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University Daily Kansan
Monday, Oct. 19, 1953 One Man's Opinion
"And after we take over the Daily Kansan . . . . "
Spoils System Still Supreme
To the victor belongs the spoils. That ideal is frequently used in the field of politics, but it is used too often, and without apparent regard of the welfare of the United States.
A recent development in the Eisenhower administration was to name a long-time Eisenhower friend, Kevin McCann, to a government post, Mr. McCann, president of Defiance college in Defiance, Ohio, is the author of the Presidents' biography
Perhaps this is the main reason he was given the position. Whatever the position (it has not been made public), it should not have been granted purely on the basis of friendship.
This is not to blaspheme the Eisenhower administration, for this practice of appointment in government has been going on for a great many years. And it is not only a practice carried on in the United States.
The whole idea of appointment because of friendship is one of the biggest factors in poor government and has meant the downfall of prestige for the United States in more than one instance. Citizens of any nation resent having poorly qualified persons in a governing position especially those who have put their utmost faith in the abilities of the elected head of government to do what is right.
Although the spoils of victory usually go directly to the victors, it is a practice which must ultimately cease, or America and Americans are due for a rather rude jolt when they awake to the lack of principles in their government.
—Ed Howard
Among seasonal workers in the U.S. in recent years, almost all of the males have been from 14 to 24 years old, while almost half of the women have been 25 or over, reports the Twentieth Century Fund.
Here I stand, one lone stick in the mud surrounded by a mob of jolly sports-loving journalists: I am opposed to the proposed switch that would have the Daily Kansan put out by the Law School, and the School of Journalism people attending law classes, even if the deal were for only one day.
First, a synopsis of what has led to this zany deal being considered by both camps. A certain law student, who has remained unnamed so far, ran an ad in the Kansan some days back. It said he wished to contact all who desired to start a newspaper for the University of Kansas.
Journalist Views Challenge, Sees Too Many Loopholes
In reply, the Law School issued a challenge to the Kansan staff. This was because Miss Betz implied in her editorial that law students and others of that breed are of a caliber lower than that of students of journalism. The lawyers challenge, then, was that they were to take over the "editing, reporting, and publication" of the Kansan for one day while Kansan staff members put in a day in the classrooms at Green hall.
Some digging by Mary Betz, journalism senior and editor of the Kansan editorial page, showed that the lad had paid for the ad with a money order signed with a fictitious name. With this, Miss Betz took up her editorial lance and skewered the whole Law School for being the haven of the coy person who placed the ad.
(1) According to the wording of the challenge, the switch would be made by the "student body of the School of Law" and "the Kansan staff." Unfortunately, the lawyers would get the good end of the deal, because the staff of the Kansan numbers about two dozen, and the "student body of
The proposition proved very popular with all but a few on the staff here. I am one of that few. Here are my reasons:
(2) Although the whole experiment might yield scads of good clean fun for all, putting out the Kansan is a pretty expensive business (up to $28 a page), and therefore not the sort of thing to be the basis for light-hearted experiment.
What happened in the royal colony of British Guiana last week that caused the British such consternation?
the School of Law" is undoubtedly several times that.
What were the real issues behind the ouster of six ministers and the suspension of the six-month-old constitution?
Gov. Sir Alfred Savage also sits on the colony's executive council, a sort of cabinet. He appoints three of the other 11 members on the executive council.
(4) There was no mention in the challenge as to whether the insulted gentlemen from the front steps of Green hall have the permission of their worthy dean to take the day off.
These are four of my reasons for not wishing to take up the challenge. Its vagueness and fuzziness make me somewhat leery of the deal, and besides, it seems to have about it an unmistakable odor of card-stacking.
(3) The challenge amounts to a switch of publishing the Kansan and attending classes in the Law School. Have the lawyers forgotten that every member of the Kansan staff attends a full schedule of classes besides his Kansan work? No member of the staff gets more than one credit hour for work on the paper. Therefore, I would expect the lawyer who took my place to sit in for me in my Household and Garden Insects class too.
