VECTOR PAGE TEN UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1949 [ ] The Editorial Page- The Ways of Washington- The ways of official Washington are sometimes strange. The visit of Jawaharlal Nehru, prime minister of India, is regarded by many as one of the most important in years. With most of China in the hands of the communists, India remains as the last great bulk of Asiatic peoples outside the red orbit. Mr. Nehru is a socialist, a pacifist; a kindly, intellectual man who now has one of the world's toughest jobs—that of cementing India's unhappy millions into a nation. It is doubtful if Nehru would ever respond to the overtures of Moscow. But he has not been impressed with our performance on the stage of world politics. It is natural that India, so long bound and gagged by British imperialism, should be suspicious of any great power. It is not inconceivable that the fate of free Asia hinges on the impressions he receives on his visit to the United States—sooner or later, India must align herself in either the Russian or American camp. As the Christian Science Monitor has pointed out, Washington has prepared Nehru's itinerary "as if under the impression that the visitor is Winston Churchill." He has been scheduled meetings with all the past commanders of the American Legion. He is to have lunch with Henry Luce, publisher of Life and Time, and he will spend an afternoon with Mrs. Luce, the former Clare Booth. These are, no doubt, admirable people, but are they the type with which to impress a man who is both a socialist and a pacifist? The type of reasoning which arranged these meetings would probably pair Henry Wallace or Paul Robeson with Pope Pius, should he visit us. We don't ask for miracles out of Washington. We do ask for common sense. Serenades Serenades by women's organized houses at the University have lost their original meaning. In the days when serenades began, they were doubtless looked forward to by the men being serenaded, and they must have had somewhat of a casual, spontaneous atmosphere. Under a present rule governing University women, all serenades must be completed in one night, before 2 a.m. Because of this rule, serenades are looked forward to about as much as hour quizzes, and are as spontaneous as a drilling platoon of soldiers. There are 23 social fraternities at K.U., not to mention the organized independent houses that are serenaded each year. When a group begins to serenade at 10:30 p.m., it is impossible to sing to more than half the houses at a decent hour. Consequently, as many as 10 or 15 houses are awakened sometime after 1 a.m. The enthusiasm of the listener is naturally lost before he ever gets out of bed. Although almost all K.U. serenades are of excellent quality, they are almost all wasted by ill-timing enforced by the rule. If interrupting the sleep of the listeners is not important enough to warrant a change of rules, then perhaps the sleep of the townspeople should be considered. Most residents of Lawrence who live near the men's houses would probably not object to a little "goodnight" music sometime before midnight. But they must certainly object to being awakened at 1:45 a.m. by 50 hoarse voices and the unenthusiastic cheers that follow. If women's serenades were divided into two nights, they would make it around to most of the houses by a decent hour. All concerned would get more sleep, and the serenades would get more applause. Serenades are too good to be spoiled by one small ruling which has ruined the original spirit of the tradition. "Small Things" Bill Graves. The A.S.C. has set a dangerous precedent in giving its members salaries. Who knows some of the Varsity athletes might want them too. A Tulsa sportswriter predicted Saturday's score to be Oklahoma A. and M., 40; Kansas university, seven. Who wants to bet that he won't go back on the society page? We read that the defense of the 11 Communist leaders cost about $500,000, and what we'd like to know is where do the leaders of the poverty-stricken, down-trodden, victimized proletariat get that kind of dough? Last Saturday was J. V. Sikes' birthday. Can't we just skip the next 51 weeks and have another one in about four days? Better Late Than Never: Almost one year to the day after they published Tom Dewey's picture as "The next president of the United States", Life magazine prints a story about President Truman entitled "The Master Politician." Students at Bowling Green State university threatened to strike because authorities had forbidden co-eds to ride in cars. A foreign exchange student once asked if K.U. had a rule forbidding co-eds not to ride in cars. Dear Editor- From O. U. Congratulations