UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2.1949
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History Club Hears Davis
lack of a common language and religion has not kept Switzerland from becoming "the oldest surviving democracy in the world." W.W. Davis, professor of history, told the History club Thursday.
Speaking to members of Phi Alpha Theta, national history fraternity, Professor Davis explained how the small republic could stay out of two world wars.
"Switzerland has not reverted to monarchy, but has been ruled by the people by electoral processes" Professor Davis said. "I believe if I had to flee the United States, I would pick Switzerland."
He pointed out that this small country was not attacked in World War II because of its natural fortifications and the trained citizenry.
"The most remarkable thing of Switzerland is the success of its people in making a go of that country under extreme difficulties," Professor Davis said.
"The Swiss have a well balanced system of economy," he said. "They have not lost face and have stayed out of two great wars."
The size of Switzerland is less than one-fifth the size of Kansas. Two-thirds of its area is rugged mountains.
Professor Davis is a member of the Swiss Alpine club and has visited Switzerland several times.
AWS Group Plans Future Activities
Members of the Associated Women Students' precincts and precinct leaders met Tuesday to discuss plans for the future.
Each woman who does not live in an organized house is a member of a precinct and is being contacted by one of her precinct's try captains.
Grace Gwinner, A.W.S. president and Helen Piller, A.W.S. personne chairman, said the precincts had been organized so that women living in homes over Lawrence could become acquainted with other women students living in their neighborhood. Each precinct will hold regular meetings where future activities and programs will be announced by the captains.
A representative to A.W.S. and one to Y.W.C.A. will be elected by each precinct.
Counselors for the Associated Women Students will meet together as a group for the last time at 9 a.m. Saturday in the Pine room of the Union building.
Danish People Learn English By Radio
Ogenhagen, Denmark — (U.P.) One-eighth of the Danish population has listened to the English lessons on the Danish radio network in the course of 20 years.
This figure illustrates the great interest among the Danish people to learn English. American and British tourists in Denmark are surprised that most Danish citizens have a basic knowledge of English.
For 20 years, P.O. Boisen has been the teacher of this radio class in English, lecturing three times a week, and a total of 500,000 listeners have been his pupils.
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Shrimp Gave Cameroon Region Its Name UN May Be Trustee For African Area
Washington, D. C.—From the lowly shrimp came the name Cameroons for the one-time German colonial wedge of tropical Africa divided between France and Great Britain after World War I. Both Allied powers have now proposed United Nations trusteeships for their respective League-mandated portions of Cameroons and Togoland on the Gulf of Guinea coast. $ ^{\textcircled{1}} $
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A Portuguese navigator named the region five centuries ago when he found camaroes (shrimps) abundant near where the port of Douala now stands, in the wide mouth of the river that empties into the Gulf's northeast corner. The colony called Kamerun by the Germans, is called Camerou by the French.
Like neighboring colonies along the south coast of Africa's big western bulge, Cameroons consists of fertile but oppressively humid and unhealthful coastal lowlands and wild interior uplands. On lowland plantations, cacao, coffee, bananas, spices, and peanuts are grown. Rail and motor roads lead to the docks at Douala.
Back in the plateau lands, roads are few. They pass through occasional native villages, ruled in some instances by sultans complete with flowing white and gold robes, palaces, gardens, harems, 100-piece or
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Rich Begger Bey Divorced When Wife Learns Secret
Cairo, Egypt—(U.R.)—The Bey kept her in furs, Persian carpets and rare curios, but she divorced him because he was a beggar.
That is the amazing story of at Prince Charming who posed as a pauper and filled his coffers with the alms he received every day in the streets of Cairo. He lived in great luxury, but spent his days whining about his misery.
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It started some six months ago when a handsome young man entered the home of a well-to-do widow and asked her for the hand of her beautiful young daughter.
His clothes, appearance, language and manners spoke of his high birth and comfortable living. The delight- ed woman accented.
The wedding was one of the most elaborate to be seen. This Prince Charming who had appeared from the skies spent lavishly that day.
The numerous guests were amazed at the food, the music and the dancers he brought for the occasion. The royal feast went on until the early hours of the morning and the blushing bride was the envy of all her neighbors.
Our hero carried his bride over the treshold of a richly furnished house and the girl pinched herself to make sure she was not dreaming. Persian carpets covered the floors, rare curios rested on shelves, paintings by old masters hung on tapestried walls and in the corner stood a piano.
One day he left the house and failed to return. She fretted and worried, until one week later the police summoned her.
For six happy months the bride lived in splendor. Her wishes were his commands, her requests his pleasure to perform. Hardly a day passed without his getting her some new gift.
He was no playboy, either. Each day he would leave the house early in the morning and return, exhausted, late at night. The business of supervising lands and buildings is tiring him out, she thought.
"Your husband has been arrested," they informed her.
Why? Had he committed a crime, engaged in politics?
"No," replied the sergeant. "He was a beggar."
But he had been a clever beggar. One day he posed as a Palestinian refugee, the next as a jobless student thrown out because of his political convictions. People pitted him and gave him money. He had bought four buildings in Cairo, a farm and kept his wife happy.
The beggar Bey's bride divorced him.
Japanese Bombs Plague New Guinea Reconstruction
Port Moresby, New Guinea—(U.P)
-Unexploded Japanese bombs and ammunition are holding up reconstruction work in the Rabaul area.
A five-man Australian bomb disposal unit has collected about 2,000 shells and 2000 bombs at Rapopo, new site for Rabaul township, in the past month.
Rapopo is littered with explosives and construction of the new town can't begin because workers hesitate to use tractors and bulldozers for fear they may be blown up.
Army bomb removers responsible for disposing of remaining was explosives in New Guinea say that at the present rate they will be on the job another six or seven years.
Maybe It Pays To Sell Beer
Albert Blackburn of North Kansas City named the Charles E. Chichester chancellor of Springs and the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co. of Milwaukee, defendants in the case.
Liberty, Mo.—(U.P.)A tavern operator who contended that a bottle of beer exploded in his hand was awarded $15,000 damages yesterday.
The verdict was rendered in the Clay County Circuit court.
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