Editorials
Down With Dane Who Throws Stones
by Bibler
A letter to the editor of Time magazine happened to catch our attention the other day, in which the writer, one Ole G. Clausen of Copenhagen, Denmark, said that with all this organized crime, municipal corruption, McCarthyism and moral deviation that's running the gamut of our country these days, we are not fit to go on as a self-governing nation.
Mr. Clausen continues: . . . of course the trouble all began with that monstrous mistake of 1776. The only way out is for the US to apply for readmission to the British realm as some kind of protectorate. The Colonial Office in London would see to it that good government was once again brought to America. Perhaps, a few 100 years hence, you might then be mature enough to join Canada as a self-governing Dominion with Ottawa as capital."
Mr. Clausen does not seem to be aware that each age in every country the world over has or had its ups and downs. We can start with Philip's Macedonian politics, Caesar's Bread and Circuses, Louis XIV's boudoir scandals, and to keep it in pure old Brittanica, Henry VIII's clean administration, where wives and tithes blended themselves so nicely into a picture of sweetness and light. Victoria's age, where morals, kept so aboveboard, were really worming through the foundation of the century. The court-muddlings in 1937 with Edward and Baldwin, etc., etc.
Then of course we can always take ourselves deeper into the quagmire of history, by looking into Clausen's own country, Denmark, where, 'tis said, Shakespeare found fertile grounds for ideas. The castle Elsinoar had its scheming, murderous, character-assassinating king Claudius; his hard-drinking and fast-gambling conspirators Rosencrantz and Guildenstern; his incapable, easily swayed court confidante, the stodgy Polonius, not to mention other examples of chastity.
Now, this letter, besides probably causing Col. McCormick of the Chicago Tribune to suffer a stroke of apoplexy, even if written in good fun, warrants a few comments.
We can be ludicrous about it, to be sure, just as Mr. Clausen can, but we do feel that before throwing stones into other men's glass houses, he should turn around and first study the history of his own garden.—Syracuse Daily Orange.
short ones
Movie actor Robert Mitchum gets into a barroom brawl in which a table was smashed and a piano knocked to pieces. Sounds like Jimmie Durante could sue him for "trying ta get inta da act!"
Harry Epidermis, Potter lake senior, has made the startling discovery that Utah spelled backwards it "Hatu". . . Gezundheit!
The British magazine Flight proposes that we manufacture hot air dirigibles to be used as atomic bomb carriers, and we suggest Washington, D.C., as a logical factory site.
No wonder nothing much gets done in Washington. Almost every news story from the capital tells of the officials going around "in high government and political circles."
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Pre-Med Knocks UDK Story On Sports Car Performance
Dear Editor:
Your issue of Nov. 16 carried an article concerning the Muntz Jet automobile that so wildly exaggerates the car's true potential performance that I feel corrections are in order.
The stock Lincoln engine that is installed in the Jet is rated at 152 h.p. I admit that the 176 h.p. given by your article may be readily attained by hopping-up, but the story did not indicate that this had been done.
An impartial authority (Road and Track magazine) has tested the Jet and reports an average speed of 108.1 m.p.h. for both upwind and downwind speed runs. This certainly fails to substantiate, even approximately, the reported 143 m.p.h. of your article.
As for the allegation that "the Jet starts, stops, and moves more swiftly than any stock car the world has ever known," at least two-thirds of the statement is very definitely untrue. As for acceleration, the same magazine test found a time of :12.3 from a standing start to 60 m.p.h. for the Jet, while the same magazine reports for an exactly similar test of
the new Chrysler Saratoga, a time of :10.0 an appreciable difference
It is not the purpose of this letter to knock the Muntz Jet. It is undoubtedly an outstanding high speed tourer, and a very laudable attempt to produce an American sports car. I am, however, disappointed to see its performance exaggerated, and to see this inaccurate information spread.
Regarding top speed, the Jaguar XK 120, a stock car by any definition, has been officially timed by the Royal Automobile club at 132.6 m.p.h.
Every car has its merits, and should be judged on these, rather than on its advertising claims.
C. B. Francisco
Editor's Note: A conversation with the temporary owner of the Jet seems to indicate that Mr. Francisco hit the nail on the head in his last sentence. Isn't it awful how producers rate their products. At any rate, we're much relieved to learn that Road and Track, admittedly an accepted authority, tested the car both up and down wind. Not being experts on the subject, we would have been very skeptical otherwise.
