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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1951
Thought for the Day
Consistency is a paste jewel that only cheap men cherish.
—William Allen White.
The Editorial Page-
Report Of Discrimination
The Kansas Commission Against Employment Discrimination was created by the 1949 session of the Kansas legislature to find out if discrimination exists in Kansas, and if so, what kind.
The Commission has completed its report and has submitted the following conclusions to the governor and legislature.
1. Employment discrimination exists in Kansas against citizens of the United States, at least on the basis of race, color, and national origin.
2. Such discrimination is practiced by employers and labor unions, and usually manifests itself in general confinement of work to areas of unskilled, semi-skilled, and service of maintenance occupations, or in not hiring people from certain groups in the community.
The commission found no evidence of religious discrimination Generally, the report says, the employers stated a desire to solve the problem by voluntary action, and generally, the employees discriminated against, stated a desire for legislative action.
The research department of the Kansas Legislative Council sent 900 questionnaires to employers throughout the state as a sampling of the state's employers. The 473 employers who returned the questionnaires hire slightly more than 25 per cent of all employees in the state.
Of the companies reporting from counties with 1 per cent or more Negro population (1940 census), and companies with out-of-state headquarters, about one-half of the companies hired Negroes. About one-third hired Mexicans.
The majority of employers indicated that the highest positions held by Negroes were service positions, while about one-third of the industries had Negroes in semi-skilled, skilled, or positions that involved meeting the public.
Most employers reported satisfaction with Negroes' attendance at work, skill, and attitude toward their jobs.
Supplementary studies by chambers of commerce and county councils for U.N.E.S.C.O. in selected cities reached the same conclusions as those of the Legislative Council.
The report was made to supply the necessary information to the Kansas legislature determining whether or not actual discrimination exists. The report has found that discrimination does exist. House Bill No. 259 offers a sound way to begin solving the inequalities that plague our society.—E.J. C.
田立珍
This year K.U. has seen fatal accidents, polio victims, robberies and fires. After these experiences, it might be said that this seat of learning is getting somewhat calloused.
Little Man On Campus
"Take Meyers for psychology—He lets his classes out early an' sometimes doesn't even come. Old Prof. Thornton is so old he doesn't take roll in English III. Prof Baker just got married, so he won't be anxious to give outside assignments that he'll have to grade——."
Nurses' Aide Training Begins
The first course in nurses' aide training for civil defense began today at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City.
Classes will be held every Tuesday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. for ten weeks. The first five weeks will be used for class training, and the second five weeks will be actual practice on the floor.
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Charles B. Newell, hospital administrator at the Medical Center, said the classes are open to Kansas area residents. Information about the program may be obtained by writing to the Shawnee Mission Red Cross chapter headquarters, Mission Kan., or by calling Hedrick 3115.
Mr. Newell suggested that all persons planning to enroll in nurses aide training do so as soon as possible.
Mrs. Ora McCormick, a member of the department of nursing faculty. will be in charge of the course.
The Silvery Moon
Yesteryears
(From the UDK, Oct. 28, 1914)
Last year the noble cause of early hours was advanced by ending all United Nations conferences. This year that little life seems to have been overlooked, and, owing to that and the admirable system of street lighting enjoyed by the city, people who go to dances have to wander home by the light of the moon, when there happens to be a moon.
For no particular reason, it is customary to begin parties rather late and so, of course, they must continue late. Hitherto the men have been accustomed to blame it on the girls, contending that it takes a girl from two to six hours to get ready. Like many other theories, this is interesting if true.
Child Development Is Topic
Daily Kansan
Small Change Unwanted
Alfred Baldwin, professor of psychology, will speak on "Recent Research in Child Development" at the monthly meeting of the University nursery school parents at 8 p.m. Wednesday, 1100 Missouri avenue.
University
The sale of newspapers on the streets of colonial America was rare until after the early 1830's. Previously, the papers were delivered to subscribers by post riders.
Houston, Tex. (U.P.)—An indignant burglar couldn't be bothered with small change. He left $2 in pennies scattered on the floor after entering the home of Miss Gwen Long-necker, smashing a glass piggy bank and getting away with $32 in bills and silver.
