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University Daily Kansan
Halloween Isn't What It Used to Be
BY HARMAN W. NICHOLS
United Press Staff Correspondent
which is nearly upon us, isn't what it used to be—and ___
The kids still soap windows and go from house to house to beg for candy, apples, and popcorn in exchange for some childish stunt. But, by and large, youngsters are kept off the street and out of mischief.
At this late date, it is safe, I hope, to confess that we once completely dismantled a wagon, and then reassembled it on top of a shed. It took the old fellow who owned it three weeks to figure how he was going to get it back to earth.
The late George Stimpson in his book, "Information Roundup," has a few paragraphs on the origin of Halloween.
Halloween, which is neary everybody can be thankful.
In my day, we young/guns were terrors. We pushed over small buildings, tore the gates off picket fences, and otherwise made an evening out of destruction of property.
Another time we hauled a buggy (via a Model T Ford) 25 miles. I doubt that the owner ever found it.
He said that Halloween is merely the shortened form of "All Hallows Even." It is celebrated on the evening before All Hallows' day or Al Saints day.
"In 609 AD," Mr. Stimpson said, "Pope Boniface IV dedicated the Pantheon in Rome to the Blessed Virgin and all the martyrs. In Southern Europe Halloween apparently absorbed some of the customs formerly associated with the festival of Pomona, the Roman Harvest feast. This probably accounts for the popular association of corn, apples, pumpkins, nuts, and other autumn products with Halloween."
Nurses Get New TV Set
A television set has been given to the new women's residence hall at the Medical Center by members of the nurses almaeum.
The gift arrived in time for the World Series and the Kansas- TCU game.
To the people of yesterearn witches, ghosts, grimmles, goblim and the like were regarded as stark realities. To them the approach of Halloween was a time for apprehension.
Robert Burns in his "Tam O-'Shanter" tells of some of the old-time cutouts. One was putting two nuts in the hearth and naming them after lovers. If one of the nuts caught afire, and the other didn't, that was supposed to mean that one of the lovers could expect a fast brushoff. If the nuts cracked or fell into the fire, it meant the couple would argue and separate. But if they burned brightly side by side, it meant that the couple would walk down the aisle within the year and from there on live happily.
Goblins, of course, were all part of the spirit world. They liked to play jokes on people, and this often led to vandalism. Police take a dark view of this performance these days.
Statewide Groups To Meet Oct.29
Wednesday, Oct. 29, has been set by Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy for Kansas students to meet with other students from their home counties during the All Student Convocation of Statewide activities
The convocation will give each county of Kansas an opportunity to organize a county club. The meeting places will be announced later.
After the club is organized the students can decide upon the projects to be carried out and select a correspondent to the newspapers in their county.
Temporary chairmen have been selected to get the meetings started. These chairmen will attend one of the two training meetings to be held Friday, Oct. 24 and Monday, Oct. 27.
Detroit — (U,P)— The motor industry studied a surprise Dodge price cut today amid speculation it may have set off the first big automobile price battle since before World War II.
Dodge caught competitors unawares Wednesday with an announcement that price tags on half its 10 new body styles for 1953, to be unveiled Oct. 23, will be reduced—more than five per cent on one model.
It will be the first time in more than seven years that a major auto maker has introduced a completely-restyled car and chopped prices at the same time.
Previously, drastic remodeling of automobiles automatically had meant a new round of price hikes.
Thursday, Oct. 16, 1952
Coming less than a day after Kaiser-Frazer's announcement that prices of 1953 Kaisers and Henry J'is will be cut an average of $15.70, the Chrysler corporation move sparked rumors in automotive circles that other companies will be forced to follow suit.
But the unexpected move may well be the opening gun in the competitive war among passenger car producers that industry leaders think will reach a hot climax next year.
Dodge Price Cut Sets Price Fight
Dodge president W. C. Newberg said his company was able to make the price reductions because of new manufacturing and engineering techniques, modern new plant developments and improvements in car design.
Newberg said half the new Dodge models will be powered by a brand new V-8 engine, for which the company had to pay millions of dollars in tool and die costs.
Acheson to 'Water Down' U.S. War Report to UN
United Nations, N.Y.—(U.P.)—Secretary of State Dean Acheson will hand the United Nations today a watered-down version of the U.S. position in the Korean war.
American sources said the speech would be more "moderate" than a maneuver planned originally to rally support for a showdown with the Communists on the stalemated efforts for a Korean truce.
However, Russia's Andrei Gromyko demanded that the political committee be instructed to give first consideration to the Korean war. The steering committee took no action on his request, and left it to the political group to decide its own order of business. The demand probably will be renewed when the political committee meets.
Russia took the initiative in the Korean issue late yesterday by pressing for a full Korean debate in the assembly's powerful political committee before the American presidential election on Nov. 4.
Acheson's opening shot in the Korean debate, which is expected to dominate the assembly's seventh annual session, was described as a general review of the U.S. conduct of the Korean war and peace efforts, lacking any specific proposals or demands for settlement of the conflict.
There previously had been general agreement to defer the Korean debate until mid-November. It had been intended for the political committee to start work next week on collective measures against future aggression and then move on to discuss the fruitless efforts of the 12-nation disarmament commission before the Korean item.
There was no indication that Acheson wanted a Korean debate before the election. Actually, well-informed diplomats saw the United States without enough voting support at this time (a two-thirds vote is needed for substantive action) to get any "tough" proposal on Korea
through the assembly. Delay in starting the debate, they reasoned, would work on the side of the United States.
Education Group To Hear Johnson
Dr. Charles Johnson, assistant professor of education, will be the guest speaker at the first meeting of Phi Delta Kappa, honorary education fraternity, this evening in the Hearth tea room.
Dr. Johnson will speak on "Newer Concepts in Elementary Education Programs." He is the new director of the elementary teacher training program at the University
Scholarship Available For Women Engineers
Phi Delta Kappa will meet once a month during the school year. Officers of the fraternity for this year are Robert Gray, graduate student, president; John Forman, graduate student, vice president and program chairman; Floyd Scritchfield, graduate student, secretary, and Olin Jones, graduate student, treasurer.
The Amelia Earhart graduate scholarship for women was announced today by Prof. Ammon S. Andes, chairman of the aeronautical engineering department.
The $1,200 scholarship will be given to a woman engineering student for graduate study in aeronautical engineering.
Complete details can be obtained by writing Miss J. Winifred Huges, Alumni house, Syracuse university, 940 South Crouse ave., Syracuse, 10 N.Y.
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