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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, NOV. 17, 1949
Walkout Again
The spirit of Homecoming is sweeping the campus like a snowball rolling down 14th street.
Just as sure as Homecoming comes once a year, it always brings ideas of breaking away from school drudgery and doing something revolutionary. Any major vacation is always accompanied by a general feeling of unrest. Some students are finding the present combination of both almost unbearable.
With the excitement and unrest has come the idea of having a football holiday if we are victorious in the Homecoming game. In a recent letter by Chancellor Malott, concerning a holiday, he explained that the University cannot shut down on such short notice as can a high school or small college. Further investigation into the problem shows that K.U. must have a certain number of school days a semester to be recognized as being among the top universities in the country. When job hunting time comes around, a student would certainly rather have a degree from a highly recognized university than miss a few days of school because of football victories.
With a little investigation it becomes apparent why the University discourages such spontaneous holidays. The faculty and administration would probably enjoy a day's rest almost as much as they enjoy torturing their students an extra day. But with only two and one half days of school next week, maybe we can all stand up under the strain until Wednesday noon.-Bill Graves
Sherman's Long March
After his short and somewhat shaky acceptance speech, Sherman was gruffly wished good luck by Denfeld, whom he replaced, and 38 top navy brass also performed their salutations dutifully.
When Admiral Forrest P. Sherman took the oath that made him Chief of Naval operations earlier this month, he was surrounded by an air of hostility and resentment. Nearly all of the hard-bitten admirals regarded Sherman as an unwanted interloper.
The whole trouble with Sherman, of course, according to this tight-knit band of navy big-wigs is his avowed espousal of unification. Indeed, Sherman had a large hand in bringing about that very unification, in name only—to date.
But in his first few weeks of office, Sherman has given the old salts little reason to smirk and mutter, "I told you so." Sherman did not, as some predicted, start lopping off heads of his opponents. He did not, as was expected by some, punish those who were responsible for Operation 23, the concerted navy effort to disorganize unification.
Sherman, during the fighting war, was shrewd and level headed. At times he was somewhat outspoken, but in a service where most good men are outspoken, he was not distinguishable from the rest. He was an officer of sharp intellect and possessed of a great determination.
Now, in the first few weeks as C.N.O., Sherman has again demonstrated those very qualities. He alleviated the fears of some of th less bull-headed men in his command by stating that he respected naval aviation and that it was his intention to keep the air arm of the navy strong. That should settle the biggest bone of contention among naval officers.
Some officers have doubtlessly been won over, but most, as is often the case, have become even more stubborn and near-sighted just because Sherman isn't the misfit they thought he would be.
Eventually navy brass may come to realize that Sherman is probably the best man they have to keep the navy at a respectable and potent strength, and yet cooperate in the unification plan. Warren Saas
Jayhawker Yearbook Has 4 Sections To Form A Record Of Campus Life
The first issue of the Jayhawker is not a magazine, according to its editor, Marian Rippeteau.
"It is the first part of a yearbook," she said. "We want the four issues to fit together as a single unit when they are bound. We don't want them to be four separate magazines."
The second issue will contain pictures of members of men's and women's organized houses. The third will have the organizational pictures. The fourth will contain picture activities. These three issues will use more pictures of students than the first.
This is the reason for the organization of this issue and of the other three, the editor said. In the first are articles and pictures of the University and its faculty, events of the past summer, and new students.
An article in the first issue entitled "In the Trends of Economics" by John Ise features details of a favorite theme of his. Any student who has had a course from Dr. Ise will remember his talks on the "Good Old Days," and this article is an illuminating one on the past and future of Kansas.
Beta Gamma Sigma Elects Fifteen
Fifteen seniors of the School of Business were elected to Beta Gamma Sigma, honorary business fraternity, at a recent meeting of Alpha chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma.
A great deal of information is packed into an article on the history of the University, which covers the growth of the campus from 1859 through plans in 1949 for a 10 million dollar building program.
Those pledging were Robert B. Berkley, James W. Black, Alfred L. Bowman, Kenneth E. Caldwell, Francis E. Hansen, George B. Harvey, Jr., Donald L. Helm, Donald R. Hyten, Jack D. Knight, Robert B. Maupin, William W. Meier, Otis W. Mitchell, Leland D. Nelson, Raymond H. Olinger, and Ronald D. Wedble.
The bright star, Sirius, is the nearest that we can see from the latitude of New York without a telescope. It is 8.6 light years away.
Bigger 'n Better 'n Ever
- I understand she dropped out of school for three years.*
"Tandy or not=we'll never get any peace until we let him in!"
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