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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY, NOV. 4, 194
The Editorial Page-
The Navy
The ouster of Louis B. Denfeld, chief of naval operations, has produced vague feelings of uneasiness in Washington.
People are remembering Billy Mitchell, airforce prophet, who was publicly scourged and kicked out of the army back in the 1930's because of his insistence about the superiority of airpower and the importance it would have in the next war. About the time of that "next war", newspapers dug up the facts of the Mitchell case, and plenty of the top brass which had pushed Mitchell around became pretty jittery. The rubble of Cologne, Berlin and Tokyo was Billy Mitchell's posthumous vindication.
It's easy, of course, to draw a parallel between Billy Mitchell and the navy admirals today who appear to be the goats of the armed forces unification program; yet to say that the situations are the same would be wrong.
and the same would be wrong.
Ostensibly, at least, the main reason for Denfeld's removal is his refusal to follow orders of the civilian head of his service,
the secretary of the navy.
Denfeld is undoubtedly a man of the highest character, and we admire him for "sticking to his guns", as he puts it; but it's quite possible that the navy is merely being put back in the place it was always intended to have. The navy has been largely on its own for several decades. The technical nature of sea warfare has always kept secretaries of the navy in the background. After all, what business does a civilian have talking about depth charges, submarines, radar and naval strategy?
The admirals must be impressed with the fact that in this country, the military must, at all times, remain subordinate to civilian control.
For it is through the administrative and legislative branches that the electorate expresses its will. No part of our government, particularly the armed forces, must ever be allowed to exist independently of that will.
Decorations Early
The focal point of campus traffic is at the intersection of Mississippi street and Jayhawk drive. Sometimes ago, a Kansan story told of the "more than 3,000 automobiles which cross (that intersection) during 200 of the heaviest minutes of traffic each school day." What this story didn't bring out—couldn't bring out, in fact—is the total number of students who cross the street at that point.
The University has attempted to solve the problem by placing a campus policeman at the intersection during times of heavy traffic. He is to direct the flow of automobile traffic, and he does a good job of it, but the pedestrian is left to shift for himself.
The students who walk are in a hurry—they arrive at an intersection and step off the curb—Pfftz! A car missed you by inches, that time. But will you always be so lucky?
The logical answer to the problem is to place a traffic light at the intersection. This would dispense with the necessity of having a policeman around between classes.
The best arrangement would be to have an amber "walk" light between each change of the red "stop" and green "go" lights. This would give the walking students a 2 to 1 ratio against the automobiles.
The primary difficulty would be that no one would obey the traffic lights.
If this proved to be the case, a campus policeman could again be stationed at the corner to give tickets to the offenders. If, at the beginning, the policeman would be strict, it is probable that the offenders would soon learn traffic manners.
Also, the red and green lights would look nice at Christmas.
Nelson Ober
'Small Things'
In a letter to the Engineering and Architecture faculty, we read that the "next of kin" of those students who have D's and F's are to be notified. And when will they send the Purple Hearts?
Times have changed: "Athletics at K.U. seem to be in rather a comatose condition. The football club at that school, after challenging us to a game on the 12th inst., declined to play on account of lack of practice. If this were the first instance of the kind, it might pass unnoticed, but when the Washburn baseball club, fulfilling an accepted challenge last spring, went to Lawrence, they were received by nobody but the umpire. If the University would take the interest in athletics that it evidences in social amusement, it might become a factor in the sports of the Kansas colleges." —Washburn "Argo," March, 1886
From the looks of the freshman football roster, K.U.'s academic reputation must be spread the length and breadth of the U.S.A.
What's your brand? One week a football team is "full of revenge spirit, champing at the bit to make up for last week's defeat." Another time, it is "confident and poised, dynamic after last week's victory."
Dear Editor Problem Solved
Dear Editor:
I have a suggestion that should clear up this Ernie Friesen squabble.
Dean Marvin pointed out that Mr. Friesen, on the basis of the chemical content of the body, should be worth at least $31.04. I recommend that the A.S.C. reduce Mr. Friesen's salary to that amount—with the stipulation that, at the end of the school year, he be sold to a chemical company for $31.04
In the way, Mr. Friesen will have been worth his salary beyond any reasonable doubt. In addition, no loss (financial) will have been suffered by the University.
Phil Stevens College senior
Union Food
Dear Sir:
It is time that the conditions which exist at the Union cafeteria were brought to general attention.
Today, at lunch, I ordered a piece of cake of a sort of distempered yellow. The lower half was uncooked dough. This is the last straw. All who have eaten there know the old tale of cold potatoes that should be hot; of hot potato salad that should be cold; of meat that is 90 per cent gristle and 10 per cent inedible; of the evil, fetid, odors that are there; of stale bread and day-old cake; and, in a few cases, of dirty silverware and lipstick-smeared glasses.
Two of my roommates made the mistake of eating sausages swimming in grease a few days ago. One took his misery to the hospital where he spent three days. The other merely suffered in silence. I have the feeling that I may be next. The opinion has been hazarded that Lucretia Borgia is one of the cooks.
To those of us who are forced to eat at the cafeteria for reasons of finances or time, the conditions of quality and sanitation that exist are virtually intolerable. Those who can, invariably eat at other places.
If other schools can have good cafeteria food, why can't we?
William Schwarz College sophomore
Editor's note: If the food is as bad as you say, we're sure that the Union cafeterias would be deserted instead of packed at mealtimes. Everyman to his own tastes.
R. F. Baldaste, a representative of the Standard Oil company of Indiana, interviewed chemistry graduate students at the University Wednesday.
Oil Man Interviews Students
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