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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 20, 1950
The Editorial Page-
Pearls Of Wisdom
Determined to recognize rather than sidestep the international situation which may again drain its enrollment, the University has created a course combining the analizations and predictions of fifteen noted authorities. Several hundred students listed attentively while Chancellor Deane W. Malott delivered the initial lecture Tuesday night, setting forth his interpretation of The World in Crisis.
Closing his address with a dynamic quotation, the chancellor surprised his audience by revealing its source—a speech by Victor Hugo at the Peace Conference of 1849. His words seem worth repeating for students who have not adjusted their schedules to include the University's most up-to-the-minute discussion of world affairs:
"A day will come when the only battle field will be the market open to commerce, and the mind opening to new ideas. A day will come when bullets and bombshells will be replaced by votes, by the universal suffrage of nations, by arbitration of a sovereign senate—which will be to the whole world what the Parliament is today in England.
"A day will come when a cannon ball will be exhibited in public museums, just as an instrument of torture is now, and the people will be astonished how such a thing could have been. A day will come when these two immense groups shall be seen extending the hand of fellowship across the ocean, exchanging their products, their industry, their arts, their genius, clearing the earth, peopling the desert, improving creation under the eye of the Creator, and uniting for the good of all these two irresistible powers—the fraternity of men, and the power of God."
Kansan Comments . . .
University officials say that the current expansion of military forces will probably have little effect on enrollment, but fraternity members are still wondering how a minority of actives is going to rule a majority of pledges.
Numerous four-wheeled personalities have disappeared from the campus since the end of rush week, and Witty Wilbur boasts, "For two whole weeks I was most popular boy in the house."
Registration lines seem to be maintaining their reputation tor a jungle-like appearance. A new pledge proudly brought home a two-dollar membership card for the Independent Student association.
U. N.E.S.C.O. seemed an oddity when it was added to the list of organizations known by initials, but it seems there is another even longer one. The S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A. was an American and Canadian society until servicemen carried it to other parts of the world during the war. It is, of course, the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartette Singing in America.
Little Man On Campus
by Bibler
"He just found out he'll have to pay for all these supplies—the vet's office phoned him he ran out of G.J. bill."
Dear Editor-
Dear Editor,
Suggestion Box
During the school year, you and the various members of your staff offer suggestions to the All Student Council. We of the ASC recognize your suggestions and either accept or reject them as we think best for the student body as a whole.
I would like to offer one to you. Accept it or reject it as you think best.
I think that it has been your policy to have an independent reporter assigned to the ASC in the past. It has been the opinion of most of the student council members that the reports issued thereupon have been biased to the extent of giving the campus the wrong opinion of what goes on in the council.
Why not a Greek? I do not mean to give the impression that I want a biased opinion in the opposite direction, but instead a completely unbiased report.
I do not mean that all Greek reporters are unbiased, but there are such unbiased individuals. I am sure that the student body would get a clearer interpretation of the ASC.
However, I do not mean to tell you how to run your newspaper.
Tom White. ASC
(Business senior)
Male Shortage
Dear Editor,
As a senior at the University of Kansas this fall, I am faced with a strange and miserable problem, the likes of which I never believed would involve myself or any of my friends.
I am 21 years old and a normal, not overly-eager, perfectly typical co-ed. My past three years at this University have been filled with the usual academic requirements and electives, a sensible amount of time spent in "hill" activities of my choice, and a more than absolutely necessary number of credits toward a Ph.D. in campusology and night life. Frankly, I've had a wonderful time!
Now—the horrible realization has struck me. There are very few veterans of the unmarried variety which used to be so plentiful. No longer do the new students hold any attraction for me or my friends. They're too young. As the situation now stands, even the 21-year-olds are picked over and few are left available. What, with the world in such a state, is a 21-year-old college girl to do?
Upon my entrance into K.U. as a freshman, no thought of marriage entered my mind. I wanted my degree and the privileges of "dating around." Now, I am leaving the University in the spring and, although I shall have my sought-after degree, I shall be minus the one thing so many of my peers have taken with them—a man. This, my last year, I only wish all the available-of-age men would get on the ball.
You will notice I have asked my name to be withheld by request. Perhaps it seems illogical since I am so actively interested in any response this might bring. However, I prefer to remain anonymous with regard to the criticism this outlook may promote from some who may feel differently.
I merely want to "date around." Colleague series
(Name withheld by request)
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