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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1950
The Editorial Page-
BROTHERHOOD WEEK FEBRUARY 19-26 SPOTLIGHTING THE CULPRIT
What the world needs today more than anything else is a fresh baptism in the spirit of human brotherhood, together with a recognition of the fact that we are all children of the same great Father. There is room for all of us on this planet, and a kind Providence continues to shower its blessings upon us, but we must behave as civilized people should or pay the penalty for our transgressions. Albert S. Goss, Master
Our Last Hope
The National Grange.
Brotherhood Week is a national observance in which I have a deep interest. The Brotherhood of Man under the Fatherhood of God is the most fundamental and most potent concept in the achievement of lasting peace and happiness for mankind. The National Conference of Christians and Jews has made an outstanding contribution in instituting the practice of setting aside one week in each year for the advancement of this great ideal.
Wallace F. Bennett,
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President N.A.M.
The world would indeed be a much better place in which to live if everybody would put into practice the ideals of fellowship which are stressed during Brotherhood Week.
All too often conflicts arise because some men attempt to judge their fellowmen by the color of their skin, their nationality or their religion instead of by their deeds and ideals.
As the head of an organization that has placed much emphasis on the great need for abolishing discrimination, I give my wholehearted support to the Brotherhood Week observance.
Phillip Murray President, C.I.O.
The American Legion has repeatedly by convention mandate been committed to a program designed to eliminate intolerance and bigotry and to recognize the brotherhood of man. We have urged and shall continue to urge upon our members, a participation in the observation of Brotherhood Week with the idea of cementing the intent of all of our citizens, without regard to race, color, or politics, to maintain our American way of life.
—George N. Craig,
Commander, Amer. Leg.
I urge all citizens of these United States—men and women, boys and girls, of all creeds, colors and nationalities—to unite in the observance of Brotherhood Week. In so doing, they are following in the footsteps of those who wrote the Declaration of Independence, who helped lay the foundations of this republic, who announced to the world the principles on which it rested—that America is the home of those who believe in liberty, freedom and justice. We must all work together to keep it so.
—William Green, President, A.F.L.
Dear Editor-
Error Reported
Dear Editor:
Due to incorrect and improper information from Les Roenigk and others, there was a slight error in my Thursday article. The "new addition" Mr. Roenigk spoke of was not a baby, but a baby dog. My apologies to Mrs. Roenigk.
Dick Hunter
Now,Mr.Moore
Dear Editor:
In re Mr. Moore's letter "Big Mouths?" I feel that I must take exception to some of his remarks In view of the fact that there is considerable talking going on I will keep in vogue by taking exceptions for my part.
"Basketball has, unknown to many, changed considerably since the time of Dr. Naismith." Aside from changing the peach basket to a hoop and net and the ball to a more suitable spheroid for the game, the greatest change has been made in the number of spectators. There were few or none at the games in the 1890's.
Mr. Moore said the "game" stank. I actually thought the game was fine. Maybe he did too. He may be referring to the spectators, but I deny the validity of such an inference. As for conducting yourself so that your opponents will respect you after you have beat hell out of him, I would like to know just what is the proper mode of behavior to assume? I really didn't have any opponent at the game unless you would call the guy who was sitting across the auditorium from me with the girl I like to call my steady—an opponent.
If spectators did call the players "goon" and "meathead" I would have to agree that this is wrong. I find that from the distance the spectators are from the playing court it is quite difficult to differentiate between them that is and them that ain't goons and meatheads.
I don't really believe the crowd was cheering because Mr. Sullivan was sick. I believe, rather, that they were glad a sick man was not to officiate.
University
I was one of the spectators who was yelling the loudest and I feel very badly because Mr. Moore compared my voice to that of a braying jackass. This is unfair to both of us.
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Blake Clock Was Off Beam For Years — Was It Pigeons?
The old clock that once tick-tocked atop Blake hall has a story to tell that dates back to the early 1900's. Even the present clock has a story to tell, a story full of the idiosyncrasies of time-keeping.
By LEW SCIORTINO
The old clock, that is, the clock before the present one, was quite erratic. At times, the aged ticker was accurate, but usually it was 2 to 12 hours off. Finally, on some unrecorded day, it refused to run.
Then, the miracle-of-the-clock took place. Although no one knew why, suddenly the clock started running. A Kansan cub Reporter dashed out to check the tip and write the story. However, at the bottom of his scoop a late bulletin read; "the clock stopped without warning at 12:01"².
KMsa many causes were blamed for the clock's inaccuracy. The chief item of theoretical speculation was pigeons. The large hands of the clock made comfortable places for the roof-roosters to rest. The weight of the pigeons on either of the hands, it was argued, caused the clock to waver from its time-recording and resulted in either slowing down or speeding up of the Blake timepiece.
Dr. Allen is not the only person I know who questions decisions when he thinks they are misdirected. He is one of the "big three" of basketball coaches of this nation, and I don't believe Mr. Moore rates that high among judges of jackass braying.
This theory was soon shattered. The custodian of building and grounds put grease on the hands of
This happy - go - lucky timepiece was the topic of conversation and editorials. It even resulted in a poem written to it, entitled, "Owed to the Physics' Clock," by Grucchi Guilianne, and was printed in the Kansan March 4, 1912.
Richard L. Gray Freshmen Pre-Med
Seriously, we have a fine team and the spectators are like most others I have seen at various college contests. They're solid behind the school and have a keen desire to see the home team win. They may sometimes get carried away with this spirit, but all this disappears the very next day.
the clock. The hapless pigeons, unaware of the situation, lighted on their favorite campus roost as usual, only to slide off to their death on the curb below—at least that's how the story goes. Still, the clock continued to keep time according to its whimsy. Finally, in the early part of 1921, the clock was condemned to the junk heap and was replaced by the current clock.
This clock broke into the headlines Feb. 5, 1925. The headline read: "Blake Hall Tower Clock Breaks Faithful Record." The new clock was running slow! Again, the timepiece atop Blake hall was bombarded with editorials and comments. Again, no cause was known for its unpredictable acts. Not even the pigeons could be blamed this time. Finally, for no obvious reason, the old ticker perked along at a fairly accurate pace and all was well.
Then on the cold Monday morning of Feb. 9, 1942, the old clock bowed to the Congressional enactment concerning daylight saving and permitted its face to be lifted one hour. Since then, nothing of great significance has happened to the timepiece atop Blake hall. It tick-tokes along and usually it is right. Occasionally, however, like last Tuesday, it reverts to the actions of its predecessor and misses a few minutes one way or the other.
Bug Control Job To Student
Bertram I. Sparr, second year law student, has accepted a job with the United States Bureau of Agriculture at Kerrville, Texas. Sparr, who completed his requirements for his master's degree at the end of the fall semester, will work on insect controls and upon the development of insecticides.
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