PAGE TWO UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN. LAWRENCE. KANSAS MONDAY, MAY 7, 1951 Marvin Arth the editorial page ★ ★ ★ An Even Break There is a 6-year-old boy in Watkins hospital, undergoing treatment for a fractured jaw and pelvis, and an injury to his mid-brain which has paralyzed his left leg. His name is Ronnie Ewert, and he is an orphan. On April 11 Ronnie and his family—Walter E. Ewert, assistant professor of journalism; Mrs. Ewert; 3-year-old Sylvia Ewert—were driving to Marion, S.D., to be near Mr. Ewert's father, who was dying. One mile north of Onawa, Iowa, the car skidded on the snow-packed highway and crashed head-on into a semi-trailer truck. Ronnie's father, mother, and sister were killed. Ronnie lay unconscious in the Onawa hospital for eight days. It was another nine days before he was well enough to travel; then his grandparents brought him by ambulance to Lawrence. Ronnie is now taking physical therapy treatments to regain the use of his legs, but it will be months before his injuries are completely healed. He is not allowed any visitors except his grandparents. His grandfather, A. J. Richert of Los Angeles, Calif., operates a one-man printing shop and has no income as long as he and his wife stay in Lawrence to take care of Ronnie. As soon as he is able, Ronnie will go to live with an uncle in Ohio. His uncle is a minister, and Ronnie will have a good home in which to grow up. But it is unlikely that he will be able to afford a college education. Two insurance policies totalling more than $4,000 are expected to be depleted after hospital and burial expenses are met. So Ronnie Ewert needs help. On May 1 the All Student Council set up the "Ronnie Ewert Scholarship fund." The fund will be used to provide Ronnie with an education at the college or university of his choice. A committee selected by the Council to collect money for the fund has decided that $3,000, to be invested by the Endowment association, will do the job. Contributions may be mailed to "The Ronnie-Ewert Scholarship fund, Journalism building, University of Kansas." Ronnie Ewert deserves at least an even break in life. Perhaps the generosity of friends and K.U.'s students, faculty, and alumni may make up, in some small part, for all Ronnie has lost. Lee Sheppeard. Francis Kelley galley-west - * * McMahon: . . . Do you consider, general, that it comes within the province of a theater commander to register publicly with persons in political life, or out of it for that matter, his differences of opinion while he is still in active charge of the theater? MacArthur: I believe the theater commander has the responsibility of registering his views as he might see fit, if they are honest views and not in contradiction to any implementing directives that he may have received. I do not believe the implications of your question that any segment of American society shall be so gagged that the truth and the full truth shall not be brought out. I believe it is in the interest, the public interest, that diverse opinions on any controversial issue shall be fully aired . . . McMahon: . . What I was raising was the question of the advisability, if not the propriety, of any subordinate military officer to take his differences of opinion . . to people in political life. MacArthur: I do not know what you mean by "people in political life." senator. McMahon: We have your answer, general, in the letter to Mr. Martin. (House speaker Joseph W. Martin, Jr.) MacArthur: It seems to me that the American people are entitled to certain basic facts, when it involves the lives of their sons, and, perhaps, the future of our country. I do not believe in the gag rule, if that is what you are talking about. . . - * * In 1925, Dr. Henry Gibbons scientifically defined a kiss as "the anatomical juxtaposition of two orbicularis-oris muscles in the state of contraction." Regardless of this scholarly bit of oratory on every-day habits, kissing has remained a popular passtime among college women and their youthful swaims. Noah Webster defines a kiss as a greeting or salutation with affection, as in love. The coed define it as part of dating, "something that just happens naturally, but their boy friends, on the other hand, logically define it as "the only way a man can shut a woman's mouth without knocking her head off." * * In the new William Allen White Memorial Reading room of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information, students will learn the importance of brevity. - * * If a woman's physical charms are her chief weapon in the battle of love, some of them will never be arrested for carrying concealed weapons. (Because of space limitations, the editor reserves the right to condense letters of more than 100 words. Anonymous letters will not be published. But names will be printed on paper. Letters should be addressed to the editor of the Kansan.) Letters— Student Wages According to the lead story in Wednesday's Kansan, Chancellor Deane W. Malott, in answer to a F.A.C.T.S. petition to raise student wages, stated that he felt student wages were too low, and that wages of library employees would be raised next year. To the editor: Joy, joy, in the end the student will triumph. For shagging books next year the struggling University will pay 55 cents an hour instead of 50. Just think, after only 200 hours of work that gigantic raise will pay for the 10 dollar increase in fees. (Rather 220 hours - I forgot to figure the withholding tax.) Bob Sydney, Bob Sydney. Journalism senior. P. S.—One consolation: you know that the money that could be used to increase student wages is going into worthwhile projects like the miles and miles of barbed-wire barricades around the library and vicinity. Turnabout— A K.U. associate professor of journalism wants to know what chance a man has in times like these—especially a professor. His trouble—well, he complains, I've just moved into a house owned by a 24 year-old kid and I have to pay him $85 a month rent. Says the professor, I'm the one that should be renting houses to people. I'm 46, he's only 24. But there's more. It seems that the house was first owned by a graduate student. When the 24 year-old decided to buy the house the graduate student lent him $2,000 to make the downpayment.-Ellsworth Zahm. Canuteson Goes To Chicago Dr. Ralph I. Canuteson, director of University Health service, is in Chicago attending the annual meeting of the American College Health association. He is now a member of the council, and past president of the association. University Daily Hansan News Room K.U.251 Adv. Room K.U. 376 Member of the Kansas Press Assn. National Press Assn., and the Associated College Press Assn., and the Associated College Press. Represented by the National Ad- dress Service 420 Madison Ave, New York City. 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