Page 2 University Daily Kansan Monday, Nov. 16, 1953 There's Never Too Much Where Safety is Concerned Once again the Daily Kansan has entered the national safety contest for college newspapers. In the next four weeks it will be our endeavor to impress upon you the importance of care in this season. We're not worried about the weather. It may be good, it may be bad, but we've had it before and we'll have it again. It is the vacations at Thanksgiving and Christmas time that we worry about. For it is at these times when students make a mass exodus home, crowding the highways and in a big rush. Last fall the Kansan took second in the national contest. That pleased us greatly. But even more, some ground was gained in cutting the stone and maybe the Kansan reminders had something to do with it. You've been told time and again that it can happen to you. It can. Last Thanksgiving six University students were injured in auto accidents during the vacation period. But in the 15-day Christmas session, not one reported accident occurred among the seven people one of the lowest accident rates for the University since the war for vacation periods. Most of you will do your driving in Kansas, one of the 11 states in the nation that says, "Go ahead boys, just keep it reasonable and proper." Now your ideas and ours will differ as to what is "reasonable and proper," but it's up to you to see the result is proper. YOU are the only one who counts NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL Coroner Law is Seen As Threat to Rights According to the Kansas law a coroner has the right to perform an autopsy whenever he thinks it necessary. This is a far more serious case than the first glance. One case illustrating this point occurred in Hutchinson. Slowly but surely the political forces of the United States are chopping away at the personal rights of the people in our society. A person was killed on the streets of Hutchinson in an auto accident. The autopsy was held to find "the cause of death." This is what Fatzer calls, "Unnecessary abuses of the Aside from the cost there is a matter of violation of the rights of a bereaved family. There are doubtless many coroners in this state which are doing their job consciously. There are others who are so interested in being an all-powerful official, while getting substantial financial gains, that they trample the rights and feelings of the people. Atty. Gen. Harold R. Fatzer recently brought to the attention of the public a possible infringement of some of their rights. The matter concerned is the constitutionality of a Kansas law which permits a coroner to conduct an autopsy on his own motion and charge the expenses to the taxpayers. The question has come before the attorney general's department because the Reno county commission approved the bills presented by the coroner. Fatzer says he doesn't think the law is constitutional. However, this is the first test of the law. He feels there should be some system whereby a more competent group should be able to decide the necessity of an autonomy. privacy of a family and are unwarranted." In many cases, such as this one, the public doesn't feel they should stand for their rights. Is this because of the feelings of the family involved? It would be impossible to estimate how much money practices of this sort have cost the taxpayers of Kansas. The danger is, however, that people will not realize when they are being abused by these officials. There is never any excuse for the public to let their rights be violated, particularly in a case such as this. It should prove even more of an incentive to act. ___Ken Coy in the long run. And only YOU can see to it that you get back to school. Last year in Kansas there were nearly 700,000 passenger cars on the roads. This year the figure is even higher. Remember, our reporters are ooking forward to a vacation, too. Don't spoil it for them by having YOUR accident reported. Letters This is the first time in my University teaching career that I have had the opportunity of observing what happens to a temporarily unsuccessful college coach. My observations are somewhat remote, because I personally do not know either the coach, his staff, or any member of the football team. To the Editor: This ignorance is my fault and was caused by my not wanting to push through those crowds of admiring alumni and students who have surrounded the players and staff, knowing their lack of action, because I'd be proud to have them number me among their standfast friends. I have viewed with chagrin the attitude which existed among most of my students toward the whole matter. They regard victory as of supreme importance, and if victory does not result, thoughtful perseverance is not to be considered as a method for achieving it. The only conceivable method is change. Seemingly they cannot face the thought of statistical adversity, nor can they believe that in the dregs of defeat there may exist the essence of victory. But possibly I do them an