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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1950
TODAY'S MAIL Logical
Sir:
I have been following with interest that readers of the University Daily Kansan have had to say regarding the naming of the fieldhouse. Offhand, it certainly sounds like a splendid idea to name the new fieldhouse after the two men who have figured most prominently in basketball, not only in Kansas but perhaps in the nation.
The name of Naismith is logical because Dr. Naismith invented the game. Allen is also logical because Dr. Allen has done a great service to the University for more than a quarter century. Most logical of all is Prof. John Malone's suggestion that the name be combined into Naismith-Allen fieldhouse.
However, it is my understanding that it is University policy not to name any building after a person still living. For this reason, it seems likely that when the fieldhouse is finally completed, and a name for it is sought, that Dr. Allen will have to be left out in the naming.
While it doesn't seem exactly right to leave him out, it looks like that is what will happen. Dr. Allen is a spry old gentleman. He will be around for quite some time. While it doesn't seem exactly right to penalize him for staying alive, it looks like that might very well happen.
No doubt the board of regents has a good reason for not naming buildings after living persons. Yet it would seem that here, in view of Phog Allen's long and creditable service to the University, they might make an exception to that rule and name the fieldhouse Naismith-Allen.
James S. Morris Journalism senior
Ed. Note: As far as we are able to find out, Mr. Morris is correct in believing that it is University policy not to name any University building after persons still alive. However, whether an exception should be made in this case is open to debate. How do other readers feel about it?
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Marvin McMahon Elaine Elvig
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The Editors Report -
IF WE HAD OUR WAY:
A Queen A Day ye Ed
Our attention has once again been focused on the astounding number of pretty girls we have on the campus. The Sour Owl, the R.O.T.C. units, Homecoming, the Kansas Relays, the Hobnail Hop, and a staggering number of other organizations choose beauty queens every year. We've noticed that a different girl seems to be chosen each time.
We think it's a grand idea to pick beauty queens. We've never had much practical experience at the thing yet it has always seemed an appealing way to pass time.
If we had our way, we would see to it that every co-ed had a chance to become "Queen Something or Other" at least once while she was enrolled at the University. It's an honor every girl should get.
Nothing boosts a girl's morale so much as being thought beautiful. Nothing, that is, except being told that she is . . . which may explain why so many of them make a point of passing the lawbarn at least once a day.
A.S.C. ELECTIONS ARE
A Serious Business
ye ED
Tomorrow, the annual spring election of class officers and president and district representatives will be held. Polls open at 7:30 a.m. and close at 6 p.m. We're reminding you of this event today because we think you ought to take part in the event tomorrow.
It really is a simple procedure: you go to one of the polls in the basement of Strong, Fraser, Haworth, Green, or Marvin, present your identification card, obtain a ballot, fill it out, and drop it in a box. You only have to go through the ordeal once. Altogether, it should take you only a minute or two.
In theory, anyway, that's how you vote in an All Student Council election. If you're living in an organized house, you probably know all about it. You'll be voting tomorrow. You don't want to receive a stiff fine for not voting. But if you don't live in an organized house, we have a few tips that might make this "theory" a bit more workable for you.
First, get down to your poll early. We suggest you get there no later than 7:30 a.m. Don't worry about missing breakfast. It is far more important that you vote. If you can't make it at 7:30, get down to your poll as early as you can. We suggest you try to make it by 7:31. We have heard of polls running out of ballots. You want yours, don't you?
Second, don't be impatient if there are a few other students ahead of you waiting to vote. Get in line anyway.
Third, stay in line even if you have to cut class. Ask your poll-worker to give you an excuse. It really won't be valid, but you've got to do your patriotic duty and vote. If your professor seems unwilling to accept the poll-excuse, point out to him that it is a citizen's patriotic duty to vote. A little patter along the line of "It's like you're always saying, Professor Snarf, it's a person's patriotic duty to vote" may turn the trick if he's a particularly hard nut to crack.
