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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1950
The Editorial Page-
End Of A Good Thing
One of the most valuable of the many essential services performed by the periodical press of the United States is the selection from time to time of some individual or group of individuals for being outstanding in some particular way.
Little provocation is necessary to cause some magazine to devote space to the causes and results of a selection of "The 10 Best Dressed Women In The United States," or "The Most Important Contributor in the Field of Poultry Production Methods," or "The Fifteen Best Stripteasers in Burlesque."
There has been a recent event which has caused an unprecedented rash of such selections. Not only one, not even just a few of the journals of the periodical press have made selections on the basis of this event. Almost all of the news magazines, almost all of the so-called interpretative and analytical publications, and some of the digests and other sundry journals thrown in for good measure have taken their turn at selecting.
The event that has caused this outpouring of editorial prejudices in magazines is the turn of the half-century, or is it the half-turn of the century? That actual craze is the selection of a "Most Important Man of the Past Fifty Years."
Different periodicals have differed in the basis on which they have made their selections. Some have been content to just determine the one who has exerted the most influence on civilization, others have attempted to make a value judgment for their readers and decided who did the most good for civilization.
No matter what basis on which the selections were made, most all have had their little say about the man of the half-century. This is all fine and good for the magazine readers to have told to them who was most important over the past 50 years; but what about the reader who takes more than one magazine?
He undoubtedly has a problem, for the unusual part of the whole thing is that the magazines seldom agree in their selections.
From Freud to Hitler; from John L. Lewis to Drew Pearson; from Joseph Stalin to Harry Truman; from Winston Churchill to Harry Vaughan—the selections have been made. And the poor person who takes two or more magazines is no better off than before.
Ah! To what avail? The editors of the various magazines have defeated the purpose by their collective output. But since everyone else is doing it, we might as wll add our bit to the carnival of confusion.
Our nomination is Nelson Ober.
—Nelson Ober.
Egyptian Monastery Found Which Housed Historians
Cairo—(U.P.)—A 64-room Coptic monastery of the Byzantine period has been unearthed at Helwan, a suburb of Cairo.
Doctor Zaky Saad, of the Royal excavations, revealed that during the seventh season of excavations he discovered this monastery, which is believed to have housed some famous Egyptian historians.
Fragments of glass and pottery, as well as gold, silver, and bronze coins found on the site show that the monastery was in use as early as the first century A.D. There is no evidence of the time when it was finally deserted.
It is believed that this is the monastery mentioned by the Arab historians Salih Salih and El Shaboshty, who state that Caliph Abdel Aziz Ibn Marawan stayed at a monastery in Helwan during an illness.
To the north of the monastery are the remains of small red brick canals, obviously used for irrigating gardens there. To the south is a cemetery containing 30 tombs of beheaded 15 and 25 boys wrapped in cloth, completely decayed, and nothing was left of the coffins but pieces of rusted iron.
This cemetery was obviously the burial place of monks, as all the bodies recovered are those of males. With one of the bodies was a flat leather saddle, bearing a Coptic inscription, but it was to decayed to be deciphered.
With another of the bodies was a seal in silver, with its owner's name described on the flat base. Born as a doctor called "Kassimus" or "Casmos,"
Drains were fitted for the disposal of water waste, which indicate that the monks maintained a high standard of cleanliness.
In the middle of the monastery was a large water reservoir. On one side was a swimming pool. Another basin supplied the water for irrigating the garden.
There are also vertical drainage pipes fitted into the walls off the roof. In general the impression is of great architectural skill in the construction of the building.
Remains were also found of mud and brick buildings, one of them obviously the residence of a notable, and of a building which probably was a church.
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Let's get a few things straight about the Eagle.
1. I am rather amused by the tactics used by certain liberals who seek to refute our policies. Instead of offering constructive criticism or out and out rebuttal, they have attempted to be clever and play upon words and phrases quoted out of context. The Daily Kansan has been especially adept at this sort of thing. It is a good propaganda device to poke fun at something that one doesn't have the ability (or energy) to refute, but the ethical standing of such a move is open to serious question.