to Stinson, Gilman, Bogue, French, Schnake, Griffith, Idoux and the whole darned team. One of the best spirited teams in the nation. Dear Editor: "On the Level," by Hal Middlesworth: Please Note: "This week, cozy times for the Oklahoma teams... The Oklahoma Aggies, out to show the Sooners about 41-7 over Kansas." We like Hal, but his mistake did our hearts good. (Or could it have been a misprint). Here's hoping you place second in the Big Seven. T. Moody and J. Durrin vours. C.E.'s from Oklahoma U. P.S. For final results of your Saturday game, see the Stillwater obituary column. A. S. C. Again Dear Editor: I am dismayed at the use of my money going to pay salaries for A.S.C. officers. What has the A.S.C. done to warrant pay for its officers? I've been here three years and have not once received any actual service from the A.S.C. I notice, however, that the A.S.C. provides for trips for its own members to Manhattan for "peace-pact" banquets, supposedly benefiting "all" students at K.U. I also read that the A.S.C. will provide seats for its own members on the 50-yard line at the K-State game, thus depriving other students of good seats. Also that in the midst of the "economy drive" in which worthwhile organizations are denied appropriations, the A.S.C. still can further the economy by granting three of its officers salaries of $108 each. If the excellent student administration of Howard Egleman, James Waugh and Pat Thiessen did not in the past feel it necessary to ask for salaries in return for their services, I suggest that the present group tender their resignations if they cannot "serve" the students without pay. I suggest that the minor duties of smoking and parking regulations and the important power of the financial appropriation be turned over to responsible faculty committees, who will be more fair and impartial than the present corrupt A.S.C. and will not demand increases in salary from student funds. I suggest finally, that the useless, self-centered A.S.C. be abolished, and that student funds be put to better purposes. (Name withheld by request) And Again Dear Sir: Comparing the work of these officers with that done by the editors and business managers of publications at K.U. who receive salaries, the job done by these A.S.C. officers consumes the same amount of time and effort. We think the president, secretary and treasurer of the A.S.C. deserve to be paid a small salary for their long hours of work. Yet the disparity of the pay would lead an innocent bystander to assume the A.S.C. officers do no work whatsoever. This happens to be the contention of some. We suggest that anyone thinking this should go to the A.S.C. meetings and follow one of these officers around as he performs his official duties. University There is also a disparity between the salaries paid at other universities and the lack of salaries here for these same A.S.C. officers. Daily Hansan Student Newspaper of the UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Member of the Kansas Press Assn. National Press Assn., and the Associated Collegeate Press. Represented by the National Ad- vocacy Service 420 Madison Ave, New York City. Editor in Chief ... James W. Scott Managing Editor ... Marvin Rowlands Asst. Managing Ed. ... John Riley Asst. Managing Ed. ... John Riley City Editor ... Ross Oleson Asst. City Editor ... Norma Hunsinger Asst. City Editor ... Robyn Lees Asst. City Editor ... Keith Leslie Feature Editor ... Doris Greenbank Sports Editors ... George Swain Asst. Editor ... Jim Van Valkensburg Telegraph Editor ... Kay Dyer Asst. Telegraph Ed. ... Leaford Miller Asst. Telegraph Ed. ... Douglas Jennings Asst. Society Ed. ... Frankie Walts Business Manager Lew Sciortoni Sales Manager Rob Meyer National Adv. Manager Dean Knuth Promotion Manager Chuck Foster Cashier Chelsea Classified Adv. Manager Bonnie Gimblett As for us, we would rather see $12 a month paid each of these people, which amounts to less than three per cent of the A.S.C.'s total budget, than to have a less efficient student council. (Signed by two K.U. students) Billions Of Headaches Await American Public Call K.U. 251 With Your News Atlanta—(U.P.)—A packaged medicine expert says that Americans have no shortage of headaches—a personal nature, that is. Don C. Hamilton told the Rexall Drug company's interstate convention here that Americans have 7 1/2 billion headaches each year. This amounts to a national average of 50 a person. As a result, Hamilton said, the nation will purchase 11 million pounds of aspirin in 1943. Figuring two aspirins a headache, he says this will amount to 15 billion tablets. 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