University Daily Kansan Friday, Feb. 19, 195
Publick Occurrences BOTH FORREIGN AND DOMESTICK Friday, February 19, 1954
CAMPUS
Watch for another change in the KU football coaching staff. Some seem to feel that the present staff may not all be here when spring drills open in April.
That record of consecutive wins in Hoch auditorium (now standing at 27) will be in danger—definitely—on Friday, Feb. 26. Bob Mattick and his fellow Oklahoma Aggies will be extremely hard to handle. The Aggies are rated fourth nationally at present.
Don't expect too much from the ASC until elections. It's that time of year when business takes the back seat to the sounding off of young hopefuls.
It may be denied later, but the split in Pachacamac-NOW is there and widening.
You can also expect the revised Rock Chalk Revue bill—as suggested by Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy—to be permanently lost in committee.
FACTS probably will hold a regional convention at the University this spring. The idea grew out of the student government held here this past weekend with other Big Seven schools which also have FACTS political parties.
The Student Religious council is expected to sponsor a get-out-the-vote campaign for the spring elections. The groups seem to feel that it is their duty.
Rumor has it that this year's Engineering exposition will be the most lavish yet—in so far as expenditures of time and energy are concerned. Long hours already have been spent on the April event.
The next time this area suffers from a prolonged dry spell, let's not forget the rainmakers. The last one seems to have paid off: meeting Friday night—rain Monday afternoon.
NATIONAL
Watch for headlines proclaiming a McCarthy-inspired investigation of the medical profession for communism. Also, more comment on his old stand-by. "Roosevelt and Truman—Twenty Years of Treason."
Regardless of the eventual outcome of the notorious divorce case between James Roosevelt and his wife, it seems all too probable that Roosevelt's political career will be ruined.
Speaking of basketball, we see AP has voted Duquesne the No. 1 team in the nation. This so-called powerhouse apparently has caught the fancy of the eastern writers, who have always proclaimed basketball in this area is strictly bush league. If the Dukes were members of the Big Seven or Missouri Valley, they would be lucky to break even. Of course, KU probably would have trouble if it played as rigorous a schedule as Duquesne. Just think, Wednesday night it defeated Geneva.
At this stage of the game, our beautiful new fieldhouse closely resembles a bird cage. Other schools are advised to watch out for pigeons in the eves and Jayhawkers on the floor.
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS by Dick Bibler
Thousands of ducks sit complacently on Lake Shawnee, and desperate hunters are contemplating putting salt on their tails, glue in the water—anything to keep them there until next season.
If Harry Truman accepts the president's post at Missouri, will General Vaughn be a member of the board of regents?
Nellie New Student incredulously exclaims, "Gee, with so many activities around here how do you ever get any class work done?" And suddenly everybody realizes they don't.
Stealing quizzes has definitely become outmoded. The felonies sweeping the campus are the coke machine thefts, which some say areMafia controlled.
Short Ones
Campus police look for smokers on the top floor of Fraser as the coke machine on floor one is robbed. Ah, vigilance.
Jackets come off, coats are stashed in closets, and shirt-sleeves and sweaters become the campus attire.
And most spring-like of all, couples are strolling down Jayhawk drive with the old "gee-you're-the-greatest" mutual gaze.
Graduating seniors can occasionally be caught off guard humming the strains of the commencement march.
The new ones—the freshmen—gaze in wonder and anticipation as the upperclassmen lie lethargically back in their chairs and tell of the glories of spring by the Kaw: of sandbar and suntan stories, of bouncing boatrides on Lone Star lake, of outside classes, of luxurious lounging on the grass or steps before Strong hall, the library and even the Law building.
A preview of coming attractions,
true. So lets hope that the show
has a long run and lives up to its
expectations.
Joys of Spring Hit KU Campus For Preview
Much in the manner of a preview of coming attractions, winter has bowed out in favor of spring-at least for a while.
The warm sunshine prompts an out-of-doors and back-to-nature as sturdy pioneers don sturdy shoes and sturdy bluejeans and hike—but just around the block.
The southern view from the campus is breathtaking. Skies are a polished clean blue, and fields appear to be painted glowing greens and yellows.
—Letty Lemon
It won't be very hard to win merits in AFROTC any more. All a cadet has to do is to break the world's jet speed record, have the mark approved by the secretary of the Air Force, and OKed by the joint chiefs of staff.