-Lee Sheppeard
US Press Avoids Deferment Bungle
With the American press turning a spotlight on every mistake made by the federal government, it seems strange that it seems to avoid entirely any mention of the college deferment bungle.
All press association stories out of Washington which deal with selective service seem to take it for granted that college students are being deferred uniformly over the nation—that any student who passed the draft test and has adequate grades is automatically deferred.
A United Press story the other day, for example, said: "About 37 per cent of the college men who took the first student draft deferment tests flunked, selective service director Lewis B. Hershey reported today.
"This means about 125,430 of the 339,000 students who took the examinations last spring and summer failed to make a passing score of 70 and probably will lose their draft deferments. Their only hope of keeping student deferments is to convince local boards that they stand high enough in their college classes to merit staying in school."
That's not true, as most Kansans have already discovered. A high proportion of Kansas students, particularly from the small towns (which have unjustly high quotas), have not received deferments even with good grades and a high score on the draft test.
This story, like almost all the others out of the capital, seem to imply that all students who did pass the test are deferred.
The theory behind our Selective service program has always tended to give most of the power of choice to the local draft boards, instead of setting up uniform regulations which would guarantee a fair and just system.
The absurdity of that attitude has shown up in college deferments; if it is fair at all to defer students so they can continue their education, then it is certainly not fair to give deferments to some students who happen to have lenient draft boards and not to students that come from counties where quotas are too high.
Some students who weren't deferred got into school on postponements. Others weren't so lucky.
Either the press associations are biased enough to avoid mentioning this unfair situation, or their correspondents don't know what the score is. Either way it's sloppy journalism.
Joe Taylor
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Some fellows just can't pass up the obvious. One radio commentator told of the arrival of Princess Elizabeth and her husband Philip with these words: "The couple was given a royal welcome."
It would be interesting if one of the Yankee pitchers had been named Jack. Then if he had come through in the series to beat the Giants the sports writers could have headlined their stories, "Jack the Giant Killer."
The recent publicity given an Egyptian belly dancer has caused us quite a bit of wonderment. If a soft-shoe dancer dances on soft shoes and a toe dancer dances on toes, what does a belly dancer dance on?
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by Bibler
0-12 BISLER
"All right—which one of you guys brought a mouse to th' lab?"
Now Here's An Idea
Letters
To the Kansan:
Concerning the stadium seating issue:
(Name withheld by request)
You might as well give up, fellahs. I've been here four years and each year this situation prompts a squawk from junior Jayhawk. However, it has been found that his ruffled feathers are easily smoothed and his raucous voice quieted. As I recall, his protests have accomplished only one thing; was it last year or year before last that the high wooden-and-wire fence was erected?
Anyway, take it easy. We're only students, you know. If you want to see a really bitter bird wait until Junior bends his beak trying to get a basketball seat.
State game who thought the place was crowded. To find out that unused seats were available was indeed a revelation.
Now if the learned Dean Woodruff said there were more seats, then it is an undisputed fact that unused seats were available, but the students just couldn't see them.
To the Kansan:
I was another of those at the Iowa
I have the perfect solution for this unhappy situation: erect a large mirror (about 200 feet high and 800 feet long) above the field. Thus the students could see the available seats, the Athletic office could sell more seats due to more efficient utilization of those available, and last but not least, the mirror would serve as a shade for the entire east side of the stadium.
Richard Bradley Engineering senior
News From Other Campuses
An Oklahoma A. and M. freshman has been committed to the Oklahoma state mental institution for observation. He was charged with pistol whipping a Stillwater, Okla., girl after breaking into her apartment.
Send Cowboy Away
NCU Claims Rebel Flag Fad
The credit for the recent popularity of the confederate flag above the Mason and Dixon is being claimed by the University of North Carolina. The students there say that the trip to New York City by 30,000 football fans to see the Notre Dame game two years ago began the fad.
The contestants for the title Barn-warmer Queen at Kansas State were required to show their proficiency at farm chores. Some tasks included in the examinations were milking, hog calling, tractor driving, and hay pitching.
K-S Queens Do Farm Chores
The parking problem at the University of Texas has been handled in this way. The only persons allowed to park their cars in the campus area are department chairmen, full or associate professors, or the equivalent salary rank. All others walk.
