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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1950
The Editorial Page-
How Tall Or How Old?
There's nothing like a good controversy to break the monotony on dull days—especially when K.U. and K-State are involved. State's head basketball coach, reticent Jack Gardner, a man of a few thousand words, touched off the latest fuss when he averred as how our Clyde Lovellette looked to be at least 7 feet 1 inch in height.
Phog Allen maintained that big Clyde was a mere 6 feet 9 inches. The upshot was that Clyde submitted to the acid test while the squad was at Nebraska. Neutral observer Harry Goode, the Cornhuskers' coach, mounted a step ladder to apply the yard-stick. Clyde came out at an official 6 feet $8_{1/2}$ inches, which he will probably remain until next basketball season rolls around.
Now, Coach Gardner, since you have been responsible for paring Lovelette down to his actual size, how about publicizing your own Clarence Brannum's correct age?
Okay, Mr. Gardner, you fired the first salvo. Here's a chance to show your sporting blood. You produce a birth certificate showing Brannum to be 23 or less and we'll eat this tidbit.
The brochure on the recent tournament in Kansas City lists Clarence as being a mere youngster of 23. Do you really expect those who have been following Clarence's collegiate basketball career for the past 10 years to swallow that? It would have been wiser to list him at about 28—then you would have been only a few years off.
He has been playing basketball at Kansas State since Noah was in knee britches. The chap has been a poppa three times. Sure, we know it's conventional for athletes to knock a few years off their ages for the convenience of publication. Like the ageless Jack Benny, some baseball players have been 39 the past 10 years.
P. S. Please bring some salt and pepper with the certificate.
-Fred Brooks.
'Small Things'
Uncle Jess says that it's quite a problem to tell the "Brand-New, Improved Super 1950" model automobiles from the old, obsolete, unthinkable 1949 models.
With the papers filled full of charts showing just where the federal budget is going, the sophomore wolf says he understands everything about graphs except what they mean.
And adds that graphs are for people who can't read, anyway.
Words spoken to a visiting alum: "Yes, this is the best pledge class we've ever had. Of course, we kinda got started off on the wrong foot at the first of the year as far as discipline goes, and it's too late to do much about it now, but next year things will be run differently."
41 Per Cent Of Nation's Farm Land Held By 3 Per Cent Of Owners
Washington—(U.P.)Forty-one per cent of the nation's privately-owned farm land is held by only three per cent of all farm owners, the agriculture department has reported.
It said the trend has been toward more owner-operated, family farms, but that national objective "has been only partially reached." The department said a new survey $ \textcircled{9} $
The department said a new survey showed that the three per cent are those who have holdings as large as 1,000 acres or more. The other 97 per cent—who holds 59 per cent of the land—have holdings of 999 acres or less.
These calculations were based on the 975 million acres held by individuals, about 85 per cent of all farmland. Corporations own six per cent; federal, state, and local government, six per cent; and three per cent is in Indian lands.
The survey also showed.
3. Most farmers do not become owners by climbing the "agricultural ladder." Less than one-third of all owners gained experience both as form worker and tenant.
1. Farmed land holds to run larger in the South where 46 per cent of the land was in holdings of 1,000 acres and up and over holdings of 2,500 acres and up. That compares with 41 and 28 per cent for the nation as a whole, including the west where cattle ranges commonly must run more than 1,000 acres to provide a living for a farm family.
2. Relatively few persons acquire farms while they are young and only one out of four farm owners is under 45. There is a tendency in most regions "for the size of the holdings to increase with advancing age."
4. Only 80 per cent of all privately-owned land is held by farmers and retired farmers. Fourteen per cent is owned by business-professional persons (average farm value $14,837).
The value of the farmland owned by active farmers averaged $11,308, or less than that held by business and professional people. On the other hand, the average value of retired farmers' holdings was $15,142, topping all groups.
two per cent by housewives (average value $9,568), and three per cent by clerical and laboring people (average value $6,000).
'Flight Simulator' Solves Air Puzzles
President James R. Killion Jr. of the Massachusetts institute of Technology described the "flight simulator" at an M.I.T. alumni dinner. It was developed in three years' research by M.I.T. and the navy.
Los Angeles, —(U.P.) A calculator that makes "test flights" on non-existent airplanes was revealed here
The calculator handles in 10 seconds problems that would take an expert operator 100 hours to carry out.
He said that parts of the device roll, pitch, and go through all the motions a flying plane would make under given conditions. The results are automatically charted for use by engineers.
I am not a student at K. U., but would like to voice my opinion on a certain topic.
Dear Sir:
Printing from moveable type was done in China in 1041.
Sportsmanship
Last week coach Allen made a statement concerning sportsmanship at certain levels in the Big Seven conference and how it was improving—plus how it still needs much improvement. Tell me please, how can sportmanship of fans and players improve when the coaches exhibit such conduct as was exhibited at the K. U.-M. U. game in Columbia Saturday? I happened to be lucky enough to attend that contest, and the demonstration performed by coaches Allen and Stalcup would put Lippy Durocher to shame. Leaping off the bench, running down to the opposition bench, running onto the court, yelling and hurling. Is that what is typically called "color?" If that is what makes a colorful athletic coach, then we don't want color and will take sportsmanship in its stead.
Norman Rogers,
R. R. 1, Lawrence
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