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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8. 1949
The Editorial Page-
KU - Without Cars?
A bill to prohibit the use of motor cars by students for pleasure or recreation at any of the state schools was introduced in the Kansas legislature by Senator M. V. B. De Mark, Cloud county. The bill applies only to those students who use automobiles for joyrides and is not directed against those who need cars to reach their classes.
Forbidding motor cars on the campus will promote democracy in the state institutions. Cars detract from school work, and the bill is intended to remedy the situation. The University is eager to express its sentiments against the use of automobiles for pleasure. The chancellor has sent letters to all parents of University students requesting that cars should be left at home.
A senate judiciary committee approved the bill but made several alterations. Instead of the expulsion from school suggested as punishment for students using cars for recreation, the committee proposed the violation be a misdemeanor. A jail sentence of from 10 to 30 days or a fine of from $100 to $300 was suggested for violators.
The bill, as introduced, does not only apply to the use of cars on the campuses of the various state schools, but prohibits students from using a car at any time or any place while enrolled in the school.
Yes, this news is shocking, isn't it? Well, that's exactly what K.U. students thought in 1923 when they read the above facts in the University Daily Kansan.
What did they do about it? They protested—and violently. Result? The bill was defeated in the senate. University students continued driving cars for pleasure as well as convenience. But this is what followed. As students began tracking the highways with miles, they also began padding the statistic books. For although college students are considered adults, they seem to have a craze for speed which makes them forget to use good judgment, avoid chances, and play fair with the other drivers competing for the easy travel made possible by automobiles and highways.
So many students are injured or killed in accidents yearly that insurance companies in five of every six states assess higher rates for persons between the ages of 18 and 24 than for adults
In a few days, nearly all the student-owned automobiles will be streaming from Lawrence, travelling nearly every highway in the state, taking us home for the Christmas holidays. With ten days to spend at home, we can surely afford to delay our trip an hour or two just to make sure that we'll get there safely, can't we? It's a good gamble. —Doris Greenbank
'Small Things'
We came across a fascinating movie ad the other day. It was for the new war movie "Battleground", and was evidently slanted for ex-soldiers. Above the picture of a girl who is evidently being groomed to succeed Jane Russell, was the headline;
OH BROTH-ER!
Beneath the picture was a smaller headline which asked us if we remembered "That Very Friendly French Girl."
The text ran: "M'aimez vous?" she asked with that inviting smile. And you replied, 'Come to papa,' or something equally poetic—and to the point. Didn't you form some beautiful friendship in this man's Army?"
If the ad is asking us, the answer is NO. We were too busy digging garbage pits and hiding from lieutenants to form friendships in "this man's army." And as for remembering that very Friendly French Girl, the one that stands out most in our memory was an ancient crone in whose apple orchard our battalion was parked. The old fool thought we were stealing her apples and ran about beating our heads with a broom and shouting "Allez! Allez!"
"Here is entertainment with the explosive power of a block-buster and the headiness of Coneyack," the ad continues. "Believe us—YOU NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD." M.G.M. obviously means Cognac. And we did "have it so good" once before. When we were discharged from "this man's army."
False Gods
- Letters To The Editor -
Dear Sir:
Hats off to a job well done. The University Players did a fine presentation of the play "False Gods." But my real congratulations go to the author, Brieux; for here is a play with a gripping story, and beyond this, it is froth with satire on modern religion. This play has the richest content of any it has been my experience to see. My hope is that the satire does not strike so close to home that it misses the audience realization.
John Rix
First year Law student
Dear Editor:
Intramurals
... When an announcement appeared in the Kansan asking for names of those interested in basketball, I turned in my name. I have not yet heard anything from any team with regard to my application.
I should like to comment on a recent Kansan article about the intramural athletic program. It states: 'Powell, however, is still not satisfied with the number of men playing.
When the season started, I hunted up the manager of an independent team. He said he could use me and
University
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I don't think my time to be so worthless that I can spend an evening doing nothing but shoot at a basket a few times between the halves. As far as I'm concerned, my basketball career is over in intramurals. . . Possibly this is what the team manager had in mind.
told me to show up for the team's next game. When I arrived, I was told that I would have to play under another name... several other players were doing the same thing. Since I wanted to play, I said nothing about the matter. I saw the start of the game from the bench. The time-keeper and scorer did not appear, so members of the teams were used. By the time the game was over, I was still on the bench.
Probably others have had this sort of an experience and perhaps this is one reason why more men do not participate in intramural athletics. Take note, Mr. Don Powell.
A disgusted college freshman
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