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Get Thee Behind Me, Satan
By FRANCIS KELLEY
Satan: "What are you doing down here? We didn't expect for another 15 years."
Former motorist: "I came to a dead end at highway intersection while I was..."
Satan: "Drunk?"
Former motorist: "Not this time. I was driving along minding my business when . . ."
Former motorist: "Only 55. You see, I was changing stations on the radio and couldn't . . ."
Satan: "How fast?"
Satan: "Run a stop sign?"
Former motorist: "No, I had the right of way, but the guy in the other car wasn't up on the rules and . . ."
Satan: "And you wouldn't let him bluff you?"
Former motorist: "Well, I braked hard and swerved to miss him,
but . ."
Satan: "Good brakes?"
Former motorist: "Brand new, but the road was wet and . . ."
Satan: "Hurt the other car?"
Former motorist: "Never touched it. My car hit a road marker, turned upside down and tore out 80 feet of fence posts, but the other car . . ."
Satan: "The other car wasn't even scratched?"
Former motorist: "No. you see I . . ."
Satan: "I'm sorry, but I can't allow you to enter down here. How could you expect to hold your head high among our motorists? You weren't drunk, you weren't driving 70 miles an hour, your brakes were good, you swerved to avoid another car when you had the right of way, and you took to the ditch rather than crash.
"I think you can see that your admittance here would lower our standards and would tend to undermine the morale of our motorists. Why don't you try St. Peter? He's not as crowded as we down here..."
The Public's Pulse-
Upstream Re-examined
Dear Editor:
Recently a letter appeared in which the editors of Upstream completely missed the point of the criticism directed at them for printing the two stories, "Black Fisher," and "The Handkerchief." They claim that they are not prejudiced and that is true as anyone knows who reads Upstream. But, they do not realize that the two stories aid in the spread of "radical" prejudice even though the editors themselves would like to eliminate it.
1. The Negro is pictured as a dangerous individual, crazy, wild, in a rage who uses knives and razors. In "Black Fisher", we find just such a description of the Negro, like "crazy n----r", "he was shivering and hiccupping and walling his eyes" and "he was getting wild again".
Both stories make use of emotionally colored words and phrases commonly associated with stereotypes that are designed to degrade the Negro people. I can think of several stereotypes used in novels and short stories, but for illustration three will suffice:
2. The Negro is pictured as a lazy, shuffling, shiftless individual, Thus is "Black Fisher", the Negro is shown lazily fishing in the sun and in the "Hunderkierchief", Fanny, the Negro maid (always the Negro servant), is described as follows, "Fanny shuffles through the Hall".
3. The Negro is pictured as a course uncivilized beast, utterly devoid of feelings and ill-mannered. In "Black Fisher", the author has the Negro eat a live fish and a dead crab.
The stories have many other disgusting and untrue characterizations of the Negro. The danger in the use of these stereotypes is that, unthinkingly, the reader begins to associate the undesirable characteristics attributed to one or more individuals with every member of that group and in this case, it is the Negro people. This subtle technique of stereotypes has been used specifically to help establish in the minds of people, the myth of "the inferiority of the Negro people."
Hence, the use of stereotypes in stories published by Upstream is contradictory to the aims and purposes of the editors, one of which is to put an end to prejudice. The editors should reconsider their present position and refuse to publish, in the future, any story or article which tends to foster prejudice.
Name Withheld Graduate Studen
Graduate Student
Rodney Nipnap says the statue of The Old Pioneer just east of Fraser hall was originally slated to be a monument to the W.P.A. workers of the "30's.
The Kansas City Star recently ran a feature on Big Seven cagers of the long drawn-out type. Rodney Nipnap wishes they'd run one of professors of the same type.
We're not advocating insect controls when we point out the fact that the campus is infested with borers.
Memo to football and basketball stars: Your income tax returns must be filed by March 15. ___
We know superstition won't permit it, but don't you think it would be nice if "Phog" Allen wore a green tie on St. Patrick's Day?
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