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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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FRIDAY. MARCH 16, 1951
Thought for the Day
There is no finer investment for any community than putting milk into babies. —Winston Churchill
The Editorial Page A Stroll Up Emerald Aisle
Bv FRANCIS J. KELLEY
For 364 days of the year nobody loves an Irishman. Not even an Englishman. But that other day? Brother, that's the day the leprechauns spread good will 'round the earth—St. Paddy's Day.
On that day persons of all extractions break out of their cliques and join in the merrymaking.
"Oh, Danny boy," they bellow, "sure and how's yure foine auld mother?" Or they croon, "does yure mother come from Ireland?"
They smirk when I tell them the old lady's pretty good except she's got a little scotch in her. Or that I'm trying to swap my Shamrock for a four-leaf model. For at least one day of the year, the Micks have it.
Everyone gives the Hibernians the "go" signal on St. Paddy's Day. Green, they say. Wear green and show your Irish ancestry. Don't be a dirty Red—wear green. Show your Irish spirits, they say. But if you do, they drink it.
Everyone is either Irish, part Irish, owns an Irish setter, eats Irish potatoes, marries a person whose half-brother once went with a girl who later married an Irishman, or has a brother who was once arrested by an Irish cop or a maid who goes with one. Everyone but the English.
Sometimes I wonder. Everyone wants to get in the act. In one way or another, every joker this side of Moscow is hooked up with the Irish. And sometimes I wonder about Ucle Joe McStalin
The great-granddaddy of the Dublin Dannies, St. Patrick, is a legendary character. He is the Irish Paul Bunyan who herded the snakes from the Emerald Isle way back when England's socialists were still anti-social.
It is for this bit of ingenuity on the part of their patron saint that the Murphys and O'Briens, the McGintys, and the Houlihans bring forth the old and rare for a wee bit of a celebration on March 17.
And the loyal sons of Erin are big-hearted with their nationality. They extend a cordial invitation to everyone to take part in their annual toot.
That is, everyone but the English. You have to draw the line somewhere. Or the English might tax Ireland's hospitality.
The Public's Pulse-
Personal Or Official
Dear Editor:
In the March 14 issue of the U.D.K. there were two articles about the A.S.C.'s actions taken concerning F.E.P.C. One was a paid advertisement by Pachacamac, the other a group of quotations by A.S.C. members. Both articles seem to show how confused the A.S.C.'s politics are. They stated that the council did not feel that it could speak for the entire student body. May I ask a few innocent questions on this matter?
(1) Did or did not the A.S.C. once pass a motion 16 to 3, stating that it should take a vote to determine whether or not K.U. would support F.E.P.C.? Did not this motion in effect say that the A.S.C. could rightly speak for K.U.?
(2) Mr. Clingan says that the A.S.C. could not speak for the entire student body of 7,000. He is correct there, but I ask: Why bother about the opinions of the many students who did not care enough to vote in last spring's election?
(3) Do Mr. Clingan, Mr. Kelley, Pachacamac, and a few others think that the A.S.C. is merely a political machine on the campus and that it does not represent accurately the views of the majority of students who did vote last spring? (I do not know; I am merely asking.) Should not the council members go ahead, then, and vote as they see fit, knowing that the students who put them into office will support them?
(4) My final question is just this: Why apologize to the state legislature for the ways of our All Student Council? Why was it so pointedly stressed in the letter to the legislature that the final vote of 25 to 1 in favor of F.E.P.C. was merely "a recording of each council member's own views on the bill, not necessarily the views of the entire student body?"
If the A.S.C. is an accurate representation of the majority of voters at K.U. (and who on the council will say otherwise?), then it seems to me that the state legislature should be told that the final vote of 25 to 1 in favor of F.E.P.C. was a very official vote, and that K.U. is solidly behind the bill.
Esther Jean Storer College sophomore.
A speaker recently told K.U. students that "in language, content and form are completely infused." Rodney Nipnap says that even a quick listen will prove that language content and form are completely confused.
The question of who will be named as the new chancellor of K.U. has been somewhat cleared up. Frank Costello is not a candidate for the position.
Politics And Prejudice
I would like to commend the Daily Kansan for the unbiased publicity published in your paper concerning the current F.E.P.C. issue on our campus. I am sure that the members of A.S.C. had no anticiplication of the uproar to result from their hasty decision on this vital matter. I sincerely hope they will reconsider support of this fair employment bill. I also hope each member will act according to the dictates of his own conscience, uninfluenced by local political pressure. It is most discrediting to the council that they allowed the local "cold war" of politics to interfere with its just consideration of this bill of national concern.
Dear Editor:
Students should realize that the main purpose of House Bill No. 259 is to give the opportunity to all men to advance, and prove their worth. Denial of this opportunity in our democratic society is branded as an act of discrimination. It is somewhat ironic that in the Constitution and Bills of A.S.C. there is included Bill No.12 entitled "Non-Discrimination" which states the following;
Be it enacted by the Associated Students of the University of Kansas:
Section 1. That the all Student Council will NOT support either in name or in finances, any student function or organization which permits the discrimination against any student because of race, color, or creed. Passed April 29, 1947.
Refusal to support the F.E.P.C. bill shows overt discriminatory action on the part of A.S.C. against students who are members of minority groups, and who experience employment discrimination because of their race, color, or creed.
It cannot be over emphasized that Section I of the F.E.P.C. bill states explicitly that no employed can be forced to hire incompetent held. Eight states have passed this bill, and fair employment practices have worked in these states with little or no difficulty. During the past war when Uncle Sam desperately needed every able bodied, intelligent, and capable worker he could get, he gave the opportunity to all competent men to work in war industries, regardless of race, color, or creed. These examples show that Americans can overcome age-old fears and practices of discrimination.
We are not unaware of the many opportunities for advancements that have been given minority groups, but we are aware that these groups, especially the Negro in the U.S., have developed more rapidly than their opportunity for participation in American life. In requesting this mark of recognized citizenship, these groups are being typical Americans, seeking American objectives, in characteristic American ways. One of the most important results that can come from the passage of this bill, which represents a step forward in both economic and social progress, is the practical experience to be gained by relaxing the caste system which prevents democracy from becoming an accomplished reality in America. A.S.C. let's make democracy a reality on our campus!
Jannith Lewis, N.S.A. representative to A.S.C.
Oak Wilt Found In Kansas Trees
There's one thing for certain about K.U.'s yearbook. As long as it remains in its present format, there will always be an annual issue.
Oak wilt, a destructive disease of oak trees, has been found for the first time in Kansas. Last summer, Ivan J. Shields, graduate in botany, surveyed 30 eastern Kansas counties. He found oak wilt near Baldwin.
Positive identification of "chalara quercina," the fungus causing oak wilt, was made recently and verification received from scientists in Wisconsin where the disease is more prevalent.
Trees have been dying in the Baldwin area for at least 15 years, probably of oak wilt. Shields said.
Sometimes, especially in red and black oaks, the whole tree turns brown and dies very quickly. Some leaves may stay on the tree to the end of the season and a few may remain until the following summer. In other cases, particularly white oaks, only one or two branches are killed the first summer, several more the second summer and the tree usually dies the third summer. As far as is known, all species of oak may contract the disease.
Oak wilt may be recognized by leaf symptoms that vary with the oak species affected. First the leaves wilt and turn brown in the top or crown of the tree and ends of side branches. There is some loss of leaves.
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(From the UDK, Nov. 24, 1914) That the game of football is here to stay is shown by the fact that three of the largest universities have this year erected spacious concrete stadiums, which will hold 150,000 people together.
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