Medicine Sophomore
News From Other Campuses
Kav Kyser Leads Rally
Bandleader Kay Kyser, head cheerleader of North Carolina university in 1927, returned to his alma mater to lead a pep rally before the Tennessee game recently.
Twenty-four hundred pints of blood were pledged by students and members of the faculty at the University of Minnesota in a five-day blood drive.
Pledge Blood For Drive
University of California regents adopted a resolution calling for abandonment of the controversial loyalty oath by a 12 to 8 vote last week.
students were arrested recently for alleged drunkenness. The students were standing outside the auditorium rehearsing the drunk scene of "Juno and the Paycock," appearing there. They were released upon the stage manager's appearance.
Cal Drops Loyalty Oath
Seized For Rehearsing Play
IFC Bias Clauses Hit
Two University of Texas drama
A resolution asking that all members of the National Interfraternity council drop discriminatory clauses from their constitution has been passed by the Cornell IFC.
Seek Mid-Year Ceremony
Mid-term graduates of the University of Missouri are petitioning student council officers in an attempt to have an actual mid-year commencement ceremony. None had previously been scheduled.
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News Roundup
Demand Removal Of Foreign Troops
Panmunjom, Korea—(U.P.) —Communist truce negotiators formally rejected today a United Nations proposal for a freeze on armed forces and demanded instead the immediate withdrawal of "all foreign troops" from Korea.
Wednesday, Nov. 28, 1951
Chief UN delegate Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy retorted that the Communist stand indicated the Reds wanted to build up their depleted armies to strike again after only a temporary truce.
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Both sides agreed in general, however, on UN proposals for a cease-fire within 24 hours of the signing of an armistice, formation of a joint armistice supervisory organization, and the withdrawal of all armed forces from a demilitarized buffer zone.
Tax Bureau Recalls Caudle
Washington—(U.P.)-The scandal-ridden Internal Revenue bureau was set to announce a big new housecleaning today as congressional investigators recalled T. Lamar Caulef for questioning about favors he accepted from tax-troubled friends.
Caudle was dismissed from the stand Tuesday when he complained of "a splitting headache," and the subcommittee's scheduled afternoon session was called off. Caudle's headaches seemed to be just beginning. The subcommittee planned to question him about the sale of an airplane on which he is supposed to have made a commission, his trip to Italy last summer at the expense of a New Jersey wine merchant and a transaction in which his wife obtained a cut-rate mink coat.
Churchill Mum On Red China
London—(U.P.)—Winston Churchill's new government is keeping completely silent on the issue of Communist China. The U.S. wants to know whether Churchill is going to maintain the British diplomatic recognition of Red China, keep the British diplomatic mission in Peiping and ultimately back Red China's admission to the United Nations.
Arn made that statement Tuesday at the flood forum sponsored by Kansas State college. Col. L. J. Lincoln, district engineer at Kansas City for the corps of engineers told the group that the Kaw river has not yet shown its full fury. "We can have a bigger flood," he said.
The conservative government is well aware that Americans find it hard to understand how Britain can maintain a mission in Peiping while her own "Tommies" are dying at the hands of Chinese on the hills of Korea.
Washington—(U.P.)Japan formally notified the United States today of ratification of the Japanese peace treaty and expressed "confident hope" that her former enemies will act quickly to admit her into "the family of nations."
Manhattan, Kan.—(U.P.)—Gov. Edward F. Arm fears that the cooperation needed among all federal agencies in meeting the tremendous problem of flood control does not now exist.
Japan Peace Treaty Ratified
Acting Secretary of State James E. Webb, who received the document, called the ratification "an historic mark on the road to peace in the Pacific." He said the United States "will promptly notify other governments concerned of the deposit of this ratification."
Urge Railroad Safety Aids
Arn Cites Flood Control Need
Washington—(U.P.)-Chairman Edwin C. Johnson of the Senate Commerce committee said today that the "epidemic" of train wrecks this month may prompt legislation-requiring automatic safety devices on railroads.
"There's almost no excuse today for a collision on a railroad." Johnson said. "Preliminary reports indicate that most of the wrecks in this November epidemic were caused by human failure—like an engineer missing a signal."
Air Raid Drill In New York
New York—(U.P.)The hurryingest city in the world stood still for 10 minutes today.
It was New York's first "public participation" air raid test, a grim drill for the day when a sneak attack might spread the horror and ruin of an atomic blast across the city.