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University Daily Kansan Wednesday. April 21. 1954
WHICH ONE WOULD YOU RATHER HAND IN?
The below is an actual English I theme handed in during the FALL SEMESTER,1949,at the University of Kansas. These copies are identical except that the one on the right is typed.
The Benefit of An Open Mind
A person who has not educated himself to have an open mind is hard developed impressively in his attempt to deal with the fellow man if one else as already felted for, if one is bound in the way of themself, it is difficult for him to understand his needs and friendliness. Any should have certain principles and moral ideas fixed in his mind, but still he should be willing to listen to new ideas with the possibility of improving his own organization and customers and a form of elicited manhood. Though hardly free from ad remember how hard it was for them to close to sell his historic hold, or so differently that Henry Food had in selling this "iron heart." Because the people were not open mind, they would and accept the great labor service device. They had been accustomed to reign alone all year of light, and what was good enough for glory was and enough for them. The institution and on the hand, baseball gloves believed it to be bad luck if you gid them, uniforms clad when they guarded by a series of people under a four-ddy clover lush, which others are possibly black cat at seems rather odd, that a little
THE BENEFITS OF AN OPEN MIND
A person who has not educated himself to have an open mind is handicapped immeasurably in his attempt to get along with his fellow man. If one's ideas are already formed, or if one is biased in his way of thinking, it is difficult for him to understand his neighbors and friends. True, one should have certain principles and moral ideas fixed in his own mind, but still he should be willing to listen to new ideas with the possibility of improving his own.
Superstitions and customs are a form of closed mindedness. Think back a few years and remember how hard it was for Thomas Edison to sell his electric light, or the difficulty that Henry Ford had in selling his "iron horse". Because the people were not open minded, they would not accept the great labor saving devices. They had been accustomed to using horses and gas lights, and what was good enough for grandpa was good enough for them. Superstitions are on this same order. Baseball players believe it to be bad luck if they get their uniforms cleaned while they are playing in a series; some people consider a four leaf clover lucky, while others are scared of black cats. It seems rather odd that a poor little black cat can cause someone some bad luck, or that a piece of grass can have something to do with someone's good fortune. Naturally a closed minded person knows these facts to be true. There's no question about it, they're just true, and
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