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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY, APRIL 29,1949
The Editorial Page- Equality In The ASC
We're glad to see the All Student Council trying to do something about putting organizational representatives on an equal footing with elected representatives. This action is long overdue.
According to present Council regulations, organizational representatives can be prevented from voting on any issue by the objection of 25 per cent of the elected representatives. They have been disqualified a number of times this year.
Organizational representatives do much of the work on the Council; they represent a sizeable proportion of the student body; they are as well informed on Council matters as elected members. In many cases, they are in a better position to sound out student opinion than are elected representatives. A minority of Council members should not have the power to disqualify them.
We notice that some of those who approve the amendment are the very ones who, in the past, have been quick to use the disenfranchisement clause as a political weapon. We hope this indicates a sincere trend toward less "playing at politics" by A.S.C. members.
The student body should have an opportunity to vote on the question. The Council should approve the amendment and put it on the ballot at the next general election. We hope enough A.S.C. members show up at the next meeting to make this possible.
Spending In China
Congress has decided that the United States should be careful to spend its money only in the "non-communist" parts of China. The E.C.A. director for China has consequently stopped shipments of cotton to Shanghai textile mills.
But there is no indication that we have stopped spending money in the rest of China.
From these same reports you will find that the U.S. is at the present time spending over three million dollars in China under the Economic Co-operation administration. Of this sum, one and one-half million dollars is being used to replace the Tung Ting dikes to help the Chinese farmer increase his production.
From all reports you would think the United States is opposed to the Communist regime in China. Every day, newspapers bring news that the Red-dominated forces are sweeping through China. And apparently they can't be stopped.
In another province, still another one and one-half million dollars is being used to help finance a mass-education movement and to stimulate farmer co-operatives which purchase work horses and other equipment.
By February, 1950, the E.C.A. may spend 15 million dollars in China if it spends all the money allocated for that country—and if, by then, it still has a chance to spend it there.
Now if we are opposed to the Communist regime, there is no sense in spending our money to set things up for them. We will be wishing in a few months or years that the Chinese farmer wasn't producing so much food. As for the mass-education movement, that will be a joke if the Communists get there. Whatever groundwork we may be setting up will just be used to teach the Communist dogma.
This just demonstrates our need for a co-ordinated Far Eastern policy. If we're going to give up and let the Communists have China, let's stop wasting our money. But if we're going to stay, then let's settle down and do something to protect our investments.
It would be nice if the president and his boys would make up their minds and let us know how much money we are going to lose in the Far East and what we intend to do about it.
—Marvin Rowlands.
Job Prospects
A little sunshine piercing the gloom surrounding job prospects for the future was contained in a study prepared recently by the Occupational Outlook service, U.S. Department of Labor.
The report states that the next few years will see an increased demand for college graduates in the fields of medicine, dentistry, psychology, kindergarten and elementary school teaching, and certain phases of electricity. Librarians will also be in demand.
On the other hand, engineers, chemists, pharmacists, radio announcers, lawyers, specialists in personal relations, journalists, and farmers will bump into keener competition.
Medical and dental schools have not been able to graduate enough men to fill the nation's health service requirements. Two-thirds of this year's 5,543 medical graduates and all of the 1,515 dental graduates will be needed to replace physicians and dentists lost to the field annually because of death or retirement. That means that only a very small expansion of the country's medical staff will be possible.
Openings for more teachers of all kinds are forecast, but greatest need will be for teachers in the kindergartens and elementary schools.
Job prospects in other fields are not so bright; although, there will always be positions available for the best of the crop. It would be wise for the great majority of students, who will be graduated with talents not so much in demand, to take heed of the implications here.
The times when graduates, in any field, fell into positions immediately after leaving school have vanished. —Robert Enright.
German Club Has Group Sing
Group singing of German songs was the theme of the meeting of the German club Thursday evening.
a club picnic will be held Friday,
may 13 in the area of Potter lake,
Elects First Woman Clerk
West Bridgewater, Mass. — (U.P.) For the first time in its 293-year history, this town has a woman town clerk. She is Mrs. William R. Brown, 30, mother of four children. She defeated a male opponent.
Minister Discusses Spiritual Truth
"How spiritual truth may be known" was the topic of an Intervarsity Christian Fellowship sponsored discussion Wednesday in Frank Strong auditorium, Dr. Donald G. Barnhouse, minister of the Tenth Presbyterian church, Philadelphia, Pa., was the guest speaker.
Dr. Barnhouse said, "There is little use in arguing religious problems on the basis of human reason and dogmatic traditions. Only through divine revelations, in the form of the Scriptures, can one hope to arrive at a satisfactory conclusion."
He grouped the religions of the world into two main classes: Christianity, which holds that salvation is the gift of God, and "the other religion with a thousand names," which preaches salvation through good works.
Dr. Barnhouse, who has spent six summers in Russia, is the author of several books and editor of "Revelation" magazine. From 1935 to 1944 he was radio preacher for the Columbia Broadcasting system in the New York-Philadelphia area.
Prizes Will Be Given In Outdoor Art Exhibit
The third annual spring art exhibit sponsored by Delta Phi Delta, honorary art society, will be held Sunday through Wednesday, May 4. in Fowler grove.
Prizes worth $31 will be awarded.
A $16 pen will be given for the best oil painting, merchandise worth $10 by a business firm for the best water color, $5 for the winner of a miscellaneous group, and $10 by Delta Phi Delta for the most popular picture.
The contest is open to all students, faculty, and Lawrence residents. Professional work will be accepted. Entries may be in oil, watercolor, pastels, ink, or pencil.
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