Publick Occurrences BOTH FORREIGN AND DOMESTICK Friday February 12, 1954 CAMPUS Now that the Rock Chalk Revue bill has been vetoed by the Chancellor, it's likely that those crisp green bills—characteristic of the show—will continue to roll into the YMCA till the rest of this year. Pach will probably come up with a bill echoing the wishes of the Chancellor and turn the ASC headache over to the Student Union . . . where it will die a natural death like the College Daze show. From all indications, unless a certain campus party picks up steam, it will probably fold and be replaced by a new one . . just about in time for the Spring Elections. You can look for some drastic changes next year in the automobile problems on campus drives. There's even a rumor that the Jayhawk Drive may be obliterated in an effort to ease the traffic situation. Let's hope that Watkins library takes some quick action to stop the wholesale "pilfering" of reserve books from the stacks. If not, we may soon have a bookless library. Sorority freshman open houses . . . coming up this month . . . should receive more attention than most previous ones. Reason: rush week is much closer. This semester's addition to the KU basketball team—Chris Divich—should put the Jayhawks in a much better position to win their third straight Big Seven championship. The South Dakota sophomore is a K-State transfer who DIDN'T go to Utah. Plan to be in Hoch March 1 for the Colorado game. If the Jayhawks get past Nebraska and K-State as expected, the game with the Buffs may decide the championship. It goes almost without saying that Coach Bill Easton and his track team should win the league title again in Kansas City at the indoor meet on Feb. 26 and 27. Where do you see any competition for Santee? If the showing of Charles "Chuck" Mather's Massillon, Ohio, High school team (as depicted in the current movie short being shown in Lawrence) is any indication of the new coach's abilities, we'll go right down the line with him . . . and make reservations for a seat at the 1955 Orange Bowl. Things are looking up in the job line for college graduates. A Northwestern University survey finds that the nation's companies are planning to hire more grads this year . . . at bigger and better starting salaries. NATIONAL Unless President Eisenhower decides on a compromise plan, you can look for the Bricker amendment to die a natural death. The President says the original amendment is completely unacceptable—and most of Bricker's original supporters have already deserted him in the face of presidential opposition. INTERNATIONAL Don't be surprised if France doesn't go along with the West's proposals on German unity if a showdown becomes necessary. The French still fear a strong Germany, and despite the surprising oratory and splendid cooperation of French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault, he'll probably fail to impress the French public and national assembly. Page 2 University Daily Kansan Friday, Feb. 12, 1954 Elderly Lincoln Visits Campus On Birthday Abraham Lincoln, tall, gaunt, and looking very much like Raymond Massey, picked his 145th birthday to tour KU. Stretching his long legs up the mighty hill, he began his tour, as all good scholars should, by wandering through Watson library. He liked the books he saw there and marveled at the new supermarket distribution and fluorescent methods of study. "Progress." Abe Lincoln said. The new science building was the biggest thing Abe Lincoln had ever seen. He felt strangely small and quaint beside the mammoth construction with its lined style. No building before had cast such long shadows. "Progress," Abe Lincoln said. "Progress," Aoe Lincoln sat. Abe's eyes glistened with be-wildered pride when he saw strange machinery in Linder shops, graphite in Lindley, unfamiliar chemicals in Bailey, volumes of laws in Green, a teletype in the newsroom, and penicillin in Watkins hospital. "Progress." Abe Lincoln said. The he turned around and saw a group of students laughing. They were laughing at him—laughing because he was different, because he was humble. He picked up a Kansa to hide his face and read weird, ugly words about Indo-China, Korea, and a Berlin conference. "Hmmmm . . . . . " Abe Lincoln said. —Gene Shanl Yale university, founded in 1701, was first known as the Collegiate School. In 1718 the name was changed to Yale college after Elihu Yale, the retired East India merchant, gave the school its largest gift until that time—562 English pounds or about $2,800. UNIVERSITY Daily Hansan University of Kansas Student Newspaper News Room KU 251 Ad Room KU 376 Member of the Kansas Press Assn. Pa. Assistant of the Kansas Press Assn. 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Pickett LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS by Dick Bibler "Oh, my roommate is a nice enough guy all right, but we just don't have anything in common." Kansas Room Jayhawkers Are Only a Memory Now Pat Bower's Jayhawkers formerly adorning the walls of the Kansas room of Watson library are now covered by dull green and nauseous brown. The room, known and favored among the students, is now just one of the many which have nothing to characterize them other than their name. This is nothing compared to the uniqueness for which the room has been famous to the students. Since December 1949 the Kansas room has been a favorite with many students for its non, even anti-library atmosphere. Almost a showplace of the campus for Jayhawk spirit, it was the one academic room of all the rooms of all the buildings of the university that showed the visitor or student that all university life is not typified by dull colors and people. Charles Sargent, Kansas room librarian, stated yesterday that the new wall colors will be more conducive to study. However, one student who could be found in the room almost every night, and who has a grade average of 2.5, feels that the brighter, lighter colors of the room tended to help, rather than hinder her studies. Bower's caricatures had Jaya-hawkers of bright yellow, green, and red, depicting journalism, pharmacy, fine arts, engineering, and medical students. These pictures were photographed last week and will remain in the historical record of the library. After seeing these pictures on the wall with their dark blue background, the reader can imagine the effectiveness of photos buried in a historical record. Bowers was a fine arts student at the time that he painted the Jayhawks, but, really closer in the hearts of the students, he is remembered as one of the greatest athletes in the history of the University. His championships in track are remembered not only by the students but by the record books as well. Too often the records are the only remembrance that the interested have, and it is truly a shame that a man, talented as he was in more than one field, now only has the records in one field to confirm his greatness. The librarian plans to replace the Jayhawkers with maps, documents, and pictures of Kansas history on the walls, providing the Kansas room with an abundance of Kansas atmosphere—at least so says the librarian. However, the student may not agree. But after all, isn't this an official's university? Bob Worcester Short Ones Dr. John Ise recently said he would turn all campus fieldhouses into libraries. Just think of the "crazy" reading room we could have in our new one. Considering the size and adaptability of Hoch auditorium, it seems only fair that next year's film series should feature nothing short of the most spectacular CinemaScope productions. We hear that coffee costs nearly $100 per pound in Iron Curtain countries, so turning Communist won't solve the matter either. Phog Allen accuses 90 per cent of the nation's college basketball coaches of encouraging their teams to foul deliberately to gain possession of the ball. Oh, well, we could hardly expect Phog to be in Oklahoma four days without blasting somebody. The campus production of "Die Fledermaus" opened Monday night. Now if we only had a Rudolph Bup to spice it up a little! The William Allen White Reading room in the Journalism building is due to be turned into a museum with "soft" lights. All journalism students are hereby advised to start conditioning themselves now by sitting in a dark room 10 minutes each day.