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2. Although it is impractical to consider all untruths on the campus circuit considering our publication I can illustrate "clear thinking" procedure as advocated by Mr. Neal Nicols by quoting his letter to the editor. He says, "It (the Eagle) does not offer one concrete solution to replace the solutions to problems which it so ferociously attacks." Mr. Nicols, your clear thinking is clear falsehood! As Cliff Johnson proposed "moderate action for bettermen of Negro status, and Bill Knepper proposed good "advertisement for capitalism" in Western Germany. In each of these instances and many more, solutions were presented. Fabrication is pretty weak type of logic, Mr. Nicols.
3. Mr. John E. Findley and the distinguished editor of that world renowned mid-western daily, the Kansas (I am told that the backers of the New York Times break into a cold sweat at the mention of the name) may find humor in the defense of Free Enterprise against government intercession and the advocacy of American justice as displayed in the Communist conspiracy trial. I hope they will pardon me if I don't join in their mirth at a red plot, to see the words of the indictment, "overthrow the government of the United States by force and violence."
4. I certainly resent the intimations of fascism which some have applied to our policy. We have, it is true, upheld Franco as the least of two evils in Spain, but in the main we have argued for individual discretion as opposed to government regimentation. This is hardly fascism, unless C. O. R. E. members, Daily Kansan editors and Welfare Statists in general seek to invent straw men that they can deride.
Alan Kent Shearer Editor of The Eagle
Editor's note: The Kansan is glad to have the opportunity to present the Eagle staff's side of life. Until today, no letters favorable to the Eagle's position had been received
1. It is difficult to resist poking fun at anything as ridiculous and poorly written as the Eagle.
agout a competent defense of free enterprise. The defense put forth by the Eagle was extremely laughable, although editorially, The Kansas did not mention this "defense" (stop putting words in our mouths).
2. Mr. Nicols will have to answer Mr. Shearer's second paragraph in a letter to the Kansan.
4. We think The Eagle does a fine job of inventing our straw men for us.
3. There is nothing humorous
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There is a place on the campus for a good journal of conservative opinion. Although we disagreeed with most of the content of the old Dove, at least that group had competent writers who knew how to express themselves cleverly and intelligently. The letter printed below would indicate that there are conservatives on Mount Oread who possess the fundamental intelligence and honestly to put across their ideals in a way which will not make their group a laughingstock. The Eagle staff should rid itself of its "activity kids" and enlist a few of these people.
WOLFSON'S 743 Mass.
Conservative
Dear Sir:
Monday the editorial page of the Kansan carried a number of letters of righteous indignation protesting the absence of clear thinking which was prevalent in The Eagle.
I find it hard to believe that mer like Kent Shearer and Steve Mills, who are outstanding debaters, could
Family Income In 5 Years Should Be $5,200: Truman
Washington, Jan. 6—(U.P.)—President Truman tumnanvented another prediction for that "average" family which now makes about $4,200 a
Within five years it ought to be getting about $5,200, he said.
He told congress Wednesday that it should be possible for this country to achieve an average family income of $12,000 by the year 2000 A.D.
In his economic report to congress today he came down to 1955, saying:
"Within five years we can achieve an annual output in excess of $300 billion. The gain in national income would be equal to an average of nearly $1,000 for every family. . . such prospects are not fanciful. . . but we will not make this progress within five years unless we begin to move in that direction now."
Doesn't it seem more likely that they were trying consciously to arouse their opposition and bring it into the open? Any new publication wants to be noticed.
be stupid enough to believe the rabid statements they wrote in The Eagle, or that they would use such emotional, irrational phrases in full seriousness.
I am a conservative, and I believe that there is a need for a conservative voice on the campus. Perhaps Mr. Shearer will begin to use the ability he has to write intelligently. If so, The Eagle will fill a very real need.
(Name withheld by request)
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