University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, Oct. 13, 1948 Lawrence. Kansas
Capital Chief To Address Kansas Editors
An "off-the-record" session with a chief of one of the top Washington commands concerned with foreign affairs will highlight Kansas Editors' day at the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information Saturday, Oct. 23.
The expected 200 Kansas editors will register for the annual conference at 8 a.m. Oct. 23 in the newsroom of the Journalism building.
Burton W. Marvin, dean of the school, said today that the name of the Washington official will be announced in a few days.
Mr. Waring was a Nielsen Fellow in 1944 and 1945. He attended the United States Naval academy, and was graduated from the University of Colorado. The Littleton Independent has won the Parkhurst trophy for community service, eight times in the past 14 years.
Houston Waring, editor of the Littleton (Colo.) Independent, will address the editors in Fraser theater at 10:30 a.m. His subject will be "An Answer to the Hutchins Challenge."
A discussion of the editors' problem will be led by Leonard McCalla, Jr., publisher of the Anderson Countian, Garnett. This discussion will be at 9 a.m. in 102 Journalism building.
The editors will be guests of Chancellor Deane W. Malott, at a luchion in the Union at 12:45 p.m. They will attend the Kansas-Nebraska football game at 2 p.m. as guests of the Kansas Athletic Association, and E.C. Quigley, director of athletics.
Students May Study Cafes
Graduate students may investigate Kansas restaurant operation, if the Kansas Restaurant association decides to finance research, Paul E. Malone, director of the bureau of business research, said today.
The research project was outlined to the board of directors of the association at a luncheon, Oct. 4, at the Jayhawk hotel, Topeka. Dr. Leonard H. Axe, dean of the School of Business, and Mr. Malone were guests at the luncheon.
Optimum size plant for a given size town, operation costs, personnel policies and requirements, and other phases of restaurant management would be studied. The information would be used to increase efficiency of present Kansas restaurant owners and aid prospective operators to gauge requirements accurately.
"Graduate students are put in charge of research projects as often as possible, so that they can gain valuable insight into actual business problems," Mr. Malone concluded.
Rob Sigma Chis;
Report $50 Lost
The Lawrence police department said that a robbery at the Sigma Chi have was reported Monday morning. Harley Colburn, president, reported a gray topcap and $50 missing. No one at the house was suspected. Colburn said, and no strangers were seen. Police did not investigate the matter.
Fraternity members at the Sigma Chi house would give no information and Colburn was not available for comment.
Labor Bill Author To Speak Today
Rep. Frederick A. Hartley Jr., (R—N.J.) co-sponsor of the Taft-Hartley bill, will speak at 4 p.m. today in Fraser theater on "The Truth About the Taft-Hartley Labor Act."
Leonard H. Axe, dean of the School of Business, said that a dinner for Representative Hartley will be held in the Palm room of the Union tonight. The dinner will be sponsored by the Business School association and the School of business.
Representative Hartley will leave Lawrence tomorrow.
YWCA Plans Quartet Sing
If you would like an engraved beer mug for your room, gather three other men and give out with close harmony at the barbershop quartet contest on Wednesday, Nov. 17. The contest will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the theater of Fraser hall. The Y.W.C.A., sponsors of the contest, will present the mug as a prize to the winning quartet.
Each man may enter only one quartet which will sing two numbers. The winners will be selected for originality and talent. Costumes are not required but may be used.
Contestants must register with Louise Lambert, College junior, contest chairman, by calling 415 before Wednesday, Oct. 20.
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Men who are not members on any specific quartet may also register. They will form quartets among themselves.
Judges for the contest have not yet been selected.
Admission will be 30 cents.
Pharmacy Frat Gives Smoker For Prospective Rledges
Kappa FsI, national professional pharmacy fraternity, gave a smoker Tuesday night for prospective pledges in the Pine room of the Union. J. Allen Reese, dean of the School of Pharmacy, and Ralph W. Clark, professor of pharmacy, gave short speeches of welcome.
Carpenter Sees Democrat Win If Many Vote
By UNITED PRESS
Kansas, which four years ago gave Thomas E. Dewey his greatest vote margin in any state, is described by the democratic candidate for governor as likely to land in the Truman column.
Ralph Carpenter, speaking at Great Bend Tuesday night, said that if the state vote total approaches 800,000, the Democrats will carry Kansas with both the national and state tickets.
Glowing optimism, Mr. Carpenter claimed Kansans would not lightly toss aside the benefits of prosperity gained through "15 years of national Democratic administration."
Republican chieftains, likewise have been voicing opinions that Kansans will give the GOP an advantage Nov. 2, of from 125,000 to more than 200,000 votes.
Republican Governor Frank Carlson, meanwhile, has announced that the way is clear for the Kansas highway program for the year to be completed without issuing warrants.
To an Emporia audience, the governor said the pay-as-you-go practice would be carried out by the highway commission this year through "judicious advance of the entire unprecedented (road) program."
The state later, however, will need to use only state funds for some of its highway construction, instead of handling all the improvement work merely by matching federal money.
YWCA Will Vote On Amendment
A constitutional amendment to change the number of membership meetings of the Y.W.C.A. will be voted upon at an all membership meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 27. The meeting will be held at 4 p.m. in the Union.
