Page 2 University Daily Kansan Monday. March 30, 1953
Editor Bows Out
Today marks our last day of working on the editorial page. With tomorrow's issue the new editor-in-chief, Bob Stewart, and his staff will take over the duties.
During our tenure of office we hope that, in some way, student thought has been stimulated. By the mail, it was quite obvious that some readers were quite stimulated. We tried to print all of the letters that came in. Due to space limitations some could not be printed while they were still of news value.
Before leaving the page we want to thank the readers that did write in and express their opinions.
Eight weeks ago when we took over the page we expressed the hope that our work would be as much an education for the reader as it would be for us. We know it has been an education for us, we hope the reader, too, has gained from it. —Don Moser
GOP Chieftains Fail To Cut Truman Budget
Those Americans who blame high income taxes on the recent Democratic administration, and who are relying on President Eisenhower to bring about immediate drastic reductions, are, figuratively speaking, looking in the wrong direction.
They should be looking not to Washington, but to Soviet Russia where the unpredictable Kremlin emerges as the real boss, no matter who is calling plays on our income tax rates.
No one could have predicted in March 1950, that in July the Communists would invade South Korea and our "police action" would begin—to be continuing $2\frac{1}{2}$ years later under a new and ever-changing administration.
Pledged to cutting taxes, Secretary of State Dulles and President Eisenhower set about analyzing and striving to cut down in our foreign policy—and came up with the conclusion that it must remain approximately the same as in the past three years, at least in regard to Korea, to helping the French in Indio-China, to preparedness for meeting hot and cold war possibilities, and to mutual dollar and arms aid to our Allies.
Secretary Dulles then went to Defense Secretary Wilson to check further the possibilities of trimming defense prices a little around the edges and to impress on Mr. Wilson that all defense operations must be carried on within the set figure. After some hurried figuring, Mr. Wilson came up with the realization that it was going to cost him just what it had been costing—if not more.
The next person to receive this crossword puzzle of grandiose figures was Secretary of the Treasury George Humphrey. After some head scratching, he said he believed some economics could be effected here and there, especially since Budget Director Dodge had been hinting for them, and that some excess might be used up.
But the reluctant opinion was reached that maybe Truman's estimators were not as far off on the big items as the worshipers of the GOP had been led to believe.
And the possibility for tax cuts is farther off than ever.
The National Security Council, of which the aforementioned men are principal members, has spent a great deal of time sizing up the picture both here at home and abroad.
It was determined that while Congress and the executive departments might be able to trim as much as $5 billion from the $78 billion spent by Truman the past fiscal year, they still would have $5 billion to go before the budget would be balanced and reduced tax income considered seriously. —Gladys Henry
POGO
OneWoman's OPINION
By MARY BETZ
Women's closing hours are just like the weather—everyone grips about them, but nobody does anything about them.
When table tables are scarce, closing hours always can furnish a good stimulating conversation—for a little while. But after the usual complaints about the necessity of having hours, conversation stops. After all, what can you say that hasn’t been said? You can sit down and dread careless can wish closings hours weren't here, but can you think of a workable scheme without them?
Closing hours are handy. A set time to lock the doors each night helps in the protection of property. In a house without closing hours, doors often are unlocked all night until the last person comes in. Risk of property loss is high.
Consideration for housemothers also plays a part in fixing closing hours. What housemother wants to sit up half the night waiting for her girls to come in?
Women consider themselves lucky to have closing hours as an excuse for ending play practice, baby sitting jobs, club meetings, and the dozens of other night-time activities.
Parents like University closing hours, strange as it seems. Of course, daughter probably doesn't have such hours when she's at home, but it's nice to know that she's being looked after at school.
A survey made by the Associated Women Students indicates that most KU women are in favor of retaining closing hours, although most men students are in favor of abolishing them and think women can be trusted without hours.
The men say: "After all, they're old enough to be trusted?" "My gosh, yes, I think they'd get in on time." "Housemothers wouldn't have to worry; the girls get tired and have studying to do usually and want to get in reasonably early."
