or Secretary Stevens to be condemned
For two weeks the nation's attention has been focused on Washington. Round the television set hundreds of students gather daily to watch the sometimes disgusting, occasionally laughable, always fascinating hearings.
Around the nation the same thing is happening. Businessmen are slighting their offices, students are forgetting their homework. Husbands are neglecting their wives and families. And almost everybody is neglecting the crucial negotiations at Geneva, the war in Indochina, and an almost totally incomplete administrative legislative program.
About the only positive benefit of the show in Washington has been a gradual diminishing of the power of Brother Joe. His TV performance certainly has not won him any friends, and has caused some ardent admirers to reconsider.
But the price is staggeringly high.
It is a fine thing that Joe has slipped
a notch. It is unfortunate that
international obligations are of
secondary importance in the mean time.
—The Minnesota Daily
when the committee issues its report.
Short Qnes
Hal Boyle says he thinks the politicians in the Army-McCarthy hearing are using Klieg lights in the hopes of making day-time politics as popular as night baseball. It's a dismal failure however—no pop bottles for the spectators.
The weatherman says that last week's rains ended the drouth for Kansas farmers. According to several KU students, the next question is how to solve the drouth that hits the campus the last two weeks of each month.
Daily Hansan
Latest rumor has it that G. David Schine was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth—but a complete set of sterling.
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