If the challengers will reward their offer to show that they have the permission of their chaperone to leave for the day, that they intend to prepare for and attend our classes, that they can guarantee that some sort of a Kansan will definitely be published, and that only about thirty of the horde residing at Green hall will be carrying the load for their end of the match, I may be a little more willing to listen.
The constitution set up for the colony created a legislature of a nine-member state council and a 28-member assembly. Six of the council members and four of the assembly members were appointed by the governor.
Actually the trouble has been growing in the colony since last April, when the people of the colony voted in their first election.
Both the People's party and the Jagans denied being Communists or doing anything but demanding their rights as free people.
It paved the way for the eventual program of making the colony a commonwealth. But the election was over. A governor, the austere Colonial office, could take.
The election was a sweeping victory for the People's Progressive Party, an event any event, the election was a great success for the 437,000 people of British Guiana.
However, as I said, I am in a minority with my views on the matter. The chances are strong that I will be out-voted when the Kansan Board meets to consider the challenge.
The office charged that both Jagan and his American-born wife were Communists and were plotting a "Communist intrigue."
The People's party wasn't satisfied with this arrangement and demanded the abolition of the state council and withdrawal of three of Gov. Savage's appointees from both the assembly and the executive council.
Perhaps I'd better look up my old book on Torts.
Although the legislature was elected for a term of four years, under the new constitution there was a provision in it that would allow the governor to adjourn or dissolve the legislature.
This is exactly what the British did, and they sent up their "big guns" to back up their action—two cruisers, two frigates and their second-to-largest aircraft carrier.
They also sent 500 troops of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers to the stormy colony. The People's party cried "foul" and asked the people for calmness in the face of political persecution.
At the week's end quiet was still reported in the colony but fireworks could still pop at any time.
—Tom Stewart
—Ken Coy
Gamefish Junction is a name sometimes applied to Cape Hatter's, N.C., by fisherman because it is the northernmost range of many southern fish, and as far south as some species of northern fish penetrate.
It's Navaho, not Navajo. The Navaho Tribal Council recently asked that the "h" be used instead of the historic "j," the latter a hold-over from the days of the Spanish conquistadores. In the Spanish tongue, "j" has an "h" sound.
More "Virginia" tobacco and peanuts are grown in North Carolina than anywhere else in the world.
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The only known species of freshwater sharks are found in Lake Nicaragua. Ichthyolocists call them Eulaima nicaraguensis.
Short Ones
On the day of the Oklahoma A&M football game, 500 Explorer Boy Boys will pitch tents on the intramural field and eat lunch at the Union. Gad, those kids are braver than we thought!
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While the baboon was being hunted in South Chicago last week, beards started disappearing all over the place out at the University of Chicago.
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With Tito about to raise all kinds of rumpus in Trieste, Americans rush to the bookshelf to take down the atlas that hasn't been opened since Korea was invaded.
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Is a liquid base an essential for a "floating holiday?"
Monarchy is still on the way out, as witness the fact that this year's KU Calendar is bypassing a queen contest in search of a "Calendar Girl."
We can just see the Law School Beacon-Journal, the proposed 5-day effort on the part of the lawyers in putting out the University daily: six pages of editorials, one page of classifieds, and a sports page.
Just why do the freshmen elect class officers? Does it give them that wonderful feeling of "belonging?"
A good average for the saltiness of seawater can be taken as 25 per cent, although in some isolated seas such as the Red Sea, where there is considerable evaporation, it may be as much as 4 per cent. The average saltiness of Great Salt Lake is 17 per cent, about five times as much as the ocean, though it does reach 23 per cent. The Dead Sea is even salter, with a maximum of nearly 26 per cent.
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The city of Cape Town, South Africa, almost literally grew from a package of seeds says the National Geographic society. Remembering that vegetables from a salvaged seed packet had saved caveside there in 1647, the Dutch East India company founded a colony in 1682 to raise fresh food for passing ships.