-Lee Sheppeard
Accuracy Lost In Pioneer Story
For some reason, incidents on college campuses never seem to be reported accurately.
The Associated Press story on the painting of the Pioneer said, "A group of Kansas university students were surprised by campus police here last night as they daubed purple paint on the statue of 'The Pioneer' on their campus."
Actually, the campus police did not arrive at the statue until three or four minutes after the two artists had run off. And the paint was not 'daubed,' it was thrown on. And the campus police said at the scene they had seen that the "group of Kansas university students"—three of us—did not throw the paint.
"One of the students . . . said the paint job had been devised as a publicity stunt for the Kansas- K-State football game here Saturday," continued the AP story.
"... one journalist reported that news had been a bit scarce lately and 'besides we were trying to stir up some interest in the football game by making folks think the nonaggression agreement had been broken."
None of us said anything even remotely approaching that statement, of course.
Since the campus policemen had seen that we didn't throw the paint, it seems a little strange that we would be giving explanations for why we threw it. And it seems strange that the campus police would tell a reporter we had.
Perhaps "news had been a bit scarce lately" for the AP correspondent, perhaps?
Joe Taylor-
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The picture of the Paganini string quartet being labeled as a vocal group confused us until the office music critic came around. He interpreted the sentence as meaning that the musicians were able to make the violins "sing."
The pictures of the Oklahoma A&M football player slugging Johnny Bright have made the rounds now so we would like to ask for support in our plan to grant him his degree magna cum rowdy.
KU's All-American sports fan, "Spec" Tater, thinks that Kansas State should get a new football coach. "Spec" feels that the boys have taken Coach Meek's name too much to heart.
Obviously, though, he is forgetting that KU's last title winning coach was named Sauer.
It has been suggested that college football coaches are among the most courageous people in the academic world. However, we think that that title should also be given to the editors of a certain college paper. They not only sign their name to what they write, they also print their picture along side the stuff so they can be identified when on the campus.
After reading the pregame article last Saturday morning about the K-State president's boxer being enrolled as a student, we started wondering about how many dogs have gone to school and vice-versa.
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Little Man On Campus
"Surprise to me, too. I didn't think that drummers had to take a final examination."
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Letters:
Gentlemen:
We have been receiving your publication for several weeks and thought it only fair to say that our students and faculty enjoy it a great deal. It does something to bring about a closer relation between secondary education and a great University like that of Kansas.
From the "Little Man on Campus" to the students of Kansas high schools there must be something in common. I made that statement the other day, and the reply I received was "Not so," that I was only looking for a condensed current event.
More power to you, "Daily Kan-
san," you are doing a great piece of work.
Dear Editor.
Respectfully,
Len Harden, supt.,
Natoma Rural high school
Well-organized centers of learning came into being and flourished between the second and twelfth centuries, AD. The subjects taught included medicine and surgery, astronomy, astrology and agriculture. Some of these attracted students from foreign lands, especially China, and students spent as many as 10 years in these universities.
The life of Brahmacharya had the same standing as the university life of today, and the teacher-discipline relationship of old continues to this day.
This stage, known as Brshmacharya, was a life of intense discipline, and the student became imbued with high ideals which he went out to further (what we now term "belonging to a particular school of thought").
How confused can you get? The movies of the Oklahoma game were shown at 7:30 p.m. and your revolting display of slipshod reporting would lead innocent readers to believe that they were to be shown either at 8:00 or 8:30 (and in the same article!).
Disgustedly.
Digustedly,
Ralph G. Henley
3rd year law
University Life In India
By V. R. KRISHNAN
This is the first of a series of articles intended to present a picture of university life in India with a view toward promoting a better understanding of the youth of that country.
The universities of modern India, externally perhaps, may appear to owe very little to the educational practice of ancient India, but there is an underlying link which becomes evident only with a knowledge of her past.
The oldest of these is the Ashramite system of the teacher and the disciples, wherein scholars and philosophers learned in the "Vedas" (the first of Hindu scriptures) attracted from afar, and from families rich and poor, students who led a common life with the teachers and learned at their feet.
