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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 12, 1951
Lee Sheppeard straws in the wind
--f Harvard university, and Frank insill, both honor students.
For Repeated Consideration
When Dr. Franklin D. Murphy assumed his duties as chancellor of the University on September 1, he issued a statement for the people of Kansas.
As news of the statement is old stuff now, but as a declaration of policy by a new chancellor it's worth repeated consideration by the faculty and by the student body.
"Many individuals, the faculty, the student body, the alumni and friends all have an abiding and continuing interest in K.U.," Dr. Murphy said. "But it is to the people of Kansas, in the last analysis to whom we are primarily responsible," he said.
"In some respects this University is like a large corporation," Dr. Murphy said. "Its board of directors is the board of regents, and it has nearly two million stockholders, the people of our state. We must ever be mindful of our obligations to return substantial dividends to these people. These dividends, which can be far more significant than dollar dividends, consist of the intellectual, cultural and social development of Kansas youth, as well as the many important services rendered directly to the state, its political subdivisions and its people.
"Never before in American history has there been such an urgent demand for imaginative, trained minds and attitudes. Just as the United States has been called upon to give world leadership, so must its individual citizens be prepared to grasp these same responsibilities, for it is my firm conviction that no nation is stronger than the enterprise of its individual citizens.
"The University of Kansas, along with its sister institutions of higher education, has this heavy obligation of helping young men and women to gain an integrated picture of modern society and understand clearly why, for example, minor events in nations thousands of miles removed from our state may well have real significance for us.
"K.U. traditionally provides the intellectual and cultural leadership for the people of Kansas. Through its hallways and over its beautiful campus walk many of the economic, business, professional and political leaders of tomorrow. If, while they are here, we can doctinate them with the imagination, courage, self-discipline, moral strength and sense of individual responsibility characteristic of those young men and women who founded this state, we will have in the largest measure done our job and justified the trust placed in us."
That's phrased in generalities, certainly; such a broad statement must be. But the generalities mean something. Sometimes faculty members seem to lose sight of the basic objectives of higher education. Often students seem to forget why they're here. The chancellor's statement is a reminder.
When asked why he spends all his time in beverage dispensing establishments, the paper's music critic could only answer that he was catching upon his Bartok.
September is here and the Daily Kansan presses are roaring. It isn't that they usually roar, you see, they got rusty during the summer.
In view of the recent sports scandals, there is talk of moving the Buildings and Grounds Fixit shop a little farther away from the Athletic department office.
(Because of space limitations, the editor reserves the right to condense letters of more than 100 words. Anonymous letters should be provided on request. Letters should be addressed to the editor of the Kansan.)
Letters—
In the whirl of orientation activities new students sometimes forget that there is much about the university that is serious. With the first week of classes generally he is rudely awakened.
Serious—
However, he usually remains in an unenlightened state for some time about another serious aspect of the campus—student government. Perhaps he feels that he is moving into a society where he must obey the laws but has no part in making them. If the student entertained this thought he is wrong.
In one month there will be an election among the freshmen. In this election they will choose their class officers and two All Student Council representatives. The freshmen representatives have as much voice in governing the affairs of the campus as any other member of that law-making body.
And student government is serious business! The All Student Council is the most important sounding board for airing student views on any and every thing that affects them. Normally it is the first experience in our lives with the problems that confront us in the adult world of government. It is a training ground for future politicians as well as for future good citizens.
College Students Produce Movie
If we are to have good, representative student government the student body must take an interest. The freshman class, being the largest class in school, has a great responsibility in the making of good government. It is the duty and privilege of each student to participate in government through either FACTS or Pachacamac-N.O.W. Of course, in the event neither party seems to pursue the right policy there is always room for new ones.
The important thing for the new student to realize is that he has a student government whose actions affect him and which, in turn, is affected by his actions.
To do a take-off on a rather famous politician the ASC is "of the students, by the students, and for the students." So, please, between and among your studies, your social life, and your other activities, find time to give a little serious thought to the running of your All Student Council.
Swarthmore, Pa. (U.P.)—The first 5-millimeter talking picture ever reduced, directed, written and actl wholly by college students was a mash hit at Swarthmore college.
Jim Logan, ASC President
What's Beneath
Entitled "Crime," the 25-minute how was co-produced by Theodore 'onant, younger son of the president f Harvard university, and Frank
To achieve an extra full effect, many new skirts are lined from waistline to hem with taffeta, organdie or buckram. Others are stiffened at the hip or hem only.
The two young men dug into their own pockets for the $1,000 cost of production and rented cameras from New York City, which they had to return in 24 hours, including driving time between here and Gotham.
Dr. Charles F. Weinaug, chairman of the petroleum engineering department, was in Fort Worth, Tex., Monday and Tuesday attending a meeting of the Interstate Oil Compact commission, to which he is a Kansas representative. He also is a member of the I.O.C.C.'s engineering committee.
The production had a cast of only four with four engineering and physics students behind the cameras. The play, written by John L. Weigel, former truck starter in Buffalo, N.Y., was voted by students the best play of 1950.
Weingaug Attends Oil Meeting
The commission is composed of the governors and their representatives of 20 oil-producing states.
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