PAGE TEN UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1950 The Editorial Page Goodbye Tropics! A Palm room in Kansas is just about as appropriate as a snowball in Hades, especially when the room actually contains no palm trees. Members of the Union operating committee recently arrived at this conclusion while toying with the idea of revising the Union building's newest addition from a glorified dining room into a student hangout. A surge of antagonism followed an announcement last week saying, "A new name for the Palm room—the Hawk's Nest—and a new policy in its management have been announced by Dr. Laurence C. Woodruff, chairman of the Union Operating committee." The antagonism was doubtless motivated by a natural resistance to change and accelerated by ignorance of behind-the-scene facts. Without eliminating the serving of regular dinners each evening and Sunday noon, the Palm room—oops, Hawk's Nest—will provide popular-priced luncheons throughout the week. From the coffee bar will be served fruit juices, coffee, and rolls. A portable steam table for breakfasts will be set up beside the coffee bar each morning. Waiters will be on duty daily to provide fountain service. The Palm room was originally equipped with a fountain, but it has been idle until now. Plans to create an atmosphere appropriate to the new name are not yet complete, but Pat Bowers (fine arts student who painted murals on the Kansas room walls of Watson library) has been commissioned to submit ideas for redecoration. Believing a change of management should be accompanied by the choice of a more appropriate name for the Union's pet project, committee members began fishing for a new form of nomenclature. With three guiding posts—suitability to locality, conformity to school traditions, and informality—the group tested a series of suggestions. Obviously their choice was the Hawk's nest. Originally conceived as a fountain enlargement, the Palm room was changed to a dining room before its doors were first opened three years ago. Since that time, thousands of dinners have been served from the Palm room menu. Still, patronage has not indicated as great a need for that establishment as the need for an outlet to the overflowing fountain. Thus, in an effort to give students what they want without necessitating trips off the campus, Union officials have revised the Palm room's policy. Those sentimentalists who were reluctant to discard the name—Palm room—and substitute the new creation which evolved from several months of contemplation may be less hesitant after learning the motivations which brought about the revision. Within six months every student who patronizes the Union will probably chuckle when he thinks of the day when the Nest used to have that strange name—the Palm room. Vital Vocal Chords (Editor's note: Don Hull, head cheerleader for the University, has written the following editorial in an attempt to solicit the support of all students attending K.U.'s first football game of the season. Few persons on the campus are more interested in promoting pep.) When the Rock Chalk chant reverberates from Memorial stadium Saturday afternoon, every student attending the game will become part of a thrilling tradition. It might be termed an invincible spirit which we on Mt. Oread feel toward the crimson and the blue. I have heard opponents mock the chant, attempting to diminish its power. But it is this power which creates solidarity among the eleven men on the field and gives them that invincibleness. If you think the team is deaf to voices of the crowd, ask McCormack, Amberg, Talkington—or anyone who lives, eats and sleeps football. True, their every thought must be concentrated upon the game itself, but it's a great impetus to hear a solid body of friends give their continual support—organized support. If the team has tried a "play" which did not work, their confidence may be shaken momentarily—but only momentarily as they break from their huddle amid the impact of a united student yell. Support will be more meaningful than ever this year with sophomores filling in key spots—sophomores with ability but little experience. Assurance can often pinch-hit for experience, so let's show the guys beneath the helmets that we're for them. It is not improbable that the outcome of Saturday's game may be affected by the cheering section. Lovellette and Born are expected to bring national basketball fame to K.U. after they begin playing on the same squad. They should. Look what they've done already without even playing a game together. When a biological science group discovered a young 'possum scrounging around a garbage barrel behind Snow hall Thursday morning, one student expressed the belief that said 'possum must think he was inside the Union cafeteria. Students should enroll in entomology and geology at the same time. Not only could they learn names of bugs, but they could also learn names of rocks under which they find the bugs. Come on, are we gonna beat T.C.U?. Dear Editor. A Male's Comment A wonderful thing this Letters to the Editor column-think what can be accomplished! An old