Fourth, be prepared to wait in line. Go prepared with a box lunch. Take along a Daily Kansan in case you want something to read. If you should get stuck in an extremely long line, take along an Irish "line-shortener." If you don't have one of these, last winter's hockey stick will work just as well.
Five, when you finally get to the voting booth, he sure to make out two ballots. Put one in the ballot box and the duplicate in your pocket. Please follow this important step. If you don't, you may forget who you voted for. There really is no point in voting if you can't recall later for whom you voted.
Six, make no wagers on the election's outcome. We have it straight from the horse's mouth that. . . ! Oops, we almost forgot that's a secret to which we're supposed to be clingin'!
Memphis, Tenn.—(U.P.) The thief who robbed a grocery store of $100 cash wrigled through window fan blades to enter the building.
He Was Nearly A Cut-up
Pontotoc, Miss. — (U.P.) J. A. Monts has a sow that keeps his farm littered with pigs—55 pigs since last August.
Pig Litters Mississippi Farm
Take A Break For A Tasty Snack
- Tempting Sandwiches
- Fountain Specials
- Sizzling Steaks — 5 to 7:30
CURB SERVICE AFTER 4 P.M.
Military Base At Guam Goes To Civilians July 1
Washington, D. C.-The plan to transfer the government of Guam from naval to civilian control by Saturday, July 1, 1950, promises the second major change in this tiny American outpost since the end of World War II.
Conversion of Guam, southernmost of the Marianas group, from a sleepy tropical island into a key military and naval base was the first big postwar development undertaken. Although actually begun in the closing year of the drive on Japan, the program picked up momentum with the coming of peace.
Today Guam has two permanent air fields, both built on the level land of its northern plateau. Port Apra, the large natural harbor on the southwest coast, boasts mooring space for more than 40 ships, submarine pens, dry docks, and a breakwater to protect the new installations against destructive typhoons. Road improvements include four-lane highways, some running the length of the island.
This is a vast change from the pre-war Guam, whose defenses in 1941 were weaker than those in 1920 because the United States had honored the demilitarization terms of the Washington Naval Conference. Located about 3,750 miles closer to the Far East than Pearl Harbor, the
island now plays a vital role as a supply base for American forces in Okinawa and Japan.
The reconstruction of cities and the revival of the Guannian economy, however, are still incomplete. Agana, the capital city five miles north of Port Apra, was leveled during the recapture of the island from Japan in 1944. By mid-1948 a new Guam congress building had emerged from the rubble, but there is still considerable need for new construction, particularly housing. This holds true for other settlements on the island.
In pre-war years Guam's chief cash crop was copra, but many of the island's coconut trees were either destroyed by the war or have been cut to make room for the new developments. Copra exports averaged about 3,000 tons annually before the war, but no shipments at all were made in 1948.
were made in the field.
To counteract this loss, U. S. officials have been encouraging the Chamorros, native Guamanians, to increase their crop agriculture. Before the Japanese attack, homegrown corn was the island's chief food staple. Other crops included rice, sweet potatoes, tapioca and taro, and such tropical fruits as bananas, avocados, mangoes and papayas.
'Small Things'
by Keith Leslie
If you are acquainted with chemistry, you may be interested in this scientific analysis of a familiar element, woman.
Symbol—Wo.
Discovered—First detected in pure form by Adam in Garden of Eden.
Physical properties:
1. Boils at anything.
2. Freezes at nothing.
3. Melts when properly treated.
4. Very bitter if not used well.
5. Very unstable under pressure.
Accepted weight 116.
2. Reacts violently if left alone.
3. Has ability to absorb great quantities of food.
Occurrence—Surplus quantity is found in metropolitan areas.
Chemical properties:
1. Possesses great affinity for gold, silver, platinum and precious stones.
Test—Turns green if placed beside better looking specimen. Uses:
3. Useful as an equalizer in distribution of weattn.
2. Useful as a catalyst in acceleration of low spirits.
1. Highly ornamental.
4. Probably the most effective income reducing agent known to man.
CAUTION !! Highly explosive in inexperienced hands.
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