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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1951
Marvin Arth
the editorial page
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Administration And FACTS—
The student body has elected a new party to power in the Pine room. Every other Wednesday night next year the neophite F.A.C.T.S. legislators will seat themselves on the red leather chairs and beat their fists on the council table and argue until they are hoarse-all for the good of the student body.
A party so formed has possibilities of going a long way in the right direction. But let's face it. There isn't a long way to go. Administrative brakes will be applied the minute those kids on the council get too many fresh ideas.
The F.A.C.T.S. party is new and seems to have been healthily formed on the indignation of a few individuals against the powers that were. The new party appears to have made relatively few political agreements with campus pressure groups and contends to have the interests of the majority of students at heart.
So let's hope the new A.S.C. representatives are a nice appearing group so they can successfully act the part of legislators, because that's about all it will be. —Bob Sanford
The 1951 session of the Kansas legislature has closed and a status quo will prevail for another two years. Fortunately for the citizens of Kansas an important division of the legislative process will continue to operate during the interim period.
Half A Loaf Better Than None—
Kansas was the first state to adopt the legislative council plan. In 1933 the legislature passed a law providing for a permanent, joint, interim committee. This committee is called the legislative council and meets at least once each quarter during the interval between legislative sessions. The purpose of the council, which meets May 9, is to investigate matters of public policy and make recommendations for legislation.
The council is composed of 10 senators, 45 representatives, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house. Members are appointed by the presiding officers of each house with the approval of a majority of the house. Political parties are represented in proportion to their membership in the chambers.
A permanent research staff is maintained by the council. This staff and the council members do fact finding and bill planning on "proposals" submitted to the council.
The information and recommendations which the council presents to the legislature make a degree of enlightened action possible for many legislators who seldom have the time or inclination to do personal research.
The council has no power to enact its recommendations and frequently they are ignored by legislators representing special interest groups. But until the people of the state consider legislation important enough to warrant a full time legislature paid a living wage, the legislative council is the best substitute available. Half a loaf of good legislation is better than none.-Dorothy Oglesbee.
Francis Kelley
galley-west
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Overheard two men talking on a Lawrence street corner the other day and couldn't resist listening. They were talking about one Harry S. Truman and they weren't talking very nice. Since it's probably my best chance of ever getting a letter from our President, I'll clean up their conversation and run it:
"You know," one of the men said, "I read where they are going to investigate the Dollar Line fuss involving some Washington Democrats. If they keep on investigating all of Truman's pet Democrats, he's likely to get awful mad about it."
"I ain't worried about Harry alone," the other one said. "It's when Bess Truman and Margaret get mad along with Harry that the fur will fly. Why, if it ever gets to that point, Bess and Margaret will both be a bellerin' while Harry's a cussin' and writin' letters. It ought to be more fun than the Kefauver hearings and the MacArthur's homecoming both put together."
An astronomer speculates that life on Venus might include a high degree of evolution that could take the form of thinking and talking trees. Their first statement would probably be, "Down Fido"
Second lesson for backward typing students: woH won nworb?
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Chocolate milk is the snack-time hit in coin machines at Cornell university. They got a lot to learn. . .
To the old saying, "Women make monkeys out of men," I have but one thing to say; Abadabadaba.
Broadway's "Kiss Me, Kate" is at the 1,000th performance mark. Another couple of years and Broadway's osculating Kate will near the record set by some of the K.U. Kates.
Owners of the racehorse, Uncle Miltie, have really gotten in a standing plug for the TV comedian.
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Don't look now, but there's a very appropriate name on the School of Engineering honor roll. It's Henry Edsel Ford.
What-prof-said-that? dept.: "Would you like to enroll in my course for professors in 'Circus clowning,' or how to appeal to the students?" Amb-rose by any other name would sound as sweet . . .
Letters—
because of space limitations, the editor reserves the right to condense letters of more than 100 words. Anonymous letter may not be published, but names will be withdrawn on request. Letters should be addressed to the editor of the Kansan.)
by Bibler
I Conquistatori
To the editor:
Little Man On Campus
We are not acting in the play and we are not soliciting free publicity, but we do think you should know about "I Conquistatori." As a group of interested undergraduates, we attended a dress rehearsal Monday night and were dealt a wallop for which we were simply not prepared.