During the Mohammedan rule in India between the 12th and 17th centuries, many of the above Hindu centers of learning were eclipsed. Often a learned ruler of the throne encouraged learning and established new centers which taught Persian, Arabic, geometry, law, logic, and metaphysics.
These centers suffered decline when the Moslem rulers fell with the establishment of British rule in India. In the early days of British power, little attention was paid to education, but in the course of time a few institutions were established through the work of a few enlightened Englishmen, because of the need for a class of persons qualified by their training in English liberal education for employment in Civil service and help in the administration of the land. They were the fore-runners of many of the Indian universities of today.
The medium of instruction was Arabic and Persian, the languages of the rulers. There are still some institutions with these traditions at various places in India.
20th Century Opera Music Played At Club Meeting
(To be continued)
James E. Seaver, assistant professor of history, played recordings of 20th Century German operatic numbers for the German club Oct. 25.
Professor Seaver gave a brief history of the music and singers before playing each record.
The records are part of Professor Seaver's collection of operatic music.
-News Roundup
Consumers To Get Money, Not Food
Chicago—(U.P.)—Consumers this fall and next year will have more dollars in their pockets but no more beef, pork, and lamb on their dinner tables than before, according to a livestock expert.
He predicted that the high demand will result from increased military requirements and expanded industrial production which places more "food money" in consumer pockets.
H. M. Conway, analyst for the National Livestock producer, said the dollars will add up to "maximum demand" for the meat—but added that supplies won't improve.
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The FAO in its yearly "Review and Outlook," said that if the fighting ends in Korea and international tension lessens, some reductions of inventories, finished goods, and prices of agricultural products and other raw materials may decline. Ordinarily, this might cause a retrenchment in investments with resulting widespread depression.
Rome—U.P.R.—A widespread depression, first in the United States and then in other industrialized countries, may follow the end of the Korean war, the United Nations Food and Agriculture organization said today.
Widespread Depression Seem
The Egyptian state council approved a general mobilization bill outlining measures to be followed in case of war. The bill must be approved by the cabinet and the Egyptian parliament before becoming law.
Cairo, Egypt—(U.R.)—Egypt prepared today to set up a supreme war council and register all men between the ages of 18 and 50 for a mobilization draft as violence again flared in the tense Suez Canal zone.
Egypt Plans War Council
The U.S. army chief of staff said even if the truce were signed tomorrow, the Army cannot get out at once. He said it must stay to help train the South Korean army and would remain until that army is ready to assume full defense of South Korea.
The snipers left combat troops pass unscathed to concentrate on medics carrying wounded, walking wounded and North Korean refugees during recent fighting south of Kumsong, the soldiers said.
London—(U.P.)-Britain may shortly replace her ambassador in Washington, Sir Oliver Franks, it was learned on good authority today.
East-Central Front, Korea—(U.P.)-U.S. soldiers charged today that Chinese Communist troops deliberately fired on United Nations stretcher parties and Korean civilian refugees.
Reds Shoot At Wounded
The change in Britain's top diplomatic outpost would be designed to have it filled by a representative who has Winston Churchill's closest confidence. A new ambassador in Washington would have to implement Churchill's projects for the closest possible cooperation with the United States in all major issues—military and political.
A South Korean Airfield—U.P.)—Gen. J. Lawton Collins said today that American troops will remain in Korea for "some time" even after a truce is signed to end the shooting.
Troops To Stay In Korea
Farm Income At Standstill
The department based its prediction on the probable rise of production costs which are expected to climb high enough to offset greater gross income.
Washington—(U.P.)—Farmers' net income will remain about the same next year as 1951 although their gross income will rise about five per cent, the Agriculture department predicted today.
In a report on demand and prices on farm products, the department estimated that farmers will receive a net income of about 15 billion dollars this year—18 per cent higher than 1950. Gross income for 1951 was estimated at 37 billion 500 thousand dollars, 14 per cent higher than last year,