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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, NOV. 10, 1949
The Editorial Page-
Hurrah for mid-semester exams! What a lovely way to spend a week—taking tests instead of listening to lectures. Naturally all students prefer to think and write rather than to listen and observe.
Secret Of Success
But since many such students have learned their parents are to receive little notes from the deans telling how well they are NOT doing in certain courses, we are offering a few planning hints which may raise those grades the next eight weeks.
1. Don't plan a daily schedule—life is so dull that way. Have more fun in college. The study habit is a poor habit.
2. If you find it necessary to resort to study occasionally, remember that you can enjoy it more while lying on a bed or lolling in an easy chair than by sitting in an upright position at a desk.
6. If little things like that phone call you promised to make, or that movie which ends today keep worrying you, go and get them out of your system. Don't drive yourself to study if you aren't in the mood. Remember, the human nervous system is delicate and must be pampered.
5. Day-dreaming brings forth wisdom, so do not worry if much of your study time is occupied with day-dreams.
3. Don't worry about keeping your work up to date. It is better to let it pile up until just before exams and then do it all at once. Regular attendance at classes is not necessary. Teachers admire the individualist brave enough to cut frequently.
8. Remember that teachers are to be feared, not loved. If things do not go right, don't ask for advice. Teachers resent "burning interest" in a course, and will only think it "apple polishing."
4. Sleep and rest are a lot of bunk. Think of the time wasted. Clear thinking is better achieved without them. The best way to prepare for an exam is by staying up all night before it.
7. Take heed of what others say regarding certain courses, teachers, and exams, instead of waiting to form your own opinions. By then, it may be too late.
Worn, weathered and wise upper classmen will tell you that this list of rules will help. —Doris Greenbank.
Worthy Causes
Many who sighed with relief when the "one-shot" community fund system of charity giving became popular, were somewhat surprised when their next door neighbor called one evening asking for help for the Red Cross or for funds to fight heart disease, polio or something else.
"What happened," they asked, "to the single fund system that was to keep the neighbors from wearing through the welcome mats on the front porch?"
The answer to that question is simple; almost every worthy cause is covered by the Community Chest fund except the "big three"—the Red Cross, National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, and the American Cancer society. These three won't become a part of the program for fear that their respective causes will lose their distinctive appeal if the management were in the hands of a centrally operated fund-raising organization.
Henry Ford II and a group of Detroiters formed the Michigan United Health and Welfare fund in 1947. Eighteen state and national agencies agreed to join the organization, but the "big three" would not.
This opposition was weakened by a test drive which exceeded by $4,300, in one plant, the amounts raised by separate drives of the objecting groups.
The low cost of the united drive is another appealing factor of the system. The test drive showed that the campaign cost less than six per cent of the amount raised compared to some individual campaigns whose costs run up to 30 per cent.
Coupled with all this is the feeling of many of the test drive donors who demonstrated a willingness to give more money if they can rely on being left alone for a few months.
-Gil J. West
Cigarettes gone. Toothpaste gone. Razor gone. "There lies a thin line," he screamed, "between brotherhood and outright thievery."
Dear Editor-
Campus Politics
Dear Editor:
I believe that your remarks on campus politics reflect the sentiment of an overwhelming majority of students—both Greeks and Independents.
You are right when you say it is the fault of no single group, but as a result of circumstances—many Greeks feel "stuck" with the situation and don't know what to do about it. Belonging to such a political organization is in direct violation of the principles on which several fraternities and sororites were founded—even my own.
You say that the solution is a realignment of political parties. I doubt this, because older students would have little faith in new parties.
Let us remember how successful non-partisan elections have been in nearly every American city which has tried them. Why don't we vote out the legal existence of all political parties on the campus and let every man or woman be elected on his own personal merits? By voting for the person—not the party, the University can be cleared of this disagreeable situation and a true fellowship of all K. U. students can result.
The time for action is now.
Otis (Bud) Hill,
Business senior
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