Little Man On Campus
The Y.W.C.A. now holds all membership meeting once each month. The proposed amendment states that such meetings will be held once every two months.
US Is Materialistic Meiklejohn Says
"Americans are dangerously materialistic," Alexander Meiklejohn, educator, philosopher, and author, said at the first humanities lecture Tuesday. "We are dangerous not only to ourselves, but to the rest of the world as well," he said. "So enamored are we with the market place that we are misinterpreting our principles."
Student Court Hears Appeals
The student court collected $25 in parking fines and canceled five traffic tickets at the first appeal meeting Tuesday. Donald E. Johnson, chief justice, presided.
Orin L. Strobel was granted a continuance until the next court session.
Ross E. Howell and Louis F. Dougan appealed parking tickets and the court cancelled their fines. Donald Marchbanks paid a fine of $22 for 13 parking violations. The court canceled two of hisickets. Jean Oliver Moore was fined $3 for traffic tickets. One of the four tickets appealed to the court was cancelled.
Four new justices were sworn into office by Patrick Thiessen, president of the All Student Council. They Stuart Mitchellson, third year law student; Joe Bailey, second year law; Arnold J. Englund, business senior; and Donna Munn, College junior.
Other members of the court are Edward Metcalf III, third year law, and Robert C. Casad, College junior, justices; Joseph Lysaught, second year law, prosecuting attorney; Belfour McMillen, second year law, assistant prosecuting attorney; and Fred Mitchelson, third year law, court clerk.
Miss Larson Tells Of Trip
The interchange of students with foreign countries is one of the "finnest things we are doing." Miss Mary E. Larson, assistant professor of zoology, told members of the Bacteriology club Tuesday.
Miss Larson attended the 13th International Zoological congress in Paris this summer.
"The ambitions of young people are much the same in China as they are on Mt. Oread," Miss Larson said. She pointed out that people from all over the world met in Paris and all were interested in the same things.
Miss Larson also told the club of her travels through England, Germany, France, Holland and the Scandinavian countries during her stay in Europe.
"Meetings of that sort make it seem quite possible for people of different nationalities to sit at a peace table and understand each other," she said.
Sharpe Addresses Bankers' Meeting
Fred Sharpe, University Extension lecturer, spoke Tuesday on "Customer Relations" at a regional meeting of the Kansas Bankers association in St. Joseph, Mo. Mr. Sharpe will speak on the same subject at eight additional meetings.
About 357 banking employees attended the meeting Tuesday.
He has conducted nearly 50 short courses in salesmanship in the past two years. It was as a result of his work on the sales courses at the University that the Bankers' association requested him to speak.
Quoting from Immanuel Kant, the German philosopher, Mr. Meiklejohn tried to indicate the present function of philosophical study. The subject of his lecture was "Inclinations and Obligations." The inclinations he defined as the psychological drives that motivate man. The obligations are the duties of man to his fellow man, to rise above his inclinations and his baser appetites, for the good of the community of mankind, he explained.
"Men estimate success and failure in life by two standards." Mr. Meiklejohn said. "Some use riches and some use integrity. Our moral integrity should be the basis for all our actions and all our thoughts. We should strive for the highest thing that can be won; human dignity."
Taking more of his subject from Kant, Mr. Meiklejohn said that it is good to be happy, prudent and have human affections, but the scope of all these is small compared to the scope of morality.
"Men must agree to curb their inclinations," the speaker declared. "When men are co-operating, they take on new character, they manage to rise above themselves. Men must be dealt with as ends in themselves, not as mere means.
The American failure lies in our philosophy, he said. Today, men should be more reasonable—they are obligated to overcome their inclinations away from peace. If we gain security by a stockpile of atomic bombs, Russia gains insecurity by fear we will use them.
"What would a community of men be," he continued, "If all men were reasonable? It would be a reasonable society where free men would meet their obligations and overcome their infections. It would be a new work of art. It would work for the common good and general welfare of the community."
Love or affection for friends or family is good. Mr. Meiklejohn said. However, it is bad insofar as such love and affection is liable to cause a man to injure the community as a whole for the sake of those he loves. "The contemporary American mind is keen, active, and aggressive in matters that are difficult when human obligations are at stake." Mr. Meiklejohn said. "The American way urges each to make his own way, strike out and be a rich success. We tend to regard other laws as restrictive. This phase of our life needs drastic criticism," he said.
In summing up his lecture, Mr. Meikeljohn said philosophy does not pursue knowledge, but wisdom. The task of philosophy is to establish the rights of humanity, in the last resort, the only thing worth while.
Jayhawker Fund Increased By ASC
The increase by the All Student Council of the Jayhawker magazine reserve fund from $2,000 to $4,000 has "established the magazine of a sounder business footing than ever before." William Conboy, editor, said Tuesday.
The past year the Jayhawker spent $14,000 for etchings and engravings alone. Conboy said.
"With that much money involved, we felt that a reserve of $2,000 was inadequate," he added.
WEATHER
Kansas—Fair today, tonight and Thursday. No important change in temperature. High today 75 to 82. Low tonight near 40.