WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1950
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
PAGE FIVE
Bv NELSON OBER
Even when they went further than that initial protest, a liberal-minded person could attempt an understanding of the action by concluding that the objective of the K-State people was to change for future years the conference ruling against a play-off within the Big Seven in case of a tie for the championship. If that were the case we would agree with them. A play-off would be the fairest thing.
But the actions of the K-Staters get more stupid all the time. At the time of the announcement of the selection of Kansas, most everyone expected some kind of an objection to be forthcoming from Aggieville. Such would be a normal reaction from anyone who didn't get what they expected and who sincerely ought they deserved it.
Quite possibly enough has been said already about this matter of Kansas State raising so much ruckus about the selection of the Jay Hawkers to represent the Big Seven in the Bradley play-off to determinate the fifth district entry in the National Collegiate Athletic association's Western division tournament.
But K-State didn't stop there. They have made it impossible to justify their actions. They have carried it too far, way beyond the rational extreme. Now it is just stupidity.
And the only conclusion is that the Kansas State people try too hard. They are really just a bunch of farmers, but they try to impress outsiders as something more.
Take the name of their athletic teams for example. "Aggies" it should be, but they call themselves the "Wildcats."
Then whenever anything comes up that displeases them they try to snarl—like "wildcats." But they only succeed in whining.
Their latest actions included a descent on the Kansas City Star in an attempt to see C. E. McBride, a demonstration at the capital building in Topeka, and another statement from Jack Gardner, K-State basketball coach.
Gardner's comments were an attempt at sarcasm. He was told of the statement made by Bruce Drake, Oklahoma basketball coach and chairman of the fifth district N.C.A.A. selection committee, that no change in the selection of K.U. would be made. Gardner said:
"We made a mistake by winning by such tremendous scores in our early, tough schedule.
"We should have lost those early tough games so we could have come fast at the end."
He said that he regarded the committee's position as "ridiculous."
"We beat a first place club on the final night and Kansas lost to a fifth place club. They're considering only the last six games. Why not the last seven? The seventh game saw us beat Kansas here.
"We happened to play our second game with Kansas at Kansas. If the schedule had been turned around and we'd have played that one here, it might have been a lot different.
"In the games we lost to Missouri and Kansas, our top man, Clarence Brannum, was playing without practice because of his sore foot."
In part this person, Milton Eisenhower, president of Kansas State, said, "it seems to me that the Big Seven conference must adopt for future years a better method of selecting a team in case of a tie in the regular standings.
The only half-way intelligent comment we have heard from up the river came from a man who HAS to act intelligent—because he is a college president.
"If another team must represent the Big Seven this year, I'm glad that team is from Kansas. I know the Jayhawkers will ably represent the conference. I'll be supporting them all the way."
In March 1934 the closing hours of the library were extended to 10 p. m.
Thanks, Mr. Eisenhower.
Tuesday's College Basketball Results
National
BALL RESULTS
Invitation Tournament at
New York
(Quarter-Finals)
Duquesne 49 Lasalle 47
C.C.N.Y. 89 Kentucky 50
N.A.I.B. Tournament at Kansas City
Puget Sound 70 Southeastern Louisiana 69 (overtime)
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Brooklyn College 79 Appalachian
East Central Oklahoma 70 Kansas Westleyan 68
Indiana State 65 Delta State 59
Arkansas Tech 75 Morningside 64
Baldwin-Wallace 84 Kalamazoo 70
East Texas State 55 South Dakota 54
River Falls (Wis.) 80 Eastern Illinois 68
Reach Ping-Pong Division Finals
Competition in women's intramural table tennis doubles has reached the play-off games for division championships. Winners of those two games will meet to determine the tournament titlists.
In division I Caroline Crosier and Angeline Stavros, Jayettes, will meet Grace Gwinner and Doris Tihen, Gamma Phi Beta. The Jayettes defeated Jeannette Bolas and Dorothy Christenson, Watkins, in the semifinals while the Gamma Phi couple won out over Bonnie Clark and Patricia Watson, Sigma Kappa.
For division II Rita Carl and Margaret Stodder, Pi Beta Phi, are matched with Jeanne Hillyer and Nancy Smart, Kappa Kappa Gamma. The Pi Phi team defeated Joyce Herschell and Virginia Tinker, Jolliffe, and the Kappa's were victors over Mona Millikan and Betty van der Smissen, Temruth, in the semifinals.
Dependents of deceased veterans on VA pension and compensation rolls at the end of 1949 included 196,088 widows and 237,030 children.
Easton Lists Kansas Relays Committee
The 1950 Kansas Relays Student council was announced by Bill Eason, track coach, today.
Members are chosen during their freshman year for scholarship, experience, and leadership qualities. The committee is perpetuated on the merit basis. The 1950 Relays committee is as follows:
Senior managers: Donald Mellrath and Ralph Simmons, College seniors.
Junior representatives: William Leake, engineering junior; David Mordy and Victor Eddy, College juniors; and Sterling Wagener, business junior.
Sophomore representatives: Tony Bontz, engineering sophomore; John Wilhelmey, College sophomore; David Rabb, College and medicine sophomore; and Jerry Armstrong, engineering sophomore.
Freshman representatives: Jerry Brownlee, Robert Mehl, Donald Ellis, Walter Cole, Edward Taylor, and Robert Knightly, all College freshmen.
The Relays are to be held April 21 and 22 at the University.
Students Not Stool Pigeons
Tuscaloosa, Ala.—(U.P.)—Seventy-six students at the University of Alabama were polled on whether they favored an honor system. Thirty-nine students favored the proposal but 48 said they wouldn't tell on a student if they saw him cheating in classes.
Career Ends In Rat Trap
Scotia, N. Y. —(U.P.)—When a local resident found a bushy-tailed animal with a white stripe down its back in a rat trap he had set, he knew it wasn't a rat. Police answered his appeal for help and ended the career of a full-grown skunk.
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Architectural students are now eligible to enter two design contests sponsored by the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design in cooperation with the Tile Council of America. Six awards totaling $325 will be given.
The first contest calls for a side wall sketch for a flower shop and must be completed in nine consecutive hours between February 13 and Monday, April 17. The second is a design for a children's tuberculosis sanitarium. It must be completed in five consecutive weeks between Monday, March 20 and Monday, May 29.
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