maid of a co-ed can get everything off her mind which has been bothering her, and no one will be the wiser. According to the letter written Wednesday by Miss Sorrowful Jones (College senior, name withheld by request) all we men are supposed to feel sorry for all senior women who are in the precarious situation of not yet having corraled a man. Surely either the good Lord or Harry Truman will see fit to deliver all senior women from the horrible fate of passing graduation date before setting the wedding date. Yes, I agree with Miss Sorrowful Jones when she says the "horrible realization" has now struck her. Probably the most horrible thing about this realization is that she has never exercised her mind enough to realize anything before. It seems as though she has been exercising her sex appeal so much the past three years that she hasn't had time to prepare herself for this awful senior year—when men no longer come in packages of six and when the boys no longer call up three weeks in advance for a coke date, but somehow think a week is far enough in advance. It certainly is too bad that our insipid co-ed can't spend three years choosing her dates on the point system (referring to the little black book, juggling pins, and breaking hearts, and then—presto-chango—put the bee on some Sir Galahad and sink her hooks in deep. Ain't it a terrible injustice? You know, Miss Jones, "Life is just one big bowl of withered fruit. Death, oh death, where art thou sting?" "I wanted my degree and the privilege of dating around," says the 21-year-old spinster. The degree she is seeking is an M.R.S., but the requirement for the degree is not a collection of fraternity pins. Her use of the phrase "dating around" is the understatement of the year. It's funny, but I was under the impression that there are still a lot of us around who are 21 or older. I should know, since I'm one of them. If Sorrowful had to fight the battle in the V.A. office, she would realize that there are a lot of war horses left. The ratio may not be ten to one any more, but it's a cinch there are still enough eligibles to give any 21-year-old co-ed the advantage. I realize that women don't run after men, but neither do bear traps run after bears. I might suggest Miss Jones run a want ad in the University Daily Kansan if she thinks she hasn't enough on the ball to nab a man. Sorry, honey, but you get no sympathy from this corner. Thanks Anyway Dear Editor, Jack Stewart (business senior) by Bibler The most obvious attempt by a pressure group to obtain favorable publicity for an organization on the Little Man On Campus "An' remember, Fritzgerald, when you're lookin' over the other clubs, don't forget that the Signa Phi Nothing Frat has the biggest television screen on the campus." Kansan Comments... When a University student called the residence of Roger Lane Clubb Thursday to obtain information concerning his selection for a Fulbright scholarship, a feminine voice on the other end of the line reported the sought-after scholar was not at home. Persistently, the student demanded to know where Clubb could be reached, but his mother offered no telephone number. Clubb had sailed for England. Believing that every businessman should be proficient in the game of golf, Eugene Balloon (B.S.A. president) has announced an off-the-record intent to make Elementary Golf a requisite for graduation from the School of Business. His name now appears on the enrollment list in the athletic office. "What should you do when an atom bomb bursts?" is the subject of various articles flooding American communication media, and a contemplative co-ed wonders whether the Russians are receiving similar instructions. campus is evident in the letter written by Tom White (ASC) and published in the Kansan Wednesday. Mr. White asks in his letter that a "Greek" reporter be assigned to cover All Student Council meetings. Though he denies it in said letter, Mr. White's intention is quite clear. He wants biased news reports in the Kansan. It is well known that fraternal organizations on the Hill have many ways of inducing their members to follow the "party line." We wish to state here and now that the Kansan has not and will not be influenced by such petty political tactics as these. Prior to receipt of Mr. White's letter a reporter, who happens to be an independent student, was assigned to cover ASC activities this semester. The coverage will be unbiased. Francis J. Kelley (U.D.K. City Editor) World War II veterans may be eligible for a direct loan from the Veterans Administration for the purchase of a home. University Daily Kansan Adv. Room K.U.376 News Room K.U.251 Student Newspaper of the UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Member of the Kansas Press Assm. Press Assm, and the Associated Collegiate Press. Represented by the National Ad- dress Service 420 Madison Ave., New York City. Editor-In-Chief Doris Greenbank Managing Editor Business Manager John Hill Forrest Bellus Managing Editor Greene John Hill Business Manager Forrest Bellus Asst. Managing Editors ... 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