UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
PAGE SIX
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1948
The Editorial Page-
Patience On The Sidelines
A guy named Job usually is considered to have a corner on the patience market, but after Saturday, we're not so sure. We have a pretty fair nomination of our own. His name is Jules V. Sikes.
Sikes hardly had established himself as K.U.'s football coach when his first test came. A Big Seven eligibility ruling, tainted strongly by the odor of Eau de Tiger, snatched four of his best players out of college competition.
Last week the conference axe fell again and severed another Kansan player from the eligible list. At neither time was Sikes seen to throw ashes over his head, as Job did in his time of stress.
But it doesn't end there. Kansas drew 120 yards in penalties in the Colorado game and yet the Buffalo players went away singing the praises of the K.U. boys.
Saturday in the Iowa State game, Big Seven officials were at their best. K.U. was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct when two men, one from Kansas and the other from Iowa State, were overheard using foul language. But K.U. got the penalty.
Bud French zoomed off on a long touchdown run only to have it called back because Kansas was caught clipping, a rule infraction which had happened after French had crossed the goal line.
All this and Sikes remains calm. He could scream that he is being robbed both of talent and yardage, but he keeps quiet and goes right on winning football games. He is indeed a patient man.
Bill Mayer.
Letters To The Editor
Editor's note: All letters to the University Daily Kansan will be printed provided they are signed, they do not violate the laws of libel and the tenents of decency and good taste, and are not unreasonably long. No letter should be more than 200 words.
Tennis Courts
Dear Editor:
I was interested in your timely, if somewhat exaggerated, editorial concerning the University tennis courts. Since these are under my supervision, I would like to make several comments.
The administration is aware of the need for tennis courts and on-ils are doing something about it. The contract has been let for four asphalt courts to be constructed at the corner of 11th and Illinois streets. Work will start as soon as a hot asphalt plant is set up in Lawrence, which should be sometime this fall. These asphalt courts will be constructed on the site of the old courts which have been neglected because it was thought that construction would be underway by this time. With these four asphalt courts added to the fine cement courts, the University will possess eight all-weather, hard-surface courts.
During the past summer the four courts west of Corbin hall were put in good condition and are probably the best grit or clay courts that the University possesses. Many students do not know that these courts are available. In addition, the University owns six grit courts south of Robinson gym, six southeast of the stadium, and one court at the corner of 10th and Maine.
This will make a total of 25 courts available for play. By comparison, the University of Nebraska last spring had only four tennis courts, all of which were in a worse state of repair than any of ours. Kansas State had only four tennis courts fit for play this fall. Compared with many universities in our section of the country, K.U. has better than average tennis facilities.
The shale or grit courts have been loose and dusty due to the prolonged dry spell. Since there is no water available at the courts, dragging and rolling did little good. The recent rain has remedied this and students will find the courts in good condition.
Few people realize that tennis courts are the most expensive facilities we have, considering the number of people who use each court. For example, the two cement courts at the south end of the stadium cost $5,700 and the fence for the backstop over $1,000. The latest estimate on similar construction is over $9,000 including backstops. These courts only
accommodate a maximum of eight players at one time.
Since we have 25 tennis courts and only one handball court, any available funds should be spent on the construction of handball courts before more is spend on new tennis courts.
We have one custodian of the tennis courts and intramural fields whose job it is to drag, roll, and mark tennis courts and keep the backstops in repair. He also has over three and one-half miles of lines on intramural fields to mark in addition to his tennis court duties. It sometimes takes him a day or two to get all of this done, especially after a rain.
Students will greatly assist us if they will keep off the tennis courts with street shoes, and will always remember to loosen nets when they have finished playing. Should they notice a backstop or court which needs repair, it would be appreciated if they would report it to the Physical Education office.
Henry A. Shenk, Chairman of department of physical education.
KU Expenses
Dear Editor;
After studying this article, we have come to the conclusion that the University must receive more money for each enrolled veteran than for each non-veteran. We don't see how the University can have a harder time meeting expenses with an increased enrollment.
Perhaps Mr. Nichols will explain to us more thoroughly the statements which appeared in the Kansas.
We are somewhat disturbed by the article entitled "9,743 Students Enroll At K.U. For New Record," which appeared in the Sept. 21 issue of the University Daily Kansan.
Donald McCoy,
Business junior
Robert G. Ross
College senior
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Dear Editor:
Traditions
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Once again the Greeks are compelled to relinquish another of their traditions at the request of the University. The question arises, would the University allow one of its traditions to die? Of course not.
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And on whom does the University depend for the annual revival of such traditions? It depends on these very Greek houses. Every year each house is compelled to spend several hundred dollars for Homecoming and Relay decorations and parade floats. There is a theoretical limit on the cost of such displays, but if this rule were enforced the decorations would be sadly below the standards that we Greeks have maintained.
The Nightshirt parade and the Freshman induction are two examples where these houses make it possible for the University to maintain traditions. Each house sees to it that its pledges take full part. In the center of every school activity one can find a nucleus of Greek members. Without them these activities would not exist.
It is rumored that a girl was struck by a boy during a freshman walkout. The year I marched in the Nightshirt parade, three of my pledge brothers had to be treated for cuts and bruises resulting from the hazing that is a traditional part of the parade.
But University traditions must be maintained at all costs. As for Greek organizations, whose traditions are as important to them as these others are to the school, we may disregard them. The Greeks are no benefit to the school anyhow.
Name withheld by request
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