injustice, and they do no more than exhibit the moral fibre of their times. So far two lessons have been given. One by the University family to our players and coaches—that in defeat you stand alone. The other by the players to the University family by their visit to a fraternity house—that in defeat a few will stand together. It is my hope that someday the universities of this country will so arrange their affairs that in times of temporary disaster, we can close ranks and protect our more unfortunate comrades and students. J. O. Maloney Chairman, Dept of Chemical Engr. In 1655, Joseph Jenks, a blacksmith at America's first successful ironworks at Saugus, Mass., received a patent for an improvement on the scythe. But today, the scythe is essentially the same as it was in Jenks' day. University of Kansas Student newspaper News Room KU 251 Ad Room KU 376 Member of the Kansas Press Assn., National Editorial Assn., Inland Daily Press (NDP), Inc. Member of the National Advertising Service, 420 Madison Avenue, N.Y. City. Mail Subscription rates: $3 a semester or less. Mail resume to Lawrence, Published in Lawrence, Kan. every afternoon during the University of Kansas summer holidays and examination periods Entered second class matter Sept. 17, 1910, at Lawrence, Kann. Post Office EDITORIAL STAFF Editorial Editor Clarice Keys Assistants Jerry Knudson, Chuck Morelock NEWS STAFF Executive Editor Ken Coy Managing Editors Ed Howard, Don Tice, Dem Evans, Matt Browne News Editor Shirley Platt Assistant Tom Shannon Sports Editor Stan Hamilton Assistant Ben Brown Society Editor Lotty Lemon Assistant Elizabeth Wohlgemuth Feature-Exchange Ed. Sam Testorf News Ed. Sam Mickell BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager Ed Smith Retail Adv. Mgr. Jase Megaffin Assistant Ed. Anne McGinn Classified Mpr. Susanne Berry Circulation Mgr. Max Urban Promotion Mgr. Gordon Ross Flashbacks in History From the Daily Kansan From the pages of the past, from the Kansans of 10 and 25 years ago, comes the news of yesterday—news that is history today, but was highly important at the University in November, 1943, and November, 1928. Ten years ago the nation was in the midst of World War II, and 25 years ago the "Great Depression" was just over the horizon. Here's what made headlines in the Kansan—: "Swing Shift Maisie," a movie illustrating the role played by women in the war effort, was showing at a Lawrence theater. Ann Sothern was the star. 10 YEARS AGO Before less than 2,000 fans in Memorial stadium, the Jayhawkers downed Warrensburg, Mo., Teachers college 13-12, and they had to score twice in the final period to do it. With KU trailing 0-12, Bill Mowery broke away for 80 yards to score, and Bill Chestnut converted to make the score 7-12. Then in the final minutes KU blocked, a punt, recovered on the Warrensburg 4, and scored from there. Homecoming in 1943 was to begin with a basketball game between the Varsity and a team from the Army trainees who were stationed on the Hull. A torchlight parade and a rally at the baseball field were to precede the KU-Missouri football game. At half-time, Andrew Schoepel, then governor of Kansas, was to present the Homecoming queen, and Navy trainees, the KU band, and Air WAC's were to perform at the half. In Germany the Allied air offensive mounted to a new high, as Flying Fortresses hit daylight targets, and the Royal Air Force dropped a record tonnage of bombs on the night targets of Berlin and Ludwigshafen. Promotions were announced in the Coed Volunteer corps. Six were advanced to the rank of master sergeant, three became technical sergeants. 32 were promoted to corporal, and even more became privates first class. * * In Fraser hall 400 watched a debate team from Australia defeat KU on the question, "The World would be better off without the movies." Australia speakers argued that "movies appealed to a lower class of people" and that the "concentration of love in the movies is a bad thing." KU debaters emphasized the cinema as a vital part of U.S. amusement. November floods were in the Kansan news of 1928. At Emporia the Cottonwood river was at a crest of 27 feet, and the Marais des Cygnes, Verdigris, and Neosho rivers were flooding. Two drowned near Augusta, and several families were marooned south of Lawrence by the Wakarusa river. The University cafeteria in the Student Union was burglarized, and the thieves escaped with a total of only $2 when they didn't find the day's receipts. Employees of the Student Union were finger printed, as police suspected an "inside job." 25 YEARS AGO Rainy weather marred the 7th Annual Dad's Day program, and the University of Oklahoma didn't offer any consolation, defeating KU 7-0 in football. Chancellor E. H. Lindley officially welcomed the Dads and presented an award to the one who came the greatest distance. LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS by Dick Bibler "Try to forget for a moment I'm your professor and let's talk your problem over man to man."