2 University Daily Kansan Tuesday, Feb. 26, 1952 Letters Editorials Arise, Kansans! Rebel Against Business Suits Arise, Kansans of the world! Rebel against the forces of conformity! Strike down those who regulate your lives! Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of themselves and stop wearing such ridiculous clothing. Now—while still in the cradle of thought—is the time to set the wheels in motion. Vow that comfort shall be the criterion in all forms of dress. Bring an end to the confining business suit and neck-choking tie! Let us consider the working attire of the average white-collar man. It's a conspiracy between tailors, cloth-makers, designers and others. It's simply a matter of their sole concern being piling more and more material on the male chassis with no regard for comfort or usability. First comes the matter of a white shirt. Anyone who has ever worn one knows that it won't stay white long. A little sweat or a careless pencil swipe can make it look dirty before 10 a.m. Almost to a man the collar fits either so tightly that the wearer feels like a cattle rustler receiving justice or so loosely that he looks like Whirlaway wearing a horseshoe of roses. Seldom does a white-collar man both look and feel right. The coat of a business suit is enough to make a sensible person wonder what men think with. It's straight back, pulled-in waist and flat pockets (which can't carry anything more than a hankie or book of matches) must have been designed for show window dummies. Why a man practically rips out the lining every time he reaches across his desk for a pencil. Then consider that horror of horrors, the tie. What does it do —except hide the top button? Some attempt to justify its use by saying it is a man's only opportunity to use color. But what do men usually pick for "color." Dark blue checks, maroon polka-dots or deep green stripes. Ridiculous! A handful of courageous professors have begun to beat a path toward sensibility. In a few departments there are the Daniel Boones of broadcloth. They have recognized they can teach as well if not better in open-necked sports shirts. Some have gone so far as to pioneer with the loosely fitted sports jacket and the high-necked sweat shirt at faculty meetings and Saturday morning seminars. The charge to take up the torch and carry it on is for the students. When comes June and a new class of graduates leave Mount Oread, let it take the lead in giving new freedom to their fellow men. It's time for Kansans to raise more sport clothes and fewer business suits! —Joe Taylor. short ones Fluorine is being placed in the water system of Washington, D.C. to help stop tooth decay. Do you suppose there also is something which could be used to help stop moral decay? Some Republicans are sure that come their national convention in June they can prove that a veteran can be drafted. A typographical error lists one of Eisenhower's supporters as Senator Horse of Oregon. Perhaps this is an omen of the mouth from which the straight info will come. The lack of common knowledge which some technical workers show is amazing. A Paris stylist in commenting on forthcoming fashions says, "Chests will be higher, but I can't say yet where waists will be." Last night I watched four intelligent, well-trained young men, the best that two democratic nations had to offer, sit on a platform staring down at a large silent auditorium. Only here and there were the seats occupied. Deplores Small Crowd At Debate Dear Editor: The event was an international debate—nothing too important I guess. And the audience, of course, was small for there was a basketball game on the Hill. The small group there, however, seemed to enjoy the crisp witty parlance, flavored with English brogue. It listened and laughed as the debaters struggled to escape the intellectual snares set for them by their opponents. The question is when will we, as responsible citizens, become concerned with the intellectual sares set for us? When will our interests in government and socio-political ideologies equal that of sports, movies, and other trivia? When will we realize that the leadership of this country rests upon the shoulders of those who are willing to take the time to study and debate current problems and philosophies. Anyone who heard Prof. E. C. Buehler's curt analysis of our decline of interest in our American heritage, the right to debate, and his expressed faith in its intrinsic worth cannot help but realize how important the exercising of our privilege is. Rozanne Atkins college sophomore John Reid, law student at Melbourne university, expressed his thanks for the opportunity of exchanging ideas with us, regardless of the small audience, for he said "that is what is important." Is it not? Interpretive Articles At Drake University two students have resigned from an honorary music sorority after learning that the group has an "unwritten law" forbidding Negroes to join. Comments . . . The sorority, Mu Phi Epsilon, is said to share this policy with three other national music sororities. The Drake Times Delphic, in a poll based on the story, found that "only five of 35" professional and honorary Greek groups on campus discriminate. Are Presidential Primaries Accurate? With the spectacular flop of the various polls in the 1948 elections the nation's faith was shaken in this method of forecasting. The different dates these elections are held—from March 11 to June 3—also may be a distorting factor in accurately predicting the outcome of the election. Public opinion has shifted widely even before the presidential primaries have begun. It may lead us to wonder when the results of previous primaries come in how much the later primaries will be affected. Whether the system of presidential preference primaries is more exact than the poll system is a matter for debate. Only 16 states—one-third of the total—have any form of presidential primary. The states—New Hampshire, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Illinois, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Maryland, Ohio, Florida, West Virginia, Oregon, California and South Dakota—cannot be considered completely accurate examples of a cross section of U.S. voters. The states of the deep South are not presentnor are those of the northwest. The New England states are heavily represented. Candidates, also, seem to try to thwart the original purpose of the preferential primaries by entering the states they are fairly sure of carrying. Senator Taft of Ohio was quick to enter his name in the Ohio primaries. Mr. Stassen of Minnesota was equally as rapid in getting on the Minnesota ballot. Senator Taft will compete in the Wisconsin, Illinois and Ohio trials and Mr. Stassen is trying his luck in Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Nebraska and Minnesota. General MacArthur's name is entered in the Illinois primaries. To date, the big discussions have centered on the New Hampshire primaries, the first in the series. General Eisenhower, Sen. Estes Kefauver and Mr. Truman will be judged in this meeting. Democrat Hubert Humphrey is trying his luck in his home state of Minnesota while Senator Kefauver and Brien McMahon have entered the Illinois primary. Since these primaries are only "advisory" and not binding on convention delegates, let them have their fun. Ron Kull. "Boy! Has the librarian got a false impression of me!" Interpretive Articles Japan's New Defense Plan Arouses Strong Criticisms Japan's prime minister Shigeru Yoshida recently submitted to John Foster Dulles, State department adviser and framer of the Japanese peace treaty, a blueprint of a "plan for Japan's new defense forces." It envisages the expansion of the present police reserve force of 75,000 to 120,000 and the equipping of the maritime safety force with 20 vessels of 2,000 ton class by March, 1953. The premier's plan has aroused vociferous criticism both in and outside the Diet. The opposition has denounced the plan as contradictory to Japan's postwar constitution stipulating her permanent renunciation of war. They add it will pave the way for the resuscitation of militarism. These objectors, excepting the Communists who are eager to see Japan's "liberation from America's imperialistic exploitation," look to the collective security by the United Nations for defense of Japan from possible outside invasion. However, they have failed to answer. Yoshida's question: Is it fair and reasonable for "independent" Japan to depend solely on external forces without bearing her share in the defense of her own land? There is no denying that the "new defense force plan" spells a de facto rearming. The fanatic idolatry of the Japanese emperor among part of the nation and the recent mass return of the once-ousted wartime magnates to leading positions—political and financial—provide ample ground for the fear of possible resurgence of prewar influences. Yoshida's plan has answered, at least partly, his own question to his opponents. At the same time, however, it has stirred up into a flame a long-smoldering problem: What should be done to prevent Japan from retracing her steps toward the "Great Empire of Japan" in ante bellum days? Nobody in Japan seems to know the solution. —Yujiro Maeda. 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