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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1950
Bearded Men Meet Opposition
By DICK MARSHALL
Many fine crops of face foliage have developed this semester. The beard has quickly spread over the campus and has come as a shock to coeds who don't appreciate handsome faces hiding behind crops of cookie dusters.
Fifty years ago it was common to see a young man cultivating mutton chops, an imperial Van Dyke, or a Buffalo Bill goatee and handlebars, but today these things are unusual and cause furtive glances from observers.
It is becoming more common to hear someone remark to a fellow behind a hair mattress. "Look out! You'll get lost in that brush heap," or, "Hey boy! Come out of the wilderness." To which the "mattress mushes" usually reply with, "I'm traveling incognito", or, "Careful! You might flash a covey of quail", when someone attempts to give the beard a yank.
The "Brothers of the Brush" are acquiring many nicknames as well as a lot of ribbing, Whiskers, Abe, Fuzzball, Earthquake McGoon, Hairless Joe, Curly, Cactus, and Brush Mush are just a few of them.
Reasons for growing the beards vary greatly. Harry Kirsnher, College junior, says, "I saw some of the other fellows wearing them so I decided to grow one. I first got the idea of growing a beard when I was 12. I saw a picture of my father as a young man wearing a goatie and that was my inspiration."
Harry sports an imperial Van Dyke and mustache. This type beard covers the chin only and is similar to those worn by the Spanish conquistadores of the 16th century.
"Until Easter I told people I was going to be in a Passion Play, but now I don't have an excuse". he said, "A guy with a beard has to be careful. If he gets carless when he's lighting a cigarette he's liable to get a cheap singe." Harry says his girl doesn't mind it and that he intends to keep it indefinitely.
Justin Copple, engineering sophomore, accounts for his red Abe Lincoln beard and mustache as a
Washington, D.C.—(U.P.)—What is so rare as a new chief of state who doesn't inherit budget worries?
Casino And No Income Tax Keep Monaco Worry Free
The tiny principality of Monaco can point to its youthful ruler, the 26-year-old Prince Rainier who has officially succeeded his grandfather, the late Louis II, as sovereign of the land that boasts both the legendary Monte Carlo Casino and no personal income tax for its citizens.
Making ends meet for the 370-acre state sounds like simplicity in a world of complex financial problems. Monaco, the National Geographic society points out, gets virtually all its needed revenues from levies on cigarettes and matches; from fees on seafood; from foreign dealers; and from the concession fee on the gaming tables of the glittering Casino.
The full-fledged beneficiaries of this unusual budget system are comparatively few, however. Only about one-sixth of the principality's 22,000 people are citizens. This low ratio is maintained by rigidly restricting naturalization to those whose families have resided in Monaco for four generations. Once citizenship is achieved, it carries complete freedom not only from income tax but also from military conscription.
Non-citizens and visitors, who do not enjoy tax immunity, may derive some consolation from the fact that budget funds take care of the upkeep for the principality's celebrated Exotic gardens and the world - famous Oceanographic museum, opened 39 years ago by the late Albert I.
20 Attend Lake Retreat
FOR A CAREER ABROAD...
Twenty persons attended the retreat of the K.U. Disciple fellowship at Lone Star lake Sunday.
The American Institute for Foreign
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for international business training.
The students discussed plans for next year in five fields: social, publicity, finance, membership and special projects. A short business meeting was held.
- Principles and Practices of Foreign Trade. Export-import procedures, finance, accounting, marketing, advertising, international economics, industrial relations.
- Area Studies Latin America, Far East, Europe
★ Modern Languages Spanish, Portuguese
Applications now being accepted for September 1950 semester
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William L. Schurz, President Thunderbird Field, Phoenix, Arizona
Journalism School To Sponsor Contest
A newspaper public relations contest to be sponsored by the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information will be discussed before the Inland Press association by Dean Burton W. Marvin in Chicago Monday.
The contest is intended to give recognition to the newspapers in the association which do the best job of explaining newspaper service and in making the public aware of this service. Certificates will be awarded the winning newspapers.
Dean Marvin will leave for Chicago Saturday and will return Tuesday, May 23.
matter of dress. "I'm from Mission but I'm in K.C. so much that I'd feel naked without one. My first ambition was to grow a handlebar mustache, but I decided to grow a beard just to see if I could do it. I surprised me," Coppel said.
Henry VIII is the type beard worn by Irvin Gaston, education junior from Kansas City, Kan. This beard follows the line of his jawbone, and along with his handlebar mustache has earned the nickname Ninja. Orson Wes, Henry VIII, Monty Wooley, and Ulysses S. Grant.
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Irvin started to grow his beard Feb. 20, and says he may keep it after the Centennial depending on the amount of discomfort it will cause during hot weather. "My girl doesn't mind my beard, but she wants me to trim my mustache" he said.
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Jack Meeker, fine arts senior, is striving to grow a Buffalo Bill goatze and handlehairs. "The only reason for growing it," Jack remarked, "outside the Centennial is that I'm too lazy to shave. I started to grow a mustache two years ago but the fellows at the house held me down and shaved it off, but I'm getting away with it this time."
Figuring that the average human hair grows 1-64 of an inch a day, Rip Van Winkle's beard was 9-feet and 9-64 inches long after 20 years. If you're thinking of growing a beard, keep that figure in mind and do your best.
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