Of course, the men can still go to late shows while women students can't. Maybe closing hours for men are in order.
Letters
Guatemala Article Worth Scrutiny
To the Editor of the Daily Kansan:
To the Editor of the Daily Kudman
The editorial by Jerry Knudson in the March 18 UDK was informative and interesting. The editorial indicated the government of Guatemala "is virtually Communist-run." In contrast, an article entitled, "Land for the Many, Guatemala Story" by Luis Cardoza y Aragon in The Nation, March 14, 1933, states, "Guatemala has had a democratic government since October, 1944." I do not agree with the Guatemalan solution to their land problem, but I believe Mr. Cardoza y Aragon's ideas merit scrutinizing.
graduate student
Lynn Weldon
To the Editor of the Daily Kansan:
Ring Dance Band Labeled 'Corny'
I would like to register mild dissatisfaction with the misrepresentation of the music provided at the Senior Ring Dance. If that corny outfit was a "name" orchestra, I'll be very much surprised.
Why that "Collegians" band was much better that played in the Union ballroom after the basketball game the other night free. Who was the sucker that hired that professional bunch when there is such a good band as that trombonist's outfit right here on the campus?
Name Withheld by Request
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by Dick Bibler
"We used to call him th' 'Human Dynamo', but his tenure started this year,"
German Fraternity Life Unlike That of U.S.
Editor's Note: Walter Schloffeldt is an exchange student from Germany in political science. He has lived with the family of Mausen fraternity. This is the third in a series of articles by visiting students.
"Schlagende Verbindungen" (duelling fraternities), vigorous students with their faces disfigured by scars is the picture often imagined by foreigners about German fraternity members. It is true that about the middle of the 19th century the "schlagende Verbindungen" dominated the German university life. At that time, an offender was asked by the offended for satisfaction in a duel with swords. Today, however, by far the majority of the German fraternities do not accept the "schlagende" principle. When duelling became illegal, the dueling fraternities instituted the "Sportsmensur" (sport duel) which gave the old tradition an educational emphasis. Nobody could be seriously hurt in the "Mensur" because all vital parts of the body were protected. Practice of the "Mensur" is still a controversial issue, though.
German fraternities are usually smaller than American. In addition they, as the students, enjoy much more independence from university supervision. It would be impossible for the university to prohibit the establishment of beer bars and wine cellars in fraternity houses.
Political and cultural interests have been vital objectives to German fraternities. Because of their ideological bases, the fraternities are different from each other. They have common ideals: Deo, patria, amiceltia, virtus (God, country, friendship, and virtue). The interpretation makes the difference. Social, cultural, or political emphasis causes the great variety of reactionary and revolutionary, orthodox and liberal, religious and anti-religious fraternities.
The internal structure of the average fraternity is essentially the same as that of the American, e.g., the distinction between ruling body, the "Burschenkonvent" (council of the actives), and administrative body, the officers. The "Fuechse" (foxes), comparable to American pledges, have two semesters of "pledging."
The German fraternities strive to be friendship circles for lifetime. As study at the universities is more and more institutionalized, fraternities have become centers of sincere discussion and cooperation in solving present day problems.
They have fluctuated with the state of politics; they were suppressed after the Napoleonic wars for their revolutionary and democratic ideas; they were dissolved in 1935 by the party then in power for defying that party; and they had to fight against the opposition of Allied occupation administration, university regulations, and labor unions for being nationalistic or reactionary.
As after the first World War, the German fraternities had to adopt themselves to the new social situation after the last war. The whole traditional form had to be revised.
I have only mentioned fraternities, because sororites do not exist at German universities. Every fraternity, however, has a permanent group of female students who are usually invited to festivities. For the honor of being a "Coleurdame" (a close friend of the fraternity) they have the distinguished task of mending the fraternity uniforms and emblems.
—Walter Schlotfeldt
There are so many changes going on in the government, don't be surprised if like doesn't even change his shave lotion since Congress has impressed upon him his duty to entertain beauty queens.