Purdue Has Big Rush Week
Handles Parking Question
The Interfraternity Council at Purdue feels that the 1951 rush program which centered around advance mail publicity was a success. This year almost 350 freshmen were pledged, while in 1950 the number was only about 200.
Cribbing An Art Says Prof
A professor at Texas A. and M. is quoted as saying that cribbing should be an art. Having caught a student cheating, he said, "the holding of hands over one's eyes while sneaking a look at another paper is too obvious and in reality crude. Coughs, and laying the head on the desk are also give-aways." He declined to suggest how to do it without getting caught.
Holds Activities Carnival
More than 6,000 Michigan State students crowded into the stadium concourse for the fourth annual Activities Carnival. More than 90 groups were represented by displays which were to acquaint the students with campus extra-curricular activities.
Dance Costs High At CCNY
The senior prom at C.C.N.Y. will cost $17 per couple. It will be a dinner-dance at the Astor Roof.
-News Roundup-
Prime Minister Slain In Pakistan
Page 8 University Daily Kansan Tuesday, October 16, 1951
London—(U.P)-Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan of Pakistan was assassinated today at Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
The announcement was made here by the office of the Pakistan high commission. It said the premier died in a hospital soon after he was shot twice in the chest while addressing a meeting. An official spokesman said the assassin was shot dead on the spot.
Taft Announces Candidacy
Washington—(U.P.)—Sen. Robert A. Taft, (R Ohio), formally announced today that he will be a candidate for the 1952 Republican presidential nomination.
He also announced that he will enter the G.O.P. Presidential primary in Wisconsin next April as well as the primary in his home state of Ohio. "I am going to run because I believe I can conduct the only kind of campaign that will elect a Republican to office," Taft said.
Truman Hints Candidacy
Washington—(U.P.)—President Truman's whistle-stop campaign private car has been sent for overhaul and it looks like a swing around the country is in the works.
The car was slipped into the Lexington, Ky., Signal Corps depot a few days ago. It was ticked for overhaul of the loud speaker system. The work in 1948 was the tip-off on Mr. Truman's pre-convention campaign that year.
Russia Threatens Norway
London—(U.P.)Russia formally threatened reprisals today if Norway permits the North Atlantic Pact organization to establish bases on Spitzenbergen and Bear islands.
The Soviet warning accused Norway of permitting Norwegian territory to be used for the preparation of war against the Soviet Union and also charged the Norwegians with carrying out a "vast military program of their own."
Swiss Ask US Spy Ouster
Lausanne, Switzerland—(U.P.)—Switzerland today demanded a 15-month prison sentence and expulsion for American Charles Davis on charges that he served as a spy in the pay of U.S. Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy.
Prosecutor Rene Dubois made the demand in an hour-long address to the Swiss Federal tribunal of five judges who started hearing the case Monday. Davis was accused of spying on U.S. diplomats and American leftist citizens in Switzerland on behalf of McCarthy.
Unofficial reports listed 12 dead and 80 injured in fighting between the troops and Egyptians at Ismailia, 75 miles from Cairo and headquarters for British troops in Egypt. Two Britons were said to be among the dead.
President Raymond Walters, a veteran statistician of the collegiate field, said that preliminary attendance studies showed that decreases up to 30 per cent over the previous year have hit a majority of 466 of the country's reporting colleges. Walters pointed out that fewer students mean smaller incomes and will bring colleges and universities face to face with financial crisis.
Warns Of College Crisis
Cincinnati, Ohio—U.P. The president of the University of Cincinnati warned today that the nation's colleges will soon face a disastrous financial crisis because of decreased student enrollment.
British Battle Egyptians
Cairo, Egypt—(U.P.)—British troops went into action in the Suez Canal zone today against Egyptian rioters.
Communist To Leavenworth
Leavenworth—(U.P.)—Communist Leader Gus Hall is now an inmate of the Federal Penitentiary here, Warden Walter A. Hunter said today.
Hunter said the prisoner was brought to Leavenworth from Texarkana under guard by motor car and arrived Saturday. Hall, national secretary of the U.S. Communist party, was apprehended in Mexico City the past Tuesday.