- PAGE SIX UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1949 As The Kansan Sees It . . . KU's 'Winningest' Team The University has one team that wins consistently, year in and year out—the debate team. This year they have been to major meets at Pudue, Iowa, and Nebraska universities. At Purdue they were judged the top team among the 16 invited. At Iowa and Nebraska they won top honors although there were no overall standings. The members of this team work as long and hard as the basketball players, football, or track men. The entire squad meets once a week with Kim Giffin, director of debate. About four hours a week Mr. Giffin meets with two or four members of the team to hold practice debates. It takes from 50 to 100 hours to prepare for a debate. Winning debate teams have long been a trademark of the University. E. C. Buehler, professor of public speaking, has been largely responsible for building up this tradition. He has worked with debaters for almost 25 years. Mr. Giffin came to the University this year from South Dakota university, where he was the director of forensics. There is a friendly rivalry among the debaters, but the esprit de corps in the group would match any athletic team. Most universities are happy to win one-half of their debates at a tournament, but Kansas' debators think they have a poor day when they lose more than one debate. The debate team goes to the Missouri Valley debate tournament at Iowa State college Thursday, March 24, through Saturday, March 26. This is an old, lively tournament in which 10 of the largest universities along the Missouri and Mississippi rivers compete. On Thursday, March 31, the University will send four men to the speaker's conference of Delta Sigma Rho, national forensic fraternity. We can be certain that the debaters from K.U. at these meets will carry on the tradition of great teams from Mt. Oread. In their field, the debaters are as good public relations men as the football or basketball teams. Marvin Rowlands 一 Letters To The Editor - Dear Editor: In a recent issue of the University Daily Kansan, dated Feb. 23, Dr. Park Johnson, minister of the Second Presbyterian church, Kansas City, Mo., at the Skeptic hour at Henley house is reported to have said, "The education of Moslems has caused some of them to look around for another religion. "Christianity has a higher moral code, for example," Dr. Johnson said. But he does not point that for him Christianity has a higher moral code whereas for Moslems, Confucists, Jews or the Zuni Indians their respective religions have for each of them a higher moral code. It is not the purpose of this letter to suggest the supremacy of "Islam" or the inferiority of "Christianity," but merely to point out that these or any other religions cannot be compared on an ethical basis by an educated person, but merely must be considered as co-existing and equally valid philosophies of life. "Educated Moslems often preferred Christian conduct," Dr. Johnson continues. If by "Christian conduct" he means making money, making wars, and exploiting oppressed peoples and the like, Christian nations he neglects to say have been foremost in such activities. Baaqar Shirazi, Engineering sophomore; Younis Dabbagh, Engineering sophomore; Faruk Mutman, Pharmacy sophomore. Editor's note: Since neither the writers nor the editor attended the discussion in question, we felt the only fair manner of handling was to pass the letter to Dr. Johnson for comment. Here is the answer we received: "Thank you for sending to me the letter from the Moslem students commenting on my remarks at a Skeptic Hour discussion as reported in the Daily Kansan. "What is evident in this whole matter is the danger of generalization. Unfortunately the report in the Daily Kansan gave the impression, by isolated quotations that were not entirely exact (which incidentally is very difficult to avoid in any write-up of such an informal discussion!) that I was generalizing about Moslems and their conduct. "Actually, in an attempt to illustrate how educated people can choose their religion and moral convictions on the basis of reasonable evidence, I cited particular cases of educated Moslems known to me who had carefully studied and compared various religions and had come to the conclusion that Christianity offered to them a sounder and more reasonably based code of morals than had their traditional faith. But I should agree with the writers of the letter that it is up to the individual to decide such matters for himself on the basis of what seems to them reasonable evidence. This is the point I was attempting to make in the discussion. "The writers of the letter of course score a point in raising a question about any educated people preferring "Christian conduct," if by that is meant much of the greed, aggression, discrimination, and exploitation of which Americans are guilty. Here again we see the danger of generalization. It is never From the word that is getting around, the Alpha Delta Pi calendar of beautiful girls was even more popular with University men than were the calendars of Varga and Esquire. University Daily Hansan Member of the Kansas Press Assn. Press Assn., and the Associated College Press Assn., and the Associated College Press. Represented by the National Ad- dress Service,420 Madison Ave. New New York City. Student Newspaper of the UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Chalk Talk This feature attraction of the very glamorous Black Diamond formal given by that sorority only goes to prove that anything looks better in the flesh. When word got around that Gladys Swarthout was at "The Barber of Seville." Monday many persons were more interested in locating her than they were in watching the performance. (Even with opera glasses, Johnny Jayhawk was unable to find Miss Swarthout.) Editor-in-Chief Anne Murphy Managing Editor Bill F. Mayer Asst. Man. Editor Marion Gustafsen Asst. Man. Editor Richard D. Barton City Editor Nora Temple Asst. City Editor Gerald Redochd Asst. City Editor Garcia Gilbert Asst. City Editor James Morris Sports Editor Marvin Rowlands Asst. Sports Editor Darell Norris Asst. Sports Editor Rick Wulfe Tel. Editor Larry Funk Asst. Tel. Editor Russell Oleson Asst. Tel. Editor Ross Rudolph Society Editor Naomi Redochd Asst. Soc. Ed. Virginia Frost fair to compare our ideals with the practice of others. I disagree with the writers that it is impossible to compare religions on an ethical basis. Indeed I believe such comparison is the duty of educated people rather than the uncritical acceptance of inherited philosophies of life. R. Park Johnson Art Van Damme Quintette Appearing at the Broadway Business Manager Don Welch Manager Charles McKinnon Nat1 Adv. Mgr Bob Bohlino Circulation Mgr Dean Knuth William W. Willson Promotion Mgr Iva Gissen INTERLUDE 3545 Broadway - K.C., Mo. Last Time Thurs., Mar. 10 Page Cavanaugh Trio Opens Mar. 11 for 9 Days RCA Victor Recording Artists 'Daddy-O-'|'Hebreakin' 'Walking My Baby Back Home' 'Back In Your Own Back Yard' 'Love's Got Me M in A Lazy Mood' Playing Latest Releases . A basic new principle in the Englander Red Line Mattress joins springs together in the center, allows each spring of upper layer to float freely, giving yielding support to every motion, every contour. 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