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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 1949
The Editorial Page—
Recommendations have been made recently for a gigantic highway building program in Kansas and generous appropriations have been requested for state supported schools. We do not deny that Kansas is in need of improved highways and no one should question adequate appropriations for the schools.
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However, when the new legislature faces the task of making appropriations in the coming session, it should be remembered that it is high time for something to be done about care of the mentally ill now confined in state institutions. It is time that the apparent "out of sight, out of mind" attitude be discarded and an enlightened program be undertaken, the first step in such a program being adequate finance.
One of the tragedies of the present situation lies in the fact that in so many instances little or nothing is being done in an effort to rehabilitate those who are confined. Naturally there are many hopeless cases, but there are also a great number, who, with the proper care and help, could be restored to a normal and productive life. Instead, the institutions for the mentally ill seem to have become a place to stow people away, forcing them to live out the rest of their life in a state of hopelessness.
A recent study of Kansas mental institutions made by Charles W. Graham of the Kansas City Star seems to indicate that the supervisors, with some exceptions, are doing as much as they can with the limited budgets on which they have to operate. His study points up the fact that competent professional workers and attendants cannot be obtained on the low salaries allowed by the inadequate appropriations.
Graham cites the cost of keeping inmates in two different institutions. In one case the cost is $1.30 a day and the second figure is $1.10. How many of you reading this live on $1.30 a day?
This is a serious question that should be of interest to every citizen in the state of Kansas and there is no reason why anyone should be smug about the problem. Mental illness is no respecter of persons. It strikes both the rich and the poor; the educated and the ignorant.
A high incidence of insanity seems to be one of the prices modern man has to pay for the rush of modern civilization. It is time that the people of Kansas face up to the problem of caring for the mentally ill according to the standards of modern civilization. —M.C.L.
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Help Needed
Dear Editor:
On Dec. 15, an editorial "Dangerous Game," by John C. Butler, stated: "In Sunflower village, school children make a game of running into the street in front of approaching automobiles, throwing up their arms and laughing when the startled motorist stops. They realize the drivers creeping along at a reduced speed can come to a sudden halt. The worst feature is parents who occasionally join their children in the laughter, causing the children to believe they are 'cute' . . . . The responsibility for this lack of training lies solely with the parents."
We have a good traffic record, so far—thanks to the drivers in the village. However, it is a record that can be improved. A new year is at hand. Perhaps a better co-operation during this new year among residents of the village, most of whom are students, will make it possible for the Sunflower Civic association to lick this problem.
I would like to add that help and suggestions are always appreciated by our group, a group in which any resident may take part by attending meetings and presenting their views personally. Meetings are held the first and third Mondays of each month in room "A" of the Community building.
While it is true parents are primarily responsible for the conduct of their children, the following conditions do exist: (1) More than 6,000 persons live in a concentrated area. (2) In the same area there are about 1,200 cars. (3) There are a large number of blind intersections and off-the-street parking areas. (4) Special problems arise from time to time that make the Sunflower situation a community problem.
May I count on all residents to
help solve these problems that arise in our community in 1949?
Philip G. Fleming
Chairman,
Sunflower Civic Ass'n.
Suggestion
So, you want a constructive suggestion concerning the issue of racial relations.
I wish to offer one which I definitely think is a necessary step for any genuine progress in this direction.
Let us (who believe in racial equality) call a meeting so that both white and negro men and women can meet, talk with one another, and get to know each other as simple human beings. Let us all talk over the problems involved in the 'relationships between our two races and create a spirit of mutual understanding and sympathy. Then we can advance toward our goal with a more united front.
Too often the white reformer voices approval for improvement of racial relations as some sort of intellectual exercise or sign of liberalism but who never acts; who, in fact, frequently has never had a personal contact, other than casual, with a negro. The personal relationship between white and negro which would develop from such a meeting would be a great deal more provocative of constructive action.
At any rate, I, as one white man, stand ready to co-operate and lend my services to any such meeting as mentioned above or some other constructive action in behalf of better racial relations.
N. Duane Nichols, Education Junior.
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He is husky and be-dimped Charles P. Griffin IV, ten months old and weighing 22 pounds. His job is to give Delaware's home economics students practical experience in baby care.
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One is his real mother, Mrs. Nell H. Griffin, a widow who is assistant professor of home management in the university's home economics school. The other four are students studying home management as part of the regular college courses.
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