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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
As The Kansan Sees It . . .
Red Cross—Symbol Of Man's Humanity To Man
The annual Red Cross drive starts today. The goal is the collection of 60 million dollars from the American people to be used to help the unfortunate among us during the coming year. We never know which of us will need material aid, but through the Red Cross we can buy insurance that such aid will be immediately available if we need it.
But more important than the personal angle is the knowledge that our contributions help maintain many standing services such as the walking blood bank, first aid instruction for adults and school children, and gifts to children in war-ravaged countries.
Here are some facts about the local Red Cross chapter which speak for themselves:
The local chaper gave 1617 services to 870 veterans and their families during 1948, including $1,746.44 in financial assistance.
It gave 395 services to 179 active servicemen and their families, including $994.31 in financial assistance.
It gave 80 services to 48 civilians, including $341.09 in financial assistance to disaster victims and children.
It has a completely organized disaster preparedness committee composed of 68 business and professional men ready to go to work at any hour if disaster strikes this community.
It furnished in 1948 with the cooperation of many organizations and individuals, many articles such as games, magazines, birthday gifts, etc. to the 1,100 veterans in Winter Veterans Administration hospital.
The recreation committee sends at least two programs a week to these same veterans for whom the war is not yet over.
The chapter issued 81 first aid certificates, 178 accident prevention certificates, 270 water safety certificates, 56 home nursing certificates, and sponsored a six-week summer swimming instruction program where 245 children were given lessons by trained swimming instructors.
The local chapter is not an unusual example. Such records are commonplace over the country. Surely no one will have to be urged to contribute to such a cause.
Student - Faculty Conference An Example Of Applied Democracy
The Fifth Annual Student-Faculty conference, sponsored by Mortar Board and Sachem, senior honor societies, will be held Saturday in the Union. The purpose of the conference is to give students, faculty, and administration an opportunity to cooperatively discuss their views on University problems.
In the morning, six groups will discuss the honor system and the curricula of engineering, business, education, fine arts, and the College. In the afternoon, four groups will talk over problems concerned
The conference this year has been planned jointly by a committee of administration, faculty, and student members. It will start at 8:30 a.m. Saturday and end at 5 p.m.
with the Union, student government, teaching techniques and faculty selection, and activities coordination. Each delegate will attend two sessions, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. All students are invited to the general session at 3 p.m. in the Union ballroom when the conclusions of the discussion groups will be summarized.
If you are interested in attending the conference, leave your name at the dean of women's office now. We will be glad to have as many as space permits. Let's hear from you!
Betty van der Smissen,
Jack Hollingsworth,
Conference co-chairmen.
'Why Germany Is Aggressive?
Uncle Paul and I were sitting on the porch this afternoon, and the talk got around to the shape of the world.
Uncle Paul says, "How come things be like they are, and 'specially, why is it that Germany always seems to be in the middle of the trouble, just like that imp of a daughter of mine?"
Why, there's no comparison between Germany and Flossie, I said. Floss is just "ornery" and Germany—well maybe I can tell you what they been teaching me at the night school over in Fayetteville.
The "prof" that's what they call the teacher over there, said just the other day that famine, depression, and a lack of unity are three of the biggest reasons why Germany is always a stomping ground for trouble.
The German states were settled by wild tribes that wandered all over Europe before they settled down. The tribes were war-like and fought each other almost all the time. Just like Flossie and Will
When the modern age started, other countries were getting unified, but not the states of Germany. They were divided by religion, and by too many rulers,'cause the king, Charles V, had left the ruling of the country to the princes of the different states. Because these states weren't together the country was a battle ground for a long time. One war that lasted 30 years set Germany back almost a century.
when one has something the other wants.
The Germans tried to become a unified country and almost did at the time of Napoleon, but the Congress of Vienna gave the ruling power back to the states in a document called the Germanic Confederation. Economically and politically the country didn't grow, it just sat still and the rest of the world moved on.
Chalk Talk
The country was poor, weak and without recognition, so when men like Otto von Bismark, Kaiser Wilhelm, and Hitler came along and
The pet ant eater in a popular comic strip has started a group of students on a search for unusual pets. One wants a baby black panther, another an infant hippopotamus, and still another is hutting for a pet Kiwi bird. So if you see any of these animals running loose on the campus, don't let him get away, you can make a sale.
The Daily Kansan carried the following headline recently:
"Cagers To Petition Malott To Play In Robinson Gym."
Has the chancellor been holding out on us? Has he some eligibility left?
Jeanne Lutrick has quite a problem on her hands. A host of her Kappa sisters are planning to journey to Dallas during the Easter holidays and all of them are planning to stay at her house.
The moral: No matter how far from the University you may live, it is not safe to tell all your friends to "drop in and visit us if you're ever down our way."
It is amazing how well-traveled friends can be.
made promises of a better Germany, maybe the people figured they couldn't be any worse off. Anyway, these men were given control and gladly.
Germany needed to be made strong. That was the aim of the men who led Germany into war. They thought that if they could get more land and power, everyone would be happy and all their problems would be solved. Maybe old Germany just needed to be noticed, and like Sis, when she wasn't, the fur flew.
"Well, I dunno." said Unele Paul. "Some man that was passing the other day said their whole trouble was food. The Germans eat and drink a lot, he told me. And according to him, meat-eating nations always have ruled the vegetarians."
Ann Allen
NOW! ALL TYPES Pens and Pencils
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