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University Daily Kansan
SAP J2E ADMINISTRATOR
Friday, March 21, 1952
New Staff For Kansan Begins Work Monday
This is our last issue as editor of the Daily Kansan. We hope you have gained a little from reading the paper during our tenure. We have.
In the first issue on Jan. 31 we outlined the principles we hoped to follow on the editorial page. There have been times, perhaps, when we have failed in our aim, but we believe that for the most part we have succeeded.
Many persons have disagreed with us on various issues, and they have told us so with no hesitation. As a matter of fact, it was at the height of some violent arguments with readers that we felt the page was doing the best job. For, as we said in the beginning, the air of the editorial page was to stimulate thought, and possible disagreement, by presenting carefully thought out ideas for the readers to consider.
Monday's Kansan will be in the hands of a new staff. It is a good staff, and we are particularly proud to turn the editorial page over to Joe Taylor, our extremely able assistant for the past eight weeks.
Joe will turn out a good page, and more than likely he will introduce some good editorial practices that we failed to think of at the beginning of the past eight weeks.
So keep reading this page—on it you will find abundant food for thought. —J.W.Z.
NO CLASSROOM CONVERSA-
TION . . .
Students at the University of North Dakota decided in a poll recently that most students "shy
away" from classroom discussions.
away from classroom discussions. Said one coed: "The system of education that most of us went through in high school did not provide opportunity for training in free expression of opinion."
Mail subscription rates: $3 a semester or $4.50 a year fold $1 a semester if in Lawrence. Published in Lawrence, Kan., every afternoon during the University year except saturdays and Sundays. University holidays and examination periods. Entered as second class matter Sept. 17, 1910, at Lawrence, Kan., Post Office under act of March 1, 1890.
Will Honor System Work In Colleges?
(There always is much talk pro and con regarding the honor system in colleges and universities, and there is no one point on which students can seem to agree. We have had the problem here, and most other schools also have had it at times. A' recent editorial in the Erigham Young Universe decided the honor system can work—but not with present student attitudes. Here's what the editorial said. See what you think—Ed.)
"Ask yourself if you would report a cheater," the newspaper tells its readers. "An honest answer should convince most of us that a problem exists . . ."
The editorial continues: The failure (of the honor system) seems to be the result of a group of problems. People here do not feel the honor system is important to them personally. As always, the pressure of the group dominates; and here the group is indifferent to the system.
"The majority of the students still place the grade-school term of 'tattling' at the head of their list of unforgivables. Or they feel that it is none of my business', and consequently will not call attention to cheating while in classes."
The paper pointed to the University of Virginia as an example of how well the honor system can work. "At Virginia, tests are passed out to the student, and, after waiting long enough to answer questions, the teacher leaves the room. It is considered an insult if the teacher feels it necessary to watch for cheating
"In long tests . . . a student may leave the room and forget the test for a few minutes. There is no irritation from ever-watching proctors or long hours in fored silence on hard benches. A person is relaxed and can do his best on a test."
Continues the editorial, "A student can leave textbooks, coat or wallet any place on the campus, and know they will be there when he comes back for them . . . Any (local) merchant will cash any student's check. Students have a hundred times more freedom in activities and with each other than is possible at other schools."
ANARCHY
At the University of Minnesota a grand total of 21 students have filed as candidates for 62 positions in student government. This, comments the Minnesota Daily, is darn close to anarchy.
Eisenhower's Minnesota Primary Showing
Stassen technically has all of the 28 convention delegates to the GOP convention. Humphrey, the lone Democratic candidate, says he will pledge his 23 delegates to Truman if he runs. If Truman doesn't run, it is believed that Humphrey will back Kefauver.
It looks as if Eisenhower won more than write-in votes in the Minnesota primary Tuesday. He not only placed second to Minnesota's favorite son, Harold Stassen, but he set a record for write-in voting in that state.
Stassen, Humphrey, and Slettedahl, the head of the MacArthur group, were the only persons named on the ballot. All others were taken off the ballot, so these three are the only ones eligible to have candidates at their conventions. A write-in vote does not entitle one to a delegate.
The 28 delegates pledged to Stassen must vote for him on the first convention ballot unless they are released, and thereafter unless his tally falls below 10 per cent of the total.
The MacArthur candidate did not get as many votes as did Taft, a write-in. Taft got over 19,000 and MacArthur got more than 18,000.
The Eisenhower forces started a write-in campaign five days before the primary and campaigned for 50,000 votes. They considered themselves way out in front by getting more than 95,000 and they say that it is a good indication of his popularity.
Stassen on the other hand said that a write-in vote was fairly easy to win as he managed it in Pennsylvania in 1948. He was pleased with the results showing support for him. His Minnesota chairman said the combination of Stassen and Ike constituted a resounding defeat for Taft.
Eisenhower will deliver his first annual report as supreme Atlantic pact commander on April 2, and at that time may give some indication of his future plans.
The Taft supporters say that Taft did not campaign to get a write-in vote and did not want to be included in the Minnesota primary. Taft said the primary was a definite rebuff to Stassen.
The Minnesota primary was considered a success for many—there was a good showing in spite of the weather, all of the candidates feel they have no reason for disappointment, and one woman got excited and voted for herself.
—Nancy F. Anderson.
WILL THE IRON CURTAIN CRACK A SMILE?...
Editors of the Wampus, humor magazine at the University of Southern California, have added a little warmth to the cold war. They cabled the following message to the Moscow office of Krokodil, only Soviet humor magazine:
"Our stock anti-Truman jokes running low. Hear you have inexhaustible supply. Our supply anti-Stalin jokes limitless. Suggest exchange and publication. We can all your anti-Truman jokes verbatim for all our anti-Stalin stories you use verbatim."
So far Moscow has made no reply.
Enjoy Donuts
A pot of coffee and donuts perfect for a quick breakfast, after snack, or study break in the evening.
Our light donuts, fresh daily, make these occasions a real treat. Come in and take home a dozen today.
DRAKE'S BAKERY
907 Mass. Phone 61
Go To The Church Of Your Choice Every Sunday.
Students are cordially invited to participate in activities of all Lawrence churches. In addition to the regular order of service, there are many classes and functions planned especially for university groups.
Trinity Episcopal Church
9 a.m. Holy Communion for colegians. Breakfast and Canterbury meeting follow in Rectory.
11 a.m. Morning Prayer and sermon.
Holy Communion Daily in Danforth Chapel.
Plymouth Congregational Church
925 Vermont St.
Dale*E. Turner, Minister
SUNDAY SERVICES
9 a.m. and 11 a.m.- Identical Worship Services 6 p.m.- College Age Discussion Group
First Methodist Church
Vermont at 10th Oscar E. Allison, Minister
Edwin F. Price, Minister to Students
10:50 Morning Worship
9:45 University Student Class
5:30-7:30 Wesley Foundation Fellowship. A selected cast will give a one act play reading of "Brotherhood."