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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1948
- And Now To Break Loose The Anchor
By Daniel Bishop, St. Louis Star-Times
So, you think you're a good driver. We are speaking now to those persons in the 18-24 age group which takes in most all college students.
The Editorial Page—
A Poor Showing
When we look at the facts we find that in 1947, persons in the age group mentioned were involved in 27 per cent of all fatal accidents. This group covers a span of only six years.
The next age group for which we have figures, 25-44, was involved in 49 per cent of all fatal accidents. In making a fair comparison, we must remember that the last group covers a 19-year span and it is the people of this age group who do most of the driving.
Another point to show that persons in the 18-24 age group are not so hot as drivers is the insurance rates. The premiums in 40 states are higher when the driver falls in this age group and some companies go so far as to refuse such business.
It would seem that in such an age group the greatest mental and physical alertness should exist. The problem has stumped some of the experts but a few have given an opinion. Those who have anything to say on the subject maintain the fault is simply an appalling lack of judgment and consideration for the other fellow.
This is a serious indictment and should be given your due consideration. If you, the reader, will just take a little more time, avoid silly chances, and use your head for more than a hat rack, there is no reason why these statistics should not be improved.
A little time on your part could keep you from winding up as a statistic with an "X" marking the spot.
—M.C.L.
TODAY'S SAFETY SLOGAN:
Courtesy of the National Safety Council Your Safety Zone Is Inside Your Head.
Since the fatal Dec. 7 issue of the Daily Kansan, in which appeared a headline "Saturday Classes Will Increase," I have been alternately mulling and calculating, slide rule in hand. As a result it was necessary to put aside the slide rule, pad my cell out in persecution flats and write to the Daily Kansan. (Which is most disastrous is hard to say.)
Saturday Blues
days" and don't need my nap at five now.
The things that drove me beyond reason's brink was the statement of Mr. Nichols, "It is the hope that classes now being held at noon, 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. can be eliminated." Why? Granted that once, on the stroke of four, I went home (after inking a final pigtail) but I've aged since "them thar
Come Saturday morning in the fall of 1949 and at 11:51 the old boy is still verbally adding 8 million B.T.U.'s to an imaginary pan of fluid (that will be Thermodynamics for the third time) I may be unhappy.
Dear Editor:
Week-end classes seem to have no advantages. Professors work six days a week and partially self-supporting students have no full working day. Those fortunate few with time, cash, and inclination for an old-home-week end are cut hopelessly short. Who is this person (mayhaps there are two, even) who doesn't want nasty old 4 and 5 p.m. classes?
Dear Editor:
Donald R. Vesper Engineering junior
Fair Comment
I should like to comment on the item in Monday's society column under the headline "Acacia Entertains Foreign Students." These informal parties, it seems, are an excellent idea to provide an opportunity for foreign students to get a clearer picture of our American college life.
Inasmuch as the Greek system is an important phase of campus activity, no doubt many foreign students wonder what goes on inside the fraternity houses and other organized houses. At the same time, many of us undoubtedly do not realize the value derived from associations of this type.
I also believe this is an excellent gesture toward eliminating the adverse criticism directed toward fraternities in general as well as stimulating favorable relationships. It is particularly so in coming from a fraternity which is new on the campus.
George T. Campbell College junior
For the Living?
Dear Editor:
Patronize Daily Kansan Advertisers.
The memorial which is to be erected in honor of the dead of the recent war is a fine gesture to the memory of those who gave their lives. However, would it not be just as fine a gesture to spend the money to erect some kind of memorial in a form that could be used by the living veterans who may be having a difficult time getting through school? Or for veterans who have been crippled or otherwise incapacitated?
The veterans have had to vacate their trailer village. Perhaps a trailer village would be a fitting memorial. It seems that something more useful to the living veterans would be just as fine a memorial to the dead.
Another angle to be considered; to be blunt, is this: Will you like to be reminded, every time the bells toll, that you had lost a brother, son, or husband in the last war?
(I am not a veteran and would not receive any benefit from any such memorial as suggested above but would like to see the veterans get a break.)
J. Scott Engineering junior
University
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Santa Will Be At YW Party
Santa Claus will give each of the 30 girls from the Lawrence Junior High school a present at the party of the Community Service commission of the Y.W.C.A. The party will be held at 4 p.m. today at the Congregational church, 925 Vermont Street.
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