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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1949
The Editorial Page-
Take Cheer, Republicans
Quite a lot more interest has been taken in the assembling of the Young Republicans of Kansas last week. Part of this may have been caused by the sudden competition for the chairmanship of the Young Republicans; the rest might be attributed to the promise of some fireworks through the desire of the group to write a new party platform—whether the oldsters like it or not.
It seems that some of the more ardent Young Republicans in the state have decided that losing every election is not necessary, and that they can do something about it. It is true that for too many years the Kansas section of the Republican party has been dominated by a group of elders growing older and older. But now time has caught up with them in the form of death and inactivity, and too many second-raters have risen to the top because the younger men have been put down.
So perhaps it's a good thing for the "youngsters" to rant and rave, or even riot a little, if they can put new life and new faces into the party.
That word is security. It is manifested in almost every phase of "the American way of life."
After all, the Republicans have some cause to be hopeful . . .
not all of F.D.R.'s reforms have stuck—we've gone back to the
one-Thanksgiving-day-a-year standard-Norma Hunsinger
America's Security
There is a word which ever since FDR's first term has become increasingly popular with all those who attempt to explain the social, governmental, and economic activities of America.
Heretofore this manifestation has been of a latent nature, it has not been directly expressed in so many words. It took some reasoning to perceive that all of our actions were basically directed towards achieving security.
But now the idea has found a direct expression—it is the primary motivation of our present administration. And it goes by the name of the "welfare state."
Upon first thought the idea of security does not seem so bad as all this. And it would not be if it were used in the strict dictionary sense; that is, "security—a feeling of safety or certainty or a freedom from anxiety or doubt." But as it is now used it means that the spirit of self-reliance, the use of initiative, the belief in free-enterprise is departing from the people.
As James F. Byrnes, once an ardent New Dealer, recently said, the present concept of security means that "too many people want to lean upon the government, forgetting that the government must lean upon the people. Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death."
Twentieth-century man is afraid to rely upon himself to provide for his own security. But that is not the principle that this country was founded upon. Those who settled this country did not come here to establish a government. They were seeking liberty, not security. They were seeking an opportunity to enjoy freedom, the freedom of being let alone.
While present day man seeks a security founded upon someone else he is also seeking progress. And herein lies a conflict. Progress cannot be had without venturing out into the unknown and untried. And doing this means the loss, temporarily at least, of security. You cannot have both at once.
What is the result of this desire of security? It is an ever expanding government, a concentration in Washington of the powers of local governments, and the imposition of creeping, but ever advancing, socialistic programs. It is the "welfare state."
For a government to provide security to its citizens means the spending of much money. It means that the government will spend more than it takes in.
Again we turn to Mr. Byrnes who said, with this going on "what a heritage we will bequeath to the children of this day! Our greed for welfare and security will deny to them the opportunities we enjoy. Instead of fighting freely for the future of their children, they will be forced to pay for the folly of their fathers." Nelson Ober
- Letters To The Editor -
False Gods
Dear Sir:
I have read the pamphlet which the department of speech and drama distributed about the next play From what I can get from it, and from talking to a member of the cast, the play is one which promotes atheism. Why are plays on personal religious questions permitted to be given here at the University? What we believe is not the business of this department. There are plenty of plays they could give which would not tend to undermine the faith of the student who believes in God. And if they think they have to give a play like this, why do they give it just before the
anniversary of the birth of Jesus?
Do they want to spoil our Christmas?
Or just what is their idea?
I think the Christian students on the campus should boycott this play.
(Name withheld by request)
Dear Sir:
After reading the publicity about "False Gods", being "one of those who have wondered about religion," I have been interested. I understand this play takes the Catholic church apart and does a good job on the Protestants too. I can see why this play has never been produced in the professional theater and has appeared in only two colleges in the country.
Heat Is Next Obstacle Facing High Speed Flights
Moffet Field, Calif.—(U.P.)—Man will never fly faster than light, which is 670,000,000 miles per hour, but that's about the only barrier aeronautical engineers will admit is insurmountable.
According to Dr. Albert Einstein, at the speed of light size is reduced to zero and mass is increased to infinity.
Scientists at the Ames laboratory of the National Advisory committee for aeronautics won't argue with Dr. Einstein, but they also refuse to admit anything short of that speed is impossible.
There is a formidable barrier, however, they say, much closer to the speeds man has flown since the Bell X-1 broke through the speed of sound at Muroc Dry Lake.
The next obstacle, according to the Ames scientists, is heat.
It's apt to be a tough nut to crack too, because the heat is generated rapidly as speed is increased above that of sound. All of the vitals of the plane must be refrigerated and even then the basic metal structure is weakened by the heat.
The Ames scientists, who shudder at the idea of being quoted directly, refuse to divulge the speed at which the beat problem stops them. That is a closely guarded secret.
Suffice to say it is apparently somewhere beyond 1,000 miles per hour.
That figure can be deduced from a recent prediction by John F. Victory, executive secretary of the N.A.C.A., who said:
" . . . the day when military aircraft can make sustained flights of 1,000 miles per hour or more is not far distant."
Ames engineers say the increase in heat due to the compression of air ahead of the plane is about 100 degreesfahrenheit at the speed of sound. (760 miles per hour at sea level.) The temperature rise occurs at the nose of the plane and the heat elsewhere, because of friction of the boundary layer air on the skin of the plane, is only a few degrees less.
Beyond the speed of sound the temperature rises rapidly.
Just how great that temperature can become was made clear by one
I want to congratulate the University Players for having the "guts" to give this play and call a spade a spade. If a University is a place for free discussion on any subject, then K. U. is fulfilling its educational function of permitting such a sensational play to be given on our campus.
Richard Rowe College senior
of the laboratory scientists who explained:
"A shooting star is just a piece of iron being burned up by its speed through the earth's atmosphere."
One of the solutions has been to fly at higher altitudes where the air is colder, but the engineers say there is a limit to this practice because in the rare upper air the sun's rays have a greater heating effect.
Refrigeration has been another partial solution, but it does not solve the problem because it is impossible to refrigerate the entire airplane and there is a limit to the amount the temperature can be dropped.
Only one thing is certain, the absolute speed limit is somewhere between 1.000 miles per hour and 670,000,000 miles per hour. It's probably much nearer the lower figure.
Fire Belles Raise Funds
Duluth, Minn. — (U.P.) In Canosla township the men fight the fires and the women raise the money. Fifty women have formed an auxiliary to the volunteer fire department to raise funds for fire-fighting equipment. They call themselves "The Fire Belles."
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