Yes, Mr. Editor, it is a play with a meaning—but the meaning is not for the literary or cultural few. It is for us, the young folks of today, who have to live and love and even fight along side the other peoples of the world.
The climax of "I Conquistator!" is the most powerful impact we have ever felt in a theater—Hollywood advertising notwithstanding. And, Mr. Editor, in case you're wondering, the play is also dramatic entertainment at its best.
Sincerely,
Wilson E. O'Connell
Maxine LeRow
Phyllis Clegg
Robert Ziesenis
Freida Sahm.
Steve Mills
Sincerely.
"Will Cornwallis surrender? Will Washington cross the Delaware? Don't cut class tomorrow or you'll miss the answers to these exciting questions!"
The Thing' May Be Under The Stadium
By JACK ZIMMERMAN
(Daily Kansan Associate Editor)
We are sitting around the newsroom thinking it is too nice a day to be trapped inside a stuffy, old building when the phone rings.
There is a scramble as everyone tries to get to the opposite side of the room, and old Vernon, who is pretty slow on his feet, is the only one close enough to the phone to answer it. So he does.
He mumbles into the instrument for about a minute and hangs up. By this time we are making ourselves comfortable again, and I am busy polishing my right shoe on my left pant leg when I notice him standing in front of me.
"Up." he says. He sounds ominous, so I waste no time rising. "We," he says, "are going out. The man says there is a strange machine parked under our lovely stadium. We must investigate." I am not one to argue, especially with old Vernon, so we stumble down the hill to the three-sided coliseum.
This is the first time I get to see the place unobstructed by about 40 thousand persons and hot-dogs, and I am agast when I see what a large structure it is. "Don," old Vernon says, "just stand there. We must investigate." I follow.
Our footsteps echo hollowly as we walk along in the dim light under the west side of the stadium. This is quite a trick, as the only floor in the place is soft dirt. As we round the far turn, all of a sudden there is the infernal machine blocking our path. I climb down off old Vernon's back and caution him to be calm. We must investigate.
It is sitting on a big trailer that has flat tires. I point this fact out to my colleague. "Your," old Vernon
says, "tires would be flat also, if you are carrying that thing on your back."
There are two huge cylindrical tanks at the rear of the thing. They are connected to a big drum with hoses. Toward the front is a motor from a model "A" Ford, and the biggest radiator I am seeing in some time. There is much miscellaneous plumbing of assorted sizes jammed into all the empty spaces.
"This," says old Vernon, "looks like the fixtures that are in Fraser hall before they get their new pink men's room."
"Maybe," I reply, "this is left by some alumnus celebrating at the last football contest."
"No," says old Vernon. I bite my lip, and stop talking.
"What," says a loud voice, "are you doing in here?" A man is standing in the dim light glaring at us.
"We'e, says old Vernon, "get a hot tiic on this thing. We must investigate.
“This,” the loud voice says, “is useless. Why are you wasting your time on it?”
"We," old Vernon says, "get a hot tip."
"If," it continues, "you are from
-Kansan Photo by Bob Sanford
"We," I retort, "get a hot tip."
the daily Kansan, why are you interested in a machine?"
Old Vernon opens his notebook and looks efficient. "What," he asks, "is this thing used for?"
"We, the loud voice says, "don't know. A fellow from the east way to buy it once, but we figure somebody wants to buy it, it must be a good thing to have. So we keep it."
"Yes" he says.
"Smart." I sav.
"You." says old Vernon, "keep out of this." I bite my other lip.
"Someone," the loud voice offers, "in the chemical engineering department says he may have use for it someday. But he must find out what it is, first."
Old Vernon snaps his notebook shut. "We," he says, "appreciate your assistance. We will now climb the hill and talk to the man in the chemical engineering department."
"Come back," the loud voice says. "We got lots more gadgets around here."
By this time old Vernon and I are on our way up the hill." Hurry," he says. "We must investigate."
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