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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1951
Thought for the Day
Whoso would be a man must be a non-conformist.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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"Whatta trip. We made it from the Plaza in half-an-hour."
Only 5 Minutes More
"What held you back? Bill and I made it in 27 minutes last Sunday morning."
"Yeah, but that was in the morning. We had to slow down for some guy poking along at about 50."
Such is the conversation to be heard after almost any week-end and especially after a vacation period. But, Bill and his friend are amateurs.
After a careful survey a few statistics are available. Last year, a student at the University made it to Kansas City in 24 minutes. That's pretty good, but it's a short distance. For a long run, take the unofficial record set on a trip to Wichita—two hours and seventeen minutes. Then there is the guy who drove up from Bartlesville, Okla., in three hours and five minutes.
by Bibler
Records are continually being made. A fair-haired freshman at the University boasts that he drove to Manhattan in one hour and five minutes and that's 80 miles.
If one really steps on it, the distance to Topeka can be covered in twenty-five minutes.
The record for a man traveling on land is 403.135 miles an hour. There's nothing impressive about averaging 90 miles an hour on a 100 mile drive. That's kid stuff.
So what?
Of course, there may be an unheard of trophy for speed records set between Lawrence and Kansas City, Topeka, Wichita, or Punkin Center. Certainly there is enough competition to warrant such an award.
Competition for this award might be dimmed by the fact that over 32,000 persons were killed in automobile accidents last year. But maybe that makes the prize more valuable.
Easter vacation will officially last 7,920 minutes. So what good it will do to shave five or ten minutes off the time it takes to drive home. Maybe it can be done, but the speed may not be recorded any place but in a highway patrolman's accident report.
From the menswear fashion issue:
The boiled shirt is "definitely passe." And at K.U., of course, cries of "All is lost!" must punctuate the still night air.
"Style scouts" say men are ready to wear "play shorts" in public. Must have meant "Boy Scouts."
No longer must the male be "an unobtrusive background for the finery of the woman." We'll take bets on that.
"Whether to conceal or reveal your coiffure is the important question. . ." the society page reports. Hamlet was a little more restrained—he left out the word "important."
"U.S. Dollar Now Buys a 50-Cent Cigar," but informed sources say some price-cutter on Massachusetts street has them at two for a buck.
Miss Margaret Habein, dean of women, and four University women will attend the National Convention of Intercollegiate Associated Women Students Thursday, March 29 through Saturday, March 31 at Purdue university in Lafayette, Ind.
AWS To Send 5 To Purdue
University delegates will be Beverly Jennings, president of A.W.S. and Emalene Gooch, vice-president. Two other delegates, Lorita Cooley, College sophomore, and Doris Kendall, College junior, will also attend.
The purpose of the convention is to exchange ideas on programs and activities to meet the needs of women in a changing world.
Each of the four delegates will be assigned to one of the following discussion group: "Women in the Present Emergency," "Higher Education of Women," "National Student association," and "Activities Outside the Classroom." At a final joint meeting, each group will report on its progress.
Miss Frieda S. Miller, specialist in economics and labor advisor for industry, government, and education, will discuss "American Economic Problems of Concern to the College Woman."
Lillian Gilbreth, author of "Cheaper by the Dozen" and "Bells on Their Toes," will speak on "American Womanhood."
MISS Dorothy Stratton, for many years dean of women and A.W.S. advisor at Purdue, will speak on "Human Relationship Technique." She has recently been elected national executive director of Girl Scouts. She is a co-author of "Best Foot Forward."
Applicants will not be required to take a written examination. To qualify, they must show successful completion of a full four year course from an accredited college or university.
Civil Service Jobs Open For Teachers
Applicants whose courses do not include two semester hours in methods of teaching elementary grades or two semester hours in practice teaching of elementary grades must have had one year of teaching at the elementary level.
The U.S. Civil Service commission has announced that there is still an urgent need for elementary teachers in the Indian service.
All Of Them Are Bowlers
Spokane, Wash. (U.P.)-Ten bowlers named Mertens have entered a newspaper-sponsored bowling tournament here. They are all related—the father, John J., and his nine sons, whose ages range from 17 to 28.
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"Old Fred is finally whippin' our track team into shape."
France Needs Time
By JANET OGAN
If war comes tomorrow, France would collapse, certain military leaders agree. Given a year and United States aid, she could fight, they say.
Can France with United States aid be made strong enough in case of hostilities to justify the cost to us? The strongest of France's leaders, including Defense Minister Jules Moch, believes there is time to defend Western Europe.
One American group says, "No." Send no more men or money to Western Europe until their own divisions can stop aggression. Build air and naval power to protect the Western Hemisphere.
Others say hold back on land forces. If France and West Europe rearm and ask U.S. aid, commit a few divisions to an European commander. They would protect Western Europe by sea and air power.
Rearming France, supporters point out, would mean 10 modern French divisions in Europe by the end of 1951, 15 by the end of 1952, and 20 by the end of 1953. It would mean a tactical air force of about 1,500 combat planes by 1953. A French army of 20 divisions backed by 20 or 30 allied divisions with air and artillery support would make Russia think twice before aggressing, they say.
The French are in no mood psychologically for another war. Economically, the country is unstable. Political crisis centers around the Feb. 28 resignation of Rene Pleven's coalition cabinet, France's 16th since the liberation. Rebuilding war-torn areas is less than one half completed. Wholesale prices are more than 20 times what they were in 1938; wages are only 11 times as high. Rearmament spending should be 2.1 billion dollars, or 65 per cent above the 1950 expenditure. The 1951 military budget will be increased 25 per cent. National income is more unevenly distributed than before the war, nationalism is "exhausted," industry is "throttled by cartels," and black marketeers wait their chance. The housing situation is a "mess." Many Frenchmen fear American commercialism as much as Russian barbarian.
The present French army consists of about 600,000 men. The equivalent of eight U.S. divisions is fighting in Indo China, three are on occupation duty in Germany and Austria, and two are on French soil.
On the other hand, industrial production is 3.5 per cent higher than before the war. There is little unemployment. Although workers' direct wages are less, their social security benefits are higher than the pre war level. Despite Communist domination of French labor unions, strikes cannot be called at will by the Communists.
Production of coal, electricity, rubber, tires, steel, and cement are far above 1938 levels. Other major products are iron, chemicals, textiles, machinery, and automobiles. France is normally self-sufficient in such basic foodstuffs as wheat, rye, barley, oats, potatoes, and sugar beets. She has approximately 5,500 miles of navigable waterways and canals with about 550 inland ports. Highway mileage in 1939 was about 393,761; railway mileage in 1945 about 25,271 miles.
Coalfields in northeast France supply 70 per cent of the coal she uses. She has iron ore deposits in Lorraine, Anjou, and Normandy; bauxite in Provence; potash and oil in Alsace; and kaolin, zinc, and tar in Limousin. From her 26,000,000 acres of forests are produced resin, turpentine, and timber.
Is rearming France worth the cost to the United States?
"A new 'blonde' eyebrow pencil gives that natural look," the cosmetic representative reports. "That natural look" is simpler for the male animal—he just goes without his morning cup of coffee.