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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAS, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MONDAY, MAY 16, 1949
The Editorial Page-
No Issues, No Politics
The two party system which has been so successful in our state and national politics has been a complete flop at the University.
College life provides a dandy division for a two-party system in campus politics. There are Greeks, and there are Independents, and there you have the perfect set-up. But it has not worked out. The majority of independent students have shown that they care not a whit for campus politics.
Individuals give their vote to one of the national political parties because there are important issues at stake. People realize that one party would not run the country the same as another, and their votes go to the party that will benefit them most. There are issues before them, and they will be directly affected by the outcome of the election.
But what about our campus politics? We have no important issues. There is no incentive to go to the polls. For a real political battle, there must be some live issue that can make the outcome of campus elections of personal interest to each student.
Ralph Hemnway.
London Trees, Flowers Bloom During Fine Sunshiny Days
Berlin Correspondent for the University Daily Kansan)
By CARLA EDDY
(Berlin Correspondent for the University Daily Kunshan)
London—London produced five days of unseasonable sunshine at Easter, which brought trees and flowers into bloom and filled my eyes with visions of the loveliness of London gardens and the English countryside. Alfred Noyes' "Come down to Kew in lilac time" was an enticing invitation, for Kew gardens with its botanical variety was a symphony of lawns and flowering plants. The
lawn's and lowered it
like fingers of those famous
blades saturated the breeze.
Easter Monday was the first holiday since Christmas, and city dwellers fled to the country and seaside as the rural folk streamed into London. The fun of sightseeing was not only to see the places you've read about, but to get a coherent idea of their position—the Thames, Fleet street, the lawyers' Temple district, Big Ben, Buckingham palace, Westminster abbey, Kensington gardens, Piceadilly, Hyde park, and so on.
Hyde park—the corner where the orators hold forth—is a treat for the freedom-of-speech minded. I was not the only foreigner who wandered about taking notes on 18 different speeches. There were any number of young Indians and Africans among the listening crowds. Nearly a third of the speakers were religious workers—for the Salvation army, the Society for Evangelizing London, the Order of St. George of England, the Swedenborgians, the University Witness team.
Labor and politics were the subjects of the Colored Workers Association of Great Britain and Ireland, a speaker on internal politics, and a very voiciferous Communist who was all against U.S. imperialism. There was a Poetry corner, where a young man spoke ballads and verse; another was going to town on Shakespeariana. The largest crowds were around those who shouted the loudest, argued with their hecklers, or made controversial statements. Some speakers were all alone, talking to thin air.
Speaking of the English language, I rather subscribe to the theory that many misunderstandings between the English and Americans are the result of thinking they speak the same language, when actually they frequently use words in different senses. In the field of transportation for instance, they say "lift" for elevator, "tube" for subway, "tram" for streetcar, "coach" for bus, and "pram" for baby-buggy. Sometimes you can understand what an expression means, sometimes not, but it's almost sure to be different from the American expression in the same situation.
situation.
I was fortunate enough to have acquaintances to answer my questions. And incidentally, if you are psychologically prepared to admit with a sheepish smile that an American is the lowest form of life, you'll get along all right with the English. They do respect and like Americans more than they like to admit; but the less superior you act in any country, the better it goes.
By comparison with Berlin, the London bomb damage damage is so cleaned up that it's hardly not-iceable. Around St. Paul's were some vacant lots where buildings had
stood, but the only indication of their past was a sign in one which read: "The carpet house of ___ will rise again!" Speaking of advertising, maybe I've been out of circulation too long, but can you tell me what an "atomic nude" or a telescopic bathing suit" is? A Paris advertisement—with pictures—announced "The most marvelous show in Paris with the 'beautiful atomic' nudes!". A London swim wear advertisement declared: "It fits! It tits! Fluffs! It's telescopic!"
It's always hard to be intelligent about the internal politics of another country, but it is rewarding to inform yourself about the form of government, how it works, and what is going on. I found thinking Englishmen well informed and very much concerned about the internal politics in that country. You can imagine the uproar in the U.S. if the federal government took over in rapid succession banks, the coal industry, railroads, electricity, gas, road transport, and steel; and projected plans to nationalize the cement industry, insurance, and sugar refining. There is considerable difference of opinion as to the soundness of present changes.
Two Students Become Fathers
Two students become parents
Two universitary students become
fathers. A Halla becomes and Mrs.
Stanley A Halla became parents of a boy. Halla is a graduate student.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert B. Callahan became parents of a baby girl. Callahan is a College junior.
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Dear Editor
Dear Editor:
To Clarify Issue
This is to clarify the Loyalty law issue. First, I doubt that any law enforcement officer of Kansas knows the truth about Capitalism and Communism. How can this law be justly enforced? At the risk of being called a skeptic or a Pontius Pilate, I ask what you is the truth?
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Is the truth contained in capitalist textbooks, newspapers, and teachers only? I believe no one knows the truth about the Russian system except the elite of Russia, certainly not the capitalist politicians who will enforce this unjust law. How can the free and unhampered propagation of theories and beliefs, such as Communism and Socialism, threaten this country's security? It can't.
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If the false threat of Communism could help our system become more just, I would be for the Loyalty Oath law. But, I believe it is calculated to divert our attention from the lack of social justice in this nation and state and to cover up the moral failures of capitalism. In the execution of political experiments in accordance with theory, the facts or proofs depend upon the morality of those powers which have always been notorious for their love of power and economic privileges, who is the proper judge of what the truth is?
The only thing that threatens this nation is to be pushed into a war against a rival economic system, a system which we know nothing about, except as it is fed to us through a special eye-dropper—the capitalist press. I have more faith in our teachers than to believe they blindly follow the "party line" but even if a few follow it and espouse it, how can it hurt us to know their opinions? And since this law denies a Communist the legal right to teach his theories, I fight this law just as I would a law forbidding capitalists to teach capitalist theories.
Roy Toulouse,
College freshman
Latter Day Saints Join Religious Council
The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints was formally admitted to the Student Religious council May 12.
Representatives to the council are Wayne Reeve, graduate, and Robert Kite, engineering junior.
NOW THRU WEDNESDAY! Lawrence's Own Story!
Mrs. McConnell Wins Prize
A set of tumblers for the highest bridge score was won by Mrs. Bertie McConnell at the K.U. Dames bridge
meeting May 11.
Hostesses for the evening were
Mrs. Dixie Peterson and Mrs. Mildred Gillespie.
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